54:
42:
179:, where it engaged in mountain warfare. The division remained in combat in various parts of Romania until December 1916, and then engaged in positional warfare in Transylvania until July 1917, when it went back on the offensive. In October 1917, the division returned to the Western Front, fighting in Flanders. It fought in the trenches and saw action in the Battle of Armentières in April 1918, part of the
143:. The division was formed at the end of December 1914 and organized over the next month, arriving in the line in late January 1915. It was part of the second large wave of new divisions formed at the outset of World War I. The division was disbanded in 1919, during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited in the
257:
in
October 1916, losing the 15th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade headquarters and the 18th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. Over the course of the war, other changes took place, including the formation of artillery and signals commands. The order of battle on 28 June 1918, was as follows:
365:
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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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
903:
183:(also known as the Lys Offensive and the Fourth Battle of Ypres). It continued fighting along the Western Front until the end of the war. Allied intelligence rated the division as first class.
898:
171:
and in the 1915 Battle of
Lemberg. It was sent back to the Western Front in July, again fighting in Alsace, where it remained until July 1916. From 19 July to 22 August, it fought in the
893:
840:
422:
866:
871:
908:
621:
640:
616:
585:
719:
714:
673:
668:
663:
191:
The 8th
Bavarian Reserve Division, unlike the other divisions of its wave and like earlier German divisions, was initially organized as a
835:
632:
415:
572:
655:
608:
819:
176:
109:
850:
696:
691:
595:
408:
645:
580:
562:
557:
164:
163:, seeing its first action in the trenches in Alsace, where it remained until May 1915. It was then transferred to the
160:
136:
97:
814:
809:
532:
527:
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517:
512:
507:
502:
400:
706:
683:
549:
497:
492:
487:
482:
477:
472:
467:
462:
457:
180:
113:
101:
779:
769:
435:
254:
172:
105:
804:
774:
144:
47:
764:
759:
754:
749:
148:
799:
192:
887:
353:
303:
133:
59:
439:
168:
140:
93:
431:
195:. The order of battle of the division on 31 December 1914 was as follows:
845:
304:
8. Bayerische
Reserve-Division (Chronik 1914/1918) - Der erste Weltkrieg
404:
233:
3. Batterie/Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 6
159:
The 8th
Bavarian Reserve Division initially fought on the
317:
Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im
Weltkriege 1914-1918
904:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1919
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792:
736:
705:
682:
654:
631:
607:
571:
548:
541:
446:
89:
81:
73:
65:
35:
27:
18:
354:8. Bayerische Reserve-Division (Chronik 1914-1918)
899:Military units and formations established in 1914
282:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 9
230:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 9
227:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 8
293:Kgl. Bayer. Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 408
219:Kgl. Bayerische Reserve-Radfahrer-Kompanie Nr. 8
324:Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1825-1939.
349:
347:
276:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Kavallerie-Abteilung Nr. 8
271:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 23
268:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 22
265:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 19
224:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Kavallerie-Abteilung Nr. 8
216:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 23
213:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 22
205:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 19
202:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 18
416:
8:
236:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 2
175:. In October 1916, the division entered the
894:Reserve divisions of Bavaria in World War I
841:Army order of battle, Western Front (1918)
742:
545:
450:
423:
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401:
285:Kgl. Bayer. Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 19
242:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 9
239:Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 8
167:, fighting in the breakthrough battle at
343:
326:(Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1
262:16. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
210:16. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
15:
199:15.Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
7:
290:Kgl. Bayer. Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 20
279:Kgl. Bayer. Artillerie-Kommandeur 8
147:and was considered to be skilled in
14:
600:parts of Guards Cavalry Division
52:
40:
820:High Command of Coastal Defence
379:Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee
310:Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee
249:Order of battle on 28 June 1918
19:8th Bavarian Reserve Division (
909:1914 establishments in Germany
130:8. Bayerische Reserve-Division
21:8. Bayerische Reserve-Division
1:
591:8th Bavarian Reserve Division
126:8th Bavarian Reserve Division
187:Order of battle on formation
836:Army order of battle (1914)
925:
861:
745:
453:
102:Battle of Lemberg (1915)
98:Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive
622:Guards Cavalry Division
641:51st Reserve Division
617:80th Reserve Division
586:50th Reserve Division
377:Hermann Cron et al.,
308:Hermann Cron et al.,
851:Army Group Mackensen
720:6th Reserve Division
715:5th Reserve Division
674:9th Cavalry Division
669:4th Cavalry Division
664:2nd Cavalry Division
436:Imperial German Army
368:(1920), pp. 162-165.
132:) was a unit of the
173:Battle of the Somme
106:Battle of the Somme
633:XXIV Reserve Corps
145:Kingdom of Bavaria
48:Kingdom of Bavaria
881:
880:
867:List of Divisions
788:
787:
732:
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728:
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573:VII Reserve Corps
253:The division was
181:Battle of the Lys
177:Romanian Campaign
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118:
114:Battle of the Lys
110:Romanian Campaign
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750:A (Falkenhausen)
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656:II Cavalry Corps
609:VI Reserve Corps
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434:commands of the
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155:Combat chronicle
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872:List of Corps
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390:Cron et al.,
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165:Eastern Front
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161:Western Front
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60:German Empire
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793:Named Armies
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646:7th Division
590:
581:1st Division
563:4th Division
558:3rd Division
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765:D (Scholtz)
760:C (Strantz)
440:World War I
392:Ruhmeshalle
141:World War I
94:World War I
90:Engagements
888:Categories
775:Lauenstein
432:Army level
298:References
755:B (Gaede)
31:1914-1919
846:Ober Ost
707:IX Corps
684:IX Corps
550:II Corps
169:Lubaczów
77:Infantry
829:Related
780:Woyrsch
36:Country
805:Niemen
770:Gronau
333:(1920)
66:Branch
57:
45:
28:Active
815:South
810:North
338:Notes
533:19th
528:18th
523:17th
518:14th
513:12th
508:11th
503:10th
366:1919
331:1919
137:Army
124:The
82:Size
74:Type
69:Army
800:Bug
542:1st
498:9th
493:8th
488:7th
483:6th
478:5th
473:4th
468:3rd
463:2nd
458:1st
438:in
139:in
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