Otto von Emmich

Albert Theodor Otto Emmich (since 1913 von Emmich) (August 4, 1848 – December 22, 1915) was a Prussian general.

Biography
Born in Minden, Emmich entered the Prussian Army in 1866. He attained the rank of general of infantry in 1909, and was placed in command of the X Army Corps at Hanover. During the early days of World War I in Europe in 1914, he laid siege to Liège, which he entered on August 7, 1914.

The Battle of Liège began shortly after the morning of August 5,1914 when German bombardment began on the eastern Belgian forts. This marks it chronologically as the first battle to take place during World War I, beginning shortly before the Battle of Mulhouse. The Imperial German troops were obliged to entrench and bring up heavy siege artillery.

Emmich was ennobled in 1913. He died of arteriosclerosis in Hanover.