58th Infantry Division (5th Royal Saxon)

This Army unit was formed on 6th March 1915.

The 58th Division was formed in 1915. 

116th Infantry Brigade

106th (7th Royal Saxon) (King George) Infantry Regiment
107th (8th Royal Saxon) (Prince Johann Georg) Infantry Regiment
120th (Wurttenburg) Infantry Regiment
58th Bicycle Company

4th Squadron/18th Ulhan (2nd Royal Saxon) Regiment

58th Field Artillery Brigade

115th Field Artillery Regiment
116th Field Artillery Regiment
58th Foot Artillery Battalion

115th Pioneer Company
116th Pioneer Company

War Diary

1914 - Western Front
1915 - Eastern Front, Gorlice-Tornow Offensive
1915 - Western Front
1917 - Eastern Front
1918 - Western Front

The 116th Infantry Brigade was previously the 48th Infantry Brigade from the 24th Infantry Division.

The 120th Infantry Regiment was replaced by the 103rd (Royal Saxon) Reserve Infantry Regiment.

35th Reserve Division

This Reserve Army unit was formed in August 1914

The 35th Reserve Division fought exclusively on the Eastern Front.

5th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
2nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment
9th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
22nd Reserve Jager Battalion
20th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
19th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
107th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
3rd Reserve Regiment
31st and 85th Ersatz Artillery
17th Pioneer Company

In July 1915 the Division was triangulized

5th Landwehr Infantry Brigade

2nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment
9th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
107th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment
13th Landsturm Infantry Battalion
235th Mine Thrower Company

In December 1916 the Division was completely reorganised, the 5th Landwehr Brigade along with the 2nd and 9th Landwehr Infantry Regiments were transferred to the 226th Infantry Division.

167th Infantry Brigade

420th Infantry Regiment
421st Infantry Regiment
107th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment
13th Lansturm Infantry Battalion

24th (2nd Royal Saxon) Infantry Division

This peacetime division was formed in April 1867

Its home station was in Saxony.  Part of the XIX Corps District.

The 24th (2nd Royal Saxon) and 40th (4th Royal Saxon) Divisions formed the XIX Army Corps

47th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade
139th (11th Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st April 1887, garrisoned in Dobeln
179th (14th Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st April 1897, garrisoned in Wurzen
48th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade	Transferred to the 58th Infantry Division as the 116th Infantry Brigade on 6th March 1915.
106th (7th Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment (King Georg), formed on 2nd June 1708, garrisoned in Liepzig
107th (8th Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment (Prinz Johann Georg), formed on 2nd June 1708, garrisoned in Liepzig
18th Ulhan Regiment 24th Field Artillery Brigade 1st Company, 22nd Pioneer Battalion	77th Field Artillery Regiment 78th Field Artillery Regiment

This Saxon Division was part of the 3rd German Army.  Its first major engagement was at the battle of the Marne.  The 48th Brigade was detached for a pr-emtive strike in northern Luxembourg.

In October 1914 it saw action with the 6th Army in Flanders.

In March 1915 the Division lost the 106th and 107th Regiments to the newly formed 58th Infantry Division.  Gaining in replacement the 133rd Infantry Regiment from the 40th Division.

In continued to see action in the Flanders sector until August 1916, when it was sent to the Somme sector. It suffered very heavy losses, and in the two battles of the Somme it lost 69% of its strength.

At the end of 1916 the Division was withdrawn and returned to Flanders, taking its place in the line by January 1917.

Throughout 1917 it saw heavy combat in the Flanders sector, suffering serious casualties as a result.  

In 1918 it was returned to the Somme sector and by May it was engaged in the Picardy sector. In August it resisted the French attack on the Avre sector.  It ended the war in the St Quentin sector.