31st Cavalry Brigade (German Empire)

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The 31st Cavalry Brigade was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

history

In the course of the formation of the XV. Army Corps , the brigade was established by ordinance of the War Ministry on March 20, 1871. The command was in Strasbourg , from 1912 in Saarbrücken . The brigade belonged to the 31st Division and the 3rd Silesian Dragoon Regiment No. 15 and the Schleswig-Holstein Uhlan Regiment No. 15 were subordinate to it. From spring 1878 to 1890 the Rhenish Uhlan Regiment No. 7 belonged to the Brigade Association and the Bavarian 5th Chevaulegers Regiment "Prince Otto" was attached to the brigade. In 1896 the subordination changed. The Schleswig-Holstein Uhlan Regiment No. 15 switched to the 30th Cavalry Brigade and the 2nd Rhenish Hussar Regiment No. 9 came from the 16th Cavalry Brigade .

On October 1, 1912, changes took place with the expansion of the army. Through the formation of the XXI. Army Corps , the 31st Division with the 31st Cavalry Brigade was subordinated to the General Command in Saarbrücken. The 3rd Silesian Dragoon Regiment No. 15 and the 2nd Rhenish Hussar Regiment No. 9 were replaced by the Uhlan Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden" (Rhenish) No. 7 and the Westphalian Dragoon Regiment No. 7 .

When the First World War broke out , the brigade was disbanded. The Uhlan regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden" (Rheinisches) No. 7 became divisional cavalry of the 31st Infantry Division, the Dragoon Regiment "General Field Marshal Prince Leopold of Bavaria" (Westphalian) No. 7 of the 42nd Infantry Division .

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Job of Hontheim March 20, 1871 to September 16, 1872
Colonel / Major General August Paul von Kahlden 0November 2, 1872 to April 15, 1874
Colonel / Major General Bodo von Suckow May 28, 1874 to June 11, 1880
Colonel / Major General Georg von Dincklage June 12, 1880 to October 16, 1883
Colonel / Major General Gottlieb von Haeseler October 17, 1883 to December 3, 1886
Major general Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist 0December 4, 1886 to March 31, 1890
Major general Friedrich von Bardeleben 0April 1, 1890 to July 26, 1892
Major general Hans von Meyer July 28, 1892 to February 16, 1894
Colonel / Major General Arthur von Bernewitz February 17, 1894 to July 19, 1897
Colonel / Major General Hugo von Itzenplitz July 20, 1897 to April 17, 1901
Major general Friedrich von Bernhardi April 18, 1901 to April 23, 1904
Colonel Leopold von Goerne April 24, 1904 to August 17, 1905
Colonel Alfred von Kühne August 18 to October 18, 1905 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel / Major General Alfred von Kühne October 19, 1905 to September 1, 1907
Colonel / Major General Heinrich de Graaff 0September 2, 1907 to March 31, 1911
Major general Raimond of Pelet-Narbonne 0April 1, 1911 to January 26, 1912
Major general Hermann Heidborn January 27, 1912 to August 2, 1914

literature

  • Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, p. 665.

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. 460.