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This Blog was born from a wet day in Germany, looking at one of the many war memorials in that country and further investigation which led me to notice a lack of reference material with regards to the German Army in World War One.

My work on this project has been made easier by the World Wide Web, but with the information tools at my disposal it has been a constant battle to ensure that the correct information has been included.

This Blog is intended for reference, and will hopefully enable those with an interest in the German Army of World War One to look up with confidence the various units and organisations which contributed to the German war machine.

Sunday 2 February 2014

29th Infantry Division

This peacetime army unit was formed in July 1871

 Its home station was in the Grand Duchy of Baden and Upper Alsace, part of the XIV Corps District.

 The 28th and 29th Divisions formed the XIV Army Corps.


57th Infantry Brigade
Transferred to the 212th Infantry Division on 15th September 1916.
113th (5th Baden) Infantry Regiment, formed on 16th February 1861, garrisoned in Freiburg im Briesgau

114th (6th Baden) Infantry Regiment (Kaiser Friedrich III), formed on 26th October 1867, garrisoned in Konstanz

To 212th Division in Sep 1916
58th Infantry Brigade

112th (4th Baden) Infantry Regiment (Prinz Wilhelm), formed on 22nd October 1852, garrisoned in Mulhausen

142nd (7th Baden) Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st February 1890, garrisoned in Mulhausen

84th Infantry Brigade
Transferred to the 52nd Division on 4th March 1915 as the 104th Infantry Brigade.  Transferred to the 228th Infantry Division on 10th April 1917.
169th (8th Baden) Infantry Regiment, formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned in Lahr
To 52nd Division Mar 15
170th (9th Baden) Infantry Regiment, formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned in Offenburg
To 52nd Division Mar 15

The cavalry was the 22nd Dragoon Regiment, Artillery was provided by the 29th Field Artillery Brigade, comprising the 30th and 76th Field Artillery Regiments.  It also included the 1st Company of the 14th Pioneer Battalion.

 It started the war at the battle of Mulhouse, and entered France on 20th August 1914 and took part in the fighting in Lorraine.  By October it was in the Artois area.

It stayed in the Artois area until May 1915, it suffered heavy casualties and was moved to the Champagne area in June.  It remained in that sector until the end of September 1916 when it was transferred to the Somme.

In April 1917 it was moved to the Champagne area of the front and from there it moved to Verdun in July, suffering heavy casualties in the French attacks there.

In April 1918 it took part in the battle of the Lys in May, and again lost heavily.  In August it was on the Aisne, where it remained until the end of the war.

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