XV Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps explained

Unit Name:XV Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps
XV. Königlich Bayerisches Reserve-Korps
Dates:1 September 1914 - post November 1918
Country: /
Type:Corps
Battles:World War I
Identification Symbol:XV Bavarian RK
Identification Symbol Label:Abbreviation

The XV Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps / XV Bavarian RK (German: '''XV. Königlich Bayerisches Reserve-Korps''') was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the German Army, in World War I.

History

The Corps was formed on 1 September 1914 as the temporary Corps Eberhardt, named for its commander General der Infanterie Magnus von Eberhardt, military governor of Strasbourg, then in the German Imperial territory of Alsace-Lorraine.[1] On 1 December 1914, it was established as XV Reserve Corps and, on 1 September 1916, it was renamed as XV Bavarian Reserve Corps. It was still in existence at the end of the war in Armee-Abteilung A, Heeresgruppe Herzog Albrecht von Württemberg on the Western Front.

On 15 September 1914, Corps Eberhardt totalled 43 battalions, 6 squadrons, 30 batteries (172 guns) & 9 Pioneer companies. It was organized as follows:

CorpsDivisionBrigadeUnits
ROWSPAN=52 Korps EberhardtROWSPAN=9 ROWSPAN=9 Donon-BrigadeReserve Infantry Regiment 70 (2 Btns)
III. Battalion/ Landwehr Infantry Regiment 120
Ersatz Battalion/ Landwehr Infantry Regiment 99
1st Squadron/ Reserve Hussar Regiment 9
1st Battery/ Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilung 13
One Battery, 9-cm cannons (8 guns)
Landwehr Pioneer Battalion 15 (2 Cos.)
Ersatz Pioneer Co. 15
Landsturm Pioneer Co., XV A.K.
ROWSPAN=17 30th Reserve DivisionROWSPAN=2 10th Bavarian Reserve Infantry BrigadeBavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 11 (2 Btns)
Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 14
ROWSPAN=3 55th Ersatz Brigade[2] 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 82nd & 84th Brigade Ersatz Btns.
Cavalry Ersatz Abteilung Karlsruhe (1/3 sq.)
Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilungen 14 & 76 (each 2 Btys)
ROWSPAN=3 5th Bavarian Ersatz Brigade[3] 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Bavarian Brigade Ersatz Battalions
Cavalry Ersatz Abteilung Landau (1/3 sq.)
2nd & 12th Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilungen (each 2 Btys)
ROWSPAN=2 42nd Landwehr BrigadeII Battalion/ Landwehr Infantry Regiment 80
Landwehr Infantry Regiment 81
ROWSPAN=7 Divisional Units2nd Squadron/ Reserve Hussar Regiment 9
Ersatz Squadron/ Dragoon Regiment 20
Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilungen 15, 31, 51, 80 & 84 (each 2 Btys)
Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilung 4 (3 Btys)
5th Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery Rgt. 10 (heavy field howitzers)
3rd Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery Rgt. 14 (10-cm cannons)
4th & 1st Reserve Cos./ Pioneer Battalion 15
ROWSPAN=17 Bavarian Ersatz DivisionROWSPAN=5 1st Bavarian Ersatz Brigade1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Bavarian Brigade Ersatz Battalions
Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 4 (4 Btns)
Cavalry Ersatz Abteilung Munich (1/3 sq.)
1st & 4th Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilungen (each 2 Btys)
2nd Ersatz Co./ Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 1
ROWSPAN=6 9th Bavarian Ersatz Brigade9th, 10th, 11th & 12th Bavarian Brigade Ersatz Battalions
Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 15
II. Battalion/ Reserve Infantry Regiment 60
Cavalry Ersatz Abteilung Nuremberg (1/3 sq.)
8th & 10th Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilungen (each 2 Btys)
1st Ersatz Co./ Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 3
ROWSPAN=6 Divisional Units3rd Squadron/ Reserve Hussar Regiment 9
Bavarian Cavalry Ersatz Abteilung
Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilungen 1 (2 Btys), 2 & 3 (each 3 Btys)
7th Battery/ Foot Artillery Rgt. 13 (10-cm cannons)
3rd Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery 13 (heavy field howitzers)
2nd Bavarian Ersatz Pioneer Company
ROWSPAN=9 Abteilung FerlingROWSPAN=8 Brigade RekowskiI. & II. Battalions/ Landwehr Infantry Regiment 120
I. & III. Battalions/ Landwehr Infantry Regiment 80
III. Battalion/ Landwehr Infantry Regiment 71
One Landwehr Squadron
2nd Battery/ Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilung 13
2nd Battery/ Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilung 1
4th Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery Rgt 14 (10-cm cannons)
2nd Reserve Co./ Pioneer Battalion 15

On 10 December 1914, XV Reserve Corps was organized as follows:

CorpsDivisionBrigadeUnits
ROWSPAN=28 XV Reserve CorpsROWSPAN=8 30th Reserve DivisionROWSPAN=2 10th Bavarian Reserve Infantry BrigadeBavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 11 (2 Btns)
Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 14
ROWSPAN=2 5th Bavarian Ersatz Brigade2nd Bavarian Ersatz Regiment[4]
4th Bavarian Ersatz Regiment[5]
ROWSPAN=4 Divisional Units1st & 2nd Squadrons/ Reserve Hussar Regiment 9
Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilungen 31, 51 & 80
4th Co./ Pioneer Battalion 15 -Attached: 3rd Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery Rgt. 14 (10-cm cannons)
ROWSPAN=11 39th Reserve Division[6] ROWSPAN=2 1st Bavarian Ersatz Brigade1st Bavarian Ersatz Regiment[7]
3rd Bavarian Ersatz Regiment[8]
ROWSPAN=2 9th Bavarian Ersatz Brigade2nd & 9th Bavarian Brigade Ersatz Battalions
Landwehr Infantry Regiment 81
ROWSPAN=7 Divisional Units3rd Squadron/ Reserve Hussar Regiment 9
Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilung 10
2nd Battery/ Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilung 4
1st Battery/ Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilung 8
2nd Ersatz Co./ Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 1
1st Ersatz Co./ Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 3
Attached: 5th Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery Rgt. 10 (heavy field howitzers), 2/3 2nd Battery/ Bavarian Landwehr Foot Artillery Btl 1. (heavy field howitzers), 7th Battery/ Foot Artillery Rgt. 13 (10-cm cannons), 1/2 1st Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery Rgt. 10 (13-cm cannons), 2nd Landwehr Pioneer Co., XIII A.K.
ROWSPAN=9 AttachedROWSPAN=5 52nd Landwehr Brigade[9] Landwehr Infantry Regiment 80
Ersatz Infantry Regiment 29[10]
1st Landwehr Squadron, XIV A.K.
2nd Battery/ Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilung 13
Attached: 2nd Battery/ Landwehr Foot Artillery Btl. 10 (heavy field howitzers), 4th Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery Rgt 14 (10-cm cannons), 1/2 2nd Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery Rgt. 10 (13-cm cannons), 2nd Reserve Co./ Pioneer Btl. 15, Pioneer Co. 14
ROWSPAN=4 84th Landwehr Brigade[11] I. & II. Battalions/ Reserve Infantry Regiment 70
Ersatz Battalion/ Landwehr Infantry Regiment 99
1st Battery/ Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilung 13
Attached: 1/3 2nd Bavarian Landwehr Foot Artillery Btl. 1 (heavy field howitzers), Landsturm Pioneer Co., XV A.K.

Commanders

Korps Eberhardt / XV Reserve Corps / XV Bavarian Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence:[12] [13]

From Rank Name
1 September 1914 Magnus von Eberhardt
16 October 1916 Maximilian von Höhn[14]
8 August 1918 Paul von Kneussl

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/aok/eberhardt.htm The Prussian Machine
  2. Mobilized as an independent brigade
  3. Mobilized as part of the Bavarian Ersatz Division
  4. Composed of the 7th & 8th Bavarian Brigade Ersatz Battalions
  5. Composed of the 5th & 6th Bavarian Brigade Ersatz Battalions
  6. Earlier Division v. Rekowski
  7. Composed of the 1st, 3rd & 4th Bavarian Brigade Ersatz Battalions
  8. Composed of the 10th, 11th & 12th Bavarian Brigade Ersatz Battalions
  9. Earlier Abteilung Ferling
  10. Composed of the 58th, 82nd & 84th Brigade Ersatz Battalions
  11. Earlier Donon-Brigade
  12. Web site: German War History. 22 December 2012.
  13. Web site: Armee-Reserve-Korps . The Prussian Machine . 22 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120411130752/http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/army/corps2.htm . April 11, 2012 .
  14. Promoted to General der Artillerie on the same date.Web site: Maximilian Ritter von Höhn . The Prussian Machine . 22 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729044541/http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/aka/hoehn.htm . July 29, 2014 .