28th Reserve Division (German Empire)

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28th Reserve Division

active August 2, 1914 to April 2, 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Armed forces army
Type Infantry Division
structure See: Outline
Insinuation XIV. Reserve Corps

The 28th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 55th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 49
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 109
    • Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 8
  • 56th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 110
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 111
    • Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Reserve Jäger Battalion 14
  • Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 8
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 29
  • 1st Reserve Company / Engineer Battalion No. 13
  • 2nd Reserve Company / Engineer Battalion No. 13

Division of War of May 26, 1918

  • 56th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 109
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 110
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 111
  • 3rd Squadron / 3rd Badisches Dragoon Regiment "Prinz Karl" No. 22
  • Artillery Commander No. 144
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 29
  • Engineer Battalion No. 328
  • Divisional News Commander # 428

Battle calendar

1914

  • August 5th to 19th --- Battles in the Vosges
  • August 20th to 22nd --- Battle of the central Vosges
  • August 22nd to September 14th --- Battle of Nancy - Épinal
  • September 23 to October 6 --- Battle of the Somme
  • October 7-10 --- Trench warfare west of St. Quentin
  • from October 10th --- Trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume

1915

  • January 1st to December 31st --- Trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume
    • June 7-13 --- Battle of Serre

1916

  • until June 23rd --- Trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume
  • June 24th to July 6th --- Battle of the Somme
  • July 17th to October 4th --- Trench warfare in Champagne
  • October 9th to 24th --- Battle of the Somme
  • from October 28th --- position battles in front of Verdun
    • December 6th --- Fights at Height 304
    • December 28th --- Fights on the Dead Man

1917

  • until March 31st --- Position battles in front of Verdun
    • January 25-28 --- Fights at Height 304
    • March 18-29 --- Fighting in Malancourt Forest and at altitude 304
  • April 1st to 14th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • April 15 to May 19 --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • May 20th to August 27th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
    • August 12th to 27th --- Defense battle near Verdun
  • August 28th to December 12th --- Position battles in Champagne
  • from December 12th --- Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht" near Sedan

1918

  • until January 5th --- Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht" near Sedan
  • January 7th to May 23rd --- Position battles in Champagne
  • May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
    • May 28th to June 1st --- Pursuit battles between Oise and Aisne and over the Vesle to the Marne
    • May 30th to June 13th --- Aggressive fighting west and southwest of Soissons
  • June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise, Aisne and Marne
  • July 5th to 14th --- Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
  • July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • August 4th to September 3rd --- Trench warfare on the Vesle
  • September 12th to 14th --- Evasion fights in the Mihiel Arch
  • September 15 to October 10 --- Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and west of the Moselle
  • October 11th to 23rd --- Position battles in the Woëvre plain
  • October 24th to November 4th --- Battle of Valenciennes
  • October 25th to November 4th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • November 4th to 11th --- 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 Curt from Pavel 0August 2, 1914 to January 3, 1916
Lieutenant General Ferdinand von Hahn 0January 4, 1916 to February 4, 1917
Lieutenant General Alfred Ziethen 0February 5 to October 7, 1917
Major general August Bernhard von Geyso 0October 8 to December 13, 1917
Major general Siegfried von Held December 14, 1917 to April 24, 1918
Lieutenant General Constantin von Altrock April 25, 1918 to April 2, 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, 128–129.
  • 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. 378-381.

Individual evidence

  1. 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. 176.