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1st Division de Cavalerie à Pied
Active	December 1917 - 10 February 1919
Country
Branch	Army
Type	Foot cavalry
Role	Infantry
Engagements	First World War

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Contents 1 Heads of the 1st Foot Cavalry Division 2 First World War 2.1 Composition during the War 2.2 1918 2.3 Attachments

[edit] Heads of the 1^st Foot Cavalry Division

• 06/01/1918 - 16/02/1919 (dissolution of the 1^st DCP): Général Brécard

[edit] First World War

The 1^st foot cavalry division was formed in December 1917, in the region of Vic-sur-Aisne, with parts of the 81^st D.I.

[edit] Composition during the War

4^th Foot Cuirassier Regiment from January to November 1918

9^th Foot Cuirassiers Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918

11^th Foot Cuirassier Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918

65^th Territorial Infantry Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918

[edit] 1918

10 January – 14 March 1918

Constitution of the region of Vic-sur-Aisne; instruction.

14 – 22 March 1918

Movement to Chamant.

22 March – 3 April 1918

Transport by train to Salency ; relieved by the British army.

Engaged in the 2^nd Battle of Picardy : defence of the Crozat canal, fought and retreated to defend parts of the Oise, towards Varesnes and Pontoise.

3 – 30 April 1918

Retreat from the front, movement to Ribécourt-Dreslincourt; work.

30 April – 14 June 1918

Occupation of parts of Thiescourt and Plessis-de-Roye.

9 June, engaged in the Battle of Matz: defence of parts of Matz and the Oise.

14 June – 3 July 1918

Retreat from the front, transport by van to Clermont, in Châlons-sur-Marne, followed by movement to Sainte-Menehould ; instruction.

3 July – 10 October 1918

Occupation of the area between Ville-sur-Tourbe and the Aisne, expanded to the right on 15 July, to the woods of Hauzy and Beaurain

21 July, extension of the front, to the left to Massiges.

21 August, reduction to the right, up to the Aisne.

24 September, movement along the road, until 26 September, engaged, between the Aisne and Vienne-le-Château, in the Battle of Somme-Py (Battles of Champagne and Argonne) and exploitation : Servon and Binarville; progression directly to Lançon.

10- 16 October 1918

Retreat from the front ; moved west to Sainte-Menehould.

16 October – 3 November 1918

Movement to the front ; from 18th, occupation of the front of the battle at Termes and the East of Olizy.

Engaged until 1^st November in the Battle of Chesne.

3 – 11 November 1918

Retreat from the front, rest in Valmy

[edit] Attachments

Organic attachment: 1^st Cavalry Corps from January to November 1918

III^rd Army

• 15- 17 January 1918
• 11 February – 21 March 1918
• 23 – 25 March 1918
• 4 April – 15 June 1918

IV^th Army

• 16 June – 11 November 1918

VI^th Army

• 18 January – 10 February 1918
• 22 March 1918
• 26 March – 3 April 1918 (from 25 March to 2 April 1918, the 1^st DCP took part in the Grégoire group of the 1^st DI, the 5^th CA, and the 35^th CA)