Order of Battle in The Franco-Prussian War
During wartime, the 6th Division, like other regular German divisions, was redesignated an infantry division. The organization of the 6th Infantry Division in 1870 at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War was as follows:
- 11. Infanterie-Brigade
- Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 20
- Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 60
- 12. Infanterie-Brigade
- Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 24
- Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 35
- Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 2
Read more about this topic: 6th Division (German Empire)
Famous quotes containing the words order of, order, battle and/or war:
“An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“We have created an industrial order geared to automatism, where feeble-mindedness, native or acquired, is necessary for docile productivity in the factory; and where a pervasive neurosis is the final gift of the meaningless life that issues forth at the other end.”
—Lewis Mumford (1895–1990)
“In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it’s more dangerous to lose than to win.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.”
—Heraclitus (c. 535–475 B.C.)