14th Reserve Division (German Empire)

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14th Reserve Division

active August 2, 1914 to January 12, 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure See: Outline
Strength 15,000
Insinuation VII Reserve Corps

The 14th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 28th Infantry Brigade
  • 27th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 16
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 53
  • Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 8
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 14
  • 1st reserve company / 1. Reserve Engineer Battalion No. 8
  • 2nd reserve company / 1. Reserve Engineer Battalion No. 8

Division of war on April 9, 1918

  • 27th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 16
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 53
    • 8th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 159
    • 1st Squadron / Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 5
  • Artillery Commander No. 102
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 14
  • Engineer Battalion No. 314
  • Division News Commander No. 414

Battle calendar

1914

  • August 22nd to 25th --- Conquest of Namur
  • 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
  • November 1st to December 20th --- Reserve of the OHL
  • from December 21st --- Trench warfare around Verdun

1916

  • until February 20 --- trench warfare around Verdun
  • February 21st to September 9th --- Battle of Verdun
  • September 9th to December 20th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • from December 20th --- Trench warfare on the Somme

1917

  • until January 17th --- Trench warfare on the Somme
  • January 19 to April 5 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
  • April 6th to May 27th --- Aisne-Champagne double battle
  • May 28th to October 23rd --- Trench warfare near Reims
  • October 24th to November 2nd --- rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
  • from November 3rd --- trench warfare north of the Ailette

1918

  • until March 20 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • March 21st to April 9th ​​--- Great battle in France
  • April 10th to May 26th --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • May 27th to June 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 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • August 2nd to 21st --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
  • August 22nd to September 2nd --- Battle of Albert - Péronne
  • September 3 to 7 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 8th to 17th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • September 18 to October 3 --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
  • October 5th to 9th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • October 10th to 12th --- Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
  • October 13th to 17th --- Fights on the Aisne and Aire
  • October 18-23 --- Fights near Attigny and Rilly-aux-Oies
  • October 24th to 31st --- Fights on the Aisne and Aire
  • November 1st to 4th --- Fights between Aisne and Maas
  • November 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Wolfgang von Unger August 2, 1914 to January 27, 1915
Lieutenant General Ernst Wagner January 28 to March 19, 1915
Lieutenant General Robert Loeb March 20, 1915 to September 30, 1918
Lieutenant General Thilo von Hanstein October 1, 1918 to January 12, 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. 65, 111.
  • 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. 240-243.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 171.