French in Italy

[Lupo Solitario]

I'm looking for OOB of french divisions sent on italian front in late 1917

Any info is appreciated

Lupo

[Glenn2438]

Lupo,

the following Order of Battle is given in "Military Operations Italy 1915-1919" for the French Forces in Italy as at November 1917:

Commander: General Duchêne
Chief of General Staff: Colonel Brion

Army Artillery:
Attached XXXI Corps:
Field: 219th F.A. Regiment (9 Batteries of 75mm)
Mountain: 6 groups of 3 batteries
Heavy: 16 groups
Attached XII Corps:
Heavy: 6 groups

46th (Chasseur) Division: General Levi
47th (CHasseur) Division: General Dilleman

XXXI Corps: General Rozée d'Infreville
64th Division: General Colin
65th Division: General Blondin
Corps Artillery:
Field: 264th F.A. Regiment (6 batteries of 75mm)
Heavy: 1 group of 105mm; 1 group of 120mm

XII Corps: General Nourisson
23rd Division: General Bonfait
24th Division: General Odry
Corps Artillery:
Field: 52nd F.A. Regiment (6 batteries of 75mm)
Heavy: 1 group of 105mm; 1 group of 120mm

Total

2 corps of 2 divisions each
2 independent divisions
32 groups of heavy artillery (224 guns)

Regards
Glenn

[Peter H]

Only the French 12th Corps was still in Italy by mid 1918.The German offensives on the Western Front meant that some of the French divisions pulled out.Fayolle was in command of the French deployment initially.

The French 12th Corps(July-Nov 1918) consisted of the 23rd and 2nd French Divisions.