53rd Reserve Division (3rd Royal Saxon)

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53rd Reserve Division (3rd Royal Saxon)

active August 2, 1914 to 1918
Country German EmpireGerman Empire (Reichskriegsflagge) German Empire
Armed forces Saxon Army
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline
First World War Western front
First Battle of Flanders
Battle of the Somme
Great battle in France
Commanders
Please refer: List of commanders

The 53rd Reserve Division (3rd Royal Saxon) was a major unit of the Saxon Army during the First World War .

structure

Division of War 1914

  • 105th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • 106th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 243
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 244
  • Reserve Cavalry Division No. 53
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 53
  • Reserve Engineer Company No. 53

Division of War of April 7, 1918

  • 105th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 241
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 242
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 243
    • Reserve Cavalry Division No. 53
  • Artillery Commander No. 155
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 32
    • IV. Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 24
  • Engineer Battalion No. 353
  • Division News Commander # 453

Battle calendar

The division was formed as part of the mobilization at the beginning of the First World War and was used on both the Western and Eastern Fronts.

1914

1915

1916

  • March 31 to June 23 --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • June 24th to July 7th --- Reconnaissance and demonstration battles by the 6th Army
  • July 7th to August 30th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • September 1st to 15th --- Battle of the Somme
  • September 22nd to October 9th --- Trench warfare in the Artois
  • October 10 to November 12 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
  • November 12 to 23 --- OHL reserve and transport to the east
  • November 23 to July 20 --- Position battles on the Narajowka, between Narajowka and Zlota-Lipa and on the Ceniowka

1917

  • July 21st to 30th --- Persecution battles in East Galicia
  • July 30th to 31st --- Bilki Bach, storming Niwar and Zalesie
  • July 31 to August 2 --- Fights for the Zbrucz
  • August 3 to November 30 --- Trench warfare on the Zbrucz
  • November 30th to December 17th --- OHL reserve and transport to the west
  • December 18th to January 24th --- Border guards on the Belgian-Dutch border

1918

  • January 25th to February 15th --- Trench warfare in Flanders
  • February 22 to March 20 --- Trench warfare in the Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
  • March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
  • April 7th to 12th --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
  • April 16 to June 13 --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise , Aisne and Marne
  • July 5th to 17th --- Trench warfare west of Soissons
  • July 18th to 25th --- Defensive 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 18 --- Dissolution of the division

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Hans von Watzdorf September 10, 1914 to June 30, 1915
Lieutenant General Max Leuthold July 1, 1915 to June 23, 1918
Major general Georg Frotscher June 24 to September 1918

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 71, 145–146.