11th Royal Bavarian Infantry Division
11th Bavarian Infantry Division |
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active | March 24, 1915 to January 1919 |
Country | |
Armed forces | Bavarian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War |
Eastern Front
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Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 11th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Bavarian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of March 24, 1915
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21st Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Infantry Regiment "Prince Karl of Bavaria"
- 22nd Infantry Regiment "Prince Wilhelm von Hohenzollern"
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 13th
- 1st Squadron / 2nd Chevaulegers Regiment "Taxis"
- 4th Squadron / 7th Chevaulegers Regiment "Prince Alfons"
- 21st Field Artillery Regiment
- 5th Battery / 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment
- Pioneer -Bataillon 21
- Headlight cable 21
- Double telephone train 11
Division of War of January 4, 1918
- 21st Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Infantry Regiment "Prince Karl of Bavaria"
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 13th
- 22nd Infantry Regiment "Prince Wilhelm von Hohenzollern"
- 2nd squadron / 7. Chevaulegers Regiment "Prince Alfons"
- Artillery Commander 11
- 21st Field Artillery Regiment
- Engineer Battalion 11th
- News Commander 11
Battle calendar
1915
- April 5th to 27th --- Reserve of the OHL
- May 1st to 3rd --- Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów
- May 4th to 23rd --- Pursuit battles after the Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów
- May 27th to June 7th --- Fights for Przemyśl
- June 17th to 22nd --- Battle of Lviv
- June 22 to July 15 --- Persecution battles on the Galician-Polish border
- July 15th to 18th --- Battle of Maslomencze
- July 19-30 --- Battle of Hrubieszów
- July 31 --- Battle of Strzelcze
- August 1st to 3rd --- Battle of Cholm
- August 7th to 12th --- Battle of the Uherka
- August 13th to 17th --- Battle of Wlodawa
- August 19 to September 5 --- Chase battles between Bug and Jasiolda
- August 27-28 --- Persecution on Kobrin
- August 29th to 31st --- Chase through the Pripjet Marshes
- September 13th to October 6th --- Second deployment on the northern Serbian border
- October 6th to November 28th --- Campaign in Serbia
- from November 23rd --- Reserve in Syrmia ( Army Group Mackensen )
1916
- until February 6th --- Reserve in Syrmia (Army Group Mackensen)
- February 6 to March 1 --- OHL reserve and transport to the west
- March 2nd to May 16th --- Battle of Verdun
- March 4th to April 18th --- Fighting in Avocourt Forest
- May 16 to June 19 --- OHL reserve and transport to the east
- June 19 to July 27 --- Fights on the Styr and Stochod
- July 28th to October 10th --- Battle of Kovel
- October 15 to November 9 --- Border fighting in the volcanic mountains (Romania)
- October 15 to November 24 --- Mountain fighting at the Rothen Tower Pass (Romania)
- November 10-14 --- Battle of Szurduk
- November 16-17 --- Battle of Târgu Jiu
- November 18 to 23 --- Persecution by Western Wallachia (Romania)
- November 24th to 27th --- Fights on the lower Alt
- November 25th to 30th --- Chase battles near Curtea de Arges-Pitesti
- December 1st to 5th --- Battle of the Argesch
- December 6th --- Bucharest captured
- December 9th to 20th --- Persecution fights at Jalomita- Prahova and Buzaul
- December 21-27 --- Battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
1917
- January 6 to April 20 --- OHL reserve and transport to the west
- April 23rd to 26th --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
- April 29th to May 27th --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
- May 28th to September 19th --- Trench warfare at the Chemin des Dames
- July 19 to October 7 --- Reserve of the OHL
- October 8th to 11th --- Position battles in Champagne
- October 14th to November 13th --- Battle of Flanders (near Passchendaele )
- from November 19th --- Trench warfare on the Meuse heights near Lamorville, Spada and St. Mihiel
1918
- until March 24th --- Position battles on the Meuse heights near Lamorville, Spada and St. Mihiel
- April 10th to 24th --- Battle of the Kemmel
- April 30 to May 1 --- Trench warfare in Flanders
- May 1st to 27th --- Border guard at the Belgian-Dutch border
- 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 17th --- Trench warfare west of Soissons
- July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- August 9 to September 27 --- Trench warfare in Flanders
- 28 September to 17 October --- Defensive battle in Flanders
- October 18 to 24 --- rearguard battles between Yser and Lys
- October 25th to November 1st --- Battle of the Lys
- November 2nd to 4th --- Rearguard fighting on both sides of the Scheldt
- November 5th to 11th --- 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 |
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Major General / Lieutenant General | Paul Ritter von Kneussl | March 24, 1915 to August 7, 1918 |
Major general | August Grossmann | August 8th until the end |
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. 64, 106.
- 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. 206-210.
- Official work of the Bavarian War Archives: The Bavarians in the Great War 1914–1918. National-Verlag GmbH. Munich 1923.
- Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr.Belser AG Publishing House, Stuttgart 1930.
- Christian Stachelbeck : Military Effectiveness in the First World War. The 11th Bavarian Infantry Division 1915–1918. Paderborn et al. 2010.
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 667.