Auguste Edouard Hirschauer (born 16 June 1857 in Saint-Avold, Moselle, France, died 27 December 1943 in Versailles, Yvelines, France) was a French lieutenant general in the First World War and from 1920 to 1936 representatives of Lorraine in the Senate.
At the start of 1914, General Hirschauer was in command of a brigade of balloons comprising the 1st and 8th Combat Engineer Regiments of Versailles. On 8 February he was appointed Chief of Staff of Paris dealing with engineering of the area southwest of Paris and worked under the command of General Gallieni.
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| Preceded by Pierre Roques |
Permanent Inspector of Military Aeronautics 1912-1913 |
Succeeded by Félix Paul Antoine Bernard |
| Preceded by Félix Paul Antoine Bernard |
Director of Military Aeronautics 1914-1915 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Henry Jacques RegnierIn 1916 |
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