Alamein Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I was recently doing some research of Fussartillerie Regiment 5 in the Verlustlisten, and there were a couple of abbreviations I needed clarification on. In the attached image I know that "Battr." must stand for Batterie. I guess that the "Batl." at the bottom stands for Bataillon, but then what would "Batls." be? I notice that in both cases where "Batls." is used it is preceded by "d." which I guess might be der, so maybe it is a simple case of German grammar rules that I am not aware of? This is probably a silly, simple question, but if someone could clear up my ignorance I would appreciate it. -- Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) Hello Tim. re. Stawny, Adalbert (4.Battr. d.Ers.Batls.) .... is simply a grammatical clarification indicating 4.Battr. des Ers. Bataillons. Bernhard H. Holst Edited February 15, 2017 by Bernhard H.Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Alamein : The foot artillery regiments were divided in two bataillons each with a staff and two batteries . The field artillery regiments were divided in abteilungen , the equivalent of a group , usually each abteilung with three batteries some regiments with three abteilungen others with two . the Guards with two normal and another mounted . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) Hi, Stab d. I. Batls = Stab des ersten Bataillons = staff, 1st Battailon. The "s" as you presumed has grammatical significance. It is the genetive "s". GreyC 2 minutes ago, GreyC said: Hi, Stab d. I. Batls = Stab des ersten Bataillons = staff, 1st Battailon. The "s" as you presumed has grammatical significance. It is the genetive´s (partitivus) "s". GreyC Edited February 15, 2017 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alamein Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Awesome, thanks for everyone's help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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