9th Royal Bavarian Reserve Division

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The 9th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Bavarian Army as part of the German army in the First World War .

9th Royal Bavarian Reserve Division

active September 26, 1916 to June 26, 1918
Country Flag of Bavaria (striped) .svg Kingdom of Bavaria
Armed forces Bavarian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline

structure

Herxheim am Berg , grave of a member of the 8th Bavarian Landwehr Infantry Regiment, 1917

Division of War of October 25, 1916

Division of War of March 8, 1918

  • 17th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Replacement Infantry Regiment 3rd
    • 11th Reserve Infantry Regiment
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment 14th
  • 1st Squadron / Reserve Cavalry Regiment 1st
  • Artillery Commander 9
    • 11th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
    • Foot Artillery Battalion 50
  • Division Message Commander 409

history

The division was newly formed on September 26, 1916 from Bavarian troops already on the western front and was one of around forty German divisions newly established in 1916. She was first on the Aisne , where she was involved in the 1917 Battle of the Aisne . After a period of rest in Lorraine, the association was moved to Flanders and took part in the Third Battle of Flanders and the Battle of Cambrai . After the spring offensive , the division was disbanded on June 25, 1918 and the subordinate troops were distributed to other divisions.

The allied reconnaissance classified the large association as second class.

Battle calendar

1916

1917

  • until January 25th --- Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht"
  • 25 January to 5 April --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
  • April 6th to 23rd --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • April 26th to July 20th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • July 20 to 31 --- Reserve of the OHL
  • August 1st to 21st --- Battle of Flanders
  • August 22nd to November 5th --- Fights on the Meuse Heights near Saint-Mihiel and in the woods of Ailly and Apremont
  • November 5th to 28th --- Battle of Flanders
  • November 28th to 29th --- Tank battle near Cambrai
  • November 30th to December 7th --- Assault battle near Cambrai
  • from December 3rd --- fighting in the Siegfried position

1918

  • until January 31st --- fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
  • February 1st to March 20th --- Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation for the Great Battle in France
  • March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
  • April 7th to May 3rd --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
  • May 3 to June 8 --- Fights on the Avre and Montdidier
  • June 9th --- Battle of Noyon
  • June 9-13 --- Fighting on the Avre and Matz
  • June 26th --- Dissolution of the division

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major General / Lieutenant General Eugene von Clauss September 29, 1916 to June 23, 1918

literature

  • Bavaria in the Great War. Bavarian War Archives . Munich 1923.
  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military Publishing House. Berlin 1927. pp. 63, 103.
  • 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. 176-178.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria Book of World Wars 1914-1918. Volume 1. Chr. Belser AG publishing house bookstore. Stuttgart 1930. p. 197