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1st Foot Cavalry Division (France)
Summary
The 1st Foot Cavalry Division (1re Division de Cavalerie à Pied) was a French Army formation during World War I.
1 January 1918 – 16 February 1919 (dissolution of the DCP): Général Brécard
The foot cavalry division was formed in December 1917, in the region of Vic-sur-Aisne, with parts of the D.I.
Foot Cuirassier Regiment from January to November 1918
Foot Cuirassiers Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918
Foot Cuirassier Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918
Territorial Infantry Regiment from December 1917 to November 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 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 November in the Battle of Chesne.
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