# Battle of Tannenberg (1914) order of battle

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

### 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

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
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