15th Division (German Empire)
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
- 29th Infantry Brigade in Aachen
- 30th Infantry Brigade in Koblenz
- 15th Cavalry Brigade in Cologne
Organization of war during mobilization in 1914
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29th Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment "von Lützow" (1st Rheinisches) No. 25
- 10th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 161
- 80th Infantry Brigade
- Cuirassier regiment "Graf Gessler" (Rheinisches) No. 8
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15th Field Artillery Brigade
- Bergisches Feldartillerie-Regiment No. 59
- 3rd Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 83
- 1st Company / Engineer Battalion No. 8
Division of War of April 7, 1918
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80th Infantry Brigade
- 7th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 69
- 9th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 160
- Infantry Regiment No. 389
- 2nd squadron / hussar regiment "King Wilhelm I." (1st Rheinisches) No. 7
- Artillery Commander No. 15
- Bergisches Feldartillerie-Regiment No. 59
- Engineer Battalion No. 125
- Division News Commander # 15
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
- August 22-23 - Battle of Neufchâteau
- August 24-29 - Battle of the Meuse
- August 30th to September 5th - pursuit from the Meuse to the Marne
- Battle of the Marne September 6-12 -
- September 13th to December 19th - Trench warfare in Champagne
- December 20-30 - Battle of Souain , Perthes-lès-Hurlus and Beausejour
- from December 31st - trench warfare in Champagne
1915
- until January 7th - trench warfare in Champagne
- 8-13 - Battle of Perthes-lès-Hurlus and Beausejour January
- January 14th to 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne
- February 1st to 5th - Battle of Perthes-les-Hurlus
- February 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
- OHL April 4 to May 11 - Reserve of the
- 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
- November 6-10 - transport to the east
- from November 11th - trench warfare on the upper Styr - Stochod
1917
- until April 24th - trench warfare on the upper Styr-Stochod
- April 25th to May 17th - Position battles before Verdun in the Loclont-Wald-Seuzey section
- May 18-23 - Reserve of the German Crown Prince Army Group
- May 24th to 27th - double battle on the Aisne and in Champagne
- May 28th to July 8th - trench warfare on Chemin des Dames
- July 10th to September 24th - Trench warfare in Lorraine
- September 25th to October 4th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
- autumn battle in Flanders October 5th to November 19th -
- November 20th to December 7th - Border guards on the Belgian-Dutch border
- December 8th - Trench warfare in Flanders in winter
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
- April 6th - Storm on the heights off Amlgny, Oise crossing bel Chauny
- Ailette April 7th - Fighting in the Coucy coppice and on the lower
- Ancre , Somme and Avre April 7th to June 9th - Fights on the
- Matz June 9th to July 5th - fighting on the Avre and
- Soissons July 5th to 17th - Trench warfare west of
- July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- 4th 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 |
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Major general | Constantin von Lossau | September 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 | December 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 | November 4, 1851 to June 2, 1858 |
Lieutenant General | Ferdinand von Kleist | June 3, 1858 to January 8, 1864 |
Lieutenant General | Wilhelm Hiller von Gaertringen | January 9, 1864 to January 3, 1866 |
Lieutenant General | Philipp Carl von Canstein | January 4, 1866 to April 7, 1869 |
Lieutenant General | Ludwig von Weltzien | April 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 | June 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 | September 9, 1901 to October 2, 1906 |
Lieutenant General | Max von Gallwitz | October 3, 1906 to April 2, 1911 |
Lieutenant General | Hermann von Wartenberg | April 3, 1911 to April 8, 1912 |
Lieutenant General | Julius Riemann | April 9, 1912 to October 4, 1914 |
Major general | Karl Wilhelm Vollbrecht | October 5, 1914 to July 5, 1915 |
Lieutenant General | Emmerich Raitz from Frentz | July 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
- ↑ 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.