Notes on the German Army in the War

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Excerpt from Notes on the German Army in the War: Translated at the Army War College, From a French Official Document of April, 1917 The Army consisted of 1 guard corps, 21 army corps numbered from 1 to 21 (Twelfth and Nineteenth Saxons, Thirteenth Württembergers, Fourteenth Badens), 3 Bavarian Army corps, total, 25 army corps. All army corps comprised, as a rule, two divisions and the following troops not contained in divisions: One or more foot artillery regiments (of two battalions), one or more four-company pioneer battalions, one train section, (later) a battalion of light infantry and a detachment of machine guns. A division comprised generally two brigades of infantry (each with two regiments of three battalions), one brigade of artillery (two regiments, of two battalions, of three batteries, of six guns), one brigade of cavalry (two regiments). Infantry. It comprised - First. Two hundred and seventeen regiments of 3 battalions, consisting of 11 regiments of the guard (5 regiments grenadiers, 5 regiments foot guards, and 1 regiment of fusiliers), 182 regiments, numbered from 1 to 182, 24 Bavarian regiments, numbered from 1 to 23, and a Lieb regiment. Second. Eighteen battalions of chasseurs, of 4 companies, plus a company of machine guns and a cyclist company, (14 battalions numbered from 1 to 14, 2 battalions of guards, 2 Bavarian battalions). Third. Companies of machine guns (one to a regiment or battalion of chasseurs). Fourth. Eleven detachments of machine guns (for cavalry divisions). Fifth. Sixteen fortress machine-gun detachments. Cavalry. It comprised 110 regiments, divided into - First. Fourteen regiments of heavy cavalry: One of guard corps, 9 of cuirassiers (from 1 to 8 plus 1 regiment of the guard), 2 of heavy Saxon cavalry, 2 of heavy Bavarian cavalry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.