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XXXXI Reserve Corps (German Empire)

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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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XXXXI Reserve Corps was formed in December 1914. It was part of the second wave of new Corps formed in the early stages of World War I consisting of XXXVIII - XXXXI Reserve Corps of 75th - 82nd Reserve Divisions (plus
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In summary, XXXXI Reserve Corps mobilised with 18 infantry battalions, 2 cavalry detachments, 24 field artillery batteries (96 guns), 2 cyclist companies and 2
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In German military nomenclature, "40" was rendered as "XXXX" in Roman numerals rather than the more conventional "XL".
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the corps consisted of 18 battalions, 4 squadrons, 43 machine guns and 108 guns. The corps was organized as follows:
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On formation in December 1914, XXXXI Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions. but was weaker than an Active Corps
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divisions with three infantry regiments rather than four, but had a brigade of two field artillery regiments
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The German Forces in the Field; 7th Revision, 11th November 1918; Compiled by the General Staff, War Office
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Reserve Cavalry Detachments were much smaller than the Reserve Cavalry Regiments formed on mobilisation
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Reserve Infantry Regiments consisted of three battalions but lacked a machine gun company
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70th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (3 cannon & 3 light field howitzer batteries)
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69th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (3 cannon & 3 light field howitzer batteries)
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68th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (3 cannon & 3 light field howitzer batteries)
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67th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (3 cannon & 3 light field howitzer batteries)
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Formationsgeschichte der Deutschen Infanterie im Ersten Weltkrieg (1914 bis 1918)
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2nd Battalion, 3rd Foot Artillery Regiment (3 batteries heavy field howitzers)
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3rd Battalion, 1st Foot Artillery Regiment (2 btrys, 4 – 21-cm mortars each)
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Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle
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XXXXI Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence:
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82nd Reserve Pioneer Company & 1st Company, 18th Pioneer Regiment
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7th Battery, Bavarian 1st Reserve Foot Artillery (4 – 10-cm cannons)
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1 - 15-cm Austro-Hungarian howitzer battery (4 guns)
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German Empire
Corps
World War I
‹See Tfd›
German
corps
German
Army
World War I
8th Bavarian Reserve Division
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square
abteilungen
pioneer
81st Reserve Division
82nd Reserve Division
Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive
81st Reserve Division
82nd Reserve Division
General der Infanterie
Hermann von François
Generalleutnant
Arnold von Winckler
General der Artillerie
Hans von Gronau
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Cron 2002
Cron 2002
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