7th Reserve Division (German Empire)

7th Reserve Division
active	August 2, 1914 to January 10, 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Armed forces	army
Type	Infantry Division
structure	See: Outline
Strength	15,000

The 7th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

• 13th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 27
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 36
• 14th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 66
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 72
  • Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 4
• Heavy Reserve Cavalry Regiment No. 1
• Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 7
• 4th Company / Magdeburg Pioneer Battalion No. 4

Division of War of May 26, 1918

• 14th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 36
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 66
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 72
  • Machine Gun Sniper Division No. 71
  • 1st Squadron / Reserve Cavalry Regiment No. 1
• Artillery Commander No. 95
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 7
  • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 52
• Engineer Battalion No. 307
• Division News Commander No. 407

Battle calendar

1914

• August 25-27 --- Battle of Solesmes and Le Cateau
• August 28th to 30th --- Fights on the Somme
• September 2nd --- Battle of Creil
• September 5th to 9th --- Battle of the Ourcq
• from September 12th --- fighting on the Aisne

1915

• until September 9th --- fighting on the Aisne
• September 27th to October 9th --- fighting on the Aisne
• October 9th to November 3rd --- Autumn battle in Champagne
• from November 4th --- Position battles in Champagne

1916

• until May 22nd --- Position battles in Champagne
• May 25th to September 9th --- Battle of Verdun
• September 9th to 16th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• September 18 to October 18 --- Battle of the Somme
• October 18 to December 6 --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• December 6th to 31st --- Position battles in Champagne
• from December 31st --- Reserve of the OHL

1917

• until January 25th --- Reserve of the OHL
• January 25th to April 17th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• April 20th to May 27th --- Aisne-Champagne double battle
• from May 28th --- Trench warfare near Reims

1918

• until March 15th --- Trench warfare near Reims
• March 15-20 --- resting time behind the 18th Army
• March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
• April 6th to June 29th --- Trench warfare near Reims
• June 29th to July 14th --- Position battles in Champagne
• July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
• July 18 to August 11 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
• 11th to 13th August --- Trench warfare near Reims
• August 13-21 --- Trench warfare on the Vesle
• August 21 to September 4 --- Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
• September 5th to 13th --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
• September 13th to 25th --- Position battles in Champagne
• September 26th to November 11th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
• from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Bogislav Friedrich von Schwerin	August 2, 1914 to May 13, 1918
Major general	Hugo Karl August Bacmeister	May 14th to June 26th, 1918
Major general	Wilhelm Ribbentrop	June 27 to November 27, 1918

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. 62-63, 100.
• 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. 149-152.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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.