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140: 22: 128: 96: 254:. The division's Uhlans overran the French artillery positions in a bold attack but were repelled by French infantry during the storming of Lagarde with heavy losses. The hunters of the divisional troops and parts of the 131st (2nd Lorraine) Infantry Regiment were able to take the village. 1,500 prisoners, eight artillery pieces and six machine guns as well as a flag fell into the hands of the attackers. 594: 369:
After Generalleutnant Hellingrath took over the War Ministry, Major General Moritz von und zu Egloffstein was entrusted with the leadership of the division on 14 December 1916. Meanwhile moved to Galicia, the division took part in the attack on Tarnopol from 19 July – 5 August 1917. At Stanislau,
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The formation of the division was quickly completed after mobilization. In addition to the three cavalry brigades, the divisional troops included hunters, cyclists, machine gun troops, mounted artillery and engineers. On 4 August 1914, Lieutenant General
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Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France
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on 11 May 1915. There they stood for the following two months in fierce defensive battles against Russian patrol units and created the conditions for General von Hindenburg's planned large-scale attack on
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and Vilnius. The division, deployed on the southern flank of the Njemen Army, advanced more than 100 km from 22 July – 27 July 1915, but was pinched and thrown back by two Russian cavalry divisions at
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road, but in September 1915 it received orders to advance in a south-easterly direction behind the enemy. The Russian troops had already given way and were counterattacking on the
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area south of Daugavpils, where it remained buried in its positions until 1916. At Stochod near Toboly, the division had to resist heavy attacks by Russian troops during the
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entered into conventions with Prussia regarding their armies. Only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous and came under Prussian control only during wartime.
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From the late 1800s, the Prussian Army was effectively the German Army as, during the period of German unification (1866-1871), the states of the
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From 25 November 1917 to 21 March 1918, the division was without any cavalry; and from 20 April 1918, it only had two Cavalry Brigades.
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via Vilnius, the division on the right wing of the Njemen Army was supposed to throw the enemy north of the Ukmergė-
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with strong infantry forces. On 25 September 1915, the division sealed off a break-in at the Prussian
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took over the division on 5 November 1914 as Lieutenant General Stetten was given command of the
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Allied Intelligence rated the Division as 4th Class (of 4). The organisation in 1918 was:
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took over the division. The cavalry division, which had meanwhile been transferred to the
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2nd Royal Bavarian Heavy Cavalry "Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria"
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2nd Royal Bavarian Heavy Cavalry "Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria"
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On formation, in August 1914, the component units of the division were:
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when it was withdrawn because of advancing British troops. During the
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1st Royal Bavarian Uhlans "Emperor William II, King of Prussia"
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5th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "King Alfons XIII of Spain"
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4th Bavarian Cavalry Brigade became independent on 3 July 1917
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5th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "King Alfons XIII of Spain"
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6th Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Prince Albrecht of Prussia"
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1st Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Emperor Nicholas of Russia"
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6th Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Prince Albrecht of Prussia"
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1st Royal Bavarian Chevau-légers "Emperor Nicholas of Russia"
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1st Royal Bavarian Heavy Cavalry "Prince Charles of Bavaria"
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1st Royal Bavarian Heavy Cavalry "Prince Charles of Bavaria"
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Infantry Battalion Glatz (VI/9) was raised in the town of
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and remained there until the withdrawal in early 1919.
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from 30 October – 24 November 1914, Lieutenant General
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1919
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Bavaria
German Empire
World War I
German
Army
World War I
Otto von Stetten
Metz
7th Cavalry Division
8th Cavalry Division
XXI Corps
I Corps
Battle of Lagarde
Battle of Lorraine
Hazebrouck
First Battle of Ypres
Karl von Wenninger
II Corps
6th Army
fortifications of Metz
Philipp von Hellingrath
Eastern Front
Tilsit
Šiauliai

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