11th Reserve Division (German Empire)

11th Reserve Division
active	August 2, 1914 to February 15, 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry Division
structure	See: Outline
Insinuation	VI. Reserve Corps

The 11th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

• 23rd Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment "Keith" (1st Upper Silesian) No. 22
  • 3rd Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 156
• 21st Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 10
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 11
• Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 4
• Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 11
• 4th Company / Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 6

Division of War of October 19, 1918

• 23rd Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 10
  • Infantry Regiment "Keith" (1st Upper Silesian) No. 22
  • 3rd Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 156
  • 1st Squadron / Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 4
• Artillery Commander No. 98
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 11
  • 1st Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 5
• Engineer Battalion No. 311
• Division Message Commander # 411

Battle calendar

1914

• August 22-27 --- Battle of Longwy - Longuyon and the Othain Sector
• August 28th to September 1st --- Battle of the Meuse crossings
• September 2nd to 3rd --- Battle of Varennes - Montfaucon
• September 6th to 12th --- Battle of Vaubecourt -Fleury
• from September 13th --- position battles around Verdun

1915

• January 1st to December 31st --- Trench warfare around Verdun

1916

• until February 20 --- trench warfare around Verdun
• February 21 to May 15 --- Battle of Verdun
• May 16 to June 23 --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• June 24th to July 30th --- Battle of the Somme
• July 30th to September 30th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• September 30th to November 3rd --- Battle of the Somme
• from November 5th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1917

• until January 31st --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• February 1 to March 29 --- Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
• March 21 to May 7 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
• May 7th to 20th --- Spring battle near Arras
• May 21st to October 31st --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• November 1st to December 3rd --- Battle of Flanders
• from December 4th --- Trench warfare in Flanders

1918

• until April 3rd --- Trench warfare in Flanders
• April 4th to 30th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• April 30th to September 27th --- 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 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
• November 12th to December 19th --- Evacuation of the occupied territory and march back home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Karl Surén	0August 2 to November 2, 1914
Lieutenant General / General of the Cavalry	Friedrich von Hertzberg	0November 3, 1914 to September 11, 1917
Lieutenant General	Bernhard Boeß	September 11, 1917 to July 1, 1918
Lieutenant General	Heinrich Büstorff	0July 1, 1918 to February 15, 1919

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, 107.
• 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. 201-203.

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. 170.