79th Reserve Division (German Empire)
The 79th 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 from December 29, 1914
- 79th Reserve Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment 261
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 262
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 263
- Reserve Cyclist Company No. 79
- Reserve Cavalry Division No. 79
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 63
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 64
Of Battle from March 8, 1918
- 79th Reserve Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment 261
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 262
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 263
- MG- Sniper Division No. 12
- 3rd Squadron / Hussar Regiment " Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, King of Hungary " (Schleswig -Holstein ) # 16
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 63
- II Battalion / Lauenburg cal Foot Artillery Regiment No. 20
Battle calendar
1914
- From December 29 --- deployment of the 10th Army
1915
- To February 1 --- deployment of the 10th Army
- February 4 to 22 --- Battle of Masurian
- February 23 to March 6 --- battles on Bóbr
- March 9-12 --- battles in Sejny
- March 25-30 --- battle at Krasnopol and Krasne
- 31 March to 20 July --- Trench warfare between Augustow, Mariampol and Pilwiszki
- July 21 to August 7 --- fighting on the Jesia and Wejwery
- 8 to 18 August --- siege of Kovno
- August 19 to September 8 --- Niemen battle
- September 9 to October 2 --- Battle of Vilna
- 3 October --- Trench warfare between Krewo - Smorgon - Naroch Tweretsch
1916
- To 30 November --- Trench warfare between Krewo - Smorgon - Naroch Tweretsch
- December 1 to 5 --- transport to the West
- From December 4 --- reserve the OHL behind the 6th Army
1917
- To January 2 --- reserve the OHL behind the 6th Army
- 2 January to 13 April --- trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- April 2 to 13 --- Spring Battle of Arras
- April 14-May 1 --- position fighting on the Yser
- 3 to 20 May --- trench warfare in Flanders
- May 21-July 15 --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- July 17-30 --- Border Protection at the Belgian- Dutch border
- 17 July to 17 August --- Summer battle in Flanders
- From August 18 --- 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 for the Great Battle in France
- March 21 to April 6 --- Great Battle in France
- 7 to 18 April --- fighting on the Ancre, Somme and Avre
- April 19-29 --- Battle of Kemmel
- 30 April to 23 July --- trench warfare in Flanders
- July 26-August 3 --- Movable defensive battle between the Marne and Vesle
- August 4 to 8 --- Oise and Aisne position battles between
- 8 to 10 August --- defensive battle between the Somme and Avre
- August 10 to September 3 --- defensive battle between the Somme and the Oise
- September 4 to 18 --- fighting against the Siegfried front
- September 19 to October 9 --- defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
- October 10 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 in the homeland