5th Reserve Division (German Empire)
5th Reserve Division |
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active | August 2, 1914 to January 10, 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Armed forces | army |
Type | Infantry Division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War |
Western front
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The 5th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Organization of war during mobilization in 1914
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9th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 8
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 48
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10th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 12
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 52
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 3
- Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 2
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 5
- 4th Company / Pioneer Battalion from Rauch (1st Brandenburg) No. 3
Division of War of April 9, 1918
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9th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 8
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 12
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 48
- 5th Squadron / Dragoon Regiment "von Bredow" (1st Silesian) No. 4
- Artillery Commander No. 90
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 5
- 11th Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 17
- Engineer Battalion No. 305
- Division News Commander No. 405
Battle calendar
1914
- 23 August to 26 September --- Security against Antwerp
- September 27th to October 9th --- Siege of Antwerp
- October 10th --- Occupation of Antwerp
- October 10-17 --- Pursuit battles in Flanders
- October 18 to November 30 --- Battle of the Yser
- December 1st to 5th --- Transport to the East
- December 6th to 17th --- Battle of Lowicz-Sanniki
- from December 18th --- Battle of the Rawka - Bzura
1915
- until July 16 --- Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
- July 17th to August 5th --- Fighting for Warsaw
- August 8th to 18th --- Pursuit battles between the Vistula and the Bug
- August 19 to 24 --- Battle of the Pulwa-Nurzec
- August 25th to 31st --- Persecution battles on the Bialowieska-Puszcza
- September 1 to 12 --- Fights on the Jasiolda and the Zelwianka
- September 13th to 18th --- Battle of Slonim
- September 19 to 24 --- Fighting on the upper Shchara-Servetsch
- from September 25th --- trench warfare on the Shchara-Serwetsch
1916
- until May 4th --- Trench warfare on the Shchara-Serwetsch
- April 16 to June 19 --- OHL reserves in the 9th and 12th Army
- June 20 to July 3 --- Trench warfare in the Pripet Marshes
- July 3rd to 29th --- Battle of Baranovichi
- 3 July to 31 December --- Trench warfare on the upper Shchara-Servetsch
1917
- January 1 to April 14 --- Trench warfare on the upper Shchara-Servetsch
- April 9th to 15th --- Transport to the west
- April 15-21 --- Reserve of the OHL
- April 21 to May 26 --- Position battles on the Meuse heights near Combres, Les Eparges, on the Grande-Tranchée-de-Calonne
- May 25th to 27th --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
- May 28 to October 23 --- Trench warfare at the Chemin des Dames
- October 24th to November 2nd --- rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
- from November 3rd --- trench warfare north of the Ailette
1918
- until March 20 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- March 21st to April 9th --- Great battle in France
- April 11th to June 8th --- Fights on the Avre , Montdidier and Noyon
- June 9th to July 22nd --- Fights on the Avre and Matz
- June 9-13 --- Battle of Noyon
- July 23rd to 25th --- Defense battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- 4th to 16th August --- Position battles between Oise and Aisne
- 17th August to 4th September --- Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
- September 9th to 27th --- Fights in front of and in the Siegfriedstellung
- September 28 to October 9 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- October 10th to November 4th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann 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 |
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Major general | Richard Voigt | August 2 to December 25, 1914 |
Major general | Max von Diringshofen | December 26, 1914 to June 18, 1916 |
Major general | Wilhelm von Woyna | June 19 to December 28, 1916 |
Lieutenant General z. D. | Friedrich von Auwärter | April 14, 1917 to February 9, 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. 62, 69.
- 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. 112-114.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 168.