32nd Division (3rd Royal Saxon)

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The 3rd Division No. 32 was a large unit of the Saxon Army . With the beginning of the First World War its name changed to 32nd Infantry Division .

Stamp FELDPOSTEXPEDITION of 32 Div. 64 Inf. Brig. XII. (KS) of February 3, 1915

structure

The division was the XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps subordinated.

Peace structure 1890

Peace structure 1914

Division of War of August 2, 1914

  • 5th Infantry Brigade No. 63
    • 3rd Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig III. from Bavaria "No. 102
    • 5th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich II. Of Baden" No. 103
    • 1st Jäger Battalion No. 12
  • 6th Infantry Brigade No. 64
    • 12th Infantry Regiment No. 177
    • 13th Infantry Regiment No. 178
  • 3rd Hussar Regiment "King Albert" No. 18
  • 3rd Field Artillery Brigade No. 32
    • 2nd Field Artillery Regiment No. 28
    • 5th Field Artillery Regiment No. 64
  • 2nd and 3rd Company / 1st Engineer Battalion No. 12

Division of War of May 24, 1918

  • 5th Infantry Brigade No. 63
    • 3rd Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig III. from Bavaria "No. 102
    • 5th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich II. Of Baden" No. 103
    • 12th Infantry Regiment No. 177
    • 4th Squadron / 3rd Hussar Regiment No. 20
  • Artillery Commander No. 32
    • 5th Field Artillery Regiment No. 64
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 80
  • Engineer Battalion No. 140
  • Division News Commander No. 32

history

The division was established on April 1, 1887 and was in command in Dresden's Albertstadt until it was demobilized and dissolved in September 1919 .

First World War

During the First World War , the division was only active on the Western Front . There, parts of the large association were involved in the Dinant massacre on August 23, 1914 .

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • January 25-27 - Battle of Hurtebise

1916

  • March 10th - Storming the mountain at La Ville aux Bois
  • April 25th - Battle for the mountain at La Ville aux Bois
  • September 13th to November 4th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • 0November 5th to 26th - Battle of the Somme
  • November 27th to March 15th - Trench warfare on the Somme

1917

  • March 15-19 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • March 19 to April 11 - Reserve of the OHL
  • April 11-16 - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • April 16-27 - Aisne-Champagne double battle
  • April 28th to June 10th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • June 10th to August 2nd - Trench warfare near Reims
  • 0August 3rd to November 5th - autumn battle in Flanders
  • 0November 5 to December 31 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1918

  • 0January 1st to April 14th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0April 9-18 - Battle of Armentières
  • April 10-29 - Battle of Kemmel
    • April 15 to May 13 - Trench warfare in Flanders
  • May 13th to June 28th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0July 1st to September 25th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • September 26th to November 11th - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march back home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Bernhard von Holleben, called Normann 0April 1, 1887 to January 30, 1889
Lieutenant General Otto von Schweingel 0February 1, 1889 to November 27, 1890
Lieutenant General Eugen von Kirchbach November 28, 1890 to April 18, 1896
Lieutenant General Erwin von Minchwitz April 19, 1896 to May 26, 1897
Lieutenant General Max von Hausen May 27, 1897 to March 28, 1900
Lieutenant General Paul Hingst March 29, 1900 to April 16, 1903
Lieutenant General George of Stieglitz April 17, 1903 to April 21, 1904
Lieutenant General Hans von Kirchbach April 22, 1904 to November 20, 1907
Lieutenant General Hermann von Schweinitz November 21, 1907 to October 12, 1910
Lieutenant General Alexander von Larisch October 13, 1910 to March 24, 1913
Lieutenant General Horst Edler from the Planitz March 25, 1913 to April 18, 1916
Major general Rudolph Hammer April 19 to May 4, 1916
Major general Gustav from the ceiling 0May 5, 1916 to July 22, 1918
Major general Maximilian von Scheel July 23, 1918 to January 30, 1919
Major general Martin of Oldershausen 0February 1 to September 10, 1919 (in charge of the tour)

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 69, 130–131.
  • 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. 399-401.

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. 128.