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
- November 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
- Battle of the Argesch December 1st to 5th -
- December 4-8 - Persecution after the Battle of the Arges
- Bucharest December 6th - capture of
- December 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
- January 4th to 8th - Battle of the Putna
- Sereth January 6th to July 21st - Trench warfare on Putna and
- 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
- Great battle in France April 6th -
- Avre April 7-19 - Fighting on the
- April 20 to August 7 - Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
- August 8-20 - Defensive battle between Somme and Avre
- August 24th - Division dissolved
structure
Division of War of October 3, 1915
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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
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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 |
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Lieutenant General | Horst von Oetinger | October 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
- ↑ 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.