3rd Cavalry Division (German Empire)
Eastern Front
The 3rd Cavalry Division was a major unit of the German army and was formed as part of the mobilization at the beginning of the First World War.
- 2.1 of Battle at mobilization
Battle calendar
First, the Division has been used on the Western Front and moved the end of March 1915 the Eastern Front. There she was reorganized on August 31, 1916 Corps Schmettow II and officially dissolved on 2 November 1916. The corps was transferred on January 11, 1917 in the General Command 65.
1914
- 5 to 21 August --- obfuscation battles against the front of the 5th Army
- August 22-27 --- Battle of Longwy - Longuyon and on Othain section
- August 28 to September 1 --- Battle of the Meuse crossings
- September 2-3 --- Battle of Varennes- Montfaucon
- September 4 to 5 --- persecution west of Verdun and the Argonne
- September 6 to 12 --- Battle of Vaubecourt -Fleury
- September 17-24 --- Battle of Varennes
- October 4 to 14 --- reconnaissance and concealment fighting in Belgium and Northern France
- October 13 to December 5 --- trench warfare in Flanders and Artois October 15-28 --- Battle of Lille
- October 30 to November 24 --- Battle of Ypres
1915
- To 30 March --- crew service in Belgium and transport to the East
- 1 to 22 April --- Reserve Command East in Gumbinnen
- April 26 to May 9 --- foray into Lithuania and Courland
- May 9 to July 13 --- battles on the lower Dubissa
- July 14-25 --- Battle Schaulen
- July 30 to August 7 --- Battle of Kupischki
- August 3 to 10 --- battles at Kowarsk and Wilkomierz
- August 12-19 --- Battle of Schimanzy - Ponedeli
- August 19 to September 8 --- Niemen battle
- September 9 to November 2 --- Battle of Vilna
- 3 October --- Trench warfare between Krewo - Smorgon - Naroch Tweretsch
1916
- September 2 --- Trench warfare between Krewo - Smorgon - Naroch Tweretsch
- 2 to 10 September --- Transport to Romania
- September 10-25 --- fights at Cibin and Alt- section
- September 26-29 --- Battle of Sibiu
- September 29 to October 4 --- struggles Fogaras
- October 5 --- Battle of the ghost forest
- October 7 to 9 --- Battle of Kronstadt
- October 10 to November 2 --- mountain fighting in Ojtozgebiet
Structure
Of Battle at mobilization
- Dragoon Regiment " Freiherr von Manteuffel " (Rhenish ) # 5
- Hussars " Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse -Homburg " (2 Kurhessisches ) # 14
- Guards Dragoon Regiment (1st Grand Ducal Hessian ) No. 23
- Leib- Dragoon Regiment (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian ) No. 24
- Mounted Division / 1 Kurhessisches Field Artillery Regiment No. 11
- MG- Division No. 2
- Pioneer department