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Organization of German Field Armies, 17 August 1914 Organization of German Field Armies 17 August 1914 Army Reserves: 2nd General of Foot Artillery 2nd Foot Artillery Brigade Command 3rd Foot Artillery Brigade Command 4th Foot Artillery Brigade Command 5th Foot Artillery Brigade Command 7th Foot Artillery Brigade Command Reserve Foot Artillery 2/9th Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment 3rd Heavy Coast Mortar Battery (305mm) 4th Heavy Coast Mortar Battery (305mm) Short Coast Gun Battery (420mm) Other Experimental Pioneer Company Heavy Mortars 7 Zeppelins 3 Telegraph Battalions Survey Battalion 11 Hospital Platoons 7 Support Hospital Platoons 1st Senior Cavalry Command (supporting 3rd Army) Guard Cavalry Division:1 1st Guard Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/Gardes du Corps Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/Guard Cuirassier Regiment 2nd Guard Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/1st Guard Uhlan Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/3rd Guard Uhlan Regiment 3rd Guard Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/1st Guard Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/2nd Guard Dragoon Regiment Artillery Horse Battalion, 1st Guard Field Artillery Regiment (3 Btrys,4-77mm guns ea) Other: 1st Guard Machine Gun Battalion Signals Battalion Pioneer Battalion 2nd Heavy Radio Station 1st & 2nd Light Radio Station 10th Cavalry Column 5th Cavalry Division: 1 Cron indicates that the Guard and 5th Cavarly Divisions had the 11th, 12th, and 13th Jäger Battalions divided between them on 17 August 1914, but provides no indication as to their assignment. Those shown are as indicated in Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions. 1 9th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/4th Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/10th Uhlan Regiment 10th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/1st (Leib) Cuirassier Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/8th Dragoon Regiment 12th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/4th Hussar Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/6th Hussar Regiment Other: 1st Machine Gun Battalion Guard Schützen Battalion Infantry Company Bicycle Company Machine Gun Section Artillery Horse Artillery Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment (3 Btrys,4-77mm guns ea) Divisional Troops Signals Battalion Pioneer Battalion 3rd Heavy Radio Station 3rd & 4th Light Radio Station 5th Cavalry Column 2nd Senior Cavalry Command: (supporting 1st & 2nd Armies) 2nd Cavalry Division2 5th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/2nd Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/3rd Uhlan Regiment 8th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/7th Cuirassier Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/12th Hussar Regiment Leibhussar Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/1st Leib Hussar Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/2nd Leib Hussar Regiment Guard Jäger Battalion Other: 4th Machinegun Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion, 35th Field Artillery Regiment Pioneer Battalion Signals Battalion unknown Heavy Radio Station 5th & 6th Light Radio Station 2nd Cavalry Column 4th Cavalry Division 3rd Cavalry Brigade: 2 Cron indicates that the 2nd, 4th and 9th Cavarly Divisions had the 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th and 10th Jäger Battalions divided between them on 17 August 1914, but provides no indication as to their assignment. Those shown are as indicated in Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions. 1/,2/,3/,4/2nd Cuirassier Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/9th Uhlan Regiment 17th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/17th Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/18th Dragoon Regiment 18th Cavalry Brigade 1/,2/,3/,4/15th Hussar Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/16th Hussar Regiment 7th Jäger Battalion Other: 2nd Guard Machine Gun Battalion 3rd Horse Artillery Regiment Pioneer Battalion Signals Detachment 18th & 19th Heavy Radio Station 5th & 6th Light Radio Station 10th Cavalry Column 9th Cavalry Division 13th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/4th Cuirassier Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/8th Hussar Regiment 14th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/11th Hussar Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/5th Uhlan Regiment 19th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/19th Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/13th Uhlan Regiment Other: 7th Machinegun Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment Pioneer Battalion Signals Battalion 21st Heavy Radio Station 8th & 17th Light Radio Station 9th Cavalry Column 3rd Senior Cavalry Command: (supporting 6th Army) 7th Cavalry Division: 26th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/25th Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/26th Dragoon Regiment 30th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/15th Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/9th Hussar Regiment 42nd Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/11th Uhlan Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/15th Uhlan Regiment Other: 3rd Machine Gun Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment (3 Btrys,4-77mm guns ea) Signals Battalion Pioneer Battalion 26th Heavy Radio Station 13th & 15th Light Radio Station 7th Cavalry Column 3 8th Cavalry Division 23rd Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/Guard Reiter Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/17th Uhlan Regiment 38th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/2nd Jäger zu Pferd Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/6th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment 40th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/Karabinier Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/21st Uhlan Regiment Other: 8th Machinegun Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion/12th Field Artillery Regiment 8th Machine Gun Battalion Signals Battalion Pioneer Battalion 25th Heavy Radio Station 16th & 20th Light Radio Station 8th Cavalry Column Bavarian Cavalry Division: 1st Bavarian Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/1st Heavy Reiter Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/2nd Heavy Reiter Regiment 4th Bavarian Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/1st Uhlan Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/2nd Uhlan Regiment 5th Bavarian Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/1st Chevauleger Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/6th Chevauleger Regiment 1st & 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalions (1 bicycle co & 1 wagon co) Other: Bavarian Machine Gun Battalion 5th Bavarian Horse Artillery Battalion (3 Btrys,4-77mm guns ea) Signals Battalion Pioneer Battalion 3rd & 4th Bavarian Heavy Radio Station 1st & 2nd Bavarian Light Radio Station Bavarian Cavalry Column 4th Senior Cavalry Command (supporting 4th & 5th Armies) 3rd Cavalry Division: 16th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/7th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/8th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment 22nd Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/5th Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/14th Hussar Regiment 25th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/23rd Guard Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/24th Leib Dragoon Regiment 6th Jäger Battalion (1 bicycle co & 1 wagon co) Other: 8th Horse Artillery Regiment 2nd Machinegun Battalion Pioneer Battalion Signals Battalion 11th Heavy Radio Station 18th & 19th Light Radio Station 3rd Cavalry Column 6th Cavalry Division: 28th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/20th Leib Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/21st Dragoon Regiment 33rd Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/9th Dragoon Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/13th Dragoon Regiment 45th Cavalry Brigade: 1/,2/,3/,4/13th Hussar Regiment 1/,2/,3/,4/13th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment 5th Jäger Battalion (1 bicycle co & 1 wagon co) Other: 6th Machine Gun Battalion Horse Artillery Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment (3 Btrys,4-77mm guns ea) Signals Battalion Pioneer Battalion 4th Heavy Radio Station 9th & 11th Light Radio Station 6th Cavalry Column 1ST ARMY: Lines of Communication Troops: 1st Line of Communication Inspection 1st Commander of Wagon Troops 18 Line of Communication Wagon Columns 1st Line of Communication Wagon Column 1st Line of Communication Aviation Park 8 Line of Communication Munition Columns 12 Line of Communication Fp. Columns 4 Mag. Vehicle Parks supported by 15 Line of Communications Train Squadrons Line of Communication Telephone Depot Army Troops: 1st Army Telegraph Battalion 1st Radio Command 5th Heavy Munition Column 20th Heavy Munition Column 1st Field Zeppelin Battalion 12th Aviation Battalion 1st Staff, Guard Foot Artillery Regiment 1st Gen. of Pioneers 18th Pioneer Regiment Pioneer Bel. Troop 2 Park Companies Supply Troops: 4 Infantry Munition Platoons 6 Field Artillery Munition Platoons 2 Field Munition Platoon Columns 5 3 Field Munition Platoon Platoons 1st Equipment & Explosives Supply Administration 1 Commissary Administration 2 Fuel Administrations II Corps: 3rd Division: 5th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/2nd Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/9th Grenadier Regiment 6th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/34th Fusilier Regiment 1/,2/,3/42nd Infantry Regiment Cavalry: 3rd Dragoon Regiment 3rd Artillery Brigade: 1/,2/2nd Field Artillery Regiment 1/,2/38th Field Artillery Regiment Support Troops 1st Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion 3rd Divisional Bridging Train 3rd Medical Company 4th Division: 7th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/14th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/149th Infantry Regiment 8th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/49th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/140th Infantry Regiment Cavalry: 12th Dragoon Regiment 4th Artillery Brigade: 1/,2/17th Field Artillery Regiment 1/,2/53rd Field Artillery Regiment Support Troops 2nd & 3rd Companies, 2nd Pioneer Battalion 4th Divisional Bridging Train 2nd Medical Company Corps Troops: 1/15th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy field howitzers) 30th Aviation Battalion 2nd Corps Bridging Train 2nd Telephone Battalion 2nd Searchlight Pioneer Platoon I/,II/Munition Column Battalions (4th Infantry & 9th Artillery Munition Columns) I/15th Foot Artillery Munition Battalion (with 8 columns) I/,II/Train Battalion (12 field hospitals, 6 provision columns, 7 Fp. Columns & 2 horse depots) 2 Field Bakery Columns III Army Corps: 5th Division 9th Infantry Brigade 1/,2/,3/8th Leib Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/48th Infantry Regiment 10th Infantry Brigade 1/,2/,3/12th Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/52nd Infantry Regiment Cavalry 1/,2/,3/3rd Hussar Regiment 5th Artillery Brigade 18th Field Artillery Regiment 54th Field Artillery Regiment Support Units 1st Company, 3rd Pioneer Battalion 5th Divisional Bridging Train 1st & 3rd Medical Companies 6th Division: 11th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/20th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/35th Fusilier Regiment 12th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/24th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/64th Infantry Regiment 3rd Jäger Battalion Cavalry: 4/,5/,6/3rd Hussar Regiment
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