40th Division (4th Royal Saxon)

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The 40th Division (4th Royal Saxon) was a large unit of the Saxon Army .

structure

The division was part of the XIX. (II. Royal Saxon) Army Corps .

Peacemaking

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 88th Infantry Brigade (7th Royal Saxon)
    • Infantry Regiment "Kronprinz" (5th Royal Saxon) No. 104
    • 15th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 181
  • 89th Infantry Brigade (8th Royal Saxon)
    • 9th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 133
    • 10th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 134
  • 2nd Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment No. 19
  • 40th Field Artillery Brigade (4th Royal Saxon)
    • 3rd Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 32
    • 6th Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 68
  • 2nd and 3rd Company / Engineer Battalion No. 22

Division of War of June 3, 1918

  • 88th Infantry Brigade (7th Royal Saxon)
    • Infantry Regiment "Kronprinz" (5th Royal Saxon) No. 104
    • 10th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 134
    • 15th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 181
    • 2nd squadron / 2nd squadron Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment No. 19
  • Artillery Commander No. 40
    • 3rd Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 32
  • Engineer Battalion No. 121
  • Division News Commander No. 40

history

The division was established on April 1, 1899 and had its command in Chemnitz .

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
  • 0July 7th to August 4th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0August 5th to September 3rd - Battle of the Somme
  • 0September 4th to 30th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0October 5th to November 8th - Battle of the Somme
  • from November 8th - trench warfare on the Yser in the Wytschaete-Bogen

1917

  • to May 26th - Trench warfare on the Yser in the Wytschaete-Bogen
  • February 26th to June 2nd - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • May 27th to August 14th - Battle of Flanders ( Messines )
  • August 14th to October 14th - fighting in the Siegfried Line
  • October 14th to 28th - autumn battle in Flanders
  • October 29th to November 6th - transport to the east
  • 0November 7 to 5 Dezember - Trench warfare between Niemen - Berezina -Krewo- Smorgon - Naroch -Tweretsch
  • 0December 6-17 - Truce
  • from December 17th - armistice

1918

  • until February 15 - armistice
  • February 15-25 - transport to the west
  • February 26th to June 2nd - trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
  • 0June 3-13 - Battle of Soissons and Reims
  • June 14th to July 4th - trench warfare between Oise , Aisne and Marne
  • 0July 5th to 17th - Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 20th - Fights between Arras and Albert
  • August 21 to September 2 - Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
  • 0September 3 to 8 - Reserve of the OHL
  • 0September 9-27 - Trench warfare in Flanders
  • September 28th to October 17th - defensive battle in Flanders
  • October 18 to 24 - rearguard battles between Yser and Lys
  • October 25th to November 1st - Battle of the Lys
  • 0November 2nd to 4th - rearguard fighting on both sides of the Scheldt
  • 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
  • November 12th to December 19th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Lothar von Hausen 0April 1, 1899 to March 22, 1901
Lieutenant General Alexander Vitzthum von Eckstädt March 23, 1901 to April 21, 1904
Lieutenant General Wilhelm Leopold Werner von Basse April 22, 1904 to March 24, 1907
Lieutenant General Felix Barth March 25, 1907 to May 22, 1908
Lieutenant General Maximilian von Laffert October 23, 1908 to November 27, 1912
Lieutenant General Traugott Leuckart von Weisdorf November 28, 1912 to April 28, 1913
Lieutenant General Leo Götz von Olenhusen April 29, 1913 to September 13, 1916
Major General / Lieutenant General Johann master September 14, 1916 to February 22, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army , published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 70, 136–137.
  • 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. 442-445.

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. 134.