11th Royal Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade

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The 11th Reserve Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .

history

The brigade was deployed at the beginning of the First World War as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front. She was subordinate to the 5th Reserve Infantry Division . From April 5, 1915, the staff of the march was called "Samhaber" brigade . On March 6, 1915, the brigade was formed from the staff of the 9th Reserve Infantry Brigade .

structure

Division of War of August 2, 1914

  • Reserve Infantry Regiment 10
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment 13th

Division of War of April 17, 1915

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Oskar Reuter 0August 2 to September 7, 1914
Major general Franz Samhaber 0September 7, 1914 to March 6, 1915
Lieutenant General Hugo Huller 0March 6, 1915 to August 1, 1916
Major General z. D. Joseph Ritter von Schmauß 0August 1, 1916 to May 17, 1917
Major general Luitpold White-Jonak May 17, 1917 until the end of the war

literature

  • Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr. Belser AG. Publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.
  • Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984.
  • Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: The royal Bavarian military Max-Joseph-Order. Self-published by the kb Military Max Joseph Order. Munich 1966.