9th Division (German Empire)

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The 9th Division , also known as the 9th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

structure

The division was part of the 5th Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

Division of War of May 3, 1918

  • 18th Infantry Brigade
    • Grenadier Regiment "King Wilhelm I." (2nd West Prussian) No. 7
    • Infantry Regiment "von Courbiére" (2nd Posensches) No. 19
    • 5th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 154
    • Machine gun sniper division No. 16
    • 2nd Squadron / Regiment Königs-Jäger on Horseback No. 1
  • Artillery Commander No. 9
    • Field artillery regiment "von Podbielski" (1st Lower Silesia) No. 5
    • 2nd Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 6
  • Engineer Battalion No. 160
  • Division News Commander No. 9

history

The large association emerged from the troop brigade formed on November 5, 1816 and was expanded to the 10th division on September 5, 1818. On February 28, 1820, the 9th Division was formed from it. The command remained in Glogau until the demobilization and dissolution of the large association in 1919 .

Battle calendar

1914

  • August 22-27 - Battle of Longwy and the Othain Sector
  • August 28th to September 18th - trench warfare around Verdun
    • September 2nd - First storming of the Meuse heights
  • from September 18 - fighting between Meuse and Moselle
    • September 21 to 24 - Second storming of the Meuse heights

1915

  • 0January 1st to December 31st - fighting between Meuse and Moselle

1916

  • until September 13th - fighting between Meuse and Moselle
    • February 29th to September 13th - Fights near Ronvaux-Saulx
    • April 24th to July 15th - fighting at Champlon
  • September 13th to 26th - Reserve of the OHL
  • September 26th to October 30th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
    • October 24th - Battles for Douaumont and Fort Vaux
  • from October 31st - fighting on the Aisne

1917

  • February 10th - fighting on the Aisne
  • February 10th to April 26th - trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
    • February 17-23 - fighting on the Meuse Heights
    • February 24th to April 26th - trench warfare off Verdun on the Meuse heights
  • April 27th to May 27th - double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • May 28th to October 23rd - Trench warfare on Chemin des Dames
    • October 23 - Battle of Chavignon
  • October 24th to November 2nd - rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
  • from November 3rd - trench warfare north of the Ailette

1918

  • until January 9th - trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • January 10th to March 20th - resting time behind the 18th Army
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7th to 26th - Fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
  • April 27 to May 26 - Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
    • May 27th - Storming the heights of the Chemin des Dames
    • May 28th to June 1st - chase battles between Oise and Aisne and over the Vesle to the Marne
  • May 30th to June 13th - Assault fighting west and southwest of Soissons
  • June 15 to July 19 - Trench warfare near Reims
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 0August 4th to September 3rd - trench warfare on the Vesle
  • 0September 9th to October 9th - Trench warfare near Reims
  • October 10-12 - Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
  • October 18 to November 4 - Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • 05th 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
Major general Nikolaus Ludwig von Rudolphi March 30, 1832 to March 29, 1834 (in charge of the tour)
Major general Nikolaus Ludwig von Rudolphi March 30, 1834 to March 16, 1835
Major general Friedrich von Brandenstein October 26, 1843 to December 15, 1848
Major general Wilhelm von Felden December 16, 1848 to March 20, 1850
Lieutenant General Eduard von Stoesser 0November 4, 1851 to May 18, 1855
Lieutenant General Karl August von Brandenstein July 12, 1855 to May 7, 1857
Major General / Lieutenant General August von Schoeler 0May 7, 1857 to May 12, 1861
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Schmidt April 15, 1862 to May 16, 1866
Lieutenant General Julius von Loewenfeld 0June 2, 1866 to September 16, 1866
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Schmidt September 17, 1866 to February 2, 1867
Major General / Lieutenant General Albert von Rheinbaben January 15, 1868 to July 1870
Major general Karl Gustav von Sandrart July 18, 1870 to March 19, 1871 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Gustav Waldemar von Rauch November 21, 1872 to October 31, 1879
Lieutenant General Ludwig Alexander von Lyncker 0November 1, 1879 to June 10, 1882
Lieutenant General Oskar Bogun von Wangenheim June 11, 1882 to January 31, 1885
Lieutenant General Gustav von Brandenstein February 22, 1885 to August 3, 1888
Lieutenant General Otto Wilhelm von Fassong 0August 4 to November 19, 1888
Lieutenant General Leonhard von Köller November 20, 1888 to June 12, 1891
Major general Ernst von Leipziger June 16 to November 16, 1891 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Ernst von Leipziger November 17, 1891 to April 17, 1893
Lieutenant General Hermann von Wilczeck April 18, 1893 to March 17, 1897
Lieutenant General Viktor from Usedom March 18, 1897 to May 20, 1898
Lieutenant General Hermann von Eichhorn May 21 to June 3, 1901 (substitute)
Lieutenant General Hermann von Eichhorn 0June 4, 1901 to April 30, 1904
Lieutenant General Hermann von Wedel 0May 1, 1904 to April 5, 1906
Lieutenant General Alfred von Haugwitz April 10, 1906 to March 21, 1910
Lieutenant General Hugo von Kathen March 22, 1910 to September 30, 1912
Lieutenant General Eduard von Below 0October 1, 1912 to May 12, 1915
Lieutenant General Ferdinand Max Noeldechen May 13, 1915 to June 24, 1916
Major general Johannes Rogalla von Bieberstein June 25 to December 20, 1916
Major general Erich Weber December 21, 1916 to January 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 63, 102.
  • 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. 167-170.