77th Reserve Division (German Empire)

The 77th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of December 29, 1914

• 77th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 255
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 256
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 257
  • Reserve Cyclist Company No. 77
  • Reserve Cavalry Division No. 77
• 77th Reserve Field Artillery Brigade
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 59
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 60
  • Reserve Engineer Company No. 78
  • Reserve Engineer Company No. 79

Division of War of April 2, 1918

• 77th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 257
  • Infantry Regiment No. 332
  • Infantry Regiment No. 419
  • Reserve cyclist section No. 77
• 1st squadron / hussar regiment "Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, King of Hungary" (Schleswig-Holsteinisches) No. 16
• Artillery Commander No. 77
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 59
  • III. Battalion / 1st West Prussian Foot Artillery Regiment No. 11
• Engineer Battalion No. 403
• Division News Commander No. 477

history

Battle calendar

1914

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

1915

• until February 1st - deployment of the 10th Army
• February 4th to 22nd - Winter battle in Masuria
• February 23 to March 6 - Battles on Bobr
• March 9-12 - Battles at Sejny
• March 25-30 - Skirmishes near Krasnopol and Krasne
• March 31 to July 20 - Trench warfare in Suwalki , between Augustow , 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
  • August 20 to September 8 - trench warfare on the Swjenta and Jara
• September 9 to October 2 - Battle of Vilnius
• October 3rd to 9th - trench warfare between Krewo- Smorgon - Narotsch -Tweretsch
• October 10th to 31st - fighting between Lake Drysvyaty and Lake Meddum
• October 10 to November 1 - Battle of Daugavpils ; Fight for the bridgehead Dünaburg
• November 1st to 8th - Gateni, Janulischki and on Lake Ilsen (parts of the division)
• from November 1st - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg

1916

• until December 31st - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg
  • March 19-28 - March fighting in front of Daugavpils (parts of the division)

1917

• January 1st to September 1st - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg
  • July 18th to 25th - Defensive battle near Dünaburg
• September 1-5 - Battle of Riga
• September 6th to December 5th - trench warfare north of the Daugava
• December 6-17 - Truce
• from December 17th - armistice

1918

• until February 18 - armistice
• February 18 to March 4 - Fighting for the liberation of Livonia and Estonia
• March 5-20 - Occupation of Livonia and Estonia
• March 21 to April 1 - transport to the west
• April 3 to 6 - Great battle in France
• April 7-11 - Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
• April 11th to July 5th - Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
• July 6th to August 1st - Reserve of the Gallwitz Army Group
• August 2nd to September 11th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
• September 12-14 - evasive battles in the Mihiel Arch
• September 15-25 - Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain
• September 30th - the division was released

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major general	Karl Brosius	December 24, 1914 to September 22, 1915
Lieutenant General	Sigismund von Förster	September 23, 1915 to May 17, 1917
Major general	Franz Adam	May 18, 1917 to September 30, 1918

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 72, 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. 531-533.

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. 184.