Austro-Hungarian Forces on the Western Front

[oskar2ndchev]

Just a bit of information on the presence of Austro-Hungarian forces on the Western Front:

As of October 1, 1918, the following divisions were present under the administrative control of the XVIII Corps:

1st Division
35th Division
37th Division
106 Division

There were also a number of indpendent artillery formations present on the Western Front. Apparently, the Germans spread out the divisions among several German Corps rather than grouping them under the AH XVIII Corps (the Germans had doubts about Austro-Hungarian combat effectiveness).

I'll post more when I find out more.

[Larry Dunn]

Austria-Hungary also provided some heavy artillery units (with the 30.5cm Skoda guns) for use against Belgian fortresses in 1914.

-Larry

[kvaternik1914]

As far as infantry-regiments of the Austro-Hungarian forces present on the Western Front, there weren't actually that many in said divisions actually at the front prior to 11/11/18

As I recall it was about 6 Landwehr regiments -- and four Common Army regiments: IR 51, IR 61, IR 63 and one other whose number escapes me at the moment. Interestingly, all 4 of the regular regiments were technically Hungarian, IR's 51 & 63 being from the Erdelyi or Siebenburgen Transylvania.

Royal & Imperial forces were stretched paper thin by 1918, as units were not only stationed on the Eastern Front, but also the Alpen-Front, Romania, Macedonia and in the Near East supporting the Turks...as well as the 8-10 regiments on the Western Front.

IR 93, for example, could not be spared from the Eastfront as they were being kept pretty busy helping the Ukrainians keep the Bolsheviks at bay.

Eljen a Kiraly! / Hoch der Kaiser Karl!

Raden Gregory

St. Baon 12, IR 100

[kvaternik1914]

Update:
The Divisions were under-strength, and depending on which source you consult there were either 5 or 6 Common Army regiments there:
IR's 51, 61, 62, 63 (all Hungarian) and IR 112. Peter Jung states IR 5 (also Hungarian) but other sources I have seen don't list it.

There were also about 6-8 Landwehr, 6 or so Honved (Hungarian equivalent of Landwehr) and about 4-6 Feldjager...battalions