advance toward Roisel. It was partially engaged on the 22d and 23d north
of Marquaix and Peronne. Two days later the entire division was engaged
north of the Somme, and on the 28th it passed to reserve near
Morlancourt until April 4, when it returned to the battle front for four
days, fighting at Dernancourt. Again the division retired to the second
line, and was relieved on the 11th. The losses of the division in this
offensive were about 40 per cent of its effectives.
AVRE.
3. After 10 days’ rest (near Maricourt-Carnoy until the 18th and Caix
until the 22d) during which it was reconstituted with returned wounded
and 1919 recruits, it returned to line on the Avre (Castel) on April 23.
The division executed attacks on Hill 82 and on Hailles on April 24.
Other local attacks occurred on May 2 and 14. It was relieved on May 18.
A further draft of 1,300 men was received on May 3.
THIRD BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
4. The division rested near Montdidier in June, probably at Moreuil. On
July 1 it relieved the 77th Reserve Division northeast of Villers-
Bretonneux. The British attack on the Somme threw the division back on
Mericourt with a loss of 2,769 prisoners. On August 12 it was withdrawn.
5. It was in reserve near Mericourt during the middle of August. On the
24th it was reengaged east of Albert (Bazentin). About the 30th it was
withdrawn. The total loss in prisoners was 3,400.
ALSACE.
6. The division was moved to Alsace for a rest. It entrained at
Schlestadt on September 29 and was moved by Strasbourg, Metz, and Sedan.
BATTLE OF THE ARGONNE.
7. It went into line at Monthois-Challerange on September 30, remaining
until October 3, when it went into support near Morel until the 8th,
when it fell back toward Bourcq.
8. It was in support between Landres-Saint George and Bantheville on the
15th. It was engaged on the American front on the 16th in the
Nantheville region. It was in line until the 30th, when it passed to
reserve, but returned to line on the 2d. It continued to hold a sector
until the armistice. An epidemic of Spanish fever greatly reduced the
number of effectives in all the regiments. The 13th Regiment had less
than 200 effectives at the end of October.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as a first-class division. Its performance was
excellent in the March offensive, but after that it took no special part
in any offensive. At the armistice the division had been used up through
losses and sickness.
13th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │25 Res. │13 Res. │25 Res. │13 Res. │28 Res. │13 Res.
│ │56 Res. │ │56 Res. │ │39 Res.
│28 Res. │39 Res. │28 Res. │39 Res. │ │57 Res.
│ │57 Res. │ │57 Res. │ 7 Res. Jag. Btn.
│ 7 Res. Jag. Btn. │ 7 Res. Jag. Btn. │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Cavalry. │5 Res. Hus. Rgt. │5 Res. Hus. Rgt. │5 Res. Hus. Rgt. (2
│ │ │ Sqns.).
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │13 Res. F. A. Rgt. │13 Res. F. A. Rgt. │13 Res. F. A. Rgt.
│ (6 Btries.). │ │ (9 Btries.).
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│ │2 Pion. Btn. No. 7:│2 Pion. Btn. No. 7:
Liaisons. │ │ │
│ │ Res. Co. 7 Pions. │ 4 Co. 7 Pions.
│ │ 13 Res. Pont. │ 213 T. M. Co.
│ │ Engs. │
│ │ 13 Res. Tel. │ 13 Pont. Engs.
│ │ Detch. │
│ │ │ 13 Tel. Detch.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │ │
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transport. │ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │28 Res. │13 Res. │28 Res. │13 Res.
│ │39 Res. │ │39 Res.
│ │57 Res. │ │57 Res.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │3 Sqn. 5 Res. Hus. │3 Sqn. 5 Res. Hus.
│ Rgt. │ Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │(?) Art. Command: │100 Art. Command:
│ │
│ 13 Res. F. A. Rgt.│ 13 Res. F. A. Rgt.
│ (9 Btries.). │
│ │ 99 Ft. A. Btn.
│ │ 738 Light Am. Col.
│ │ 812 Light Am. Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│(313) Pion. Btn.: │313 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │
│ 4 Co. 7 Pions. │ 4 Co. 7 Pions.
│ 287 Pion. Co. │ 287 Pion. Co.
│ │
│ 213 T. M. Co. │ 213 T. M. Co.
│ │
│ Tel. Detch. │ 7 Searchlight
│ │ Section.
│ │413 Signal Command:
│ │ 413 Tel. Detch.
│ │ 164 Wireless
│ │ Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │507 Ambulance Co. │507 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│33 Res. Field │33 Res. Field
│ Hospital. │ Hospital.
│145 Field Hospital.│34 Res. Field
│ │ Hospital.
│Vet. Hospital. │413 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transport. │712 M. T. Col. │712 M. T. Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │ │47 Art. Observation
│ │ Section.
│ │73 Balloon Sqn.
│ │216 Pigeon Loft.
│ │19 Reconnaissance
│ │ Flight.
│ │74 Antiaircraft
│ │ Section.
│ │128 Ft. A. Btn.
│ │Elements attached
│ │ June, 1918.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(7th Corps District—Westphalia.)
1914.
At the beginning of the war the 13th Reserve Division and the 14th
Reserve Division formed the 7th Reserve Corps.
MAUBEUGE-AISNE.
1. Assigned to the 2d German Army, the 13th Reserve Division arrived at
Liège immediately after the city and the forts were taken (Aug. 14);
reached Namur on the 25th, and took part in the siege and taking of
Maubeuge. When it was released from this place it was quickly
transferred to the front north of the Aisne; fought in the neighborhood
of Pontavert-Craonne on September 15; fought near Cerny on the 16th, and
took its position on the front of Braye-Cerny en Laonnois at the end of
September.
2. On November 3 some elements of the division were engaged at Vailly.
3. The division occupied the sector of Braye en Laonnois until October,
1915.
1915.
1. January-October, 1915, the division occupied the sector Braye en
Laonnois-Cerny.
2. At the end of October the 13th Reserve Division was relieved in the
Laon area and transferred to the north, between Charleroi and
Valenciennes. After a period of training in November and December, it
entrained, about December 25, for the Verdun front.
1916.
1. At the beginning of January, 1916, the division was concentrated in
the neighborhood of Damvillers (right bank of the Meuse). In January and
February it was occupied in preparations for an attack.
VERDUN.
2. Beginning with February 21 some elements were engaged near Haumont,
near Haumont wood. It took part in battles, from February 23 until March
10, in the region of Samogneux (sector of Vacherauville-Haudremont and
Cote du Poivre). It lost 51 per cent of its infantry there.
3. From the middle of March to the 24th of October it occupied the same
sector of Haudremont (west of Douaumont), and only took part in a few
local engagements. It underwent the French attack on October 24 and
suffered heavily.
4. Until December it held the sector included between the road of
Louvemont-Bras and the Chaufour wood. It was relieved between December 8
and 12 and sent to rest in the Marville-Longuyon area.
5. Transferred to Champagne (Dec. 22–24), it went into line east of
Rheims (Nogent l’Abbesse) about the 29th.
1917.
1. The division held the sector at Rheims (east of La Pomelle) until May
20, 1917.
CHAMPAGNE.
2. Concentrated, at this date, in the neighborhood of Epoye, it relieved
the exhausted 242d Division at Cornillet (south of Nauroy). It went into
action between Mont Cornillet and Mont Haut (about the end of May).
3. Between June 8 and 15 it returned into line in its former sector east
of Rheims (south of Cernay), where it made several surprise attacks.
VERDUN.
4. Relieved about the end of August from the Rheims front, it was sent,
after a few days of rest, to the right bank of the Meuse. On September
24 it attacked east of Beaumont, in the Bois le Chaume, and suffered
very heavy losses. It made another attack on October 10 in the same
sector, which it held until October 12–13.
5. It was sent to rest (Briey area) in the second half of October. In
November it appeared on the front east of Verdun, where it was speedily
relieved.
RECRUITING.
The division is recruited from Westphalia. In the course of 1917,
however, a great number of its replacements came from other districts
than Westphalia (9th, 10th, 11th Corps Districts).
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 13th Reserve Division appears to be of mediocre quality.
It suffered heavy losses at Verdun. It showed very little brilliance
there. During the French attack of October 24, 1916, it offered little
resistance to the hostile troops.
On the Rheims front (January to May, 1917) it did not take part in any
operation. Quite a large number of men who were captured in the course
of raids in this sector surrendered with little resistance.
However, the 13th Reserve Division did not furnish a single prisoner or
deserter during its second stay southeast of Rheims (from June 15 to the
beginning of September), and on the Verdun front it showed itself quite
active (September to October).
1918.
1. The division was relieved in the Avrocourt wood sector by the
Bavarian Ersatz Division on the night of April 5–6 and went into rest
billets at Villers near Montmedy. On the 16th it entrained at a station
near Montmedy and traveled via Carignan-Sedan-Charleville-Givet-Dinant-
Namur-Charleroi-Ath-Melle-Ghent-Deyuze to Thielt, where it detrained at
1 a. m. on April 19. After 10 days’ rest at Coolscamp the division
marched to Getsberg, and was to have gone into line in the Dixmude
sector on April 22, but was suddenly entrained and moved via Roulers to
Beythem. From there it marched to the Ledeghem area and rested until
April 24, when it marched into line northwest of Wytschaete via Menin-
Wervecq and Comines.
YPRES.
2. The division was engaged in the attack on Voormezeele on April 25.
After three days’ heavy fighting it was relieved by the 49th Reserve
Division. After a few days in the second line the division came back and
relieved the 49th Reserve Division. It remained in line until May 11.
From the 11th to the 28th the division rested out of line. It was again
engaged on May 28 southwest of Merris. It was relieved about June 12.
MERRIS.
3. The division went to rest in the area east of Bruges and later
northwest of Ghent. It returned to its former sector west of Merris on
July 9, relieving the 4th Bavarian Division. It held the sector until
July 27 when its heavy losses at Meteren caused its relief by the 4th
Division. Between the 27th and August 18 the division rested in the
Douai area.
YPRES-BELGIUM.
4. In line the 18th–19th, it relieved the 35th Division in the sector
east of Merckem. Here the division continued until September 29, when it
was withdrawn from the line north of Staden after the loss of 1,500
prisoners and severe casualties. It rested two weeks, and on October 14
returned to the battle front at Cortemarck. It fought until the 20th,
when it retired for 10 days’ rest in rear of the line. On the 30th it
was reengaged near Deynze. The German communique of November 1 and 2
mentioned the 57th and 13th Reserve Regiments for their good work. The
division was in line until the armistice. It was last identified at
Nazareth on November 3.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 13th Reserve Division was rated as a first-class division. In 1918
it was almost wholly engaged in Belgium, taking a prominent part in the
Armentiers offensive in April, and in the defense in October.
13th Landwehr Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────
│ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────
│ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment.
─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────
Infantry. │61 Res. │60 Res. │61 Res. │15 Ldw.
│ │Cassel Landst.│ │82 Ldw.
│ │ Btn. (XI/2).│ │
│ │Mayence │60 Mixed Ldw. │60 Ldw.
│ │ Landst. Btn.│ │
│ │ (XVIII/17). │ │
│60 Ldw. │60 Ldw. │ │71 Ldw.
│ │71 Ldw. │ 8 Jag. Btn.
─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Cavalry. │ │
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Artillery. │1 Ers. Abt. 25 F. A. Regt. │1 Ers. Abt. of the 25 and 84
│ │ F. A. Regt.
│1 Ers. Abt. 81 F. A. Regt. │2 Ers. Btry. (27 F. A.
│ │ Regt.).
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Engineers and│1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (10 C. │1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (10 and 15
Liaisons. │ Dist.). │ C. Dist.).
│ │ 313 T. M. Co.
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Medical and │ │
Veterinary.│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Transport. │ │
│ │
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Attached. │115 Landst. Inf. Regt. │44 Art. Survey Section.
│ │44 Labor Btn.
│ │12 C. Dist. Landst. Btn. No.
│ │ 1.
─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────
─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────
│ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment.
─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────
Infantry. │60 Ldw. │15 Ldw. │60 Ldw. │15 Ldw.
│ │60 Ldw. │ │60 Ldw.
│ │ │ │
│ │82 Ldw. │ │82 Ldw.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────
Cavalry. │5 Sqn. 6 Dragoon Regt. │5 Sqn. 6 Dragoon Regt.
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Artillery. │Art. Command: │13 Ldw. F. A. Regt.
│ │
│ 13 Ldw. F. A. Regt. │1414 Light Am. Col.
│ │
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Engineers and│413 Pion. Btn.: │413 Pion Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │
│ 1 Ldw. Co. 10 Corps. Pions. │ 1 Ldw. Co. 10 C. Dist.
│ │ Pions.
│ 1 Ldw. Co. 15 Corps. Pions. │ 1 Ldw. Co. 15 C. Dist.
│ │ Pions.
│ 313 T. M. Co. │ 313 T. M. Co.
│ 513 Tel. Detch. │ 207 Searchlight Section.
│ │513 Signal Command:
│ │ 513 Tel. Detch.
│ │ 22 Wireless Detch.
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Medical and │216 Ambulance Co. │216 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│102 Res. Field Hospital. │102 Res. Field Hospital.
│16 Ldw. Field Hospital. │513 Vet. Hospital.
│513 Vet. Hospital. │
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Transport. │782 M. T. Col. │782 M. T. Col.
│809 M. T. Col. │
─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────
Attached. │ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
─────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────
HISTORY.
(15th Landwehr Regiment: 7th Corps District—Westphalia. 60th Landwehr
Regiment: 21st Corps District—Lorraine. 82d Landwehr Regiment: 11th
Corps District—Thuringia.)
1915.
LORRAINE.
1. The 13th Landwehr Division was formed in Lorraine about the middle of
May, 1915. It was made up at this time of the 61st Reserve Brigade (60th
Reserve Landsturm Battalions, Cassel and Mayence) and of the 60th
Landwehr Brigade (the 60th Landwehr Regiment, and the 61st Landwehr
Regiment). These elements were already in line on the Lorraine front
before the formation of the division. The 71st Landwehr Regiment had
been sent on August 10, 1914 (with the 82d Landwehr Regiment) to
Strassburg as a garrison. The 60th Landwehr Regiment, beginning on
August 11, was guarding the railroads of Lower Alsace. The 60th Infantry
Regiment had been engaged in August in the Vosges.
2. The 13th Landwehr Division occupied the sector between Abaucourt and
the Bezange woods from May, 1915, to February, 1917. Except for a few
raids, it remained on the defensive during this long period.
3. At the end of June, 1915, the 82d Landwehr Regiment replaced the 60th
Reserve Regiment.
In December the 15th Landwehr Regiment, which had formed the garrison of
Thionville at the outbreak of the war, and was in the Vosges after a
stay near Morhange, replaced the two battalions of Landsturm (which had
been formed into the 115th Landsturm Regiment in July) sent to Serbia.
1916.
LORRAINE.
1. In 1916 the division held the sector Abaucourt-Bezange wood.
In August the 9th Jager Battalion entrained for Galicia.
2. On September 15, 1916, the staff of the 61st Reserve Brigade and the
71st Landwehr Regiment were transferred to the 215th Division, a new
formation. The 13th Landwehr Division then received its definite
organization: 15th Landwehr Regiment, 60th Landwehr Regiment, 82d
Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions each).
1917.
LORRAINE.
1. Relieved on the Lorraine front in the beginning of February, 1917,
the 13th Landwehr Division was concentrated in the Chateau Salins front,
entrained about the middle of February and sent by way of Metz-Longuyon-
Montmedy-Sedan-Laon to the neighborhood of La Fère. It detrained at
Versigny. One battalion was taken from each of its regiments to form the
328th Landwehr Regiment, destined to be a part of the 25th Landwehr
Division.
2. Until March 18 the 13th Landwehr Division did work along the line
Moy-La Fère-Fresne, where the German withdrawal was stopped.
FORÊT DE ST. GOBAIN.
3. On March 19, placed on the east bank of the Ailette, it covered the
retreat of the 45th Reserve Division, and at the beginning of April
occupied the sector Fresnes-Prémontré, where it was relieved about the
1st of May.
OISE LA FÈRE.
4. After a fortnight’s rest in the forest of St. Gobain, it went back
into line on the front south of Alaincourt north of Deuillet (May 16).
It occupied the sector of the left bank of the Oise until the offensive
of March, 1918.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 13th Landwehr Division is apparently considered by the German High
Command as fit only to occupy a quiet sector (February, 1918).
Shock troops have been formed from its regiments, but the men appear to
have been trained for patrol work rather than for making genuine
assaults.
1918.
PICARDY.
1. The division was relieved about March 24. It passed the night at
Versigny, and on the 25th reached Laon, passing by Crepy and Aulnois.
LAON.
2. On the 26th the division came into line south of Laon, relieving the
75th Reserve Division. It was engaged about Chevregny, Chavignon, and
Urcil until May 27.
3. It did not advance in the Aisne offensive. The attacking divisions
passed through, and it was withdrawn and transported to Lorraine at the
beginning of June.
BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL.
It entered the line in the Woevre in the Combres Les Eparges sector
about the 1st of June and continued to hold the front until the
armistice. In the American attack on the St. Mihiel salient the division
lost about 800 men, principally prisoners. It was pushed back to
Champlon and Marcheville, which sector it held until November 11.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as a fourth-class division. It was an inferior
sector-holding unit of mediocre morale.
14th Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │27. │16. │27. │16. │79. │16.
│ │53. │ │53. │ │56.
│79. │56. │79. │56. │ │57.
│ │57. │ │57. │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │16 Uhlan Rgt. (3 │ │4 Sqn. 16 Uhlan
│ Sqns.) │ │ Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │14 Brig.: │14 Brig.: │14 Brig.:
│ 7 F. A. Rgt. │ 7 F. A. Rgt. │ 7 F. A. Rgt.
│ 43 F. A. Rgt. │ 43 F. A. Rgt. │ 43 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │ 8 Trench Gun
│ │ │ Detch.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│ │1 Pion. Btn. No. 7:│1 Pion. Btn. No. 7:
Liaisons. │ │ │
│ │ Field Co. 7 Pions.│ 2 Co. 7 Pions.
│ │ 14 Pont. Engrs. │ 1 Co. 7 Pions.
│ │ 14 Tel. Detch. │ 14 T. M. Co.
│ │ │ 14 Pont. Engs.
│ │ │
│ │ │ 14 Tel. Detch.
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │ │
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │ │ │68 M. G. S. S.
│ │ │ Detch.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │79. │16. │79. │16.
│ │56. │ │56.
│ │57. │ │57.
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │4 Sqn. 16 Uhlan │5 Sqn. 16 Uhlan
│ Rgt. │ Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │14 Art. Command: │14 Art. Command:
│ 43 F. A. Rgt. │ 43 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ 1 Abt. 21 Ft. A.
│ │ Rgt. (1 and 3
│ │ Btries.).
│ │ 1216 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
│ │ 1218 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
│ │ 1222 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│122 Pion. Btn.: │124 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │
│ 3 Co. 7 Pions. │ 3 Co. 7 Pions.
│ 5 Co. 7 Pions. │ 5 Co. 7 Pions.
│ 14 T. M. Co. │ 14 T. M. Co.
│ 295 Searchlight │ 218 Searchlight
│ Section. │ Section.
│ 14 Tel. Detch. │14 Signal Command:
│ │ 14 Tel. Detch.
│ │ 14 Wireless Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │18 Ambulance Co. │18 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│66 Field Hospital. │66 Field Hospital.
│71 Field Hospital. │71 Field Hospital.
│Vet. Hospital. │14 Vet. Hospital.
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Transports. │547 M. T. Col. │547 M. T. Col.
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HISTORY.
(7th Corps District—Westphalia.)
1914.
FRANCE.
1. The 14th Division was mobilized at the outbreak of the war with two
of its three peace-time brigades (27th and 79th Brigades) and sent its
28th Brigade to the 7th Reserve Corps (14th Reserve Division). The 27th
Brigade (Cologne) was immediately sent against Liége, where it attacked
with the five other brigades of five different army corps. On August 13
the entire division was before Liége, where the other division of the
7th Army Corps was on the 14th. With this latter division it formed part
of the 2d Army (Von Buelow), of which it formed the right wing. It
entered Belgium by way of Wavre and Nievelles, was engaged west of
Charleroi, entered France by the valley of the Oise and took part in the
battle of the Marne, at Petit Morin, southeast of Montmirail.