Edith Louisa Cavell  was the woman whose execution for treason by German firing squad was the reason for Prussian Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) Traugott von Sauberzweig's replacement as Military Governor of Brussels in 1915.
Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig (October 28, 1863 to April 14, 1920 in Kassel) was a Prussian "Generalleutnant" (Lieutenant General) who served on both the Eastern and Western Front in the German Army during World War I. 
 In 1915 he had been Military Governor of Brussels in the days of Edith Cavell's execution, and in connection with this tragedy his name was prominently mentioned. 
 The Cavell case was the reason that von Sauberzweig was supplanted. 
Edith Louisa Cavell ( ; 4 December 1865  12 October 1915) was a British nurse. 
 She was accused of treason, found guilty by a court-martial and sentenced to death. 
 Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. 
