1st Royal Bavarian Division

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The 1st Division , also known as the 1st Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .

1st Royal Bavarian Division

active November 27, 1815 to 1919
Country Flag of Bavaria (striped) .svg Kingdom of Bavaria
Armed forces Bavarian Army
Armed forces army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline
Insinuation I. Army Corps

structure

Peace structure 1914

In 1914 the division was part of the I. Army Corps .

Division of War of August 2, 1914

Division of War of February 23, 1918

  • 1st Infantry Brigade
    • 1st Infantry Regiment "König"
    • 2nd Infantry Regiment "Crown Prince"
    • 24th Infantry Regiment
    • Bavarian MG sniper division
    • 2nd squadron / 8. Chevaulegers Regiment
  • Bavarian artillery commander No. 1
    • 1st field artillery regiment "Prinzregent Luitpold"
    • Bavarian foot artillery battalion
  • 1st Engineer Battalion
  • Bavarian division news commander No. 1

history

The large association was first formed on November 27, 1815 as an infantry division of the Munich General Command . In the further course of their existence, the names changed several times. From June 1, 1822 to March 31, 1872 it was called the 1st Army Division. In the meantime it was named 1st Infantry Division from November 20, 1848 to September 30, 1851, and from April 22, 1859 to July 31, 1869 the name General Command Munich. Finally, on April 1, 1872, it received the final designation 1st Division. The command remained in Munich until it was dissolved in 1919 .

German war

During the war against Prussia , the division took part in the Battle of Kissingen on July 10 and in the battle of Helmstadt on July 25, 1866 .

Franco-German War

In the war against France , the large unit came to the battles at Wörth (August 6), Beaumont (August 30), Bazeilles (September 1), Sedan (September 1), Artenay (October 10), Orléans ( September 11). October), Coulmiers (November 9th), Villepion (December 1st), Loigny and Poupry (December 2nd), Orléans (December 3rd / 4th) and from December 8th to 10th in the battle of Beaugency and from Used in the siege of Paris from September 19, 1870 to January 28, 1871 .

First World War

The division was used at the beginning of the First World War as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front.

1914

1915

1916

  • to 9 May - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0May 9th to July 15th - Battle of Verdun
  • July 14th to October 9th - fighting between Meuse and Moselle
  • 0October 9-30 - Battle of the Somme
  • from November 5th - fighting in the forest of Apremont and Ailly

1917

1918

  • 0January 1st to 25th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 25 January to 27 February - Trench warfare in the Argonne
  • February 28 to March 20 - resting time behind the 18th Army
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7-20 - Fights on the Avre and Montdidier - Noyon
  • April 20th to July 14th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • July 15-17 - Assault battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 04th to 16th August - trench warfare between Oise and Aisne
  • August 17th to September 4th - Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
    • August 28 to September 3 - Battle of the North Canal near Nesle and Noyon
  • 0September 3 to 28 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 26th to October 9th - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • October 13-17 - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
  • October 18 - Battle of Wassigny
  • October 18-23 - Vouziers
  • October 24th to 31st - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
  • 0November 1st to 4th - Fights between Aisne and Meuse
  • 0November 4th - Battle of Guise
  • 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp-Maas position
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Johann Baptist Stephan 0January 8, 1869 to July 17, 1870
Major general Karl von Dietl July 18, 1870 to April 11, 1873
Lieutenant General Karl von Orff April 12, 1873 to July 4, 1875
Lieutenant General Anton von Täuffenbach 0August 7, 1875 to July 23, 1878
Lieutenant General Hugo von Diehl July 24, 1878 to June 15, 1881
Lieutenant General Leopold of Bavaria June 16, 1881 to March 2, 1887
Lieutenant General Arnulf of Bavaria 0March 3, 1887 to July 7, 1892
Hugo von Helvig 0July 8 to September 20, 1892
Lieutenant General Franz Berg September 21, 1892 to June 14, 1894
Lieutenant General Heinrich von Xylander June 14, 1894 to March 21, 1900
Lieutenant General Albert von Koenitz March 22, 1900 to January 24, 1904
Lieutenant General Rupprecht of Bavaria January 27, 1904 to April 18, 1906
Lieutenant General Otto Kreß von Kressenstein April 19, 1906 to May 21, 1910
Lieutenant General Eugen von Benzino May 22, 1910 to December 17, 1913
Lieutenant General Albert von Schoch December 18, 1913 to January 12, 1917
Major general Rudolf Danner January 12, 1917 to December 18, 1919

literature

  • Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, p. 1248.
  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 59, 82.
  • Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918). United States War Office as War Department Document No. 905, Office of the Adjutant, 1920, pp. 39-41.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 660.