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    Eingreif division (German: Eingreifdivision) is a term for a type of German Army formation of the First World War , which developed in 1917, to conduct...
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    Reserve (Eingreif) Division 2,119 casualties. The 3rd Reserve Division, 17th (Eingreif) Division, 19th Reserve Division and 4th Bavarian (Eingreif) Division...
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    divisions and two Eingreif divisions, Group Ypres held 6 mi (9.7 km) from Pilckem to Menin Road with three front divisions and two Eingreif divisions and...
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    Eingreif divisions. The Eingreif divisions were placed behind the Menin and Passchendaele Ridges; 5 mi (8.0 km) further back were four more Eingreif divisions...
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    Bavarian divisions, with the 7th Division and 1st Guard Reserve Division as Eingreif (counter-attack) divisions. The 24th Saxon Division, relieved on 5 June...
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    a shallower penetration and then fighting the principal battle against Eingreif divisions as they counter-attacked, rather than against the local defenders...
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    were held against a German counter-attack on 19 April by the 5th and 6th (Eingreif divisions,) the 23rd Division and one regiment between Nauroy and Moronvilliers...
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    principles elaborated since the defensive battles of 1915, including the use of Eingreif divisions. This was intended to shorten the German front, freeing 10 divisions...
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    German reserve battalions did not reach the front until the evening and two Eingreif divisions, which had been ordered forward the previous evening, were still...
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    Division 3,133. Casualties from the bombardment amongst reinforcements and Eingreif divisions are additional. Following the defeat, the chief of the German...
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