192nd Division (8th Royal Saxon)

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192nd Division

active June 6, 1916 to 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Saxon Army
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline
First World War Western front
Battle for Verdun
Battle of St. Mihiel
Commanders
Please refer: List of commanders

The 192nd Division (8th Royal Saxon) was a major unit of the Saxon Army during the First World War .

structure

Division of War of February 4, 1917

  • 192nd Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment No. 183
    • Infantry Regiment No. 192
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 245
    • 1st Squadron / Saxon Reserve Hussar Regiment
    • Field Artillery Regiment No. 192
  • Staff Engineer Battalion No. 192
    • Engineer Company 192
    • 4th Company / Engineer Battalion No. 22
  • Headlight train No. 192
  • Mine Thrower Company 404
  • Double telephone train 192

Division of War of April 28, 1918

  • 192nd Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment No. 183
    • Infantry Regiment No. 192
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 245
    • 1st Squadron / Saxon Reserve Hussar Regiment
  • Artillery Commander No. 192
    • Field Artillery Regiment No. 192
  • Engineer Battalion No. 192
  • Division News Commander # 192

history

The division was formed on June 9, 1916 and, after its formation, was used exclusively on the Western Front. After the war ended, the large association was demobilized and dissolved in 1919 .

Battle calendar

1916

  • June 12th to September 9th --- Battle of Verdun
    • June 30th to August 8th --- Fights in the Avocourt Forest
    • September 2nd to 9th --- Fights for Fleury and in the Chapitre Forest
  • from September 9th --- position battles in front of Verdun

1917

  • January 1st to December 31st --- Position battles in front of Verdun
    • August 12th to October 9th --- Defense battle near Verdun

1918

  • until May 8th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • May 13th to August 7th --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
  • August 8th to 12th --- Defensive battle between Somme and Avre
  • August 13-27 --- Defensive battle between Somme and Oise
  • August 29th to September 15th --- Trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
  • September 12-14 --- Battle of St. Mihiel
  • September 15 to October 1 --- Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and west of the Moselle
  • October 2nd to November 11th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
    • October 8th to November 11th --- Defensive battles between Maas and Beaumont
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Woldemar Vitzthum von Eckstädt June 9, 1916 to April 14, 1917
Major general Otto Loeffler April 15, 1917 to September 11, 1918
Lieutenant General Max Leuthold September 12, 1918 to 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. 74, 161.