46th Landwehr Division

The 46th Landwehr Division was a Royal Saxon Army Landwehr infantry division in World War I and the Lithuanian–Soviet War.

Battle calendar

The division was formed in February 1917 from militia and reserve units in the area of the XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps in Dresden. It then went to the Eastern Front in mid-March 1917, remained there after the end of the war and acted as a police and occupation force in Lithuania.

1917

March 13 – December 5 – Static battle between Nemunas-Berezina-Kreva-Smarhon-Narach lake-Tverečius
* 19–27 July – Defensive battle at Smarhon-Kreva
6–17 December – Ceasefire
From December 17 – Armistice

1918

Until February 18 – Armistice
February 18 – March 3 – pursuing battles through Belarus
March 3 – November 15 – occupation of Russian territory
From November 16 – occupation and security service in Lithuania and Belarus

1919

Until 11 February – Occupation and security service in Lithuania

On February 22, 1919, Lieutenant General Walter von Eberhardt became the divisional commander. In April, the South Lithuania Brigade, a Freikorps, was formed from the division's volunteers. It consisted of the 18th, 19th and 20th Volunteer Regiments, the 18th Volunteer Aviation Squadron and the 18th and 19th Volunteer Artillery Abteilung and fought with Lithuanian troops against the invading Red Army troops in the Lithuanian–Soviet War. The last volunteers from the South Lithuania Brigade left Lithuania in July 1919.

Order of Battle

As of 15 February 1917

* 101st Landwehr Infantry Regiment
* 103rd Landwehr Infantry Regiment
* 105th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
4th Squadron/ "Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, King of Hungary"
246th Field Artillery Regiment
Landwehr Pionier Company/XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps
Scheinwerferzug Nr. 404
346th Mortar Company
546th Divisional Telephone Department

After 25 January 1918

46th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
* 101st Landwehr Infantry Regiment
* 103rd Landwehr Infantry Regiment
* 105th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
4th Squadron/17th Uhlan Regiment "Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, King of Hungary"
140th Artillery Command
* 246th Field Artillery Regiment
446th Pionier Battalion
546th Divisional Signals Command