V Cavalry Corps (German Empire)


The V Cavalry Corps was a formation of the German Army in World War I.

V Cavalry Corps

During the Courland Offensive a wide gap opened between the Army of the Niemen and 10th Army. Set up by the Army of the Niemen as temporary Cavalry Corps Schmettow, commanded by Generalleutnant Egon Graf von Schmettow. Established 18 August 1915. Redesignated 20 November 1916 as 58th Corps .

58th Corps

58th Corps was formed on 20 November 1916 by the redesignation of V Cavalry Corps. As the need for large mounted cavalry formations diminished as the war went on, the existing Cavalry Corps increasingly took on the characteristics of a normal Corps Command. This culminated in them being redesignated as "General Commands for Special Use" Generalkommandos zur besonderen Verwendung .
By the end of the war, the Corps was serving on the Western Front as part of the 5th Army with the following composition:
V Cavalry Corps / 58th Corps had the following commanders during its existence:
CommanderFromTo
Generalleutnant Egon Graf von Schmettow21 August 19156 February 1918
Generalleutnant Alfred von Kleist6 February 1918end of war