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81:Approximately 38,000 (on formation)
783:Ellis, John; Cox, Michael (1993).
554:German Army order of battle (1914)
45:2 August 1914 - post November 1918
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373:3rd Reserve Telephone Detachment
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1578:High Command of Coastal Defence
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331:35th Reserve Infantry Regiment
326:26th Reserve Infantry Regiment
318:24th Reserve Infantry Regiment
313:20th Reserve Infantry Regiment
268:52nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
263:12th Reserve Infantry Regiment
255:48th Reserve Infantry Regiment
559:Order of First Battle of Ypres
323:12th Reserve Infantry Brigade
310:11th Reserve Infantry Brigade
260:10th Reserve Infantry Brigade
250:8th Reserve Infantry Regiment
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363:16th Reserve Medical Company
280:2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment
247:9th Reserve Infantry Brigade
300:3rd Reserve Medical Company
273:3rd Reserve Jäger Battalion
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338:3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment
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785:The World War I Databook
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525:Anatol Graf von Bredow
206:of three batteries each
95:Battle of the Frontiers
1348:56th Infantry Division
1232:16th Bavarian Division
1199:85th Landwehr Division
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1264:3rd Landwehr Division
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1236:36th Reserve Division
1228:13th Reserve Division
1079:51st Reserve Division
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1024:50th Reserve Division
735:"Armee-Reserve-Korps"
445:First Battle of Ypres
443:and took part in the
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105:First Battle of Ypres
1609:Army Group Mackensen
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1112:9th Cavalry Division
1107:4th Cavalry Division
1102:2nd Cavalry Division
874:Imperial German Army
714:"German War History"
590:The Prussian Machine
496:Adolph von Carlowitz
306:6th Reserve Division
243:5th Reserve Division
1396:XXVII Reserve Corps
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768:. Helion & Co.
741:on 20 December 2012
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