76th Reserve Division (German Empire)

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76th Reserve Division

active December 1914 to January 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure See: Outline
Strength 15,000
Insinuation XXXVIII. Reserve Corps

The 76th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of December 29, 1914

  • 76th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 252
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 253
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 254
    • Reserve Cyclist Company No. 76
    • Reserve Cavalry Division No. 76
  • 76th Reserve Field Artillery Brigade
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 56
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 58
    • Reserve Engineer Company No. 76

Division of War of February 20, 1918

  • 76th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 252
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 253
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 254
    • Reserve cyclist section No. 76
    • 3rd Squadron / Reserve Uhlan Regiment No. 1
  • Artillery Commander No. 76
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 76
    • 2nd Battalion / Foot Artillery Regiment No. 24
  • Engineer Battalion No. 376
  • Division News Commander No. 476

Battle calendar

1914

  • from December 29th - deployment of the 10th Army

1915

  • until February 3rd - deployment of the 10th Army
  • February 4th to 22nd - Winter battle in Masuria
  • February 23 to March 6 - Battles on Bobr
  • March 3-10 - Battles in the Orzyc Arch
  • March 6th to 29th - position battle at Lipniki-Lyse
  • March 25-30 - Skirmishes near Krasnopol and Krasne
  • March 31 to July 20 - positional battles between Augustów , Mariampol and Pilwiszki
  • July 21st to August 7th - fights at Jesia and Wejwery
  • August 8-18 - Siege of Kovno
  • August 19 to September 8 - Battle of Nyemen
  • September 9 to October 2 - Battle of Vilnius
  • October 3rd to 15th - positional battles between Krewo- Smorgon - Narotsch- Weretsch
  • October 16 to November 2 - Upper East Reserve
  • from November 3rd - trench warfare in front of Riga

1916

  • until September 17th - trench warfare in front of Riga
  • September 26 - Dolmany
  • September 26-29 - Battle of Sibiu
  • September 29th to October 4th - Fights for Fogaras
  • October 5th - Battle of the Geisterwalde
  • October 7th to 9th - Battle of Kronstadt
  • October 10th to November 28th - mountain combats on the Törzburger Pass
  • November 29th to 30th - Pursuit battles near Câmpulung
  • December 1st to 5th - Battle of the Argesch
  • December 6th to 8th - Cocorasti-Misli, Plopeni, Calinesti, Floresti, Baicoiu, Filipesti, and Bordeni
  • December 9-20 - Persecution on Jalomita -Prahova and Buzaul
    • December 15th - crossing over the Buzaul
  • December 21-27 - Battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • from December 28th - pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat

1917

  • until 3 January - pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • January 4th to 8th - Battle of the Putna
  • January 9 to August 5 - Trench warfare on Putna and Sereth
    • July 22nd to 25th - defensive battles on the Sereth
  • July 26th to December 9th - Trench warfare on Sereth and Susita
    • August 6th to September 3rd - breakthrough battle on the Putna and Susita
  • from December 10th - Armistice on the Romanian front

1918

  • to March 7th - Armistice on the Romanian front
  • March 7-11 - transport to the west
  • March 11-30 - Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • March 31 to April 6 - OHL reserves in the 18th Army
  • April 7th to May 24th - fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
  • May 25th to July 15th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 4th to 16th August - trench warfare between Oise and Aisne
  • August 17th to September 4th - Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
  • September 4th to 20th - Fights near Vauxaillon and Laffaux
    • September 5th to 8th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
    • September 9th to 18th - Fighting in the Siegfried Line with the 9th Army
  • September 19-25 - Fighting in the Siegfried Line
  • September 26th to October 9th - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • October 10-12 - Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
  • 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 Meuse
  • November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major General / Lieutenant General Hugo Elstermann from Elster December 24, 1914 to January 17, 1918
Major general Alfred von Quadt-Hüchtenbruck 0February 1, 1918 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. 72, 148-149.
  • 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. 528-530.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 183.