185th Division (German Empire)

185th Division
active	June 1916 to January 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Western front Battle of the Somme Battle of Arras Battle of Flanders Battle of Cambrai Great battle in France
Commanders
Please refer:	List of commanders

The 185th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of January 29, 1917

• 29th Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 28
  • 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65
  • 10th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 161
  • 3rd Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 5
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 165
  • 10th Company / Engineer Battalion No. 28
  • Engineer Company No. 185
  • Headlight train No. 185
  • Mine thrower company No. 402
  • Double telephone train No. 185
  • Field Signal Squads No. 37 and 149

Division of War from May 1, 1918

• 29th Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 28
  • 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65
  • 10th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 161
  • 3rd Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 5
• Artillery Commander No. 185
  • Field Artistry Regiment No. 185
  • 2nd Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 16
• Engineer Battalion No. 185
• Division News Commander # 185

history

The large unit emerged from the 185th Infantry Brigade and was budgeted as the 185th Division in June 1916. It was used exclusively on the Western Front. After the end of the war, she returned home, where she was dissolved in January 1919.

Battle calendar

1916

• June 19-30 - 3rd Army Reserve
• July 1st to 26th --- Battle of the Somme
• July 30th to August 7th --- Fights on the Aisne
• August 7th to 29th --- Position battles in Champagne
• August 30th to September 9th --- 1st Army Reserve
• September 9-23 --- Battle of the Somme
• September 23rd to November 3rd --- Fights on the Aisne
• November 4th to 26th --- Battle of the Somme
  • November 18th to 26th --- Fights near Saillisel
• November 27th to December 5th --- Trench warfare on the Somme
• from December 5th --- Trench warfare on the Yser

1917

• until April 13th --- Trench warfare on the Yser
• May 13th to 20th --- Battle of Arras
• May 21st to October 27th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• October 27th to November 28th --- Battle of Flanders
• from November 28th --- fighting in the Siegfried position
  • November 20th to 29th --- Battle of Cambrai
  • November 30th to December 7th --- Assault battle near Cambrai

1918

• until January 11th --- fighting in the Siegfried position
• January 11th to March 20th --- Reserve of the OHL
  • February 2nd to March 20th --- Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
• March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
• April 7th to August 9th --- Fights between Arras and Albert
• August 10th to 20th --- Defensive battle between Somme and Avre
• August 22nd to September 2nd --- Albert Péronne battle
• September 3 to 7 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
• September 8th to October 8th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
• October 9th to November 4th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
• November 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
• from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major General / Lieutenant General	Paul von Uthmann	0June 5, 1916 to February 1, 1918
Major general	Rudolf von Horn	0February 3, 1918 to January 9, 1919

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 74, 162.

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. 149.