8th Cavalry Division (Royal Saxon)

8th Cavalry Division (Royal Saxon)
active	August 2, 1914 to April 5, 1918
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Saxon Army
Type	Cavalry Division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Eastern Front Battle of the Masurian Lakes Battle of Łódź

The 8th Cavalry Division (Royal Saxon) was a major unit of the Saxon army in the First World War .

structure

• 23rd Cavalry Brigade (1st Royal Saxon)
  • Guard Rider Regiment (1st Heavy Regiment)
  • Uhlan regiment "Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, King of Hungary" (1st Royal Saxon) No. 17
• 38th Cavalry Brigade
  • Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 2
  • Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 6
• 40th Cavalry Brigade (4th Royal Saxon)
  • Royal Saxon Carabiner Regiment (2nd Heavy Regiment)
  • Uhlan regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm II., King of Prussia" (3rd Royal Saxon) No. 21
• Cavalry Division 1st Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 12
• MG department no.8
• Pioneer department

history

The division was formed as part of the mobilization at the beginning of the First World War , initially on the western and from September 1914 on the eastern front. In October 1917 she had given up her horses. On April 5, 1918, the association was dissolved.

Battle calendar

1914

• August 5th to 19th --- Border protection and reconnaissance battles in Lorraine
• August 20-22 --- Battle of Lorraine
• August 22nd to 31st --- Battle of Nancy-Epinal
• August 31 to September 4 --- Transport to East Prussia
• September 5th to 15th --- Battle of the Masurian Lakes
• October 1st to 8th --- Reconnaissance battles between Pilica and Bzura
• October 9th to 19th --- Battle of Warsaw
• October 22nd to 28th --- Fights on the Rawka
• November 3rd to 5th --- Cavalry fighting on the Warta
• November 9th --- Cavalry fighting on the Warta
• November 16 to December 15 --- Battle of Łódź
• from December 18th --- Battle of the Rawka-Bzura

1915

• until June 15th --- Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
• June 16 to July 13 --- Battle on the lower Windau
• July 14th to 25th --- Battle of Schaulen
• July 26th to August 2nd --- Battles against Mitau
• 3rd to 28th August --- Position battles on the Aa , Ekau and Düna
• 29 August to 3 September --- Battles on the Njemenek and the Daugava
• September 5th to 28th --- Battles against Jakobstadt
• from September 29th --- position battles in front of Jakobstadt

1916

• until February 5th --- position battles in front of Jakobstadt

1917

• January 23rd to February 3rd --- Winter battle on the Aa
• February 5th to December 7th --- Position battles in front of Dünaburg
• December 7th to 17th --- Truce
• from December 17th --- armistice

1918

• until February 18th --- Armistice
• February 18th --- a coup d'état on Dünaburg
• February 18 to March 3 --- Offensive against Lake Peipus and the upper Daugava
• March 3rd to 8th --- Occupation of Russian territory between the Upper Daugava and Lake Peipus
• March 5th to 23rd --- gang fights near Ljuzyn
• March 22nd to April 4th --- occupation of Great Russian territory
• April 5th --- Dissolution of the division

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Günther von der Schulenburg-Hehlen	August 2 to October 30, 1914
Lieutenant General	Robert of Cape Lord	October 31, 1914 to June 12, 1915
Major general	Eberhard von Schmettow	June 12, 1915 to August 1, 1916
Major general	Otto from the ceiling	August 1, 1916 to September 1917
Major general	Viktor von Rosenberg-Lipinski	September 1917 to April 5, 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. 78, 179.

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. 422.