3rd Cavalry Brigade No. 32

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The 3rd Cavalry Brigade No. 32 was a large unit of the Saxon Army .

history

The brigade was established by order of the War Department on April 1, 1887. The command was in Dresden . The brigade belonged to 3rd Division No. 32 and the Karabiner Regiment and the 2nd Uhlan Regiment No. 18 were subordinate to it. On April 1, 1897, the subordination changed. The two regiments were subordinated to the 2nd Cavalry Brigade No. 24 and replaced by the 1st King Hussar Regiment No. 18 and the 2nd Queen Hussar Regiment No. 19 . With the establishment of the 3rd Hussar Regiment No. 20 on October 1, 1910, the 2nd Hussar Regiment No. 19 left the brigade group.

The brigade was disbanded with the outbreak of the First World War . The 1st Hussar Regiment "King Albert" became division cavalry of the 3rd Infantry Division No. 32, the 3rd Hussar Regiment No. 20 of the 1st Infantry Division No. 23 .

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Eugen von Kirchbach 0April 1, 1887 to April 5, 1889
Colonel / Major General Christian Schultze 0April 6, 1889 to March 24, 1893
Major general Constantin von Hoenning O'Carrol March 25, 1893 to May 16, 1896
Colonel / Major General George from the end May 17, 1896 to March 24, 1899
Major general Hermann von Broizem March 25, 1899 to March 28, 1900
Colonel Max von Milkau March 29, 1900 to March 22, 1901
Colonel / Major General Albert Moritz Schmalz March 23, 1901 to April 21, 1904
Colonel / Major General Maximilian von Laffert April 23, 1904 to September 20, 1907
Colonel / Major General Hans Krug from Nidda September 21, 1907 to July 10, 1911
Colonel / Major General Gotthold Vitzthum from Eckstädt July 11, 1911 to April 12, 1914
Major general Arthur von Bodenhausen April 13 to August 1, 1914

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German armies 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , pp. 460-461.
  • Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, p. 1389.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curt Jany (ed.), Hermann Cron: History of the German Army in the World Wars 1914-1918. Military Publishing House Karl Siegismund, Berlin 1937 (History of the Royal Prussian Army and the German Imperial Army, Volume 5), p. 135.
  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 , pp. 460-461.