IR 51 Romanian - Magyar (Kolozsv�r) Aug 14: 69 IBrig-(3): I/IR 51 - 1 GbBrig 1 May 15: 69 IBrig-(4) 23 May 15: I/IR 51 - 1 GbBrig. 1 Sep 15: 70 IBrig-(7) 15 Oct 15: I/IR 51 - 1 GbBrig. 10 Mar 16: I/IR 51 - 1 GbBrig. 15 May 16: I/IR 51 - 1 GbBrig. 4 Jun 16: 70 IBrig-(4) 28 Jul 16: 70 IBrig-(4) 1 Aug 16: I/IR 51 - 1 GbBrig. 12 May 17: I/IR 51 - 1 GbBrig Jun 17: 69 IBrig-(4) 18 Aug 17: 69 IBrig-(5) 24 Oct 17: 69 IBrig-(3) 1 Nov 17: half I/IR 51 - Gp Vidossich, III Kps: half I/IR 51 - Gp Vidale, 19 ID 10 Nov 17: I/IR 51 - 181 IBrig. 15 Jun 18: 70 IBrig-(3): I/IR 51 by now III/IR 128. 9 Jul 18: 70 IBrig-(3) 15 Oct 18: 70 IBrig - 2 1/4) 35. Infanterie-Division Aug 1914: XII Kps: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig, 35 FABrig: Until at least Oct. 23 Jan 1915: 2 Armee, d.Gp Gallwitz: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig. 14 Apr 1915: AGp K�vess (XII Kps). 1 May 1915: XII Kps: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig, 35 FABrig: until at least 1 Mar 17. 21 May 1917: mov from Brest -Litowsk to SW Front, arr less artillery 31 May 17: artillery arr early Jun: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig, 35 FABrig. 5 Jun 1917: XXIII Kps, Gp Schneider: part only. 18 Aug 1917: XXIII Kps: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig, 35 FABrig. 24 Oct 1917: 2 Isa, Gp Kosak: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig: 35 FABrig with XXIII Kps. 26 Dec 1917: XV Kps. 1 Jan 1918: d.14 Armee, Gp Kaiser. 8 Jan 1918: II Kps. early Jun 1918: II Kps: relieved by 8 KD: to Cison di Valmarina. 15 Jun 1918: AOK res, with 6 Armee: Cison di Valmarina: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig, early Jul 1918: XXIV Kps: relieved by 41 HID. 9 Jul 1918: mov to W Front, arr 24 Jul: to XVIII Kps: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig, 35 FABrig end Jul 1918: XVIII Kps: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig, StB 35, 35 FABrig. 15 Oct 1918: XVIII Kps: with d.Armee Abtlg C: 69 IBrig, 70 IBrig, 35 FABrig: only nine and three quarters Baone. Source: Austro-Hungarian Military Mail In short, I/51 has seen extensive service Serbia 1914-15 amd later on the Isonzo and Tyrol Front 1915-1918. The rest of the regiment was deployed with the 35th k.u.k. Infantry Division on the East Front until May 1917 and participated in the 10th, 11th and 12th Isonzo battles (the most bloody of the twelve Italian offensives on the Isonzo) and later took part in the Piave and Monte Grappa fightings. To my knowledge there is no regimental history of IR 51, but there is a memorial book about Transilvanian regiments in World War I with short histories of all regiments from that area. The title of the book is: Erd�lyi ezredek a vil�gh�bor�ban. Szerk. Dese� Lajos. A II. r�szt (Az erd�lyi ezredek bajt�rsi eml�kalbuma) szerk. Ard�i Gyula; Bp. �. n. [1940 ut�n] Ard�i. 335 l., 18 l. (k�panyag), 54 l., 53 l. (k�panyag), 125 l. 310 mm, Sz�vegk�zti k�panyaggal. Wartime Regimental Commanders: Oct 1912 - Sep 1914: Oberst Ludwig Langendorf Sep 1914 - Jan 1915: Oberst Wendelin Colerus von Geldern Jan 1915 - Jun 1915: Oberst Ludwig Langendorf Jun 1915 - May 1916: Oberst Heinrich Klemm May 1916 - Dec 1916: Oberst Robert Melchner Dec 1916 - Nov 1918: Oberstleutnant/Oberst Franz Lichenthal |