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    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

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    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 .

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    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

     

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