Who was the commander of 1st Royal Bavarian Division in Jan 1873?
1st Royal Bavarian Division The 1st Royal Bavarian Division was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army that served alongside the Prussian Army as part of the Imperial German Army . The division was formed on November 27 , 1815 , as the Infantry Division of the Munich General Command ( Infanterie-Division des Generalkommandos München. ) . It was called the 1st Army Division between 1822 and 1848 , again between 1851 and 1859 , and again from 1869 to 1872 . It was called the 1st Infantry Division from 1848 to 1851 ( as well as during wartime ) and was named the Munich General Command from 1859 to 1869 . From April 1 , 1872 , until mobilization for World War I , it was the 1st Division . Within Bavaria , it was not generally referred to as a Royal Bavarian division , but outside Bavaria , this designation was used for it , and other Bavarian units , to distinguish them from similarly numbered Prussian units . The division was headquartered in Munich from 1815 to 1919 . The division was part of the 1st Royal Bavarian Army Corps . The division fought against Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 . In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 , the division fought alongside the Prussians . It saw action in battles of Wörth , Beaumont , and Sedan , the 1st and 2nd battles of Orleans , the battle of Loigny-Poupry , and the siege of Paris . During World War I , the division served on the Western Front . It fought in the Battle of the Frontiers against French forces in the early stages , and then participated in the Race to the Sea . Thereafter , it remained on the northern part of the front facing the British Army through 1915 and early 1916 . The Infantry Life Regiment was transferred from the division in 1915 to become part of a provisional German mountain division , the Alpenkorps , sent to the Italian Front . In 1916 , the division went into the Battle of Verdun . After Verdun , it went to the Somme in that battles later stages . 1917 was spent mainly occupying the trench lines . In 1918 , the division participated in the German spring offensive . The division was generally rated one of the better German divisions by Allied intelligence . Pre-World War I peacetime organization . In 1914 , the peacetime organization of the 1st Royal Bavarian Division was as follows : - 1st Royal Bavarian Infantry Brigade ( 1 . Königlich Bayerische Infanterie-Brigade ) - Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment ( Kgl . Bayer . Infanterie-Leib-Regiment ) - Royal Bavarian 1st Infantry Regiment King ( Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Infanterie-Regiment König ) - 2nd Royal Bavarian Infantry Brigade ( 2 . Kgl . Bayer . Infanterie-Brigade ) - Royal Bavarian 2nd Infantry Regiment Crown Prince ( Kgl . Bayer . 2 . Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz ) - Royal Bavarian 16th Infantry Regiment Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany ( Kgl . Bayer . 16 . Infanterie-Regiment Großherzog Ferdinand von Toskana ) - 1st Royal Bavarian Cavalry Brigade ( 1 . Kgl . Bayer . Kavallerie-Brigade ) - 1st Royal Bavarian Heavy Cavalry “Prince Charles of Bavaria” ( Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Schweres Reiter-Regiment Prinz Karl von Bayern ) - 2nd Royal Bavarian Heavy Cavalry Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria ( Kgl . Bayer . 2 . Schweres Reiter-Regiment Erzherzog Franz-Ferdinand von Österreich-Este ) - 1st Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Brigade ( 1 . Kgl . Bayer . Feldartillerie-Brigade ) - Royal Bavarian 1st Field Artillery Regiment Prince Regent Luitpold ( Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Feldartillerie-Regiment Prinz-Regent Luitpold ) - Royal Bavarian 7th Field Artillery Regiment Prince Regent Luitpold ( Kgl . Bayer . 7 . Feldartillerie-Regiment Prinz-Regent Luitpold ) Order of battle on mobilization . On mobilization , in August 1914 , at the beginning of World War I , most divisional cavalry , including brigade headquarters , was withdrawn to form cavalry divisions or split up among divisions as reconnaissance units . Divisions received engineer companies and other support units from their higher headquarters . The 1st Division was renamed the 1st Bavarian Infantry Division . Its initial wartime organization ( major units ) was as follows : - 1 . Kgl . Bayer . Infanterie-Brigade - Kgl . Bayer . Infanterie-Leib-Regiment - Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Infanterie-Regiment König - 2 . Kgl . Bayer . Infanterie-Brigade - Kgl . Bayer . 2 . Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz - Kgl . Bayer . 16 . Infanterie-Regiment Großherzog Ferdinand von Toskana - Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Jäger-Bataillon König - Kgl . Bayer . 8 . Chevaulegers-Regiment - 1 . Kgl . Bayer . Feldartillerie-Brigade - Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Feldartillerie-Regiment Prinz-Regent Luitpold - Kgl . Bayer . 7 . Feldartillerie-Regiment Prinz-Regent Luitpold - Kgl . Bayer . 10 . Fußartillerie-Bataillon - 1.Kompanie/Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Pionier-Bataillon - 3.Kompanie/Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Pionier-Bataillon Late World War I organization . Divisions underwent many changes during the war , with regiments moving from division to division , and some being destroyed and rebuilt . During the war , most divisions became triangular - one infantry brigade with three infantry regiments rather than two infantry brigades of two regiments ( a square division ) . An artillery commander replaced the artillery brigade headquarters , the cavalry was further reduced , and the engineer contingent was increased . Divisional signals commanders were established to better control communications , a major problem in coordinating infantry and artillery operations during the war . The divisions order of battle on March 21 , 1918 , was as follows : - 1 . Kgl . Bayer . Infanterie-Brigade - Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Infanterie-Regiment König - Kgl . Bayer . 2 . Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz - Kgl . Bayer . 24 . Infanterie-Regiment - Kgl . Bayer . 4 . MG-Scharfschützen-Abteilung - 2.Eskadron/Kgl . Bayer . 8 . Chevaulegers-Regiment - Kgl . Bayer . Artillerie-Kommandeur 1 - Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Feldartillerie-Regiment Prinz-Regent Luitpold - Kgl . Bayer . 9 . Fußartillerie-Bataillon - Stab Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Pionier-Bataillon - Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Pionier-Kompanie - Kgl . Bayer . 3 . Pionier-Kompanie - Kgl . Bayer . 3 . Minenwerfer-Kompanie - Kgl . Bayer . 1 . Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur History . At the beginning of the First World War , the division was mobilized under the command of the 6th Army , on the Western Front . Notable commanders . - Luitpold , Prince Regent of Bavaria ( 1856–1861 ) - Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen ( 1861–1869 ) - A senior Bavarian field commander in the Franco-Prussian War - Prince Leopold of Bavaria ( 1881–1887 ) - Later a Generalfeldmarschall - Rupprecht , Crown Prince of Bavaria ( 1904–1906 ) - Later a Generalfeldmarschall - Otto Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein ( 1906–1910 ) - Bavarian Minister of War , 1912–1916 References . - 1.Bayerische-Infanterie-Division at 1914-18.info - Hermann Cron et al. , Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee ( Berlin , 1935 ) - Hermann Cron , Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im Weltkriege 1914-1918 ( Berlin , 1937 ) - Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War ( 1914-1918 ) , compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff , American Expeditionary Forces , at General Headquarters , Chaumont , France 1919 , ( 1920 )