STRUCTURE

ASSIGNMENTS TO HIGHER UNITS.

ATTACHED UNITS.

DETACHED UNITS

DEPLOYMENT AREA / OPERATIONAL PERIOD.

1939.

1940.

• beg. .40: it received the order for the move to Bessarabia.
• beg. 3.40: assigned to Armata 3.
• 3-5.40: slowly moved with difficulty to Bessarabia, at SOROCA (here will be located the Divisional HQ and the Bg.4 Cav. HQ). Here the Division was designated for a 100 km cover frontline on the Nistru, between Mărcăuţi / OR (E of ORHEI) and N of SOROCA.
• 6.6.40: the outposts units enters in the disposition.
• 14.6.40: the main forces (i.e Bg. 4 Cav) were regrouped for defence in a sector between N of Mărcăuţi and inclusively SOROCA (meantime, Bg. 8 Cav. was located S of CHIŞINĂU, assigned to Armata 4).
• 26.6.40: the units were alarmed for war.
• 27/28.6.40: the Brigade received the order for the evacuation of Bessarabia beginning with 12.00 AM. It begun the movement to the West; from Voloviţa / SR (S of SOROCA), the Bg. 4 Cav. column was splitted in two, with the final point BĂLŢI: Reg. 10 Rş. and Reg. 11 Căl. continued their march through Strâmba - Făleşti / BL - Sculeni / IS, and Reg. 3 Căl. and Reg. 3 Art.Căl. marched through Alexandrovka (Alexandreni / BL ?) to BĂLŢI.
• 30.6.40: Bg.4 Cav. arrived at Tg. Sculeni; here disagreements with the Soviets.
• 29-30.6.40: incidents with the population at Bălţi, Slobozia / BL, Strâmba and Sculeni were also reported.
• After crossing the Prut river at Sculeni, Bg. 4 Cav. was deployed on the Prut in the area cca. Ştefăneşti / BT (SE of BOTOŞANI).
• then it returned from VASLUI to its garrisons: Islaz / TL, CARACAL / OT and CRAIOVA.
• 10.40: disbanded.