5th Royal Bavarian Division

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The 5th Division , known as the 5th Infantry Division during World War I , was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .

5th Royal Bavarian Division

active
Country Flag of Bavaria (striped) .svg Kingdom of Bavaria
Armed forces Bavarian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline

structure

Peace structure 1914

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

Division of War of August 2, 1914

Division of War of March 20, 1918

  • 10th Infantry Brigade
    • 7th Infantry Regiment "Prince Leopold"
    • 19th Infantry Regiment
    • 21st Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin"
    • Bavarian MG sniper division No. 1
    • 4th Squadron / 2nd Chevaulegers Regiment "Taxis"
  • Bavarian artillery commander No. 5
    • 10th Field Artillery Regiment
    • III. Battalion / 1. Foot artillery regiment
  • 3rd Engineer Battalion
  • Bavarian Divisional News Commander No. 5

history

The large association was established on October 1, 1890, had its command initially until March 31, 1901 in Landau in the Palatinate and then until its dissolution in 1919 in Nuremberg .

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

  • until October 6th - fighting between Meuse and Moselle
  • 0October 8th to November 3rd - Autumn Battle in Champagne
  • 0November 4th to 13th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • November 13th to December 5th - 3rd Army Reserve
  • from December 6th - trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle

1916

1917

  • until January 31st - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0February 1 to April 1 - Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
  • 0April 2nd to May 20th - Battle of Arras
  • May 21st to July 6th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0July 7th to August 6th - OHL reserve in Antwerp
  • 0August 7th to December 3rd - Battle of Flanders
  • from December 5th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1918

  • February 11th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • February 11th to March 18th - Reserve of the OHL
  • March 18-20 - Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7th to August 8th - Fights between Arras and Albert
  • 0August 8th to 9th - tank battle between Ancre and Avre
  • 0August 8-20 - Defensive battle between Somme and Avre
  • August 21 to September 2 - Defensive battle between Scarpe and Somme
  • 0September 3 to 7 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0September 8th to October 8th - defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • 0October 9th to 16th - fighting in front of the Hermann position
  • October 15-19 - fighting between Deûle Canal and Scheldt
  • October 20th to November 4th - fighting in the Hermann position on 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 Emil von Xylander 0October 1, 1890 to April 17, 1895
Lieutenant General Moriz von Bomhard April 18, 1895 to June 1, 1899
Lieutenant General Ludwig von Grauvogl 0June 2, 1899 to March 31, 1901
Lieutenant General Hermann von Haag 0April 1, 1901 to June 10, 1903
Lieutenant General Luitpold von der Tann-Rathsamhausen June 11, 1903 to April 9, 1905
Lieutenant General Karl Ferdinand Inama von Sternegg April 10, 1905 to October 11, 1906
Lieutenant General Luitpold von Horn October 12, 1906 to March 26, 1912
Lieutenant General Gustav von Schoch March 27, 1912 to April 20, 1915
Lieutenant General Nicholas of Endres April 23, 1915 to June 23, 1918
Lieutenant General Eugene von Clauss June 23, 1918 to June 26, 1919

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. 66, 95-96.
  • 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. 120-122.

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. 665.