19th Reserve Division (German Empire)

19th Reserve Division
active	August 2, 1914 to January 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
Strength	15,000
First World War	Western front Battle of Namur Battle of St. Quentin Winter battle in Champagne Battle for Verdun Battle of the Somme Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne Autumn battle in Flanders

The 19th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian Army in World War I and belonged to the X Reserve Corps

structure

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

• 37th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 73
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 78
• 39th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 74
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 92
  • III. Battalion / Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 79

• Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 6
• Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 19
• 1st Reserve Company / Hanover Pioneer Battalion No. 10
• 2nd Reserve Company / Hanover Pioneer Battalion No. 10

Division of War of August 20, 1918

• 39th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 73
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 78
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 92
  • 3rd Squadron / Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 6
• Artillery Commander No. 114
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 19
  • 2nd battalion / foot artillery regiment “General-Feldzeugmeister” (Brandenburgisches) No. 3
• Engineer Battalion No. 319
• Division Message Commander No. 419

Battle calendar

1914

• August 22nd --- Battle of Monceau-sur-Sambre
• August 23rd to 24th --- Battle of Namur
• August 26th --- Battle at Marbaix, west of Avesnes
• August 27th --- Battle at Fesmy, south of Landrecies
• August 29th to 30th --- Battle of St. Quentin
• September 4th --- Battle at Le Breuil
• September 6th to 9th --- Battle of the Petit Morin
• September 12th to October 9th --- Fights near Reims
• from October 11th --- fighting on the Aisne

1915

• until February 4th --- fighting on the Aisne
• 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
• April 3rd to 16th --- Position battles in Champagne
• April 17 to May 17 --- Reserve of the Falkenhausen Army Division
• May 17th to July 3rd --- Fights near Metzeral
• from May 17th --- position battle in Upper Alsace

1916

• until March 14th --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
• March 15 to July 12 --- Battle of Verdun
• July 12th to October 7th --- Fights in the Argonne Forest
• October 8th to 30th --- Battle of the Somme
• from November 2nd --- Position battles between the Meuse and the Moselle , on the Meuse heights near Combres and on the Grande Tranchée de Calonne

1917

• until February 16 --- Position battles between the Meuse and the Moselle, on the Meuse heights near Combres and on the Grande Tranchée de Calonne
• February 18th to 23rd --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• February 24th to March 14th --- Fights on the Aisne
• March 15 to April 5 --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
• April 6th to 30th --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
• May 1st to 5th --- Transport to the East
• May 5 to August 31 --- Trench warfare in front of Riga
• September 1st to 5th --- Battle of Riga
• September 6th to 11th --- Position battles north of the Daugava
• September 11th to 15th --- Transport to the West
• September 16-22 --- Trench warfare at Chemin des Dames
• September 23 to October 7 --- Autumn battle in Flanders
• October 8th to 17th --- Position battles in Champagne
• from October 18th --- Position battles in front of Verdun

1918

• until April 11th --- position battles in front of Verdun
• April 12th to 29th --- Battle of the Kemmelberg
• April 30th to May 5th --- Trench warfare in Flanders
• May 5th to August 30th --- Trench warfare near Reims
• August 31 to September 4 --- Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
• September 5th to 8th --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
• September 9th to 27th --- Fights in the Siegfried Line
• September 28 to October 9 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
• October 10th to 13th --- Fights before and in the dog position
• October 14th 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
General of the Infantry	Max von Bahrfeldt	August 2, 1914 to June 28, 1915
General of the Infantry	Hermann von Wartenberg	June 29, 1915 to November 5, 1917
Major general	Paul Meister	November 6, 1917 to January 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. 66-67, 117-118.
• 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. 299-302.

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. 173.