58th Division (5th Royal Saxon)
The 58th Division (5th Royal Saxon) was a major unit of the Saxon Army during the First World War . Initially set up as a Saxon-Württemberg division, the unit became a purely Saxon association after the Württemberg formations were exchanged in early 1917.
history
The division was formed on March 1, 1915, initially deployed on the western front , but after a short time detached again and relocated to the eastern front. She stayed there until October 1915 and then returned to the Western Front. In mid-April 1917, the division was again transferred to the Eastern Front for almost six months, before the division then fought in the west until the armistice . After the end of the war, the division returned home, where it was demobilized in January 1919 and then disbanded.
Battle calendar
1915
- March 5th to May 9th --- Reserve of the OHL
- May 9th to June 21st --- Battle of La Bassée and Arras
- June 21 to July 13 --- Trench warfare on the Yser
- July 12th to 20th --- Reserve of the OHL
- July 20 to 24 --- Transport to the East
- July 25 to August 26 --- Narew - Bobr -Schlacht
- July 26th to August 3rd --- First Narew crossing at the Szkwa estuary
- August 11th to 15th --- Fights on the Slina section
- August 16-25 --- Second Narew crossing at Tykozin, Zoltki and Kruschewo
- August 24th to 26th --- Fights near Bialystok, Knyszyn and the Berezina section
- September 1st to 8th --- Battle of Nyemen
- September 9th to October 2nd --- Battle of Vilna
- October 3rd to 13th --- Position battles between Smorgon and Lake Naroch
- October 13-21 --- Transport to the West
- from October 21st --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
1916
- until March 11th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
- March 12th to April 6th --- Battle of Verdun
- April 9th to September 12th --- Position battles in Champagne
- September 13th to 26th --- Battle of the Somme
- September 28 to October 22 --- Trench warfare on the Yser
- October 22nd to November 20th --- Battle of the Somme
- November 20 to December 17 --- 1st Army Reserve
- from December 18th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
1917
- until March 20th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- March 21 to April 5 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
- April 6 to 23 --- Aisne-Champagne double battle
- April 23-29 --- Transport to the East
- April 29th to May 17th --- Upper East Reserve
- May 17th to September 17th --- Position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Natotsch-See and Tveretsch
- September 18 to October 6 --- Trench warfare between Niemen -Beresina-Krewo-Smorgon-Naroch and Tweretsch
- October 6-10 --- Transport to the West
- October 10th to 13th --- Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht"
- October 13th to December 3rd --- Autumn battle in Flanders
- from December 4th --- Trench warfare in Flanders
1918
- until April 9th --- position battles in Flanders
- April 10-15 --- Trench warfare in Flanders
- April 16-29 --- Fights in the Wytschaete Arch
- April 30th to August 24th --- Trench warfare in Flanders
- August 24th to September 2nd --- Battle of Monchy-Bapaume
- September 3 to 26 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- September 27th to October 8th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
- October 9th to November 4th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- November 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
- from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
structure
Division of War of March 6, 1915
- 116th Infantry Brigade
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58th Field Artillery Brigade
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 115
- Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment No. 116
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 58
- Engineer Company No. 115
- Württ. Pioneer Company No. 116
Division of War of August 22, 1918
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116th Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 103
- Infantry Regiment "King Georg" (7th Royal Saxon) No. 106
- Infantry Regiment "Prince Johann Georg" (8th Royal Saxon) No. 107
- 4th Squadron / 2nd Royal Saxon Uhlan Regiment No. 18
- Artillery Commander No. 57
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 115
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 97
- Engineer Battalion No. 142
- Divisional News Commander # 58
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major General / Lieutenant General | Georg von Gersdorff | March 5, 1915 to April 14, 1917 |
Major general | Woldemar Vitzthum von Eckstädt | April 15, 1917 to January 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. 71, 147.