Re: The Battle by the High Warthe River.
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 5:39 pm
Hello to all ; the history follows......................
The fighting by Piotrkow - September 1939.
On September 04 of 1939 the SR 1 continued the advance towards the east and around 14:00 hours it had found resistance in Laski. During the building of a makeshift bridge there, the 2. /SR 1 underwent serious losses. The enemy still occupied the forest of Wygoda and had to be reduced. When the night fell, the Regiment broke away from the enemy and established a bridgehead in Jezow.
The recce troop Leutnant Metzger was conducting reconnaissance in the woods of Lubien. In early morning he attacked from south and southwest many times and found the woods was occupied by strong enemy force. Then all of a sudden on the southern edge he received strong enemy fire. The 8-wheeled armored car was hit, and Panzerschütze Beyer and Saynisch was killed. It was impossible to move using backward steering because Saynisch layed there. Still the heavily wounded troop leader and Panzerschütze Völker was able to bail out. The third light armored car recovered the troop leader in spite of heavy infantry fire, but Panzerschütze Völker died in the process. The second light armored car, only 100m away during the recovery attempt, drove back but the chassis fell into swampy field. But the crew Gefreiter Schmidt, Panzerschütze Bruner, Funker Süß did not give up, and with the help of some Volksdeutschen civilian, the vehicle was again able to move. They returned to the Abteilung. Recce troop Wachtmeister Dölling came back with heavily exhausted Leutnant Metzger. Three killed comrades and a heavily wounded officer will remain in the history of the Aufklärungsabteilung.
On September 04 of 1939, the 14 ID which previously had been subordinate to a motorised Army Corps returned to its old IV A.K., under Command of General d Infanterie v. Schwedler. The march of the division continued in the following order: The I.R. 101 in the lead, the I.R. 11 in the second line and behind followed the IR. 53. At 08:00 hours, the IR 11 had left its bivouac and then marched towards PACIERZOW with his I. Battalion., then the III. Battalion and finally the II. Battalion. The regiment encamped along the PACIERZOW-Piaski highway. Attacks to the bivouac were registered for the first time during the night on the part of civilians reason why it was ordered to the troops to be ready to march, with the vehicles on the way and with the horses saddled.
Sources: Aus der Geschichte Panzer Grenadier Regiment 12 (SR 12). Oskar Schaub.
Piotrkow 1939. W. Zalewski. Bellona. Warszawa 2000.
La Campaña de Polonia. Robert Jars. Círculo Militar. Buenos aires.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/wwii/panzer/images/AA4-Koeln.jpg
http://home.hccnet.nl/e.kooistra/fortzetzung5_6_7.html
Cheers. Raúl M .
The fighting by Piotrkow - September 1939.
On September 04 of 1939 the SR 1 continued the advance towards the east and around 14:00 hours it had found resistance in Laski. During the building of a makeshift bridge there, the 2. /SR 1 underwent serious losses. The enemy still occupied the forest of Wygoda and had to be reduced. When the night fell, the Regiment broke away from the enemy and established a bridgehead in Jezow.
The recce troop Leutnant Metzger was conducting reconnaissance in the woods of Lubien. In early morning he attacked from south and southwest many times and found the woods was occupied by strong enemy force. Then all of a sudden on the southern edge he received strong enemy fire. The 8-wheeled armored car was hit, and Panzerschütze Beyer and Saynisch was killed. It was impossible to move using backward steering because Saynisch layed there. Still the heavily wounded troop leader and Panzerschütze Völker was able to bail out. The third light armored car recovered the troop leader in spite of heavy infantry fire, but Panzerschütze Völker died in the process. The second light armored car, only 100m away during the recovery attempt, drove back but the chassis fell into swampy field. But the crew Gefreiter Schmidt, Panzerschütze Bruner, Funker Süß did not give up, and with the help of some Volksdeutschen civilian, the vehicle was again able to move. They returned to the Abteilung. Recce troop Wachtmeister Dölling came back with heavily exhausted Leutnant Metzger. Three killed comrades and a heavily wounded officer will remain in the history of the Aufklärungsabteilung.
On September 04 of 1939, the 14 ID which previously had been subordinate to a motorised Army Corps returned to its old IV A.K., under Command of General d Infanterie v. Schwedler. The march of the division continued in the following order: The I.R. 101 in the lead, the I.R. 11 in the second line and behind followed the IR. 53. At 08:00 hours, the IR 11 had left its bivouac and then marched towards PACIERZOW with his I. Battalion., then the III. Battalion and finally the II. Battalion. The regiment encamped along the PACIERZOW-Piaski highway. Attacks to the bivouac were registered for the first time during the night on the part of civilians reason why it was ordered to the troops to be ready to march, with the vehicles on the way and with the horses saddled.
Sources: Aus der Geschichte Panzer Grenadier Regiment 12 (SR 12). Oskar Schaub.
Piotrkow 1939. W. Zalewski. Bellona. Warszawa 2000.
La Campaña de Polonia. Robert Jars. Círculo Militar. Buenos aires.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/wwii/panzer/images/AA4-Koeln.jpg
http://home.hccnet.nl/e.kooistra/fortzetzung5_6_7.html
Cheers. Raúl M .