21st Reserve Division (German Empire)

The 21st Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

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41st Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 80
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 87
42nd Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 81
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 88
Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 7
Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 21
4th Company / Kurhessisches Pioneer Battalion No. 11

41st Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 80
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 87
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 88
- 3rd Squadron / Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 4
Artillery Commander No. 126
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 21
- 22nd Bavarian Foot Artillery Battalion
Engineer Battalion No. 321
Division News Commander No. 421

August 22nd to 23rd --- Battle of Neufchâteau
August 24th to 29th --- Battle of the Meuse
August 30th to September 5th --- pursuit from the Meuse to the Marne
September 6th to 12th --- Battle of the Marne
September 13th to October 10th --- Trench warfare in Champagne
- September 15 to 16 --- Storming of Servon
from September 15th --- Trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne

until September 22nd --- Trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne
- February 3rd --- Storming the height 191, north of Massiges
- May 15-16 --- Battle of Ville-sur-Tourbe
September 23 to November 3 --- Autumn battle in Champagne
from November 4th --- Trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne

to 6 February --- OHL reserve behind Army Division A
February 7th to March 28th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
March 30th to April 15th --- Reserve of the OHL
April 16 to May 27 --- Aisne-Champagne double battle
May 28th to October 25th --- Trench warfare near Reims
October 26th to November 2nd --- rearguard fighting on and south of the Ailette
November 3rd to 14th --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
November 15th to 21st --- Autumn battle in Flanders (Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht" )
November 20-29 --- Tank battle at Cambrai
from November 21st --- fighting in the Siegfried position

until January 31st --- fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
February 1st to March 20th --- Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation time for the Great Battle in France
March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
- March 21-22 --- Breakthrough between Gouzeaucourt and Vermand
- March 23-26 --- Pursuit battles in the summer area
April 7th to 20th --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
April 21st to August 20th --- Fights between Arras and Albert
August 21 to September 2 --- Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
September 3 to 20 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
September 21st to October 8th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
October 9th to November 4th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
November 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Rank	Surname	date
( Württ. ) Lieutenant General z. D.	Hermann von Rampacher	August 2 to September 1, 1914
General of the cavalry	Ludwig von Schwerin	September 2-6, 1914
Lieutenant General	Ernst von Oidtman	7 to 8 September 1914 (entrusted with the tour)
General of the cavalry	Ludwig von Schwerin	September 9, 1914 to June 28, 1916
Major General / Lieutenant General	Carl Briese	June 29, 1916 to January 3, 1919

Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military Publishing House. Berlin 1927. pp. 67, 120.
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. 318-321.

↑ 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.