Guards Cavalry Division (German Empire) - Combat Chronicle

Combat Chronicle

Initially assigned to I Cavalry Corps preceding 3rd Army on the Western Front. On the Western Front until December 1914, then frontier guard duties against Holland until 30 June 1915, then to Russia. From 16 March 1918 to 9 April 1918 dismounted, re-formation and training on the Zossen troop training ground. Thereafter Guard Cavalry Schützen Division on the Western Front. In Artois to May 1918, then Champagne / Aisne. By the end of the war, it was serving under VI Reserve Corps, 1st Army, Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front.

A more detailed combat chronicle can be found at the German language version of this article.

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