4th Royal Bavarian Division

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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 Bavarian Army .

4th Royal Bavarian Division

active November 27, 1815 to 1919
Country Flag of Bavaria (striped) .svg Kingdom of Bavaria
Armed forces Bavarian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline
Insinuation II Army Corps

structure

Peace structure 1914

In 1914 the division was part of the II Army Corps .

Division of War of August 2, 1914

Division of War of January 4, 1918

  • 7th Infantry Brigade
  • Bavarian artillery commander No. 4
    • 2nd field artillery regiment "Horn"
  • 8th Engineer Battalion
  • Bavarian news commander No. 4

history

The large association was first formed on November 27, 1815 as an infantry division of the General Command of Würzburg. The command was in Würzburg until it was dissolved in 1919 .

German war

During the war against Prussia , the division took part in the battle near Roßdorf on July 4, 1866 and in the battle near Roßbrunn on July 26, 1866 .

Franco-German War

In the war against France , the large unit came in the battles at Weißenburg (August 4th), Wörth (August 6th), Sedan (September 1st) and from September 19, 1870 to January 28, 1871 during the enclosure and siege of Paris for use.

First World War

The division was used at the beginning of the First World War as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front.

Battle calendar

1914
1915
1916
  • to June 23rd - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • June 24 to July 7 - Reconnaissance and demonstration skirmishes by the 6th Army in connection with the Battle of the Somme
  • July 7th to August 24th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • August 24th to September 18th - Battle of the Somme
  • from September 19 - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
1917
1918
  • through April 6 - fights at Remenauville, Regnieville and Fey-en-Haye
  • April 14th to 15th - Battle of Armentieres
  • April 15-29 - Battle of the Kemmelberg
  • April 15 to August 18 - Trench warfare in Flanders
  • August 21 to September 2 - Battle of Monchy-Bapaume
  • September 9-27 - Trench warfare in Flanders
  • September 26th to October 3rd - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • October 10-12 - Fighting in front of the Hundings and Brunhild fronts
  • October 13-17 - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
  • October 18-23 - Battle of Vouziers
  • October 24th to 31st - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
  • November 4th to 12th - border protection in southern Bavaria and Tyrol

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Maximilian von Zandt August 22, 1836 to March 31, 1848
Lieutenant General Karl Theodor von Thurn and Taxis 0April 1 to November 30, 1848
Lieutenant General Johann Damboer 0December 1, 1848 to October / November 1853
Lieutenant General Anton von der Mark 000November 1853 to July 31, 1856
Lieutenant General Friedrich von Flotow 0August 1, 1856 to February 22, 1861
Lieutenant General Jakob von Hartmann February 23, 1861 to January 7, 1869
Lieutenant General Friedrich von Bothmer 0January 8, 1869 to April 23, 1873
Lieutenant General Karl von Dietl April 24, 1873 to April 19, 1875
Lieutenant General Karl von Horn April 25, 1875 to June 15, 1881
Lieutenant General Adolf von Heinleth June 16, 1881 to May 13, 1885
Lieutenant General Karl von Freyberg-Eisenberg May 14, 1885 to March 7, 1889
Lieutenant General Christoph of Godin 0March 8, 1889 to August 17, 1891
Lieutenant General Heinrich von Nagel zu Aichberg August 18, 1891 to October 24, 1897
Lieutenant General Theodor von Bomhard October 25, 1897 to January 25, 1901
Lieutenant General Maximilian von Gerstner January 26, 1901 to October 22, 1903
Lieutenant General Alfred Eckbrecht from Dürckheim-Montmartin October 23, 1903 to November 17, 1908
Lieutenant General Karl von Fasbender November 18, 1908 to March 21, 1912
Lieutenant General Max von Montgelas March 22, 1912 to November 5, 1914
Lieutenant General Serious of scrap 0November 5, 1914 to October 28, 1916
Major general Franz of Bavaria October 26, 1916 to November 1918

literature

  • Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, p. 1248.
  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 61, 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. 101-103.

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. 664 f.