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
- trench warfare west of St. Quentin October 7-10 -
- 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
- Winter battle in Masuria February 4th to 22nd -
- February 23 to March 6 - Battles on Bobr
- 9-12 - Battles at Sejny March
- 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
- Kovno August 1st to 18th - Siege of
- August 19 to September 8 - Battle of Nyemen
- Vilnius September 9 to October 2 - Battle of
- from October 3rd - position battles between Krewo- Smorgon - Narotsch -Tweretsch
1916
- Position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Narotsch-Tveretsch
- March 18-27 - Battle of Postawy
- March 18 to April 30 - Battle of Lake Naroch
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
- Battle of Riga September 1-5 -
- Daugava September 6th to October 10th - trench warfare north of the
- 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
- trench warfare on the upper Styr - Stochod November 5th to December 1st -
- December 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
- 9-18 - Battle of Armentières April
- June 23rd to July 4th - trench warfare between Oise , Aisne and Marne
- Soissons July 5th to 17th - Trench warfare west of
- 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
- November 1st to 4th - Fights between Aisne and Aire
- Antwerp- Maas position November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the
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 |
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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 | March 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 | April 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.