Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 21
The Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 21 was an infantry unit of the Prussian Army
History and formation
The battalion was set up on August 5, 1914 on the basis of mobilization orders from the Jäger Battalion "von Neumann" (1st Silesian) No. 5 in Hirschberg as "Second Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 5". In the course of the formation of 6 new reserve corps, the battalion was assigned to the XXV as Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 21. Assigned to reserve corps.
The formation of the battalion was completed at the end of August 1914. It consisted of 4 hunter companies. On September 18, 1914, the battalion moved out and was moved by rail to the Warthelager military training area near Posen . In February 1915, the battalion was reinforced by an MG company. At the end of 1916 a second machine gun company was set up. In the spring of 1918, the battalion was given a mortar division.
The battalion was disbanded in Naumburg on December 7, 1918 after returning from France .
Garrison / locations
- Installation in Hirschberg in 1914
- Dissolution in 1918 in Naumburg
Mission history First World War 1914–1918
War year 1914
- September 18 to October 10
- October 12-14, loading and transport to Alt Jucha
- October 14th to November 5th position battles near Grajewo - Wizajny
- November 6th, loading in Lötzen and transport to Thorn
- November 10-13 Battle of Wloclawek
- November 14th to 15th Battle of Kutno
- November 17th to 30th Battle of Lodz
- 1st to 8th December Fighting for Glowno
- December 9th to 31st transition to trench warfare area Skierniewice
War year 1915
- January 1 to July 17, 1915 Trench warfare in the Skierniewice area
- July 17 to September 30, 1915 advance into Russia
- October 1st to 29th resting period
- October 30 to December 31 trench warfare in the Baranowitschi area
War year 1916
- January 1 to June 26, 1916 Trench warfare in the Baranowitschi area
- June 27 to July 28, 1916 Army reserve in Cramsta Detachment, Baranowitschi Offensive
- July 29 to August 12, 1916 Trench warfare, entrenchment work
- 12 to 16 August 1916 loading, transport to Galicia, Lemberg area
- August 26 to December 31, 1916 Trench warfare near Ponykowica, approx. 5 km west of Brody
War year 1917
- January 1 to April 5, 1917 Trench warfare near Ponykowica
- April 5 to 6, 1917 loading and transport to Stoyanov
- April 6 to October 13, 1917 Trench warfare
- October 14th to 19th, 1917 loading and transport to Arnoldstein
- October 24 to December 31, 1917 Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo , pursuit of Italian troops
War year 1918
- January 1 to February 20, 1918 Rest period in Italy
- February 21 to March 5, 1918 March, loading and transport to Ensisheim
- March 5 to 28, 1918 Rest and training in the Ensisheim area
- March 29 to 31, 1918 Loading and transport to Bohain
- 1st to 24th April stay in Hattencourt
- 25 April to 24 May trench warfare in the Marcelcave area
- 25th to 30th May resting phase in Croix-Fonsomme
- June 9-14, 1918 Operation Gneisenau
- June 18 to July 26, 1918 Rest period in the Uffheim area
- July 26 to August 28, 1918 Defense battle between Soissons and Reims
- August 29 to September 2, 1918 Rest period in the Bois-lès-Pargny area
- September 3 to October 5, 1918 fighting on and in the Siegfried Line
- October 5 to November 11, 1918 Fighting in the Hermann position , fighting in the final phase of the war
- November 11 to December 7, 1918 evacuation of the occupied territory, transport to Naumburg, dissolution
Organization and subordination
| from | to | Insinuation |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 1914 | June 6, 1916 | 49th Reserve Division , XXV. Reserve Corps |
| June 06, 1916 | August 12, 1916 | Army reserve |
| August 16, 1916 | 21st November | 2nd Cavalry Division , 2nd Austro-Hungarian Army |
| November 21, 1916 | April 5, 1917 | Reserve Jäger Battalion 2 , 2nd Austro-Hungarian Army |
| April 5, 1917 | October 13, 1917 | Army Group Linsingen |
| October 19, 1917 | December 7, 1918 | Jäger Regiment 13 , Jäger Division |
Commanders and leaders
| Rank | Surname | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonel | Falck | August 1914 | October 26, 1914 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Baron Speck von Sternburg
(Leader of the battalion) |
October 26, 1914 | November 1, 1914 |
| major | from bosses
(Leader of the battalion) |
November 1, 1914 | November 6, 1914 |
| Captain | from Below
(Leader of the battalion) |
November 6, 1914 | November 10, 1914 |
| Lieutenant colonel | from Selle | November 10, 1914 | November 30, 1914 |
| First lieutenant | Schaubach
(Leader of the battalion) |
December 13, 1914 | December 20, 1914 |
| Captain | Baron von Düring
(Leader of the battalion) |
December 20, 1914 | January 5, 1915 |
| major | of grief | January 5, 1915 | October 31, 1915 |
| Captain | by Rautter | November 1, 1915 | March 18, 1918 |
| Captain / Major | from Diepow | March 19, 1918 | December 7, 1918 |
equipment
- Awarding of the skull instead of the eagle on the shako
literature
- Von Wennrich: The Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 21 , From Germany's Great Times , Volume 81, Verlag Bernhard Sporn, Zeulenroda in Thuringia 1935 WLB-Stuttgart
Individual evidence
- ^ Von Wennrich: The Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 21 . In: Verlag Bernhard Sporn (ed.): From Germany's great time . tape 81 . Bernhard Sporn, Zeulenroda in Thuringia 1935, p. Preface, 319–323 .
- ^ Von Wennrich: The Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 21 . In: Verlag Bernhard Sporn (ed.): From Germany's great time . tape 81 . Bernhard Sporn, Zeulenroda in Thuringia 1935, p. 1-323 .