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German 9Th Army, Battle by Opatow and Radom 4-5 October 1914 German 9th Army Battle by Opatow and Radom 4-5 October 1914 Guard Reserve Corps 1st Guard Reserve Division: 1st Guard Reserve Brigade: 1/,2/,3/1st Guard Reserve Regiment 1/,2/,3/2nd Guard Reserve Regiment 15th Reserve Brigade: 1/,2/,3/64th Reserve Regiment 93rd Reserve Regiment Att1/,2/,3/ached Guard Reserve Sniper Battalion Cavalry: Guard Reserve Dragoon Regiment (3 sqns) Artillery 1/,2/1st Guard Reserve Artillery Regiment 1/,2/3rd Guard Reserve Artillery Regiment 3rd Guard Division: 5th Guard Brigade: 1/,2/,3/5th Foot Guard Regiment 1/,2/,3/5th Grenadier Regiment 6th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/Guard Fusilier Regiment 1/,2/,3/Lehr (Instruction) Regiment Cavalry: Guard Reserve Uhlan Regiment Artillery: 1/,2/5th Guard Field Artillery Regiment 1/,2/6th Guard Field Artillery Regiment XI Army Corps 22nd Division: 43rd Brigade: 1/,2/,3/82nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/83rd Infantry Regiment 44th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/32nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/107th Infantry Regiment Cavalry: 6th Cuirassier Regiment (3 sqns) 22nd Artillery Brigade: 1/,2/11th Field Artillery Regiment 1/,2/47th Field Artillery Regiment 38th Division: 76th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/71st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/95th Infantry Regiment 83rd Brigade: 1/,2/,3/94th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/96th Infantry Regiment Cavalry: 6th Cuirassier Regiment (3 sqns) 38th Artillery Brigade: 1/,2/19th Field Artillery Regiment 1 1/,2/55th Field Artillery Regiment Engineers: 3rd Field Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion No. 11 Corps Troops Foot Artillery Regiment (1 battalion) 4 150mm Batteries (4-150mm guns each) 1 Avaition Battalion 11th Radio Battalion 11th Corps Bridging Train 11th Searchlight Platoon 4 Infantry Munition Columns 6 Field Artillery Munition Columns 3 Light Howitzer Munition Columns 8 Heavy Howitzer Munition Columns 12 Field Hospitals 6 Provision Trains 7 Vehicle Parks 2 Horse Depots 2 Field Bakeries Columns XVII Army Corps 35th Division: 70th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/21st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/61st Infantry Regiment 87th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/141st Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/176th Infantry Regiment Cavalry: 4th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment 35th Artillery Brigade: 1/,2/71st Field Artillery Regiment 1/,2/81st Field Artillery Regiment 36th Division: 69th Brigade: 1/,2/,3/129th Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,3/175th Infantry Regiment 71st Brigade: 1/,2/,3/5th Grenadier Regiment 1/,2/,3/128th Infantry Regiment Cavalry: 5th Hussar Regiment 36th Artillery Brigade: 1/,2/36th Field Artillery Regiment 1/,2/72nd Field Artillery Regiment Corps Troops Foot Artillery Regiment (1 battalion) 4 150mm Batteries (4-150mm guns each) 1 Avaition Battalion 17th Radio Battalion 17th Corps Bridging Train 17th Searchlight Platoon 4 Infantry Munition Columns 6 Field Artillery Munition Columns 3 Light Howitzer Munition Columns 8 Heavy Howitzer Munition Columns 2 12 Field Hospitals 6 Provision Trains 7 Vehicle Parks 2 Horse Depots 2 Field Bakeries Columns Landwehr Corps: General der Infantry von Woyrsch 3rd Landwehr Division: Generalleutnant Freiherr von König 18th Landwehr Brigade: Generalleutnant von Grumbkow 1/,2/,3/6th Landwehr Regiment 1/,2/,3/7th Landwehr Regiment 19th Landwehr Brigade: Generalmajor Neven du Mont 1/,2/,3/37th Landwehr Regiment 1/,2/,3/46th Landwehr Regiment 17th Ersatz Brigade: Generalleutnant Reiss von Scheurnschloss Ersatz Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment Ersatz Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment Ersatz Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment Ersatz Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment Ersatz Battalion, 77th Infantry Regiment Cavalry: 1st Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (3 landwehr sqns & 1 ersatz sqn) Artillery: 3rd Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment Ersatz Battalion, 20th Artillery Regiment (2 btrys) Ersatz Battalion, 41st Artillery Regiment (2 btrys) 2 Landsturm Batteries 4th Landwehr Division: Generalleutnant von Wegerer 22nd Landwehr Brigade: Generalmajor Sachs 1/,2/,3/11th Landwehr Regiment 1/,2/,3/51st Landwehr Regiment 23rd Landwehr Brigade: Oberst von Mutius 1/,2/,3/22nd Landwehr Regiment 1/,2/,3/23rd Landwehr Regiment 21st Mixed Ersatz Brigade: Generalleutnant von Busfe Ersatz Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment Ersatz Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment Ersatz Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment Ersatz Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment Ersatz Battalion, 78th Infantry Regiment Cavalry: Ersatz Cavalry Regiment of the 4th Landwehr Division (4 sqns) 2nd Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (3 Landwehr Sqns & 1 Ersatz Sqn) Artillery: Ersatz Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment (2 btrys) 3 Ersatz Battalion, 57th Field Artillery Regiment (2 btrys) 2 Landsturm Batteries Corps Foot Artillery none Corps Pioneers (distributed between divisions) 2nd Ersatz Company, 5th Pioneer Battalion 2nd Ersatz Company, 6th Pioneer Battalion Corps Avaition Forces: 1 airplane from the Posen Fortress Reichsarchiv, Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918, Die Befreiung Os- tpreussens, Verlag E.S.Mittler & Sohn, Berlin, 1925 German General Staff, Die Schlachten und Gefechte des Grossen Krieg- es, 1914-1918, Verlag von Hermann Sack, Berlin, 1919. Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918), Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1920. Copyright GFN 1992 4 .
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