12th Army Corps (France)
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12th Army Corps | |
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Country | France |
Branch | French Army |
Size | Army Corps |
Part of | Fourth Army Tenth Army |
Engagements | Franco-Prussian War First World War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Barthélémy Louis Joseph Lebrun Gaston de Galliffet |
12th Army Corps (Template:Lang-fr) was an army corps in the French Army. Commanded by Général Lebrun in the Franco-Prussian War then by General Galliffet from 1882 to 1886.
World War I
On the outbreak of the First World War it was subordinated to Fourth Army.
Corps | Division | Brigade | Units |
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12th Corps | 23rd Division | 45th Infantry Brigade | 63rd Infantry Regiment[1] |
78th Infantry Regiment | |||
46th Infantry Brigade | 107th Infantry Regiment | ||
138th Infantry Regiment | |||
Cavalry | 1 Squadron,[2] 21st Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment[3] | ||
Artillery | 21st Field Artillery Regiment (3 Groupes of 75mm guns)[4] | ||
Engineers | 6th Engineer Regiment (12/1 Company) | ||
24th Division | 47th Infantry Brigade | 50th Infantry Regiment | |
108th Infantry Regiment | |||
48th Infantry Brigade | 100th Infantry Regiment | ||
126th Infantry Regiment | |||
Cavalry | 1 Squadron, 21st Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment | ||
Artillery | 34th Field Artillery Regiment (3 Groupes of 75mm guns) | ||
Engineers | 6th Engineer Regiment (12/2 Company) | ||
Corps Troops | Reserve Infantry Brigade | 300th Reserve Infantry Regiment[5] | |
326th Reserve Infantry Regiment[6] | |||
Cavalry | 4 Squadrons, 21st Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment | ||
Artillery | 52nd Field Artillery Regiment (4 Groupes of 75mm guns) | ||
Engineers | 6th Engineer Regiment (12/3, 12/4, 12/16 and 12/21 Companies) | ||
12th Squadron, Military Equipment Train[7] | |||
12th Section, Staff Secretaries and Recruitment[8] | |||
12th Section, Military Nursing[9] | |||
12th Section, Clerks and Military Works Administration[10] |
It became part of the Tenth Army and was deployed in Italy from November 1917.
Its commanders in World War I were :
- 18 August 1913 : Pierre Auguste Roques
- 5 January 1915 : Henri Jean Descoings
- 12 May 1916 : Charles Nollet
- 25 October 1916 : Pierre Jean Charles Antoine Nourrisson
- 29 March 1918 : Jean César Graziani, also commander of all French forces in Italy.
See also
Notes
- ^ 3 Battalions
- ^ Company size.
- ^ Chasseurs à Cheval literally Hunters on Horse or Mounted Hunters were light cavalry
- ^ artillerie de campagne; an artillery Groupe consisted of 3 batteries of 4 guns (12 guns per Groupe)
- ^ Formed by the reservists of the 100th Infantry Regiment, 2 battalions strong.
- ^ Formed by the reservists of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 2 battalions strong.
- ^ escadron du train des équipages militaires Train (military)
- ^ section de secrétaires d'état-major et du recrutement
- ^ section d'infirmiers militaires
- ^ section de commis et ouvriers militaires d'administration