Royal Bavarian 13th Infantry Regiment "Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary"

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The 13th Infantry Regiment "Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary" was an association of the 11th Infantry Brigade of the Bavarian Army . The regiment's peace locations were Ingolstadt and Eichstätt .

history

Positioning and development

The regiment was set up on July 10, 1806 in accordance with the Cabinet Ordinance of May 31, 1806 as the 14th Line Infantry Regiment in Ingolstadt and Ansbach . It consisted of two combined companies of the dissolved Bavarian 12th Line Infantry Regiment, parts of the Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 56 "Graf Tauentzien" from the Principality of Ansbach, the Prussian Hussar Battalion "von Bila" and recruits from the contingents of Öttingen and Hohenlohe together. On May 31, 1806, Vincenz von Pompei was appointed as the first Colonel Commandant (the term Kommandeur did not come into use until 1872) . The regiment took over the flags of the disbanded 12th Line Infantry Regiment. In September 1806 the regiment was first transferred to Weißenburg am Sand , and in October 1806 quartered in Ansbach. By December 10, 1806, 675 men had been dug in the 11th canton of Ansbach. On December 16, 1806, the regiment had a strength of 41 officers, 57 non-commissioned officers, 18 minstrels and 1200 men, the depot had 319 men. It was divided into two battalions of four companies each.

Campaign against Prussia 1806/07

The regiment started the campaign with 38 officers, 80 non-commissioned officers and 1,366 men and was subordinate to the "Minucci" brigade, 2nd division "Wrede". After a 21-day march, it reached Berlin on January 5, 1807 . On January 11, 1807, Colonel Franz Kaspar Freiherr von Schlossberg took command of the regiment and led it to Küstrin until January 16 . In the battle near Wartha on February 7, 1807, it captured 4 Prussian officers and 172 men, with "only" 2 casualties. In the affair of Königswalde on February 15, 1807, the regiment was completely unscathed. In May 1807 sent a Grenadier - Company against Old, Zambsk and Psary where two men were wounded. At the beginning of May 1807 there was a very high sickness rate, 97 men had to be cared for in hospitals. In mid-1807 the regiment was subordinated to the 3rd Division of the French 5th Army Corps and moved to Warsaw . From November 30th to December 26th, 1807, it marched back from Warsaw to Ansbach, leaving around 400 sick people in Warsaw, Breslau and Leipzig . The campaign against Prussia cost the regiment one dead and 26 wounded, eleven of whom later died from their injuries. One officer and 299 men died of illness and exhaustion. 429 men had deserted, 92 men were missing.

Campaign against Tyrol 1809

The regiment was subordinate to the 2nd Brigade "Vincenti" of the 3rd Division "Deroy" during the campaign against Tyrol and counted 44 officers, 1,596 men and 37 horses. On April 16, 1809, it captured 18 Austrian riflemen near Altdorf, but had 7 dead and 18 wounded. In the battle of Abensberg only the riflemen of the 2nd battalion were involved, who had no losses. The next day Schierling got away lightly (9 dead, 23 wounded), but the regiment suffered heavy losses in the battle of Eggmühl (80 men killed, 8 officers and 126 men wounded). By May 1, the failures were replaced again, the regimental strength was given at this time with 43 officers and 1572 men; the depot consisted of 8 officers and 677 men. When crossing the border on May 4, 1809 at Sachrang there were 6 wounded in the 1st Battalion. The next day, the 2nd Battalion lost 3 dead and 7 wounded at Unken and at Kniepass . In the battle for the Lofer Pass on May 11th, 1 man from the 2nd Battalion was killed; an officer and 5 men were wounded. By May 13, it was possible to take three Austrian officers and 16 men prisoner near Wörgl from 14 of their own wounded . Meanwhile, on May 12, 1809, the 1st Battalion fought at the Kaiserturm, where it had to put up with 4 dead and 36 wounded. The 1st Battalion reported a total of 2 dead and 18 wounded after the fighting at Schlitters (May 16) and Matrei (May 25). During the affairs at Volders and Hall on May 29, 1809, the regiment only deployed 2 companies, but they had to accept 18 dead and 30 wounded. The 1st Battalion fought on the same day at the Battle of Bergisel and lost 9 dead and 29 wounded. On May 31, 1809 there were 7 dead and 15 wounded near Schwaz and Trazberg. The Battle of Bergisel, which lasted from August 11 to 13, 1809, cost the regiment 18 dead and 24 wounded. The depot company deployed at Bludenz on September 18, 1809, did a commendable job and got away with 3 dead and 12 wounded. On October 3, 1809, the regiment had a difficult day of fighting near Hallein , where it had to endure five men killed and 14 wounded, although there were 195 dead Austrians on the battlefield alone. With the affair at Obergallzein, there were another three dead and six wounded.

Campaign against Russia 1811/13

On April 29, 1811, the regiment was renamed the 13th Line Infantry Regiment . On May 14, 1811 it marched to Danzig in strength of 40 officers, 96 NCOs, 26 minstrels, 1,440 men and eleven horses; an artillery company was subordinate to him. In Danzig it was subordinated to the French 1st Brigade (Brigade-General Ricard) of the 7th Division under Divisions-General Grandjean / the X. Corps Marshal Macdonald. From May 1811 the city of Danzig was the regiment's garrison. By February 1, 1812, 57 men had died of diseases. On March 31, 1812 a replacement of one officer, 2 NCOs and 80 men arrived. From April 10, 1812 the regiment marched from Heiligenbeil via Bauske and Jakobstadt to Dünaburg , which was reached on August 6. In the meantime, Colonel Karl Fritsch took command of the regiment on April 22, 1812. On July 18, 1812, it took another replacement of 2 officers and 148 men (31 of them sick). On July 30, 1812, Kajetan Karl Graf von Butler-Clonebough called Haimhausen was appointed Colonel Commander. On October 8, 1812, it took on again 3 officers and 252 men (59 of them sick). On November 13th, the 1st Battalion fought an outpost battle near Kreuzburg, where one officer, three NCOs and 18 men were taken prisoner. The 2nd Battalion fought from November 15 to 17, 1812 near Friedrichstadt , where it had to mourn one fallen and 24 wounded. One officer and 51 men were taken prisoner, the regiment itself led eight Russian officers and 300 men in captivity. After that, the regiment with 36 officers, 98 NCOs and 1,191 men retreated to Danzig. In Tilsit it had to leave 225 sick people on December 26, 1812. On January 1, 1813, 100 men were taken prisoner near Löwenthal. Over the next few days, several men fell or were wounded in small skirmishes. When it arrived in Danzig on January 17, 1813, twelve dead and 114 missing were missing, and 82 wounded and 443 sick people were cared for. Shortly after arrival, the regiment was locked in Danzig. Due to an epidemic disease, around 40 to 50 men fell ill every day, so that in February only 250 NCOs and crews were fit for duty. Two officers and five men were killed in fighting in February 1813, 64 men were wounded, and nine men were taken prisoner. The regiment itself captured a cannon and captured 400 Saxons and four Russian officers as well as 300 men. On March 10, 1813, the reserve battalion, four companies of 137 men each, joined with two battalions of the 3rd Infantry Regiment to form the 1st combined regiment of the 1st Brigade "Graf Beckers" in the " Raglovich " division. On May 21, 1813, the battalion with a strength of 607 men and two horses took part in the battle of Bautzen , where it got away with "only" ten dead and 26 wounded. On May 28, 1813, it fought at Hoyerswerda without losing a man. On June 4, 1813, the reserve battalion was near Luckau and was ravaged by diseases. On July 26, only twelve officers and 371 men were still operational. On August 23, 1813, it took part in the Battle of Großbeeren , where only minor losses were known. On August 24, 1813, an armistice came into force, when the regiment had a combat strength of 40 officers and 396 men, the artillery company still had one officer, 16 men and two cannons. On September 24, 1813, the reserve battalion was relocated to Dresden as an occupation force , from which it withdrew again in mid-October. On October 19, 1813, the battalion arrived in Torgau , where it transferred to the Allied forces on October 22, 1813 with 130 men. By the march on December 12, 1813, the regiment had lost almost 490 men, mainly due to that epidemic.

On February 18, 1814, the reserve battalion was replenished to 819 men. From February 1814 the regiment was housed closed in Bayreuth . On July 10, 1814, it gave up its two grenadier companies; 26 men were handed over to the Grenadier Guard Regiment, 36 men to the 1st Infantry Regiment and 42 men to the 3rd Infantry Regiment.

Campaign against France in 1815

At the beginning of the war the regiment of the 2nd Brigade "Graf Butler" was subordinated to the 4th Division under Lieutenant General Freiherr von Zoller. On April 6, 1815, it marched from Bayreuth with 1685 men via Crailsheim and Mannheim to Altheim, which was reached on June 23, 1815. From there, the next day it detached 3 companies for the siege of Bitsch . On July 8, 1815, he succeeded in capturing 13 French artillery pieces and considerable ammunition stocks at Château-Thierry. After the XV. National Field Battalion Bayreuth and the I. and III. Battalion of the Mobile Legion of the Mainkreis district as the 4th and 5th frame battalion, it took on 39 officers. The teams were given leave of absence, only one non-commissioned officer and one fourier per company were present. From August as a crew in the Remiremont, St. Etienne, Dommartin u. a. It had been used on October 18, 1815 to deliver 100 recruits to the 6th Infantry Regiment. On October 19, it replaced 1 officer and 55 men as well as 22 men of the 15th National Field Battalion. On November 8, 1815, it set out to march back to Bayreuth, which it reached on December 6, 1815.

Between the restoration and the revolution of 1848/49

From January 22nd, 1816, a platoon of one officer / 40 men alternating was assigned to the Rosenberg fortress . On June 26, 1817 the III. Reserve Battalion disbanded; the IV. and V. were each III. and IV. Frame Battalion converted. From October 18, 1817 to April 5, 1821, the regiment had to send a guard of 1 officer and 60 men to the forced labor facility in Plassenberg every two months. After the death of Colonel Fritsch on February 11, 1822, Freiherr von Seyfferitz led the regiment until Karl von Bach was appointed Colonel Commander on June 1, 1822. The frame battalions were disbanded on the same day. On January 13, 1823, 80 men were handed over to the 5th Infantry Regiment via Soll . In 1825 it again sent commands to Plassenburg. In the companies in this phase the daily strength was about 15 men. On March 15, 1830, 405 recruits were drafted, the regiment itself had a catering strength of 231 men at that time. From October 8th to December 26th, 1831, it formed the cholera cordon between Neuhausen and Kronach . From January 25th to March 1st, 1832, the regiment set off a command of 4 officers, 14 NCOs and 300 men to support the gendarmerie in Upper Franconia. On October 12, 1832, it sent a command of 60 men to Plassenberg and 60 men for the Rosenberg fortress. From October 29, 1832 to January 31, 1834, it provided 88 men to reinforce the customs guard on the border with Coburg and Meiningen . From 1832 to 1835 18 men took part in the expedition to Greece as volunteers. On October 28, 1835 Lieutenant General Graf von Seyssel d'Aix was appointed owner of the regiment, which was also renamed the Infantry Regiment "Seyssel" . On January 13, 1837, Major General Friedrich Freiherr von Hertling was appointed owner of the regiment. From February 28, 1837 it was now called the Infantry Regiment "Friedrich Herling". On February 21, 1841 it was decided that the battalions should receive the new flags model 41 if the old flags were unusable or worn out. The II. Battalion exchanged his old flag in 1854, the first battalion kept the old ensign to 1916. On 3 March 1845 the regiment provided a command of one officer, four officers, 2 drummers and 50 teams to combat an uprising by Naila from who returned on March 15, 1845 without losses. On October 31, 1845, Christian Freiherr von Großschedel was appointed Colonel Commander.

Revolution of 1848/49, Imperial War against Denmark 1849 up to the German War 1866

On March 14, 1848, all soldiers on leave were called up. A total of 1017 men were deployed to suppress rebellions and to carry out police duties in the event of timber offenses and the looting of castles. Larger commands were detached to Kulmbach (86 men), Stadtsteinach (87 men), Schwarzenbach (148 men) and Kronach (170 men). On April 21, 1848 the III. Battalion set up with one rifle and five fusilier companies. On May 2, 1848, the 6th Company was posted to Schmeilsdorf, the rest of the 2nd Battalion relocated to the particularly troubled Kulmbach. On May 29, 1848, it sent 51 men to disarm the farmers near Wildenroth and Tambach. On June 4th, 111 men in the regiment ensured peace and order near Eschen. On June 6, 1848, the flags received ribbons in the colors black, red and gold , which were abolished on April 19, 1851. From June 26 to August 4, 1848, the regiment reinforced the Nuremberg garrison and was involved in the suppression of the unrest in Schwabach and Cadolzburg. On August 26, 1848 it was named the 13th Infantry Regiment "Hertling". From October 2nd to 20th, 1848, a contingent from the 1st Battalion of the Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the 10th Infantry Regiment under the leadership of Colonel Freiherr von Großschedel was sent to Hildburghausen and Meiningen to help the Saxon troops in the event of the suppression to support local unrest. From November 13th to December 15th, 1848 another command of 1 officer, 4 NCOs and 62 men was sent to Sandreuth to protect the forest and disarm rebel farmers. From March 3rd to March 22nd, 1849 a command of 2 officers, 6 NCOs and 54 men moved to Burkersdorf to protect the forest there.

On March 21, 1849, the regiment deployed the 2nd battalion with a strength of 24 officers, 2 junior doctors, 78 non-commissioned officers, 17 minstrels, 1 drum and 835 men for the Imperial War against Denmark. During the battle on the Düppeler Schanzen , the battalion was assigned as a reserve and to cover artillery. There were no losses to report. With the exception of a minor skirmish with 2 Danish gunboats on May 4, 1849 (2 wounded), it was spared any casualties during the war. In May 1849, the II. Battalion was initially in Kolding and the surrounding area, then it was used at Veile for coastal protection and recovery, where it brought 3 prisoners. It remained in the north until July 1849.

On May 17, 1849, Colonel Friedrich Hoffmann was given command of the regiment. On May 30, 1849, the I. Battalion in the Palatinate, the III. Battalion for Frankish Observation Corps to the June 4, 1849 francs laid. From June 1849 the 1st Battalion was quartered in Landau in the Palatinate until 1851 .

With the death of the owner Freiherr von Hertling on August 4, 1850, the day after it was renamed the 13th Infantry Regiment "vacant Hertling" . On August 25, 1850, the 11th Company, and from October 22nd, the 14th Company, was assigned to Rosenberg. In 1851 the regiment was closed again in Bayreuth. On May 15, 1851, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary was appointed owner of the regiment, which from the same day was named 13th Infantry Regiment "Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria" . On October 1, 1851, the 5th, 10th and 15th companies were disbanded, and the daily duty strength of the companies fell to 20-30 men each. On November 15, 1856, the 3rd Rifle Company was dissolved. In 1857 the 1st Battalion was in Frankfurt am Main and returned to the garrison in Bayreuth in 1858. In 1859 the 2nd Battalion was transferred to Landau. On April 24, 1859, 3 new fusilier companies were established and the 3rd rifle company re-established. In 1860 the 2nd Battalion was relocated from Landau to Germersheim . In 1861 it returned to Bayreuth, the 2nd battalion was now used in Germersheim. On May 12, 1863, the 3 fusilier companies were reclassified into rifle companies. On May 20, 1863, Eduard Freiherr Reichlin von Meldegg was appointed Colonel Commandant. In 1864 the III. Battalion moved from Germersheim to Landau.

War against Prussia 1866

The regiment deployed the 1st and 2nd field battalions to a total of 6 companies with 140 men each, those of the 7th Brigade / 4. Division under Lieutenant General Hartmann were placed. The III. Battalion was subordinated to the Reserve Brigade. The IV. Battalion was in Hof as a depot battalion , which was disbanded after the armistice. In the battle near Roßdorf on July 4, 1866, 1 officer and 1 non-commissioned officer were killed and 7 men were wounded. The regiment at Roßbrunn suffered greater losses on July 25, 1866, when 2 officers, 1 NCO and 6 men were killed, 2 officers, 5 NCOs and 48 men were wounded and 2 officers, 3 NCOs and 50 men were missing. From III. Battalion fell 1 officer.

The regiment moved to Ingolstadt in 1866 , the III. The battalion remained in Germersheim. In 1867 the 1st battalion in Zweibrücken was stationed with a detachment in Kaiserslautern , the 2nd company was in Wülzburg . On May 10, 1868, the rifle companies were dissolved, the regiment was now divided into 3 battalions of 4 companies each. From 1869, the regiment was housed in its peacetime Ingolstadt. On February 1, 1870, Ludwig von Ysenburg-Philippseich was appointed Colonel Commander.

War against France 1870/71

The regiment entered at the beginning of the war with 68 officers, 2,736 NCOs and men, 73 horses and 13 carriages. It was subordinate to the 4th Brigade of the 4th Division. In the battle at Beaumont on August 30, 1870, it captured 3 guns. On September 1, 1870, 1 officer and 40 men were killed during the Battle of Sedan , 5 officers, 5 NCOs and 127 men were wounded and 53 men were missing. In the first battle for Orléans on October 10, 1870, it was instrumental in the conquest of the city and took 160 French prisoners. The regiment itself has 29 dead, 91 wounded and 20 missing. 1 officer died shortly afterwards from his injuries. In the battle at Marchenoir on November 7, 1870, 10 men remained in the field, 55 men were wounded and the III. Battalion 1 officer and 60 men were missing. On November 9, 1870, the regiment fought at Coulmiers , where the Colonel Commander Colonel Ludwig Graf von Ysenburg was rewarded for his brave behavior during the battle with the Knight's Cross of the Military Max Joseph Order . The regiment itself had to add 1 officer and 14 men to the dead, 5 officers, 6 NCOs and 50 men to the wounded. It was particularly bitter that 1 officer and 55 men as well as all wounded of the II. And III. Battalions were taken prisoner by the French. In the battle of Loigny and Poupry on December 2, 1870, 3 lieutenants, 4 non-commissioned officers and 16 men were killed, 5 officers and 95 men were wounded and 13 men were missing. When Orléans was taken back on December 4, 1870, the regiment “only” had 3 dead and the 1st Battalion 24 wounded. In the fighting at Beaugency from December 8-10, 1870, it suffered heavy losses. Three officers, three NCOs and 47 men died on the battlefield. twelve officers were wounded, six of them so badly that they died a short time later; in addition, three candidate officers, 24 non-commissioned officers and 212 men were wounded. 80 men were missing. On January 18, 1871, 1 staff officer with three NCOs and the flag of the 1st Battalion took part in the imperial proclamation in Versailles. From January to March 1871 the regiment was deployed in the siege ring around Paris . After the peace agreement, the I. and III. Battalion still as a crew in France, initially at Nogent - Fontenay - Cotterets. The 1st Battalion moved to Soissons in September 1871, the III. to Laon, then in October also to Soissons. Shortly thereafter, the two battalions were billeted in the Longwy Fortress , where they remained until August 5, 1873.

On April 1, 1881, the 3rd Company was transferred to the 18th Infantry Regiment . On 1 October 1893 IV. Half-battalion was set up with the 13th and 14th Company, which as the 7th and 8th Company already on April 1, 1897 at the newly formed 20th Infantry Regiment in Kempten were incorporated . In 1906 the regiment celebrated its centenary. On October 1, 1913, the 1st machine gun company was set up. On October 23, 1913, Colonel Jokob Schulz was appointed commander of the regiment.

First World War

1914

On August 2, 1914, the regiment joined with 51 officers, four medical officers, one civil servant, 1802 men and 190 horses and was subordinate to the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Infantry Division . As part of the 11th Mixed Infantry Brigade, it moved early on as an advance formation to the Franco-German border between Metz and Delme in order to secure the deployment of German troops. After the tactical retreat on August 16, 1914 to the German Nied near Falkenberg , the regiment was increased to 70 officers and 2,866 men by August 20, and took over 6 heavy machine guns and 3 mine throwers. At the Battle of Lorraine on August 20, the regiment from Tragny faced parts of the French 68th Reserve Division and took Delme early on August 21. It reached the Seille on August 22, 1914 . On August 24, the regiment fought its way to the area north of Maixe, then was defeated by parts of the French IX. and XX. Army Corps brought to a standstill. The regiment captured 4 French officers and 108 men and destroyed 300 weapons, but its own losses were considerable: three officers and 27 men were killed, ten officers and 284 were wounded, and four officers and 678 men were missing, including a large one Part found back to the troops. On September 11, 1914, the regiment was part of the III. Army corps withdrawn from the front and relocated to a staging area west of Metz. On September 19, 1914, the regiment as part of the 6th Infantry Division took the steep edges of the Meuse heights on both sides of Vigneulles with a courageous advance. By September 22, 1914, the regiment had advanced another 10 km in the direction of St. Mihiel and was already in front of Spada when a French counter-attack into the right flank of the 11th Infantry Brigade had to be parried on the same day. Until September 25, 1914, the regiment was able to force some progress towards Chauvoncourt. From 13th to 25th September 3 officers and 78 men were killed, 17 officers and 389 men were wounded and 154 men were missing. After taking on replacements, the regiment's strength on September 29, 1914 was 56 officers, 5 officer deputies, 3 doctors, 3,029 NCOs and others. Teams. The regiment held on the left flank of the 11th Infantry Brigade Chauvoncourt the position and connection with the left neighbor ( 6th Infantry Regiment ).

1915

On January 9, 1915, the regiment gave its flags to the armory administration via the 6th Division. It had expanded its positions in the Ailly Forest near St. Mihiel and was able to hold them without great losses.

1916

On May 29, 1916, Colonel Ernst Lettenmayer was appointed regimental commander. On June 13, 1916, the regiment was detached from the association of the 6th Infantry Division and subordinated to the Alpine Corps for the attack on the inner fort line around Verdun . At the beginning of the attack on June 23, 1916, initially used in second line, the regiment fought its way up to Fort Souville on July 11, 1916 as part of the Alpine Corps together with the Prussian Jäger Regiment 3 and Infantry Regiment 140. Since the Prussian 103rd Infantry Division deployed to the left of the Alpine Corps was unable to make effective progress, the units standing in front of Souville were caught in crossfire by French artillery and had to break off the attack due to heavy losses. On July 20, 1916, the regiment was in position south of Fleury. During the replacement of the Alpine Corps by the 6th Infantry Division, the regiment, which had been severely exhausted by the previous battles, could not hold out against the French attacks carried out on August 2nd and 3rd with the strongest artillery support and had to face the hard-fought, completely destroyed Fleury to the enemy left. Together with the 6th Infantry Regiment, parts of the regiment carried out a counterattack on August 4, 1916, which pushed the French back and could be advanced to the outskirts of Fleury. After the 1st Jäger Regiment took Fleury again, the badly hit 6th Infantry Division was detached from the front. From June 13 to August 8, 1916, the regiment off Verdun had 7 officers and 266 men killed, 14 officers and 1129 men wounded and 7 officers and 619 men missing. On September 16, 1916, the regiment entered the 6th Infantry Division, deeply divided into the front section north of Flers. The 2nd battalion in front, the 1st battalion on the right in the second line at the interface with the 6th Reserve Division and the III. Battalion left to the interface with the Prussian 52nd Reserve Division. On September 25, 1916, the major British attack did not yet result in any deep penetrations. The following day the remnants of the regiment were pushed into the Ligny-Thilloy - Le Transloy line by a tank attack by British troops. With the help of the Prussian 7th Reserve Division, the British advance could be brought to a standstill in front of the aforementioned interception line. The remnants of the regiment were detached from the front on September 30, 1916. From September 16 to 30, the regiment lost 185 dead, 521 wounded and 186 missing in the course of this battle of the Somme through burials, gas and general exhaustion. Only 8 officers and 12 candidate officers were provided as replacements for the failed leaders. In the autumn of 1916 the 2nd and 3rd machine gun companies were set up.

1917

In 1917 the regiment was assigned a mortar division. On March 6, 1917, Colonel Maximilian Helbling was appointed regimental commander. On May 12, 1917, the regiment replaced the 6th Infantry Division from the bled 5th Infantry Division , which on May 8th had chased away the town of Fresnoy from the British. On May 18, 1917, Colonel Helbling handed over command to Major Heinrich Orff. On May 25, 1917, Major Moritz Mark was appointed regimental commander. On September 26, 1917, the regiment took up position as part of the 6th Infantry Division in the center forward northeast of Langemarck . On October 1, 1917, the regiment was replenished to 73 officers and 2,860 NCOs and men. On October 4, 1917, the British pushed through their own lines in the regimental sector, but were repulsed by the divisional reserve, to which the 2nd Battalion of the regiment belonged. However, the left wing of the front had to be withdrawn about 1 km to Poelkappelle due to an advance by the British at the left neighbor (10th Infantry Regiment). Otherwise the regiment can hold out. The days of fighting of the regiment around Poelkappelle station are particularly intense. On October 9th, the regiment was replaced by an association of the Prussian 227th Infantry Division. On October 11, 1917 there were 59 officers and 2,342 men. In just a fortnight it lost two officers and 62 men to the dead, nine officers and 326 men to the wounded, and three officers and 167 men to the missing.

1918

At the beginning of the year the regiment was concentrated in the 6th Infantry Division in the second line south of Lille . Due to the staggered tenacious resistance of the British troops, the regiment was pushed into the first line at Ecoust St. Mein on March 21, 1918. On March 23 and 24, 1918, it fought its way to the Boyelles - Boiry Bécquerelle line with heavy fighting, but then had to stop the attack. From January 19 to March 31, 4 officers and 123 men were killed, 13 officers and 526 men were wounded and 148 were missing. On August 16, 1918, the regiment was deployed between Beauvraignes and Fresnières and bloody repulsed the French attacks. On August 19, 1918, the regiment still numbered 1158 men. On September 6, 1918, Major Karl von Grundherr zu Altenthan and Weyherhaus was appointed regimental commander. In September 1918 a mine throwing company was budgeted, but no longer physically established. Evasively fighting, the regiment reached the north-west of the village of Urvillers as part of the 6th Infantry Division, which was held against the attacks of the Allies on September 29. After a break-in at its left neighbor, it relocated its positions west of Itancourt on October 1, 1918. On October 10, 1918, it was taken back to the Hermann position between Bernoville and Trémont. The enemy's attempts to succeed with the regiment on October 17th and 18th were thwarted on both days. Because of the threat of being overflanked by the right neighbor, it was relocated to positions east of the Sambre-Oise Canal on October 19, 1918 . On October 27, 1918, the regiment lay on the east bank of the Oise north of Guise , where it repulsed another enemy attack on November 4, 1918. On the same day the regiment broke away from the enemy and withdrew to the Antwerp-Maas position. On November 9, 1918, it reached Beaumont, 50 km further northeast. At Maubeuge , the remnants of the regiment learned on November 11, 1918 that a ceasefire had been ordered.

Knight's Cross bearer of the Military Max Joseph Order:

  • Major Anton Ritter von Dümlein on May 10, 1915 (killed on April 11, 1918)

The regiment suffered losses during the First World War:

  • Fallen: 41 officers, three doctors, 292 non-commissioned officers and 1,811 men;
  • Wounded: 97 officers, two doctors, 660 non-commissioned officers and 4,850 men;
  • Missing: five officers, 52 NCOs and 4,890 men.

ten officers, 47 non-commissioned officers and 368 men were taken prisoner.

  • Presentation march: Bavarian presentation march. Flag march of 1822/23
  • Parade march : Radetzky march by Johann Strauss (father), opus 228 from September 29, 1848, arranged by Wilhelm Christoph

Whereabouts

After the armistice at Compiègne , the remnants of the regiment marched via Bonn to Siegen and then arrived at the Ingolstadt garrison. From December 20, 1918, it was initially demobilized and finally dissolved on April 30, 1919. The Volkswehr Battalion Opel was formed from parts in March 1919, which on July 1, 1919 as III. Battalion in the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 48.

The 7th Company of the 20th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment in Ingolstadt took over the tradition in the Reichswehr . In the Wehrmacht , the 2nd Battalion of the 63rd Infantry Regiment in Ingolstadt continued the tradition.

literature

  • Baptist Schrettinger: The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order and its members. R. Oldenbourg. Munich 1882.
  • Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 11: Bavaria. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the units and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 1: Infantry Regiments. Publishing house Militaria. Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-14-4 . P. 448.