Part 42
The 31st Division is recruited mostly from the vicinity of Sarrebrucken and St. Wendel in the Rhine Province. Most of the replacements are furnished by Westphalia.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 31st Division was on the Russian front from February, 1915 to December 1917. The quality is mediocre.
1918.
YPRES.
1. From January 19 to February 4 the division held the Moorslede sector (south of Ypres-Roulers railway). The division rested until the 14th in the vicinity of Lendelede. It relieved the 12th Reserve Division on the 14th in its old sector at Moorslede which it held until March 3, and again from March 21 until April 4.
BATTLE OF THE LYS.
2. About April 4 the division was withdrawn and marched to the Messines front. The route lay through Menin, Werwicq, Comines, Warneton. It was engaged on April 10 to 12 in the Bois de Ploegsteert. For its fighting in this area the division was mentioned by the German communique of April 13. From the 12th to the 17th, it was in second line. It fought south and southwest of Kemmel from April 18 to 24 when it passed into close support until the 26th. The division’s losses were large in this severe engagement. The 3d Battalion of the 174th Regiment is known to have lost from 60 to 70 per cent of its effectives.
3. When relieved in the Kemmel area, the division rested north of Tourcoing until May 6, undergoing reconstitution. It returned to line north of Kemmel on the night of May 6–7, relieving the Alpine Corps. It suffered heavily from the French attack of May 21, losing many prisoners. It was relieved on May 24, and rested in the Courtrai-Menin area until June 15. It was engaged in the sector south of Ypres from June 15 until July 27.
WOEVRE.
4. Following its arduous service on the Ypres front, the division was moved to a quiet sector on the Woevre. It was moved from Belgium by way of Brussels, Namur, Charleville, Sedan to Mars la Tour from where it marched to the front and took over the St. Mihiel sector on July 29, which it held until September 3.
BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL.
5. The division was resting in the area north of Dampvitoux when the American attack was made on the St. Mihiel salient. It was brought into line north of Thiaucourt on the 14th and held this sector until October 28.
MEUSE-ARGONNE.
6. On the 31st, the division was engaged at Imecourt (northeast of Grandpre) and took part in the final combats in that area. It was still in line on November 11.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as third class. In spite of its relatively low quality it appears to have been used as an attack division in the Lys offensive. The losses in the spring and the presence of numerous Lorrainers in its composition lowered the value of the division after May, 1918.
32d Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │63. │102. │63. │102. │64. │102. │ │103. │ │103. │ │177. │64. │177. │64. │177. │ │103. │ │178. │ │178. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │18 Hus. Rgt. │ │20 Hus. Rgt. (3 │ │ │ Squadrons). ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │32 Brig.: │32 Brig.: │32 Brig.: │ 28 F. A. Rgt. │ 28 F. A. Rgt. │ 28 F. A. Rgt. │ 64 F. A. Rgt. │ 64 F. A. Rgt. │ 64 F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│ │1 Pion. Btn. No. │1 Pion. No. 12: Liaisons. │ │ 12: │ │ │ Field Co. 12 Pion.│ 2 Co. 12 Pion. │ │ │ │ │ 32 Pont. Engs. │ 32 T. M. Co. │ │ 32 Tel. Detch. │ 32 Tel. Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │ 32 Pont. Engs. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │ │115 Labor Btn. │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │63. │102. │63. │102. │ │177. │ │103. │ │103. │ │177. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │4 Sqn. 20 Hus. Rgt.│4 Sqn. 20 Hus. Rgt. │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │32 Art. Command: │32 Art. Command: │ 64 F. A. Rgt. │ 64 F. A. Rgt. │ │ 80 Ft. A. Btn. │ │ 943 Light Am. Col. │ │ 1063 Light Am. │ │ Col. │ │ 1266 Light Am. │ │ Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│140 Pion. Btn.: │140 Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ 2 and 5 Cos. 12 │ 2 Co. 12 Pions. │ Pion. │ │ 32 T. M. Co. │ 5 Co. 12 Pions. │ 32 Tel. Detch. │ 3 Res. Co. 12 │ │ Pions. │ │ 32 T. M. Co. │ │ 220 Searchlight │ │ Section. │ │32 Signal Command: │ │ 32 Tel. Detch. │ │ 20 (Saxon) │ │ Wireless Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │28 Ambulance Co. │28 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │308 Field Hospital.│308 Field Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │116 Field Hospital. │ │32 Vet. Hospital. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │Light Mun. Col. │565 M. T. Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │61 M. G. │ │ Sharpshooter │ │ Detachment. │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(12th Corps District—Saxony.)
1914.
BELGIUM-MARNE.
1. Upon the declaration of war the 32d Division, with the 23d Division, formed the 12th Army Corps (1st Saxon Army Corps). On the night of August 2, 1914, its 64th Brigade entrained for the frontier north of Luxemburg to act as covering troops. The 32d Division was concentrated there on the 10th and entered Belgium on the 13th. In August, it marched with the 3d Army (von Hausen), fought on the right bank of the Meuse on August 23 near Dinant, entered France, went into action on the 28th at Signy l’Abbaye, and from there went down to Chalons. It took part in the battle of the Marne to the left of the Guard at Lenharree on the extreme right flank of the 6th Army and retired by way of Chalons, Mourmelon, Betheniville to the northwest of Rheims.
CHAMPAGNE.
2. Reattached to the 7th Army (Von Heeringen), it took part in the attacks in the vicinity of Rheims (northwest).
3. When the front became stabilized it retained the sector of Berry au Bac-Craonne and remained there until the month of July, 1915.
1915.
AISNE.
1. Sector Berry au Bac-Craonne. (During this period the losses of the division were very small.) In April, 1915, the 178th Infantry Regiment was taken from the 32d Division and assigned to the 123d Division (a new formation).
1916.
1. Retained in the same calm sector and having taken part in no important affair since October, 1914, the 32d Division retained its combat value intact at the end of June, 1916.
SOMME.
2. During the first days of the Franco-British offensive on the Somme the 32d Division sent one battalion from reserve there, which went into
## action from July 4 to July 7 in the vicinity of Belloy.
3. Toward the end of July two of its regiments (102d and 103d Infantry Regiments) helped to form (with elements from the 23d Division) the provisional Franke Division, which fought on the Somme until September 10 (Deniecourt-Vermandovillers). The losses were very heavy.
4. On the 4th of September the 177th Infantry Regiment was sent up in its turn, but was in action only a few days in the vicinity of Vermandovillers from September 4 to 10. Its losses were enormous (1,600 men in 6 days).
5. The Franke Division was withdrawn on September 10 and dissolved.
ARGONNE.
6. The 32d Division, reformed (102d, 103d, 177th Infantry Regiments) and reorganized, was sent north of Rheims and then to the Argonne (Four de Paris and Avocourt wood).
SOMME.
7. Relieved at the beginning of November, it entrained on the 3d and 4th near Grandpre, detrained at Hirson, and on November 15 began to occupy the sector between Bouchavesnes and northeast of Clery.
1917.
1. The 32d Division was retained in the Bouchavesnes sector until the time of the German retirement in March, 1917.
2. It left the Somme front at the end of March.
CHAMPAGNE.
3. After a period of rest in the vicinity of Sissonne, the division went into action in the sector of Mont sans Nom (4 kilometers west of Vaudesincourt on Apr. 17 and 18). Having lost heavily, the 3 regiments were withdrawn on the 19th.
4. On May 5 the division again went into line west of Tahure.
FLANDERS.
5. About June 10 it was relieved, and after a few days of rest entrained at Machault for Flanders. There it went into line near the Ypres-Menin road.
6. At the beginning of September it was withdrawn from the Ypres front and sent to rest, then took over the sector Warneton-Messines and was not relieved until the middle of January, 1918.
RECRUITING.
The 32d Division is exclusively Saxon.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
In June, 1917, the morale of the division was very low because of the losses suffered at Mont Haut.
However, during the division’s stay in the Tahure sector from May to June, 1917, there were only two desertions.
Besides, Gen. von Der Decken is considered an energetic commander and it is very probable that under his influence the morale has become more satisfactory (September, 1917).
1918.
BATTLE OF THE LYS.
1. The division was relieved on January 15 by the 49th Reserve Division and rested near Tournai until the beginning of March. It was railed to Wambrechies and entered the line northwest of Lille about March 1. About the 4th of April it was moved south and on April 9 was engaged at Fleurbaix. It was withdrawn to rest on the 16th to Armentieres and returned to line on the 18th, relieving the 117th Division. It was in line until May 8, during which time it suffered heavy losses. A replacement of 450 men was received on April 17.
2. Relieved by the 35th Division, it rested in rear of the Lys front until May 26, when it took over the sector west of Merville and held it until the end of June.
WOEVRE.
3. It was relieved about July 1 and railed to Lorraine, detraining near Spincourt on July 4. About this time, the division received a draft of 1500 men. It was in line at Eix-Bezonveaux from July 15 to October 1, a very quiet sector. The troops were marched to the rear on that date and rested in the Eton-Loison area for two days. On the 3d the division marched to Penard-Tilly, where it rested until the 5th, and on that night marched to Breville. It came into line on October 9 on the right bank of the Meuse, and was engaged in the Bois de Moirey region until October 24. Losses were heavy, some companies being reduced to 15 men. On November 3 the division reappeared in its former sector of Bezonvaux, relieving the 106th A. H. D. It held this sector until the armistice.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as third class. It did well on the Lys in April, but after that was not seriously engaged except for a few days in October, when it was brought up to resist an American attack east of the Meuse. In the fighting it did not distinguish itself. The morale of the division was low in the latter half of 1918.
33d Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │66. │98. │66. │98. │66. │98. │ │130. │ │130. │ │130. │67. │135. │67. │135. │67. │135. │ │144. │ │144. │ │144. ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │12 Jag. z. Pf. │ │4 Sqn. 12 Jag. z. │ │ │ Pf. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │33 Brig.: │33 Brig.: │33 Brig.: │ 33 Rgt. │ 33 Rgt. │ 33 Rgt. │ 34 Rgt. │ 34 Rgt. │ 34 Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│ │1 Pion. Btn. No. │1 Pion. Btn. No. Liaisons. │ │ 16: │ 16: │ │ Field Co. 16 Pion.│ 1 Co. 16 Pion. │ │ │ │ │ 33 Tel. Detch. │ Field Co. 20 Pion. │ │ │ │ │ 33 Pont. Engs. │ 33 T. M. Co. │ │ │ │ │ │ 33 Tel. Detch. │ │ │ │ │ │ 33 Pont. Engs. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │66. │98. │66. │98. │ │135. │ │130. │ │130. │ │135. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │4 Sqn. 12 Jag. z. │4 Sqn. 12 Horse │ Pf. │ Jag. Rgt. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │33 Art. Command: │33 Art. Command: │ 283 Rgt. │ 283 F. A. Rgt. │ │ 76 Ft. A. Btn. │ │ 883 Light Am. Col. │ │ 1372 Light Am. │ │ Col. │ │ 1373 Light Am. │ │ Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│132 Pion. Btn.: │16 Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ 1 and 5 Cos. 16 │ 5 Co. 16 Pions. │ Pion. │ │ 1 Res. Co. 16 │ 1 Res. Co. 16 │ Pion. │ Pion. │ 33 T. M. Co. │ 34 Searchlight │ │ Section. │ (16) Searchlight │33 Signal Command: │ Section. │ │ 33 Tel. Detch. │ 33 Tel. Detch. │ │ 74 Wireless Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │42 Ambulance Co. │42 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │280, 282 Field │282 Field Hospital. │ Hospitals. │ │Vet. Hospital. │33 Vet. Hospital. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transports. │Light Mun. Col. │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(16th Corps District—Lorraine.)
1914.
At the beginning of the war the 33d Division, with the 34th Division, formed the 16th Army Corps (Metz). Reservists began arriving on July 29 (Soldbuecher).
1. At the outbreak of hostilities the 33d Division was a part of the 5th Army (German Crown Prince). It invaded France by way of Audun le Roman, went around by the north of Verdun, crossed the Meuse at Givry on September 1 and advanced as far as Rambluzin and Heippes (20 kilometers south of Verdun).
ARGONNE.
2. After the battle of the Marne it took up its position in the Argonne. Its advance had been costly. On September 24 the new commander of the 98th Infantry Regiment found it reduced 13 officers and 982 men (document).
1915.
ARGONNE.
1. The 33d Division remained without interruption in the Argonne from September, 1914, to about the middle of August, 1916.
1916.
VERDUN.
1. About August 10, 1916, the division was relieved from the Argonne and, after a short rest behind the front, was sent into the line at Verdun, east of Fleury.
2. In this sector, the division lost rather heavily. It remained there until the middle of September, at which time it took its place in the sector Vauquois, giving the 144th Infantry Regiment to the 223d Division, a new formation.
ARGONNE.
3. During this latter period, which extended up to the middle of December, the division was reorganized and absorbed the 4th Battalion, suppressed, on October 31, in the 27th Landwehr Regiment. At the same time, the 4th Battalions which the regiments of the division possessed, were broken up.
SOMME.
4. Transferred to the Somme about December 15, it there occupied the sector east of Beaumont-Hamel and did not leave it until February 8, 1917. During these two months, its losses were rather serious.
1917.
ARGONNE.
1. Sent to rest in the Sedan area, the 33d Division went back into its old sector Vauquois at the end of February, 1917. No important event marks its stay in the Argonne after that time.
CHAMPAGNE.
2. On May 3, it was relieved and transferred to Champagne. It marched as far as Pont Faverger and went into line at Cornillet and Mont Blond. It took part in the battle on this front and suffered some losses (172 prisoners from the 130th Infantry Regiment on May 20).
ARGONNE.
3. Withdrawn from this region at the end of May, it was again sent to the Argonne (Boureuilles-Vauquois), about June 7.
CHAMPAGNE.
4. At the end of September it came out of the Argonne, and about October 4 went to the area of Tahure, where it remained in line until February, 1918.
RECRUITING.
Not being able to utilize the regional system of recruiting from annexed Lorraine, the 33d Division is composed almost entirely of Westphalians from the 7th Corps District.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 16th Army Corps, of which the 33d Division is a part, has always had the reputation of being one of the best corps of the German Army.
Although the 33d Division lost very heavily during the offensive of April and May, 1917, it still appeared strong (October, 1917).
1918.
1. The division was relieved on January 4 by the 28th Reserve Division and went to rest and train in the area northwest of Sedan. On March 14 it was railed to the vicinity of Rozoy sur Serre and rested a week north of Montcornet. From there the division proceeded by night marches via Montcornet-Crecy sur Serre-Monceau le Neuf-Ribemont-Mezieres-Moy-ly Fontaine-Gibercourt-Montescourt-Jussy-Flavy le Martel, where it arrived on March 23. On the following night the division was billeted in Villeselve and came into line astride the Ham-Noyon road on March 24.
BATTLE OF PICARDY.
2. On the 25th the division fought its way through Noyon and on the following days was engaged in heavy fighting about Suzoy and Mont Renaud, which it failed to capture in spite of heavy sacrifices. It was withdrawn on April 15.
3. The division rested from April 15 to May 24 in the vicinity of Dercy, Mortiers, Pierrepont, and Barenton sur Serre undergoing reconstitution. It marched to the Aisne front by Coucy les Eppes, Bruyeres, and Chamouille.
BATTLE OF THE AISNE.
4. The division was engaged on May 27 in the front line of the attack and advanced by Pancy, Courtecon, Verneuil, Pont-Arcy, Dhuizel, Courcelles, Jouaignes (20th), Oulchy la Ville, south of Neuilly St. Front, Dammard. In this last region losses were heavy on June 2. It was relieved by the 78th Reserve Division on June 3.
SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE.
5. The division rested south of Soissons from June 7 to July 11, when it marched to the Marne front by Braisne, Fere en Tardenois, Foret de Ris. It was in reserve on the 15th on the north of the Marne, west of Dormans. On the 17th–18th it fell back on Beuvardes and Grisolles and was engaged the next day southeast of Neuilly St. Front. In the heavy fighting of the following days the division was thrown back south of Oulchy le Chateau toward Fere en Tardenois (July 21–23). The division withdrew until the Vesle was reached when it was relieved about July 31.
VERDUN.
6. The division entrained southeast of Montcornet on August 6 and was moved to Avocourt via Sedan-Charleville-Montmedy. It rested southeast of Stenay until August 15. Replacements were received from the dissolved 33d Reserve Division in August. On August 21, the division entered line near Ornes (north of Verdun) where it remained until the armistice.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as first class. It was used as an assault division in the Somme and Aisne offensives of 1918. It was disorganized by its losses in the Marne retreat and never recovered its offensive value.
33d Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │66 Res. │67 Res. │66 Res. │67 Res. │66 Res. │67 Res. │ │130 Res. │ │130 Res. │ │130 Res. │8 Bav. │4 Bav. │8 Bav. │4 Bav. │8 Bav. │4 Bav. │ │8 Bav. │ │8 Bav. │ │8 Bav. ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │2 Res. Hus. Rgt. (3│2 Res. Hus. Rgt. │2 Res. Hus. Rgt. │ Sqns.). │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │4 Ers. Abts. of 33,│Ers. Abts. of 33, │33 Res. F. A. Rgt. │ 34, 69, 70 F. A. │ 34, 69, 70 F. A. │ │ Rgts. │ Rgts. combined │ │ │ into 33 Res. F. │ │ │ A. Rgt. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│ │3 Pion. Btn. No. │4 Field Co. 16 Liaisons. │ │ 16: │ Pion. Btn.: │ │ 1 Ers. Co. 20 │ 1 Ldw. Pion. Co 4, │ │ Pion. │ corps. │ │ 1 Ldw. Pion. Co. │ 233 T. M. Co. │ │ 4, Corps. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 33 Res. Pont. │ 33 Pont. Engs. │ │ Engs. │ │ │ 33 Res. Tel. │ 33 Res. Tel. │ │ Detch. │ Detch. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │ │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transport. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Odd units. │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │Battery of 8 Ft. A.│4 Anti-Aircraft │ │ R. │ Detch. │ │3 Abt. 18 Ft. A. R.│ │ │ (elements). │ │ │2 Btry. 8 Res. Ft. │ │ │ A. R. │ │ │1 and 2 Btries. 2 │ │ │ Abt. 16 Ft. A. R.│ │ │2 Abt. 2 Bav. Res. │ │ │ Ft. A. R. │ │ │ (elements). │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918[18] ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │66 Res. │67 Res. │66 Res. │364. │ │130 Res. │ │67 Res. │ │364. │ │130 Res. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │4 Sqn. 19 Hus. Rgt.│ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │33 Res. F. A. Rgt. │33 Res. F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│233 Pion. Btn.: │333 Pion. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ 1 Ers. Co. 20 │ 333 Pion. Co. │ Pion. │ │ 1 Ldw. Co. 4 Pion.│ 1 Ldw. Co. 4 C. │ │ Dist. Pions. (in │ │ 3 Pion. Btn. No. │ │ 16). │ 233 T. M. Co. │ 14 Searchlight │ │ Section. │ 14 Searchlight │ 233 T. M. Co. │ Section. │ │ 433 Tel. Detch. │ 433 Tel. Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │274 Ambulance Co. │273 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │47 and 51 Field │51 Field Hospital. │ Hospitals. │ │Vet. Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transport. │873 Light Mun. Col.│M. T. Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Odd units. │ │646 Supply Depot. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │ │47 F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴─────────────────── Footnote 18:
Composition at the time of dissolution September, 1918.
HISTORY.
(16th Corps District—Lorraine.)
1914.
LORRAINE.
1. Formed at Metz with the 8th Bavarian Brigade and the 66th Reserve Brigade, the 33d Reserve Division was a part of the 5th Army (German Crown Prince) at the outbreak of the war. In August, 1914, it took part in the battles of Nomeny and went to Verdun by way of Gondrecourt, Rouvres, Étain. On August 24 and 25 it was in action at Étain and suffered heavily. On August 26 the 10th Company of the 8th Bavarian Regiment had only 75 men left (notebook).
At the beginning of September, it occupied both banks of the Moselle south of Pont à Mousson, and about September 15 the vicinity of Thiaucourt.
WOEVRE-LES ÉPARGES.