Battle of Amiens order of battle

The following is a list of forces involved in the Battle of Amiens of World War I fought from August 8 to August 11, 1918.

Allies

Allied forces at Amiens were under the supreme command of General Ferdinand Foch.

Fourth Army

Source:

General Sir Henry Rawlinson

III Corps – Lieutenant General Sir Richard Butler

:47th (1/2nd London) Division

:12th (Eastern) Division

:18th (Eastern) Division

:58th (2/1st London) Division

:10th Tank Battalion – 36 Mark V tanks

Australian Corps – Lieutenant General Sir John Monash

:1st Australian Division

:2nd Australian Division

:3rd Australian Division

:4th Australian Division

:5th Australian Division

:33rd US Division

:5th Tank Brigade – 2nd, 8th, 13th Bn Tank Corps with 108 Mark V tank; 15th Bn Tank Corps with 36 Mark V* Tank; 17th (Armoured Car) Bn (Austin Armoured Cars).

Canadian Corps – Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie

:1st Canadian Division

:2nd Canadian Division

:3rd Canadian Division

:4th Canadian Division

:4th Tank Brigade – 108 Mark V tank, 36 Mark V* Tank

Cavalry Corps – Lieutenant General Sir Charles Kavanagh

:1st Cavalry Division

:2nd Cavalry Division

:3rd Cavalry Division

:3rd Tank Brigade – 72 Whippet tank of 3 Bn and 6 Bn Tank Corps

Reserve

:17th (Northern) Division

:32nd Division

:63rd (Royal Naval) Division

:9th Tank Battalion – 36 Mark V tanks

Royal Air Force air support

(Major General John Salmond)

V Brigade

:15th (Corps) Wing – 110 aircraft

:22nd (Army) Wing – 222 aircraft

IX Brigade

:9th Wing – 2 fighter sqns, 2 bomber sqns, 1 reconnaissance sqn. (99 aircraft)

:51st Wing – 3 fighter sqns, 2 bomber sqns. (101 aircraft)

:54th Wing – 2 night-fighter sqns, 4 night-bomber sqns (76 aircraft)

III Brigade (available in support)

:13th (Army) Wing – 136 aircraft

I Brigade (available in support) – 19 aircraft

X Brigade (available in support) – 19 aircraft

First Army

Source:

General Marie-Eugène Debeney

XXXI Corps – General Paul-Louis Toulorge

:37th Division

:42nd Division

:66th Division

:153rd Division

:126th Division

IX Corps – General Noël Garnier-Duplessix

:3rd Division

:15th Colonial Division

X Corps – General Charles Vandenburg

:60th Division

:152nd Division

:166th Division

XXXV Corps – General Charles Jacquot

:46th Division

:133rd Division

:169th Division

II Cavalry Corps – General Felix Robillot

:2nd Cavalry Division

:4th Cavalry Division

:6th Cavalry Division

Third Army

The French Third Army played a peripheral role in the battle and was commanded by Georges Humbert

XV Corps – General Jacques Élie de Riols de Fonclare

:67th Division

:74th Division

:123rd Division

XXXIV Corps – General Alphonse Nudant

:6th Division

:121st Division

:129th Division

:165th Division

Division Aerienne

• I Brigade – 3 fighter groups, 3 bomber groups
• II Brigade – 3 fighter groups, 2 bomber groups
• Groupe Lauren – 2 night-bomber groups
• Groupe Weiller

Total: 1,104 aircraft

German armies

Source:

The German 2nd and 18th armies were part of Army Group Rupprecht, commanded by Crown Prince Rupprecht

2nd Army

General Georg von der Marwitz

54th Corps – Generalleutnant Alfred von Larisch

:27th Division

:54th Reserve Division

:233rd Division

:243rd Division

:26th Reserve Division – (From Seventeenth Army, 9 August)

XI Corps – Generalleutnant Viktor Kühne

:13th Division

:41st Division

:43rd Reserve Division

:108th Division

:107th Division – (From Second Army reserve, 8 August)

:21st Division – (From Second Army reserve, 9 August)

:5th Bavarian Division – (From Seventeenth Army, 8 August)

:38th Division – (From Sixth Army, 9 August)

51st Corps – Generalleutnant Eberhard von Hofacker

:14th Bavarian Division

:109th Division

:117th Division

:192nd Division

:225th Division

Air Support

:Jagdgruppe 2

:Jagdgruppe Greim

:Bombengeschwader 7

:Fliegerabteilung (Lichtbildgerät) 40

:Fliegerabteilung 17,33

:Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 217,224,207,219,232,241,269

:Schlachtstaffel 17

18th Army

General Oskar von Hutier

III Corps – Generalleutnant Walther von Lüttwitz

:24th Division

:25th Reserve Division

:1st Reserve Division

:79th Reserve Division – (From Seventh Army, 9 August)

IX Corps – Generalleutnant Horst Ritter und Edler von Oetinger

:2nd Division

:11th Division

:82nd Reserve Division

I Bavarian Corps – Generalleutnant Nikolaus Ritter von Endres (Corps was formed during the battle on 10 August)

:Alpenkorps – (from Fourth Army, 10 August)

:121st Division – (from Ninth Army, 10 August)

(The remaining corps of Eighteenth Army played only a peripheral role in the battle.)

I Reserve Corps – Generalleutnant Kurt von Morgen

:75th Reserve Division

:206th Division

:119th Division – (Sent to 51st Corps, Second Army, 8 August)

XXVI Reserve Corps – Generalleutnant Oskar von Watter

:17th Reserve Division

:54th Division

:204th Division – (Sent to I Bavarian Corps, 10 August)

XVIII Reserve Corps – Generalleutnant Ludwig Sieger

:3rd Bavarian Division

:105th Division

:221st Division – (Sent to III Corps, 9 August)

Luftstreitkräfte (air support)

:Jagdstaffel 24, 42, 44, 78

:Bombengeschwader 4

:Fliegerabteilung (Lichtbildgerät) 23

:Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 2, 245, 14,212,238,203

:Schlachtstaffel 36

References

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