Felix Graf von Bothmer, 1852-1937
Felix Graf von Bothmer, 1852-1937Felix Graf von Bothmer was a German general who helped to slow the momentum of the Brusilov offensive in the summer of 1916. He was born in 1852, the son of an army general and member of the Saxon nobility. In 1871 Bothmer joined the Bavarian Army. He spent the next forty years serving in the Bavarian War Ministry or on the Bavarian General Staff, with three years in Berlin with the General Staff.