16th Reserve Division (German Empire)

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16th Reserve Division

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

The 16th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 29th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 29
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 65
  • 31st Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 28
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 68
  • Heavy Reserve Cavalry Regiment No. 2
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 16
  • 1st reserve company / 1. Rhenish Pioneer Battalion No. 8
  • 2nd reserve company / 1. Rhenish Pioneer Battalion No. 8

Division of War of April 10, 1918

  • 31st Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 29
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 30
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 68
  • 4th squadron / cuirassier regiment "Graf Gessler" (Rheinisches) No. 8
  • Artillery Commander No. 106
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 16
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 127
  • Engineer Battalion No. 316
  • Division News Commander No. 416

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • until January 7th --- Position battles in Champagne
  • January 8th to 13th --- Battle of Perthes-lès-Hurlus and Beauséjour (2nd Battle of Perthes)
  • January 14th to 31st --- Position battles in Champagne
  • February 1st to 5th --- Battle of Perthes-lès-Hurlus and Massiges (3rd Battle of Perthes)
  • February 6th to 15th --- Position battles in Champagne
  • February 16 to 19 --- Battle of Perthes-lès-Hurlus and Beauséjour (4th Battle of Perthes)
  • February 21st to March 20th --- Winter battle in Champagne
  • March 21st to September 21st --- Trench warfare in Champagne
  • September 22nd to October 18th --- Autumn battle in Champagne
  • from October 19th --- fighting on the Aisne

1916

  • until October 19th --- fighting on the Aisne
  • October 20th to November 26th --- Battle of the Somme
  • from November 27th --- fighting on the Aisne

1917

  • until March 15th --- fighting on the Aisne
  • March 15 to April 5 --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
  • April 6th to 26th --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • April 26th to May 6th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • May 7th to June 12th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • June 13th to July 5th --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
  • July 6-10 --- Transport to the East
  • July 23 to August 5 --- Persecution battles in East Galicia and Bukovina
  • August 6th to September 6th --- Trench warfare northeast of Chernivtsi
  • September 7th to November 16th --- Trench warfare on the eastern border of Bukovina
  • November 16-22 --- Transport to the west
  • November 22nd to December 2nd --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • December 3 to 7 --- Assault battle near Cambrai
  • from December 8th --- fighting in the Siegfried position

1918

  • until January 31st --- fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
  • February 1st to March 20th --- Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation time for the Great Battle in France
  • March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
  • April 7th to 9th --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
  • April 10th to August 20th --- Fights between Arras and Albert
  • August 21 to September 2 --- Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
  • September 3 to 26 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 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- Maas position
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Ludwig winner
Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Wilhelm Mootz 0August 2, 1914 to January 1, 1915
Major general Constantin von Altrock 0January 2 to May 24, 1915
Major general Kurth of Ditfurth 0May 25, 1915 to June 13, 1916
Lieutenant General Ludwig winner June 14, 1916 to September 10, 1917
Lieutenant General Friedrich von Hertzberg September 11, 1917 to January 7, 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. 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. 266-270.

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. 172.