23rd Division (1st Royal Saxon)

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The 23rd Division (1st Royal Saxon) was a large unit of the Saxon Army .

structure

The division was part of the XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps .

1867

1890

  • 45th Infantry Brigade (1st Royal Saxon) in Dresden
    • 1st Royal Saxon Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 100 in Dresden
    • Grenadier Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" (2nd Royal Saxon) No. 101 in Dresden
  • 46th Infantry Brigade (2nd Royal Saxon) in Dresden
    • 3rd Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 102 "Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria" in Dresden
    • 4th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 103 in Dresden
  • 23rd Cavalry Brigade (1st Royal Saxon) in Dresden
    • Royal Saxon Guard Rider Regiment (1st Heavy Regiment) in Dresden
    • Royal Saxon Uhlan Regiment No. 17 in Dresden
    • 2nd Jäger Battalion No. 13 in Dresden

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 45th Infantry Brigade (1st Royal Saxon)
    • 1st Royal Saxon Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 100
    • Grenadier Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" (2nd Royal Saxon) No. 101
  • 46th Infantry Brigade (2nd Royal Saxon)
    • Rifle Fusilier Regiment "Prince Georg" (Royal Saxon) No. 108
    • 16th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 182
  • 3rd Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment No. 20
  • 23rd Field Artillery Brigade (1st Royal Saxon)
    • 1st Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 12
    • 4th Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 48
  • 1st Company / Engineer Battalion No. 12

Division of War of June 2, 1918

  • 45th Infantry Brigade (1st Royal Saxon)
    • 1st Royal Saxon Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 100
    • Grenadier Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" (2nd Royal Saxon) No. 101
    • Rifle Fusilier Regiment "Prince Georg" (Royal Saxon) No. 108
    • MG Sniper Division No. 52
    • 1st squadron / 3rd squadron Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment No. 20
  • Artillery Commander No. 23
  • Engineer Battalion No. 12
  • Division News Commander No. 23

history

The division was founded with the restructuring of the Saxon Army and the accession of Saxony to the North German Confederation on April 1, 1867. The command stood up to the demobilization and dissolution in the Dresden Albert city near present-day Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr .

First World War

During the First World War , the division was only active on the Western Front . There, parts of the large association were involved in the Dinant massacre on August 23, 1914 .

Battle calendar

1914

  • 23rd to 24th August - Battle of Dinant
  • August 24th to 27th - 3rd Army intervenes in the battle of 2nd Army near Namur in the direction of Mettet - Philippeville and subsequent pursuit in south-west and south as far as the Sormonne
  • August 27-30 - Battle of the Meuse and pursuit up to the Aisne
  • August 31 to September 5 - Fighting on the Aisne and pursuit over the Marne
  • 0September 6-11 - Battle of the Marne
  • from September 15th - fighting on the Aisne
    • September 15-22 - Battle of Juvincourt

1915

  • 0January 1st to December 31st - fighting on the Aisne

1916

1917

  • until March 15th - Trench warfare at Roye-Noyon
  • March 16-20 - Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • March 20 to April 16 - Reserve of the OHL
  • April 16 to May 27 - Aisne-Champagne double battle
  • from May 28th - trench warfare near Reims

1918

  • until February 26th - trench warfare near Reims
  • February 27 to March 20 - resting time behind the 18th Army
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7-23 - Fights on the Avre, Montdidier and Noyon
  • April 24th to June 1st - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0June 1st to 9th - trench warfare near Reims
  • 0June 9-13 - 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 15-17 - Assault battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to 30th - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • July 30th to August 11th - Reserve of the German Crown Prince Army Group near Clumay
  • August 11-20 - Fights between Arras and Albert
  • August 21 to September 2 - Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
  • 0September 3 to 5 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 05th to 6th September - Fighting off the Ypres Front - La Bassée
  • 0September 7-20 - Fighting on the Armentières-Lens front
  • September 21 to October 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
  • 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp-Maas position
  • November 12th to December 23rd - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General George of Saxony 0April 1, 1867 to December 31, 1873
Lieutenant General Erwin Nehrhoff from Holderberg 0January 1, 1874 to June 12, 1875
Lieutenant General Heinrich von Abendroth June 13, 1875 to October 31, 1878
Lieutenant General Ludwig von Hausen 0November 1, 1878 to January 28, 1883
Lieutenant General Franz Friedrich von Rudorff January 29, 1883 to July 31, 1889
Lieutenant General Eduard von Reyher 0August 1, 1889 to June 30, 1894
Lieutenant General Curt von Raab 0July 1, 1894 to May 21, 1898
Lieutenant General Friedrich August of Saxony May 22, 1898 to August 25, 1902
Lieutenant General Hermann von Broizem August 26, 1902 to October 27, 1904
Lieutenant General Paul Vitzthum von Eckstädt October 28, 1904 to July 15, 1908
Lieutenant General Egon von Gersdorff July 16, 1908 to January 27, 1911
Lieutenant General Oskar von Ehrenthal January 28, 1911 to September 12, 1912
Lieutenant General Karl von Lindeman September 13, 1912 to July 7, 1915
Major General / Lieutenant General Georg bear jump 0July 8, 1915 to February 6, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 67, 122.
  • 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. 333-336.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Saxon Lord, his command, judicial and administrative authorities 1831-1921. In: Overview of the holdings of the military archive of the GDR. (Ed .: NVA, Military Archives of the GDR), printed as a manuscript, Potsdam 1974.
  2. ↑ Ranking list of the Saxon Army 1890
  3. ↑ 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. 120.