29th Division (German Empire)

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The 29th Division , also known as the 29th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

Seal of the 29th Division

structure

The division was part of the XIV Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 57th Infantry Brigade
    • 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113
    • 6. Baden Infantry Regiment "Kaiser Friedrich III." No. 114
  • 58th Infantry Brigade
    • 4. Baden Infantry Regiment "Prinz Wilhelm" No. 112
    • 7th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 142
  • 84th Infantry Brigade
    • 8th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 169
    • 9th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 170
  • 3. Badisches Dragoon Regiment "Prinz Karl" No. 22
  • 29th Field Artillery Brigade
    • 2nd Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 30
    • 5th Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 76
  • 1st Company / Engineer Battalion No. 14

Division of War 1918

  • 58th Infantry Brigade
    • 4. Baden Infantry Regiment "Prinz Wilhelm" No. 112
    • 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113
    • 7th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 142
    • 4th Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 5
  • Artillery Commander No. 67
    • 2nd Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 30
  • Engineer Battalion No. 130
  • Division News Commander No. 29

history

The division was established on July 1, 1871 and had its headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau . During the First World War , the large association was only active on the Western Front . After the Compiègne armistice , the troops marched back home, were demobilized and finally disbanded by the end of 1918.

Battle calendar

1914

  • July 31 to August 8 - border guard at the Burgundian gate (parts of the division)
  • 0August 9-10 - Battle near Sennheim-Mulhouse
  • August 20-22 - Battle of Lorraine
  • August 22nd to September 14th - Battle of Nancy-Epinal
  • September 18 to October 3 - Fights between Meuse and Moselle
  • 0October 4th to 13th - Battle of Arras
  • October 13th to December 13th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
    • October 15-28 - Battle of Lille
  • December 14th to 24th - December battle in French Flanders
  • from December 25th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1915

1916

  • 0January 1st to October 4th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0October 5th to November 26th - Battle of the Somme
  • from November 27th - trench warfare on the Somme

1917

  • until March 15 - trench warfare on the Somme
  • March 16-29 - Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0April 6th to May 3rd - Aisne-Champagne double battle
  • 0May 4th to July 9th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • from July 10th - trench warfare before Verdun

1918

  • until April 10th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • April 10th to 29th - Battle of the Kemmelberg
  • April 30th to July 25th - Trench warfare in Flanders
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 0August 4th to September 3rd - trench warfare on the Vesle
  • 0September 4th to 11th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 11th to October 3rd - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung with the 9th Army
  • 0October 3rd to 9th - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • October 10th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Adolf von Glümer 0July 1, 1871 to March 7, 1873
Lieutenant General Emil from Woyna 0March 8, 1873 to August 14, 1876
Major General / Lieutenant General Karl von Scheffler August 15, 1876 to December 9, 1881
Lieutenant General Rudolf von Bercken December 13, 1881 to November 2, 1885
Lieutenant General Ludwig von Petersdorff 0November 3, 1885 to September 18, 1888
Lieutenant General Eberhard von Mantey September 19, 1888 to February 15, 1892
Lieutenant General Albert von Schleinitz February 16, 1892 to April 10, 1893
Lieutenant General Friedrich of Baden April 11, 1893 to January 26, 1897
Major General / Lieutenant General Ernst von Bülow January 27 to April 16, 1897 (substitute)
Lieutenant General Ernst von Bülow April 17 to August 31, 1897
Lieutenant General Moritz von Bissing 0September 1, 1897 to May 17, 1901
Lieutenant General Joseph of Fallois May 18, 1901 to April 3, 1907
Lieutenant General Emil von Schickfuß and Neudorf 0April 4, 1907 to March 21, 1910
Lieutenant General Berthold von Deimling March 22, 1910 to March 31, 1913
Lieutenant General August Isbert 0April 1, 1913 to August 3, 1916
Major general Hermann von der Heyde 0August 4, 1916 to August 6, 1918
Major general Richard von Berendt 0August 7th to December 10th, 1918

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 68, 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. 382-385 ( online )

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. 125.

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 51.9 ″  N , 7 ° 51 ′ 10.9 ″  E