# Count Althaus — Lay Down Your Arms character guide

> Count Althaus in Lay Down Your Arms by Bertha von Suttner.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** General Althaus, née Althaus, the Count Althaus, Althaus, General Count Althaus, Count

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

An elderly general and patriarch of the Althaus family.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lay_down_your_arms_se/chapters/i)

Martha's father, a general who fought under Radetzky and eagerly anticipates the war.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lay_down_your_arms_se/chapters/vi)

Martha's father, who toasts to a glorious campaign and expresses disappointment that Frederick's regiment is not sent to the front.

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