WWI
Belgian Cavalry Division

1914 Belgium

List BL12G

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Cavalry Lancer Regiment
      RHQ: 4 rifle squads, horses
      6 Cavalry Squadrons@
        SHQ: 1 rifle squad, horses
        3 Troops@ 5 rifle squads, sabres, lances, horses

    Gendarmerie Cavalry Regiment

      RHQ: 4 rifle squads, horses
      6 Cavalry Squadrons@
        SHQ: 1 rifle squad, horses
        3 Troops@ 5 rifle squads, sabres, lances, horses

2. Brigade Support

    Cavalry Brigade HQ: 8 rifle squads, horses with:
      1 Cyclist Battalion
        Bttn HQ: 2 rifle squads, cycles
        3 Companies@
          CHQ: 2 rifle squads, cycles
          3 platoons@ 5 rifle squads, cycles

      1 MG Detachment: 2 Maxim or Hotchkiss MMG, cycles or horses

    1 Engineer Detachment:

      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, cycles
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer squads, cycles

    1 Horse Artillery Battalion:
      BHQ: 4 rifle squads, horses, Obsolete FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mm Krupp M1905 field guns, horse limbers

    1 Motorised Field Ambulance

3. Notes

a) Radios are in Brigade HQ and above. Infantry have no anti-armour weapons.

b) The sole "Brussels" Cavalry Division has three Cavalry Brigades each of two Lancer Regiments, one Gendarmerie Cavalry Regiment, and one Cycle Battalion.

c) Details are provisional. There is no known divisional support.


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