223rd Division (German Empire)

223rd Division
active	October 1, 1916 to September 10, 1918
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Western front Battle of the Somme Aisne-Champagne double battle Great battle in France Eastern Front
Commanders
Please refer:	List of commanders

The 223rd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army within the German Army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of February 23, 1918

• 67th Infantry Brigade
  • Replacement Infantry Regiment No. 29
  • 5th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 144
  • 9th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 173
  • 2nd Squadron / Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 3
• Artillery Commander No. 223
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 280
• Engineer Battalion No. 223
• Division News Commander # 223

Battle calendar

The division was put together on October 1, 1916 and initially deployed on the Western Front. In mid-May 1917 she moved to the Eastern Front and then returned to the Western Front at the end of February 1918. On September 10, 1918, the association was dissolved.

1916

• September 27th to October 25th - trench warfare in Upper Alsace
• October 26th to November 9th - Reserve of the OHL
• 0November 9-21 - Battle of the Somme
• from November 27th - trench warfare on the Somme

1917

• until January 26th - trench warfare on the Somme
• January 27th to April 5th - Trench warfare in Champagne
• 0April 6th to May 17th - Aisne-Champagne double battle
• May 17th to 24th - transport to the east
• May 24th to July 1st - Reserve of Army Group Böhm-Ermolli
• 0July 1st to 6th - defensive battle east of Zloczow
• 0July 7th to 18th - trench warfare east of Zloczow
• July 19-23 - breakthrough battle in eastern Galicia
• July 24-30 - Pursuit battles in Eastern Galicia
• July 31 to August 2 - fights for the Zbrucz and between Zbrucz and Sereth
• 0August 3 to December 7 - trench warfare between Dniester and Zbrucz, on the Zbrucz and between Zbrucz and Sereth
• 0December 8-17 - Truce
• from December 17th - armistice

1918

• until February 13th - armistice
• February 13-27 - OHL reserves and transport to the west
• February 27 to March 18 - OHL reserves in the 7th Army
• March 21-22 - breakthrough battle at St. Quentin - La Fère
• March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
• April 10-22 - Trench warfare north of the Ailette
• April 22nd to June 2nd - fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
• 0June 2-13 - Battle of Soissons and Reims
• June 14th to July 4th - trench warfare between Oise , Aisne and Marne
• 0July 5th to 17th - Trench warfare west of Soissons
• July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
• July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
• 04th to 16th August - trench warfare between Oise and Aisne
• August 17th to September 4th - Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
• 0September 5th to 8th - fighting before the Siegfriedstellung
• September 10 - Dissolution of the division

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major general	Georg Mühry	0October 1, 1916 to January 1, 1917
Major general	Oskar Haevernick	0January 2, 1917 to September 10, 1918

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 76, 169.

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. 157.