24th Division (2nd Royal Saxon)

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The 24th Division (2nd Royal Saxon) was a large unit of the Saxon Army .

structure

The division was initially part of the XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps , later the XIX. (II. Royal Saxon) Army Corps .

1867

1890

  • 3rd Infantry Brigade No. 47 in Leipzig
    • 10th Infantry Regiment No. 134 in Leipzig
    • 11th Infantry Regiment No. 139 in Döbeln
  • 4th Infantry Brigade No. 48 in Leipzig
    • 7th Infantry Regiment No. 106 “Prince Georg” in Leipzig
    • 8th Infantry Regiment No. 107 “Prince Johann Georg” in Leipzig
    • 3rd Jäger Battalion No. 15 in Wurzen
  • 2nd Cavalry Brigade No. 24 in Leipzig

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 47th Infantry Brigade (3rd Royal Saxon)
  • 48th Infantry Brigade (4th Royal Saxon)
    • Infantry Regiment "King Georg" (7th Royal Saxon) No. 106
    • Infantry Regiment "Prince Johann Georg" (8th Royal Saxon) No. 107
  • 2nd Royal Saxon Uhlan Regiment No. 18
  • 24th Field Artillery Brigade (2nd Royal Saxon)
    • 7th Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 77
    • 8th Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 78
  • 2nd (Royal Saxon) Pioneer Battalion No. 22

Division of War of March 20, 1918

  • 89th Infantry Brigade (8th Royal Saxon)
    • 9th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 133
    • 11th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 139
    • 14th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 179
    • 1st squadron / 2nd squadron Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment No. 19
  • Artillery Commander No. 24
    • 7th Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 77
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 96
  • 2nd (Royal Saxon) Pioneer Battalion No. 22
  • Division News Commander No. 24

history

The division was established on April 1, 1867 when the Saxon Army was restructured and Saxony joined the North German Confederation . The command was initially in Dresden and from 1869 until demobilization and dissolution in 1919 in Leipzig .

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
  • September 12th to October 4th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • October 11-12 - capture of Lille
  • October 13th to December 13th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
    • October 15-28 - Battle of Lille
    • October 30th to November 24th - Battle of Ypres
  • December 14th to 24th - Battle of French Flanders
  • from December 25th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1915

  • to May 8th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0May 9th to July 23rd - Loretto Battle
  • July 24th to September 24th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • September 25th to October 13th - autumn battle at La Bassée and Arras
  • from October 14th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1916

  • to June 23rd - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • June 24th to July 7th - 6th Army reconnaissance and demonstration battles
  • 0July 7th to August 4th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0August 5th to 31st - Battle of the Somme
  • 0September 4th to October 5th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0October 6th to November 8th - Battle of the Somme
  • from November 8th - trench warfare in the Wytschaete-Bogen

1917

  • to May 26th - trench warfare in the Wytschaete-Bogen
  • May 27th to June 28th - Battle of Flanders
  • June 29th to August 7th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0August 8th to October 28th - Battle of Flanders
  • October 28th to December 3rd - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • from December 4th - fighting in the Siegfried position

1918

  • until January 31st - fighting in the Siegfried position
  • 0February 1 to March 20 - Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7th to July 22nd - Fights between Arras and Albert
  • July 23rd to August 7th - fighting on the Avre and Matz
  • 0August 8-20 - Defensive battle between Somme and Avre
  • August 21 to September 4 - Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
  • 0September 5th to 8th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0September 9 to October 28 - Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • October 29th to November 11th - Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • November 12th to 18th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Bernhard von Schimpff 0April 1, 1867 to May 31, 1869
Major general Gustav Erwin Nehrhoff from Holderberg 0June 1, 1869 to December 21, 1873
Major general Alban of Montbè December 22, 1873 to March 10, 1885
Lieutenant General Adolf Leopold von Tschirschky and Bögendorff March 11, 1885 to January 31, 1889
Lieutenant General Bernhard von Holleben called von Normann 0February 1, 1889 to January 23, 1892
Lieutenant General Julius von Tschirschnitz January 24, 1892 to February 9, 1893
Lieutenant General Thank God von Hodenberg February 10, 1893 to April 1, 1897
Lieutenant General Heinrich Leo von Treitschke 0April 2, 1897 to March 24, 1899
Lieutenant General Alexander Vitzthum von Eckstädt March 25, 1899 to March 22, 1901
Lieutenant General Adolf von Rabenhorst March 23, 1901 to June 18, 1904
Lieutenant General / General of the Infantry Karl Ludwig d'Elsa June 19, 1904 to July 10, 1910
Lieutenant General Adolf Muller July 11, 1910 to July 21, 1911
Lieutenant General Hans Krug from Nidda July 22nd to September 22nd, 1911 (substitute)
Lieutenant General / General of the Cavalry Hans Krug from Nidda September 23, 1911 to May 4, 1916
Major General / Lieutenant General Rudolph Hammer 0May 5, 1916 to January 26, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 68, 123–124.
  • 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. 343-346.
  • The Saxon Army, its 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.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ranking list of the Saxon Army 1890.
  2. ↑ 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. 121.