12th Army Corps (France)
For the similarly numbered formation in the Grande Armée, see XII Corps (Grande Armée).
| 12th Army Corps | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Branch | French Army |
| Size | Army Corps |
| Part of |
Fourth Army Tenth Army |
| Engagements |
Franco-Prussian War First World War |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Barthélémy Louis Joseph Lebrun Gaston de Galliffet |
12th Army Corps (French: 12e Corps d'Armée) was an army corps in the French Army. Commanded by Général Lebrun in the Franco-Prussian War then by General Galliffet from 1882 to 1886.
World War I
On the outbreak of the First World War it was subordinated to Fourth Army.
| Corps | Division | Brigade | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12th Corps | 23rd Division | 45th Infantry Brigade | 63rd Infantry Regiment[1] |
| 78th Infantry Regiment | |||
| 46th Infantry Brigade | 107th Infantry Regiment | ||
| 138th Infantry Regiment | |||
| Cavalry | 1 Squadron,[2] 21st Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment[3] | ||
| Artillery | 21st Field Artillery Regiment (3 Groupes of 75mm guns)[4] | ||
| Engineers | 6th Engineer Regiment (12/1 Company) | ||
| 24th Division | 47th Infantry Brigade | 50th Infantry Regiment | |
| 108th Infantry Regiment | |||
| 48th Infantry Brigade | 100th Infantry Regiment | ||
| 126th Infantry Regiment | |||
| Cavalry | 1 Squadron, 21st Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment | ||
| Artillery | 34th Field Artillery Regiment (3 Groupes of 75mm guns) | ||
| Engineers | 6th Engineer Regiment (12/2 Company) | ||
| Corps Troops | Reserve Infantry Brigade | 300th Reserve Infantry Regiment[5] | |
| 326th Reserve Infantry Regiment[6] | |||
| Cavalry | 4 Squadrons, 21st Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment | ||
| Artillery | 52nd Field Artillery Regiment (4 Groupes of 75mm guns) | ||
| Engineers | 6th Engineer Regiment (12/3, 12/4, 12/16 and 12/21 Companies) | ||
| 12th Squadron, Military Equipment Train[7] | |||
| 12th Section, Staff Secretaries and Recruitment[8] | |||
| 12th Section, Military Nursing[9] | |||
| 12th Section, Clerks and Military Works Administration[10] |
It became part of the Tenth Army and was deployed in Italy from November 1917.
Its commanders in WWI were :
- 18 August 1913 : Pierre Auguste Roques
- 5 January 1915 : Henri Jean Descoings
- 12 May 1916 : Charles Nollet
- 25 October 1916 : Pierre Jean Charles Antoine Nourrisson
- 29 March 1918 : Jean César Graziani, also commander of all French forces in Italy.
See also
Notes
- ↑ 3 Battalions
- ↑ Company size.
- ↑ Chasseurs à Cheval literally Hunters on Horse or Mounted Hunters were light cavalry
- ↑ artillerie de campagne; an artillery Groupe consisted of 3 batteries of 4 guns (12 guns per Groupe)
- ↑ Formed by the reservists of the 100th Infantry Regiment, 2 battalions strong.
- ↑ Formed by the reservists of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 2 battalions strong.
- ↑ escadron du train des équipages militaires Train (military)
- ↑ section de secrétaires d'état-major et du recrutement
- ↑ section d'infirmiers militaires
- ↑ section de commis et ouvriers militaires d'administration
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