115th Division (German Empire)

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115th Infantry Division

active April 1, 1915 to October 18, 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline
First World War Western front
Battle of La Bassée and Arras

Eastern Front

Commanders
Please refer: List of commanders

The 115th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of April 3, 1915

Division of War of February 20, 1918

  • 229th Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 40
    • 4th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 136
    • 2nd Upper Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 171
    • 2nd squadron / 3rd squadron Badisches Dragoon Regiment "Prince Karl" No. 22
  • Artillery Commander No. 115
    • Field Artillery Regiment No. 229
  • Engineer Battalion No. 143
  • Division News Commander # 115

history

The division was assembled near Tournai in April 1915 and initially deployed on the Western Front. Pulled from the front in early August 1915, the division was transferred to the Eastern Front . After its deployment on the Romanian front between autumn 1916 and spring 1918, the unit was relocated to the western front. The division stayed here until the end of the war, after which it marched back home. It was demobilized until October 18, 1919 and finally dissolved.

Battle calendar

1915

  • April 2nd to May 9th --- Reserve of the OHL
  • May 9-27 --- Battle of La Bassée and Arras
  • May 27th to June 10th --- Reserve of the OHL
  • June 11th to July 30th --- Fights on the Aisne
  • July 30th to August 11th --- OHL reserve and transport to the east
  • 17th to 18th August --- Siege of Kovno
  • 19th August to 8th September --- Battle of Nyemen
  • September 9th to October 2nd --- Battle of Vilna
  • from October 3rd --- position battles between Krewo- Smorgon - Narotschsee -Tweretsch

1916

  • until June 28th --- position battles between Krewo-Smorgon- Narotschsee -Tweretsch
  • June 28th to July 26th --- 10th Army Reserve
    • July 16-23 --- Battle of Kekkau
  • July 27 to August 20 --- 8th Army Reserve
  • August 20 to September 9 --- Trench warfare in front of Riga
  • September 9 to 21 --- Upper East Reserve
  • September 21 to November 4 --- Battle of Kovel
  • November 5th to 12th --- Position battles on the upper Styr - Stochod
  • November 18-23 --- Persecution by Western Wallachia
  • November 24th to 27th --- Fights on the lower Alt
  • December 1st to 5th --- Battle of the Argesch
  • December 4th to 8th --- Persecution after the Battle of the Arges
  • December 9th to 20th --- Persecution fights against Jalomita-Prahova and Buzaul
  • December 21-27 --- Battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • from December 28th --- pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat

1917

  • until January 3, 1917 --- pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • January 4th to 8th --- Battle of the Putna
  • January 6th to July 21st --- Trench warfare against Putna and Sereth
  • July 22nd to July 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

  • until April 11th --- Armistice on the Romanian front
  • April 12th to 17th --- Transport to the West
  • April 18 to June 2 --- Reserve of the OHL
  • June 2nd to 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 20th --- Defense battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 21st to August 7th --- Reserve of the OHL
  • August 8th to September 19th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • September 21st to 26th --- Position battles in the Woëvre plain and west of the Moselle
  • September 26th to November 11th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major General / Lieutenant General Alfred von Kleist April 1, 1915 to February 5, 1918
Lieutenant General Theodor Mengelbier February 6 to March 21, 1918
Major general Friedrich Kundt March 22, 1918 to January 1, 1919
Lieutenant General Dietrich von Roeder January 2 to October 18, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 74, 159–160.
  • 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. 606-608.

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. 147.