August Kral entered the diplomatic service of Austria-Hungary in 1894 and held various posts in embassies in the Ottoman Empire and Persia.
During the Bosnian annexation crisis he was given the power to enforce the Austrian interests against Serbia and Montenegro in Albania.
[1] After the conquest of Montenegro and northern Albania in February 1916 by the Austro-Hungarian Army, he was established in the occupied northern two-thirds of Albania as administrator, assisted by a civilian board of directors.
[3] After the First World War, Kral served as consul General in Hamburg (1919-1921), then ambassador in Sofia, Bulgaria.
[4][5] In his book Kamâl Atatürk's Land: the Evolution of Modern Turkey (German: Das Land Kamâl Atatürks: der Werdegang der modernen Türkei) he formed a lasting perception of the new Turkey of Atatürk in German space.