4th Division (German Empire)

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The 4th Division , also known as the 4th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

4th division

active September 5, 1818 to the end of 1918
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline

structure

The division was part of the II Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 7th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Schwerin" (3rd Pomeranian) No. 14
    • 6th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 149
  • 8th Infantry Brigade
    • 6th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 49
    • 4th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 140
  • Dragoon Regiment "von Arnim" (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12
  • 4th Field Artillery Brigade
    • 2nd Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 17
    • Rear Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 5
  • 2nd and 3rd Company / Pomeranian Pioneer Battalion No. 2

Division of War of March 20, 1918

  • 8th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Schwerin" (3rd Pomeranian) No. 14
    • 6th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 49
    • 4th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 140
    • MG Sniper Division No. 9
  • Artillery Commander No. 4
  • Engineer Battalion No. 114
  • Division News Commander No. 4

history

The large association was established on September 5, 1818. The command was initially in Torgau , then from 1820 in Stargard and finally from 1852 until the end of 1918 in Bromberg .

Battle calendar

1914

  • August 18-19 - Battle of the Gette
  • 23rd to 24th August - Battle of Mons
  • August 28-30 - Battles on the Somme
  • 0September 2 - Battle at Senlis
  • 0September 5th to 9th - Battle of Ourcq
  • September 12th to November 3rd - fighting on the Aisne
  • November 22nd to 27th - Reserve of the OHL
  • November 27th to December 15th - Battle of Lodz
  • from December 18th - Battle of the Rawka - Bzura

1915

  • until February 18 - Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
    • January 31 to February 15 - Battle of Humin
  • February 19-26 - Reserve of the OHL
  • February 28 to March 20 - Fighting on the Czyrak
  • March 13-28 - attack on the Zwinin
  • 0April 2nd to 13th - Easter battle in Laborczatal
  • April 14th to May 4th - trench warfare in the Laborczatal
  • 0May 5th to 14th - Persecution battles in central Galicia
  • May 13th to June 13th - fighting for Przemyśl
  • June 17th to 22nd - Battle of Lviv
  • June 23 to July 8 - Persecution battles on the Galician-Polish border
  • July 13-18 - Battle of Grabowiec
  • July 19-30 - Battle of Wojslawice
  • 0August 1st to 3rd - Battle of Cholm
  • 07th to 12th August - Battle of the Ucherka
  • August 13-17 - Battle of Wlodawa
  • August 18 to 24 - Attack on Brest-Litovsk
  • August 25-26 - Brest-Litovsk is captured
  • August 27-28 - persecution on Kobrin
  • August 29-30 - battle near Kobrin
  • 0September 1st to 12th - Fights on the Jasiolda and Zelwianka
  • September 30th to October 6th - Reserve of the OHL
  • 0October 8th to November 3rd - Autumn Battle in Champagne
  • from November 4th - Trench warfare in Champagne

1916

  • until April 23rd - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • April 25th to August 25th - Battle of Verdun
  • August 25 to September 9 - Reserve of the OHL
  • from September 9th - trench warfare before Verdun
    • December 15-16 - Fights near Louvemont and Bezonvaux

1917

1918

  • until March 13th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • March 13th to 20th - Trench warfare in the Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
    • March 21-23 - Monchy-Cambrai breakthrough battle
    • March 24-25 - Battle of Bapaume
  • 0April 7-11 - Fights between Arras and Albert
  • April 12-30 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
    • April 12-18 - Battle of Armentières
  • 0May 1st to August 4th - Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
  • 0August 5th to September 6th - fighting on the Ypres-La Bassée front
  • 0September 7th to October 14th - fighting on the Armentières-Lens front
  • October 15 to November 4 - Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp-Maas position
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major General / Lieutenant General Karl August Ferdinand von Borcke 0September 5, 1818 to December 15, 1830
Lieutenant General Jakob Friedrich von Rüchel-Kleist March 30, 1831 to March 29, 1838
Major General / Lieutenant General Ludwig von Sohr March 30, 1838 to April 8, 1842
Major general Friedrich von Brandenstein April 28, 1842 to October 25, 1843
Major general Heinrich von Holleben October 26, 1843 to October 2, 1844
Major General / Lieutenant General Heinrich von Wedel 0October 3, 1844 to March 3, 1852
Major General / Lieutenant General Ferdinand von Fidler March 16, 1852 to June 6, 1856
Major General / Lieutenant General Friedrich von Dankbahr 0June 7, 1856 to May 9, 1861
Major general Emil von Czettritz and Neuhaus May 10 to July 23, 1861 (in charge of the tour)
Major general Hans August von Glisczinski July 24 to September 23, 1861 (in charge of the tour)
Major General / Lieutenant General Hans August von Glisczinski September 24, 1861 to April 12, 1862
Lieutenant General Friedrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld April 13, 1862 to September 16, 1866
Major General / Lieutenant General Benno Hann von Weyhern September 17, 1866 to April 27, 1871
Major general Heinrich von Koblinski April 28 to May 22, 1871
Lieutenant General Georg von der Gröben May 23, 1871 to January 12, 1872
Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm von Schmeling January 13, 1872 to November 7, 1873
Major General / Lieutenant General Georg von Wedell 0November 8, 1873 to February 9, 1874
Major General / Lieutenant General August from Borries February 10, 1874 to October 8, 1880
Major general Heinrich von Rosenzweig 0October 9th to 17th, 1880 (entrusted with the tour)
Major General / Lieutenant General Heinrich von Rosenzweig October 18, 1880 to October 16, 1883
Lieutenant General Hermann von Radecke October 17, 1883 to October 13, 1884
Major General / Lieutenant General Eduard of Jena October 14, 1884 to November 2, 1885 (in charge of the tour)
Major general Alfred von Lewinski 0November 3 to December 11, 1885 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Alfred von Lewinski December 12, 1885 to April 7, 1889
Lieutenant General August von Seebeck 0April 8, 1889 to March 23, 1890
Lieutenant General George of Albedyll March 24, 1890 to April 17, 1893
Lieutenant General Ferdinand von Lütcken April 18, 1893 to May 12, 1897
Lieutenant General Paul of Abel May 13, 1897 to September 4, 1900
Lieutenant General Wilhelm Linde 0September 5, 1900 to April 23, 1904
Lieutenant General Egon von Schulz April 24, 1904 to April 9, 1906
Lieutenant General Ludwig von Held April 10, 1906 to March 31, 1909
Lieutenant General Richard Kolewe 0April 1, 1909 to February 12, 1912
Major general Günther von Pannewitz February 20 to April 21, 1912 (entrusted with the tour)
Lieutenant General Günther von Pannewitz April 22, 1912 to November 1, 1914
Major General / Lieutenant General Erich Freyer 0November 2, 1914 to October 25, 1918

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military Publishing House. Berlin 1927. pp. 61, 92-93.
  • 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. 92-95.