Part 19
2. About November 13 the division was sent from the region of Verdun to Flanders. Some units of the division fought near Poelcappelle and south of Bixschoote in support of the 3d Reserve Corps. It suffered very heavy losses.
3. Again sent to Woevre during the month of December.
1915.
WOEVRE.
1. In January, 1915, the division held the region Gincrey-Etrain-Warcq. It remained in this section during the whole of 1915 and until the end of February, 1916. In April it transferred its 7th Reserve Infantry to form the 121st Division.
1916.
VERDUN.
1. A few days before the Verdun offensive (end of February, 1916,) the regiments of the division were relieved. The 6th Reserve and the 19th Reserve organized with their best units one attack battalion each. These battalions took part with the 15th Army Corps in the violent action at the beginning and suffered heavy losses.
2. March 7 its units were reorganized behind the front and the division advanced through Maucourt-Ornes and established itself north of Vaux. March 9 and 10 the three regiments of the division attacked successfully the village and fort of Vaux. They were repulsed nearly everywhere with very heavy losses.
3. About March 12 the division was relieved from before Vaux and sent to rest in the region of Senon-Amel.
4. Went back into line about March 20 south of Damploup. It did not attack any more, but bombardments caused it heavy losses.
5. Relieved about the end of April and sent to rest in the vicinity of Saverne (Alsace) until June 12.
CHAMPAGNE.
6. About June 20 it went into line in Champagne (sector of Souain- Tahure) but did not take part in any important action.
SOMME.
7. Withdrawn from the front about September 20 or 25 and sent to the Somme. Engaged between the eastern limit of Bouchavesnes and the main Péronne road until October 18. It had a few losses.
8. After a period of rest, probably in the vicinity of Vouziers, it was again sent to the Somme, first behind the front southeast of Bapaume December 1, then about December 17 in line in the sector of Bouchavenes- Bois de St. Pierre-Vaast until February, 1917.
1917.
1. In February, 1917, the division held on the Somme the sector north of the Ancre—south of Achiet le Petit.
2. Withdrawn from the front about March 10 and sent to rest in the region of Cambrai, and was established on a new front about March 20 west of Catelet near Gouzeaucourt, Villers Guislain.
ARTOIS.
3. About April 15 it was relieved and went into line south of the Scarpe, northeast of Monchy le Preaux, from the beginning of May till the beginning of June.
FLANDERS.
4. It was again at the front east of Armentieres from the middle of June till about July 10, then after a rest in the vicinity of Ghent it was in line on the Ypres road at Menin, east of Klein-Zillebeke, from August 10 to September 25, and fought especially on the 20th, on which date it suffered heavily. The 11th Company of the 6th Reserve Infantry was reduced to 20 men, and the 12th to 27. The 19th Reserve Infantry had the same losses. The 3d Company of the 395th Infantry lost half of its men. (Summary of information Sept. 21 and Oct. 24, 1917.)
CAMBRAI.
5. Reorganized in the region of Cambrai and from that time on held various sectors of this front. It fought November 23 to 30 at Banteux, Masnières, and in December south of Marcoing. In January, 1918, it was at La Vacquerie and was relieved there February 21.
RECRUITING.
The Province of Posen, with a few units from other districts, for example the ninth, to reduce the proportion of Poles.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The division fought well in many battles at the end of 1917, especially east of Ypres and before Cambrai.
1918.
BATTLE OF PICARDY.
1. The division reinforced the front southwest of Cambrai on March 22 and advanced by Montauban-Maricourt to west of Albert. It was relieved about the 1st of April. After losing heavily in the offensive it was withdrawn.
LENS.
2. It came into line in the quiet sector near Lens about April 10, relieving the 12th Reserve Division. On the 23d it shifted its sector south to Avion. The 12th Reserve Division returned from the Lys front to relieve it on about April 29.
3. The division moved north and entered the battle line in the Festubert sector on April 29. It continued in this sector until September 27, effecting only local reliefs. It reentered at once at Marcoing on September 29. A month later it arrived at Ath from line and went into line on November 2 at Hermes. The last identification was at Ellezelle on November 10.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as a second-class division. During 1918 its length of stay on the British front was remarkable. Nothing is known of its morale or losses.
9th Landwehr Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Infantry. │43 Ldw. │32 Ldw. │76 Ldw. │79 Ldw. │ │83 Ldw. │ │83 Ldw. │49 Mixed Ldw. │116 Ldw. │49 Ldw. │116 Ldw. │ │118 Ldw. │ │118 Ldw. │ │56 Ldw. │ │ ─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴────────────── Cavalry. │Ldw. Cav. Rgt. (18 C. Dist.).│Ldw. Cav. Rgt. (18 C. Dist.). ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Artillery. │Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Engineers and│1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (18 C. │2 Ldw. Pion. Co. (10 C. Liaisons. │ Dist.). │ Dist.). │ │1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (18 C. │ │ Dist.). │ │309 T. M. Co. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Medical and │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Attached. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────
─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Infantry. │76 Ldw. │83 Ldw. │76 Ldw. │83 Ldw. │ │116 Ldw. │ │116 Ldw. │ │118 Ldw. │ │118 Ldw. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴────────────── Cavalry. │1 Sqn. 4 Res. Drag. Rgt. │1 Sqn. 4 Res. Drag. Rgt. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Artillery. │(?) Art. Command: │9 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │ 9 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Engineers and│(409) Pion. Btn.: │409 Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ 2 Ldw. Pion. Co. (10 C. │ 2 Ldw. Co. 10 C. Dist. │ Dist.). │ Pions. │ 1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (18 C. │ 1 Ldw. Co. 18 C. Dist. │ Dist.). │ Pions. │ 309 T. M. Co. │ 309 T. M. Co. │ 509 Tel. Detch. │ 183 Searchlight Section. │ │509 Signal Command: │ │ 509 Tel. Detch. │ │ 136 Wireless Detch. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Medical and │566 Ambulance Co. │566 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │62 Field Hospital. │62 Field Hospital. │86 Field Hospital. │13 Ldw. Field Hospital. │396 Field Hospital. │509 Vet. Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Transports. │221 M. T. Col. │ │904 M. T. Col. │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Attached. │151 Labor Btn. │ │171 Labor Btn. │ ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────
HISTORY.
(83d Landwehr: Eleventh District—Thuringia and Electoral Hesse. 116th Landwehr and 118th Landwehr: Eighteenth District—Grand Duchy of Hesse.)
1915.
ARGONNE.
1. This division was organized in the Argonne at the beginning of 1915 from infantry units in sector in that region and in Champagne. The 43d Landwehr Brigade detrained at Boulay (Lorraine) August 20, 1914, and fought in the Woevre the 24th. The 49th Landwehr Brigade was sent to Luxemburg August 20, followed the Eighteenth Reserve Corps, and took part with it in the battle of the Marne. In October the two brigades were in the Argonne.
2. From the time of its organization did not leave the Argonne. From the beginning of 1915 it held the sector at or near the Aisne (north of Ville sur Tourbe and north of Vienne le Chateau).
1916.
ARGONNE.
1. Sector north of Vienne le Chateau, from the region of Rouvroy to the ravine of Fontaine aux Charmes.
1917.
ARGONNE.
1. Sector north of Vienne le Chateau.
RECRUITING.
83d Landwehr: Electorate Hesse and Thuringia. 116th and 118th Landwehr: Grand Duchy of Hesse and Rhenish country. The document of July 11, 1917, calls the two regiments in question “Rhenish.”
At the end of 1917 and during the first months of 1918 the division exchanged a large number of men with the divisions stationed near it, which modified its regional composition to a certain degree.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
Sector division. (1918.)
The division had one storm company in July, 1917, and each regiment had a “Stosstrupp.”
1918.
The division continued to hold the sector in the Argonne Woods until the American attack on September 26. It was engaged on the opening days and withdrew on the 28th. The shattered elements were re-formed and reentered at once on the extreme right flank of the 4th French Army in the vicinity of the Aisne. The last identification was at Villers sur le Mont on November 10.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as a fourth-class division. On the defensive it showed some fighting ability.
9th Bavarian Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1916 │ 1917 │ 1918[8] ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │17 Bav. │11 Bav. │17 Bav. │11 Bav. │17 Bav. │11 Bav. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ Res. │ │14 Bav. │ │14 Bav. │ │14 Bav. │ │ Res. │ │ Res. │ │ Res. │ │3 Bav. │ │3 Bav. │ │3 Bav. │ │ Ers. │ │ Ers. │ │ Ers. ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │ │1 Sqn. 1 Bav. Res. │1 Sqn. 1 Bav. Res. │ │ Cav. Rgt. │ Cav. Rgt. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │11 Bav. Res. F. A. │9 Bav. Art. │9 Bav. Art. │ Rgt. (9 Btries.).│ Command: │ Command: │ │ 11 Bav. Res. F. A.│ 11 Bav. Res. F. A. │ │ Rgt. │ Rgt. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│ │(21) Pion. Btn.: │8 Bav. Pion. Co. Liaisons. │ │ │ │ │ 8 Bav. Pion. Co. │12 Bav. Res. Pion. │ │ │ Co. │ │ 12 Bav. Res. Pion.│209 Bav. T. M. Co. │ │ Co. │ │ │ 209 Bav. T. M. Co.│409 Tel. Detch. │ │ 409 Tel. Detch. │105 Bav. Wireless │ │ │ Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │13 Bav. Ambulance │13 Bav. Ambulance Veterinary.│ │ Co. │ Co. │ │30 Bav. Field │30th Bav. Field │ │ Hospital. │ Hospital. │ │58 Bav. Field │58th Bav. Field │ │ Hospital. │ Hospital. │ │29 Bav. Vet. │29 Bav. Vet. │ │ Hospital. │ Hospital. │ │30 Bav. Vet. │ │ │ Hospital. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │M. T. Col. │M. T. Col. ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
Footnote 8:
Composition at time of dissolution, July 24.
HISTORY.
(Third Bavarian District—Upper Palatinate, Upper and Middle Franconia.)
1916.
1. This division was formed at the beginning of October, 1916, at Caudry and vicinity, and was one of the series of divisions organized at that time from drafts of units from already existing divisions.
AISNE.
2. Went into line at the beginning of October east of Craonne, in the sector of Ville au Bois.
3. At the beginning of December it was sent to rest between Cambrai and Le Cateau.
1917.
SOMME.
1. The division was sent to the Somme and sent in its regiments singly to reinforce the sectors of Saillisel and Transloy in January, 1917.
AISNE.
2. At the beginning of February the division was sent back to the region of Laon-La Malmaison. It returned to the sector of Ville au Bois, where it opposed the French offensive of April 16 and lost 2,300 captured and many casualties; the 2d and 3d Battalions of the 14th Reserve Infantry were almost all taken prisoners.
LORRAINE.
3. Relieved April 20 and sent to Lorraine, where it occupied the sector of Moncel-Arracourt May 1 to the beginning of August.
FLANDERS.
4. August 1 it entrained at St. Avold for Flanders. Detrained at Roulers and was placed in reserve in the region Staden-Zarren from August 9 to 16. It fought August 17 north of Ypres at Bixschoote-Langemarck, suffered heavy losses, and remained in line only three days.
WOEVRE.
5. August 24 it took over the sector of the Apremont forest near St. Mihiel until the end of October.
FLANDERS.
6. Returned to Flanders and sent to rest in the vicinity of Bruges and Ostend in October and November. About November 22 it went into line in the sector of Lombartzyde and left it at the beginning of December.
CAMBRAI.
7. It returned almost immediately to the front south of Cambrai (Gonnelieu-Villers-Guislain) in December, then to the sector of Hargicourt in January, 1918.
RECRUITING.
Almost entirely from the Third Bavarian District-Upper Palatinate, Upper and Lower Franconia.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The division opposed a considerable resistance to the French attack of April 16, 1916, and gave proof of good qualities and defense.
1918.
1. The division was not engaged on March 21, being in reserve near Estrees from the 21st to the 24th. It was then used to clear up the ground near Bellenglise until March 27. It marched to the front by Mont St. Quentin, Vermandovillers, and Harvonnieres.
VILLERS BRETONNEUX.
2. From April 4 to 21 it was engaged near Villers Bretonneux. In the counterattack of the opening day a battalion of the 11th Bavarian Reserve Regiment ran away. For a week the division was in reserve south of Bray sur Somme. On April 27 it returned to line northeast of Villers Bretonneux, remaining until May 6.
3. It rested west of St. Quentin from May 11 to 17.
BATTLE OF THE MATZ.
4. On the 19th the division entered the line on the Oise east of Noyon. After the 26th it was in front of Noyon. The division took part in the attack of June 6 on Suzay-Thiescourt-Passel. Relieved about the middle of June, the division was disbanded about June 27. Its regiments were turned into the 12th Bavarian Division.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as a second-class division. It was inferior to the other Bavarian units. Its morale was bad prior to its dissolution.
9th Cavalry Division.
COMPOSITION.[9]
───────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────── │ 1918 ───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┬─────────────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┼─────────────────────── Cavalry. │13 Cav. │4 Cuirassier. │ │8 Hus. │14 Cav. │11 Hus. │ │5 Uhlan. ───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┴─────────────────────── Artillery. │10 Horse Art. Abt. ───────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────── Engineers and Liaisons.│5 M. G. Btry. │7 M. G. Btry. │9 Cav. Pion. Detch. │415 T. M. Co. ───────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────── Medical and Veterinary.│574 Ambulance Co. ───────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────── Attached. │Saxon Res. Reiter Rgt. │3 Heavy Res. Cav. Schutzen Rgt. ───────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────
Footnote 9:
At the time of its dissolution, June, 1918.
HISTORY.
1918.
The division was employed in police duty in the Ukraine until about July 1, when it was dissolved.
VALUE 1918—ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class.
10th Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │19. │6 Gren. │19. │6 Gren. │20. │6 Gren. │ │46. │ │46. │ │47. │20. │47. │20. │47. │ │50. │ │50. │ │50. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │1 Horse Jag. Rgt. │ │1 Horse Jag. Rgt. │ │ │ (3 Sqns.). ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │10 Brig.: │10 Brig.: │10 Brig.: │ 20 F. A. Rgt. │ 20 F. A. Rgt. │ 20 F. A. Rgt. │ 56 F. A. Rgt. │ 56 F. A. Rgt. │ 56 F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│2 Co. 5 Pions. │1 Pion. Btn. No. 5:│1 Pion. Btn. No. 5: Liaisons. │ │ │ │3 Co. 5 Pions. │ 2 Co. 5 Pions. │ 2 Co. 5 Pions. │ │ 3 Co. 5 Pions. │ 3 Co. 5 Pions. │ │ Field Co. 16 │ 1 Res. Co. 27 │ │ Pions. │ Pions. │ │ 10 Pont. Engs. │ 10 T. M. Co. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 10 Tel. Detch. │ 10 Pont. Engs. │ │ │ 10 Tel. Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │20. │6 Gren. │20. │6 Gren. │ │47. │ │47. │ │398. │ │398. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │3 Sqn. 1 Horse Jag.│3 Sqn. 1 Horse Jag. │ Rgt. │ Rgt. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │10 Art. Command: │10 Art. Command: │ 56 F. A. Rgt. │ 56 F. A. Rgt. │ │ 2 Abt. 11 Ft. A. │ │ Rgt. (5, 6, and 7 │ │ Btries.). │ │ 890 Light Am. Col. │ │ 1171 Light Am. │ │ Col. │ │ 1194 Light Am. │ │ Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│1 Pion. Btn. No. 5:│5 Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ 2 Co. 5 Pions. │ 2 Co. 5 Pions. │ 3 Co. 5 Pions. │ 3 Co. 5 Pions. │ 10 T. M. Co. │ 10 T. M. Co. │ │ │ 46 Heavy Field │ 70 Searchlight │ Searchlight │ Section. │ Section. │ │ 10 Tel. Detch. │10 Signal Command: │ 308 and 309 │ 10 Tel. Detch. │ Searchlight │ │ Sections. │ │ │ 146 Wireless │ │ Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │13 Ambulance Co. │13 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │46 Field Hospital. │218 Ambulance Co. │50 Field Hospital. │46 Field Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │50 Field Hospital. │ │164 Field Hospital. │ │10 Vet. Hospital. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │M. T. Col. │543 M. T. Col. ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(Fifth district—Posen.)
1914.
The 10th Division at mobilization belonged to the 5th Army Corps (Posen). Detrained August 10 and 11 near Sarrelouis and belonged to the 5th Army (Prussian Crown Prince). Entered Luxemburg the 18th, passed through Arlon the 20th, and left it on the evening of the 21st.
1. Took part in the combat of August 22, 1914 at Ethe, near Virton, next to the 9th Division. August 28 it was north of Thionville, expecting to leave for Russia. August 30 it continued its march in the Woevre, reached the Cotes de Meuse, and attacked the fort of Troyon September 7.
LES EPARGES.
2. After the battle of the Marne it held the sector of the Cotes de Meuse east of Verdun (Les Eparges-Callone) which it held almost all the time until October 1916. Took part in the series of combats which took place in this sector between April and July, 1915.
1915.
1. At the time of our offensive of September and October, 1915, in Champagne, the 10th Division sent some of its units there, but they returned to Woevre about December 10, 1915, after four weeks’ rest in Lorraine.
WOEVRE.
2. After this and until the beginning of October, 1916, the Division held its sector of the Cotes de Meuse.
1916.
VERDUN.
1. In October 1916 the division was relieved and took over the sector of Douaumon in November. It suffered heavy losses December 15, when the French defeated it severely, and had to be withdrawn from the front.
1917.
COTES DE MEUSE.
1. Reorganized at the beginning of January, 1917, after a three weeks’ rest in the region of Mars la Tour, and took over again its former sector of the Cotes de Meuse at the beginning of March, remaining there until the end of April.
AISNE.
2. Entrained May 1 at Mars la Tour and sent via Conflans-Montmedy-Sedan- Charleville-Hirson to the region north of the Aisne, where it took over a sector northwest of Braye en Laonnois. It made an attack there May 18 but did not lose very heavily.
3. On June 20 it was relieved and sent to rest near Crecy sur Serre. Left this region about July 25 and spent six days at Gizy and vicinity.
CHEMIN DES DAMES.
4. On July 30 it went into line in the sector from Ailles to Hurtebise. Its regiment suffered a great deal from our artillery fire. During the attack of August 31 to September 1 the division suffered heavy losses.
5. About September 15 the division was relieved. On the 20th it took over the sector of St. Gobain.
6. At the beginning of the French attack at the end of October an emergency call was sent the 23d for some of the units of the division which were at rest in the region of Crepy en Laonnois and during the night of the 23d–24th they went into line to cover the retreat of the divisions in line.
FOREST OF ST. GOBAIN.
The greater part of the division remained in line in the forest of St. Gobain during this attack. The division was relieved about the middle of December; and on December 15 it was behind the St. Quentin front. At the end of January 18 the division relieved the 211th division in the sector of Ailles.
RECRUITING.
The 10th Division differs from the 9th in that its normal recruiting district (Province of Posen) is composed mostly of Poles. There are, therefore, a large number of Poles in its ranks, but it is evident that they are trying to mix them with Prussians, who are less liable to desert. The 47th Infantry on December 15, 1916, before Verdun contained men from the ninth and tenth districts. The 398th Infantry, whose companies were taken from various divisions, for example the 9th, the 10th and the 103d, obtained from the 103d Division Hessian and Thuringian units. There is the same variety in the 6th Grenadiers, which contained at the end of 1912 besides the original drafts from the district, men from the ninth and tenth districts, as well as from the eighteenth district, the latter belonging to the trained Landsturm (2d Bav.).
VALUE.
Until the attack of Verdun, the 10th division always had the reputation of being a good division composed of good units. At the time of the attack of the French December 10, 1915, however, the division which was in the sector north of Verdun did not seem to defend itself as stubbornly as might be expected. It should, however, be noted that 15 per cent of the forces were at that time weakened by sickness. During the German attack of May 18, 1917, the 47th Infantry clearly gave the impression that it was quite inferior to the two other regiments of the division. (The presence of Poles in the 47th should be noted.) August 31, 1917 at the Chemin des Dames, the units of the 10th division resisted well and counterattacked with vigor September 1.
1918.
1. The division was relieved in the Ailles on February 20 and went to rest and train for a month. It was at Montcornet, later near Saint Richaumont, Voulpaix, and La Vallee-aux-Bleds. It marched toward the St. Quentin front on March 20, by Origny-St. Benoite and Itancourt.
BATTLE OF PICARDY.
2. It was in the second line on March 21 and 22, advancing through Urvillers and Essigny. It was engaged March 23 to 25, crossing the Crozat Canal to the west of Jussy, Cugny, and Guiscard. It rested on the 25th and 26th. The division was reengaged on March 27 to the 30th in the vicinity of Libermont, Ognolles, Beuvraignes (27th) Conchy les Pots (28th–31st). The losses were heavy on the 27th and 28th. The division passed into the second line on the 31st and then to reserve at Solente (east of Roye) until the 30th of April.
3. The division rested and trained from May 5 to 20 at Jeantes la Ville and Nampcelle la Cour (east of Vervins). It received a draft of 800 men on May 18.