1st Foot Cavalry Division (France)

The 1st Foot Cavalry Division (1re Division de Cavalerie à Pied) was a French Army formation during World War I.

Heads of the Foot Cavalry Division

 * 1 January 1918 – 16 February 1919 (dissolution of the DCP): Général Brécard

First World War
The  foot cavalry division was formed in December 1917, in the region of Vic-sur-Aisne, with parts of the D.I.

Composition during the War

 *  Foot Cuirassier Regiment from January to November 1918
 *  Foot Cuirassiers Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918
 *  Foot Cuirassier Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918
 *  Territorial Infantry Regiment from December 1917 to November 1918

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 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 (Meuse-Argonne Offensive) 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 November in the Battle of Chesne.

3 – 11 November 1918
 * Retreat from the front, rest in Valmy

Attachments
Organic attachment: Cavalry Corps from January to November 1918


 * Third Army
 * 15–17 January 1918
 * 11 February – 21 March 1918
 * 23 – 25 March 1918
 * 4 April – 15 June 1918
 * Fourth Army
 * 16 June – 11 November 1918
 * Sixth Army
 * 18 January – 10 February 1918
 * 22 March 1918
 * 26 March – 3 April 1918 (from 25 March to 2 April 1918, the 1st DCP took part in the Grégoire group of the DI, the 5th CA, and the 35th CA)