1st Division de Cavalerie à Pied |
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Active | December 1917 - 10 February 1919 |
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Country | France |
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Branch | Army |
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Type | Foot cavalry |
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Role | Infantry |
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Engagements | First World War |
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Military unit
The 1st Foot Cavalry Division (French: 1re Division de Cavalerie à Pied) was a French Army formation during World War I.
First World War
The 1st foot cavalry division was formed in December 1917, in the region of Vic-sur-Aisne, with parts of the 81st D.I.
Composition during the War
- 4th Foot Cuirassier Regiment from January to November 1918
- 9th Foot Cuirassiers Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918
- 11th Foot Cuirassier Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918
- 65th Territorial Infantry Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918
1918
10 January – 14 March 1918
- Constitution of the region of Vic-sur-Aisne; instruction.
14 – 22 March 1918
- Movement to Chamant.
22 March – 3 April 1918
- Transport by train to Salency ; relieved by the British army.
- Engaged in the 2nd Battle of Picardy : defence of the Crozat Canal, fought and retreated to defend parts of the Oise, towards Varesnes and Pontoise.
3 – 30 April 1918
- Retreat from the front, movement to Ribécourt-Dreslincourt; work.
30 April – 14 June 1918
- Occupation of parts of Thiescourt and Plessis-de-Roye.
- 9 June, engaged in the Battle of Matz: defence of parts of Matz and the Oise.
14 June – 3 July 1918
- Retreat from the front, transport by van to Clermont, in Châlons-sur-Marne, followed by movement to Sainte-Menehould ; instruction.
3 July – 10 October 1918
- Occupation of the area between Ville-sur-Tourbe and the Aisne, expanded to the right on 15 July, to the woods of Hauzy and Beaurain
- 21 July, extension of the front, to the left to Massiges.
- 21 August, reduction to the right, up to the Aisne.
- 24 September, movement along the road, until 26 September, engaged, between the Aisne and Vienne-le-Château, in the Battle of Somme-Py (Meuse-Argonne Offensive) and exploitation : Servon and Binarville; progression directly to Lançon.
10–16 October 1918
- Retreat from the front ; moved west to Sainte-Menehould.
16 October – 3 November 1918
- Movement to the front ; from 18th, occupation of the front of the battle at Termes and the East of Olizy.
- Engaged until 1st November in the Battle of Chesne.
3 – 11 November 1918
- Retreat from the front, rest in Valmy
Attachments
Organic attachment: 1st Cavalry Corps from January to November 1918
- Third Army
- 15–17 January 1918
- 11 February – 21 March 1918
- 23 – 25 March 1918
- 4 April – 15 June 1918
- Fourth Army
- 16 June – 11 November 1918
- Sixth Army
- 18 January – 10 February 1918
- 22 March 1918
- 26 March – 3 April 1918 (from 25 March to 2 April 1918, the 1st DCP took part in the Grégoire group of the 1st DI, the 5th CA, and the 35th CA)
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1939–1940 | Tank |
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Colonial |
Indochina |
- Cochinchina and Cambodia
- Tonkin
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Infantry |
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Light Division of Infantry | 235th – 241st |
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- Burtaire
- 1st North African
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March |
- Besse
- Chastanet
- Poisot
- Regard
- Senselme
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Polish | |
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Vichy France | Metropolitan | |
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Africa and Asia |
- Algiers Territorial
- Casablanca
- Cochinchina and Cambodia
- Constantine Territorial
- Fez
- Marrakech
- Meknes
- Oran Territorial
- Tunisian Forces Command
- Tonkin
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Free France/
Army of Liberation | |
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Temporary |
- Constantine March
- Algerian March
- Oran March
- Morocco March
- Southeast Algerian Front
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Infantry |
40th – 49th |
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Territorial Infantry | 81st – 89th |
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- 89
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120th – 129th |
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160th – 170th |
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- 170
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Cavalry |
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Colonial |
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