6th Reserve Division (German Empire)

The 6th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

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11th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 20
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 24
12th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 26
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 35
Reserve Uhlan Regiment No. 3
Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 6
1st Reserve Company / Pioneer Battalion "von Rauch" (1st Brandenburg) No. 3
2nd Reserve Company / Pioneer Battalion "von Rauch" (1st Brandenburg) No. 3

12th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 20
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 24
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 35
- 5th Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "Graf zu Dohna" (East Prussian) No. 8
Artillery Commander No. 94
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 6
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 39
Staff Pioneer Battalion No. 306:
- 1st Reserve Company / Pioneer Battalion "von Rauch" (1st Brandenburg) No. 3
- 5th Company / Pioneer Battalion "Fürst Radziwill" (East Prussian) No. 1
- Mine thrower company No. 206
Division News Commander No. 406

23 August to 26 September --- Security against Antwerp
- September 10-13 --- on the Dyle Canal and Beyghem
September 27th to October 9th --- Siege 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

until April 22nd --- Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
April 26th to May 9th --- Advance into Lithuania and Courland
- May 7th --- Capture of Libau
May 9th to July 13th --- Battles on the Windawski Canal and on the Upper Windau
July 14th to 15th --- Battle of Schaulen
July 16 to August 2 --- Battles against Mitau
- August 1st --- Capture of Mitau
August 3rd to October 15th --- Trench warfare on the Aa, Ekau and Düna
October 16 to 20 --- Conquest of the Daugava and Misse positions
from October 21st --- position battles in front of Riga

until May 10th --- position battles in front of Riga
May 10 to July 1 --- OHL reserves in the 8th Army or 5th Army
June 28th to July 3rd --- Storming the enemy position of Avocourt-Wald up to height 304
July 2nd to August 29th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
25 August to 12 September --- Trench warfare in Lorraine (reserve of the OHL)
September 11th to December 7th --- Trench warfare on the Sereth
December 7th to 17th --- Truce
from December 17th --- armistice

until February 18th --- Armistice
February 18 to March 20 --- Reserve of the OHL
- March 11th to 20th --- Trench warfare near Reims
March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
April 7th to June 8th --- Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
June 9th to August 7th --- Fights on the Avre and Matz
September 4th to 14th --- Position battles between the upper reaches of the Scumbi and Dudica / Macedonia (only staff)
September 15 to October 29 --- Withdrawal fighting in Macedonia and Serbia (only staff)
October 29th to November 2nd --- crossing over the Sava and Danube (only staff)

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Emil von Schickfuß and Neudorf	August 2, 1914 to May 27, 1915
Major general	Hans von Below	May 28, 1915 to October 12, 1916
Lieutenant General	Hinko von Lüttwitz	October 13, 1916 to October 24, 1916
Lieutenant General z. D.	Friedrich von Auwärter	October 25, 1916 to? April 1917
Major general	Alfred Dieterich	April 26, 1917 to August 23, 1918

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, 98-99.
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. 131-133.

↑ 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. 169.