Liborius Ritter von Frank (5 October 1848 – 26 February 1935) was an

Austro-Hungarian Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consist ...

general in

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. He commanded the Austro-Hungarian Fifth Army in 1914 at the start of the war, and fought at the

Battle of Cer The Battle of Cer was a military campaign fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in August 1914, starting three weeks into the Serbian Campaign of 1914, the initial military action of the First World War. It took place around Cer Mountain an ...

, Battle of the Drina and Battle of Kolubara. He was replaced by General Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas after the failure of the first Serbian campaign, the enormous casualties suffered by his army reduced to about 40% of its strength and the disbandment of the Balkanstreitkräfte.

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Biography of Liborius Ritter von Frank
Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I 1848 births 1935 deaths Austro-Hungarian generals {{Europe-mil-bio-stub