79th Reserve Division (German Empire)
The 79th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of December 29, 1914
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79th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 261
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 262
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 263
- Reserve cyclist company No. 79
- Reserve Cavalry Division No. 79
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79th Reserve Field Artillery Brigade
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 63
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 64
- Reserve Engineer Company No. 81
Division of War of March 8, 1918
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79th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 261
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 262
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 263
- Machine gun sniper division No. 12
- 3rd squadron / hussar regiment "Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, King of Hungary" (Schleswig-Holsteinisches) No. 16
- Artillery Commander No. 79
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 63
- 2nd Battalion / Lauenburg Foot Artillery Regiment No. 20
- Engineer Battalion No. 379
- Division News Commander No. 479
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 - battle 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
- August 8-18 - Siege of Kovno
- August 19 to September 8 - Battle of Nyemen
- September 9 to October 2 - Battle of Vilnius
- from October 3rd - position battles between Krewo- Smorgon - Narotsch -Tweretsch
1916
- until November 30th - positional battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Narotsch-Tveretsch
- December 1st to 5th - transport to the west
- from December 4th - OHL reserve behind 6th Army
1917
- until January 2nd - Reserve of the OHL behind the 6th Army
- January 2nd to April 13th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- April 2-13 - Spring battle near Arras
- April 14th to May 1st - trench warfare on the Yser
- May 3rd to 20th - Trench warfare in Flanders
- May 21 to July 15 - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- July 17th to 30th - Border patrol at the Belgian-Dutch border
- July 17th to August 17th - Summer Battle in Flanders
- from August 18th - fighting in the Siegfried position
1918
- until January 31st - fighting in the Siegfried position
- February 1 to March 20 - Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation for the Great Battle in France
- March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
- April 7-18 - Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
- April 19-29 - Battle of Kemmel
- April 30 to July 23 - Trench warfare in Flanders
- July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- 4th to 8th August - trench warfare between Oise and Aisne
- August 8-10 - defensive battle between Somme and Avre
- August 10th to September 3rd - defensive battle between the Somme and Oise
- September 4 to 18 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- September 19 to October 9 - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
- October 10th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- 5th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
- from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General | Bernhard Boeß | December 24, 1914 to August 6, 1916 |
General of the Infantry | Ernst von Bacmeister | August 7, 1916 to March 9, 1918 |
Major general | Karl Georg Landauer | March 10, 1918 to February 5, 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 72, 150.
- 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. 537-540.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.