von Sternberg (德克碑)

Overview

The translated histories identify von Sternberg as an administrator, engineer, and military officer. This record brings together 10 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	von Sternberg	德克碑	De Ke Bei
Personal	von Sternberg	德克碑	Dé Kè Bēi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0112

Roles

Administrator
Engineer
Military Officer

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died later / 後卒
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0130

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 七年 · Western Year: AD 1868
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0127
Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 1870
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0128
Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: AD 1866
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0126
Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Western Year: AD 1874
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0129
Source Date: Text: 同治元年前後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1862 · End: AD 1864
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:435:s0113, qingshigao:435:s0099

Origins and identity

Label: French / 法人
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0112

Career and standing

Label: French staff captain / 法參將
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0112
Label: deputy superintendent of naval dockyard / 船政局副監督 · Action: appointed
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0126
Label: peacock feather / 花翎 · Action: awarded
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0127

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0115, qingshigao:435:s0126
Place: Gansu / 甘肅 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0128
Place: Xiaoshan / 蕭山 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0116

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: Hangzhou-and-Anji-campaigns
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0117, qingshigao:435:s0124

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 435Volume 435 Biographies 222: Hua Er, Lei Bo Lei Dong, Fa Er Di Fu, Ge Deng, Ri Yi Ge, De Ke Bei, He De, Bo Li · 10 passages

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華爾勒伯勒東法爾第福戈登日意格德克碑赫德帛黎 Ward, Lebrethon, Foudrinière, Gordon, Giquel, von Sternberg, Hart, and Brière

左宗棠令與德克碑討測西邦製造，仿造小輪舶試行。 Zuo Zongtang had him and von Sternberg study Western shipbuilding and build experimental steam launches.

德克碑，法參將。 Von Sternberg was a French staff captain.

德克碑感服，願易服色受節度。 Deeply moved, von Sternberg agreed to change his uniform and serve under Chinese command.

蔣益澧攻杭城，檄助戰，游擊何文秀攻雞籠山，德克碑從寶塔嶺登岸，攻倚城賊壘。 When Jiang Yili besieged Hangzhou, he was ordered to assist; Brigade Commander He Wenxiu attacked Jilong Hill while von Sternberg landed at Baota Ridge and assaulted the forts along the wall.

德克碑率眾助擊，敗之。 Von Sternberg led his troops to the relief and routed them.

益澧督水陸軍並進，連破九壘，令總兵高連升據其五，德克碑據其二，屯饅頭山。 Yili advanced land and naval forces together, captured nine forts in succession, gave five to Major General Gao Liansheng and two to von Sternberg, and encamped at Mantou Hill.

攻安吉思溪，德克碑率所部助之，轟擊雙福橋，不克，駕小舟泊河汊，火八角亭，支木橋以濟。 In the attack on Anji and Jixi, von Sternberg supported the assault, shelled Shuangfu Bridge without success, then took a small boat up a creek, burned Bajiao Pavilion, and laid wooden bridges to cross.

賊阻兵中流不得進，德克碑賈勇偪岸，所部遇伏卻走，改趨荻港，越壕入，克三壘。 Rebels blocked the river and halted the advance; von Sternberg charged the bank boldly; his men hit an ambush and recoiled; he turned toward Dih Harbor, crossed the ditch, and took three forts.

九年，宗棠平回亂，檄調甘肅，隸麾下。 In 1870, when Zuo pacified the northwestern Muslim revolts, he summoned von Sternberg to Gansu.