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unusual facts about 5th Division



Capture of Oppy Wood

The attack was conducted by the 15th Brigade of the 5th Division and the 94th Brigade of the 31st Division, which advanced on a front extending from north of Oppy Wood to Gavrelle in the south.


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3rd Royal Bavarian Division

The division was headquartered in Nuremberg from 1815 to 1843, in Ansbach from 1843 to 1848, and then again in Nuremberg until 1901, when after the renumbering of divisions, it became the 3rd Division in Landau and the division in Nuremberg became the 5th Division.

4th U.S. Light Artillery, Battery M

The battery was attached to Artillery, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to May 1862.

Battle of La Bassée

De Maud'huy also moved up his units to Givenchy and taking over the line enabling 5th Division to free three battalions for a reserve.

Battle of Pułtusk

To the north-west, most of the 4th Division commanded by Golitsyn and the 5th Division under Lieutenant General Dmitry Dokhturov fought the Battle of Gołymin on the same day.

Battle of Sarantaporo

The Greek offensive against the Ottoman position began on 9 October, with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions attacking the Ottoman main line frontally, the 4th Division attempting a flanking move to the west to bypass the fortifications and thence occupy the Porta pass, in the rear of the Ottoman positions, while the 5th Division was ordered to execute an even wider manoeuvre to the west.

Burma Campaign 1944–1945

The Japanese briefly recaptured Toungoo once 5th Division had passed through, but the Indian 19th Division, which was following up the leading units of IV Corps, captured the town again and slowly drove the Japanese back towards Mawchi to the east.

Campaign to Suppress Bandits in the Border Region of Hunan–Hubei–Sichuan

The remnant of the nationalist Temporarily Organized 5th Division fled to the north of Yongshun (永顺) County, where they were surrounded by units of the 421st Regiment and units of the 423rd Regiment of the communist 141st Division, and units of the Independent Regiment of communist Enshi Military Sub-District.

Curragh incident

General Sir Charles Fergusson, then commanding the 5th division in Ireland, toured units on the morning of Saturday 21 March to ensure their future compliance with government policy.

Mosley Mayne

Under Mayne's command the major fighting was concluded by 5th Division and took the Italian Commander-in-Chief's surrender.

Operation Krohcol

At about 1400 hours, while advancing through a ravine above the Pattani River and still a mile short of the Ledge at Km 37, Krohcol's advance A (P.M.)Company (Subadar Sher Khan) came under fire again, this time from the Japanese 5th Division.

Roclincourt

In its place in the Roclincourt sector, British troops of 5th Division, 95th Brigade were sent in, namely the 1st Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, who rotated every three days with the 1st Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment.

Rostock Piranhas

The team mainly found itself in the Verbandsliga (5th division) and Regionallia (4th division) levels during this time, with the team slowly growing in popularity.