Part 76
The division was mostly made up of elderly men. The troops assigned to the 301st Division were supposed to occupy calm sectors.
The 10th Landwehr Regiment was made up for the most part (three- quarters) of Silesians and Prussians from the Province of Posen. There were some Alsatians (4 in the 6th Company).
1918.
1. The division remained in its sector in Army Detachment A without event throughout 1918. Its losses were negligible. The companies had an average ration strength of 170 men; an average trench strength of 105.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class. It was one of the lowest of that class in value. The morale was low and desertions frequent.
302d Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────── │ 1917 │ 1918 ─────────────┼─────────────┬─────────────┼─────────────┬───────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼───────────── Infantry. │ (?) │42. │22. │11 Gren. │ │45. │ │9 Jag. │ │10 Jag. │ │10 Jag. │ (After June 1917.) │ │ │22. │45. │ │ │ │21 Res. │ │ │ │10 Jag. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────┴─────────────┼─────────────┴───────────── Artillery. │Art. Command: │ │ 10 F. A. Rgt. (elements). │ ─────────────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────── Engineers and│Pion. Btn.: │Pion. Btn. No. 19 Liaisons. │ │ (elements). │ 19 Pion. Btn. (elements). │205 Pion. Co. │ 205 Pion. Co. │172 Mountain T. M. Co. │ 172 Mountain T. M. Co. │302 Tel. Detch. │ Tel. Detch. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────── Medical and │202 Ambulance Co. │Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │Field Hospital. │Field Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. │Vet. Hospital. ─────────────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────── Transport. │672 (?) M. T. Col. │(?) 672 M. T. Col. ─────────────┴───────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────
HISTORY.
1917.
MACEDONIA.
1. The 302d Division (former Hippel Division) was organized on the Macedonian front toward the end of 1916. At the beginning it included elements of various nationalities. It appears to have become entirely German during the first part of 1917. At this time its composition was as follows: The staff of the 22d Infantry Brigade (coming from the 11th Division); the 42d Infantry Regiment from the 3d Division; the 45th Infantry Regiment from the 101st Division and the 10th Jäger Regiment (the latter formed by grouping the Jäger and Fusileer Battalions of the Guard and the 9th and 12th Jäger Battalions). In January, 1917, the 45th Infantry Regiment had replaced the 11th Grenadier Regiment, transferred to the 101st Division and which had come to the Hippel Division in November.
2. The elements of the 302d Division occupied the Macedonian front (Monastir-Boucle de la Cerna) in 1917 and until the end of February, 1918.
3. In June, 1917, the 42d Infantry Regiment, the same as the 59th Regiment of the 101st Division, left the Macedonian front for Roumania (vicinity of Rimnicu-Sarat). It was definitely detached from the 302d Division and replaced by the 21st Reserve Infantry Regiment from the 216th Division.
1918.
1. The divisional staff operated in Macedonia until it surrendered as a complete unit, divisional commander, staff, and troops, numbering 7,000, about the 1st of October.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as third class at the time of its retirement from the Western Front.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Changed “(?) Dion. Detchs.” to “(?) Pion. Detchs.” on p. 47. 2. Changed “Cuichy-Canal” to “Cuinchy-Canal” on p. 56. 3. Changed “2 Vac. Pion. Detch.” to “2 Cav. Pion. Detch.” on p. 69. 4. Added “VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.” heading on p. 77. 5. Changed “Mauberge” to “Maubeuge” on pp. 95 and 276. 6. Changed “abrustungs” to “abrüstungs” on p. 192. 7. Changed “Tanganrog” to “Taganrog” on p. 272. 8. Changed “Buskeque” to “Bousbecque” on p. 274. 9. Changed “Duenamuemde” to “Duenamuende” on p. 301. 10. Changed “Ghissegnies” to “Gussignies” on p. 326. 11. Changed “Kalwariia-Mariampol” to “Kalwaria-Mariampol” on pp. 397 and 538. 12. Changed “Rambluzim” to “Rambluzin” on p. 403. 13. Changed “Dhinzel” to “Dhuizel” on p. 404. 14. Changed “Grandelain” to “Crandelain” on p. 411. 15. Changed “Rozoy sur Sene” to “Rozoy sur Serre” on p. 420. 16. Added “1918.” sub-heading on p. 427. 17. Changed “October 19.” to “August 19.” on p. 437. 18. Changeed “Brandeberg” to “Brandenburg” on pp. 577 anf 593. 19. Changed “Yores” to “Ypres” on p. 615. 20. Changed “Schuz” to “Schutz” on p. 616. 21. Added footnote anchor after “COMPOSITION.” heading on p. 639. 22. Changed “405th Infantry Regiment” to “445th Infantry Regiment” on p. 719. 23. Silently corrected typographical errors. 24. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed. 25. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.