WWI
Belgian Infantry Division

1915-16 Belgium

List BL13G

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle squads
    3-4 Companies@
      CHQ:2 rifle squads
      3 platoons@ 6 rifle squads

2. Regiment Support

Regiment HQ: 8 rifle squads

3. Brigade Support

Mixed Regiment HQ: 10 rifle squads with:

    1 Field Artillery Group:
      BHQ: 4 rifle squads, wagons, Obsolete FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mm M1905 Krupp field guns, horse limbers

    1 MG Company:

      CHQ: 2 rifle squads
      3 MG Sections@ 2x Maxim MMG or Hotchkiss LMG, pack horses OR 2x Berthier LMG, dog sleds tows

4. Divisional Support

Up to:

    1 Cavalry Detachment:
      RHQ: 2 rifle squads, horses
      3? Cavalry Squadrons@
        SHQ: 1 rifle squad, horses
        3 Troops@ 5 rifle squads, sabres, lances, horses

    1 Artillery Group:

      BHQ: 6 rifle squads, horses, wagons
      3 batteries@ 4x 75mm M1905 Krupp field guns, horse limbers
      2 batteries@ 4x 15cm howitzers in theory, horse limbers

    Engineer Detachment: 3 Companies@ 200? men

5. Notes

a) Radios are in Brigade HQ and above. Infantry have no anti-armour weapons.
b) The six Infantry Divisions each have 3 Mixed Regiments each of one Regiment of three Infantry Battalions.
c) Only one divisional artillery group had 15cm howitzers, the rest used old 120mm St Chamond howitzers or more 75mm Krupp M1905 field guns.
d) Details are provisional.


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