Part 31
1. The 18th Reserve Division occupied the Lassigny area until October, 1915, without any serious engagements. In October it took over elements of the Hartz Division (6th Army), among others the 3d Battalion of the 31st Infantry Regiment which contained four battalions from May, 1915, to September, 1916.
ARTOIS.
2. About October 23 the division was sent to Artois (Givenchy), where it launched several local attacks.
1916.
1. The 18th Reserve Division remained in the Liévin-Givenchy sector until July, 1916.
SOMME.
2. After a few days at rest, July 13 to July 28, it took part in the battle of the Somme, north of Pozieres, in several serious attacks.
3. It was reorganized in the Valenciennes area during the second half of August.
4. At the end of August, it was sent northeast of Lens (Pont a Vendin).
5. At the beginning of October the 18th Reserve Division again went into
## action along the Somme, north of Combles, (Morval, Sailly Saillisel). It
suffered heavily in a series of local attacks.
FLANDERS.
6. Withdrawn from the front about October 12–16, the division was transferred to Belgium. On October 23–25 it went into line north of Ypres.
1917.
1. The 18th Reserve Division occupied the Ypres salient (Pilkem) until the end of March, 1917.
ARTOIS.
2. After a short rest at Roulers, the division was concentrated at Vitry en Artois (Apr. 1). Going into action southeast of Arras (Heninel), it underwent the British attack (Apr. 9), which caused it heavy losses (500 prisoners).
3. The division left the Artois front about April 15, and after a few days at rest took over the sector of Cherisy-Guemappe (southeast of Arras in May).
4. At the beginning of June the 18th Reserve Division was relieved and sent to rest.
FLANDERS.
5. Transferred to Flanders about June 16, it first remained in reserve behind the Messines front. On July 3 the division was in action west of Houthem and suffered severe losses in consequence of local actions and bombardments.
6. Relieved about August 8, it was at rest in the Cambrai area until August 16. It then occupied the quiet sector of Queant (west of Cambrai) until the middle of October.
7. It was sent to Flanders again on October 20, and went into line near the Ypres-Menin railroad (Oct. 28–29).
RECRUITING.
The 18th Reserve Division is recruited in Schleswig-Holstein.
The Mecklenburgers, according to an order in 1917, had to return to their national regiment, the 90th Infantry Reserve Regiment, which no longer belonged to the division. A limited number of men from the 7th and 10th Corps districts (Westphalia and Hanover) is found.
VALUE 1917—ESTIMATE.
The 18th Reserve Division has the same value as the 17th Reserve Division. At the end of 1917 it is difficult to form an opinion as to its combat value. It has not been in any serious action since the battle of Arras, having arrived in Flanders when the autumn operations were about at an end. The morale of the division may be considered as passable. (British Summary of Information, February, 1918.)
1918.
1. The 18th Reserve Division was relieved by the 214th Division in the Gheluvelt sector on January 6. It went to rest in the vicinity of Menin and while there was intensively trained in open warfare.
YPRES.
2. On February 18 the division relieved the 214th Division in its former sector north of Gheluvelt (east of Ypres). It was relieved by the 7th Reserve Division about March 31.
LA BASSEE.
3. It reinforced the battle front near Locon (northwest of La Bassee) on April 9, and was withdrawn about the 18th, going to rest in the Sainghin area (southeast of Lille).
4. On May 14 it relieved the 25th Division west of Locon, and was relieved by the extension of fronts of the neighboring divisions about the 18th of June, when it went to rest in the region of Gondecourt (east of La Bassee).
5. About the 14th of July it relieved the 1st Guard Reserve Division near Givenchy (north of the La Bassee Canal—west of La Bassee); relieved September 3, it went to rest in the region north of Denain.
CAMBRAI.
6. On the 29th of September the division reentered the line near Proville and Rumilly (south of Cambrai), and was still in line when the armistice was signed. It was thought that it had been withdrawn October 8, again on the 18th, and on the 4th of November, but considering the speed with which the German withdrawal was executed, the confusion necessarily incident thereto, and the fact that the division always turned up a day or two later in the same relative position it had previously occupied, it seems best to assume that it was continuously in line.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 18th Reserve is considered a second-class division. It did not distinguish itself in the Lys offensive, and it is reported that thereafter it was to be used only as a holding division. At any rate, it engaged in no other German offensives, and, indeed, no other heavy fighting, until the beginning of October or sometime after practically the whole front had become active on account of the combined allied push.
18th Landwehr Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 1914–15 │ 1916 ─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Infantry. │19 Ldw. │19 Ldw. │20 Ldw. │19 Ldw. │ │47 Ldw. │ │47 Ldw. │ │72 Ldw. │28 Ldw. │133 Ldw. │ │133 Ldw. │ │57 Ldw. │ │ │ │72 Ldw. ─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴────────────── Cavalry. │ │Ers. Sqn. 1 Horse Jag. Rgt. │ │Ers. Sqn. 1 Uhlan Rgt. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Artillery. │ │5 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │ │835 F. A. Btry. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Engineers and│ │2 Res. Co. 1 Pions. Liaisons. │ │ │ │344 Pion. Co. │ │166 T. M. Co. │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Medical and │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Transports. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Odd Units. │ │Cyclist Co. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Attached. │ │43 Labor Btn. ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────
─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Infantry. │19 Ldw. │47 Ldw. │19 Ldw. │47 Ldw. │ │57 Ldw. │ │57 Ldw. │ │72 Ldw. │ │72 Ldw. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴────────────── Cavalry. │Ers. Sqn. 12 Drag. Rgt. │4 Sqn. 4 Drag. Rgt. │Ers. Sqn. 2 Uhlan Rgt. │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Artillery. │Art. Command: │5 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │ 5 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Engineers and│43 Pion. Btn.: │2 Landst. Co. 3 C. Dist. Liaisons. │ │ Pions. │ 2 Res. Co. 1 Pions. │117 Searchlight Section. │ 344 Pion. Co. │518 Signal Command: │ 166 T. M. Co. │ 518 Tel. Detch. │ 218 Searchlight Section. │ │ Tel. Detch. │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Medical and │258 Ambulance Co. │258 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │296 Field Hospital. │305 Field Hospital. │305 Field Hospital. │18 Ldw. Field Hospital. │18 Ldw. Field Hospital. │130 Vet. Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Transports. │534 M. T. Col. │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Odd Units. │60 Cyclist Co. │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Attached. │43 Labor Btn. │ ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────
HISTORY.
(47th Landwehr Regiment: 5th Corps district.—Posen.) (57th Landwehr Regiment: 7th Corps district.—Westphalia.) (72d Landwehr Regiment: 4th Corps district.—Prussian Saxony.)
1914–15.
RUSSIA.
1. The 18th Landwehr Division is the former Bredow Division.
POLAND.
2. After being engaged in September, 1914, in the battle of the Mazurian Lakes, the Bredow Division fought in the Polish campaign: Battle of Warsaw (Oct. 9–19, 1914); battles on the Rawka (Oct. 22–28); near Czenstochow (Nov. 10-Dec. 15); between Pilica and Nidi, in the mountainous region of Kielce (December, 1914, to July, 1915).
3. In the middle of July, 1915, the division was in action near Sienno and before Ivangorod (breaking of the Russian front), crossed the Vistula (end of July), was in action between the Vistula and the Bug (Aug. 8–18), and advanced in action as far as Slonim and the Upper Chtchara (September). The front becoming stabilized in this area, the Bredow Division took up its position southeast of Novo-Grudok (near Goroditche in October and November). At the end of November it went into the sector southeast of Liakhovitchi (south of Baranovitchi). The number 18 appears to be given to the Bredow Division in December.
1916.
BARANOVITCHI.
1. The 18th Landwehr Division remained on the front south of Baranovitchi (Liakhovitchi) for more than two years (November, 1915, to the beginning of 1918). From July 2 to July 9, 1916, it withstood the Russian attacks in this area.
2. In June, 1916, two regiments of the division, the 57th Landwehr and the 133d Landwehr, were transferred to Volhynia (north of Lutsk), assigned to the Rusche Division and were in action against the offensive of Broussilov. The 57th Landwehr Regiment rejoined the 18th Landwehr Division near Baranovitchi in August. The 133d Landwehr Regiment was provisionally a part of the 92d Division.
1917.
1. The division held the sector Baranovitchi-Liakhovitchi.
2. In October 900 men from the 18th Landwehr Division, chosen from among the youngest, were entrained for the western front. In April a number had been taken from the 72d Landwehr Regiment for the 5th Reserve Division. In November the 47th Landwehr Regiment furnished men to the 15th Division. As the 18th Landwehr Division had received no replacements since the end of July, the trench strength of the 72d Landwehr Regiment had fallen, at the end of October, to 50–60 men per company (Russian interrogation).
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The division has been on the Russian front since the beginning of the war. Combat value appears to be mediocre.
1918.
1. In February, 1918, the 18th Landwehr Division advanced into the interior of Russia. The 72d Landwehr Regiment was identified between Mohilev and Gomel on February 2. In May the 57th Landwehr Regiment held the very long front from north of Kopys to south of Chklov.
2. In the middle of June the division was in the Orcha region. It was again identified in the region of Mohilev on the 22d of September.
3. There were rumors during October that the division had come to the Woevre, but since the division was never actually identified it is not believed that it left Russia.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class.
19th Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │37. │78. │37. │78. │37. │74. │ │91. │ │91. │ │78. │38. │73 Fus. │38. │73 Fus. │ │91. │ │74. │ │74. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │17 Hus. Rgt. (3 │17 Hus. Rgt. (3 │17 Hus. Rgt. (2 │ Sqns.). │ Sqns.). │ Sqns.). ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │19 Brig.: │19 Brig.: │19 Brig.: │ 26 F. A. Rgt. │ 26 F. A. Rgt. │ 26 F. A. Rgt. │ 62 F. A. Rgt. │ 62 F. A. Rgt. │ 62 F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│ │1 Pion. Btn. No. │1 Pion. Btn. No. Liaisons. │ │ 10: │ 10: │ │ Field Co. 10 │ 1 Co. 10 Pions. │ │ Pions. │ │ │ 19 Pont. Engs. │ 19 T. M. Co. │ │ 19 Tel. Detch. │ 19 Pont. Engs. │ │ │ 19 Tel. Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │37. │74. │37. │74. │ │78. │ │78. │ │91. │ │91. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │3 Sqn. 17 Hus. Rgt.│3 Sqn. 17 Hus. Rgt. │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │19 Art. Command: │19 Art. Command: │ 26 F. A. Rgt. │ 26 F. A. Rgt. │ │ 93 Ft. A. Btn. │ │ 740 Light Am. Col. │ │ 905 Light Am. Col. │ │ 1156 Light Am. │ │ Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│(1/10 or 127) Pion.│127 Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ Btn.: │ │ 1 Co. 10 Pions. │ 1 Co. 10 Pions. │ │ │ 5 Co. 10 Pions. │ 5 Co. 10 Pions. │ 19 T. M. Co. │ 19 T. M. Co. │ 296 Searchlight │ 50 Searchlight │ Section. │ Section. │ 19 Tel. Detch. │19 Signal Command: │ 19 Pont. Engs. │ 19 Tel. Detch. │ │ 4 Wireless Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │25 Ambulance Co. │25 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │6 Field Hospital. │95 Field Hospital. │95 Field Hospital. │97 Field Hospital. │97 Field Hospital. │19 Vet. Hospital. │19 Vet. Hospital. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │M. T. Col. │552 M. T. Col. ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(10th Corps District—Hanover and the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.)
1914.
1. The 19th Division constituted, at the outbreak of the war, with the 20th Division, the 10th Army Corps (Hanover), which was a part of the 2d Army (Von Buelow).
BELGIUM-MARNE.
2. On August 3 one of its brigades, the 38th, was at Malmedy for the attack upon Liége, where it went into action on the 5th. After the fall of Liége the 19th Division, going around Namur on the north, fought at Charleroi on the 23d, entered France on the 25th, and went into action at Guise, at St. Quentin. It took part in the battle of the Marne on the right of the 20th Division, and then withdrew with that division to the northwest of Reims.
CHAMPAGNE.
3. In October it was in the same sector attached to the 7th Army (Von Heeringen) and remained during the winter of 1914–15.
1915.
RUSSIA.
1. In March, 1915, the 73d Fusiliers left the division to become a part of the 111th Division (a new formation).
2. In April the 19th Division was sent (with the 20th) to Galicia, where it took part in the offensive of Mackensen’s army. This campaign caused heavy losses; in the 91st Infantry Regiment, between May and September, the casualties totaled 127 officers and 4,291 men. (Official List of casualties.)
3. Entraining at Warsaw on September 17 the 19th Division, together with the 20th, was taken to Antwerp, then, by way of Namur and Givet, to Champagne. There it remained behind the front to reinforce the 3d Army at the time of our attack on the Champagne front (September).
FRANCE.
4. It was relieved about October 17. After a few days rest in the area of Grandlup, Missy les Pierrepont, it occupied the Hurtebise-Vauclerc line at the end of October.
AISNE.
5. About December 19 it was withdrawn to the rear (Parfondru area). It remained in reserve of the army and received training.
1916.
1. The division again went into line at the beginning of January, 1916 (Hurtebise-Vauclerc sector) and remained there until the middle of May. Then it was sent to Sissonne and received training until June 7.
RUSSIA.
2. About June 8 it left Sissonne and entrained for the Eastern Front. Itinerary: Laon-Sedan-Trèves-Coblentz-Limberg-Marburg-Cassel-Leipzig- Breslau-Bautzen-Iwagorod-Kovel (June 12).
3. The division was retrained on the Russian front from June until November. It underwent the Broussilov offensive, and in November formed a part of the 4th Austrian Army in action on the Volhynia front.
FRANCE.
4. About November 8 it entrained and left Russia to return to the Western Front. Itinerary: Kovel-Brest-Litowsk-Warsaw-Thorn-Berlin- Hanover-Aix la Chapelle-Liége-Namur-Givet-Hirson.
5. After a few days of rest, the 19th Division entrained for Rethel. It was billeted in the vicinity until the end of December.
1917.
1. After a stay in Alsace (January, 1917) the 19th Division came into reserve in Champagne in February.
CHAMPAGNE.
2. On February 24 it occupied the sector Ripont, Cernay en Dormois.
3. On March 6 it was transferred to the Rheims front (Brimont, Cavaliers de Coucy in April and May). Only its right wing was engaged in the French offensive.
4. Relieved on the 10th of June and sent to rest, it was in action shortly afterwards southwest of Moronvilliers, then on the Cornillet- Monc St. Blond front, where it underwent the French attacks of July 14 and suffered heavy losses.
5. On July 20, it left this area and in two days marched to the sector north of Ville sur Tourbe.
MEUSE.
6. About September 7 it was sent to the Verdun area (Beaumont- Samogneux). It there launched several attacks.
7. Relieved from the Beaumont sector at the end of December, the 19th Division occupied the Forges sector (left bank of the Meuse) about January 6, 1918. There it was relieved by the 84th Division beginning of February.
RECRUITING.
The 19th Division is recruited from Hanover. The 91st Infantry Regiment is recruited in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. There were very few replacements from other corps districts.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 19th Division must be considered a good division (September, 1917).
1918.
1. The division rested at Stenay until March 6, when it entrained and traveled via Sedan-Charleville-Anor to Landrecies, going into billets at Hecq. On the 17th it marched to Croix and in the evening proceeded via Le Cateau to Honnechy. On the night of March 19–20 it marched to Brancourt, and on the 21st followed up the attack as far as Maissemy. The 91st Regiment crossed the Somme at Brie on the 25th and by the 28th had reached Harbonnieres.
BATTLE OF PICARDY.
2. It was in support until the 31st, when it was engaged near Marcelcaves. In the fighting in this locality between the 30th and April 6, the division lost 50 per cent of its effectives. The heaviest losses were incurred on March 31 at Brie where a battalion commander, ordered to attack, was unable to do so because of his losses.
3. The division rested until April 16 in the neighborhood of Proyart and Framerville. About 1,000 men were received as reinforcements at this time.
SOMME.
4. It was engaged on April 18, north of Hangard, until the 20th. Two days of rest at Harbonnieres followed, and it returned to line on the 24th. The French attack of the 26th caused the division severe losses and it withdrew on April 28. It was reengaged on the same sector on May 6 and in line until May 29. While in line the division received drafts of 1,200 men.
5. The division rested until the 1st of June in the vicinity of Cambrai. It marched toward the Lassigny front by night, passing through Ham (June 2), Esmery-Hallon, Tilloloy (June 7–8).
NOYON.
6. It was engaged on June 9 in the Lataule wood and was in line until the 14th. It entrained on the 21st and moved to Lorraine, where it relieved the 3d Guard Division at Bezanges on June 25. It rested on this quiet front until July 29, when the 81st Reserve Division from Flanders relieved it.
VESLE.
7. The division rested near Fort Brimont until mid-August, when it moved by stages to the Vesle front. It entered the line northeast of Fismes on September 1 and remained during the month. The division withstood the French attack of the 31st, losing about 700 prisoners. It was forced to retire on Ventelay and Chaudardes (Oct. 1), and later on Pontavert, Craonne, toward Sissonne (Oct. 11–12). It was in second line about the 13th to 18th.
LAON.
8. On October 19 it was again in line near Sissonne. In the retreat it retired by Boucourt, la Ville aux Bois, Montcornet. After November 4 it was identified near Renneval, Iviers, and Aubenton (Nov. 8).
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as first class. It was regarded as one of the best German divisions. It resisted with great obstinacy the French counterattack at Hangard, April 26. Its morale remained good until the end of October.
19th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │37 Res. │73 Res. │37 Res. │73 Res. │37 Res. │73 Res. │ │78 Res. │ │78 Res. │ │78 Res. │39 Res. │74 Res. │39 Res. │74 Res. │ │79 Res. │ │ │ │ │ │ (2 │ │ │ │ │ │ Btns.) │ │92 Res. │ │92 Res. │39 Res. │74 Res. │ │79 Res. │ │79 Res. │ │92 Res. │ │ (2 │ │ (2 │ │ │ │ Btns.) │ │ Btns.) │ │ │ 10 Res. Jag. Btn. │ 10 Res. Jag. Btn. │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │6 Res. Dragoon Rgt.│6 Res. Drag. Rgt. │6 Res. Drag. Rgt. │ (3 Sqns.). │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │19 Res. F. A. Rgt. │19 Res. F. A. Rgt. │19 Res. F. A. Rgt. │ (6 Btries.). │ (8 Btries.). │ 2 Mountain Btry. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│1 and 2 Res. Cos. 2│1 and 2 Res. Cos. 2│1 and 2 Res. Cos. 2 Liaisons. │ Pion. Btn. No. │ Pion. Btn. No. │ Pion. Btn. No. │ 10. │ 10. │ 10. │ │19 Res. Tel. Detch.│6 Field Co. 1 Pion. │ │ │ Btn. No. 10. │ │19 Res. Pont. Engs.│219 T. M. Co. │ │ │ │ │ │19 Res. Tel. Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │19 Res. Pont. Engs. │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │39 Res. │73 Res. │39 Res. │73 Res. │ │78 Res. │ │78 Res. │ │92 Res. │ │92 Res. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │1 Sqn. 6 Res. Drag.│3 Sqn. 6 Res. Drag. │ Rgt. │ Rgt. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │19 Res. F. A. Rgt. │19 Res. F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │2 Abt. 3 Ft. A. │ │ Rgt. (Staff, and │ │ 5, 7, and 9 │ │ Btries.). │ │741 Light Am. Col. │ │742 Light Am. Col. │ │745 Light Am. Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│319 Pion. Btn. │319 Pion. Btn. Liaisons. │ │ │ │ │ 1 Res. Co. 10 │ 1 Res. Co. 10 │ Pions. │ Pions. │ 219 T. M. Co. │ 2 Res. Co. 10 │ │ Pions. │ 290 Searchlight │ 54 Searchlight │ Section. │ Section. │ 419 Tel. Detch. │419 Signal Command: │ │ 419 Tel. Detch. │ │ 32 Wireless Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │510 Ambulance Co. │510 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │46 Res. Field │46 Res. Field │ Hospital. │ Hospital. │47 Res. Field │48 Res. Field │ Hospital. │ Hospital. │48 Res. Field │200 Vet. Hospital. │ Hospital. │ │Vet. Hospital. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │M. T. Col. │718 M. T. Col. ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(10th Corps District.—Hanover; Grand Duchy of Oldenburg; Duchy of Brunswick.)
1914.
BELGIUM-MARNE.
1. The 19th Reserve Division, constituting at the outbreak of the war, with the 2d Reserve Guard Division, the 10th Reserve Corps, was a part of the 2d Army (Von Buelow). It entrained near Cologne August 10–12, was concentrated at the Elsenhorn Camp and entered Belgium on the 15th by way of Spa. Going down the left bank of the Meuse near Liége, it crossed the Sambre west of Charleroi on the 22d; went into action on the 23d at Nalinnes; entered France on the 26th at Avesnes, and fought on the 29th and 30th between St. Quentin and Ribemont. Continuing on its way through Braine, it crossed the Marne at Dormans and took part in the battle of the Marne between Vauchamps and Montmirail (Sept. 6 to 7).
2. It retired on the 7th by way of Orbais, Vertus, Epernay, Rilly la Montagne (Sept. 10), Rheims (Sept. 12).
CHAMPAGNE.