10th Division (German Empire)

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The 10th Division , also known as the 10th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

10th division

active November 5, 1816 to 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline
Insinuation V. Army Corps

structure

The division was part of the 5th Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 19th Infantry Brigade
    • Grenadier Regiment "Graf Kleist von Nollendorf" (1st West Prussian) No. 6
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Kirchbach" (1st Lower Silesian) No. 46
  • 20th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig III. von Bayern "(2nd Lower Silesian) No. 47
    • 3rd Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 50
  • King Jäger regiment on horseback No. 1
  • 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    • 1. Posensches Field Artillery Regiment No. 20
    • 2. Posensches Field Artillery Regiment No. 56
  • 2nd and 3rd Company / Lower Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 5

Division of war 1915–1916

  • 20th Infantry Brigade
    • Grenadier Regiment "Graf Kleist von Nollendorf" (1st West Prussian) No. 6
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Kirchbach" (1st Lower Silesian) No. 46
    • Infantry Regiment (3rd Lower Silesian) No. 50
  • 3rd Squadron / Regiment Königs-Jäger on Horseback No. 1
  • 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    • 1. Posensches Field Artillery Regiment No. 20
    • 2. Posensches Field Artillery Regiment No. 56
  • 2nd and 3rd Company / Lower Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 5
  • Division News Commander No. 10

Division of War of May 3, 1918

  • 20th Infantry Brigade
    • Grenadier Regiment "Graf Kleist von Nollendorf" (1st West Prussian) No. 6
    • Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig III. von Bayern "(2nd Lower Silesian) No. 47
    • Infantry Regiment No. 398
    • Machine gun sniper division No. 17
    • 3rd Squadron / Regiment Königs-Jäger on Horseback No. 1
  • Artillery Commander No. 10
  • Lower Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 5
  • Division News Commander No. 10

history

The large association emerged from the troop brigade formed on November 5, 1816 and was expanded to the 9th Division on September 5, 1818. On February 28, 1820 the 10th division was formed from it. The command remained in Poznan until the demobilization and dissolution of the large association in 1919 . During the First World War , the division was used exclusively on the Western Front.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • 0January 1 to December 31 - trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle

1916

  • until October 5th - trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
  • 0October 6th to December 21st - trench warfare in front of Verdun

1917

  • January 24th to February 23rd - trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
  • February 24th to May 1st - fighting on the Meuse heights in the Loclont forest section, Seuzey
  • 0May 3rd to 27th - double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • May 28th to October 23rd - Trench warfare on Chemin des Dames
  • October 24th to November 2nd - rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
  • 0November 3 to December 1 - Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • 0December 1st to 9th - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
  • from December 9th - trench warfare north of the Ailette

1918

  • until March 1st - trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • 0March 1st to 20th - resting time behind the 18th Army
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7-30 - Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
  • 0May 1st to 26th - trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
  • June 14th to July 4th - trench warfare between Oise , Aisne and Marne
  • 0July 5th to 17th - Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 04th to 5th August - trench warfare on the Vesle
  • 0August 6th to September 11th - trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
  • September 12-14 - evasive battles in the Mihiel Arch
  • September 15 to 20 - Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and west of the Moselle
  • September 21 to October 13 - Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • October 13th to November 1st - trench warfare in the Woëvre plain, on the eastern bank of the Moselle and on the Selle
  • 0November 2nd to 3rd - Fights between Aisne and Meuse
  • 0November 4th to 11th - Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse, defensive battles between Meuse and Beaumont
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general August von Hedemann March 30, 1838 to March 29, 1840
Major general Friedrich von Steinaecker March 30 to September 9, 1840 (entrusted with the tour)
Major General / Lieutenant General Friedrich von Steinaecker September 10, 1840 to May 29, 1850
Major General / Lieutenant General Heinrich von Brandt February 17, 1853 to August 5, 1857
Major General / Lieutenant General Ferdinand von der Goltz 0August 6, 1857 to May 12, 1861
Major general Otto von der Mülbe May 13 to July 23, 1861 (in charge of the tour)
Major General / Lieutenant General Otto von der Mülbe July 24, 1861 to December 8, 1863
Major general Wilhelm Hiller von Gaertringen December 19, 1863 to January 8, 1864 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General August Karl von Goeben November 21, 1864 to May 18, 1865
Lieutenant General Hugo Ewald von Kirchbach May 13, 1865 to July 17, 1870
Lieutenant General Christoph von Schmidt July 18, 1870 to October 10, 1873
Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Sandrart October 11, 1873 to January 12, 1880
Lieutenant General Gustav Hermann von Alvensleben January 13, 1880 to March 21, 1886
Major general Richard von Seeckt March 22 to April 14, 1886 (entrusted with the tour)
Lieutenant General Richard von Seeckt April 15, 1886 to January 26, 1890
Lieutenant General Theodore at the end January 27, 1890 to October 17, 1891
Lieutenant General Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist October 18, 1891 to June 16, 1893
Lieutenant General Richard Karl von Klitzing June 17, 1893 to August 17, 1894
Lieutenant General Heinrich von Igel August 18, 1894 to July 1, 1898
Lieutenant General Rudolf von Haberling 0June 2, 1898 to June 14, 1899
Lieutenant General George of Braunschweig June 15 to July 19, 1899 (substitute)
Lieutenant General George of Braunschweig July 20, 1899 to April 2, 1902
Lieutenant General Leopold August Siemens 0April 5, 1902 to May 22, 1905
Lieutenant General Otto von Emmich May 22, 1905 to May 28, 1909
Lieutenant General Max von Schack May 29, 1909 to June 15, 1911
Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Farne June 16, 1911 to June 3, 1912
Lieutenant General Robert Kosch 0June 4, 1912 to October 7, 1914
Lieutenant General Alfred von Larisch 0October 8, 1914 to February 15, 1915
Major General / Lieutenant General Max Schwarte February 16, 1915 to April 30, 1917
Major general Otto von Diepenbroick-Grüter 0May 1, 1917 to January 8, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military Publishing House. Berlin 1927. pp. 63, 103-104.

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. 103f.