80th Reserve Division (German Empire) - Order of Battle On Formation

Order of Battle On Formation

The 80th Reserve Division, like the other divisions of its wave and unlike earlier German divisions, was organized from the outset as a triangular division. The order of battle of the division on December 29, 1914 was as follows:

  • 80.Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
    • Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 264
    • Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 265
    • Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 266
    • Reserve-Radfahrer-Kompanie Nr. 80
  • Reserve-Kavallerie-Abteilung Nr. 80
  • 80.Reserve-Feldartillerie-Brigade
    • Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 65
    • Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 66
  • Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 82
  • Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 83

Read more about this topic:  80th Reserve Division (German Empire)

Famous quotes containing the words order of, order, battle and/or formation:

    “This entire most beautiful order of good things is going to pass away after its measure has been exhausted; for both morning and evening were made in them.”
    —St. Augustine (354–430)

    “Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Philippians 3:7-9.

    “I’m out of repair
    but you are tall in your battle dress
    and I must arrange for your journey.
    I was always a virgin,
    old and pitted.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “... the mass migrations now habitual in our nation are disastrous to the family and to the formation of individual character. It is impossible to create a stable society if something like a third of our people are constantly moving about. We cannot grow fine human beings, any more than we can grow fine trees, if they are constantly torn up by the roots and transplanted ...”
    —Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)