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Order of battle at Tannenberg (1914)

January 30, 2023

This is the order of battle for both the Russian and German armies at the Battle of Tannenberg, August 17 to September 2, 1914.

German infantry on the march, September 1914

Russian Northwestern Front

General Yakov Zhilinsky, Front Commander (not present)

Maj. Gen. Sir Alfred Knox, British Military Attache (attached to 2nd Army)

First Army

General Paul von Rennenkampf, Commander

Lt. Gen. Gavriil Mileant, Chief of Staff

II Corps (transferred from the Second Army, 22 August) – General Sergei Scheidemann

26th Infantry Division

43rd Infantry Division

III Corps – General Nikolai Epanchin

25th Infantry Division

27th Infantry Division

IV Corps – General Eris Khan Sultan Giray Aliyev [ru]

30th Infantry Division

40th Infantry Division

XX Corps – General Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov

28th Infantry Division

29th Infantry Division

Unattached

56th Infantry Division

  • 221st Roslav Infantry Regiment
  • 222nd Krasnan Infantry Regiment
  • 223rd Odoev Infantry Regiment
  • 224th Yukhnov Infantry Regiment
  • 73rd Artillery (Reserve) Brigade

5th Rifle Brigade

1st Guard Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Nikolai Kaznakov [ru]

  • 1st Brigade
    • Chevalier Guard Regiment
    • Guard Cavalry Regiment
  • 2nd Brigade
    • Guard Cuirassier Regiment of the Emperor
    • Guard Cuirassier Regiment of Empress Marie

2nd Guard Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Georgy Ottonovich Rauch

  • 1st Brigade
    • Guard Horse Grenadier Regiment
    • Guard Ulan Regiment of the Empress
  • 2nd Brigade
    • Guard Dragoon Regiment
    • Guard Hussar Regiment of the Emperor

1st Cavalry Division– Lt. Gen. Vasily Gurko

2nd Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski

3rd Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Vladimir Belgard [ru]

1st Independent Cavalry Brigade

  • 19th Dragoons
  • 16th Hussars
  • 3rd Horse Battery

1st Heavy Artillery Brigade

 
Organization of the Imperial Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg[1]

Second Army

General Alexander Samsonov, Commander

Maj. Gen. Postowski, Chief of Staff

I Corps – General Artamanov, relieved on August 28

– Lt. Gen Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich

22nd Infantry Division

24th Infantry Division

VI Corps – General Alexander Blagoveshchensky

4th Infantry Division

16th Infantry Division

XIII Corps – Lt. Gen. Nikolai Klyuev

1st Infantry Division

36th Infantry Division

XV Corps – General Nikolai Martos

6th Infantry Division

8th Infantry Division

XXIII Corps – General Kyprian Kandratovich

3rd Guard Infantry Division

  • 1st Brigade
    • Guard Regiment Lithuania
    • Guard Regiment Kexholm – Colonel Sirelius
  • 2nd Brigade
    • Guard Regiment St. Petersburg
    • Guard Regiment Wolhyna

2nd Infantry Division

Unattached

1st Rifle Brigade

4th Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Anton Tolpygo

6th Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Vladimir Roop

15th Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Pavel Lyubomirov

2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade

German Eighth Army

 
Hindenburg at Tannenberg,
by Hugo Vogel

Colonel General Maximilian von Prittwitz, Commander, replaced on August 23
Colonel General Paul von Hindenburg, Commander

Maj. Gen. Erich Ludendorff, Chief of Staff
Maj. Gen. Paul Grünert, Quartermaster General
Maj. Gen. Otto Kersten, Chief Engineer
Lt. Col. Max Hoffmann, Chief of Operations

I Army Corps – General Hermann von François
Col. Walter Schmidt von Schmidtseck, Chief of Staff

1st Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Richard von Conta

1st Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Friedrich von Trotha
1st Grenadiers – Lt. Col. Eggerss
41st Infantry – Colonel Schönfeld
2nd Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Conrado Paschen
3rd Grenadiers – Colonel von Wedel
43rd Infantry – Colonel von Eisenhart-Rothe
1st Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Kurt Moewes
16th Field Artillery – Colonel Bromeis
52nd Field Artillery – Colonel Hellwig
8th Uhlans – Lt. Col. Freiherr Schäffer von Bernstein

2nd Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Adalbert von Falk

3rd Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Theodor Mengelbier
4th Grenadiers – Colonel Stern
44th Infantry – Colonel von Löper
4th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Bernhard Böß
33rd Fusiliers – Lt. Col. Weicke
45th Infantry – Colonel Maaß
 
German 8th Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26–31 August 1914[2]

XVII Army Corps – General August von Mackensen

35th Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Otto Hennig

70th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Heinrich Schmidt von Knobelsdorff
21st Infantry – Colonel Brunnemann
61st Infantry – Maj. Lüdecke
87th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Johannes von Hahn
141st Infantry – Lt. Col. von Steinkeller
176th Infantry – Maj. Runge
35th Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Leopold Uhden
71st Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Hecht
81st Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Bertog
4th Mounted Rifles – Lt. Col. Freiherr von Lön

36th Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Konstanz von Heineccius

69th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. George von Engelbrechten
129th Infantry – Colonel Breßler
175th Infantry – Lt. Col. Schleenstein
71st Infantry Brigade – Colonel Lutz von Dewitz
5th Grenadiers – Colonel Freiherr von Eichendorff
128th Infantry – Colonel von Tresckow
36th Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Viktor Hahndorff
36th Field Artillery – Maj. Waldeyer
72nd Field Artillery – Colonel von Rabenau
5th Hussars – Colonel Freiherr von Barnekow

XX Army Corps – General Friedrich von Scholtz

37th Infantry Division – Lt. Gen. Hermann von Staabs

73rd Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Carl Wilhelmi
147th Infantry – Colonel Ritzsch
151st Infantry – Colonel Dorsch
1st Jager Battalion – Maj. Weigelt
75th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Alfred von Böckmann
146th Infantry – Colonel von Heydebreck
150th Infantry – Colonel Küster
37th Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Wilhelm Buchholz
73rd Field Artillery – Colonel Forst
82nd Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Plantier
11th Dragoons – Lt. Col. Maaß

41st Infantry Division – Maj. Gen. Leo Sontag

72nd Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Georg Schaer
18th Infantry – Colonel Mecke
59th Infantry – Colonel Sonntag
74th Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Rudolf Reiser
148th Infantry – Colonel von der Osten
152nd Infantry – Colonel Geisler
41st Field Artillery Brigade – Maj. Gen. Wilhelm Johann Neugebauer
35th Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Wilke
79th Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Marcus
10th Dragoons – Lt. Col. von Lewinski

I Reserve Corps – Lt. Gen. Otto von Below

1st Reserve Division – Lt. Gen. Sigismund von Förster

1st Reserve Infantry Brigade – Ma. Gen. Karl Barre
1st Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. von Sommerfeld und Falkenhayn
3rd Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. von Steuber
72nd Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Maximilian Gustav Licht
18th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Freiherr von Lützow
59th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Modrow
1st Reserve Jager Battalion – Cpt. Mellin
1st Reserve Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Schulz

3rd Reserve Division – Lt. Gen. Curt von Morgen

5th Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Emil Hesse
2nd Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Rodig
9th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Wobring
6th Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Erich Krause
34th Reserve Infantry – Colonel Hein
49th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Freiherr von Eberstein
3rd Reserve Field Artillery Maj. Erhardt
5th Reserve Dragoons – Maj. von Götz
1st Reserve Uhlans – Maj. Berner

36th Reserve Division – Maj. Gen. Kurt Kruge

69th Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Otto von Homeyer
21st Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Heyn
61st Reserve Infantry – Colonel Immanuel
2nd Reserve Jager Battalion – Cpt. Brückner
70th Reserve Infantry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Detlev Vett
5th Reserve Infantry – Lt. Col. Graf zu Reventlow
54th Infantry (detached from the 3rd Division at the outbreak of war) – Colonel von Tippelskirch
36th Reserve Field Artillery – Lt. Col. Lannert
1st Reserve Hussars – Maj. von Borcke

Höheres Landwehr Kommando No. 1 / 1st Landwehr Division – Lt. Gen. Georg Freiherr von der Goltz

33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade – Maj. Gen. Viktor von Oertzen
75th Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. von Stwolinski
76th Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. Billig
34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade – Lt. Gen. Ernst von Pressentin
31st Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. von Lilienhoff-Zwowitzki
84th Landwehr Infantry – Colonel Becker
Landwehr Cavalry Regiment – Cpt. von Sydow

1st Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Hermann Brecht

1st Cavalry Brigade – Colonel Wedig von Glasenapp
3rd (East Prussian) Cuirassiers "Count Wrangel" – Lt. Col. von Lewinski
1st (Lithuanian) Dragoons "Prince Albrecht of Prussia" – Lt. Col. Graf von Kanitz
2nd Cavalry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Robert Freiherr von Kapherr
12th (Lithuanian) Uhlans – Colonel von Below
9th Jäger zu Pferde – Lt. Col. von Koppelow
41st Cavalry Brigade – Maj. Gen. Heinrich von Hofmann
5th (West Prussian) Cuirassiers "Duke Frederick Eugene of Württemberg" – Lt. Col. von Rex
4th (1st Pomeranian) Uhlans "von Schmidt" – Maj. Charisius

Other units in the field

Königsbergs Reserve – Lt. Gen. Günther von Pappritz
Königsberg Fortress Division – Lt. Gen. Georg Ludwig Franz Brodrück
Thorn Fortress Division – Lt. Gen. Max Philipp von Schmettau
Graudenz Fortress Division – Maj. Gen. Fritz von Unger
Lötzen Fortress Brigade – Colonel Busse
6th Landwehr Brigade – Maj. Gen. Adolf Karl Krahmer
70th Landwehr Brigade – Maj. Gen. Adolf Breithaupt

Reinforcements

Posen Fortress Division
1st Landwehr Division
2nd Landwehr Brigade – Colonel Arthur Freiherr von Lupin

From the Western Front

XI Army Corps
22nd Division
38th Division
Guards Reserve Corps
3rd Guards Infantry Division
1st Guards Reserve Division

References

  1. ^ Nafziger, George. "Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26-31 August 1914" (PDF). United States Combined Arms Research Library. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. ^ Nafziger, George. "German Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26-31 August 1914" (PDF). U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Library. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

Further reading

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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is the order of battle for both the Russian and German armies at the Battle of Tannenberg August 17 to September 2 1914 German infantry on the march September 1914 Contents 1 Russian Northwestern Front 1 1 First Army 1 2 Second Army 2 German Eighth Army 3 References 4 Further readingRussian Northwestern Front EditGeneral Yakov Zhilinsky Front Commander not present Maj Gen Sir Alfred Knox British Military Attache attached to 2nd Army First Army Edit General Paul von Rennenkampf CommanderLt Gen Gavriil Mileant Chief of StaffII Corps transferred from the Second Army 22 August General Sergei Scheidemann26th Infantry Division43rd Infantry DivisionIII Corps General Nikolai Epanchin25th Infantry Division27th Infantry DivisionIV Corps General Eris Khan Sultan Giray Aliyev ru 30th Infantry Division40th Infantry DivisionXX Corps General Vladimir Vasilyevich Smirnov28th Infantry Division29th Infantry DivisionUnattached56th Infantry Division 221st Roslav Infantry Regiment 222nd Krasnan Infantry Regiment 223rd Odoev Infantry Regiment 224th Yukhnov Infantry Regiment 73rd Artillery Reserve Brigade5th Rifle Brigade1st Guard Cavalry Division Lt Gen Nikolai Kaznakov ru 1st Brigade Chevalier Guard Regiment Guard Cavalry Regiment 2nd Brigade Guard Cuirassier Regiment of the Emperor Guard Cuirassier Regiment of Empress Marie2nd Guard Cavalry Division Lt Gen Georgy Ottonovich Rauch 1st Brigade Guard Horse Grenadier Regiment Guard Ulan Regiment of the Empress 2nd Brigade Guard Dragoon Regiment Guard Hussar Regiment of the Emperor1st Cavalry Division Lt Gen Vasily Gurko2nd Cavalry Division Lt Gen Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski3rd Cavalry Division Lt Gen Vladimir Belgard ru 1st Independent Cavalry Brigade 19th Dragoons 16th Hussars 3rd Horse Battery1st Heavy Artillery Brigade Organization of the Imperial Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 1 Second Army Edit General Alexander Samsonov CommanderMaj Gen Postowski Chief of StaffI Corps General Artamanov relieved on August 28 Lt Gen Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich22nd Infantry Division24th Infantry DivisionVI Corps General Alexander Blagoveshchensky4th Infantry Division16th Infantry DivisionXIII Corps Lt Gen Nikolai Klyuev1st Infantry Division36th Infantry DivisionXV Corps General Nikolai Martos6th Infantry Division8th Infantry DivisionXXIII Corps General Kyprian Kandratovich3rd Guard Infantry Division 1st Brigade Guard Regiment Lithuania Guard Regiment Kexholm Colonel Sirelius 2nd Brigade Guard Regiment St Petersburg Guard Regiment Wolhyna2nd Infantry DivisionUnattached1st Rifle Brigade4th Cavalry Division Lt Gen Anton Tolpygo6th Cavalry Division Lt Gen Vladimir Roop15th Cavalry Division Lt Gen Pavel Lyubomirov2nd Heavy Artillery BrigadeGerman Eighth Army Edit Hindenburg at Tannenberg by Hugo Vogel Colonel General Maximilian von Prittwitz Commander replaced on August 23 Colonel General Paul von Hindenburg CommanderMaj Gen Erich Ludendorff Chief of Staff Maj Gen Paul Grunert Quartermaster General Maj Gen Otto Kersten Chief Engineer Lt Col Max Hoffmann Chief of OperationsI Army Corps General Hermann von Francois Col Walter Schmidt von Schmidtseck Chief of Staff1st Infantry Division Lt Gen Richard von Conta 1st Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Friedrich von Trotha1st Grenadiers Lt Col Eggerss 41st Infantry Colonel Schonfeld dd 2nd Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Conrado Paschen3rd Grenadiers Colonel von Wedel 43rd Infantry Colonel von Eisenhart Rothe dd 1st Field Artillery Brigade Maj Gen Kurt Moewes16th Field Artillery Colonel Bromeis 52nd Field Artillery Colonel Hellwig dd 8th Uhlans Lt Col Freiherr Schaffer von Bernstein2nd Infantry Division Lt Gen Adalbert von Falk 3rd Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Theodor Mengelbier4th Grenadiers Colonel Stern 44th Infantry Colonel von Loper dd 4th Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Bernhard Boss33rd Fusiliers Lt Col Weicke 45th Infantry Colonel Maass dd German 8th Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26 31 August 1914 2 XVII Army Corps General August von Mackensen35th Infantry Division Lt Gen Otto Hennig 70th Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Heinrich Schmidt von Knobelsdorff21st Infantry Colonel Brunnemann 61st Infantry Maj Ludecke dd 87th Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Johannes von Hahn141st Infantry Lt Col von Steinkeller 176th Infantry Maj Runge dd 35th Field Artillery Brigade Maj Gen Leopold Uhden71st Field Artillery Lt Col Hecht 81st Field Artillery Lt Col Bertog dd 4th Mounted Rifles Lt Col Freiherr von Lon36th Infantry Division Lt Gen Konstanz von Heineccius 69th Infantry Brigade Maj Gen George von Engelbrechten129th Infantry Colonel Bressler 175th Infantry Lt Col Schleenstein dd 71st Infantry Brigade Colonel Lutz von Dewitz5th Grenadiers Colonel Freiherr von Eichendorff 128th Infantry Colonel von Tresckow dd 36th Field Artillery Brigade Maj Gen Viktor Hahndorff36th Field Artillery Maj Waldeyer 72nd Field Artillery Colonel von Rabenau dd 5th Hussars Colonel Freiherr von BarnekowXX Army Corps General Friedrich von Scholtz37th Infantry Division Lt Gen Hermann von Staabs 73rd Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Carl Wilhelmi147th Infantry Colonel Ritzsch 151st Infantry Colonel Dorsch 1st Jager Battalion Maj Weigelt dd 75th Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Alfred von Bockmann146th Infantry Colonel von Heydebreck 150th Infantry Colonel Kuster dd 37th Field Artillery Brigade Maj Gen Wilhelm Buchholz73rd Field Artillery Colonel Forst 82nd Field Artillery Lt Col Plantier dd 11th Dragoons Lt Col Maass41st Infantry Division Maj Gen Leo Sontag 72nd Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Georg Schaer18th Infantry Colonel Mecke 59th Infantry Colonel Sonntag dd 74th Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Rudolf Reiser148th Infantry Colonel von der Osten 152nd Infantry Colonel Geisler dd 41st Field Artillery Brigade Maj Gen Wilhelm Johann Neugebauer35th Field Artillery Lt Col Wilke 79th Field Artillery Lt Col Marcus dd 10th Dragoons Lt Col von LewinskiI Reserve Corps Lt Gen Otto von Below1st Reserve Division Lt Gen Sigismund von Forster 1st Reserve Infantry Brigade Ma Gen Karl Barre1st Reserve Infantry Lt Col von Sommerfeld und Falkenhayn 3rd Reserve Infantry Lt Col von Steuber dd 72nd Reserve Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Maximilian Gustav Licht18th Reserve Infantry Lt Col Freiherr von Lutzow 59th Reserve Infantry Lt Col Modrow 1st Reserve Jager Battalion Cpt Mellin dd 1st Reserve Field Artillery Lt Col Schulz3rd Reserve Division Lt Gen Curt von Morgen 5th Reserve Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Emil Hesse2nd Reserve Infantry Lt Col Rodig 9th Reserve Infantry Lt Col Wobring dd 6th Reserve Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Erich Krause34th Reserve Infantry Colonel Hein 49th Reserve Infantry Lt Col Freiherr von Eberstein dd 3rd Reserve Field Artillery Maj Erhardt5th Reserve Dragoons Maj von Gotz1st Reserve Uhlans Maj Berner36th Reserve Division Maj Gen Kurt Kruge 69th Reserve Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Otto von Homeyer21st Reserve Infantry Lt Col Heyn 61st Reserve Infantry Colonel Immanuel 2nd Reserve Jager Battalion Cpt Bruckner dd 70th Reserve Infantry Brigade Maj Gen Detlev Vett5th Reserve Infantry Lt Col Graf zu Reventlow 54th Infantry detached from the 3rd Division at the outbreak of war Colonel von Tippelskirch dd 36th Reserve Field Artillery Lt Col Lannert1st Reserve Hussars Maj von BorckeHoheres Landwehr Kommando No 1 1st Landwehr Division Lt Gen Georg Freiherr von der Goltz 33rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade Maj Gen Viktor von Oertzen75th Landwehr Infantry Lt Col von Stwolinski 76th Landwehr Infantry Lt Col Billig dd 34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade Lt Gen Ernst von Pressentin31st Landwehr Infantry Lt Col von Lilienhoff Zwowitzki 84th Landwehr Infantry Colonel Becker dd Landwehr Cavalry Regiment Cpt von Sydow1st Cavalry Division Lt Gen Hermann Brecht 1st Cavalry Brigade Colonel Wedig von Glasenapp3rd East Prussian Cuirassiers Count Wrangel Lt Col von Lewinski 1st Lithuanian Dragoons Prince Albrecht of Prussia Lt Col Graf von Kanitz dd 2nd Cavalry Brigade Maj Gen Robert Freiherr von Kapherr12th Lithuanian Uhlans Colonel von Below 9th Jager zu Pferde Lt Col von Koppelow dd 41st Cavalry Brigade Maj Gen Heinrich von Hofmann5th West Prussian Cuirassiers Duke Frederick Eugene of Wurttemberg Lt Col von Rex 4th 1st Pomeranian Uhlans von Schmidt Maj Charisius dd Other units in the field Konigsbergs Reserve Lt Gen Gunther von Pappritz Konigsberg Fortress Division Lt Gen Georg Ludwig Franz Brodruck Thorn Fortress Division Lt Gen Max Philipp von Schmettau Graudenz Fortress Division Maj Gen Fritz von Unger Lotzen Fortress Brigade Colonel Busse 6th Landwehr Brigade Maj Gen Adolf Karl Krahmer 70th Landwehr Brigade Maj Gen Adolf BreithauptReinforcements Posen Fortress Division 1st Landwehr Division 2nd Landwehr Brigade Colonel Arthur Freiherr von LupinFrom the Western Front XI Army Corps22nd Division 38th Division dd Guards Reserve Corps3rd Guards Infantry Division 1st Guards Reserve Division dd References Edit Nafziger George Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26 31 August 1914 PDF United States Combined Arms Research Library Retrieved 11 January 2016 Nafziger George German Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26 31 August 1914 PDF U S Army Combined Arms Research Library Retrieved 12 January 2016 Further reading EditShowalter Dennis E Tannenberg Clash of Empires Hamden Connecticut Archon Books 1991 Sweetman John 2004 Tannenberg 1914 1st ed London Cassell ISBN 978 0 304 35635 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Order of battle at Tannenberg 1914 amp oldid 1105649910, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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