2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6
The 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6 was an infantry unit of the Prussian Army .
History and formation
The association was formed on November 21, 1808 (Foundation Day) by the highest cabinet order with the name Silesian Rifle Battalion . It initially consisted of the four companies , whose teams consisted of eleven companies of the light infantry - "von Sell", "von Clausewitz", "Reichmeister", "von Rekowsky", "von Freiburg", "von Stenzel", "von Offeney" "," Von Polczinsky "," von Berswordt "," von Vaerst "," von Ingenheim "- recruited. These were units that had already distinguished themselves in the Fourth Coalition War in 1806/07. The battalion met on March 8, 1809 in Reichenbach in Silesia. On April 14, 1809, Major General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg was appointed special inspector of these battalions.
After the Wars of Liberation, the association was named 1st Rifle Battalion (Silesian) from November 5, 1816 to April 12, 1821 . In the course of the division, the 3rd and 4th companies formed the 2nd . Rifle Department (Silesian) . From March 10, 1823, the country team name was dropped and the association was led under a common commander with the 1st Rifle Division until 1832 .
On October 1, 1845, the 2nd Rifle Department was renamed the 6th Jäger Department and with the establishment of a 3rd Company on November 21, 1848 it was renamed the 6th Jäger Battalion . On June 7, 1852, a fourth company was set up. In the course of the army expansion, it was renamed the 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6 on July 4, 1860 . The 1st Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 5 emerged from the 1st Rifle Division
The battalion was assigned a test machine gun division in 1900, which was renamed Machine Machine Division No. 8 in 1902 . In July 1900 the battalion had to deploy teams to the East Asian Jäger Company , which was involved in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion as part of the East Asian Expeditionary Corps .
To suppress the uprising of the Herero and Nama in 1904 , the battalion had to deliver 2 officers and 40 chief hunters and hunters to German South West Africa.
In 1913 the battalion set up an MG company and a cycling company . In the same year the MG division no. 8 left the association and was relocated to Carlowitz .
After the end of the First World War and the return of the battalion from France to the Oels garrison on January 6, 1919, the battalion was deployed in the border guard in Silesia until December 31, 1920 and disbanded on December 31, 1920.
Garrison / locations
| from | to | Location |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 1809 | April 15, 1812 | Liegnitz |
| April 16, 1812 | March 10, 1813 | Brieg |
| February 16, 1816 | April 18, 1860 | Wroclaw |
| April 19, 1860 | September 26, 1873 | Freiburg in Silesia |
| September 27, 187 | December 31, 1920 | Oils |
Mission history
Wars of Liberation 1813/15
The battalion fought against France and its allies during the Wars of Liberation . From 1813 there were frequent fights between the Bohemian-Prussian army and French troops, for example from October 16 to 19, 1813 at the Battle of Leipzig and on June 18, 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher .
- May 2, 1813 Battle of Großgörschen
- May 20-26, 1813 Battle of Bautzen
- May 26, 1813 Battle near Haynau
- May 26, 1813 Battle of Dresden
- August 27, 1813 Battle of Dresden
- August 30, 1813 Battle near Peterswalde
- September 17, 1813 Battle at Schauda
- 16-18 October 1813 Battle of Leipzig
- 7th to 11th February 1814 blockade of Luxembourg
- February 14, 1814 Battle at Janvillers
- February 28, 1814 Battle at Meaux
- March 9, 1814 Battle of Laon
- June 16, 1815 Battle of Ligny
- June 17, 1815 Battle at Compiegne
- June 18, 1815 Battle of Waterloo
- July 2, 1815 Skirmish near Issy
- July 21, 1815 Great parade in Paris on the Boulevard des Italiens
- February 16, 1816 Entry into the Breslau garrison
Polish uprising in the province of Poznan (1848)
- April 22, 1848 Skirmish near Adelnau in the province of Posen
German war
- 3rd July 1866 Battle of Königgrätz
Franco-German War
Subordinated to the 3rd Army under Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
- Siege of Paris
- September 19-23, 1870 outpost battles at Bitry
- March 1, 1871 Large parade on the Longschamps, entry into Paris
- July 11, 1871 return to the Freiburg garrison
First World War
In the course of mobilization, the battalion set up Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 6 at the beginning of August 1914 .
1914
- August 1st - mobilization
- August 4th - loading and departure to France
- August 10 - Battle of Flabeuville
- August 13 - Battle at Gomery
- August 21 - Battle at Izel
- August 22nd - Battle of Longwy
- August 31 - Fighting over the Meuse crossings near Stenay
- September 1st - advance to the Marne
- September 7-10 - Battle of the Marne
- September 11-13 - retreat from the Marne
- September 14-23 - training and rest phase
- September 23-30 - Fighting in the Argonne
- October 1 to December 31 - transition to trench warfare, entrenchment work
1915
- January 1 to December 31 - trench warfare in the Verdun area
1916
- January 1 to July 31 - trench warfare in the Verdun area
- August 1st to 8th - loading and transport to the east
- 8 August to 31 December - fighting on the Eastern Front, Ternopil area
1917
- January 1 to April 20 - fighting on the Eastern Front, Ternopil area
- April 21-26 - Transport to the West
- April 26 to July 23 - Fighting on the Western Front, Flanders
- July 24th to 25th - loading and transport
- July 26th to October 5th - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung, Vendhuile area
- October 5th to 24th - Battle of Flanders
- October 26th to November 18th - Fights between Meuse and Moselle, area Thiaucourt
- November 19-21 - loading and transport to Italy
- November 22nd to December 3rd - Mountain fighting in the Venetian Alps
- December 5th to 8th - loading and transport to Upper Alsace
- December 8th to 31st - trench warfare in Upper Alsace
1918
- January 1 to February 16 - trench warfare in Upper Alsace
- February 17th to 28th - Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung, Queant room
- March 1st to 15th - rest period
- March 16-20 - Preparation and deployment for the Great Battle of France
- March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
- April 7th to May 29th - Fights between Arras and Albert
- May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
- July 15-17 - Battle of the Marne and Champagne
- July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26th to August 7th - defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- August 8th to September 12th - Trench warfare in Lorraine
- September 13-14 - Fights in the Mihiel Arch
- September 15 to October 4 - trench warfare on the Woëvre plain
- October 4th to 9th - Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
- October 10-17 - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
- October 18-23 - Battle of Vouziers
- October 24th to 31st - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
- November 1st to 4th - Fights between Aisne and Meuse
November 5th to 11th - fighting in front of the Antwerp-Maas position
- from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory, march back to the garrison
1919/20
- by January 5th - evacuation of the occupied territory, march back to the garrison
- January 6, 1919 to December 31, 1920 - Border protection in Silesia
Organization and subordination
| from | to | Insinuation |
|---|---|---|
| August 9, 1914 | September 23, 1914 | 3rd Cavalry Division |
| September 23, 1914 | September 26, 1914 | 26th Infantry Division , XIII. corps |
| September 27, 1914 | October 3, 1915 | 33rd Infantry Division , XVI. corps |
| October 4, 1915 | July 31, 1916 | 34th Infantry Division , XVI. corps |
| August 5, 1916 | January 2, 1919 | 6th Jäger Regiment , 101st Reserve Infantry Brigade , 195th Infantry Division |
Battalion chief / commanders
Battalion Commander
- May 16, 1861 to February 7, 1908 - Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Altenburg
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Ludwig Gans zu Putlitz | February 17, 1809 to January 10, 1810 |
| major | Christoph of Crammon | January 17, 1810 to February 19, 1812 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Karl von Streit | February 21, 1812 to December 17, 1813 |
| major | Ferdinand von Boltenstern | December 18, 1813 to January 3, 1814 |
| major | August von Neumann | February 4, 1814 to October 9, 1815 |
| Captain / Major | Heinrich von Keller | October 10, 1815 to November 22, 1820 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Gottlieb von Goszicki | November 23, 1820 to May 31, 1832 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Wilhelm Freiherr von Fircks | July 1, 1832 to March 22, 1845 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Richard Freiherr von Fircks | March 22, 1845 to March 15, 1853 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Dominikus Baron von Gillern | March 15, 1853 to December 18, 1854 |
| major | Otto Count Finck von Finckenstein | December 18, 1854 to November 23, 1858 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Adolf von Blankensee | November 23, 1858 to February 10, 1863 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Adalbert Graf zu Dohna | February 10, 1863 to October 30, 1866 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Otto Freiherr von Boenigk | October 30, 1866 to July 20, 1870 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Timon von Rauchhaupt | July 20, 1870 to June 2, 1875 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Otto Roos | June 2, 1875 to February 21, 1880 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Ludwig von Kusserow | February 21, 1880 to May 15, 1883 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Georg Kirchhof | May 15, 1883 to February 5, 1887 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Wilhelm von Bojanowsky | February 5, 1887 to September 18, 1891 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Rudolf von Pabst | September 18, 1891 to March 17, 1894 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Oskar von Reichenbach | March 17, 1894 to April 18, 1896 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Siegfried von Kalckreuth | April 18, 1896 to June 30, 1900 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Seth of Mühlenfels | June 30, 1900 to September 15, 1905 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Friedrich von Gontard | September 15, 1905 to February 20, 1909 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Wolf-Rudolf Freiherr Speck von Sternburg | February 20, 1909 to June 19, 1912 |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Friedrich von Passow | June 19, 1912 to August 2, 1914 |
| major | Freiherr von Reibnitz | August 2, 1914 to September 24, 1914 |
| Captain | Stünzner | September 24, 1914 to May 22, 1915 (Führer) |
| Captain | from Wolff | May 22, 1915 to June 19, 1915 (Führer) |
| Captain | by Rautter | June 21, 1915 to August 20, 1915 (Führer) |
| Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Maximilian Freiherr von Sinner | August 31, 1915 to the end |
Flags and awards
- November 27, 1860 Awarded a flag with the ribbon of the war memorial from 1813
- February 5, 1872 Creation of the flag ribbon donated by Duke Ernst August von Altenburg
- January 1, 1900 Laying of the secular flag ribbon
- September 28, 1904 Award of a new flag
Equipment:
- 1831: The flintlocks on the rifles are converted to percussion locks
- 1857: Equipped with the needle gun
- 1865: Equipped with the M65 needle rifle with a mortise lock
- 1875: Equipped with the M71 rifle
- 1886: Equipped with the M71 / 84 magazine rifle
- 1890: Equipment with the Gewehr 88
- 1908: Equipment with the Gewehr 98
Literature and Sources
- Maximilian Freiherr von Sinner: The 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6. Reminder sheets of German regiments. Volume 5, Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1921 digitized
- ↑ Maximilian Freiherr von Sinner: The 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6 . In: Verlag Gerhard Stalling (Hrsg.): Memories sheets of German regiments . tape 5 . Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1921, p. 13-16 .
- ↑ Maximilian Freiherr von Sinner: The 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6 . In: Verlag Gerhard Stalling (Hrsg.): Memories sheets of German regiments . tape 5 . Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1921, p. 13-16 .
- ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The occupation of the active infantry regiments as well as Jäger and MG battalions, military district commandos and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , pp. 399-400 .
- ↑ Maximilian Freiherr von Sinner: The 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6 . In: Verlag Gerhard Stalling (Hrsg.): Memories sheets of German regiments . tape 5 . Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1921, p. 13-16 .