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I Reserve Corps (German Empire)

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59: 35: 527: 668:, p. 86 Active Corps Troops included a battalion of heavy howitzers (Foot Artillery), an Aviation Detachment, a Telephone Detachment, a Corps Pontoon Train, a searchlight section, 2 munition column sections, one Foot Artillery munitions column section and two Train sections 904:
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 formation in August 1914, I Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions, made up of reserve units. In general, Reserve Corps and Reserve Divisions were weaker than their active counterparts
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In summary, I Reserve Corps mobilised with 26 infantry battalions, 11 machine gun companies (66 machine guns), 6 cavalry squadrons, 12 field artillery batteries (72 guns) and 2
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I Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of the Army. It was initially commanded by
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was particularly strong in machine gun formations as the 1st, 3rd and 18th Reserve Infantry Regiments all had two machine gun companies.
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Reserve Infantry Regiments did not always have three battalions nor necessarily contain a machine gun company
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Corps Troops generally consisted of a Telephone Detachment and four sections of munition columns and trains
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Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle
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Reserve Jäger Battalions did not have a machine gun company on formation
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I Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence:
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Reserve Field Artillery Regiments usually consisted of two
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Reserve Cavalry Regiments consisted of just three squadrons
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On mobilisation, I Reserve Corps was assigned to the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
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Unit of the Imperial German Army during World War I
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Index


German Empire
Corps
World War I
Eastern Front
Gumbinnen
Tannenberg
1st Masurian Lakes
‹See Tfd›
German
corps
German
Army
World War I
Generalleutnant
Otto von Below
3rd Army
Western Front
abteilungen
pioneer
1st Reserve Division
36th Reserve Division
XVII Corps District
1st Reserve Division
36th Reserve Division
III Reserve Corps
8th Army
Eastern Front
Schlieffen Plan
Generalleutnant

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