19th Reserve Division (German Empire)

The 19th 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

Of Battle at mobilization

  • 37th Reserve Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment 73
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment 78
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment 74
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment 92
  • III. Battalion / Reserve Infantry Regiment 79
  • Reserve - Dragoon Regiment No. 6
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 19

Of Battle from August 20, 1918

  • 39th Reserve Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment 73
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment 78
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment 92
  • 3rd Squadron / Reserve - Dragoon Regiment No. 6
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 19
  • II Battalion / Foot Artillery Regiment " General Feldzeugmeister " ( Brandenburg ) # 3

Battle calendar

1914

  • August 22 --- Battle of Monceau- sur -Sambre
  • August 23-24 --- Battle of Namur
  • August 26 --- Battle of Marbaix, west of Avesnes
  • August 27 --- Battle of Fesmy, south Landrecies
  • August 29-30 --- Battle of St. Quentin
  • September 4 --- Battle of Le Breuil
  • September 6 to 9 --- Battle of the Petit Morin
  • September 12 to October 9 --- fights at Reims
  • Starting October 11 --- fighting on the Aisne

1915

  • To February 4 --- fighting on the Aisne
  • 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 of Champagne
  • April 3 to 16 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
  • 17 April to 17 May --- Reserve of the Army Department Falkenhausen
  • May 17-July 3 --- fights at Metzeral
  • Starting May 17 --- position battle in the Upper Rhine

1916

  • To 14 March --- position battle in the Upper Rhine
  • 15 March to 12 July --- Battle of Verdun
  • July 12 to October 7 --- fighting in the Argonne Forest
  • October 8 to 30 --- Battle of the Somme
  • From November 2 --- position battles between the Meuse and the Moselle, the Meuse at Combres and at the Grande de Calonne Tranchée

1917

  • To 16 February --- position battles between the Meuse and the Moselle, the Meuse at Combres and at the Grande de Calonne Tranchée
  • February 18-23 --- Trench warfare at Verdun
  • February 24 to March 14 --- fighting on the Aisne
  • March 15 to April 5 --- position battles on the Aisne
  • April 6-30 --- Double Battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • May 1 to 5 --- transport to the East
  • May 5 to August 31 --- Trench warfare against Riga
  • September 1 to 5 --- Schjlacht to Riga
  • September 6 to 11 --- Trench warfare north of the Daugava river
  • September 11-15 --- Transport to the West
  • September 16-22 --- Trench warfare on the Chemin des Dames
  • September 23 to October 7 --- autumn battle in Flanders
  • October 8 to 17 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
  • From 18 October --- Trench warfare at Verdun

1918

  • To 11 April --- Trench warfare at Verdun
  • April 12-29 --- Battle of Kemmel
  • April 30 to May 5 --- trench warfare in Flanders
  • May 5 to August 30 --- Trench warfare in Reims
  • August 31 to September 4 --- defensive battle between the Oise and the Aisne
  • September 5 to 8 --- fights before Siegfried front
  • September 9 to 27 --- fighting in the Siegfried Line
  • September 28 to October 9 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • October 10-13 --- fights before and in the Hundingstellung
  • October 14 to November 4 --- fights before and in the Hermann position
  • November 5 to 11 --- fighting retreat before the Antwerp -Meuse position
  • From November 12 --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march to the home

Commanders

Pictures of 19th Reserve Division (German Empire)

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