the end of the month the division was relieved by elements of the 13th
Landwehr Division, and by the extension of the flanks of the neighboring
divisions, going to rest in the Chauny region.
SOMME.
3. Toward the middle of April the division relieved the 206th Division
near Mesnil St. Georges (southwest of Montdidier). It was relieved by
the 25th Reserve Division April 21.
AILETTE.
4. There is some doubt as to where the division went; it was reported
northeast of Ghent, northeast of Laon, and in Lorraine. There is some
evidence to show that it relieved the 222d Division near Anizy le
Chateau during the night of May 2–3. This front was very quiet until the
German offensive of May 27, in which attack the 6th Bavarian Reserve
Division did not attack in the front line—being “leap-frogged” by the
5th and 6th Divisions acting as shock units—but followed up the advance
coming into line between these two divisions during the night of the
27th–28th. It was at this time definitely identified. In the attack on
Terny (May 28), the division met with strong resistance and suffered
heavily. June 1 it captured Le Port, but lost it again to the French on
June 7, with severe losses. It was relieved about the 15th by the 53d
Reserve Division.
MARNE.
5. July 17 it was identified near Passy sur Marne (west of Dormans). It
was withdrawn August 6 and spent a fortnight refitting.
BAPAUME.
6. August 23 it reinforced the front near Ervillers (northwest of
Bapaume) having traveled via Cambrai, Bourlon, and Beugnâtre. The
division was withdrawn early in September.
YPRES.
7. It relieved the 8th Division southwest of Messines during the night
of September 17–18. Just before coming into line the 17th Bavarian
Reserve Infantry Regiment was dissolved and its men drafted to the other
two regiments of the division. It was replaced by the 25th Bavarian
Infantry Regiment from the 14th Bavarian Division which was dissolved at
this time. Likewise, the 6th Bavarian Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
was dissolved and replaced by the 19th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment
from the 10th Bavarian Division disbanded in July. The division remained
in line until the armistice was signed, withdrawing through Wytschaete-
Houthem-Comines-Marcke-Ooteghem and Krinstraat.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 6th Bavarian Reserve is rated as a second-class division, which
seems justified not only from opinions concerning its ability as a
fighting unit coming from Allied sources, but also from the fact that,
although it had a course of training in “breaking through” in February,
it was never so used by the German High Command, serving rather as a
“follow up” division. (Cf. May 27 offensive.) The division suffered
heavy losses during its 1918 engagements; indeed, some prisoners
captured the middle of September said that it was to be broken up. They
were mistaken, but one of the infantry regiments and the artillery
regiment were disbanded.
6th Bavarian Landwehr Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │Von │121 Ldw. │1 Bav. │1 Bav. │1 Bav. │1 Bav.
│ Frech. │ │ Mixed │ Ldw. │ Mixed │ Ldw.
│ │ │ Ldw. │ │ Ldw. │
│1 Bav. │123 Ldw. │2 Bav. │2 Bav. │2 Bav. │2 Bav.
│ Mixed │ │ Mixed │ Ldw. │ Mixed │ Ldw.
│ Ldw. │ │ Ldw. │ │ Ldw. │
│2 Bav. │1 Bav. │ │3 Bav. │ │3 Bav.
│ Mixed │ Ldw. │ │ Ldw. │ │ Ldw.
│ Ldw. │ │ │ │ │
│ │2 Bav. │ │12 Bav. │ │12 Bav.
│ │ Ldw. │ │ Ldw. │ │ Ldw.
│ │3 Bav. │ │ │ │
│ │ Ldw. │ │ │ │
│ │12 Bav. │ │ │ │
│ │ Ldw. │ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │ │1 Ldw. Sqn. of the │1 Ldw. Sqn. and 2
│ │ 1 Bav. C. Dist. │ Ldw. Sqn. of 1
│ │ │ Bav. C. Dist.
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │ │ │6 Bav. Ldw. F. A.
│ │ │ Rgt.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │2 Bav. Ldw. F. A.
│ │ │ Abt.
│ │ │10 Bav. Mountain
│ │ │ Art. Btry.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│ │ │16 Bav. Res. Pion.
Liaisons. │ │ │ Co.
│ │ │250 Pion. Co.
│ │ │
│ │ │14 C. Dist. 1 Ldw.
│ │ │ Pion. Co.
│ │ │
│ │ │1 Bav. C. Dist. 1
│ │ │ Landst. Pion. Co.
│ │ │
│ │ │1 Bav. C. Dist. 2
│ │ │ Landst. Pion. Co.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │ │
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │Landshut Inf. Btn. │ │3 and 5 Cos.
│ (1 Bav. C. Dist. │ │ (Wurtt) Ski Btns.
│ Btn. Landst. No. │ │
│ 7). │ │
│Nuremberg Inf. Btn.│ │Fribourg Landst.
│ (3 Bav. C. Dist. │ │ Inf. Btn. (14 C.
│ Landst. Btn. No. │ │ Dist. 1 Btn. No.
│ 1). │ │ 7).
│ │ │1 Cologne 2 Landst.
│ │ │ Inf. Btn. (8 C.
│ │ │ Dist. Btn. No.
│ │ │ 14).
│ │ │65 Labor Btn.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │2 Bav. │1 Bav. │2 Bav. │1 Bav.
│ Ldw. │ Ldw. │ Ldw. │ Ldw.
│ │ │ │
│ │2 Bav. │ │3 Bav.
│ │ Ldw. │ │ Ldw.
│ │ │ │
│ │12 Bav. │ │12 Bav.
│ │ Ldw. │ │ Ldw.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │2d Sqn. 2 Bav. │2 Sqn. 2 Bav. Light
│ Light Cav. Rgt. │ Cav. Rgt.
│ │
│2d Sqn. 2 Bav. │
│ Light Cav. Rgt. │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │23 Bav. Art. │6 Bav. Ldw. F. A.
│ Command: │ Rgt. (3 Abt.,
│ │ Staff, and 8
│ │ Btry.).
│ 6 Bav. Ldw. F. A. │
│ Rgt. │
│ │
│ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│26 Bav. Pion. Btn.:│26 Bav. Pion Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │
│ 16 Bav. Res. Pion.│ 16 Bav. Res. Pion.
│ Co. │ Co.
│ 306 Bav. T. M. Co.│ 26 Bav.
│ │ Searchlight
│ │ Section.
│ 10 Bav. Res. │ 506 Bav. Signal
│ Searchlight │ Command:
│ Section. │
│ 506 Bav. Tel. │ 506 Bav. Tel.
│ Detch. │ Detch.
│ │ 192 Bav. Wireless
│ │ Detch.
│ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │560 Ambulance Co. │19 Bav. Ambulance
Veterinary.│ │ Co.
│19 Bav. Field │60 Bav. Field
│ Hospital. │ Hospital.
│59 Bav. Field │59 Bav. Field
│ Hospital. │ Hospital.
│36 Vet. Hospital. │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │47 Bav. M. T. Col. │794 Bav. M. T. Col.
│49 Bav. M. T. Col. │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │Neustadt Landst. │
│ Inf. Btn. (2 Bav.│
│ C. Dist. Btn. No.│
│ 4). │
│Bomberg Landst. │
│ Inf. Btn. (2 Bav.│
│ C. Dist. Btn. No.│
│ 10). │
│Ansbach Landst. │
│ Inf. Btn. (3 Bav.│
│ C. Dist. Btn. No.│
│ 2). │
│1 Cologne 2 Landst.│
│ Inf. Btn. (8 C. │
│ Dist. Btn. No. │
│ 14). │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(First Bavarian District.)
1914.
ALSACE.
1. The division was sent into the Vosges at the beginning of the
campaign (3 brigades, of which one was from Wurtemberg). It fought in
the valley of the Fecht in August, 1914. Beginning with October it
occupied the region Ste. Marie aux Mines-Col du Bonhomme. October 2 the
1st Bavarian Brigade entrained at Colmar for Belgium and garrisoned
Antwerp until December.
2. At the beginning of November the 3d Bavarian Landwehr Division took
part in the attacks on the Violu.
1915.
1. From February to April, 1915, the units which at that time made up
this division were again separated. The 1st Bavarian Landwehr (mixed)
Brigade came back from Belgium in the middle of December and went to
Champagne (Souain-Somme-Py) to reinforce the 15th Division; the 2d Mixed
Brigade continued to hold the Orbey la Poutroye sector south of Bonhomme
(valley of the Weiss). The Wurtemberg Brigade (von Frech) was
transferred in April to the 7th Landwehr Division (Wurtemberg) in upper
Alsace.
2. In April, 1915, the remaining two brigades were assembled on the
Vosges front (Orbey, Valley of the Weiss) and from that time on held
this sector without much change.
3. In July some units of the division fought in the region of the Linge.
1916.
1. Vosges sector (valley of the Weiss, Col du Bonhomme). At the end of
December, 1916, the 2d Bavarian Landwehr was transferred to the 2d
Bavarian Landwehr Division (new).
1917.
1. In 1917 the division extended its sector from the region of Col du
Bonhomme to the valley of the Fecht (Munster).
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The division was in line in the region of Orbey (south of Col du
Bonhomme) from 1915 on. It is a mediocre division made up of elderly
men. The companies have no shock troops. All the important operations
are executed by the assault company of the division.
1918.
ALSACE.
1. The 6th Bavarian Landwehr Division occupied the sector extending from
south of Le Bonhomme to just west of Muenster, all through the year,
being still in line when the armistice was signed.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division is a fourth-class one, being used only to hold one of the
calmest sectors on the western front. All the young men were taken away
from the division (except those in machine-gun and assault companies)
and exchanged for older ones. In October the father of six children was
captured. Morale was low, discipline poor. Several prisoners stated that
the men did not hesitate to say, even in front of their officers, that
the war had been lost by Germany and that they were thoroughly sick of
it.
6th Cavalry Division (Dismounted).
COMPOSITION.
───────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────
│ 1918
───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┬───────────────────────
│ Brigade. │ Regiment.
───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┼───────────────────────
Cavalry. │5 Cav. │2 Drag.
│ │3 Uhlan.
│ │7 Cuirassier.
│45 Cav. │7 Res. Drag.
│ │13 Hus.
│ │13 Horse Jag.
│3 Cav. │2 Cuirassier.
│ │9 Uhlan.
│ │12 Hus.
───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┴───────────────────────
Artillery. │133 Art. Command.
───────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────
Engineers and Liaisons.│21 Pion. Btn.
│319 T. M. Co.
│674 Wireless Detch.
───────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────
Medical and Veterinary.│256 Ambulance Co.
│106 Field Hospital.
│261 Vet. Hospital.
───────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────
Attached. │70 Ldw. Inf. Brig.
───────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────
HISTORY.
1918.
ALSACE.
1. The division held the Badonviller sector until the last of April,
when it was relieved by the 21st Landwehr Division. It rested at
Mulhausen until July. At this time it was reorganized as a division of
nine dismounted cavalry regiments.
YPRES.
2. On July 1 it entrained at Sierenz and traveled via Saarburg-Eupen-
Liege-Brussels-Courtrai to Ingelmunster, where it detrained on July 3.
The division then went into rest billets in the Iseghem-Winkel St. Eloi
and Lendelede area, and on the night of July 27–28 it relieved the 1st
Landwehr Division east of Ypres.
CAMBRAI.
3. It was relieved in Flanders and railed via Cambrai to Fins, where it
detrained August 31. On September 4 it was in line at Manancourt and
Nurlun. It was engaged in heavy fighting until September 25, when it was
withdrawn from the battle front southwest of Cambrai after losing 400
prisoners.
BELGIUM.
4. It reinforced the Ypres battle front at Ledeghem on October 1 and
fought there for about one week. It rested out of line a week and
returned on October 15 to line east of Gulleghem. Two weeks later it was
withdrawn in the Waereghem area.
5. On November 3 the division was again in line at Hermelgem. It was
withdrawn within a few days and on the day of the armistice it was
considered to be in reserve of the 4th German Army.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class. Its use in the active Ypres and
Cambrai fronts indicates that it should have been rated higher after its
reorganization in the summer.
7th Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │13. │26. │13. │26. │14. │26.
│ │66. │ │66. │ │27.
│14. │27. │14. │27. │ │165.
│ │165. │ │165. │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │10 Hus. Rgt. (3 │10 Hus. Rgt. (3 │10 Hus. Rgt. (3
│ Sqns.). │ Sqns.). │ Sqns.).
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │7 Brig.: │7 Brig.: │7 Brig.:
│ 4 F. A. Rgt. │ 4 F. A. Rgt. │ 4 F. A. Rgt.
│ 40 F. A. Rgt. │ 40 F. A. Rgt. │ 40 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│ │1 Pion. Btn. No. 4.│1 Pion. Btn. No. 4:
Liaisons. │ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ Field Co. 4 Pions.│ 1 Co. 4 Pions.
│ │ 7 Pont. Engs. │ 7 T. M. Co.
│ │ 7 Tel. Detch. │ 7 Pont. Engrs.
│ │ │
│ │ │ 7 Tel. Detch.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │ │
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │14. │26. │14. │26.
│ │165. │ │165.
│ │393. │ │393.
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │2 Sqn. 10 Hus. Rgt.│2 Sqn. 10 Hus. Rgt.
│ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │7 Brig.: │7 Art. Command:
│ 40 F. A. Rgt. │ 40 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ 4 Abt. 24 Res. Ft.
│ │ A. Rgt.
│ │ 1244 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
│ │ 1298 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
│ │ 1301 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│118 Pion. Btn. │4 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ (formerly 1 Pion.│
│ Btn. No. 4): │
│ 1 Co. 4 Pions. │ 1 Co. 4 Pions.
│ 3 Co. 4 Pions. │ 3 Co. 4 Pions.
│ 7 T. M. Co. │ 43 Searchlight
│ │ Section.
│ 7 Tel. Detch. │7 Signal Command:
│ 7 Pont. Engs. │ 7 Tel. Detch.
│ │ 132 Bav. Wireless
│ │ Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │10 Ambulance Co. │10 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│Field Hospital. │37 Field Hospital.
│Vet. Hospital. │41 Field Hospital.
│ │7 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │M. T. Col. │540 M. T. Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │88 Labor Btn. (5th │
│ Co.). │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(Fourth District—Prussian Saxony.)
1914.
The Seventh Division was recruited in the Province of Prussian Saxony
and, with the 8th Division, belonged to the 4th Army Corps (Magdeburg).
MARNE.
1. The 14th Brigade, which had already obtained reservists July 30,
entrained on the evening of August 2 and was one of the six brigades
ordered to take Liege. The whole division moved into the region of Liege
August 15. It belonged to the 1st Army (Von Kluck), and passed through
Louvain August 18 and through Brussels the 20th. On the 23d it was on
the Haine, west of St. Ghislain. On the 24th between Quiévrain and
Audregnies it threatened to envelop the Allied left. Going through Le
Cateau and Peronne on August 28, the division passed through Grand Morin
and arrived at Choisy, southeast of Coulommiers, from where it was sent
in all haste to the aid of the right wing of the 1st Army (Etavigny,
etc.).
BELGIUM.
2. After the retreat it went to the north of the Aisne below Soissons
until the last days of September (fights at Cuisy en Almont, Morsain,
Nouvron, Fontenoy).
3. At the end of September it was attached to the 6th Army (Crown Prince
of Bavaria) and sent to Artois.
ARTOIS.
4. At the beginning of October it fought south of Arras (Monchy aux
Bois, Ransart, Wailly). It established itself south of the Scarpe.
5. It held the sector until the end of May, 1915. During this period it
limited itself to organizing defensively.
1915.
1. In March the division was reduced to three regiments by the transfer
of the 66th Infantry to the 52d Division (new).
2. In May, 1915, at the time of the French offensive in Artois some
units of the division were sent as reinforcements to the region of
Neuville-St. Vaast. It left some prisoners and suffered heavy losses on
May 12 to 13.
ARTOIS.
3. June 12 the division left the sector south of the Scarpe and went
into line the 13th between Lorette and Angres (from the Souchez-Aix
Noulette Road to the Blanc work). The French offensive struck it June 13
and the days following north of the road from Souchez to Aix Noulette.
It was forced to give ground and lost many prisoners (250 men, among
them 6 officers from the 26th Infantry north of Bois Carre; the 2d
Battalion of the 26th Infantry lost 12 officers and 597 men out of
action, according to the Prussian casualty lists).
4. At the beginning of July the division established itself south of the
railroad from Grenay to Lens, north of Souchez. September 25 it fought
in the third battle of Artois, north of Bois en Hache, before Angres and
Lievin. It showed considerable energy, but again had many of its men
captured.
5. The division remained in this sector southwest of Loos (south of the
Lens-Béthune Road; Lene-Grenay Railroad) until July, 1916.
1916.
1. Until the beginning of July, 1916, the division had no serious
battles.
2. About July 3 the division was relieved from the Loos front. On the
13th it was at Cambrai.
SOMME.
3. July 14 and 15 it began to be engaged in the battle of the Somme
between Pozieres and Bazentin le Petit. It suffered terrible losses.
Relieved May 28.
ARTOIS.
4. After a rest in the region of Valenciennes it went into line east of
Arras August 9 and stayed there until September 17. At this time it
transferred its 27th Infantry to the 211th Division and took in exchange
the 393d Infantry, composed of levies from the regiments of the 7th,
8th, and 12th Divisions, 50th Reserve Division and 38th Landwehr
Brigade.
SOMME.
5. About September 18 it again took part in the battle of the Somme in
the sector of Courcelette. It fought bravely and again suffered heavily.
ARTOIS.
6. Withdrawn from the Somme about October 2 and went into the sector
southeast of Loos October 5. Again withdrawn from this sector November
10 it went almost immediately into the line south of the La Bassee Canal
and stayed there until May 28, 1917.
1917.
ARTOIS.
1. During the winter of 1916–17 the division had no big battles, but
suffered from raids executed by the British troops.
FLANDERS.
2. May 28 it was withdrawn from the La Bassee front and sent to the
region of Ypres (sector of Hollebeke-Wytschaete) June 8 to 19.
ALSACE.
3. At the beginning of July it was sent to Alsace to the vicinity of
Mulhouse where it rested.
4. July 27 to 28 it entrained again for Artois via Mulhouse-Strassbourg-
Sarreguemines-Metz-Thionville-Sedan-Hirson-Valenciennes-St. Amand.
ARTOIS.
5. After a few days’ rest in the region of St. Amand and Orchies July 28
to August 3, it went into the lines north of Lens (Loos sector) where it
lost heavily from August 9 to the beginning of September.
BELGIUM.
6. Relieved then and sent to rest at Pont a Marcq, it went back into the
line between the La Bassee Canal and Hulluch September 21. Withdrawn
from this sector during October and sent to the region of Ypres where it
held a front on October 29 between Becelaere and Gheluvelt. It was still
identified there January 29, 1918.
RECRUITING.
Province of Magdeburg (Prussian Saxony) and part of Thuringia. The 393d
Infantry gets replacements from the depot of the 153d Infantry
(Altenburg). Its resources from these replacements are as a rule
sufficient and the Fourth District has even furnished recruits to the
regiments of the Fourteenth. In exchange when it has relatively few
replacements it has been helped out by Polish drafts from Silesia (Sixth
District).
1918.
1. The division was relieved on February 4 and rested in the Eecloo
area, participating in a large-scale maneuver.
2. It returned to line in the Becelaere sector on March 3, relieving the
8th Bavarian Reserve Division. It was withdrawn March 26.
BATTLE OF THE LYS.
3. It fought near Hollebeke, Messines, Wytschaete, between April 9 and
May 1. It took part in the attack on the Ypres-Comines Canal on April
25.
4. During May it was at rest in Belgium near Deyuze (Cruyhautern). It
entrained for Nesle about June 8, moving through Audenarde, Coutrai,
Lille, Douai, Cambrai, and Ham. It marched to the front, southeast of
Montdidier by Roye and Tilloloy June 9–11.
5. It was in line near Ressons-Marqueglise from June 14 to 24.
6. The division rested south of St. Quentin June 26 to 29, then at
Origny June 30 to July 4. It entrained at Origny on July 4 and moved to
Sedan by Guise, Hirson, Liart, and Charleville. It was north of Grandpre
from July 5 to 10. On the 10th it was sent toward the Champagne front by
Grandpre, Monthois, and Maure.
BATTLE OF RHEIMS.
7. The division was engaged at Repon, east of Tahure, on July 15. Heavy
losses were incurred during the attack of July 15. It was taken out on
August 15.
AILETTE.
8. It was moved by railroad to Chauny (by Laon) and detrained about
August 20. About this time a dozen men per company were received.
9. On August 26–27 it entered line south of Juvigny (north of Soissons).
In the fighting that followed the division was withdrawn to Leuilly on
the night of August 31-Sept 1. It was relieved on the 3d after losing
605 prisoners. The German communique of August 30 credited the 165th
Regiment with the destruction of 20 tanks in one attack.
BATTLE OF THE ARGONNE.
10. The division rested near Attigny until September 24, when it
reinforced the Somme-Py front. It was engaged until October 22 with very
heavy losses. It returned from the second line two days later to assist
in covering the retreat between La Neuville en Tourne a Fuy and
Juniville. From there it fell back on the Aisne (Ambly) and was retired
on October 14.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as first class.
7th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.