15th Division (German Empire)

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The 15th Division , also known as the 15th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

structure

The command was in Cologne until it was dissolved in 1919 and the division was part of the VIII Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Monument to the Cuirassier Regiment No. 8 in Cologne-Deutz

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

Division of War of April 7, 1918

history

The division was originally established on September 5, 1818 as the 16th division and renamed the 15th division on December 14, 1818.

Franco-German War

In the Franco-Prussian War , the division fought at Mars la Tour , Gravelotte and Metz, among others . After the surrender of Metz, fighting followed north of Paris in the Battle of the Hallue and the siege of the fortress of Péronne . Later fights followed at Amiens and ultimately at Saint-Quentin .

First World War

1914

1915

  • until January 7th - trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0January 8-13 - Battle of Perthes-lès-Hurlus and Beausejour
  • January 14th to 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0February 1st to 5th - Battle of Perthes-les-Hurlus
  • 0February 6-15 - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • February 16-19 - Battle of Perthes-les-Hurlus
  • February 21 to March 20 - Winter battle in Champagne
  • March 21st to April 3rd - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0April 4 to May 11 - Reserve of the OHL
  • May 13th to June 30th - Battle of La Bassée and Arras
  • from July 1st - fighting on the Aisne

1916

  • until September 27th - fighting on the Aisne
  • September 27th to October 15th - Battle of the Somme
  • October 16 to November 5 - fighting on the Aisne
  • 0November 6-10 - transport to the east
  • from November 11th - trench warfare on the upper Styr - Stochod

1917

1918

  • March 23rd - Trench warfare in Flanders in winter
  • March 23-29 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • March 29th to April 6th - Great Battle of France
  • 0April 6th - Storm on the heights off Amlgny, Oise crossing bel Chauny
  • 0April 7th - Fighting in the Coucy coppice and on the lower Ailette
  • 0April 7th to June 9th - Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
  • 0June 9th to July 5th - fighting on the Avre and Matz
  • 0July 5th to 17th - Trench warfare west of Soissons
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 04th to 16th August - trench warfare between Oise and Aisne
  • 17th to 25th August - defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
  • August 26th to September 25th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • 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 Constantin von Lossau 0September 5, 1818 to February 21, 1820
Lieutenant General Karl Friedrich Bernhard Helmuth von Hobe February 22, 1820 to September 25, 1823
Major General / Lieutenant General August Friedrich Ludwig von Wrangel September 26, 1823 to March 29, 1830
Lieutenant General Ernst von Pfuel March 30, 1830 to March 29, 1838
Major General / Lieutenant General Peter of Colomb March 30, 1838 to December 1, 1841
Lieutenant General August von Kanitz 0December 2, 1841 to April 12, 1848
Lieutenant General Ludwig Roth von Schreckenstein April 13 to June 22, 1848
Lieutenant General Moritz von Hirschfeld June 23, 1848 to November 3, 1851
Lieutenant General Hans Wilhelm von Schack 0November 4, 1851 to June 2, 1858
Lieutenant General Ferdinand von Kleist 0June 3, 1858 to January 8, 1864
Lieutenant General Wilhelm Hiller von Gaertringen 0January 9, 1864 to January 3, 1866
Lieutenant General Philipp Carl von Canstein 0January 4, 1866 to April 7, 1869
Lieutenant General Ludwig von Weltzien 0April 8, 1869 to July 13, 1870 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Ludwig von Weltzien July 14 to October 16, 1870
Lieutenant General Ferdinand von Kummer October 27, 1870 to January 25, 1875
Lieutenant General Franz von Zychlinski January 26, 1875 to March 17, 1880
Lieutenant General Karl von One October 18, 1880 to May 14, 1883
Lieutenant General Paul von Leszczynski May 15, 1883 to March 21, 1884
Lieutenant General Sigismund von Schlichting March 22, 1884 to May 31, 1885
Major general Richard von Hilgers 0June 1 to December 11, 1885 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Richard von Hilgers December 12, 1885 to September 18, 1888
Lieutenant General Paul von Kropff September 19, 1888 to March 28, 1892
Lieutenant General Eduard von Münnich March 29, 1892 to June 15, 1896
Lieutenant General Ludwig Hartwig called by Naso June 16, 1896 to April 16, 1897
Lieutenant General Hermann von Graberg April 17, 1897 to May 21, 1900
Dignity. Lieutenant General Karl von Stohrer May 22, 1900 to September 8, 1901
Lieutenant General Paul von Ploetz 0September 9, 1901 to October 2, 1906
Lieutenant General Max von Gallwitz 0October 3, 1906 to April 2, 1911
Lieutenant General Hermann von Wartenberg 0April 3, 1911 to April 8, 1912
Lieutenant General Julius Riemann 0April 9, 1912 to October 4, 1914
Major general Karl Wilhelm Vollbrecht 0October 5, 1914 to July 5, 1915
Lieutenant General Emmerich Raitz from Frentz 0July 6, 1915 to October 25, 1916
Major general Arthur von Goetzen October 26, 1916 to September 14, 1917
Lieutenant General Gerhard groping September 15, 1917 to January 11, 1919
Major general Walter Heym January 12 to April 26, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 65, 112.
  • 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. 249-253.

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 , pp. 111-112.