109th Division (German Empire)

The 109th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

history

The division was assembled in Courland on October 1, 1915 and initially used on the Eastern Front . After the armistice on the Romanian front , the association was deployed in the west at the end of March 1918 and was disbanded there on August 24, 1918 after heavy losses.

Battle calendar

1915

• from November 28 - Trench warfare against Jakobstadt

1916

• until October 26th - trench warfare in front of Jakobstadt
• October 26th to November 1st - Transport from Courland to Romania
• 0November 6th to 9th - border fighting on the volcanic mountains
• November 10-14 - Battle of Szurduk
• November 16-17 - Battle of Targu-Jiu
• November 18-23 - Persecution by Western Wallachia
• November 24-27 - Fights on the lower Alt
• 0December 1st to 5th - Battle of the Argesch
• 0December 4-8 - Persecution after the Battle of the Arges
• 0December 6th - capture of Bucharest
• 0December 9-20 - Persecution fights against Jalomita-Pràhova and Buzaul
• December 21-27 - Battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
• from December 28th - pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat

1917

• until 3 January - pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
• 0January 4th to 8th - Battle of the Putna
• 0January 6th to July 21st - Trench warfare on Putna and Sereth
• July 22nd to 25th - defensive battles on the Sereth
• July 26th to December 9th - Trench warfare on Sereth and Susita
• from December 10th - Armistice on the Romanian front

1918

• March 11th - Armistice on the Romanian front
• March 12-21 - transport to the west
• March 21 to April 5 - Reserve of the OHL
• 0April 6th - Great battle in France
• 0April 7-19 - Fighting on the Avre
• April 20 to August 7 - Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
• 0August 8-20 - Defensive battle between Somme and Avre
• August 24th - Division dissolved

structure

Division of War of October 3, 1915

• 174th Infantry Brigade
  • Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2
  • Infantry Regiment No. 376
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 26
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 89
  • Artillery Regiment No. 227
  • Landwehr Foot Artillery Battalion No. 28
  • 1st Guard Landwehr Pioneer Company
  • Headlight train No. 276
  • Double telephone train No. 109

Division of War of February 20, 1918

• 174th Infantry Brigade
  • Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2
  • Infantry Regiment No. 376
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 26
  • 5th Squadron / Dragoon Regiment "King Albert of Saxony" (East Prussian) No. 10
• Artillery Commander No. 109
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 227
• Engineer Battalion No. 218
• Division News Commander No. 109

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Horst von Oetinger	0October 4, 1915 to January 23, 1917
Major general	Georg Schaer	January 24th to July 9th, 1917
Major general	Karl von Behr	July 10, 1917 to August 24, 1918

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 73, 158.
• 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. 598-599.

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. 146.