This is the German Army order of battle on the outbreak of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
in August 1914.
Commanders and locations of the German Army
The overall commander of the Imperial German Army was Kaiser
Wilhelm II
, house = Hohenzollern
, father = Frederick III, German Emperor
, mother = Victoria, Princess Royal
, religion = Lutheranism (Prussian United)
, signature = Wilhelm II, German Emperor Signature-.svg
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor ...
. The Chief of the
General Staff was Generaloberst
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Graf Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke (; 25 May 1848 – 18 June 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a German general and Chief of the Great German General Staff. He was also the nephew of '' Generalfeldmarschall'' ''Graf'' Helmuth ...
, with General
Hermann von Stein as
Deputy Chief
Chief Deputy is a rank/title used in American/Canadian law enforcement. The position of chief deputy is primarily found within sheriff's offices throughout the United States, and also exists for marshals’ police departments as well as constables ...
. The Departmental chiefs were Oberst
Tappen (Operations Branch), Oberstleutnant Hentsch (Intelligence Branch), Major Nicolai (Secret Service), Oberst von Dommes (Political Section), Generalleutnant Siger (Field munitions), Major Thomsen (Air Service), Oberst
Groner (Field Railways), General
von Lauter(Foot Artillery), General
von Claer was General of Engineers, and General von Schjerning (Medical Services). Generalmajor von Schoeler was Intendant-General (responsible for logistical supplies).
File:Vonmoltke.jpg, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
File:Karte Divisionsstandorte des Deutschen Heers 1914.png, Location of the German divisions 1914
File:Karte Brigadestandorte des Deutschen Heers 1914.png, Location of the German brigades 1914
Homeland corps deployments (1871-1914)
During times of war in Germany, all military forces came under the direct command of the German Emperor, via Article 60 of the Constitution of the German Reich (1871). From 1871 to 1918, the forces of the Emperor included those of the kingdoms of
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...
,
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
,
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
and
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...
, with all other states commanded by, or merged with his Prussian army.
File: Battle of Frontiers - Map.jpg, Battle of the Frontiers - 2 August to 26 August 1914.
File:Deutsche Korpsbereiche 1914.jpg, German corps areas 1914
File:Aufmarsch im Westen 1914.jpg, March in the West
File:Lage im Osten 1914.jpg, Situation in East
File:Aufmarsch 1914.jpg, March Württ. Troops 1914
File:7. Armee August 1914.jpg, 7th German Army in August 1914
File:6. Armee August 1914.jpg, 6th Army August 1914
File:5. Armee August 1914.jpg, 5th Army August 1914
File:XIII. A.K. Longwy 1914.jpg, XIII. AK Longwy 1914
File:XIII. A.K. Maas 1914.jpg, XIII. AK Maas 1914
File:XIII. A.K. Sommaisne 1914.jpg, XIII. AK Argonne 1914
File:26.Kav.Brig 1914.jpg, 26th Kav.Brig 1914
File:26. und 28. Württ. Res.-Div. 1914.jpg, 26th (Württ) and 28th Württ. Res Div. End September 1914
File:Lw.-Regt. 122 Lothringen 1914.jpg, Lw-Regt. 122 Lorraine 1914
File:51. Ers.Brig. 1914.jpg, 51st Ers.Brig 1914
File:26.Inf.Div und 26. Kav.Brig Lille 1914.jpg, 26th Inf Div. and 26th Cavalry Brig. 1914
File:26. Inf.Div. Polen 1914.jpg, 26th Inf.-Div. and FArt-Regt. 13 Poland 1914
File:Württ. Verbände Westfront 1914.jpg, Württ. units at Western Front in late 1914
File:Württ. Verbände Ostfront 1914.jpg, Württ. units at Eastern Front in late 1914
Western Front
Cavalry
Four independent
cavalry corps served on the Western Front. These had the following order of battle:
I Cavalry Corps (preceding 3rd Army)
Commander:
General der Kavallerie Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen
Chief of Staff: Oberst von Raumer
*
Guards Cavalry Division (General Adolf von Storch)
*
5th Cavalry Division (General Karl von Ilsemann)
II Cavalry Corps (preceding 1st and 2nd Armies)
Commander: General der Kavallerie
Georg von der Marwitz
Chief of Staff: Major Hoffmann von Waldau
*
2nd Cavalry Division (General Friedrich FH von Krane)
*
4th Cavalry Division (General
Otto von Garnier)
*
9th Cavalry Division (General Karl Hans von Bülow)
III Cavalry Corps (preceding 6th Army)
Commander: General der Kavallerie
Rudolf Ritter von Frommel
Chief of Staff: Major von Meiß
*
7th Cavalry Division (General Ernst von Heydebreck)
*
8th Cavalry Division (General Günther Graf von der Schulenburg-Hehlen)
*
Bavarian Cavalry Division (Generalleutnant
Otto von Stetten)
IV Cavalry Corps (preceding 4th and 5th Armies)
Commander: General der Kavallerie
Gustav Freiherr von Hollen
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant
Otto von Brandenstein
Otto Freiherr von Brandenstein (21 October 1865 – 8 May 1945) was a German officer. He joined the Prussian Army in 1885 and was promoted to oberstleutnant in 1913. During World War I, Brandenstein served in the Western Front as a staff officer u ...
*
3rd Cavalry Division (General Kurt von Unger)
*
6th Cavalry Division (General Egon Graf von Schmettow)
Each Cavalry Division consisted of 3 Brigades, each of 2 Cavalry Regiments (24 squadrons total), 3 horse artillery batteries (4 guns each) and an MG detachment (6 MGs).
First Army
1st Army First Army may refer to:
China
* New 1st Army, Republic of China
* First Field Army, a Communist Party of China unit in the Chinese Civil War
* 1st Group Army, People's Republic of China
Germany
* 1st Army (German Empire), a World War I field Arm ...
had the following order of battle:
Commander:
Generaloberst
A ("colonel general") was the second-highest general officer rank in the German ''Reichswehr'' and ''Wehrmacht'', the Austro-Hungarian Common Army, the East German National People's Army and in their respective police services. The rank was ...
Alexander von Kluck
Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (20 May 1846 – 19 October 1934) was a German general during World War I.
Early life
Kluck was born in Münster, Westphalia on 20 May 1846.
He was the son of architect Karl von Kluck and his wife Elisabeth ...
Chief of Staff:
Generalmajor Hermann von Kuhl
Oberquartiermaster: Oberst
Walter von Bergmann
HQ:
Grevenbroich,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
Strength: 320,000
II Corps
Commander:
General der Infanterie General of the Infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to:
* General of the Infantry (Austria)
* General of the Infantry (Bulgaria)
* General of the Infantry (Germany) ('), a rank of a general in the German Imp ...
Alexander von Linsingen
Chief of Staff: Oberst Hans von Hammerstein-Gesmold
*
3rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant
Kurt Eduard von Trossel)
*
4th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Günther von Pannewitz)
III Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Ewald von Lochow
Ewald Constantin Ferdinand Friedrich von Lochow (1 April 1855 in Petkus – 11 April 1942 in Berlin-Charlottenburg) was a Prussian officer and later General of Infantry during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite with Oakleaves.
Aw ...
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant
Hans von Seeckt
Johannes "Hans" Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt (22 April 1866 – 27 December 1936) was a German military officer who served as Chief of Staff to August von Mackensen and was a central figure in planning the victories Mackensen achieved for Germany ...
*
5th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Georg Wichura)
*
6th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Richard Herhudt von Rohden)
IV Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin
Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin (27 November 1851 – 30 September 1936) was a German general who participated in the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War. In the latter he participated in many battles on the Western Front, including th ...
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Leo von Stocken
*
7th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Johannes Riedel)
*
8th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Georg Karl August Hildebrandt)
IX Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Ferdinand von Quast
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans Sydow
*
17th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Arnold von Bauer)
*
18th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Max von Kluge)
III Reserve Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Hans von Beseler
Hans Hartwig von Beseler (27 April 1850 – 20 December 1921) was a German colonel general.
Biography
Beseler was born in Greifswald, Pomerania. His father Georg Beseler, was a law professor at the University of Greifswald. He entered the P ...
Chief of Staff: Oberst Paul Meister
*
5th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Richard Voigt)
*
6th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Emil von Schickfus und Neudorf)
IV Reserve Corps
Commander:
General der Artillerie Hans von Gronau
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich von der Heyde
*
7th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Bogislav Graf von Schwerin)
*
22nd Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Otto Riemann)
Other Forces
* 10th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Werner von Lenthe)
* 11th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Oberst Hans von Tippelskirch)
* 27th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Viktor Dallmer)
* ''Pionier'' Regiment
Second Army
2nd Army had the following order of battle:
Commander: Generaloberst
Karl von Bülow
Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant
Otto von Lauenstein
Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German general, politician and military theorist. He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914 ...
HQ:
Monschau
Monschau (; french: Montjoie, ; wa, Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Geography
The town is located in the hills of the North Eifel, within the Ho ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
Strength: 260,000
Guards Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Karl von Plettenberg
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant
Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg
*
1st Guards Infantry Division (Generalleutnant
Oskar von Hutier
Oskar Emil von Hutier (27 August 1857 – 5 December 1934) was a German general during the First World War. He served in the German Army from 1875 to 1919, including war service. During the war, he commanded the army that took Riga, Russian Repub ...
)
**1st Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich Leopold von Kleist)
**2nd Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Hans Karl Schach von Wittenau)
**1st Guards Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich von Buddenbrock)
**Leib-Garde-Husaren-Regiment (Oberst Georg von Brandenstein)
*
2nd Guards Infantry Division (Generalleutnant
Arnold von Winckler
Arnold von Winckler (Neisse, 17 February 1856 – Bad Freienwalde, 24 July 1945) was a Prussian military officer, and a general in World War I.
He was the son of Lieutenant General Ewald Fedor von Winckler (1813–1895) and joined the Prussian a ...
)
**3rd Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Viktor Albrecht)
**4th Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich von Gontard)
**2nd Guards Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Joseph Trimborn)
**2. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment (Oberstleutnant Leopold von Maltzahn)
VII Corps 7th Corps, Seventh Corps, or VII Corps may refer to:
* VII Corps (Grande Armée), a corps of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars
* VII Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I
* VII ...
Commander: General der Kavallerie
Karl von Einem
Karl Wilhelm Georg August von Einem genannt von Rothmaler (1 January 1853 – 7 April 1934) was the commander of the German 3rd Army during the First World War and served as the Prussian Minister of War responsible for much of the German milit ...
Chief of Staff: Oberst
Hans von Wolff
*
13th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Kurt von dem Borne)
*
14th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Paul Fleck)
X Corps 10th Corps, Tenth Corps, or X Corps may refer to:
France
* 10th Army Corps (France)
* X Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
Germany
* X Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army
* ...
Commander: General der Infanterie
Otto von Emmich
Albert Theodor Otto Emmich (since 1913 von Emmich) (4 August 1848 – 22 December 1915) was a Prussian general.
Biography
Emmich was the son of an Oberst (Colonel). He married Elise Pauline Sophie (born 1855), daughter of Karl von Graberg. Born i ...
Chief of Staff: Oberst Gustav von der Wenge Graf von Lambsdorff
*
19th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Max Hofmann)
*
20th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Alwin Schmundt)
Guards Reserve Corps
The Guards Reserve Corps (german: Garde-Reserve-Korps / Garde RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I.
Formation
Guards Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of th ...
Commander: General der Artillerie
Max von Gallwitz
Max Karl Wilhelm von Gallwitz (2 May 1852 – 18 April 1937) was a German general from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia, who served with distinction during World War I on both the Eastern and Western Fronts.
Biography
Gallwitz grew up in a Cathol ...
Chief of Staff: Oberst
Paul von Barttenwerffer
*
3rd Guards Infantry Division
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* Hig ...
(Generalleutnant Henning von Bonin)
**
5th Guards Infantry Brigade
The 5th Guards Infantry Brigade (German: 5. Garde-Infanterie-Brigade) was a unit in the Imperial German Army prior to and during the First World War. At the outbreak of war, it was part of the 3rd Guards Infantry Division of the Guards Reserve Co ...
(Generalmajor Nikolaus von Below)
** 6th Guards Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Friedrich von Friedeburg)
** 3rd Guards Reserve Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Hans Willibald Graf von Schweinitz und Krain Frh von Kauder)
** Guards-Reserve-Ulanen-Regiment (Major Johan Cesar Godefroy-Faerber)
*
1st Guards Reserve Division (Generalmajor Viktor Albrecht)
** 1st Guards Reserve Brigade (Generalmajor Hans Frh von Langermann und Erlenkamp)
*** Garde-Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 1 (Oberstleutnant Max Friedrich von Schlechtendal)
*** Garde-Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 2 (Oberstleutnant Wigand von Cramer)
*** Garde-Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon (Major von Gluszewski)
** 15th Reseve Infantry Brigade (Oberst Hans von Below)
*** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 64 (Oberstleutnant Rudolf von Cramer)
*** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 93 (Oberst von Jena)
** Guards Reserve Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Louis Mertens)
*** Garde-Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment (Oberstleutnant von Bülow)
*** 3. Garde-Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment (Oberstleutnant Goling)
** Garde-Reserve-Dragoner-Regiment (Major von Hofmann)
VII Reserve Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Hans von Zwehl
Johann Hans von Zwehl was a Prussian officer who was involved in Franco-Prussian War and World War I. During the latter he served as commander of the VII Reserve Corps (German Empire), VII Reserve Corps.
Life
Johann Hans von Zwehl was born in ...
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans Hesse
*
13th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant
Alfred von Kühne)
** 25th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Generalleutnant Andreas Wilhelm von Harbou)
*** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 13 (Oberstleutnant Johann Edler und Ritter von Braun)
*** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 56 (Oberstleutnant von Goetze)
** 28th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Karl Johann Neuhauß)
*** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 29 (Oberstleutnant Eben)
*** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 37 (Oberstleutnant von Flottwell)
*** Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 7 (Hauptmann von der Groeben)
** Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 13 (Oberstleutenant Reinecke)
** Reserve-Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5 (Major
Hugo von Kayser)
*
14th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Wolfgang von Unger)
** 28th Infantry Brigade (Oberst Hermann von Ziegesar)
*** Niederrheinisches Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 39 (Oberst Walter von Schönberg)
*** 8. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 159 (Obserst Karl von Kraewel)
** 27th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Generalleutnant Edwin Sunkel)
*** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 16 (Oberstleutnant Siegener)
*** Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 53 (Oberstleutnant Bötterling)
** Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 14 (Major Wendt)
** Reserve-Husaren-Regiment Nr. 8 (Major Heyne)
X Reserve Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Günther Graf von Kirchbach
Chief of Staff: Oberst Gottfried Marquard
*
2nd Guards Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Richard von Süßkind)
*
19th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant
Max von Bahrfeldt
Max Ferdinand Bahrfeldt (), ennobled as von Bahrfeldt in 1913 (6 February 1856, Willmine, District of Templin, Uckermark – 11 April 1936, Halle an der Saale) was a royal Prussian General of the Infantry, a local historian, and a numismatist of ...
)
Other Forces
* 25th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Georg Franz von Glasenapp)
* 29th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Viktor von Rosenberg-Lipinski)
* 4 Mortar Battalions
* 10-cm Gun Battalion
* 2 Heavy Coastal Mortar Batteries
* 2 ''Pionier'' Regiments
Third Army
3rd Army had the following order of battle:
Commander: Generaloberst
Max von Hausen
Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen (December 17, 1846 – March 19, 1922) was a German army commander. He participated in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-German Wars and became ''Generaloberst'' of Saxon troops and War Minister in the Kingd ...
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor
Ernst von Hoeppner
Ernst Wilhelm Arnold von Hoeppner (14 January 1860 – 26 September 1922) was a Prussian cavalry officer who served as the Commanding General of the German Air Service (''Luftstreitkräfte'') during World War I.
Early life and military ...
Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Max Leuthold
Commander of Pioniere: Generalmajor Franz Adams
HQ:
Prüm,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
Strength: 180,000
XI Corps 11 Corps, 11th Corps, Eleventh Corps, or XI Corps may refer to:
* 11th Army Corps (France)
* XI Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* XI Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army
* ...
Commander: General der Infanterie
Otto von Plüskow
Chief of Staff: Oberst
Traugott von Sauberzweig
Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig (October 28, 1863 to April 14, 1920 in Kassel) was a Prussian ''Generalleutnant'' (Lieutenant General) who served on both the Eastern and Western Front in the German Army during World War I. In 1915 he had been Mi ...
*
22nd Infantry Division (Generalmajor Karl Dieffenbach)
** 43rd Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Walter von Hülsen)
** 44th Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Theodor Nordbeck)
** 22nd Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Karl Max Gronau)
*
38th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Ernst Wagner)
** 76th Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Fritz von Versen)
** 83rd Infantry Brigade (Generalmajor Thilo von Hanstein)
** 38 Field Artillery Brigade (Generalmajor Otto Krahmer)
**
6th (Brandenburg) Cuirassiers "Emperor Nicholas I of Russia"
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(Oberst Alexander von Poten)
XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps
The XII (1st Royal Saxon) Army Corps / XII AK (german: XII. (I. Königlich Sächsisches) Armee-Korps) was a Saxon corps level command of the Saxon and German Armies before and during World War I.
The Corps was formed as the Royal Saxon Corps on ...
Commander: General der Infanterie
Karl d'Elsa
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant
Hans von Eulitz
Hans Alfred von Eulitz (13 September 1866 - 28 November 1945) was a Saxon Army officer who served during World War I.
Life
He was born on 13 September 1866 in the Kingdom of Saxony. He entered the military in 1886 as a Second-Lieutenant. In 189 ...
*
23rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Karl von Lindeman)
*
32nd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Horst Edler von der Planitz)
XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps
The XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Army Corps / XIX AK (german: XIX. (II. Königlich Sächsisches) Armee-Korps) was a Kingdom of Saxony, Saxon corps level command of the German Empire, German German Army (German Empire), Army, before and during World War I. ...
Commander: General der Kavallerie
Maximilian von Laffert
Maximilian August Hermann Julius von Laffert (10 May 1855 in Lindau – 20 July 1917 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Saxon officer, later General of Cavalry during World War I. He was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite.
Maximilian von Laffert suffered ...
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Georg Frotscher
*
24th Infantry Division
*
40th Infantry Division
XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps
The XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps (german: XII. (Königlich Sächsisches) Reserve-Korps / XII RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I.
Formation
XII Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as ...
Commander: General der Artillerie
Hans von Kirchbach
Rudolph Bodo Hans von Kirchbach (born 22 June 1849 in Auerbach (Vogtland) – died 23 July 1928 in Dresden) was a Royal Saxon army officer who was a Generaloberst in the First World War and awarded the Pour le Mérite.
Life and military career
He ...
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Konrad von Koppenfels
*
23rd Reserve Division
*
24th Reserve Division
Other Forces
* 47th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalleutnant ch. Carlotto Graf Vitzthum von Eckstaedt)
* Mortar Battalion
* ''Pionier'' Regiment
Fourth Army
4th Army had the following order of battle:
Commander: Generaloberst
Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Albrecht, Duke and Crown Prince of Württemberg (Albrecht Maria Alexander Philipp Joseph; 23 December 1865 – 31 October 1939) was the last Kingdom of Württemberg, Württemberger crown prince, a German military commander of the First World War, a ...
Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant
Walther von Lüttwitz
Walther Karl Friedrich Ernst Emil Freiherr von Lüttwitz (2 February 1859 – 20 September 1942) was a German general who fought in World War I. Lüttwitz is best known for being the driving force behind the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch of 1920 w ...
Oberquartiermaster: Oberst Georg Weidner
HQ:
Trier
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,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
Strength: 180,000
VI Corps 6 Corps, 6th Corps, Sixth Corps, or VI Corps may refer to:
France
* VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars
* VI Corps (Grande Armée), a formation of the Imperial French army du ...
Commander: General der Infanterie
Kurt von Pritzelwitz
Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor.
In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich von Derschau
*
11th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Richard von Webern)
*
12th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant
Martin Chales de Beaulieu
Franz Martin Chales de Beaulieu (11 November 1857 – 27 April 1945) was a German general in World War I. He was also involved in the Herero Wars as chief of staff to Lothar von Trotha.
Life
Franz Martin Chales de Beaulieu was born as son of ...
)
VIII Corps 8th Corps, Eighth Corps, or VIII Corps may refer to:
* VIII Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars
* VIII Army Corps (German Confederation)
* VIII Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Ar ...
Commander:
Generalleutnant
is the Germanic variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries.
Austria
Generalleutnant is the second highest general officer rank in the Austrian Armed Forces (''Bundesheer''), roughly equivalent to the NATO rank of O ...
Erich Tülff von Tschepe und Weidenbach
Chief of Staff: Oberst August von Cramon
*
15th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Julius Riemann)
*
16th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant
Georg Fuchs)
XVIII Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Dedo von Schenck
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Leberecht von Blücher
*
21st Infantry Division (Generalmajor Ernst von Oven)
*
25th Infantry Division (Generalmajor
Viktor Kühne)
VIII Reserve Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Wilhelm Freiherr von Egloffstein
Wilhelm may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm"
* Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
Other uses
* Mount ...
Chief of Staff: Oberst Carl Julius Georg Buchholtz
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15th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Eberhard von Kurowski)
*
16th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Wilhelm Mootz)
XVIII Reserve Corps
Commander: Generalleutnant
Kuno von Steuben
Kuno Arndt von Steuben (Eisenach, 9 April 1855 – Berlin, 14 January 1935) was a Prussian military officer, and a general in the First World War.
Life
He was born in a noble family, of which Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794) is best k ...
Chief of Staff: Oberst Fritz von Studnitz
*
21st Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Hermann von Rampacher)
*
25th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Alexander Torgany)
Other Forces
* 49th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Hans von Blumenthal)
* 2 Mortar Battalions
* ''Pionier'' Regiment
Fifth Army
5th Army had following Order of Battle:
Commander:
Generalmajor Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst; 6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the last '' Kaiser'', the German Emperor, Wilhelm II, and his consort Augusta Victoria of Schl ...
Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant
Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf
Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf (Frankfurt (Oder), 13 December 1860 – Glücksburg, 1 September 1936) was a Prussian military officer, and a general in the First World War.Erich Kassing, ''Schlacht um Verdun – Schmidt von Knobelsdorf, Konsta ...
Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Rogalla von Bieberstein
HQ:
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
Strength: 200,000
V Corps 5th Corps, Fifth Corps, or V Corps may refer to:
France
* 5th Army Corps (France)
* V Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* V Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Ar ...
Commander: General der Infanterie
Hermann von Strantz
Hermann Christian Wilhelm von Strantz (13 February 1853 in Nakel an der Netze – 3 November 1936 in Dessau) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite.
World War I
In 1914, ...
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans von Kessel
*
9th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant
Eduard von Below)
*
10th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant
Robert Kosch
Robert Paul Theodor von Kosch (5 April 1856 in Glatz (Kłodzko), Prussian Silesia – 22 December 1942) was a Prussian General of the Infantry during World War I.
Early life
Robert was the youngest of ten children of Hermann and Agnes Kosch. ...
)
XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps
The XIII (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps / XIII AK (german: XIII. (Königlich Württembergisches) Armee-Korps) was a corps of the Imperial German Army. It was, effectively, also the army of the Kingdom of Württemberg, which had been integrated in ...
Commander: General der Infanterie
Max von Fabeck
Herrmann Gustav Karl Max von Fabeck (6 May 1854 – 16 December 1916) was a Prussian military officer and a German '' General der Infantarie'' during World War I. He commanded the 13th Corps in the 5th Army and took part in the Race to the Sea on ...
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant
Friedrich Karl von Loßberg
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26th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant
Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach (''Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius''; German: '' Fürst Wilhelm von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, 2. Herzog von Urach''; 30 May 1864 – 24 March 1928), was a German prince ...
)
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27th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Franz Graf von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth)
XVI Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Bruno von Mudra
Karl Bruno Julius Mudra, from 1913 von Mudra (1 April 1851, in Bad Muskau – 21 November 1931, in Zippendorf) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves.
Mudra ...
Chief of Staff: Oberst Rudolf von Borries
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33rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Franz von Reitzenstein)
*
34th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Walter von Heinemann)
V Reserve Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Erich von Gündell
Erich Gustav Wilhelm Theodor Gündell, from 1901 named von Gündell, (13 April 1854 in Goslar – 23 December 1924 in Gottingen) was a Prussian officer, most noted as a general of infantry in World War I.
Military career
Erich Gündell began his m ...
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Ernst von Stockhausen
*
9th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant
Hans von Guretzky-Cornitz)
*
10th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Hermann von Wartenberg)
VI Reserve Corps
The VI Reserve Corps (german: VI. Reserve-Korps / VI RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I.
Formation
VI Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of the Army. It ...
Commander: General der Infanterie
Konrad von Goßler
Chief of Staff: Oberst Richard von Rath
*
11th Reserve Division (Generalmajor Karl Suren)
*
12th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Hinko von Lüttwitz)
Other Forces
*
Senior Landwehr Commander 2 (2nd Landwehr Division) (Generalleutnant Adolf Franke)
** 43rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalleutnant Friedrich Wilhelm von der Lippe)
** 45th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalmajor Ludolf von Bosse)
** 53rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalmajor Hermann von Oßwald)
** 9th Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalmajor Bernhard Kießling)
** 13th Mixed Landwehr Brigade (Generalmajor Georg Saenger)
* 4 Mortar Battalions
* 2 ''Pionier'' Regiments
Sixth Army
6th Army had the following Order of Battle:
Commander: Generaloberst
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by (the) Rhine (''Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand''; English: ''Robert Maria Leopold Ferdinand''; 18 May 1869 – 2 August 1955), was the last hei ...
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor
Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen
Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen (24 November 1862 – 21 February 1953) was a Bavarian Army general in World War I. He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Bavarian Army before World War I and commanded the elite Alpenkorps, the Im ...
Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Bernhard von Hartz
HQ:
Saint-Avold
Saint-Avold (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Sänt Avuur'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is situated twenty-eight miles (45 km) east of Metz, France and seventeen miles (27 km) southwest ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
Strength: 220,000
XXI Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Fritz von Below
Fritz Theodor Carl von Below (23 September 1853 – 23 November 1918) was a Prussian general in the German Army during the First World War. He commanded troops during the Battle of the Somme, the Second Battle of the Aisne, and the German spri ...
*
31st Infantry Division
*
42nd Infantry Division
I Bavarian Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Oskar Ritter und Edler v. Xylander
*
1st Bavarian Infantry Division
*
2nd Bavarian Infantry Division
II Bavarian Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Karl Ritter von Martini Karl may refer to:
People
* Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
* Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne
* Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer
* Karl of Austria, last Austria ...
*
3rd Bavarian Infantry Division
*
4th Bavarian Infantry Division
III Bavarian Corps
Commander: General der Kavallerie
Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel
*
5th Bavarian Infantry Division
*
6th Bavarian Infantry Division
I Bavarian Reserve Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Karl Ritter von Fasbender
*
1st Bavarian Reserve Division
*
5th Bavarian Reserve Division
Other Forces
*
Guards Ersatz Division
*
4th Ersatz Division
*
8th Ersatz Division
*
10th Ersatz Division
* 5th Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade
* 3 Mortar Battalions
* Heavy Coastal Mortar Battery
* Heavy Coastal Gun Battery
* 2 ''Pionier'' Regiments
Seventh Army
7th Army had the following Order of Battle:
Commander: Generaloberst
Josias von Heeringen
Josias von Heeringen (9 March 1850 – 9 October 1926) was a German general of the imperial era who served as Prussian Minister of War and saw service in the First World War.
Early life
Heeringen was born in Kassel in the Electorate of Hesse ...
Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant
Karl von Hänisch
Karl Heinrich Eduard von Hänisch (25 April 1861 – 27 March 1921), was a Prussian general who served in World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in h ...
Oberquartiermeister: Generalmajor Ernst von Zieten
XIV Corps 14 Corps, 14th Corps, Fourteenth Corps, or XIV Corps may refer to:
* XIV Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* XIV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World ...
Commander: General der Infanterie
Ernst Freiherr von Hoiningen gen. Huene
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Gottfried von Brauchitsch
*
28th Infantry Division
*
29th Infantry Division
XV Corps 15th Corps, Fifteenth Corps, or XV Corps may refer to:
*XV Corps (British India)
* XV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I
* 15th Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I
*XV Royal Bav ...
Commander: General der Infanterie
Berthold von Deimling
Berthold Karl Adolf von Deimling (21 March 1853, Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden – 3 February 1944) was a general officer of the German Army during World War I.
Deimling entered the army in 1871, following the Franco-Prussian War, and after ...
Chief of Staff: Oberst Wilhelm Wild
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30th Infantry Division
*
39th Infantry Division
XIV Reserve Corps
Commander: General der Artillerie
Richard von Schubert
Adolf Louis Theodor Richard von Schubert (19 April 1850 – 13 May 1933) served as a German Army (German Empire), German army commander during the First World War.
Early life
Richard Schubert participated as a second lieutenant in the Franco-Pru ...
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorff
*
26th Reserve Division
*
28th Reserve Division
Other Forces
*
19th Ersatz Division
*
Bavarian Ersatz Division
The Bavarian Ersatz Division (''Bayerische Ersatz Division'') was a Bavarian division of the Imperial German Army in World War I. It was formed in August 1914 and dissolved on 6 October 1918. It was initially a Bavarian formation but soon receiv ...
* 60th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
* Upper Rhine Fortifications
** 55th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
** 110th Reinforced Landwehr Infantry Regiment
** 1st Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade
** 2nd Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade
Eastern Front
Eighth Army
8th Army had the following order of battle:
Commander: Generaloberst
Maximilian von Prittwitz
Maximilian “Max” Wilhelm Gustav Moritz von Prittwitz und Gaffron (27 November 1848 – 29 March 1917) was an Imperial German general. He fought in the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, and briefly in the First World War.
Fami ...
.
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor
Georg von Waldersee
Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Waldersee was an Imperial German Army general in World War I. He was a nephew of Field Marshal Alfred von Waldersee.
Life
Waldersee was born in the Kingdom of Prussia as the son of Colonel Georg Ernest von Wald ...
Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Paul Grünert
HQ: Marienburg,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
Strength: 225,000
I Corps I Corps, 1st Corps, or First Corps may refer to:
France
* 1st Army Corps (France)
* I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* I Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French A ...
Commander: Generalleutnant
Hermann von François
Hermann Karl Bruno von François (31 January 1856 – 15 May 1933) was a German ''General der Infanterie'' during World War I, and is best known for his key role in several German victories on the Eastern Front in 1914.
Early life and military ...
*
1st Infantry Division
*
2nd Infantry Division
XVII Corps
Commander: General der Kavallerie
August von Mackensen
Anton Ludwig Friedrich August von Mackensen (born Mackensen; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), ennobled as "von Mackensen" in 1899, was a German field marshal. He commanded successfully during World War I of 1914–1918 and became one of t ...
*
35th Infantry Division
*
36th Infantry Division
XX Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Friedrich von Scholtz
Boje Friedrich Nikolaus von Scholtz (born 24 March 1851 in Flensburg – died 30 April 1927 in Ballenstedt) was a German general, who served as commander of 20th Corps and the 8th Army of the German Empire on the Eastern Front in the First World ...
*
37th Infantry Division
*
41st Infantry Division
I Reserve Corps
Commander: Generalleutnant
Otto von Below
Otto Ernst Vinzent Leo von Below (18 January 1857 – 15 March 1944) served as a Prussian general officer in the Imperial German Army during the First World War (1914–1918). He arguably became most notable for his command, along with the Aust ...
*
1st Reserve Division
*
36th Reserve Division
''Landwehr'' Corps
Commander: General der Infanterie
Remus von Woyrsch
Martin Wilhelm Remus von Woyrsch (4 February 1847 – 6 August 1920) was a Prussian field marshal, a member of the Prussian House of Lords from 1908 to 1918, and an ''Ehrenkommendator'' or Honorary Commander of the Order of St. John.
Family ...
*
Senior Landwehr Commander 3 (3rd Landwehr Division)
** 17th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
** 18th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
*
Senior Landwehr Commander 4 (4th Landwehr Division)
** 22nd Landwehr Infantry Brigade
** 23rd Landwehr Infantry Brigade
* 2nd Mixed Landwehr Brigade
* 6th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
* 70th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
Other Forces
*
3rd Reserve Division
*
1st Cavalry Division
Army of the North
IX Reserve Corps is also known as the
Army of the North
The Army of the North ( es, link=no, Ejército del Norte), contemporaneously called Army of Peru, was one of the armies deployed by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in the Spanish American wars of independence. Its objective was fre ...
was held back in Schleswig in case of British landings; moved up in late August as part of
1st Army First Army may refer to:
China
* New 1st Army, Republic of China
* First Field Army, a Communist Party of China unit in the Chinese Civil War
* 1st Group Army, People's Republic of China
Germany
* 1st Army (German Empire), a World War I field Arm ...
.
The North Army had following order of battle:
Commander: General der Infanterie
Max von Boehn
Max Ferdinand Karl von Boehn (16 August 1850 − 18 February 1921) was a German officer involved in the Franco-Prussian War and World War I. He held the rank of ''Generaloberst'' in World War I.
Life
Early life
Max von Boehn was born in Bromber ...
Chief of Staff: Oberst Paulus von Stolzmann
*
17th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Gustav Wagener)
*
18th Reserve Division (General der Infanterie Karl Wilhelm von Gronen)
*
Senior Landwehr Commander 1 (1st Landwehr Division)
** 33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade
** 34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
** 37th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
** 38th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
* North Sea Islands
Central Reserves and Border Fortresses
*
Strassburg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the E ...
**
30th Reserve Division
*** 60th Reserve Infantry Brigade
*** 3rd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade
*** 10th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade
*
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
**
33rd Reserve Division
*** 8th Bavarian Infantry Brigade
*** 66th Reserve Infantry Brigade
*** Reserve Infantry Regiment Metz
*
Thorn
Thorn(s) or The Thorn(s) may refer to:
Botany
* Thorns, spines, and prickles, sharp structures on plants
* ''Crataegus monogyna'', or common hawthorn, a plant species
Comics and literature
* Rose and Thorn, the two personalities of two DC Com ...
**
35th Reserve Division
*** 5th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
*** 20th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
*
Königsberg
Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...
** 9th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
** Ersatz Infantry Brigade Königsberg
*
Posen
** 19th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
*
Graudenz
** Provisional 69th Infantry Brigade
See also
*
German Army order of battle, Western Front (1918)
This is the German Army order of battle on the Western Front at the close of the war.
The overall commander of the Imperial German Army was Kaiser Wilhelm II, but real power resided with The Chief of the General Staff, Generalfeldmarschall Paul ...
*
Belgian Army order of battle (1914)
This is the order of battle for the Belgian Army on the outbreak of war in August 1914, at the start of the German invasion of Belgium.
Background
At the outbreak of World War I, the Belgian Army was in the middle of a reorganisation. From Belgi ...
*
French Army order of battle (1914)
This is the order of battle for the French Army on the outbreak of war in August 1914.
Background
In 1914, the French War strategy was based on the offensive Plan XVII, which aimed to attack in Alsace-Lorraine.
Therefore, the right wing o ...
Notes
Sources
* Appendix 6: Order of battle of the German Armies. In: ''
History of the Great War
The ''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Committee of Imperial Defence'' (abbreviated to ''History of the Great War'' or ''British Official History'') is a series of concerning the war effort of the Britis ...
: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1914'', by
J. E. Edmonds
Brigadier-General Sir James Edward Edmonds (25 December 1861 – 2 August 1956) was an officer of the Royal Engineers in the late-Victorian era British Army who worked in the Intelligence Division, took part in the creation of the forerunner ...
. Macmillan & Co., London, 1922.
* Appendix 1: The Field Army, 17 August 1914. In: ''Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle'', by
Hermann Cron. Helion & Co., 2002.
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