Austrian Field Army in the Balkans, August-September 1914

Austrian Field Army In the Balkans August-September 1914

Army Commander: General der Infanterie Erzherzog Friedrich Chief of Staff: General der Infanterie von Hötzendorf

Army Troops: 1 Bridge Battalion (3 cos) 3 River Mine Sections 28 Railroad Companies 15 Avaition Companies

Balken Forces: Commanding Officer: Feldzeugmeister O. Potiorek Chief of Staff: Generalmajor E.Bölitz

5th Army: General der Infanterie L. Ritter von Frank VII Corps: General der Kavallerie Freiherr G. von Gieslingen 9th Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutenant von Scheuchenstuel 17th Brigade: Generalmajor Daniel 91st Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 102nd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 18th Brigade: Generalmajor Mayrhofer von Grünbühel 23rd Infantry Regiment (4 bns) 73rd Infantry Regiment (3 bns & Machinegun Bn) 2/28th Infnatry Division Division Cavalry: 2/,5/14th Dragoon Regiment 9th Field Artillery Brigade: Generalmajor Laube 24th Field Artillery Regiment (5 btrys) 8th Field Howitzer Regiment (2 btrys) 21st Schützen Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Przyborski 41st Schützen Brigade: Generalmajor Panesch 6th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 7th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 42nd Schützen Brigade: Generalmajor Podhajsky 8th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 28th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Division Cavalry: 1/,3/14th Dragoon Regiment 21st Field Artillery Brigade: Oberst Hinke 23rd Field Artillery Regiment (5 btrys) 21st Field Artillery Division (2 btrys) 21st Field Howitzer Regiment (2 btrys)

1 Attached: Res/14th Dragoon Regiment 8th Heavy Howitzer Division (2 btrys) 4/,6/8th Sapper Battalion 5/8th Pioneer Battalion XIII Corps: General der Infanterie Freiherr von Rehmen zu Barensfeld 36th Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Czibulka 71st Brigade: Generalmajor Salis-Seewis 37th Infantry Regiment (1 bn) 79th Infantry Regiment (4 bns) 72nd Brigade: Generalmajor Hauenstein von Haustenau 16th Infantry Regiment (4 bns) 53rd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 4/96th Infantry Regiment Division Cavalry: 1/,2/10th Hussar Regiment 36th Field Artillery Brigade: Generalmajor Hess 39th Field Artillery Regiment (5 btrys) 2nd Division/13th Field Howitzer Regiment (2 btrys) 42nd Honved (Hungarian Landwehr) Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant von Sarkotic 83rd Brigade: Generalmajor Istvanovic von Ivanska 25th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 26th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 84th Brigade: GeneralmajorKolak 27th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 28th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Division Cavalry: 3/,4/10th Hussar Regiment 42nd Field Artillery Brigade: Generalmajor 37th Field Artillery Regiment (4 btrys) 6th Honved Field Artillery Regiment (4 btrys) Attached: 13th Infantry Brigade: Generalmajor Stracker 52nd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 78th Infantry Regiment (4 bns) 5/,6/10th Hussar Regiment Regiment 5th Artillery Battalion, 13th Mountain Brigade 1st Division/13th Field Howitzer Regiment (2 btrys) Army Support Troops: 11th Mountain Brigade: Generalmajor Lawrowski 1/10th Infantry Regiment 4/20th Infantry Regiment 1/21st Infantry Regiment 2/60th Infantry Regiment 4/77th Infantry Regiment 3/3rd Bosnisch-Herzgowinisch Infantry Regiment 104th Royal Hungarian Landsturm Battalion: Generalmajor

2 Bekic 25th Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 26th Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 27th Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 28th Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Reserve Sqn/10th Hussar Regiment 38th Reserve Artillery Battery 10th Landsturm Hussar Division (early September) 13th March Brigade: Generalmajor Letovsky March Battalion/52nd IR March Battalion/78th IR 26th Machinegun Regiment March Battalion/16th IR March Battalion/37th IR March Battalion/53rd IR March Battalion/79th IR Reserve Sqn/12th Uhlan Regiment Machinegun Formation of the 42nd Honved Division: 11th Honved Machinegun Regiment 25th Honved March Battalion 26th Honved March Battalion 43rd Honved March Battalion 12th Honved Machinegun Regiment 27th Honved March Battalion 28th Honved March Battalion 44th Honved March Battalion Other: 12th Mountain Artillery Regiment (6 btrys) 1/,2/,3/,4/8th Pioneer Battalion 3/9th Pioneer Battalion 6th Army: Feldzeugmeister Potiorek XV Corps: General der Infanterie M.E. von Appel 1st Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant von Kostanjevac 7th Mountain Brigade: Generalmajor Sertic 2/5th Infantry Regiment 4/25th Infantry Regiment 2/34th Infantry Regiment 2/66th Infantry Regiment 3/86th Infantry Regiment 3rd Gebirgjäger Company 1/12th Uhlan Regiment (1 section) 3/,4/10th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btrys) 9th Mountain Brigade: Oberst Hrozny 4/12th Infantry Regiment 3/49th Infantry Regiment 3/74th Infantry Regiment 4/84th Infantry Regiment 4/87th Infantry Regiment 1/12th Uhlan Regiment (1 section) 1/11th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btry) Artillery:

3 1/,2/11th Mountain Field Howitzer Regiment (btrys) 48th Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Ritter Eisler von Eisenhort 10th Mountain Brigade: Generalmajor von Droffa 1/48th Infantry Regiment 1/62nd Infantry Regiment 2/92nd Infantry Regiment 3/1st Bosnisch-Herzegowinisch Infantry Regiment 1st Gebirgjäger Company 1/12th Uhlan Regiment (1 section) 3/,4/6th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btrys) 12th Mountain Brigade: Generalmajor von Maasfeld 1/3rd Infantry Regiment 2/45th Infantry Regiment 2/57th Infantry Regiment 1/93rd Infantry Regiment 2/100th Infantry Regiment 2/1st Bosnisch-Herzegowinisch Infantry Regiment Infantry Regiment 1/5th Uhlan Regiment (1 section) 1/,2/6th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btrys) Artillery: 1/,2/6th Field Howitzer Regiment (btrys) Corps Artillery: 5/37th Field Artillery Regiment (btrys) 3/,4/13th Sapper Battalion 3/4th Pioneer Battalion 4/7th Pioneer Battalion XVI Corps: Feldzeugmeister W. Wurm 18th Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Trollmann 4th Mountain Brigade: Oberst Konopicky 2/52nd Infantry Regiment 3/69th Infantry Regiment 37th Schützen Regiment (3 bns) 1/Mounted Dalmatian Schützen (1 section) 1/13rd Mountain Artillery Regiment (btrys) 5th Mountain Brigade: Oberst Nöhring 1/22nd Infantry Regiment 3/31st Infantry Regiment 23rd Schützen Regiment (3 bns) Machinegun Bn/22nd Infantry Regiment (with one MG detachment) 2/Mounted Dalmatian Schützen (1 section) Dalmatian Mountian Gun Division (2 btrys) 6th Mountain Brigade: Generalmajor Goiginger 1/6th Infantry Regiment 4/37th Infantry Regiment 3/38th Infantry Regiment 4/50th Infantry Regiment 4/81st Infantry Regiment 1/Mounted Dalmatian Schützen (1 section)

4 3/,4/4th Mountian Artilery Regiment 8th Mountain Brigade: Generalmajor Andrian 4/24th Infantry Regiment 3/35th Infantry Regiment 4/53rd Infantry Regiment 4/58th Infantry Regiment 1/12th Uhlan Regiment (1 section) 3/,4/11th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btrys) Artillery: 1/12th Uhlan Regiment (1 section) 1/,2/7th Field Howitzer Regiment (btrys) Attached: 1st Mountian Brigade: Generalmajor Novak von Arienti 1/1st Infantry Regiment 4/4th Infantry Regiment 1/51st Infantry Regiment 1/63rd Infantry Regiment 1/102nd Infantry Regiment 1/5th Uhlan Regiment (1 section) 2/7th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btrys) 2nd Mountian Brigade: Generalmajor Gabriel 3/8th Infantry Regiment 3/64th Infantry Regiment 2/70th Infantry Regiment 3/76th Infantry Regiment 2/101st Infantry Regiment 6th Gebirgsjäger Company 1/Mounted Dalmatian Schützen (1 section) 3/,4/13th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btrys) 13th Mountian Brigade: Oberst Graf Berchtold Freiherr von und zu Ungerschütz, Frätting und Püllütz 22nd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 3/Bosnisch-Herzegowinisch Regiment 1/5th Uhlan Regiment (1 section) 3/,4/7th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btrys) Other: 6/13th Sapper Battalion 4/4th Pioneer Battalion Army Support Troops: 8th Mountain Brigade: Generalmajor Pongracz de Szent-Miklos 2/18th Infantry Regiment 4/30th Infantry Regiment 4/42nd Infantry Regiment 3/46th Infantry Regiment 4/80th Infantry Regiment 5th Gebirgsjäger Company 1/9th Uhlan Regiment (1 section) 1/,2/4th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btrys) 47th Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Novak 14th Mountain Brigade: Oberst Verkljan 4/33rd Infantry Regiment 1/61st Infantry Regiment 2/72nd Infantry Regiment 1/91st Infantry Regiment

5 1/98th Infantry Regiment Artillery: 1/,2/13th Mountain Howitzer Regiment (btrys) 40th Honved Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Braun 79th Brigade: Generalmajor Tabajdi 29th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 30th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 80th Brigade: Oberst Haber 6th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 19th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns with 4 Machinegun sections) Division Cavalry: 5/,6/8th Husar Regiment 40th Field Artillery Brigade: Feldmarschalleutnant Karasz 1st Div/12th Field Artillery Regiment (2 btrys) 1st Honved Field Artillery Regiment (4 btrys) 1/7th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btry) 2/11th Mountain Artillery Regiment (btry) Other 109th Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Brigade Generalmajor Czeisberger 17th Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 29th Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 39th Reserve Artillery Battery Machinegun Formation/40th Honved Division 1st Honved March Regiment 29th March Battalion 30th March Battalion 33rd March Battalion 2nd Honved March Regiment 6th March Battalion 19th March Battalion 34th March Battalion 23rd Austrian Landsturm Regiment (2 bns) 4th Bosnian Reserve Battalion 44th Army March Company 2/Mounted Dalmatian Schüten (2 sections)

2nd Army: General der Kavallerie E. Böhm-Ermolli IV Corps: General der Kavallerie Tersztyanszky von Nadas 31st Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Erzherzog Joseph 61st Brigade: Generalmajor Aurel von Le Beau 32nd Infantry Regiment (4 bns) 69th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 62nd Brigade: Generalmajor Dani von Gyarmata 44th Infantry Regiment (4 bns)

6 3rd Bosnisch-Herzegowinisch Infantry Regiment (2 bns) Division Cavalry: 1/,2/8th Hussar Regiment 31st Field Artillery Brigade: Generalmajor von Felix 10th Field Artillery Regiment (5 btrys) 1st Div/4th Field Howitzer Regiment (2 btrys) 32nd Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Fail-Greissler 63rd Brigade: Generalmajor von Podhoranszky 23rd Infantry Regiment (4 bns) 70th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 64th Brigade: Generalmajor Mallasz 6th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 86th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Division Cavalry: 3/,4/8th Hussar Regiment 32nd Field Artillery Brigade: Oberst Kreycy 11th Field Artillery Regiment (5 btrys) 2nd Div/4th Field Howitzer Regiment (2 btrys) Attached: Reserve/8th Hussar Regiment 4th Heavy Howitzer Division (2 bns) 4/,5/4th Sapper Battalion 5/4th Pioneer Battalion VII Corps: General der Infanterie Meixner von Zweienstamm 17th Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant von Henriquez 33rd Brigade: Generalmajor Barbini 39th Infantry Regiment (4 bns) 101st Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 2/37th Infantry Regiment 34th Brigade: Generalmajor Resch 33rd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 46th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Division Cavalry: 1/,2/7th Hussar Regiment 17th Field Artillery Brigade: Oberst Zagar 19th Field Artillery Regiment (4 btrys) 1st Div/7th Field Howitzer Regiment (2 btrys) 34th Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Krautwald von Annau 67th Brigade: Generalmajor von Lauingen 61st Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 93rd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 68th Brigade: Generalmajor von Rössler 29th Infantry Regiment (4 bns) 43rd Infantry Regiment (4 bns) Division Cavalry: 4/,5/12th Hussar Regiment 34th Field Artillery Brigade: Generalmajor Marx 21st Field Artillery Regiment (4 btrys) 2nd Div/7th Field Howitzer Regiment (2 btrys)

7 Attached: Reserve Sqn/7th Hussar Regiment 7th Heavy Field Howitzer Division (2 btrys) 4/,5/7th Sapper Battalion 5/7th Pioneer Battalion IX Corps: General der Infanterie von Hortstein 29th Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Graf Zedtwitz 57th Brigade: Generalmajor Schön 42bd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 82bd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 58th Brigade: Generalmajor Poleschensky 74th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 94th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Division Cavalry: 3/,4/Mounted Schützen Regiment 28 Field Artillery Brigade: Generalmajor Zanantoni 27th Field Artillery Regiment (5 btrys) 2nd Div/9th Field Howitzer Regiment (2 btrys) Army Support Troops: 23rd Honved Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Daempf 45th Brigade: Generalmajor Seide 2nd Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 5th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 46th Brigade: Feldmarschalleutnant Festl 7th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 8th Honved Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Division Cavalry: 1/,2/4th Honved Hussar Regiment 23rd Field Artillery Brigade: Oberst Unschuld 20th Field Artillery Regiment (3 btrys) 2nd Honved Field Artillery Regiment (3 btrys) Attached: Machinegun Formation/23rd Honved Infantry Division 3rd Honved Machinegun Regiment 2nd March Battalion 5th March Battalion 35th March Battalion 4th Honved Machinegun Regiment 7th March Battalion 8th March Battalion 36th March Battalion 1/2 7th Infantry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant von Lütgendorf 14th Brigade: Oberst Baumgartner 38th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 68th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 21st Feldjäger Battalion 25th Machinegun Regiment

8 Machinegun Bn/38th Infantry Regt. Machinegun Bn/68th Infantry Regt. Machinegun Co/21st Feldjäger Bn Attached: 6/9th Hussar Regiment 7th Field Artillery Brigade: Oberst Soppe 5th Field Artillery Regiment (5 btrys) 1/13th Sapper Battalion 10th Cavalry Division: Feldmarschalleutnant Mayr 4th Cavalry Brigade: Generalmajor Loserth 10th Hussar Regiment (6 sqns) 13th Hussar Regiment (6 sqns) 8th Cavalry Regiment: Oberst von Bauernthal 9th Hussar Regiment (4 sqns) 12th Uhlan Regiment (5 sqns) 4th Horse Artillery Division (3 btrys)(12 guns) Corps Troops: 4th March Brigade: Generalmajor von Radicevic 7th March Brigade: Generalmajor Kermpotich 13th Machinegun Regiment March Battalion/33rd Infantry Regt. March Battalion/39th Infantry Regt. March Battalion/46th Infantry Regt. March Battalion/101st Infantry Regt. 14th Machinegun Regiment March Battalion/29th Infantry Regt. March Battalion/43rd Infantry Regt. March Battalion/61st Infantry Regt. March Battalion/96th Infantry Regt. Reserve Sqn/4th Hussar Regiment 8th March Brigade: Generalmajor Schreitter von Schwarzenfeld 15th Machinegun Regiment March Battalion/35th Infantry Regt. March Battalion/75th Infantry Regt. March Battalion/88th Infantry Regt. Machinegun Company/22nd Feldjäger Bn. 16th Machinegun Regiment March Battalion/11th Infantry Regt. March Battalion/73rd Infantry Regt. March Battalion/91st Infantry Regt. March Battalion/102nd Infantry Regt. Reserve Sqn/7th Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/,9/,10/,11/6th Fortress Artillery Regiment 12/6th Fortress Artillery Regiment 1st & 2nd Co/1st Fortress Artillery Regiment 3/,4/10th Fortress Artillery Battalion 1/,2/4th Pioneer Battalion 1/,2/,3/,4/,5/5th Pioneer Battalion 1/,2/9th Pioneer Battalion 1/,2/,3/15th Bosnisch-Herzegowinisch Pioneer Battalion

9 Rayon Banat: 23rd Feldjäger Battalion 28th Feldjäger Battalion 3/8th Landsturm Infantry Regiment 5/19th Field Artillery Battery 5/21st Field Artillery Battery 107th Royal Hungarian Landwehr Brigade 3rd Landsturm Regiment (3 bns) 4th Landsturm Regiment (3 bns) 12th Landsturm Regiment (3 bns) 32nd Landsturm Regiment (3 bns) Reserve Sqn/3rd Hussar Regimentx 34th Reserve Artillery Battery 1/,3/7th Pioneer Battalion Security Forces: Peterswardein Fortress Garrison 1st Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3) 6th Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3) 1st & 2nd Machinegun Cos/6th Fortraess Artillery Regt. 6th Landsturm Artillery 3rd Landsturm Sapper Battalion 1st Landsturm Hussar Division (beginning of September) Sarajevo Fortress Garrison: 19th Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3) 1/2 3/2nd Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment 1st Field, Reserve & Machinegun Co/2nd Fortress Artillery Battalion 5th Landsturm Artillery Battalion 3/7th Sapper Battalion Mostar Fortress Garrison: 30th Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (2 1/2) 3rd Field, Reserve & Machinegun Co/2nd Fortress Artillery Battalion 2nd Landsturm Artillery Battalion 2/7th Sapper Battalion (1 section) Trebinje Fortress Garrison 9th Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (2) 2nd Field, Reserve & Machinegun Co/2nd Fortress Artillery Battalion 1/2 2/7th Sapper Battalion Bileca Fortress Garrison: 9th Royal Austrian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (2) 4th Field, Reserve & Machinegun Co/2nd Fortress Artillery Battalion 2nd Landsturm artillery Battalion 2/7th Sapper Battalion (1 section) Cattaro Garrison: 37th Royal Austrian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (2) 2nd Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (2) 19th ReserveArtillery Battery 30 Companies (Res & March Cos)/5th Fortress Artillery Regiment 1/7th Sapper Battalion Kalinovk Fortress Garrison:

10 1/2 3/Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment Det Fortress Artillery & Sappers from Sarajevo Grad Fortress Garrison: 3/30th Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (1 co) Det. Fortress Artillery St. Nicolo Fortress: Det/23rd Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment Naval Artillery Detachment Stolac Fortress: 3/30th Royal Hungarian Landsturm Infantry Regiment (1 co) Det Fortress Artillery Pola Garrison: 112th Royal Hungarian Landsturm Brigade: Generalmajor Szentgyörgyi 5th Landsturm Infantry Regiment (3) 26th Landsturm Infantry Regiment (4) Reserve Sqn/4th Dragoon Regiment 6th Reserve Artillery Battery Other: 5th Schützen Regiment 36 Cos (including Reserve & March Cos) 4th Fortress Artillery 3/,4/8th Fortress Artillery Battlaion 1st & 2nd Cos/10th Fortress Artillery Battalion 1/,2/,3,/46th Sapper Battaloin In Triest: 27th Royal Austrian Landsturm Regiment (3 bns) In Fiume: 4/19th Honved Infantry Regiment 4/19th Royal Hungarian Infantry Regiment

Donau Flotilla: 1st Monitor Group Temes (Flagship) Bodrog Patrol Boat "B" Patrol Boat "F" 2nd Monitor Group Szamos Körös Patrol Boat "C" Train Kulpa (hospital ship) Achilles (private ship) Banhans ("remorqueure) Andor (private ship) 2 transports as mine rams 2 Motorboats 2 "Schlepps" 2 "Warenboote" In Pancsova: Patrol Boat "D"

11 Patrol Boat "G" In the Save Monitor "Maros" Monitor "Leitha" Train: Traisen (private steamer as hospital ship) Traun (remorqueur) one "Warenboote"

Glaise-Horstenau, E., Osterreich-Ungarns Letzter Krieg, 1914- 1918, Austrian Militarwissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen, Viennw, 1931.