123rd Division (7th Royal Saxon)

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123rd division

active March 20, 1915 to January 4, 1919
Country Kingdom of Saxony
Armed forces Saxon Army
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline
First World War Western front
Battle of the Somme
Battle of the Marne
Battle of St. Mihiel

Eastern Front

Commanders
Please refer: List of commanders

The 123rd Division (7th Royal Saxon) was a major unit of the Saxon Army during the First World War .

structure

Division of War of June 3, 1918

  • 245th Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 106
    • Infantry Regiment No. 178
    • Infantry Regiment No. 351
    • 5th squadron / 3rd squadron Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment No. 20
  • Artillery Commander No. 123
    • Field Artillery Regiment No. 245
  • Engineer Battalion No. 123
  • Division News Commander # 123

history

The division was formed on March 20, 1915 and, after its formation, was initially deployed on the western front, relocated to the eastern front in August 1916 and returned to the west in mid-November 1917 in front of Verdun .

Battle calendar

1915

  • April 2nd to 13th --- Reserve of the OHL
  • April 13th to May 18th --- Fights on the Aisne
  • May 18 to July 10 --- Reserve of the OHL
  • July 24th to September 24th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • September 25th to October 13th --- Autumn battle at La Bassée and Arras
  • from October 14th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1916

  • until February 28th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • February 28 to March 14 --- Trench warfare in the Wytschaete-Bogen
  • March 14th to July 7th --- Trench warfare on the Yser
    • March 27th to April 27th --- Fights at St. Eloi
  • July 7th to 26th --- Battle of the Somme
  • July 27th to August 3rd --- transport to the east
  • from August 4th --- position battles between Krewo- Smorgon - Narotschsee and Tveretsch

1917

  • until September 17th --- position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Narotschsee and Tveretsch
    • 23 January to 3 February --- Winter battle on the Aa (parts of the division)
    • July 19-27 --- Smorgon-Krewo defensive battle
    • September 18 to November 8 --- Position battles between Nyemen - Beresina - Krewo-Smorgon-Narochsee-Tveretsch
  • November 8-14 --- transport to the west
  • from November 14th --- Position battles in front of Verdun

1918

  • until May 30th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • June 2nd to 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
  • June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise , Aisne and Marne
  • July 5th to 14th --- Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
  • July 15th to 17th --- Battle of the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 25th to August 30th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • September 12-14 --- Battle of St. Mihiel
  • September 15 to October 10 --- Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and west of the Moselle
  • October 11th to 25th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • 25 October to 11 November --- Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and on both sides of the Moselle
  • from November 12th --- march back through Lorraine , the Rhine Province and the Palatinate during the armistice

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major General / Lieutenant General Karl Lucius March 20, 1915 to August 6, 1918
Major general Otto of Ompteda August 7, 1918 to January 4, 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, 161.