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GERMAN ORDER of BATTLE  -  August 1914

 

Supreme Command
 (Oberste Heeresleitung - OHL)
Chief of Staff  -  Generaloberst Helmuth von Moltke
    Deputy Chief  -  General Hermann von Stein
    Chief of Operations Bureau  -  Oberstleutnant Gerhard Tappen
    Chief of Intelligence  -  Oberstleutnant Richard Hentsch





FIRST  ARMY

Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck
Chief of Staff - Generalmajor Hermann von Kuhl
* troop strength:  320,000
II. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Alexander von Linsingen 
Chief of Staff - Oberst Hans Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold
3rd Division GenLt. Kurt Eduard von Trossel
4th Division GenLt. Guenther von Pannewitz
III. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Ewald von Lochow
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Hans von Seeckt
5th Division GenLt. Georg Wichura
6th Division GenMaj. Herhudt von Rohden
IV. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Friedrich Sixt von Armin
Chief of Staff - Generalmajor Leo von Stocken
7th Division GenLt. Johannes Riedel
8th Division GenLt. Georg Karl August Hildebrandt
IX. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Ferdinand von Quast
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Hans von Sydow
17th Division GenLt. Arnold von Bauer
18th Division GenLt. Max von Kluge
III. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Hans von Beseler 
Chief of Staff - Oberst Paul Meister
5th Res. Division GenLt. Richard Voigt
6th Res. Division GenLt. Emil von Schickfuss und Neudorf
IV. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Hans von Gronau
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Friedrich von der Heyde
7th Res. Division GenLt. Bogislav Graf von Schwerin
8th Res. Division GenLt. Otto Riemann
IX. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Max von Boehn  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Paulus von Stolzmann
17th Res. Division GenLt. Gustav Wagener
18th Res. Division GenLt. Karl-Wilhelm Gronen
   * 10th, 11th and 27th Landwehr Brigades
 *  1 Pionier Regiment

 

SECOND  ARMY

Generaloberst Karl von Bülow
Chief of Staff - Generalleutnant Otto von Lauenstein
* troop strength:  260,000
VII. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Karl von Einem  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Hans von Wolff
13th Division GenLt. Kurt von dem Borne    
14th Division GenMaj. Paul Fleck
X. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Otto von Emmich  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Gustav Freiherr von der Wenge Graf von Lambsdorff
19th Division GenLt. Max Hofmann     
20th Division GenLt. Alwin Schmundt
Guard Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Karl von Plettenberg  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg
1st Guard Division GenLt. Oskar von Hutier            
2nd Guard DivisioN GenLt. Arnold von  Winckler
VII. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Hans von Zwehl  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Hans Hesse
13th Res. Division Gen.d.Kav. Alfred von Kühne                
14th Res. Division GenLt. Wolfgang von Unger
X. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Guenther Graf von Kirchbach  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Gottfried Marquard
2nd Res.Guard Division GenLt. Richard Freiherr von Süsskind
19th Res.Guard Division GenLt. Max von Bahrfeldt
Guard Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Art. Max 'Hans' von Gallwitz  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Paul von Bartenwerffer
3rd Guard Division GenLt. Henning von Bonin                       
1st Res.Guard Division  GenMaj. Viktor Albrecht
   * 25th and 29th Landwehr Brigades
 * 4 Mortar Battalions
 * 1 10-cm Gun Battalion
 * 2 Heavy Coast Mortar Battalions
 * 4th and 9th Foot Artillery Regiments (210mm)
 * 2 Pionier Regiments

 

THIRD  ARMY

Generaloberst Max Klemens von Hausen
Chief of Staff - Generalmajor Ernst von Hoeppner
* troop strength:  180,000
XI. Corps
GenLt. Otto von Plüskow  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Traugott von Sauberzweig
22nd Division GenMaj. Karl Dieffenbach   
38th Division GenLt. Ernst Wagner
XII. (1st Saxon ) Corps  
Gen.d.Inf. Karl Ludwig d'Elsa  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Hans von Eulitz
23rd Division GenLt. Karl Freiherr von Lindemann
32nd Division GenLt. Horst Edler von der Planitz
XIX. (2nd Saxon) Corps
Gen.d.Kav. Maximilian von Laffert  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Georg Frotscher
24th Division GenLt. Hans Krug von Nidda                     
40th Division GenLt. Goetz von Olenhusen
XII. (Saxon) Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Hans von Kirchbach  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Konrad von Koppenfels
23rd Res. Division GenLt. Alexander von Larisch             
24th Res. Division GenLt. Oskar von Ehrenthal
I. Cavalry Corps
GenLt. Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Hasso von Raumer
Guard Cav. Division GenMaj. Adolf von Storch                  
5th Cav. Division GenMaj. Karl von Ilsemann
II. Cavalry Corps
Gen.d.Kav. Georg von der Marwitz  
Chief of Staff - Major Hoffmann von Waldau
2nd Cav. Division GenMaj. Friedrich Freiherr von Krane                
4th Cav. Division GenLt. Otto von Garnier
9th Cav. Division GenMaj. Eberhard Graf von Schmettow
   * 47th Landwehr Brigade
 * 2 Mortar Battalions
 * 1st Foot Artillery Regiment (210mm)
 * 1 Pionier Regiment

 

FOURTH  ARMY

Generaloberst Albrecht von Württemberg
Chief of Staff - GenLt. Walther Freiherr von Lüttwitz
* troop strength:  180,000
VI. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Kurt von Pritzelwitz 
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Friedrich von Derschau
11th Division GenLt. Richard von Webern
12th Division GenLt. Martin Chales de Beaulieu
VIII. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Erich Franz Tülff von Tschepe und Weidenbach
Chief of Staff - Oberst August von Cramon
15th Division GenLt. Julius Riemann              
16th Division GenLt. Georg Fuchs
XVIII. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Heinrich Dedo von Schenk
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Leberecht von Blücher
21st Division GenMaj. Ernst von Oven                 
25th Division GenMaj. Viktor Kühne
VIII. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Nikolaus von und zu Egloffstein
Chief of Staff - Oberst Carl Julius Georg Buchholtz
15th Res. Division GenLt. Eberhard von Kurowski                       
16th Res. Division GenLt. Wilhelm Mootz
XVIII. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Kuno von Steuben 
Chief of Staff - Oberst Fritz von Studnitz
21st Res. Division GenLt. Hermann von Rampacher                     
25th Res. Division GenLt. Alexander Torgany
   * 49th Landwehr Brigade
 * 2 Mortar Battalions
 * 7th Foot Artillery Regiment (210mm)
 *  1 Pionier Regiment

 

FIFTH  ARMY

Generalleutnant Wilhelm Kronprinz von Preußen
Chief of Staff - Generalleutnant Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf
* troop strength:  200,000
V. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Hermann von Strantz  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Hans von Kessel
9th Division GenLt. Eduard von Below
10th Division GenLt. Robert Kosch
XIII. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Max von Fabeck  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Friedrich Karl von Loßberg
26th Division GenLt. Wilhelm Herzog von Urach
27th Division GenLt. Bernhard Graf von Pfeil u. Klein-Ellguth
XVI. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Bruno von Mudra  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Rudolf von Borries
33rd Division GenLt. Franz von Reitzenstein     
34th Division GenLt. Walter von Heinemann
V. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Erich von Gündell  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Ernst von Stockhausen
9th Res.Division GenLt. Hans von Guretzky-Cornitz
10th Res.Division GenLt. Hermann von Wartenberg
VI. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Konrad von Goßler  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Richard von Rath
11th Res.Division GenMaj. Karl Suren  
12th Res.Division GenLt. Hinko Freiherr von Lüttwitz
IV. Cavalry Corps
GenLt. Gustav Freiherr von Hollen  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Otto Freiherr von Brandenstein
3rd Cav.Division GenMaj. Kurt von Unger         
6th Cav.Division  GenLt. Egon Graf von Schmettow
   * 9th, 13th, 33rd and 43rd Bavarian Landwehr Brigades
 * 4 Mortar Battalions
 * 6th and 10th Foot Artillery Regiments (210mm)
 * 2 Pionier Regiment

 

SIXTH  ARMY

Generaloberst Rupprecht Kronprinz von Bayern
Chief of Staff - Generalmajor Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen
* troop strength:  220,000
XXI. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Fritz von Below  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Walter von Haxthausen
31st Division GenLt. Albert von Berrer 
42nd Division GenLt. Anatol Graf von Bredow
I. Bavarian Corps  
Gen.d.Inf. Oskar Ritter von Xylander  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Karl Freiherr von Nagel zu Aichberg
1st Bav. Division GenLt. Albert Ritter von Schoch
2nd Bav. Division GenLt. Ludwig Ritter von Hetzel
II. Bavarian Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Karl Ritter von Martini  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Franz Stängl
3rd Bav. Division GenLt. Otto Ritter von Breitkopf     
4th Bav. Division GenLt. Maximilian Graf von Montgelas
III. Bavarian Corps
Gen.d.Kav. Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Hans Braun
5th Bav. Division GenLt. Gustav Ritter von Schoch
6th Bav. Division GenLt. Maximilian Ritter von Höhn
I. Bavarian Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Karl Ritter von Fasbender  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Otto von Lossow
1st Bav.Res. Division GenLt. Alfred Göringer
5th Bav.Res. Division Gen.d.Inf. Friedrich Freiherr Kress v. Kressenstein
III. Cavalry Corps
Gen.d.Kav. Rudolf Ritter von Frommel 
Chief of Staff - Major Walter von Meiss
7th Cav. Division GenLt. Ernst von Heydebreck 
8th Cav. Division GenMaj. Guenter Graf v.d. Schulenburg-Hehlen
Bavarian Cav. Division GenLt. Otto von Stetten
   * Guard, 4th, 7th and 8th Ersatz Divisions
 * 5th Bavarian Landwehr Brigade
 * 1 Austrian Heavy Artillery Battery (305mm)
 * 1 German Heavy Artillery Battery (420mm)
 * 3rd and 18th Foot Artillery Regiment (210mm)


SEVENTH  ARMY

Generaloberst Josias von Heeringen
Chief of Staff - Generalleutnant Karl Heinrich von Hänisch
* troop strength:  125,000
XIV. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Ernst Freiherr von Hoiningen-Hüne  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Gottfried von Brauchitsch
28th Division GenLt. Kurt von Kehler          
29th Division GenLt. August Isbert
XV. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Bertold von Deimling  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Wild
30th Division GenLt. Johannes von Eben
39th Division GenLt. Theodor Freiherr von Watter
XIV. Reserve Corps
Gen.d.Art. Richard von Schubert  
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorf
26th Res. Division GenLt. Franz Freiherr von Soden
28th Res. Division GenLt. Kurt von Pavel
   * 30th Fortress Reserve Division (Strasbourg)
 * 33rd Fortress Reserve Division (Metz)
 * Guard and Bavarian Ersatz Divisions
 * 4th, 8th, 10th, and 19th Ersatz Divisions
 * 55th Ersatz Brigade
 * Guard Landwehr Brigade - 109th, 112th, 114th and 142nd Regiments

 

EIGHTH  ARMY

Generaloberst Max von Prittwitz und Gaffron
Chief of Staff - Generalmajor Georg Graf von Waldersee
* troop strength:  225,000
I. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Hermann von Francois  
Chief of Staff - Oberst Walther Freiherr Schmidt von Schmidtseck
1st Division GenLt. Richard von Conta       
2nd Division GenLt. Adalbert von Falk
XVII. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. August von Mackensen
Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Karl von Dunker
35th Division GenLt. Otto Hennig
36th Division GenLt. Karl von Heineccius
XX. Corps
Gen.d.Inf. Friedrich von Scholtz
Chief of Staff - Oberst Emil Hell
37th Division GenLt. Hermann von Staabs
41st Division GenMaj. Leo Sontag
I. Reserve Corps
GenLt. Otto von Below
Chief of Staff - Oberst Egbert von Griesheim
1st Res.Division GenLt. Gustav von Förster
36th Res.Division GenMaj. Curt Kruge
   * 1st, 2nd, 6th, 9th and 10th Landwehr Brigades


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