Royal Bavarian 8th Chevaulegers Regiment

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The 8th Chevaulegers Regiment was a cavalry association of the Bavarian Army . The regiment's peacetime location was Dillingen on the Danube .

history

Lineup

Chevauleger in dress uniform

The regiment was set up in Dillingen on October 1, 1909, according to Ordinance Sheet No. 13 of April 15, 1909. It was formed as follows:

The regiment entered the garrison town of Dillingen on September 23, 1909 in a festive procession. On October 1, 1909, it had a strength of 75 men and 117 horses. The first commander of the regiment was Major Moritz Freiherr von und zu Egloffstein, who led it until July 31, 1914. On October 27, 1909, the standard was handed over to the regiment in the courtyard of the Luitpold barracks in the presence of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria , the commander of the 2nd division Lieutenant General Graf von Bothmer and the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade Major General Zeller. On October 1, 1913, the 5th Squadron was built from parts of the 5th and 6th Cavalry Brigade with 92 NCOs and men and 155 horses including remonts. On August 1, 1914, Major Julius Hanemann was appointed regimental commander.

First World War

1914

At the beginning of the World War, the 1st to 4th squadrons of the 1st Infantry Division were assigned to division cavalry , the 5th squadron was a replacement squadron, and in combat strength was 26 officers, three medical officers, three veterinary officers, one officer and 670 non-commissioned officers and teams. It was initially used on the western front from August 8 to 19, 1914 as a border guard in Lorraine , where five Chevaulegers were killed and eight men were wounded in the minor skirmishes. It took part in the Battle of Saarburg from August 20th to 22nd and in the fighting off Nancy-Epinal from August 23rd to September 10th, 1914. It was then moved to the Somme , where it fought between September 20 and 25, 1914. An officer fell. After taking on 58 replacement horses, the regiment was placed under the Prussian 4th Cavalry Division on September 29, 1914 . On September 30, 1914, two officers were involved in the affair of Saint-Leger-Courrières pp. wounded. On November 7, 1914, the regiment was subordinated to the 4th Cavalry Brigade / Cavalry Division and relocated to the General Government of Belgium . In the battle near Warneton on November 14, 1914, it lost three casualties, eleven men were infected with typhus . On the same day, 200 replacement men (infantrymen) were added. The regiment then went to Maubeuge , where it remained until February 25, 1915. During that time, a further 26 men fell ill with typhus, and 24 horses had to be covered because of the breast disease.

1915

From March 30 to October 3, 1915, the regiment was used north of the Somme at Montauban and Maricourt, where it lost a fallen man. From October 10 to 28, 1915, it was used in the Givenchy-Thelus area.

1916

From January 28 to May 9, 1916, it fought around and on the Vimy Heights, with one officer and 101 men, assigned to an infantry unit, only performing purely infantry tasks. During this time it lost three men dead and six men wounded. For the fighting off Verdun from May 9 to July 15, 1916, the regiment was divided into combat groups. On July 9, 1916, Major Philipp Freiherr von Deefried on Buttenheim was appointed regimental commander. On July 13, 1916, the regiment was completely split up. The main tasks of the regiment were now limited to reporting riders, infantry operations, observers, staff guards and patrol operations.

Division of the regiment 1916/19

Regimental staff

The staff was used from July 1916 for use in the General Command of the I. Army Corps . On August 12, 1916, Major Berthold Freiherr von Bibra was appointed commander. From November 20 to December 12, 1916, the staff was entrusted with the command of the 20th Infantry Regiment . On October 12, 1917, the Jäger Regiment "von Bibra" was set up, which was formed from the Reserve Jäger Battalions 8, 20 and 21. From April 1918 it was renamed the Prussian Jäger Regiment No. 13, which was subordinate to the Jäger Division . On September 1, 1918, the commander of the Reserve Jäger Battalion 20, Major Friederici, was in charge of the regiment. On October 22, 1918, Major Hans Graf von Podewils-Dürnitz was appointed regimental commander. After the armistice in November 1918, the regimental staff marched off towards home, and on December 9, 1918, they arrived in Dillingen.

1st squadron

The squadron was assigned to the 1st Landwehr Division and arrived in Dieuze on July 17, 1916 , where it was initially housed in the barracks of the 3rd Chevaulegers Regiment . On August 26 and 27, 1916, she was involved in the fighting for Arracourt. During the battles near Bures on 15./16. March 1917 1 Chevauleger fell, 5 were wounded. After the battle at Vaudrecourt on May 12, 1917, where she had to accept a fallen man and three wounded, she last fought on July 15, 1917 in the Parroywald, where a man was wounded. On November 16, 1918, the squadron marched back home. She arrived in Dillingen on December 6, 1918.

2nd squadron

The squadron was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as division cavalry and was still used at Saint-Mihiel in July 1916 . She took part in the fighting at Saint-Mihiel in July 1916 and fought on October 10, 1916 at Etricourt, where 1 Chevauleger was killed, the number of wounded could no longer be determined. During the fighting in the Ailly forest (April 19, 1917), at the Chemin des Dames (May 11, 1917) and near Bievres (May 21, 1917) there were a total of two deaths. After the battle near Vervins on February 27, 1918, the squadron was deployed on July 15, 1918 near Somme Py, where 4 Chevaulegers had died. She fought on August 7, 1918 at Mortaigne Ferme and on August 20 and 21, 1918 on the Aisne Canal , where it lost a Chevauleger and two horses. On September 26, 1918, the squadron was in Champagne , where two Chevaulegers fell and three men were wounded during the retreat fighting, two of whom were different shortly afterwards.

3rd Squadron

The squadron was assigned in strength to four officers, two officer deputies, 165 non-commissioned officers and men as well as 170 horses of the 2nd Infantry Division as division cavalry and was still used in July 1916 at Saint-Mihiel. From October 11, 1916, she was on the Somme . At Le Mesnil she lost 1 Chevauleger and 4 horses on October 28, 1916, and 2 men were wounded. On November 12, 1916, it was used again at Saint-Mihiel, where it parked a total of 2 officers, 9 NCOs, 96 men and 85 horses in various units in the Dommartin la Chaussée area.

From May 10 to June 3, 1917, the squadron fought on the Aisne and was deployed in the Chevières - Bayenville - Barricourt area in June 1917, where a man died after being seriously wounded. On December 15, 1917, she entered the Morimont camp and on January 8, 1918, she took the resting quarters in Bellevue-Ferme. She took part in the Battle of Cambrai on March 26, 1918 without any losses of her own. A man died from his injuries on April 4, 1918 near Mézières. After evading to the Avre, she held the position until April 8, 1918; she suffered eight wounded Chevaulegers and eleven dead horses. From April 20 to May 4, 1918 she was deployed on the Aisne, then she went to rest in the rear division area until June 1918. The retreat fights from July 15 to August 3, 1918 from Reims to the Marne and then to the Vesle cost the squadron "only" one dead. The last Chevauleger fell at Guyencourt on September 30th on the Romain-Riegel (September 4, 1918) without losses. At the end of the war, the squadron was at Givet . From there she returned home via the Ardennes , Andernach and Marburg on November 16, 1918. She arrived in Dillingen on December 13, 1918.

4th Squadron

The squadron was subordinated to the 14th Infantry Division as division cavalry from August 1, 1916 . On March 17, 1917, she took part in the Ancre retreat. In the summer of 1917 they were transported to Courland . From August 31, 1917, she first fought north of Riga . In the course of the further fighting and persecution of the Russian forces, they managed to get to Gut Kupferhammer, Üxküll, an den Jägel, Jakobstadt, Kreuzberg. It was spared any losses. From the end of April 1918, the squadron was used at Amiens until June 15, 1918 . Two sergeants died on May 7, 1918 at Höhe 102, another sergeant was killed at Harbonnières on May 9, and on June 10, 1918 a field medical officer was killed there and an officer was wounded. From June 22nd to July 12th, 1918, she was at rest near Bussigny. From July 14 to August 3, 1918 it fought at Herleville, then from August 8 to 10, 1918 at Moreuil, where a Chevaulegers went missing and two Chevaulegers were taken prisoner. The squadron fought the last fights on 28/29. August 1918 at Péronne without own losses.

Replacement squadron

The replacement squadron provided replacements for the regiment in strength of four officers, twelve non-commissioned officers and 250 men, and around 2,200 non-commissioned officers and men for other cavalry and artillery units.

Total losses during the First World War:

  • Fallen or wounded: three officers, nine NCOs and 47 Chevaulegers;
  • People who died or had an accident from illness: one officer, one non-commissioned officer and 35 Chevaulegers.

Whereabouts

After the end of the war and returning home, the regiment was demobilized and finally disbanded. The tradition took over in the Reichswehr by decree of the Chief of the Army Command General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt from August 24, 1921 the 3rd Squadron of the 17th (Bavarian) Cavalry Regiment in Ansbach .

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant colonel Moritz Freiherr von und zu Egloffstein October 1, 1909 to August 1, 1914
major Julius Hanemann August 2, 1914 to July 12, 1916
major Philipp Freiherr von Seefried on Buttenheim July 12 to August 8, 1916
major Berthold Freiherr von Bibra August 8, 1916 to October 28, 1918
major Hans Graf von Podewils-Dürniz October 28, 1918 until demobilization

Regimental music

  • Presentation march: "Swedish war march from the 18th century", arranged by Theodor Grawert (Björneborganes)
  • Parade march in stride: “King Karl March by Carl Ludwig Unrath”, named after the King of Württemberg in 1868
  • Parade march at a trot: "Anvil Polka" by Albert Parlow, Opus 91, "Enclume Polka"
  • Parade march at a gallop: “Gallop march” from the opera “The beautiful Galathee” by Franz von Suppè

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