XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps

The XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Army Corps / XIX AK () was a Saxon corps level command of the German Army, before and during World War I.

As the German Army expanded in the latter part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century, the XIX Army Corps was set up on 1 April 1899 in Leipzig as the Generalkommando (headquarters) for the western part of the Kingdom of Saxony (districts of Leipzig, Chemnitz and Zwickau).German Administrative History Accessed: 10 May 2012 It took over command of 24th (2nd Royal Saxon) Division from XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps and the newly formed 40th (4th Royal Saxon) Division.

It was assigned to the II Army Inspectorate which formed the predominantly Saxon 3rd Army at the start of the First World War. It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 19th Army, Heeresgruppe Herzog Albrecht von Württemberg on the Western Front.

Peacetime organisation The 25 peacetime Corps of the German Army (Guards, I - XXI, I - III Bavarian) had a reasonably standardised organisation. Each consisted of two divisions with usually two infantry brigades, one field artillery brigade and a cavalry brigade each. Each brigade normally consisted of two regiments of the appropriate type, so each Corps normally commanded 8 infantry, 4 field artillery and 4 cavalry regiments. There were exceptions to this rule: V, VI, VII, IX and XIV Corps each had a 5th infantry brigade (so 10 infantry regiments) II, XIII, XVIII and XXI Corps had a 9th infantry regiment I, VI and XVI Corps had a 3rd cavalry brigade (so 6 cavalry regiments) the Guards Corps had 11 infantry regiments (in 5 brigades) and 8 cavalry regiments (in 4 brigades).They formed the Guards Cavalry Division, the only peacetime cavalry division in the German Army. Each Corps also directly controlled a number of other units. This could include one or more Foot Artillery Regiment Jäger Battalion Pioneer Battalion Train Battalion

+Peacetime organization of the Corps Corps Division Brigade Units Garrison XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps 24th (2nd Royal Saxon) Division 47th (3rd Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade 139th (11th Royal Saxon) InfantryDöbeln 179th (14th Royal Saxon) InfantryWurzen, Leisnig 48th (4th Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade 106th (7th Royal Saxon) Infantry "King George"Leipzig 107th (8th Royal Saxon) Infantry "Prince John George"Leipzig 24th (2nd Royal Saxon) Field Artillery Brigade 77th (7th Royal Saxon) Field ArtilleryLeipzig 78th (8th Royal Saxon) Field ArtilleryWurzen 24th (2nd Royal Saxon) Cavalry Brigade 19th (2nd Royal Saxon) Hussars "Queen Carola"Grimma 18th (2nd Royal Saxon) UhlansLeipzig 40th (4th Royal Saxon) Division 88th (7th Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade 104th (5th Royal Saxon) Infantry "Crown Prince"Chemnitz 181st (15th Royal Saxon) InfantryChemnitz, III Bn Glauchau 89th (8th Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade 133rd (9th Royal Saxon) InfantryZwickau 134th (10th Royal Saxon) InfantryPlauen 40th (4th Royal Saxon) Field Artillery Brigade 32nd (3rd Royal Saxon) Field ArtilleryRiesa 68th (6th Royal Saxon) Field ArtilleryRiesa 40th (4th Royal Saxon) Cavalry Brigade Carabiniers (2nd Royal Saxon Heavy Cavalry)Borna 21st (3rd Royal Saxon) UhlansChemnitz Corps Troops 8th (Royal Saxon) Machine Gun AbteilungLeipzig 22nd (2nd Royal Saxon) Pioneer BattalionRiesa 19th (2nd Royal Saxon) Train BattalionLeipzig Chemnitz Defence Command(Landwehr-Inspektion)Chemnitz

World War I Organisation on mobilisation On mobilization on 2 August 1914 the Corps was restructured. 40th Cavalry Brigade was withdrawn to form part of the 8th Cavalry Division and the 24th Cavalry Brigade was broken up and its regiments assigned to the divisions as reconnaissance units. Divisions received engineer companies and other support units from the Corps headquarters. In summary, XIX Corps mobilised with 25 infantry battalions, 9 machine gun companies (54 machine guns), 8 cavalry squadrons, 24 field artillery batteries (144 guns), 4 heavy artillery batteries (16 guns), 3 pioneer companies and an aviation detachment.

+Initial wartime organization of the Corps Corps Division Brigade Units XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps 24th (2nd Royal Saxon) Division 47th Infantry Brigade 139th Infantry Regiment 179th Infantry Regiment 13th Jäger BattalionWith a machine gun company. 48th Infantry Brigade 106th Infantry Regiment 107th Infantry Regiment 24th Field Artillery Brigade 77th Field Artillery Regiment 78th Field Artillery Regiment 18th Uhlan Regiment 1st Company, 22nd Pioneer Battalion 24th Divisional Pontoon Train 1st Medical Company 3rd Medical Company 40th (4th Royal Saxon) Division 88th Infantry Brigade 104th Infantry Regiment 181st Infantry Regiment 89th Infantry Brigade 133rd Infantry Regiment 134th Infantry Regiment 40th Field Artillery Brigade 32nd Field Artillery Regiment 68th Field Artillery Regiment 19th Hussar Regiment 2nd Company, 22nd Pioneer Battalion 3rd Company, 22nd Pioneer Battalion 40th Divisional Pontoon Train 2nd Medical Company Corps Troops II Battalion, 19th Foot Artillery Regiment4 heavy artillery batteries (16 heavy field howitzers) 24th Aviation Detachment 19th Corps Pontoon Train 19th Telephone Detachment 22nd Pioneer Searchlight Section Munition Trains and Columns corresponding to II Corps

Combat chronicle On mobilisation, XIX Corps was assigned to the predominantly Saxon 3rd Army forming part of the right wing of the forces for the Schlieffen Plan offensive in August 1914 on the Western Front. It spent the entire war on the Western Front. It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 19th Army, Heeresgruppe Herzog Albrecht von Württemberg.

Commanders The XIX Corps had the following commanders during its existence:German Administrative History Accessed: 10 May 2012German War History Accessed: 10 May 2012 Dates Rank Name25 March 1899 to 21 April 1904 General der Infanterie Heinrich Leo von Treitschke22 April 1904 to 26 November 1907 General der Infanterie Alexander Graf Vitzthum von Eckstädt27 November 1907 to 27 November 1913 General der Artillerie Hans von Kirchbach30 November 1913 to 20 July 1917 General der Kavallerie Maximilian von Laffert8 August 1917 to 8 August 1918 General der Infanterie Adolph von Carlowitz9 August 1918 to end of the war Generalleutnant Karl Lucius

XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps

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