Part 13

─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 1916 │ 1917 ─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Infantry. │37 Mixed Ldw. │73 Ldw. │37 Ldw. │3 Res. Ers. │ │74 Ldw. │ │73 Ldw. │2 Res. Ers. │4 Res. Ers. │ │74 Ldw. │ │3 Res. Ers. │ │ ─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴────────────── Cavalry. │8 Cuirassier Rgt. (Ers. │8 Cuirassier Rgt. (Ers. │ Sqn.). │ Sqn.). │ │88 Cav. Rgt. (3 Sqn.). ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Artillery. │102 F. A. Abtl. (1 Ers. Abt. │102 F. A. Regt. │ 26 F. A. Rgt). │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Engineers and│161 T. M. Co. │Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ │ (?) 2 Landst. Co. 9 C. Dist. │ │ Pions. │ │ 405 T. M. Co. │ │ 303 Searchlight Section. │ │ 555 Tel. Detch. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Medical and │ │269 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │ │(?) (11 Ldw.) Field Hospital. │ │505 Vet. Hospital. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Transports. │ │763 M. T. Col. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Attached. │ │2 Insterburg Landst. Inf. │ │ Btn. (1 C. Dist. Btn. No. │ │ 6). ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────

─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 1918 │ 1918 ─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Infantry. │37 Ldw. │73 Ldw. │37 Ldw. │73 Ldw. │ │74 Ldw. │ │74 Ldw. │ │8 Landst. │ │(?) │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴────────────── Cavalry. │ │1 Sqn. 16 Drag. Rgt. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Artillery. │ │250 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Engineers and│ │2 Landst. Co. 9 C. Dist Liaisons. │ │ Pions. │ │111 Searchlight Section. │ │ │ │555 Signal Command. │ │555 Tel. Detch. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Medical and │ │269 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │ │500 Field Hospital. │ │11 Ldw. Field Hospital. │ │505 Vet. Hospital. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Transports. │ │763 M. T. Col. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Attached. │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────

HISTORY.

(73d Landwehr and 74th Landwehr: Tenth District—Hanover. 8th Landsturm; Eighth District—Rhine Province.)

1916.

The 5th Ersatz Division was organized in the fall of 1915 with the name of Basedow Division. It comprised the 37th Landwehr Brigade (73d and 74th Landwehr); until then attached to the 26th Reserve Corps, and the 2d Reserve Ersatz Brigade (3d Ersatz Reserve and 4th Reserve Brigade), situated in the Dixmude sector. With the 4th Ersatz Division, the Basedow Division, which became the 5th Ersatz Division in 1916, constituted at the end of 1915 the Werde Corps.

BELGIUM.

1. From January to October, 1916 the division remained in Belgium (region of Yser, then southeast of Ypres). However, the 4th Ersatz Reserve was transferred to the 206th Division at the beginning of September.

SOMME.

2. Withdrawn from the Ypres front at the beginning of October, the division was sent to the Somme and engaged north of Courcelette from October 19 to 30.

3. In November it was sent to rest behind the Champagne front.

RUSSIA.

4. At the beginning of December it was sent to Russia (the 73d Landwehr entrained December 11 northeast of Reims, via Dusseldorf-Hamburg- Koenigsburg-Tilsit-Poneviej. Detrained at Elovka the 16th).

1917.

COURLAND.

Sent into line in the Illukst sector (region of Dvinsk) at the beginning of January 1917 and remained in this country during the whole year (Illukst, Lake Stenten, Kchtchava). Its losses were very small—17 killed and 20 wounded in the 3d Ersatz Reserve from the end of December, 1916, to the end of August, 1917. Because the sector was so quiet the division had only small forces during the last months of 1917. The 73d Landwehr at the end of November had only 60 to 65 men per company (examination of Russians).

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

The division remained for a long time in the quiet sectors of the Russian front and seems to have had only moderate fighting value.

1918.

COURLAND.

1. The 5th Ersatz Division was still in the vicinity of Dvinsk in February. In March it exchanged the 3d Ersatz Regiment for the 8th Landsturm Regiment of the 87th Division, the latter being on the point of leaving for France.

LIVONIA.

2. The division advanced into Livonia (in March) and remained in the Pskov-Ostrov region as late as June 27th. The 74th Landwehr Regiment was identified here on August 6, but the rest of the division was identified near Mitau during July.

3. Toward the end of October, it was reported that the division, having been refitted, had come to the Western Front via Trier and Rethel; however, the division was never actually identified on the Western Front.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The division was rated as 4th class.

5th Landwehr Division.

COMPOSITION.

─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │14 Ldw. │36 Ldw. │14 Ldw. │36 Ldw. │14 Ldw. │36 Ldw. │ │66 Ldw. │ │66 Ldw. │ │66 Ldw. │ │17 Ldw. │30 Ldw. │25 Ldw. │30 Ldw. │25 Ldw. │30 Ldw. │25 Ldw. │ │65 Ldw. │ │65 Ldw. │ │65 Ldw. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │ │ │4 Sqn. 1 Uhlan Rgt. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │ │ │1 and 2 Landst. 4 │ │ │ C. Dist. │ │ │ Batteries. F. A. │ │ │256 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ (left in July). │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│1 Ldw. 11 C. Dist. │ │1 Ldw. 11 C. Dist. Liaisons. │ Pion. Co. │ │ Pion. Co. │ │ │1 Ldw. 16 C. Dist. │ │ │ Pion. Co. │ │ │305 T. M. Co. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │93 Ldw. Inf. Regt. │ │ │ (June to Sept.) │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │30 Ldw. │25 Ldw. │30 Ldw. │25 Ldw. │ │36 Ldw. │ │36 Ldw. │ │65 Ldw. │ │65 Ldw. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │2 Sqn. 16 Uhlan │2 Sqn. 16 Uhlan │ Rgt. │ Rgt. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │Art. Command: │256 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ 256 Ldw. F. A. │1,415 Light Am. │ Rgt. │ Col. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│(405) Pion. Btn.: │405 Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ 1 Ldw. 11 C. Dist.│ 1 Ldw. Co. 11 C. │ Pion. Co. │ Dist. Pions. │ 1 Ldw. 16 C. Dist.│ 1 Ldw. Co. 16 C. │ Pion. Co. │ Dist. Pions. │ 305 T. M. Co. │ 305 T. M. Co. │ 321 Searchlight │ 217 Searchlight │ Section. │ Section. │ Tel. Detch. │505 Signal Command: │ │ 505 Tel. Detch. │ │ 92 Wireless Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │Ambulance Co. │12 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │151 Field Hospital.│67 Field Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │79 Field Hospital. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │M. T. Col. │775 M. T. Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

HISTORY.

(25th Landwehr and 65th Landwehr: Eighth District—Rhine Province. 36th Landwehr: Fourth District—Prussian Saxony.)

1914.

The 5th Landwehr Division is composed of two Landwehr brigades meant to be the war garrison of Metz, where they detrained August 9 and 10, 1914: 14th Landwehr Brigade from the Fourth District (36th Landwehr and 66th Landwehr); 30th Landwehr Brigade from the Eighth District (25th Landwehr and 65th Landwehr). The 17th Landwehr was under the 14th Brigade.

WOEVRE.

1. During the first days of September the 14th Landwehr Brigade was engaged at Fresnes and Marcheville (in Woevre), near the 33d Reserve Division. It fought on the Cotes de Meuse, near Champlon and Les Eparges, at the beginning of October and suffered heavy losses there.

2. In December the two brigades (14th Landwehr Brigade and 30th Landwehr Brigade) were united in the Woevre (Warcq, Hennemont, Marcheville, Champlon, Saulx). The division at that time was part of the Von Strantz detachment.

1915.

1. The division remained in the sector between Warcq and Saulx en Woevre during the whole of 1915. In January the 17th Landwehr, from which many men had deserted, was sent to Russia, where it assisted in the formation of the 85th Landwehr Division.

1916.

COTES DE MEUSE.

1. At the time of the Verdun offensive the division was present during the attacks on the Cotes de Meuse, near Braquis, Ronvaux, Manhuelles, at the end of February to March, 1916.

2. Toward the end of March the 14th Landwehr Brigade took the place of the First Guard Ersatz Brigade (Guard Ersatz Division) in the Apremont sector.

3. The 30th Landwehr Brigade was kept before the Cotes de Meuse (region of Fresnes en Woevre) until July. It then rejoined the other brigade east of St. Mihiel.

1917.

FOREST OF APREMONT.

1. The division from this time on did not leave the Forest of Apremont sector. In April, 1917, the 66th Landwehr was transferred to the 23d Landwehr Division, newly organized, and soon sent to Russia.

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

A sector unit.

1918.

1. On April 12 the division undertook a local operation in the Apremont sector in an effort to divert troops and artillery from the Somme front. About 800 men of the Storm Battalion were engaged. Forty-seven prisoners were lost in the attack. Aside from this the sector continued very quiet until September 12.

BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL.

2. The division was engaged in the attack in the St. Mihiel salient. It lost heavily in prisoners, among whom were the entire staff of the 3d Battalion, 65th Landwehr Regiment, which was taken on September 12 in the Bois de Thiaucourt. The division retreated with orders to take up positions between the first and second positions of the Hindenburg line. Here it had orders to hold the Mihiel Zone under all circumstances.

3. The division continued in line until the armistice.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The 5th Landwehr Division was rated as a fourth-class division. In 1918 it held the Apremont sector continuously, showing no initiative or capacity for offensive operation, but due to the small losses and heavy effectives it offered as much resistance to our attack in September as did the other German divisions in the salient.

5th Bavarian Division.

COMPOSITION.

─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │9 Bav. │14 Bav. │9 Bav. │14 Bav. │9 Bav. │14 Bav. │ │21 Bav. │ │21 Bav. │ │21 Bav. │10 Bav. │7 Bav. │10 Bav. │7 Bav. │10 Bav. │7 Bav. │ │19 Bav. │ │19 Bav. │ │19 Bav. │ 2 Bav. Res. Jag. │ 2 Bav. Res. Jag. │ │ │ Btn. │ Btn. │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │7 Bav. Light Cav. │7 Bav. Light Cav. │7 Bav. Light Cav. │ Rgt. │ Rgt. │ Rgt. (2 Sqns.). ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │5 Bav. Brig.: │5 Bav. Brig.: │5 Bav. Brig.: │ │ │ │ 6 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ 6 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ 6 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ 10 Bav. F. A. Rgt.│ 10 Bav. F. A. Rgt.│ 10 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│1 and 4 Field Cos. │1 and 4 Field Cos. │1 and 4 Field Cos. Liaisons. │ 3 Bav. Pion. Btn.│ 3 Bav. Pion. Btn.│ 3 Bav. Pion. Btn. │ │5 Bav. Pont. Engs. │5 Bav. T. M. Co. │ │5 Bav. Tel. Detch. │5 Bav. Pont. Engs. │ │ │5 Bav. Tel. Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transport. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │ │84 Labor Btn. Anti- │ │ │ Aircraft. │ │ │Section 1 Bav. │ │ │ Balloon Sqn. ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │10 Bav. │7 Bav. │10 Bav. │7 Bav. │ │19 Bav. │ │19 Bav. │ │21 Bav. │ │21 Bav. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │2 Bav. Light Cav. │4 Sqns. 2 Bav. │ Rgt. (4 Sqns.). │ Light Cav. Rgt. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │5 Bav. Art. │5 Bav. Art. │ Command: │ Command: │ 6 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ 10 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ (6 Btries.). │ │ │ 3 Abt. 1 Bav. F. │ │ A. Rgt. (Staff, │ │ and 9, 10, and 11 │ │ Btries.). │ │103 Bav. Light Am. │ │ Col. │ │109 Bav. Light Am. │ │ Col. │ │166 Bav. Light Am. │ │ Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│(S) 5 Bav. Pion. │3 Bav. Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ Btn.: │ │ 10 Bav. Pion. Co. │ 10 Bav. Pion. Co. │ 13 Bav. Pion. Co. │ 13 Bav. Pion. Co. │ 5 Bav. T. M. Co. │ 5 Bav. Searchlight │ │ Section. │ 5 Bav. Tel. Detch.│5 Bav. Signal │ │ Command: │ │ 5 Bav. Tel. Detch. │ │ 100 Bav. Wireless │ │ Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │3 Bav. Ambulance │6 Bav. Ambulance Veterinary.│ Co. │ Co. │6 Bav. Ambulance │21 Bav. Field │ Co. │ Hospital. │Field Hospital. │25 Field Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transport. │114 M. T. Col. │685 M. T. Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

HISTORY.

(Upper and Middle Franconia—Bavaria.)

1914.

LORRAINE.

1. At the beginning of the war the division was a part of the 3d Bavarian Army Corps, with the 6th Bavarian Division, and was part of the 6th Army (Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria). Detrained between Boulay and Courcelles from August 9 to 11, it fought August 20 on the right of the 2d Bavarian Corps at Oron, Lusy, Fremery. Crossed the frontier on the 22d and advanced to Sanon, fighting on the 25th at Serres and Hoéville, and on September 2 at Einville Wood. During the days following it formed the left of the troops attacking Nancy by way of Champenoux.

WOEVRE.

2. After its failure the division was assembled at Metz on September 13 and 14. The 19th it was at Mars-la-Tour. From there going through La Haye it reached the Cotes de Meuse. The 7th Infantry took Nonsard the 20th and Heudicourt the 21st. Marching on the left of the 6th Bavarian Division, which went up the hill, the 5th Bavarian Division, walking along the summit, established itself in the forest of Apremont at the beginning of September 25 and held it during the whole of 1915, and, except for the months of October and November, 1915, during the summer of 1916. Its losses were quite high during the first two months of the campaign. On October 14 the 1st Company of the 14th Infantry had only 1 officer and 41 men (notebooks).

1915.

CHAMPAGNE.

1. October 6, 1915, the division was sent to Champagne, via Audun le Roman-Longuyon-Sedan, to relieve the 16th Reserve Division which had been crushed by the French attack of September 25. It was engaged south of Tahure (La Courtine) beginning October 13.

WOEVRE.

2. At the beginning of December it returned to its old sector east of St. Mihiel.

1916.

ARTOIS.

1. In July, 1916, the division was withdrawn from the St. Mihiel salient and sent to Artois. It held the Lens-Vimy sector until the end of August, 1916.

SOMME.

2. September 7 to 8 it was engaged in the Somme (Delville Wood-Ginchy). It suffered heavy losses in the fights around Ginchy and during the British attack of September 15 (Flers, Gueudecourt).

ARTOIS.

3. Relieved September 20, it went back into line after a few days of rest in the sector Neuve-Chapelle, south of the Armentieres road.

1917.

ARTOIS.

1. The division remained on the front south of Armentieres during the whole winter 1916 to 1917. In February it was reduced to three regiments on the transfer of the 14th Infantry to the 16th Bavarian Division, newly organized.

2. It left the lines at the end of April, but at the beginning of May went to the sector north of Arras, where it fought heavily at Fresnoy on May 7 and southeast of Gavrelle on June 28.

BELGIUM.

3. Withdrawn from the Oppy-Gavrelle front July 1 and sent to rest near the Belgian-Dutch front. It went through a period of training at the Brasschaet camp in July.

FLANDERS.

4. About August 6 it entrained and went to Gits, via Lokeren, Ghent, Thielt, and Pitthen. From there it went to Roulers. On August 10 held the sector south of St. Julien, east of Ypres, where it suffered heavy losses in the fighting of August 15 and days following. Relieved August 24.

5. After a period of rest the division went back into line September 8 in the quiet sector of Deulemont (south of the Lys) and held it until the end of February, 1918.

RECRUITING.

Upper and Middle Franconia (3d Bavarian District).

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

Although not among the best Bavarian divisions, it was a good combat unit. In 1917 it did well at Arras and on the Ypres front where it suffered heavy losses (information from the British, February, 1918).

1918.

1. About February 13 the division was relieved, moved to Tourcoing (Feb. 14), and trained in that area until March 17, when it marched to Roubaix. It entrained and moved to Fressies (5 miles north of Cambrai), rested until the 19th, and moved to the front.

BATTLE OF PICARDY.

2. It was engaged east of Cambrai (Vaux-Vrancourt) on March 22. Retiring to second line about April 4, it rested near Sapignies until about April 11, when it was identified southeast of Boyelles. It was relieved by the 111th Division on May 6.

3. The division trained in the Somain area until May 22, when it was moved by trucks via Cantin and Palluel to Ecourt. A day later it marched to Bullecourt and relieved the 221st Division on night of May 24–25. Lieut. Gen. v. Endres, the division commander, was promoted to the command of the 1st Bavarian Corps about this time. The division was relieved in the Boyelles sector on July 15 by the 21st Reserve Division.

BATTLE OF THE SOMME.

4. After resting behind the Arras Front the division entered the line near Lihons on August 10. After suffering heavy losses it withdrew from the battle front south of Peronne on September 24 and retired to the Le Cateau region.

5. It rested for a week and returned to the battle at Rumilly on the night of September 30-October 1. About October 12, after heavy losses, it was withdrawn and rested near Valenciennes.

6. On October 25 it was again put in line at Rameguies-Chin. It was last identified at Mourcourt on November 9.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The 5th Bavarian Division was a first-class division. In 1918, it was almost constantly engaged in the most active sectors on the British front.

5th Bavarian Reserve Division.

COMPOSITION.

─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │9 Bav. │6 Bav. │9 Bav. │6 Bav. │9 Bav. │10 Bav. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ │7 Bav. │ │7 Bav. │ │7 Bav. │ │ Res. │ │ Res. │ │ Res. │11 Bav. │10 Bav. │11 Bav. │10 Bav. │ │3 Bav. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ │ Res. │ │13 Bav. │ │13 Bav. │ │12 Bav. │ │ Res. │ │ Res. │ │ Res. │ │ │ │39 Ldw. │ │ │ 1 Bav. Res. Jag. │ 1 Bav. Res. Jag. │ 1 Bav. Res. Jag. │ Btn. │ Btn. │ Btn. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Cavalry. │5 Bav. Res. Cav. │5 Bav. Res. Cav. │ (?) │ Rgt. (3 Sqns.). │ Rgt. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │5 Bav. Res. F. A. │5 Bav. Res. F. A. │5 Bav. Res. F. A. │ Rgt. (6 Btries.).│ Rgt. │ Rgt. (9 Btries.). │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│4 Field Co. and 1 │4 Field Co. and 1 │4 Field Co. and 1 Liaisons. │ Res. Co. 2 Bav. │ Res. Co 2 Bav. │ Res. Co. 2 Bav. │ Pion. Btn. │ Pion. Btn. │ Pion. Btn. │ │5 Res. Pont. Engs. │205 Bav. T. M. Co. │ │ │ │ │5 Res. Tel. Detch. │5 Bav. Res. Cable │ │ │ Pont. Engs. │ │ │5 Bav. Res. Tel. │ │ │ Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Odd units. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │11 Bav. │10 Bav. │11 Bav. │7 Bav. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ │7 Bav. │ │10 Bav. │ │ Res. │ │ Res. │ │12 Bav. │ │12 Bav. │ │ Res. │ │ Res. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │ (?) │2 Sqn. 3 Bav. Light │ │ Cav. Rgt. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │17 Bav. Art. │17 Bav. Art. │ Command: │ Command: │ 5 Bav. Res. F. A. │ 5 Bav. Res. F. A. │ Rgt. (9 Btries.).│ Rgt. │ │ 17 Bav. Ft. A. │ │ Btn. │ │ 102 Bav. Light Am. │ │ Col. │ │ 104 Bav. Light Am. │ │ Col. │ │ 119 Bav. Light Am. │ │ Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│(18) Bav. Pion. │18 Bav. Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ Btn. │ │ │ │ 2 Bav. Res. Pion. │ 2 Bav. Res. Pion. │ Co. │ Co. │ 19 Bav. Res. Pion │ 19 Bav. Res. Pion. │ Co. │ Co. │ 205 Bav. T. M. Co.│ 205 Bav. T. M. Co. │ │ │ 405 Bav. Tel. │ 8 Bav. Searchlight │ Detch. │ Section. │ │405 Bav. Signal │ │ Command: │ │ 405 Tel Detch. │ │ 103 Wireless │ │ Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │16 Bav. Ambulance │16 Bav. Ambulance Veterinary.│ Co. │ Co. │46 Bav. Field │46 Bav. Field │ Hospital. │ Hospital. │56 Bav. Field │50 Bav. Field │ Hospital. │ Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │M. T. Col. │751 Bav. M. T. Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Odd units. │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

HISTORY.

(Third Bavarian District—Upper Palatinate, Upper and Middle Franconia.)

1914.

LORRAINE.

1. The division constituted, with the 5th Bavarian Reserve Division, the 1st Bavarian Reserve Corps, and at the beginning of the war was part of the army of Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria (6th Army). It detrained from August 11 to 13 between Sarreguemines and Sarralbe. It fought August 20 on the left of the 21st Corps at Loudrefeing, was engaged the 26th at Maixe, September 2 at Deuxville, northwest of Luniville, and remained a few days longer behind Luniville.

2. On September 13 it was in line on the Seille and the Paris-Avricourt Railroad and remained there until the last days of the month.

ARTOIS.

3. September 28 and 29 the division entrained at Metz. Detrained the 30th and October 1 at Valenciennes. Engaged north of Arras (Roclincourt- Carency) in October and November and took position in the sector.

1915.