16th Reserve Division (German Empire)
The 16th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian Army in the First World War.
- 2.1 1914
- 2.2 1915
- 2.3 1916
- 2.4 1917
- 2.5 1918
Structure
Mobilization of Battle at 1914
- 29th Reserve Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment 29
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 65
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 28
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 68
- Heavy Reserve Cavalry Regiment No. 2
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 16
- 1 reserve company / 1 Rhineland Pioneer Battalion No. 8
- 2 reserve company / 1 Rhineland Pioneer Battalion No. 8
Of Battle of April 10, 1918
- 31 Reserve Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment 29
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 30
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 68
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 16
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 127
Battle calendar
1914
- August 22-23 --- Battle of Neufchâteau
- August 24-29 --- Battle of the Meuse
- August 30 to September 5 --- persecution of the Meuse to the Marne
- September 6 to 12 --- Battle of the Marne
- September 13 to December 19 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
- December 20-30 --- Battle of Souain, Perthes -lès- Hurlus and Beauséjour (1st Battle of Perthes )
- From 31 December --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
1915
- Until January 7 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
- January 8 to 13 --- Battle of Perthes -lès- Hurlus and Beauséjour (2nd Battle of Perthes )
- January 14-31 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
- February 1 to 5 --- Battle of Perthes -lès- Hurlus and Massiges (3rd Battle of Perthes )
- February 6 to 15 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
- February 16-19 --- Battle of Perthes -lès- Hurlus and Beauséjour (4th Battle of Perthes )
- 21 February to 20 March --- Winter Battle in Champagne
- March 21 to September 21 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
- September 22-October 18 --- Autumn Battle in Champagne
- From October 19 --- fighting on the Aisne
1916
- To 19 October --- fighting on the Aisne
- October 20 to November 26 --- Battle of the Somme
- November 27 --- fighting on the Aisne
1917
- March 15 --- fighting on the Aisne
- March 15 to April 5 --- position battles on the Aisne
- April 6-26 --- Double Battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
- April 26 to May 6 --- Trench warfare at Verdun
- May 7 to June 12 --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
- June 13-July 5 --- position battle in the Upper Rhine
- July 6 to 10 --- transport to the East
- July 23-August 5 --- follow-up battles in eastern Galicia and Bukovina
- August 6 to September 6 --- Trench warfare north-east of Chernivtsi
- September 7 to November 16 --- position battles on the eastern frontier of Bukovina
- November 16-22 --- Transport westward
- November 22 to December 2 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- December 3 to 7 --- Attack Battle of Cambrai
- From December 8 --- fighting in the Siegfried Line
1918
- January 31, --- fighting in the Siegfried Line
- February 1 to March 20 --- fighting in the Siegfried Line and preparation time for the Great Battle in France
- March 21 to April 6 --- Great Battle in France
- April 7 to 9 --- fighting on the Ancre, Somme and Avre
- 10 April to 20 August --- fighting between Arras and Albert
- August 21 to September 2 --- Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
- September 3 to 26 --- fighting against the Siegfried front
- September 28-October 17 --- defensive battle in Flanders
- October 18-24 --- Nachhutkämpfe between the Yser and the Lys
- October 25 to November 1 --- Battle of the Lys
- November 2 to 4 --- Nachhutkämpfe both sides of the Scheldt
- November 5 to 11 --- fighting retreat before the Antwerp -Meuse position
- From November 12 --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march in the homeland