10th Reserve Division (German Empire)

10th Reserve Division
active	August 2, 1914 to January 10, 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
Insinuation	V. Reserve Corps
First World War	Western front Battle for Verdun Battle of the Somme Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne Great battle in France

The 10th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

• 77th Infantry Brigade
  • Fusilier regiment "von Steinmetz" (West Prussian) No. 37
  • 7th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 155
• 18th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 37
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 46
• Reserve Uhlan Regiment No. 6
• Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 10
• 1st and 2nd Reserve Company / Lower Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 5

Division of War of March 14, 1918

• 77th Infantry Brigade
  • Fusilier Regiment von Steinmetz (1st West Prussian) No. 37
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 37
  • 7th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 155
  • Machine Gun Sniper Division No. 10
  • 1st Squadron / Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 3
• Artillery Commander No. 61
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 10
  • 1st Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 3
• Engineer Battalion No. 310
• Division News Commander No. 410

Battle calendar

1914

• August 22-27 - Battle of Longwy- Longuyon and the Othain Sector
• from August 28th - trench warfare around Verdun

1915

• 0January 1st to December 31st - trench warfare around Verdun

1916

• until February 20 - trench warfare around Verdun
• February 21 to April 13 - Battle of Verdun
• April 14th to June 8th - trench warfare in Upper Alsace
• June 19 to September 29 - Trench warfare in Champagne
• September 30th to October 14th - Battle of the Somme
• from October 15th - trench warfare in front of Verdun

1917

• February 7th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
• 0February 8-26 - Trench warfare in Lorraine
• 0March 1st to 14th - fighting on the Aisne
• March 15 to April 3 - trench warfare on the Aisne
• 0April 6th to 16th - double battle on the Aisne and in Champagne
• April 18 to July 22 - trench warfare in front of Verdun
• July 22nd to August 7th - OHL reserve near Sedan
• 0August 8 to November 3 - Trench warfare near Reims Commanding the division from Aug 24 to Oct 12 was Major General Ernst v. Chrismar
• 03rd to 9th November - trench warfare north of the Ailette
• from November 10th - trench warfare near Reims

1918

• until March 7th - trench warfare near Reims
• 0March 7-20 - resting time behind the 18th Army
• March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
• 0April 7th to 25th - fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
• April 25th to May 26th - trench warfare north of the Ailette
• May 27th - Storming the heights of the Chemin des Dames
• May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
• June 14th to July 4th - trench warfare between Oise , Aisne and Marne
• 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 9th August - trench warfare on the Vesle
• August 10th to 25th - trench warfare near Reims
• August 25th to September 3rd - trench warfare on the Vesle
• 0September 3 to October 9 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
• September 19-27 - Fights in the Siegfried Line
• September 28th to October 9th - trench warfare north of the Ailette
• October 10-12 - Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
• October 13th to November 4th - fights in the dog position
• 05th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
• from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Hermann von Wartenberg	0August 2, 1914 to June 28, 1915
General of the Infantry	Max von Bahrfeldt	June 29, 1915 to April 1916
Lieutenant General	Viktor Dallmer	0April 3, 1916 to January 6, 1919

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 64, 104-105.
• 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. 184-187.

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. 170.