4th Guard Infantry Division (German Empire)

4th Guard Infantry Division
active	May 18, 1915 to January 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Eastern Front Western front Battle of the Somme Battle of Arras Autumn battle in Flanders
Commanders
Please refer:	List of commanders

The 4th Guards Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

Memorial stone for the fallen of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 93 in Goslar

structure

Division of War of May 19, 1915

• 5th Guard Infantry Brigade
  • 5th Guards Regiment on foot
  • Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 5
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 93
  • Guard Reserve Hunter Battalion
  • Staff, 1st and 3rd Squadron / Guard Reserve Uhlan Regiment
  • 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment
  • 1/3 1st Company / Engineer Battalion No. 28
  • Light field headlight train 3

Division of War of March 8, 1918

• 5th Guard Infantry Brigade
  • 5th Guards Regiment on foot
  • Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 5
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 93
  • Machine gun sniper division No. 14
  • 2nd Squadron / Guard Reserve Dragoon Regiment
  • Guard Artillery Commander No. 4
  • 6th Guards Field Artillery Regiment
  • III. Battalion / 1st Guard Field Artillery Regiment
  • Engineer Battalion No. 106
  • Guard Divisions News Commander No. 4

history

The large association was formed during the First World War on May 18, 1915 and was initially deployed on the Eastern Front and from mid-October 1915 on the Western Front.

1915

• May 7 to 12 july - Trench warfare north Przasnysz
• July 13th to 17th - breakthrough battle near Przasnysz
• July 18-22 - Pursuit battles to the Lower Narew
• July 25th to 26th - fighting at the barracks around Dombrowka, storming of Chelsty and the heights to the east of it
• July 30th - Storming of the village of Rembishe
• 4th to 7th August - Battle of the Orz
• August 8-10 - Battle of Ostrow
• August 11-12 - Battle of Chishev-Sambrov
• August 13-18 - pursuit battles on the upper Narew and Nurzec
• August 19-25 - Battle of Bielsk
• August 26th to September 5th - chase battles on Swislocz and Naumka-Werecia
• September 6-7 - Battle of Wolkowyszk
• 8 to 12 September - Battle of the Zelwianka and the Niemen
• September 12-12 - Battle of Szczara and Jelnia
• September 17-22 - chase battles in the Lithuanian swamps
• September 23-27 - Battle of Vilna
• September 27th to October 6th - Upper East Reserve
• October 7th to 13th - Reserve of the OHL
• October 20 to December 27 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• from December 28th - reserve of the OHL

1916

• until April 17th - Reserve of the OHL
• April 18 to June 23 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• July 27th to September 17th - Battle of the Somme
• October 24th to November 26th - Battle of the Somme
• from November 27th - trench warfare on the Somme

1917

• until March 15 - trench warfare on the Somme
• April 2nd to May 20th - Spring battle near Arras
• June 24-28 - Battles near Lens (Pas-de-Calais)
• July 1st - Battles near Lens
• August 15-27 - fights near Lens
• September 23rd to October 9th - autumn battle in Flanders
• October 10th to December 27th - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
• from December 27th - trench warfare near St. Quentin and the Oise

1918

• until January 30th - trench warfare near St. Quentin and the Oise
• February 1 to March 20 - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation time for the Great Battle in France
• March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
• April 7th to June 2nd - Fights on the Avre , Somme and Ancre
• June 9th to July 3rd - fighting on the Avre and Matz
• 3rd to 21st July - Trench warfare in Lorraine
• July 21-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
• July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
• August 4th to September 3rd - trench warfare on the Vesle
• September 3 to October 9 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
• October 10-12 - Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
• October 13th to November 4th - fights in the dog position
• November 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	Willibald von Schweidnitz and Krain	May 20, 1915 to October 8, 1916
Major general	Veit von Obernitz	October 9, 1916 to June 5, 1917
Major general	Bernhard Count Finck von Finckenstein	June 6, 1917 to December 17, 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.
• 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. 88-91.

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. 136.