203rd Division (German Empire)

203rd Division
active	July 6, 1916 to 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Eastern Front Western front
Commanders
Please refer:	List of commanders

The 203rd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of January 5, 1918

• 405th Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment No. 406
  • Infantry Regiment No. 409
  • Infantry Regiment No. 410
  • Cycling company No. 202
  • 2nd squadron / bodyguard hussar regiment
• Artillery Commander No. 203
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 403
• Engineer Battalion No. 417
• Division News Commander # 203

history

The division was formed on July 6, 1916, initially deployed on the Eastern Front and, after the local armistice, moved to the Western Front. After the end of the war, the remnants of the division returned home, where the large association was demobilized and finally dissolved in February 1919.

Battle calendar

1916

• October 10-21 - Reserve of the OHL
• October 22nd to August 31st - trench warfare in front of Riga

1917

• • January 23 to February 3 - Winter battle on the Aa
• 0September 1-5 - Battle of Riga
• 0September 6th to December 5th - trench warfare north of the Daugava
• 0December 6-17 - Truce
• December 17-25 - Armistice
• December 25th to January 4th - transport to the west

1918

• 01st to 25th January - 1st Army Reserve
• January 25th to July 6th - Trench warfare off Reims
  • 0March 1st - Battle at Fort de la Pompelle
  • May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
• 0July 7th to September 22nd - Trench warfare near Reims
• September 22nd to 27th - Fights in the Siegfried Line
  • September 26th to October 9th - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
• October 10-12 - Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
• October 13-17 - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
• October 18-23 - Battle of Vouziers
• October 24th to 31st - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
• 0November 1st to 4th - Fights between Aisne and Meuse
• 0November 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

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General z.D.	Friedrich von Auwärter	0July 6 to October 24, 1916
Lieutenant General zD	Hinko von Lüttwitz	October 25, 1916 to September 30, 1917
Major general	Wilhelm Kaupert	0October 1, 1917 to February 1, 1919

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 75, 165.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 152.