4th Royal Bavarian Division

[3] It was called the 4th Infantry Division from 1848 to 1851 (as well as during wartime) and was named the Würzburg General Command from 1859 to 1869.

The division fought against Prussia and its allies in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, seeing action at Roßdorf and Roßbrunn.

Late in the year, the division went to the Champagne region, where it faced the Allied Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

After more fighting along the Aisne and the Aire, the division was withdrawn from the line, and spent the last week of the war on border defense in southern Bavaria and Tyrol.

Divisions received engineer companies and other support units from their higher headquarters.

Divisional signals commanders were established to better control communications, a major problem in coordinating infantry and artillery operations during World War I.