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3. After the front was stabilized it established itself between Spiagla and Lake Svir, south of Lake Narotch.
1916.
1. The division remained in line near Lake Svir until July, 1916.
VOLHYNIA.
2. About July 27 the units of the division were relieved from the front of Lake Narotch and sent to Volhynia to the Von Linsingen Army. The 9th Landwehr Brigade became independent and did not follow the division, which was reduced to three regiments. These were engaged on the banks of the Stokhod at the end of July at Lokatchi and Kachovka and remained in line in the region of Kisselin and Sviniouki until the beginning of 1918.
1917.
VOLHYNIA.
1. January to December, 1917, in the Kisselin-Sviniouki sector.
2. In November, 1917, the three regiments of the division furnished 60 men per company for the Western Front, picked from the strongest, and received in exchange older men. In October, 16 men per company had already been transferred to the 14th Division following the latter’s losses on the Aisne.
RECRUITING.
The division is sufficiently homogeneous, the regiments as a rule coming from eastern Prussia. However, the necessity of filling up the ranks before being sent to France brought it a number of men from other Provinces.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
In spite of its drafts, which are good, and the large number of officers, many of whom are in the active army, the division remained on the Eastern Front until March, 1918. Up to the present time it has received no training with a view to warfare on the Western Front, and must be considered for the time being as of mediocre value (April, 1918). The men of more than 35 years of age were left in Russia as abrüstungs kommando (cleaning up and salvage).
1918.
SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE.
1. On June 3 the division entrained in the Woevre and traveled via Conflans-Sedan-Mezieres-Laon to Malmaison, where it detrained on June 4. It marched to the front via Fismes, Fere en Tardenois, and Fresnes. It came into line on the Marne near Mont St. Pere about June 10. Here it was in line until July 15, when it dropped back to permit an attacking division to pass through. In the retreat the division again came into line a few days later and was heavily engaged on the defense until about August 1.
2. Heavy losses, including 300 prisoners on July 23, led to the dissolution of the division. Its effectives were turned into other fresh divisions. The 372d, 377th, and 378th went to the 37th Division, 36th Division, and 201st Division in the order named.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as a fourth-class division.
10th Bavarian Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Infantry. │20 Bav. │16 Bav. │20 Bav. │16 Bav. │ │6 Bav. Res. │ │6 Bav. Res. │ │8 Bav. Res. │ │8 Bav. Res. ─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴────────────── Cavalry. │3 Sqn. 5 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt.│5 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt. (3 │ │ Sqns.). ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Artillery. │10 Bav. Brig.: │10 Bav. Brig.: │ 19 Bav. F. A. Rgt. (6 │ 19 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ Btries.). │ │ 20 Bav. F. A. Rgt. (6 │ 20 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ Btries., of which 3 are │ │ How.). │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Engineers and│20 Bav. Pion. Co. │20 Bav. Pion. Co. Liaisons. │ │ │ │10 Bav. T. M. Co. │ │10 Bav. Pont. Engs. │ │10 Bav. Tel. Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Medical and │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Transports. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Odd Units. │ │10 Bav. Cyclist Co. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Attached. │ │ ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────
─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918[10] ─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Infantry. │20 Bav. │16 Bav. │20 Bav. │16 Bav. │ │6 Bav. Res. │ │6 Bav. Res. │ │8 Bav. Res. │ │8 Bav. Res. ─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴────────────── Cavalry. │3 Sqn. 5 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt.│3 Sqn. 5 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Artillery. │10 Bav. Art. Command: │10 Bav. Art. Command: │ 19 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ 20 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ 20 Bav. F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Engineers and│10 Bav. Pion. Btn.: │10 Bav. Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ 20 Bav. Pion. Co. │ 20 Bav. Pion. Co. │ 23 Bav. Pion. Co. │ 23 Bav. Pion. Co. │ 10 Bav. T. M. Co. │ 19 Searchlight Section. │ 19 Searchlight Section. │ 10 Bav. T. M. Co. │ Tel. Detch. │ 10 Bav. Tel. Detch. │ │ 97 Wireless Detch. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Medical and │10 Bav. Ambulance Co. │10 Bav. Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │31 Bav. Field Hospital. │31 Bav. Field Hospital. │34 Bav. Field Hospital. │34 Bav. Field Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │10 Bav. Vet. Hospital. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Transports. │M. T. Col. │690 Bav. M. T. Col. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Odd Units. │10 Bav. Cyclist Co. │10 Bav. Cyclist Co. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Attached. │ │19 Bav. F. A. Rgt. ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────── Footnote 10:
Composition at time of dissolution, August, 1918.
HISTORY.
(16th Bavarian: First Bavarian District—Lower Bavaria. 6th Reserve Bavarian and 8th Reserve Bavarian: Second Bavarian District—Bavarian Palatinate.)
1915.
This division was organized in Belgium in March, 1915. Its three infantry regiments were drawn from already existing Bavarian divisions—the 16th Bavarian from the 1st Bavarian Division, the 6th Reserve Bavarian from the 5th Bavarian Reserve Division, and the 8th Bavarian Reserves from the 4th Bavarian Division.
1. In April, 1915, the division was in the region of Tournai.
SOMME.
2. In May it took over the sector of Lihons-Estrees road to Foucaucourt, which it occupied until the Franco-British offensive of 1916.
3. In October some units of the division were sent as reinforcements to Neuville-St. Vaast and to Champagne.
1916.
SOMME.
1. Remained in the Foucaucourt-Lihons sector until the middle of June, 1916.
2. At the end of June it was sent south of Bapaume and took part in the battle of the Somme near Contalmaison, Bazentin le Petit, and Longueval from July 1 to the end of July. The 6th Reserve Infantry suffered heavily. Its 2d Battalion lost 11 officers and 724 men (casualty lists).
GALICIA.
3. About the middle of August the division was sent to the Eastern Front (Stanislau) and the trip lasted from August 13 to 18.
BUKOVINA.
4. September and October: Bukovina (Dorna-Vatra, Kirlibaba, west of Mont Capoul). It fought against the right wing of the Roumanian Army.
TRANSYLVANIA.
5. From November, 1916, to the end of January, 1917, it held the sector of Tolgyes in Transylvania.
1917.
GALICIA.
1. At the beginning of February, 1917, the division left the Roumanian front and went to Galicia (sector of Zalosce) from February to May, being attached to the 2d Austro-Hungarian Army.
FRANCE.
2. In May the division returned to France, via Zloczow (May 19), Lemberg, Cracow, Breslau, Frankfort on Main, Treves.
ALSACE.
Detrained about May 25 in the region of Mulhouse; then was sent to rest and training in Upper Alsace at the beginning of June and sent to Belgium (June 12 to 14).
FLANDERS.
3. Fought south of the Ypres-Comines canal where it opposed the attack of July 31. It then went to the region of Catelet (sector of Gonnelieu) from August 12 to the end of September. It was near Becelaere in October.
RUSSIA.
4. At the end of October it was again sent to the Eastern Front. After a few weeks’ rest at Brest Litovsk it returned to France without having fought. Entrained November 22 at Brest Litovsk and detrained in Lorraine the 27th. Itinerary: Warsaw-Posen-Erfurt.
LORRAINE.
5. On November 29 to 30 it went into line in the forest of Bezange and was relieved in the middle of January, 1918.
RECRUITING.
The 16th Infantry: Lower Bavaria. The two other regiments: Bavarian Palatinate.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The greater part of the division is composed of young men. It does not seem to have suffered any losses for a long time. However, its morale seems to have been shaken at times. When it was sent from St. Quentin to Ypres at the end of September, 1917, it is believed that the officers of the 16th Infantry had trouble in preventing a mutiny. (British Information Bulletin, Oct. 12, 1917.)
1918.
1. The division was relieved in the Vosges on May 13 and rested near Dieuze until May 30. It entrained and moved by Metz and Sedan, Charleville, Liart, and detrained near Laon on the 30th–31st. It moved to the front by Bruyeres, Braye en Laennois, Mont Notre-Dame, Neuilly- St. Front.
BATTLE OF THE AISNE AND MARNE.
2. It was reengaged southeast of Troësnes-Passy en Valois (on the Ourcq) from June 5 to July 18. It was thrown back on Rozet St. Albin (July 20) and then west of Armentieres (21st). About that date the division was relieved.
The division was dissolved in August and its units sent to the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division, 11th Bavarian Division, and 14th Bavarian Division.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as a second-class division. In 1918 it saw but six weeks of active fighting before it was dissolved.
11th Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │21. │10 Gren. │21. │10 Gren. │21. │10 Gren. │ │38 Fus. │ │38 Fus. │ │38 Fus. │22. │11 Gren. │22. │11 Gren. │22. │11 Gren. │ │51. │ │51. │ │51. ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │2 Uhlan Rgt. │1 and 4 Sqns., 2 │ │ │ Uhlan Rgt. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │11 Brig.: │11 Brig.: │11 Brig.: │ 6 F. A. Rgt. │ 6 F. A. Rgt. │ 6 F. A. Rgt. (6 │ │ │ 4.9 cm. gun │ │ │ Btries.). │ 42 F. A. Rgt. │ 42 F. A. Rgt. │ 42 F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│ │1 Pion. Btn. No. 6:│1 Pion. Btn. No. 6: Liaisons. │ │ │ │ │ Field Co. 6 Pions.│ 1 Co. 6 Pions. │ │ 11 Pont. Engs. │ 5 Co. 6 Pions. │ │ 11 Tel. Detch. │ 11 T. M. Co. │ │ │ 11 Pont. Engs. │ │ │ │ │ │ 11 Tel. Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │ │Anti-aircraft │ │ │ Section. │ │ │38 Labor Btn. ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │21. │10 Gren. │21. │10 Gren. │ │38 Fus. │ │38 Fus. │ │51. │ │51. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │2 Sqn. 2 Uhlan Rgt.│2 Sqn. 2 Uhlan Rgt. │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │11 Art. Command: │11 Art. Command: │ 42 F. A. Rgt. │ 42 F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ 131 (M) Ft. A. │ │ Btn. (Staff, and │ │ 1, 2, and 3 │ │ Btries.). │ │ 904 Light Am. Col. │ │ 1367 Light Am. │ │ Col. │ │ 1368 Light Am. │ │ Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│122 Pion. Btn.: │122 Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ 1 Co. 6 Pions. │ 1 Co. 6 Pions. │ 5 Co. 6 Pions. │ 5 Co. 6 Pions. │ 11 T. M. Co. │ 11 T. M. Co. │ 269 Searchlight │ 187 Searchlight │ Section. │ Section. │ 11 Tel. Detch. │11 Signal Command: │ │ 11 Tel. Detch. │ │ 3 Wireless Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │16 Ambulance Co. │16 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │55 Field Hospital. │59 Field Hospital. │59 Field Hospital. │61 Field Hospital. │61 Field Hospital. │11 Vet. Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │544 M. T. Col. │544 M. T. Col. │644 M. T. Col. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │Anti-aircraft │ │ Section. │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(Sixth District—Silesia.)
1914.
FRANCE.
1. The 11th Division belonged to the 6th Army Corps and detrained at Merzig August 10 and 11, 1914, passed through Luxemburg the 17th, and entered Belgian Luxemburg the 18th.
2. It belonged to the 5th Army (Prussian Crown Prince) and took part in the battle of August 22 at Tintigny, St. Vincent, and Belle Fontaine. It crossed the Meuse the 29th below Stenay, passed through Varennes and Ste. Menehould. September 7, at the high point of the German advance, it was near Revigny.
RHEIMS.
3. After the battle of the Marne it established itself at the western edge of the Argonne (from Binarville to Cernay en Bormois).
ARGONNE.
4. October 4 it fought at Binarville. October 21 the 22d Brigade was at Beine, east of Rheims. The 21st Brigade remained in the Argonne.
1915.
1. At the end of January, 1915, the 21st Brigade returned to the Rheims sector.
CHAMPAGNE.
In February the 22d Brigade was attached temporarily in support of the 8th Reserve Corps on the Champagne front (east).
2. About the middle of June the division went to Artois to reinforce the 6th Army in preparation for the French offensive.
SOUCHEZ.
3. At the end of June it held the sector north of Souchez, east of Neuville St. Vaast. It executed many unsuccessful attacks on Souchez and the Chateau of Carleul. It suffered considerable losses during July. September 25 and 26 it had more losses before La Folie. Relieved at the end of September and sent to rest in the region of Cambrai. The casualty lists for the 10th Grenadiers show 432 killed, 1,023 wounded, 64 missing; total, 1,519 men. The losses were hastily made good from October 5 to 14 by replacements with less than three months’ training (oldest class Landsturm 2d Band and 1915 class men who entered service in July). The 9th Company of the 10th Grenadiers received in this way at least 119 men and the 12th Company of the 38th Fusiliers about the same.
4. During the first two weeks of October the division went into line in the sector astride the Somme.
1916.
FRISE.
1. At the end of January, 1916, the division took part in the attack which ended in the taking of the village of Frise and suffered very heavy losses.
2. On May 25 it was relieved, and a short time afterwards took over the sector south of the Amiens-St. Quentin road. (At the end of June the first 1917-class soldiers arrived with older classes put back, taken from the mines and factories of Silesia.)
SOMME.
3. In this sector it opposed the French attack of July 1 and days following. It suffered heavily and lost a large number of prisoners to the French. (The 11th Grenadiers, whose battalions had fought in three different places, separated from the rest of the division, had to have at least 181 replacements to complete the 11th Company. They arrived from July 6 to 20.)
4. It was withdrawn from this sector about the end of July and sent to the region of St. Quentin to be reorganized.
5. On August 1 the division took over the trenches in the sector Andechy-Beuvraignes.
SOMME.
6. September 4 it again went in to the battle of the Somme between Deniecourt and Vermandovillers. During these two actions in the Somme it suffered 83 per cent losses.
7. Relieved October 10 and took over the sector of Prunay the 24th, which it held until December 12, then went to rest near St. Quentin. The 11th Grenadiers left the division in October and were transferred to the 101st Division in Macedonia.
1917.
1. On January 4, 1917, the division went into line in the sector of Lassigny, then on February 10 in the sector of Ablaincourt, south of the Somme.
2. About the middle of the month of March the division retreated, with the other German forces engaged in the Somme, to the Hindenburg line.
3. March 29 it was sent to the Arras front.
ARTOIS.
April 19 it opposed south of the Scarpe the first shock of the British attack. In spite of a desperate defense it was routed and lost 2,200 prisoners to the British. The 51st Infantry was reduced to 600 men (prisoners’ statements) and its 12th Company to 6 men.
4. On April 11 the division was relieved and reorganized in the region of Bruges. It received replacements especially from the 623d Infantry, which was dissolved, organized, and trained at the camp at Neuhammer.
FLANDERS.
5. At the beginning of June it was in support of the Wytschaete-Messines front when the British attacked. It then held this sector until June 26 and suffered heavy losses again (June 8 and 9).
WOEVRE.
6. After a few days’ rest it was sent to Metz and then put in line in the sector of Flirey (in Haye), end of July to September 15.
7. Relieved about the middle of September, and in October took over a sector on the Champagne front.
FLANDERS.
8. At the end of October it was sent to Flanders and went into line near Passchendeale. Withdrawn at the end of December and went to the rear of the front in the region of Maubeuge.
RECRUITING.
The division was recruited in the regions of Breslau, Glatz, and Schweidnitz from a German population. The Poles, therefore, coming from the Province of Silesia, are in the minority. The Sixth District is thickly populated and was able by itself to maintain the division even during the period of heavy losses.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
In spite of the heavy losses suffered at the Somme, Arras, and Wytschaete the division always fought well. Its value is diminished by the presence of a certain number of Poles who were generally ready to desert when they had a chance. Lieut. Col. Schwerck, commanding the 51st Infantry, received the order “Pour le Merite” after the battle of Arras. This reward, which has been given to only six other regimental commanders, seems to prove that the fighting value of the 11th Division at Arras in April, 1917, was greatly appreciated by the German High Command.
1918.
CHAMPAGNE.
1. The 11th Division rested first in the Maubeuge region, and later near Charleville and Laon for about two months. About March 1 it relieved the 51st Reserve Division in the Butte de Mesnil. Here nothing except minor trench raids was attempted. Most of the older men were exchanged for young ones. It was relieved by the 88th Division April 15.
LASSIGNY.
2. April 20 it relieved elements of the 34th and 37th Divisions south of Dives, (east of Lassigny). It was relieved by the 202d Division during the night of May 22–23. It rested then for about 10 days in the Guiscard region.
MONTDIDIER.
3. June 9 it reinforced the Montdidier-Noyon battle front south of Thiescourt (west of Noyon). It attacked the first day of the offensive as an attack division. It attacked on a front of 1,500 yards, with Compiegne as its final objective (its orders were captured), but did poorly, succeeding only in reaching Machemont—less than half way. In this engagement it suffered heavy losses. It was withdrawn the 16th and went to rest in the Guiscard region, where it received some 1,300 replacements.
4. The division relieved the 222d Division near Rubescourt (south of Montdidier) July 19. In the fighting which followed, the division lost heavily. The 10th Regiment received 300 replacements August 2; relieved about the 12th.
5. It reentered line near Varesnes the 22d and was withdrawn the 28th.
ST. QUENTIN.
6. September 8 it came back into line southwest of St. Quentin near Jussy. It was withdrawn about the 20th.
7. Four days later the division was identified north of St. Quentin in the Gricourt sector; withdrawn the 2d of October.
8. It came back into line about the 12th near Barisis (south of LaFere). The division took part in the general German retirement and was identified successively at Remies, Mesbrecourt, Léa Ferte-Chevresis, Monceau le Neuf, Le Herie la Vieville, St. Algis, and Champ Bouvier. It was still in line when the armistice was signed.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 11th is rated as a good second-class division. It did not do well in the battle of the Oise, but everywhere else its conduct under fire was characterized by considerable tenacity. Losses were very heavy. Numerous cases of desertion, especially to the interior; a large number of replacements—returned prisoners from Russia—are said to have mutinied at Breslau.
11th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │21 Res. │10 Res. │21 Res. │10 Res. │23. │10 Res. │ │11 Res. │ │11 Res. │ │22. │23. │22. │23. │22. │ │156. │ │156. │ │156. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │3 Res. Hus. Rgt. (3│ │4 Res. Hus. Rgt. │ Sqns.). │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │11 Res. F. A. Rgt. │11 Res. F. A. Rgt. │11 Res. F. A. Rgt. │ (6 Btries.). │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│4 Field Co. 2 Pion.│4 Field Co. 2 Pion.│4 Field Co. 2 Pion. Liaisons. │ Btn. No. 6. │ Btn. No. 6. │ Btn. No. 6. │ │11 Res. Pont. Engs.│211 T. M. Co. │ │11 Res. Tel. Detch.│11 Res. Pont. Engs. │ │ │ │ │ │11 Res. Tel. Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │ │95 Anti-Aircraft │ │ │ Section. ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │23. │10 Res. │23. │22. │ │22. │ │156. │ │156. │ │10 Res. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │1 Sqn. 4 Res. Hus. │1 Sqn. 4 Res. Hus. │ Rgt. │ Rgt. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │(s) Art. Command: │11 Res. F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ 11 Res. F. A. Rgt.│1 Abt. 5 Res. Ft. │ (9 Btries.). │ A. Rgt. │ │748 Light Am. Col. │ │1242 Light Am. Col. │ │1296 Light Am. Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│(311) Pion. Btn.: │311 Pion Btn. Liaisons. │ │ │ 4 Co. 6 Pions. │4 Co. 6 Pions. │ 2 Res. Co. 25 │2 Res. Co. 25 │ Pion. Btn. │ Pions. │ 211 T. M. Co. │211 T. M. Co. │ 4 Heavy Field │39 Searchlight │ Searchlight │ Section. │ Section. │ │ 411 Tel. Detch. │411 Signal Command: │ │117 Wireless Detch. │ │411 Tel. Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │506 Ambulance Co. │506 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │29 Res. Field │29 Res. Field │ Hospital. │ Hospital. │32 Res. Field │32 Res. Field │ Hospital. │ Hospital. │411 Vet. Hospital. │411 Vet. Hospital. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │M. T. Col. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(Sixth District-Silesia.).
1914.
FRANCE.
1. This division, with the 12th Reserve Division, formed the 6th Reserve Corps.
LORRAINE-MEUSE.
2. At the beginning of the war it belonged to the 5th Army (Prussian Crown Prince). Fought at Arrancy from August 22 to 25; crossed the Meuse the 21st of September. Fought in the region of Cierges September 2; advanced nearly to Triaucourt September 9 and retreated through the east of the Argonne near Montfaucon September 11 to 17.
3. At the end of September it established itself at the eastern edge of the Argonne (Varennes-Malancourt wood). It occupied this region until the Verdun offensive in February, 1916.
1915.
1. January to December, 1915, the division held the sector of Malancourt wood, south of Montfaucon, in Argonne. In April the 11th Reserve Infantry was transferred to form the 117th Division.
1916.
VERDUN.