von Brlog
1873 Attended a military technical school
1877 Graduated from the Military Academy in Vienna
1877 Promoted to Leutnant
1882 Promoted to Oberleutnant
1886 Promoted to Hauptmann 1. Klasse
May 1893 Promoted to Major
November 1895 Promoted to Oberstleutnant
November 1898 Promoted to Oberst
May 1903 Chief of the Operations Bureau until April 1905
April 1905 Commander of 5. infantry brigade until October 1906
May 1905 Promoted to Generalmajor
October 1906 Head of War School until September 1910
May 1909 Promoted to Feldmarschalleutnant
September 1910 Commands 46. Landwehr Div. until October 1912
October 1912 Commands V. Armee Korps until May 1915
November 1913 Promoted to Feldzeugmeister
May 1915 Commands 3.Armee until June 1915
June 1915 Commands 1.Armee until July 1916
May 1916 Promoted to Generaloberst
FML Paul Puhallo von Brlog succeeded to command the V. Corps in December 1912, replacing GdI Artur Sprecher von Bernegg. Puhallo started the war with a rank of FZM. He remained in command of the V. Corps until 25 May 1915, when he ascended to command the III. Army. He replaced General Boroevic who organised a defense on the Isonzo River against the Italian invasion. Puhallo held sway over the III. Army until he was transferred to the command of the I. Army on June 10, 1915, replacing General Karl von Kirchbach there. (General Tersztyanszky later replaced Puhallo as commander of the III. Army after it had been moved to the Vojvodina for the impending invasion of Serbia.)
In May 1916, Puhallo was given the rank of Generaloberst along with many other fellow officers. He lost his command over the I. Army on 26 July 1916, probably because most of it had been destroyed by the Lutsk Offensive executed by General Alexei Brussilov. The I. Army was reorganised for the invasion of Roumania a month later, and commanded by General Arz von Straussenberg.
Puhallo died in Vienna on 12 October 1926.
GWS, 7/01
Orders of Battle: Polish Front, August 1914
Immediately preceding the invasion of Poland
I. Armee, General der Kavallerie Viktor Dankl
V. Korps, Feldzeugmeister Puhallo von Brlog
XIV. inf. div., Feldmarschalleutnant Hugo Martiny
XXXIII. inf. div., Feldmlt. von Rebracha
XXXVII. Honved inf. div., Feldmlt. Weber
Orders of Battle: Galician Front, January 1915
Immediately preceding the Battles for the Carpathians
III. Armee, Gen. d. Inf. Boroevic von Bojna
Puhallo Group: XVIII. Korps, Feldmarschalleutnant Tschurtschenthaler von Helmheim
XLIV. Schützen inf. div., Feldmarschalleutnant Tschurtschenthaler
V. Korps, Feldzeugmeister Puhallo
XXXIII. inf. div., Feldmlt. Goglia
XXXVII. Honved inf. div., Feldmlt. Weber
XIX. Korps, Feldmlt. Trollmann
XXIX. inf. div., Feldmlt. Zanantoni
Szurmay Group, Feldmlt. Szurmay
VII. inf. div., Feldmlt. von Lütgendorf
XL. Honved inf. div., Feldmlt. Plank
VIII. kav. div., Feldmlt. von Lehmann
CXXVIII. k. Ung. Landsturm brigade, Oberstleutnant von Artner
I. k. Ung. Hussar brigade, Oberst von Bothmer
Orders of Battle: Eastern Front, May 1915
Immediately preceding the Dunajec offensive
II. Armee, Gen. d. Kav. Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli
V. Korps., Feldzeugsmeister v. Puhallo
Chief of Staff, Oberst Sallagar
37. Honvéd inf. div., Genmj. Tabajdi
73. Honvéd inf. brig., Oberst v. Pogany
74. Honvéd inf. brig., Genmj. Hunke
37. field art. brig., Oberst Wondre
33. inf. div., Feldmlt. Goglia
65. inf. brig., Genmj. Frh. v. Dürfeld
66. inf. brig., Genmj. Lieb
33. field art. brig., Oberst Kaufmann
27. inf. div., Feldmlt. Kosak (troops dispersed amongst IV. and XVIII. Korps)
Orders of Battle: Eastern Front, August 1915
Immediately following the counteroffensive against the Russians
I. Armee, Feldz. von Puhallo
XIII. Schützen div., Genmj. von Szekely
Szurmay Korps, Feldmlt. Szurmay
VII. inf. div., Genmj. von Dani
XL. Honved inf. div., Feldmlt. Plank
I. Korps, Gen. d. Kav. von Kirchbach
IX. inf. div., Feldmlt. von Schenk
XLVI. Schützen div., Genmj. von Czapp
II. Korps, Gen. d. Inf. J. von Kirchbach
XXV. inf. div., Genmj. Poleschensky
Army reserve: Smekal Group
XLV. Schützen div., Feldmlt. Smekal
IV. inf. div., Feldmlt. Schmidt
After the fall of Lemberg on June 22, General Mackensen reorganised the armies on the Eastern Front. He directed the II. Army to cover his flank and join the newly formed Army Group Böhm-Ermolli, which also included the German Süd Armee and the VII. Army. Meanwhile, Army Group Mackensen was formed from the Austrian IV. Army, the German XI. Army, and a newly formed German Army of the Bug.
Puhallo's I. Army was stationed between these two army groups, and was to cover the right flank of the Army of the Bug. Puhallo was ordered to advance on Vladimir Volynski as Mackensen drove into eastern Poland. After some initially swift successes in early and mid-July, Army Group Mackensen slowed to a crawl, failing to encircle the Russian armies retreating from Poland.
By the beginning of August, the Russians were pouring out of Poland and Puhallo was ordered to march behind Brest-Litovsk to block the retreat. In mid-August, Puhallo took Kowel and by late August was involved in the battles for the Volhynian fortress of Lutsk, which fell in September.
GWS, 11/00
Immediately preceding the Brussilov offensive
Böhm-Ermolli Group, Generaloberst von Böhm-Ermolli
I. Armee, Generaloberst von Puhallo
XVIII. Korps, Feldmlt. Czibulka
I. Landsturm brigade, Feldmarschal Bandian
VII. kav. div., Feldmlt. von Micewski
XLVI. Schützen div., Genmj. von Urbanski
XXV. res. inf. div., Genmj. von Boog
Orders of Battle: Eastern Front, July 1916
Immediately following the Russian breakthrough at Lutsk and later at Czernowitz
Army Group Linsingen, Gen. d. Inf. von Linsingen
I. Armee, Generaloberst von Puhallo
XVIII. Korps, Feldmlt. Czibulka
VII. kav. div., Feldmlt. von Micewski
XLVI. Schützen div., Genmj. von Urbanski
XXV. res. inf. div., Genmj. von Boog
Marwitz Army Group, Gen. d. Kav. von der Marwitz
VII. K.u.K. inf. div., Genmj. Baumgartner
XXII. Deutsch inf. div., Genlt. Dieffenbach
CVIII. Deutsch inf. div., Genlt. Beckman
XLVIII. K.u.K. inf. div., Feldmlt. Gabriel
Falkenhayn Army Group, Gen. d. Kav. von Falkenhayn
LXI. K.u.K. inf. div., Feldmlt. Winckler
VII. K.u.K. kav. div., Feldmlt. Miczewski
IV. K.u.K. kav. div., Feldmlt. von Leonhardi
XLIII. Deutsch res. inf. div., Genmj. von Runckel
IX. Deutsch kav. div., Genmj. von Heuduck
Czibulka's northern sector was handed over to the Corps of German General der Kavallerie von der Marwitz, who suffered from an offensive by the Russian XXXV. Corps. Czibulka was not spared by General Sakharov, commander of the Russian XI. Army. The Russian XVII. and XXXII. Corps attacked between von der Marwitz and Czibulka to the north and between Czibulka and Kosak's Corps to the south, respectively. This treacherous predicament caused a break between the latter two, and the result was that Kosak lost Brody and more than 10,000 prisoners, while Czibulka lost a few thousand and found himseld engulfed on his right. Both he and Kosak were ordered to cross the Styr and prevent the Russians from securing bridgeheads. Kosak managed to keep bridgeheads of his own on the left side of the river, and this position was held through the rest of the summer.
GWS, 10/01
