Topic: BatzS - Romani
Battle of Romani
Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Turkish Order of Battle
The following Order of Battle for the 1st Expeditionary force was constructed by Jeff Leser.
1 nci Kuvvei Seferiye (1st Expeditionary Force)
As at 12 July 1916
Division3rd Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
32nd Infantry Regiment
39th Infantry Regiment
3rd Mountain Artillery Battalion
1st Battery (four 7.5cm mountain guns)
2nd Battery (four 7.5cm mountain guns)
3rd Battery (four 7.5cm mountain guns)
4th Battery (four 7.5cm mountain guns)
3rd (Divisional) Camel Company
3rd (Divisional) Engineer Company
3rd (Divisional) Medical Company
Artillery
150mm Howitzer Battery
Gebirgshaubitzdivision v. Marno (Austrian)
1st Battery (six 10cm Mountain Howitzers)
2nd Battery (six 10cm Mountain Howitzers)
1st Heavy Mortar Battery (210mm mortars)(German)
2nd Heavy Mortar Battery (210mm mortars)(German)
1st Light Infantry Mortar Detachment (170mm mortars)(German)
2nd Light Infantry Mortar Detachment (170mm mortars)(German) These should be Batterie 350, 351 and 352
Two Anti-aircraft Platoons (2 AA guns each)(German)(possibly Batterie 133 and Batterie 136)
2/60 Fuss Artillerie Battalion (2 100mm Guns)(German)
Machine Guns
32nd MG Company (six MGs)
Maschinegewehr Bataillon 601/01 (German)
MG Abteilung 601 (six MGs)
MG Abteilung 602 (six MGs)
MG Abteilung 603 (six MGs)
MG Abteilung 604 (six MGs)
MG Abteilung 605 (six MGs)
MG Abteilung 606 (six MGs)
MG Abteilung 607 (six MGs)
MG Abteilung 608 (six MGs)
Two MGs in reserve.
Air Force
300 Flieger Abteilung (German)
Medical
1st Mobile Hospital
2nd Mobile Hospital
3rd Mobile Hospital4th Mobile Hospital
6th Mobile Hospital
5th Mobile Hospital
Hospital Transportation Column (mule-litter)
212 Field Hospital (German)
213 Field Hospital (German)
Logistics
1/3 Field Bakery
3/3 Field Bakery
2/3 Field Bakery
1st Provisions Column
2nd Provisions Column
3rd Provisions Column
4th Provisions Column
5th Provisions Column
6th Provisions Column
Army Assets
2/81st Infantry Battalion
1/1st Engineer Company
4/2nd Engineer Company
1/5th Engineer Company
Sapper (Miner) Detachment
Telegraph Detachment
Light Radio Detachment
Signal Detachment (Telephone)
Well-drilling Detachment
Operating as a screen for the force:
Bîrülmezar Bedouin Camel Company
Raider Camel Regiment
Sources:
Herman Cron, Imperial German Army 1914-18, 2002, Translation of Geschichte des Deutsches Heeres im Weltkrieg 1914-1918, 1937, p. 61.
Boden, “Jildirim” Deutsches Streifer auf heiligem, 1925.
Peter Jung, Der k.u.k. Wüstenkrieg. Österreich-Ungarn im Vord, 1992.
Peter Jung, 'Die Militärischen Formation in der Türkei und Mittleren Osten’ in Die KuK Streifkräfte im Ersten Weltkrieg 1914-1918, 1995.
Edward Erickson, Ordered to Die, 2001, p. 155
Der Weltkrieg 1914-1918, Vol. 12, p. 610.
Birinci Cihan Harbinde Türk Harbi 1916 Yili Hareketlieri III nci cilt General Fahri Belen, pp. 211-216.
Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi IV ncü Cilt I nci Kisim Sina-Filistin Cephesi, pp. 364-365, and kurulus 6
Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Jeff Leser who provided the material that appears in this item.
Further Reading:
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Turkish Order of Battle