Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 5
The Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 5 was an infantry unit of the Prussian Army
History and formation
The battalion was set up on August 2, 1914 on the basis of a mobilization order from the Jäger battalion "von Neumann" (1st Silesian) No. 5 in Hirschberg . It consisted of 4 hunters - companies , 1 machine gun company and 1 cyclist company . In May 1916, the battalion set up a 2nd MG company.
The battalion was disbanded in Hirschberg at the end of December 1918 after returning from France to the garrison .
Garrison / locations
Mission history First World War 1914–1918
War year 1914
- 2nd to 10th August 1914 mobilization and formation of the battalion
- 10th to 15th August 1914 loading and transport to Eiweiler
- 16-22 August 1914 parade in the Aumetz area , Lorraine
- August 22-26, 1914 Battle of Longwy
- September 1 to 30, 1914 transition to trench warfare
- 1st to 31st October resting period
- November 1, 1914 to December 14, 1914 Multiple transfers, outbreak of typhus , expansion of positions
- 15th to 31st December 1914 trench warfare in the Damvillers area
War year 1915
- January 1, 1915 to December 31, 1915 Trench warfare in the Damvillers area
War year 1916
- January 1, 1916 to February 21, 1916 Trench warfare in the Damvillers area
- February 21, 1916 to April 20, 1916 Battle of Verdun
- April 20, 1916 to June 7, 1916 Rest period in the Diedenhofen area
- June 8, 1916 to July 20, 1916 Subordinated to the Supreme Army Command together with Jäger Battalion 3 , Jäger Battalion 11 , Reserve Jäger Battalion 6 . Training as a storm battalion .
- July 20-26 , 1916 Alerting, loading and transport to Visovölgy
- From 26 July 1916 to 31 December 1916, deployed in the Carpathian Mountains
War year 1917
- From January 1, 1917 to July 21, 1917, deployed in the Carpathian Mountains
- July 22, 1917 to September 15, 1917 Liberation of Bukovina
- 25-30 September 1917 loading and transport to Salloch in the Lower Carniola
- 1st to 16th October 1917 march to Tolmein
- October 24, 1917 to December 2, 1917 Participation in the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo , pursuit of Italian troops
- 2nd to 12th December 1917 fighting in the Monte Grappa area
- 13th to 22nd December 1917 Storming of the Sternkuppe
- December 23 to 31, 1917 resting period
War year 1918
- January 1 to February 5, 1918 resting period
- February 5 to 13, 1918 Relocation and transport to Saargemünd
- February 14th to March 27th fighting reserve in Lorraine
- March 27-29, loading and transport to Cambrai
- March 30 to May 16, 1918 Readiness and fighting in the Amiens area
- May 16 to June 12, 1918 Rest period in the Le Quesnoy area
- June 13, 1918 Relocation to La Fère
- June 13th to July 14th preparation and deployment for the Second Battle of the Marne
- July 15-19 , Second Battle of the Marne
- 21 July to 1 August 1918 retreat battles
- 2nd to 20th August 1918 resting phase in the Sedan area
- August 22, 1918 to October 5, 1918 Fighting in Champagne near St. Marie-à-Py
- October 14, 1918 to November 11, 1918 fighting in the final stages of the war
- November 11, 1918 to December 20, 1918 Evacuation of the occupied territory, march back to the garrison
Organization and subordination
| from | to | Insinuation |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 1914 | November 14, 1914 | 9th Reserve Division , 5th Reserve Corps |
| November 14, 1914 | June 8, 1916 | 77th Infantry Brigade, VII Reserve Corps |
| June 8, 1916 | June 28, 1916 | Supreme Army Command |
| June 28, 1916 | December 20, 1918 | Jäger Regiment 4 , Jäger Brigade 2, 200th Division , Carpathian Corps |
Battalion chief / commanders
| Rank | Surname | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant colonel | Baron Speck von Sternburg | August 2, 1914 | March 15, 1915 |
| Captain | Freiherr von Schaumberg | March 15, 1915 | October 14, 1915 |
| Captain / Major | by Brandt | October 14, 1915 | July 6, 1918 |
| Captain | Raensch (leader of the battalion) | July 6, 1918 | July 7, 1918 |
| Reserve captain | Cranz (leader of the battalion) | July 7, 1918 | October 3, 1918 |
| First lieutenant | Kaapke (leader of the battalion) | October 3, 1918 | |
| First lieutenant in the reserve | Meiners (leader of the battalion) | December 11, 1918 | December 20, 1918 |
equipment
July 23, 1916: Exchange of shakos for infantry helmets
literature
- von Brandt: Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 5 , memorial sheets of German Regiments, Volume 253, publisher: Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1929. Available online: digitized version of the Württemberg State Library .
Individual evidence
- ↑ von Brandt: Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 5 . In: Verlag Gerhard Stalling (Hrsg.): Memories sheets of German regiments . tape 253 . Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1929, p. 309 .
- ↑ von Brandt: Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 5 . In: Verlag Gerhard Stalling (Hrsg.): Memories sheets of German regiments . tape 253 . Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1929, p. 15-41 .
- ↑ von Brandt: Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 5 . In: Verlag Gerhard Stalling (Hrsg.): Memories sheets of German regiments . tape 253 . Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1929, p. 42-53 .
- ↑ von Brandt: Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 5 . In: Verlag Gerhard Stalling (Hrsg.): Memories sheets of German regiments . tape 253 . Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1929, p. 53-157 .
- ↑ von Brandt: Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 5 . In: Verlag Gerhard Stalling (Hrsg.): Memories sheets of German regiments . tape 253 . Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1929, p. 157-233 .
- ↑ von Brandt: Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 5 . In: Verlag Gerhard Stalling (Hrsg.): Memories sheets of German regiments . tape 253 . Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1929, p. 233-309 .