207th Division (German Empire)

207th Division
active	August 1916 to 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Western front Battle of the Somme Spring battle at Arras Third Battle of Flanders
Commanders
Please refer:	List of commanders

The 207th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of August 29, 1916

• 89th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 209
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 213
  • Infantry Regiment No. 413
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 266
  • 1. Landwehr Pioneer Company / III. Royal Bavarian Army Corps
  • Mine thrower company No. 168

Division of War of October 19, 1918

• 89th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 98
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 209
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 213
  • 4th Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden" (Rhenish) No. 7
• Artillery Commander No. 207
  • Mansfeld Field Artillery Regiment No. 75
  • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 38
• Engineer Battalion No. 207
• Division News Commander # 207

history

The division was formed in mid-August 1916 and was used exclusively on the Western Front.

Battle calendar

1916

• from September 1st - trench warfare on the Yser
  • September 16-22 - Battle of the Somme (division staff only)

1917

• until April 27th - trench warfare on the Yser
• April 28th to May 20th - spring battle near Arras
• May 21st to June 7th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• 0June 8th to October 9th - Third Battle of Flanders
• 09 October to 31 December - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1918

• 0January 1st to August 4th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0April 9-18 - Battle of Armentières
• 0August 5th to September 6th - Fighting on the Ypres Front - La Bassée
• 0September 7-28 - Fighting on the Armentiéres- Lens front
• September 28th to October 8th - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
• October 13-17 - defensive battle in Flanders
• October 18 to 24 - rearguard battles between Yser and Lys
• October 25th to November 1st - Battle of the Lys
• 0November 2nd to 4th - rearguard fighting on both sides of the Scheldt
• 05th to 11th November - 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
Lieutenant General	Max Schrötter	August 29, 1916 to October 18, 1918
Major general	Wilhelm Matthias	October 19, 1918 to January 20, 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, 166.

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. 153.