8th Royal Bavarian Infantry Brigade

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The 8th Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .

Peace structure 1914

The command was in the fortress of Metz in 1914 and the brigade was part of the 4th Division . You were subject to the following units:

history

First World War

The brigade under its commander Major General Karl Riedl was deployed in its garrison town and fortress Metz at the beginning of the First World War , but was replaced by the 5th Reserve Infantry Brigade at the beginning of August 1914. The brigade was subordinated to the 5th Army (Saarbrücken), separately from the bulk of the Bavarian troops. During the Battle of Lorraine on August 20 and 21, 1914, the brigade supported the attack of the 6th Army on the right flank by advancing from south of Metz to Nomeny. On the evening of August 20, Nomeny was taken and was held despite French counter-attacks. On August 25, 1914, the brigade was on the left wing of the 5th Army near Rouvres, where it was attacked on the flank by far superior French troops. But she rejected the attacks, so that they collapsed by the evening. From September 29, 1914, the brigade was deployed on the heights of Combres. The French attempted to take the heights again with sapphire, mine and open field attacks, but the brigade held out for months.

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Joseph Maximilian von Maillinger 0June 3, 1869 to November 10, 1870
Major general Maximilian von Leublfing November 10, 1870 to February 17, 1872
Major general Gustav von Mühlbauer February 18, 1872 to April 30, 1873
Major general Wilhelm Kohlermann 0May 1, 1873 to December 3, 1874
Major general Adolf von Heinleth 0December 4, 1874 to April 24, 1875
Major general Franz Gemmingen von Massenbach April 25, 1875 to May 27, 1876
Major general Friedrich von Muck May 28, 1876 to November 10, 1877
Major general Maximilian von Gumppenberg November 11, 1877 to November 21, 1883
Major general Theodor Eppler November 22, 1883 to November 24, 1888
Colonel Franz Berg November 25 to December 18, 1888 (in charge of the tour)
Major general Franz Berg December 19, 1888 to 1889
Colonel / Major General Gustav scales 1889 to June 8, 1892
Major general Joseph Holl 0. June 1892 to March 20, 1896
Major general Friedrich Wolff March 21, 1896 to October 30, 1898
Major general Wilhelm Kranz October 31, 1898 to December 2, 1900
Major general Otto Walther von Walderstötten 0December 3, 1900 to March 31, 1901
Major general Karl Leichtenstern 0April 1, 1901 to May 15, 1902
Major general Maximilian von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim May 16, 1902 to April 21, 1904
Major general Friedrich Grüber April 22, 1904 to July 20, 1906
Major general Otto Wening July 21, 1906 to November 21, 1909
Major general Bernhard Kießling November 22, 1909 to March 21, 1911
Major general Theodor Scheler March 22, 1911 to January 22, 1913
Major general Paul von Kneussl January 23 to March 27, 1913
Colonel / Major General Karl von Riedl March 27, 1913 to August 1, 1916
Major general Karl von Reck 0August 1, 1916 to September 30, 1917
Major general Jakob Schulz September 30, 1917 to January 21, 1918
Colonel Hans Jordan January 21 to December 16, 1918

literature

  • Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr. Belser AG. Publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.
  • Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984.
  • Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: The royal Bavarian military Max-Joseph-Order. Self-published by the kb Military Max Joseph Order. Munich 1966.