103rd Division (German Empire)
The 103rd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army within the German Army in the First World War .
history
The division was assembled on the Eastern Front in May 1915 and deployed there until mid-April 1916. It was then moved to the western front . She stayed here until the end of the war, then marched home and was initially demobilized and finally dissolved at the end of November 1918 .
Battle calendar
1915
- May 24th to July 13th --- First deployment on the Serbian border with the kuk army group Terzstyansky
- July 16-18 --- Krasnostov breakthrough battle
- July 19-28 --- Fighting following the breakthrough battle of Krasnostov
- July 29th to 30th --- Breakthrough Battle of Biskupice
- July 31 to August 19 --- Pursuit battles from Wieprz to the Bug
- September 19 to 20 --- Chase battles between Bug and Jasiolda
- September 21 to October 6 --- Second deployment on the northern Serbian border
- October 6th to November 28th --- Campaign in Serbia
- from December 1st --- deployment on the Greek border
1916
- until March 3rd --- Deployment on the Greek border
- March 4th to April 18th --- Trench warfare on the Greek border
- April 18-29 --- Transport to the west
- April 30th to June 16th --- Position battles in Champagne
- June 19 to July 23 --- Battle of Verdun
- June 23rd to July 21st --- Fights in the Chapitre Forest and in the Souville Gorge
- July 23rd to August 25th --- Fights between Meuse and Moselle
- August 26th to September 15th --- Trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
- September 21 to October 7 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
- October 8th to November 11th --- Battle of the Somme
- from November 16th --- Trench warfare in Champagne
1917
- until January 14th --- Position battles in Champagne
- January 14th to May 21st --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- May 25th to 27th --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
- May 28 to October 23 --- Trench warfare at the Chemin des Dames
- October 24th to November 2nd --- rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
- November 3rd to 24th --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- November 24th to December 25th --- Fights in the Siegfried Line
- from December 27th --- Position battles near St. Quentin and on the Oise
1918
- until March 20 --- Trench warfare near St. Quentin and the Oise
- March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
- April 7th to 11th --- Fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
- April 12 to May 26 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
- June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise, Aisne and Marne
- July 5th to 14th --- Position battles between Aisne and Aire
- July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
- July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- August 4th to 18th --- Trench warfare on the Vesle
- August 18 to September 4 --- Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
- September 5th to 18th --- Fights in front of the Siegfried Line
- September 18th to 25th --- Position battles in Champagne
- September 26th to October 9th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
- October 10th to 12th --- Fighting in front of the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
- October 13th to 17th --- Fights on the Aisne and Aire
- October 18-23 --- Battle of Vouziers
- October 24th to 31st --- Fights on the Aisne and Aire
- November 1st to 4th --- Fights between Aisne and Maas
- November 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
- from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
structure
Division of War of May 15, 1915
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205th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 32
- 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71
- Grand Ducal Hessian Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 116.
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 22
- 2nd and 4th squadron / dragoon regiment "Freiherr von Derfflinger" (Neumärkisches) No. 3
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 205
- Engineer Company No. 205
Division of War of April 19, 1918
-
205th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 32
- 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71
- Grand Ducal Hessian Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 116
- 3rd Squadron / Magdeburg Dragoon Regiment No. 6
- Artillery Commander No. 103
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 205
- III. Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 11
- Engineer Battalion No. 103
- Division News Commander No. 103
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
---|---|---|
Major general | Ludwig von Estorff | May 11, 1915 to August 28, 1916 |
Major general | Fritz von Unger | August 29 to September 18, 1916 |
Major general | Arthur of Gabain | September 18, 1916 to January 1, 1917 |
Major general | Friedrich Wilhelm von Auer | January 2, 1917 to January 3, 1918 |
Lieutenant General | Hans Feodor Lepper | January 5 to November 27, 1918 |
literature
- 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. 584-588.
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military Publishing House. Berlin 1927. pp. 73, 156.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lieutenant Colonel a. D. Radermacher: memorial sheets of the Grand Duke. Hessian Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 116 and the III. Batls. Kgl. Prussia. Agricultural Inf. Regts. No. 85 , Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt. ST F 174/50.
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 144.