301st Division (German Empire)

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The 301st Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of June 11, 1918

  • 55th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 10
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 56
    • Landsturm Infantry Regiment No. 48
    • 2nd Squadron / Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 9
  • Artillery Commander No. 89
    • Field Artillery Regiment No. 217
  • Engineer Battalion No. 416
  • Division News Commander # 301

history

The division was first deployed in the Romanian theater of war in September 1916 after its formation before it was moved to the Western Front.

1916

  • September 24th to November 9th - border fighting in the volcanic mountains
  • November 10-14 - Battle of Szurduk, breakthrough battle of Szurduk and Volcano Pass
  • November 16-17 - Battle of Targu-Jiu
  • November 18-23 - Persecution by Western Wallachia
  • November 24-27 - Fights on the lower Alt
  • December 1st to 5th - Battle of the Argesch
  • December 9-20 - Persecution fights against Jalomita-Prahova and Buzaul
  • December 21-27 - Battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • from December 28th - pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat

1917

  • until 3 January - pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • January 4th to 8th - Battle of the Putna
  • January 9-22 - Trench warfare on the Putna and Sereth
  • January 22-29 - transport to the west
  • January 29 - position battle in the Upper Rhine

1918

  • until January 16 - trench warfare in Upper Alsace
  • January 16 to November 11 - Trench warfare in Lorraine and the Vosges
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Johannes von Busse September 22, 1916 to January 1917
Lieutenant General Edwin von Tresckow April 20 to August 15, 1917
Major general Lothar von Wurmb August 16, 1917 to January 14, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 77, 174.

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. 163.