19th Division (German Empire)

The 19th Division, for the duration of the mobile ratio referred to as the 19th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army.

  • 2.1 skirmish Calendar 2.1.1 1914
  • 2.1.2 1915
  • 2.1.3 1916
  • 2.1.4 1917
  • 2.1.5 1918

Structure

The command stood in Hanover and the Division was part of the Tenth Army Corps.

Peacetime in 1914

  • 37th Infantry Brigade in Oldenburg Infantry Regiment " Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick " ( Ostfriesisches ) # 78 in Emden, Aurich and Osnabrück
  • Oldenburgisches Infantry Regiment No. 91 in Oldenburg
  • Fusilier Regiment " General-Field Marshal Prince Albrecht of Prussia " ( Hanoverian ) # 73 in Hannover
  • 1 Hannoversches Infantry Regiment No. 74 in Hannover
  • Oldenburgisches Dragoon Regiment No. 19 in Oldenburg
  • King Lancers ( 1 Hannoversches ) # 13 in Hannover
  • 2 Hannoversches Field Artillery Regiment No. 26
  • Ostfriesisches Field Artillery Regiment No. 62

Mobilization of Battle at 1914

  • 37th Infantry Brigade Infantry Regiment " Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick " ( Ostfriesisches ) # 78
  • Oldenburgisches Infantry Regiment No. 91
  • Fusilier Regiment " General-Field Marshal Prince Albrecht of Prussia " ( Hanoverian ) # 73
  • 1 Hannoversches Infantry Regiment No. 74
  • 3rd Squadron / Braunschweigisches Hussars 17
  • 2 Hannoversches Field Artillery Regiment No. 26
  • Ostfriesisches Field Artillery Regiment No. 62
  • 1st Company / Hannoversches Pioneer Battalion No. 10

Of Battle from March 8, 1918

  • 37th Infantry Brigade 1 Hannoversches Infantry Regiment No. 74
  • Infantry Regiment " Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick " ( Ostfriesisches ) # 78
  • Oldenburgisches Infantry Regiment No. 91
  • MG- Sniper Division No. 30
  • 3rd Squadron / Braunschweigisches Hussars 17
  • 2 Hannoversches Field Artillery Regiment No. 26
  • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 93

History

Battle calendar

1914

  • 4 to 16 August --- conquest of Liege
  • August 23-24 --- Battle of Namur
  • August 29-30 --- Battle of St. Quentin
  • September 6 to 9 --- Battle of the Petit Morin
  • September 12-13 --- fights at Reims
  • From September 13 --- fighting on the Aisne

1915

  • To 25 April --- fighting on the Aisne
  • April 25-30 --- transport to the east
  • 1 to 3 May --- Battle of Gorlice - Tarnów
  • 4 to 23 May --- persecution struggles after the Battle of Gorlice - Tarnów
  • May 16-23 --- crossing of the San
  • May 24-26 --- fights at Radymno and San
  • May 27-June 4 --- fights at the bridgehead of Jaroslau
  • June 12-15 --- Breakthrough Battle of Lubaczow
  • June 17-22 --- Battle of Lemberg
  • June 22-July 16 --- persecution fighting on the Galician- Polish border
  • July 16-18 --- Breakthrough Battle of Krasnostaw
  • July 19-28 --- struggles following the breakdown battle of Krasnostaw
  • July 29-30 --- Breakthrough Battle of Biskupice
  • July 31 to August 19 --- follow-up battles from Wieprz to the bow
  • August 19 to September 8 --- follow-up battles between the bow and Jasiolda
  • September 9 to 26 --- reserve the OHL and transport to the west
  • September 27-October 18 --- Autumn Battle in Champagne
  • From October 19 --- fighting on the Aisne

1916

  • To 16 May --- fighting on the Aisne
  • May 17 to June 7 --- reserve the OHL and transport to the east
  • June 4 to July 15 --- fights at Stochod
  • July 16-27 --- fights at the top Styx - Stochod
  • July 28 to November 4 --- Battle of Kovel
  • November 5 to 9 --- Trench warfare on the upper Styx - Stochod
  • November 9-13 --- Transport westward
  • November 14-December 22 --- fighting on the Aisne
  • From 23 December --- reserve the OHL with the 3rd Army

1917

  • To 13 January --- reserve the OHL with the 3rd Army
  • January 13 to April 5 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
  • April 6-May 27 --- Double Battle Aisne -Champagne
  • May 28-July 18 --- Trench warfare in Reims
  • July 19 to September 9 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
  • September 9 to October 9 --- defensive battle at Verdun
  • From September 9 --- Trench warfare at Verdun November 25 --- fights on height 344 at Verdun

1918

  • To March 5 --- Trench warfare at Verdun
  • 7 to 20 March --- fighting in the Siegfried Line and preparation for the Great Battle in France
  • March 21 to April 6 --- Great Battle in France March 21-22 --- breakthrough between Gouzeaucourt and Vermand
  • March 23-25 ​​--- Somme transition
  • March 23-26 --- follow-up battles in the Somme area

Commanders

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