16th Royal Bavarian Infantry Division
16th Bavarian Infantry Division |
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active | January 14, 1917 to December 21, 1918 |
Country | Kingdom of Bavaria |
Armed forces | Bavarian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War | Western front |
Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 16th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Bavarian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War from July 1, 1917
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- Artillery Commander No. 16
- Engineer Battalion 16
- Reserve Engineer Company 14
- Reserve Engineer Company 15th
- Mine Thrower Company 16
- Heavy fortress headlight train 4
- Telephone Department 16
Division of War from May 1, 1918
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 11th Infantry Regiment "von der Tann"
- 14th Infantry Regiment "Hartmann"
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 21st
- 4th Squadron / 7th Chevaulegers Regiment "Prince Alfons"
- Artillery Commander No. 16
- 8th field artillery regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia"
- Foot Artillery Battalion 133
- Engineer Battalion 16
Battle calendar
The division was not formed until the second half of the First World War on January 14, 1917 and was used exclusively on the Western Front for the remainder of the war . After the armistice , she returned home, where the association was initially demobilized and finally dissolved on December 21, 1918.
1917
- April 14th to 1st --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- April 2nd to May 2nd --- Spring battle near Arras
- May 3rd to September 30th --- Battle of Flanders
- June 7th --- Battle of Wytschaete and Messines
- October 1st to 14th --- Border guards at the Belgian-Dutch border
- October 15 to November 22 --- Battle of Flanders
- November 23-28 --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- from November 29th --- fighting in the Siegfried position
- November 29th --- Tank battle near Cambrai
- November 30th to December 7th --- Assault battle near Cambrai
1918
- until January 31st --- fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
- February 1 to March 20 --- Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
- March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
- March 21 to 23 --- Monchy- Cambrai breakthrough battle
- March 24th to 25th --- Battle of Bapaume
- March 25th --- Battle at Sapignies
- March 26th --- Fights at Courcelles
- April 7th to August 20th --- Fights between Arras and Albert
- August 21 to September 2 --- Battle of Monchy-Bapaume
- August 25-28 --- Fights for Thilloy
- August 30th to September 1st --- Fights at Frémicourt and Beaucourt
- September 2 to 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 --- Fights to retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
- from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Arnold Ritter von Möhl | January 14, 1917 to December 21, 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. 66, 114.
- 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. 273-274.
- Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr. Belser AG publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 669.