[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/orders-of-battle-for-the-german-attack-on-vimy-ridge\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/orders-of-battle-for-the-german-attack-on-vimy-ridge\/","headline":"Orders of battle for the German attack on Vimy Ridge","name":"Orders of battle for the German attack on Vimy Ridge","description":"before-content-x4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia after-content-x4 The German attack on Vimy Ridge (Unternehmen Schleswig-Holstein\/Operation Schleswig-Holstein) was a local German","datePublished":"2019-07-10","dateModified":"2019-07-10","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/97\/Topography_of_the_Arras-Lens_area_showing_ridge_lines.jpg\/220px-Topography_of_the_Arras-Lens_area_showing_ridge_lines.jpg","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/97\/Topography_of_the_Arras-Lens_area_showing_ridge_lines.jpg\/220px-Topography_of_the_Arras-Lens_area_showing_ridge_lines.jpg","height":"336","width":"220"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/orders-of-battle-for-the-german-attack-on-vimy-ridge\/","wordCount":2198,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The German attack on Vimy Ridge (Unternehmen Schleswig-Holstein\/Operation Schleswig-Holstein) was a local German attack on Vimy Ridge. The attack took place on 21 May 1916 on the Western Front during the First World War. At the Third Battle of Artois (25 September \u2013 4 November 1915) the French Tenth Army captured positions on the western slope of Vimy Ridge and the German 6th Army was forced back to positions on the steeper eastern slope. Both sides resorted to a continuous underground offensive. The Tenth Army was transferred south in March 1916, during the Battle of Verdun (21 February \u2013 18 December 1916) and the British First Army and Third Army on either flank extended their lines to take over Vimy Ridge.Unternehmen Schleswig-Holstein was intended to capture British positions, from which the French mining offensive had been continued, to gain more defensive depth and to forestall mine attacks on the German positions. The British divisions were still organising their defences on the ridge, having recently relieved the French when the German attack began. The attack was a success and raised concerns that it was a prelude to a more ambitious attempt to capture Arras. Plans were made for a British counter-attack but it was cancelled, to avoid a diversion of effort from the forthcoming offensive on the Somme, in favour of the Attack on the Gommecourt Salient; plans laid in the meantime formed the basis for the attack of the Canadian Corps in April 1917.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsOrders of battle[edit]German[edit]British[edit]References[edit]Further reading[edit]Orders of battle[edit]German[edit]The attack front was divided into three sectors, South with Foot Guard Regiment 5 (4th Guard Division), Centre with Reserve Infantry Regiment 86 of the 18th Reserve Division and North with Infantry Regiment 163 from the 17th Reserve Division, all three sector regiments being reinforced by machine-gun and engineer units; two more infantry regiments were held in reserve. Eighty artillery batteries, including the artillery of the IX Reserve Corps, IV Corps and the Guard Reserve Corps, plus six batteries of heavy howitzers and nine mortar batteries, along with six heavy, nine medium and eight light Minenwerfer were to participate. Sufficient ammunition was provided for batteries to fire at a rate of 200 shells per hour and counter-battery reconnaissance aircrews managed to locate 83 British artillery emplacements.Northern Sector (Data taken from Rogers The German Attack at Vimy Ridge [2010] unless indicated.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Sick17th Reserve DivisionInfantry Regiment 1635th Company and 8th CompanyPioneer Company 268Machine-Gun Section 71 (7 guns)Machine-Gun Company 163 (7 guns)1 company, Infantry Regiment 163 (local reserve)6th and 7th Company, Infantry Regiment 163 and 2 machine-guns in regimental reserve (Givenchy-en-Gohelle)Brigade reserve9th and 10th Company, Infantry Regiment 163 (La Coulotte)11th and 12th Company, Infantry Regiment 163 (Sallaumines)Central Sector18th Reserve DivisionCommander: Colonel von WurmbReserve Infantry Regiment 86Right flank1st Company, 3rd Company and 2nd Company, followed by 6th Company, 5th Company and 4th Company as carriersHalf of 1st Company, Reserve Pioneer Battalion 91st Company, Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 12Left flank4th Company, 1st Company, Reserve J\u00e4ger Battalion 913th Company and 15th Company, Reserve Infantry Regiment 8610th Company, Bavarian Reserve Pioneer BattalionMining Company 2932nd Company, Reserve J\u00e4ger Battalion 93rd Company, Reserve J\u00e4ger Battalion 9 and machine-gun reserve14th Company, Reserve Infantry Regiment 86 (brigade reserve)(The column was arrayed to a depth of about 1,006\u00a0m (1,100\u00a0yd) and a cavalry machine-gun section with captured Russian guns had been added to Reserve J\u00e4ger Battalion 9.)Southern SectorBritish[edit]  Topography of the Arras\u2013Lens area showing ridgesIn early 1916, the Berthonval and Carency sectors were transferred to the First Army, IV Corps (Lieutenant-General Henry Wilson) from the Third Army, XVII Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng) and from the 25th Division to the 47th (1\/2nd London) Division, which extended its right flank .75\u00a0mi (1.21\u00a0km) southwards to P sector. Neither side controlled the crest and to the south of the Berthonval sector, the British intended to treat the front line as the main line of resistance to protect Zouave Valley, which rose southwards from the valley of the Souchez river, about 800\u00a0yd (730\u00a0m) back from the front line. German gunners continually bombarded the Talus de Zouaves (Zouave embankment) in Zouave Valley, which could cut off British contact with the front line. When the 47th Division moved its right flank to the south, Central Ave became the army boundary instead of Ersatz Ave; during a reshuffle on the night of 19\/20 May, the northern defences were taken over by the 23rd Division; the 140th Brigade took over Berthonval from the 74th Brigade, 25th Division and the 141st Brigade took over Carency from the 142nd Brigade, which went into divisional reserve. The 7th Brigade, 25th Division in P sector came temporarily under the command of the 47th Division.25th Division Data from Rogers The German Attack at Vimy Ridge [2010] unless indicated.Berthonval sector47th (1\/2nd London) Division140th BrigadeCentral Avenue \u2013 Ersatz Alley sectorsCarency sectorReinforcementsReferences[edit]Edmonds, J. E. (1993) [1932]. Military Operations France and Belgium, 1916: Sir Douglas Haig’s Command to the 1st July: Battle of the Somme. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol.\u00a0I (Imperial War Museum & Battery Press\u00a0ed.). London: Macmillan. ISBN\u00a0978-0-89839-185-5.Rogers, D., ed. (2010). Landrecies to Cambrai: Case Studies of German Offensive and Defensive Operations on the Western Front 1914\u201317. Solihull: Helion. ISBN\u00a0978-1-906033-76-7.Wyrall, E. (1921). The History of the Second Division, 1914\u20131918. Vol.\u00a0I. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. OCLC\u00a0800898772. Retrieved 1 September 2017.Further reading[edit]Kincaid-Smith, M. (2001) [1920]. The 25th Division in France and Flanders (Naval & Military Press\u00a0ed.). London: Harrison & Sons. ISBN\u00a0978-1-84342-123-8.Sheldon, J. (2008). The German Army on Vimy Ridge 1914\u20131917. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN\u00a0978-1-84415-680-1.Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vimy, 1916.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/orders-of-battle-for-the-german-attack-on-vimy-ridge\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Orders of battle for the German attack on Vimy Ridge"}}]}]