Royal Bavarian 2nd Jäger Battalion (ex 3rd JgBtl)

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The 2nd Rifle Battalion was an infantry - Association of the Bavarian army .

Royal Bavarian Jäger Battalion No. 2 Aschaffenburg. Oberjäger, field march, around 1910

history

The Jägerverband was renamed on October 1, 1890 from the 3rd Jäger Battalion in Eichstätt . The battalion moved into Aschaffenburg as a new garrison on April 3, 1891 .

First World War

After the order to mobilize was received by the battalion on August 1, 1914 at 6.30 p.m. , the hunters were ready to be evacuated after three days in full strength. The association reached Bensdorf via Kranichstein and Kaiserslautern and, after unloading, took up quarters in Conthil . In the cavalry division , the battalion was initially used for cover tasks. From August 9, 1914, it was under the Prussian 7th Cavalry Division and was first used in the battle near Lagarde . In association with the 6th Army , the hunters then took part in the Battle of Lorraine and the Battle of Nancy - Épinal . From September 19, 1914, the battalion marched through Belgium and northern France and fought on the Somme until October 26, 1914 . This was followed by the march to Flanders and the fighting near Ypres . After the trench warfare there , the Jäger was pulled from the front and transferred to the Lille area as a reserve for the 6th Army . From December 28, 1914 to February 5, 1915, the battalion was engaged in trench warfare at Warneton, then came back to Lille to refresh and took part in the fighting at the Lorettohöhe in March 1915. After a short rest in Lille, the hunters were used again from April 7 to May 22, 1915 at Warneton.

When Italy declared war on Austria and the latter turned to the German Reich for support, the German Alpine Corps was set up. Under the command of Major General Ludwig von Tutschek, the 1st Jäger Brigade u. a. the newly formed Jäger Regiment No. 1 . This consisted of the previously independent 1st and 2nd Jäger Battalion, as well as the Reserve Jäger Battalion 2.

The battalion was responsible for defending the position at Col di Lana . This was the point that dominated the whole area for a long time, because from it one could see not only far into Italy, but also into Tyrol.

The losses during the war of fallen, wounded, missing and / or prisoners of war amounted to 99 officers, 598 NCOs and 3,940 men.

Whereabouts

Even before the armistice in Compiègne , the battalion had started the march back home via Hungary on November 1, 1918. However, the removal was delayed by the end of the war, so that the remnants of the unit were only driven to the home garrison from November 24th. There the demobilization and eventual dissolution took place.

The tradition in the Reichswehr was adopted by the 6th Company of the 20th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment in Ingolstadt by decree of the Chief of the Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt , on August 24, 1921 .

Rank Surname date
Wilhelm von Hertling 0October 1, 1890 to January 12, 1894
Heinrich von Henigst January 12, 1894 to January 15, 1895
Thomas Banfield January 15, 1895 to March 17, 1897
Friedrich Grüber March 17, 1897 to October 21, 1900
Albert Brendel October 21, 1900 to March 28, 1903
Albert Schuchardt 0April 1st to April 22nd, 1904
Marquard Slevogt April 22, 1904 to October 23, 1907
Ferdinand Hannappel October 23, 1907 to October 1, 1913
Lieutenant colonel Ernst Lettenmayer 0October 1, 1913 to November 28, 1914
major Hugo Bauernschmidt November 29, 1914 to July 7, 1918
Captain Alfred Wanka 0July 2, 1918 until the end of the war

literature

  • Bayerisches Kriegsarchiv (Ed.), Karl Paulus: The KB Jäger Regiment No. 1. Verlag Bayerisches Kriegsarchiv. Munich 1925.
  • Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr.Belser AG, publishing house, Stuttgart 1930.
  • Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984. ISBN 3-7648-1241-9 .
  • 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.
  • Fritz Jung: The Goslar hunters in the world wars. , Volume II: The Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 10 and its cycling companies. Lax printing works, Hildesheim 1934.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bavarian War Archives (Ed.), Karl Paulus: The KB Jäger Regiment No. 1. Verlag Bayerisches Kriegsarchiv. Munich 1925. pp. 400-401.