37th Division (German Empire)

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The 37th Division was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

structure

The division was part of the XX. Army Corps .

Peacemaking

Organization of war in mobilization

  • 73rd Infantry Brigade
    • 2nd Masurian Infantry Regiment No. 147
    • 2nd Warmian Infantry Regiment No. 151
    • Hunter battalion "Graf Yorck von Wartenburg" (East Prussian) No. 1
  • 75th Infantry Brigade
    • 1st Masurian Infantry Regiment No. 146
    • 1st Warmian Infantry Regiment No. 150
  • Dragoon Regiment "von Wedel" (Pommersches) No. 11
  • 37th Field Artillery Brigade
    • 1st Masurian Field Artillery Regiment No. 73
    • 2nd Masurian Field Artillery Regiment No. 82
  • 1st Company / Engineer Battalion No. 26

Division of War of August 19, 1918

  • 73rd Infantry Brigade
    • 2nd Masurian Infantry Regiment No. 147
    • 1st Warmian Infantry Regiment No. 150
    • 2nd Warmian Infantry Regiment No. 151
    • Machine gun sniper division No. 57
    • 3rd Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 10
  • Artillery Commander No. 37
    • 1st Masurian Field Artillery Regiment No. 73
    • 2nd Battalion / Foot Artillery Regiment No. 16
  • Engineer Battalion No. 134
  • Division News Commander No. 37

history

The division was established on April 1, 1899 and had its headquarters in Allenstein . When the First World War broke out, it was initially deployed on the Eastern Front and was then relocated to the Western Front by early January 1917 . After the armistice in Compiègne , the large association marched back home, where it was demobilized until March 1919 and finally dissolved.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • until January 30, 1915 - Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
  • February 12th to March 27th - fighting on the Omulev
  • March 16 to July 12 - trench warfare between Orzyc and Szkwa
  • July 13th to 17th - breakthrough battle near Przasnysz
  • July 18-22 - Pursuit battles to the Lower Narew
  • July 22nd to 27th - Narew crossing southeast of Ostrolenka
  • July 23 to August 3 - Battle of the Narew
  • 0August 3rd - capture of Ostrolenka
  • 04th to 7th August - Battle of the Orz
  • 0August 8-10 - Battle of Ostrow
  • August 11-12 - Battle of Chishev-Sambrov
  • August 13-18 - pursuit battles on the upper Narew and Nurzec
  • 17th to 23rd August - Fighting over the Narew crossing on the Suraz-Ugowo-Baciuty-Waniewo line
  • August 19-25 - Battle of Bielsk
  • August 24-26 - fights near Białystok , Knyszyn and the Berezowia sector
  • August 26th - capture of Bialystok
  • August 27th to September 2nd - conquest of Grodno
  • 0September 1st to 30th - Persecution from Nyemen to Berezina
  • 0October 3 to November 2 - trench warfare between Krewo-Smorgon- Narotsch -Tweretsch
  • from November 2nd - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg

1916

  • until December 7th - position battles in front of Dünaburg
  • from December 7th - OHL reserve and transport to the west

1917

  • to January 6th - Reserve of the OHL and transport to the west
  • 0January 6th to May 3rd - trench warfare in Upper Alsace
  • 0May 3rd to 27th - double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • May 28th to October 23rd - Trench warfare on Chemin des Dames
  • October 24th to November 2nd - rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
  • from November 3rd - trench warfare north of the Ailette

1918

  • until March 17th - trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • March 17-20 - resting time behind the 18th Army
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • March 21-22 - Breakthrough battle at St. Quentin - La Fère
  • 0April 7th to May 27th - fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
  • May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
  • June 14th to July 4th - trench warfare between Oise , Aisne , Marne
  • 0July 5th to 14th - Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
  • July 15-17 - Assault battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18-23 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • August 11th 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 home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Ernst von Reichenau 0April 1, 1899 to April 8, 1901
Lieutenant General Friedrich von Bock and Polach 0April 9, 1901 to February 17, 1902
Lieutenant General Alexander von Kluck February 18, 1902 to October 2, 1906
Major general Emil from Scotti 0October 3 to 15, 1906 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Emil from Scotti October 16, 1906 to April 26, 1908
Lieutenant General Thilo von Westernhagen 0May 2, 1908 to April 2, 1911
Lieutenant General Max von Bahrfeldt 0April 3, 1911 to July 3, 1913
Lieutenant General Hermann von Staabs 0July 4, 1913 to June 30, 1915
Major general Gustav von Hollen 0July 1, 1915 to July 21, 1916
Major general Max von Müller July 22, 1916 to June 17, 1917
Major general Rüdiger von der Goltz June 18, 1917 to February 25, 1918
Major general Walter von Eberhardt February 27 to December 29, 1918
Major general Gustav von der Wenge, Count von Lambsdorff December 30, 1918 to March 18, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 69, 134–135.
  • 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. 425-428.

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. 132.