65th Infantry Brigade (German Empire)

The 65th Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

history

In the course of the formation of the XVI. Army Corps , the brigade was established by ordinance of the War Ministry from February 1 to April 1, 1890. The command was in Mörchingen . The brigade belonged to the 33rd Division and its were the Infantry Regiment "Graf Barfuß" (4th Westphalian) No. 17 and the Infantry Regiment No. 144 . In 1906 the 5th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 144 left the brigade network and was replaced by the 2nd Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 131 . By cabinet order of June 29th, the XXI. Army Corps with the 42nd Division to which the brigade was subordinate from this point in time.

First World War

With the outbreak of the First World War , the brigade was reinforced by the Dragoon Regiment “Generalfeldmarschall Prinz Leopold von Bayern” (Westphalian) No. 7 .

Battle calendar

1914

July 31 to August 16 - border protection against France
August 18th to 19th - Lauterfingen - Mittersheim
August 20-22 - Battle of Lorraine
August 22nd to September 14th - Battle of Nancy-Epinal
September 23 to October 6 - Battle of the Somme
0October 7-10 - trench warfare west of St. Quentin
from October 7th - trench warfare on the Somme

1915

until January 18 - trench warfare on the Somme
January 19 to February 3 - transport to the east
0February 4th to 22nd - Winter battle in Masuria
February 23 to March 6 - Battles on Bobr
0March 9-12 - Battles at Sejny

March 25-30 - Skirmishes near Krasnopol and Krasne

March 31 to July 20 - trench warfare between Augustow , Mariampol , and Pilwiszki

July 21st to August 7th - fights at Jesia and Wejwery

0August 1st to 18th - Siege of Kovno

August 19 to September 8 - Battle of Nyemen

0September 9 to October 2 - Battle of Vilnius

from October 3rd - position battles between Krewo- Smorgon - Narotsch -Tweretsch

1916

Position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Narotsch-Tveretsch
- March 18-27 - Battle of Postawy

1917

until July 12th - position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Narotsch-Tveretsch

July 14-18 - trench warfare east of Zloczow

July 19-28 - breakthrough battle in eastern Galicia

July 29th to August 23rd - Trench warfare on the Sereth

0September 1-5 - Battle of Riga

0September 6th to October 10th - trench warfare north of the Daugava

October 11-20 - Conquest of the Baltic Islands

October 11th to 16th - Conquest of the island of Ösel
October 17-18 - Conquest of Moon Island
October 17th to 20th - Conquest of Dagö Island

October 20th to November 7th - Protection of the Baltic Islands

0November 5th to December 1st - trench warfare on the upper Styr - Stochod

0December 2nd to 24th - transport to the west

from December 26th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1918

to June 23rd - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

0April 9-18 - Battle of Armentières

June 23rd to July 4th - trench warfare between Oise , Aisne and Marne

0July 5th to 17th - Trench warfare west of Soissons

July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims

July 30th to August 28th - Trench warfare near Reims

August 28th to September 25th - Trench warfare in Champagne

September 26th to October 9th - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse

October 13-17 - Fights on the Aisne and Aire

October 18-23 - Battle of Vouziers

October 24th to 31st - Fights on the Aisne and Aire

0November 1st to 4th - Fights between Aisne and Aire

0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position

After the armistice of Compiègne , the brigade evacuated the occupied territory on November 12, 1918, marched back to Germany and was demobilized and disbanded there by February 1919 .

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major general	Friedrich Messow	March 24, 1890 to April 17, 1891
Major general	Rudolf Spankeren	April 18, 1891 to April 20, 1894
Dignity. Major general	Eugen von Greiff	April 21, 1894 to March 21, 1895
Colonel	Ewald von Kleist	March 22 to April 17, 1895 (entrusted with the tour)
Major general	Ewald von Kleist	April 18, 1895 to March 18, 1896
Major general	Georg von Alten	March 19, 1896 to June 26, 1897
Colonel	Otto Schmidt	June 27, 1897 to January 26, 1898 (in charge of the tour)
Major general	Otto Schmidt	January 27, 1898 to June 15, 1900
Major general	August Stein von Kaminski	June 16, 1900 to July 17, 1903
Major general	Kurt von Uechtritz and Steinkirch	July 18, 1903 to April 13, 1907
Major general	Georg Noell	April 14, 1907 to May 1, 1910
Colonel	Franz Reitzenstein	April 25 to May 16, 1910 (entrusted with the tour)
Major general	Franz Reitzenstein	May 17, 1910 to February 17, 1913
Colonel	Karl von Kehler	February 18 to March 4, 1913 (in charge of the tour)
Major general	Karl von Kehler	0March 5, 1913 to August 28, 1914
Colonel / Major General	Eggert from Estorff	August 29, 1914 to February 20, 1915
Colonel	Fritz von Versen	February 24 to April 7, 1915
Colonel	Georg Nagel	0April 8, 1915 to August 26, 1916
Colonel	Willi Matthiaß	August 27, 1916 to July 20, 1918
major	Leo von Paczensky and Tenczin	July 27, 1918 to February 11, 1919
	Paul Hucke	February 12 to May 19, 1919

literature

Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, p. 686.
Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 138-139.

Individual evidence

^ Curt Jany : History of the Prussian Army from the 15th Century to 1914. Fourth volume, published by Karl Siegismund, Berlin 1933, p. 297.
↑ 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. 296.

[1] Curt Jany : History of the Prussian Army from the 15th Century to 1914. Fourth volume, published by Karl Siegismund, Berlin 1933, p. 297.

[2] 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. 296.