II Cavalry Corps (German Empire)
II Cavalry Corps (Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando Nr 2) Higher Cavalry Command No. 2 | |
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Abbreviation | HKK 2 |
The II Cavalry Corps (
Combat chronicle
Initially on the Western Front with the 2nd, 4th and 9th Cavalry Divisions preceding the 1st and 2nd Armies.[1] Withdrawn to Belgium at the end of November 1914; dissolved 23 January 1915.[2]
Order of Battle on mobilisation
The Corps consisted of three cavalry divisions (with seven Jäger battalions attached) without corps troops; in supply and administration matters, the cavalry divisions were autonomous. The commander was only concerned with tactics and strategy, hence his title of Senior Cavalry Commander Höherer Kavallerie-Kommandeur.[3]
On formation in August 1914, the corps consisted of:[4]
- 2nd Cavalry Division
- 4th Cavalry Division
- 9th Cavalry Division
- Guards Jäger Battalion
- Guards Schützen Battalion
- 3rd Jäger Battalion
- 4th Jäger Battalion
- 7th Jäger Battalion
- 9th Jäger Battalion
- 10th Jäger Battalion
Each cavalry division consisted of three cavalry brigades (six regiments each of four squadrons), a horse artillery detachment (Abteilung) with three four-gun batteries, a machine gun detachment (company sized, six machine-guns), plus pioneers, signals and a motor vehicle column. A more detailed Table of Organisation and Equipment can be seen here. The Jäger battalions each consisted of four light infantry companies, a machine gun company (six machine-guns), a cyclist company and a motorised vehicle column.[5]
Commanders
II Cavalry Corps was commanded throughout its existence by General der Kavallerie Georg von der Marwitz.[6]
See also
- German Army (German Empire)
- German Army order of battle (1914)
- German cavalry in World War I
- TOE, German Cavalry Division, August 1914
References
Bibliography
- Cron, Hermann (2002) [1937]. Imperial German Army 1914–18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im Weltkriege 1914–1918, pub. K. Siegismund, Berlin] (trans. repr. ed.). Helion & Co. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.