13th Reserve Division (German Empire)

13th Reserve Division
active	August 2, 1914 to January 10, 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry Division
structure	See: Outline
Strength	15,000

The 13th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

• 25th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 13
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 56
• 28th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 39
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 57
  • Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 7
• Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 5
• Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 13
• 4th company / 1. Westphalian Pioneer Battalion No. 7

Division of War of July 12, 1918

• 28th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 13
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 39
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 57
  • 3rd Squadron / Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 5
• Artillery Commander No. 100
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 13
  • 1st Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 22
• Engineer Battalion No. 313
• Division News Commander No. 413

Battle calendar

1914

• August 25th to September 7th --- Siege and capture of Maubeuge
• from September 13th --- fighting on the Aisne

1915

• until October 31st --- fighting on the Aisne
• from December 21st --- position battles in front of Verdun

1916

• until February 20th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• February 21st to September 9th --- Battle of Verdun
• September 9th to December 17th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• from December 18th --- Trench warfare in Champagne

1917

• until April 5th --- Position battles in Champagne
• April 6th to May 27th --- Aisne-Champagne double battle
• May 28th to September 8th --- Trench warfare near Reims
• September 9th to October 9th --- Defense battle near Verdun
• from October 10th --- position battles in front of Verdun

1918

• until January 3rd --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• January 3 to February 3 --- OHL reserve at Arlon
• February 3rd to April 7th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• April 10th to 29th --- Battle of the Kemmel
• April 30th to June 10th --- Trench warfare in Flanders
• June 11th to July 5th --- Border guards on the Belgian-Dutch border
• 5th July to 4th August --- Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
• August 5th to 18th --- Fighting on the Ypres Front - La Bassée
• August 18 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
Lieutenant General / General of the Cavalry z.D.	Alfred von Kühne	0August 2, 1914 to April 3, 1918
Lieutenant General	Hans Hugo von Oertzen	0April 4 to September 17, 1918

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. 65, 110.
• 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. 229-232.

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. 171.