9th Bavarian Reserve Division (German Empire)
The 9th Royal Bavarian Reserve Division was a federation of the Bavarian army in the German army during the First World War. The division was re-formed in September 1916 already standing on the Western Front Bavarian regiments and was one of about 40 in 1916, the newly established German divisions. Was their resolution in June 1918 Even before the war ended. The troops under parts were distributed to other divisions.
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The division was first on the Aisne, where she was involved in the 1917 Battle of the Aisne. After a rest period in Lorraine, the association was moved to Flanders and took there part in the Third Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Cambrai. After the Spring Offensive of 1918, the Division was disbanded. The Association downgraded the Allied reconnaissance as a second-rate.
Structure
The initial breakdown in the autumn of 1916 was:
The Association has been reclassified several times. individual brigades and regiments were discharged or released, so that in the spring of 1918 following bodies of the Division were subordinated to other organizations:
- Royal. Bay. Pioneer company 8
- Royal. Bay. Reserve Pioneer Company 12
- Royal. Bay. Mine Thrower Company 209