Hello, It's really very harsh to say that Reuentahl was a traitor. Yet he is the one who carries much blame for the "rebellion". (Rubinsky, Ranke et al carry most.) I don't think his leading all his troops to fight Mittermeier's was an act "to keep the Kaiser's spirit up". Mittermeier did give him the last chance to stop his bizarre act before bloodshed occured. He should have taken it. It's Reuentahl's own ambition that brought about his downfall. Reinhard-Siegfried