│ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │49. │115 Body │49. │115.
│ │ Gd. │ │
│ │ Inf. │ │
│ │116. │ │116.
│ │117 Body │ │117.
│ │ Inf. │ │
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │3 Sqn. 6 Drag. Rgt.│1 Sqn. 6 Drag. Rgt.
│ (?) │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │25 Art. Command: │25 Art. Command:
│ 61 F. A. Rgt. │ 25 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ 1 Abt. 24 Res. Ft.
│ │ A. Rgt.
│ │ 823 Light Am. Col.
│ │ 866 Light Am. Col.
│ │ 1294 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│(1/21 or 134) Pion.│129 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ Btn.: │
│ 2 Co. 21 Pions. │ 3 Co. 21 Pions.
│ │
│ 3 Co. 21 Pions. │ 89 Res. Pion. Co.
│ 89 Res. Pion. Co. │ 68 Searchlight
│ │ Section.
│ 25 T. M. Co. │25 Signal Command:
│ 25 Tel. Detch. │ 25 Tel. Detch.
│ │ 7 Wireless Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │45 Ambulance Co. │45 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│Field Hospital. │298 Field Hospital.
│Vet. Hospital. │304 Field Hospital.
│ │25 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │M. T. Col. │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │14 Anti-Aircraft │
│ Section. │
│16 Anti-Aircraft │
│ Section (3.7 cm. │
│ automatic guns). │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(18th Corps District—Grand Duchy of Hesse.)
1914.
LUXEMBURG.
1. The 25th Division, also known as the Hessian Grand Ducal Division,
formed, in August, 1914, with the 21st Division, the 18th Army Corps. On
August 3 its 50th Brigade set out for Koenigsmacher, near Thionville, as
covering troops. On August 10 and 11 the 25th Division entered the Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg, which it crossed, and entered Belgian Luxemburg on
the 19th.
ARDENNES.
2. It formed a part of the 4th Army (Duke of Wurttemberg) and fought at
Maissin, northwest of Neufchateau on August 22. On August 24, it entered
France; on the 27th it crossed the Meuse below Mouzon. (On Aug. 31 the
losses had been such that the remnants of the 116th Infantry Regiment
formed only four companies.)
MARNE.
3. On September 6 and the days immediately following the 25th Division
took part in the battle of the Marne between Vitry and Sermaize. In the
middle of the month, it was northwest of Rheims, on the Aisne-Marne
Canal. On September 26 it entrained at Laon for Ham.
SOMME.
4. In October the 18th Army Corps was reattached to the 2d Army which
formed at this time the extreme right flank of the German Army (Péronne
area) and the division went into line—the Lihons-Chaulnes road to the
banks of the Avre.
1915.
SOMME.
1. The 25th Division was retained in this sector north of the Avre until
October 15, 1915. During this time it did not take part in any important
action. In March it ceded the 118th Infantry Regiment to the 56th
Division, a new formation.
2. After a long rest in the St. Quentin area (the staff of the 18th Army
Corps was at Fresnoy le Grand in December, 1915, and that of the 25th
Division at Busigny in January, 1916) the 25th Division was transferred
to the sector north of Verdun at the beginning of February, 1916.
1916.
VERDUN.
1. On February 21, 1916, it took part in the general attack north of
Verdun. After advancing rapidly, the 18th Army Corps was stopped in the
area west of Douaumont. On March 9 it failed in its attacks on the
Haudremont Farm.
2. The Army Corps was then sent to rest in the rear area to be
reorganized.
3. About April 10, the 18th Army Corps reappeared in line (Caillette
wood). The 25th Division suffered very heavy losses in its attacks.
4. Relieved about April 25, it was put in line about the middle of May
in the vicinity of Craonne.
SOMME.
5. It was withdrawn from this sector about the 1st of September and
transferred to the Somme, where it went into action from September 15 to
October 1, and again lost very heavily.
6. At the beginning of October the 25th Division left the Somme to
occupy the sector Apremont-Ailly wood in the Woevre.
7. Again transferred to the Somme at the end of November, it was put
into line in the area north of Chaulnes (sector from Kratz wood to the
Demi-Lune). It was in this sector at the time of the retirement on March
16, 1916.
1917.
1. On this date it carried out its retreat by way of Villecourt-Matigny-
Douchy-Roupy, in the direction of St. Quentin.
ST. QUENTIN.
2. On March 20 it began to withstand our advance on the line. Savy-
Dallon-Giffecourt, and when the front was stabilized on April 4 it
occupied the sector in front of St. Quentin and did not leave until the
end of May, after having pillaged the town.
3. It spent the month of June at rest (area of Neuvillette-Bernot).
4. On July 2 it went into line (Itancourt sector), and on July 18
launched an attack upon the salient Moulin de Tous Vents (south of St.
Quentin).
FLANDERS.
5. Relieved about the middle of September, it was sent to the active
sector of Flanders (north of Zandvoorde).
6. At the beginning of October it was sent to rest in the Ghent area.
7. It reappeared on the front, near Passchendaele, in the middle of
November, and remained there except for a few short intervals until its
relief on February 10, 1918.
RECRUITING.
The 25th Division is recruited from the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Men are
furnished principally from the rest of the 18th Corps District and the
Rhine District (7th and 8th Corps Districts).
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 18th Army Corps has been considered one of the best corps in the
German Army.
In September, 1917, the morale of the 25th Division appeared good. At
this time, as the division had not taken part in any important actions
since September, 1916, it was difficult to form a judgment as to the
combat value of this organization.
Its local operation on the salient of Moulin de Tous Vents (July 18,
1917) was carried out energetically.
1918.
1. The reports concerning the location of the 25th Division during
January and early February are conflicting, mention being made in some
of two reliefs; it seems most likely, however, that the division was not
relieved until February 10, when the 15th Division took over its sector
east of Passchendaele.
MONS.
2. On the 15th it entrained at Iseghem and traveled via Courtrai-Ath-
Mons to Givry; from here it marched to Bavai (southwest of Mons), where
it underwent a course of intensive training in open warfare; cooperation
with tanks was featured.
ST. QUENTIN.
3. The division marched from Pommereuil on the 16th, via Le Cateau and
Busigny, to Becquigny, and from there, on the 19th, to Wiancourt,
reenforcing the battle front near Le Verguier (northwest of St. Quentin)
on the 21st. It was relieved about the 30th, after having suffered heavy
losses.
AMIENS.
4. On April 1 it went back into line southeast of Hangard en Santerre
(southeast of Amiens); it was withdrawn about the 12th and moved by easy
stages to the Lille area, where, on account of its good fighting on the
St. Quentin and Amiens fronts, it was inspected by the Kaiser on April
20. The commander of the 115th Regiment received Pour le Mérite at the
same time.
BETHUNE.
5. During the night of the 26–27th of April it relieved the 240th
Division near Hinges (north of Bethune); relieved by the 36th Reserve
Division on the 10th of May, it went to rest in the area north of Douai.
LYS.
6. On July 4 the division moved up into close reserve in the Laventie-
Estaires area, and during the night of the 6–7th it relieved the 16th
Division near Merville, north of the Lys. On the 20th it was withdrawn,
the 16th Division coming back into line, and went to the Lille area.
SOMME.
7. After about a month’s rest it reenforced the front near Montauban
(southeast of Albert). The front was being forced back here, and so the
division passed successively through Hardecourt, Combles, and the St.
Pierre-Vaast wood, where it was withdrawn September 5, after losing
about 900 prisoners, and went to rest in the Bohain-Malincourt area.
CAMBRAI.
8. The division reenforced the front near Briastre (east of Cambrai) on
October 11, and was withdrawn about the 28th.
VALENCIENNES.
9. On November 1 it came back into line north of Valenciennes, and had
not been withdrawn on the 11th.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 25th is rated as a first-class division. It did very well in the
large amount of heavy fighting in which it participated during 1918, and
as a result suffered exceedingly heavy losses, especially in officers.
It received numerous large drafts, and so the division’s strength was
rather larger than the average.
25th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │ │116 Res. │49 Res. │116 Res. │50 Res. │83 Res.
│ │118 Res. │ │118 Res. │ │118 Res.
│ │83 Res. │50 Res. │83 Res. │ │168.
│ │168. │ │168. │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │4 Res. Dragoon Rgt.│4 Res. Dragoon Rgt.│4 Res. Dragoon Rgt.
│ (3 Sqns.). │ │ (2 Sqns.).
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │25 Res. F. A. Rgt. │25 Res. F. A. Rgt. │25 Res. F. A. Rgt.
│ (6 Btries.). │ │ (9 Btries., Nos.
│ │ │ 4–12).
│ │13 F. A. Rgt. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│1 and 2 Res. Cos., │1 and 2 Res. Cos., │1 and 2 Res. Cos.,
Liaisons. │ 2 Pion. Btn. No. │ 2 Pion. Btn. No. │ 2 Pion. Btn. No.
│ 11. │ 11. │ 11.
│ │25 Res. Pont. Engs.│1 Co. 29 Pions.
│ │ │
│ │25 Res. Tel. Detch.│2 Co. 29 Pions.
│ │ │
│ │ │225 T. M. Co.
│ │ │25 Res. Tel. Detch.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │25 Res. Pont. Engs.
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │ │
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │ │ │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918[17]
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │50 Res. │83 Res. │50 Res. │168.
│ │118 Res. │ │83 Res.
│ │168. │ │118 Res.
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │2 Sqn. 4 Res. │2 Sqn. 4 Res. Drag.
│ Dragoon Rgt. │ Rgt.
│ │4 Sqn. 4 Res. Drag.
│ │ Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │127 Art. Command: │127 Art. Command:
│ │
│ │
│ 25 Res. F. A. Rgt.│ 25 Res. F. A. Rgt.
│ (9 Btries.). │ (6 4-gun 6 4-how.
│ │ Btries.).
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│(325) Pion. Btn.: │2 Pion. Btn. No.
Liaisons. │ │ 11:
│ │
│ 1 Res. Co. 11 │ 1 Res. Co. 11
│ Pions. │ Pions.
│ 2 Res. Co. 11 │ 2 Res. Co. 11
│ Pions. │ Pions.
│ 225 T. M. Co. │ 286 Pion. Co.
│ 20 Ldw. Field │ 225 T. M. Co.
│ Searchlight │
│ Section. │
│ 425 Tel. Detch. │ 425 Tel. Detch.
│ │ 151 Wireless
│ │ Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │518 Ambulance Co. │518 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│67 Field Hospital. │67 Res. Field
│ │ Hospital.
│68 Field Hospital. │68 Res. Field
│ │ Hospital.
│Vet. Hospital. │Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │518 M. T. Col. │M. T. Col.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
Footnote 17:
Composition at time of dissolution, October, 1918.
HISTORY.
(168th and 118th Reserve Regiments: 18th Corps District—Grand Duchy of
Hesse. 83d Reserve Regiment: 11th Corps District—Electorate of Hesse.)
1914.
1. At the outbreak of the war the 25th Reserve Division, forming with
the 21st Reserve Division the 18th Reserve Corps, belonged to the 4th
Army (Duke of Wurttemberg).
BELGIUM-ARGONNE.
2. It detrained August 9–11 at Hermeskeil (southeast of Treves); entered
Luxemburg the 16th (by way of Remich); crossed Luxemburg on the 19th;
entered Belgium on the 20th. On the 22d it fought at Neufchateau; on the
22d, at Tremblois; crossed the Meuse on the 28th. To the west of the
Argonne the 25th Reserve Division advanced to the area of Revigny. At
the battle of the Marne it fought on the Saulx, in the neighborhood of
Brabant le Roy (Sept. 7–10). It retired by way of Ste. Menehould,
Moinemout, to the south of Cernay en Dormois (Sept. 14).
FLANDERS.
3. In October the 25th Reserve Division was sent to Flanders, south of
the Lys. Toward the end of November it occupied a sector north of
Wytschaete.
RUSSIA.
4. In December the division was transferred to the Eastern Front. It
took part, with the Fabeck Corps, in the operations on the Bzura
(December, 1914, to February, 1915).
1915.
GALICIA.
1. At the end of February, 1915, it was engaged in the Carpathians north
of the Dniester (Von der Marwitz Detachment); in June at Przemysl, then
at Lemberg.
BREST-LITOWSK.
2. In July, the 25th Reserve Division took part in the offensive on
Brest-Litowsk. Its successes occasioned it heavy losses; the 5th Company
of the 168th Infantry Regiment received not less than 199 men as
replacements from June 19 to August 17.
SERBIA.
3. The division took part in the Serbian campaign (October-November).
FRANCE.
4. It was transferred to the Western Front at the beginning of December,
1917. It entrained at Weisskirchen (Hungary). Itinerary: Temesvar-
Budapest-Vienna-Ulm-Stuttgart-Spire-Deux Ponts-Saarbrucken-Sedan
(detrained on Dec. 11).
ARGONNE.
5. On December 18, the 25th Reserve Division went into line on the
Argonne (La Harazee).
1916.
1. The division remained in the Argonne until the end of July, 1916.
VERDUN.
2. At the beginning of July it was transferred to the Verdun area. It
was engaged in the sector of Thiaumont (July-August); in the Nawe wood
(August) and suffered heavy losses. It was again very much exhausted
resisting the French attack of October 24.
CHAMPAGNE.
3. Relieved after this attack, the 25th Reserve Division was sent to
rest in vicinity of Jametz and was reorganized. On November 16 it went
into line east of Auberive. In the course of November it received
important replacements, including a large proportion of the 1917 class.
Its reconstitution was not completed until February; 1917.
1917.
1. The division was retained on the Champagne front (Auberive) until the
end of January, 1917.
MEUSE.
2. On February 27 it went into line on the right bank of the Meuse
(sector of Louvemont-Chambrettes-Caurieres wood) and remained there,
without any important losses, until June 20.
3. After resting until July 6 in the vicinity of Juvigny, Jametz,
Marville, the 25th Reserve Division again occupied the front near Verdun
(north of Vacherauville). North of Louvemont it withstood the French
attack of August 20, which caused it to suffer very heavy losses (47
officers and 1,150 men prisoners, of whom 1,012 belonged to 168th
Infantry Regiment).
VOSGES.
4. The 25th Reserve Division, already weakened by an epidemic of
dysentery, was almost completely exhausted, when it was relieved on
August 25 on the Verdun front. Sent to rest in the vicinity of
Sarreburg, it took over a sector of the Vosges (Blamont), about
September 4.
CHAMPAGNE.
5. Relieved on September 25 and entraining on the 27th at Rechicourt,
the division was transferred to Champagne, where it occupied the sector
Nogent-l’Abbesse (Nov. 11 to beginning of February, 1918).
RECRUITING.
The 25th Reserve Division is recruited from the Grand Duchy of Hesse,
the Electorate of Hesse, and Hesse-Nassau. At times replacements were
furnished from the Rhine districts, including the Grand Duchy of Baden
(especially in 1916).
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 25th Reserve Division put up a splendid defense against the French
at the time of the attack on August 20, 1917.
It was an excellent organization at the outbreak of the campaign, but it
seems (in spite of recent assertions of prisoners that it is still unfit
to attack and was put in the fourth class, Arbeits Division) that the
25th Reserve Division, although it is exhausted by too long stays in
line, is capable of rendering services even on an active front.
Therefore it must be considered as a good division of the second class
until more detailed information is received (Mar. 30, 1918).
1918.
1. The 25th Reserve Division was relieved by the 21st Division in the
Nogent-l’Abbesse sector on February 6, and went to the Vouziers area,
where it was put through a course of training, but not in open warfare.
AISNE.
2. On the 20th it relieved the 10th Reserve Division near Juvincourt
(northwest of Rheims); it was withdrawn on April 11.
MONTDIDIER.
3. The division moved north by easy stages, and relieved the 6th
Bavarian Reserve Division, west of Montdidier, on the 21st. Here it lost
near Cantigny (north) heavily while trying to prevent Cantigny from
falling to the Americans. It also lost even more heavily during the
offensive of August 9, and was pushed back to Dancourt (southwest of
Roye). It was withdrawn about the 18th.
ST. QUENTIN.
4. On September 1 it reenforced the front near Voyennes (west of St.
Quentin). In the fighting that followed the division was forced back to
the Holnon wood (west of St. Quentin); it was withdrawn here about the
20th.
5. On the 30th, it again reenforced the front in the Lehaucourt sector
(north of St. Quentin). It was withdrawn on October 11, and dissolved.
168th Regiment was transferred to the 21st Reserve Division. 83d Reserve
Regiment was disbanded and drafted to the 22d Division. 87th Reserve
Regiment was disbanded and drafted to the 48th Reserve Division.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
Until 1918 the 25th Reserve had been considered a second-class division.
It is to be noted, however, that although it was trained in February,
the training it received was not in open warfare—not to fit it to become
an attack division. Prisoners captured soon after stated that the
Germans considered it as little better than “a labor division.” It was
not used in any of the offensives made by the Germans, and was not very
tenacious on the defense in any sector that was at all active. Moreover,
two of the divisions that received replacements from the division when
it was disbanded were second class and the other was rated as a fourth-
class division. It was probably a third-class division.
25th Landwehr Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1916 │ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │25 Mixed │13 Ldw. │32 Res. │13 Ldw. │32 Res. │13 Ldw.
│ Ldw. │ │ │ │ │
│ │16 Ldw. │ │16 Ldw. │ │16 Ldw.
│ │ │ │328 Ldw. │ │328 Ldw.
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │2 Sqn. 6 Res. Drag.│2 Sqn. 6 Res. Drag.│2 Sqn. 6 Res. Drag.
│ Rgt. │ Rgt. │ Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │254 F. A. Rgt. │244 Art. Command: │244 Art. Command:
│ │ 254 F. A. Rgt. │ 254 Ldw. F. A.
│ │ │ Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│407 T. M. Co. │425 Pion. Btn.: │425 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │ │
│525 Tel. Detch. │ 1 Res. Co. 21 │ 4 Co. 27 Pions.
│ │ Pions. │
│ │ 4 Co. 27 Pions. │ 3 Landst. Co. 6 C.
│ │ │ Dist. Pions.
│ │ 407 T. M. Co. │ 12 Searchlight
│ │ │ Section.
│ │525 Tel. Detch. │525 Signal Command:
│ │ │ 525 Tel. Detch.
│ │ │ 81 Wireless Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │554 Ambulance Co. │554 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │414 Field Hospital.│414 Field Hospital.
│ │6 Ldw. Field │6 Ldw. Field
│ │ Hospital. │ Hospital.
│ │525 Vet. Hospital. │525 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │M. T. Col. │M. T. Col. │790 M. T. Col.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(7th Corps District—Westphalia.)
1916.
AISNE.
1. The 25th Landwehr Division was organized in part from the former 25th
Mixed Landwehr Brigade, independent (13th and 16th Landwehr Regiments),
which entered Belgium on August 20, 1914, and went immediately after the
battle of the Marne to the Laon area, where it occupied the Craonne-La
Ville aux Bois sector from the end of September, 1914, until almost the
end of 1916.
2. In October, 1916, the 25th Landwehr Brigade was transformed into the
25th Landwehr Division by the addition of a third regiment, the Schuster
Regiment, which had existed for only a short time.
3. The division was then sent to the west and sent into line between
Vailly and Chavonne (October).
1917.
CHEMIN DES DAMES.
1. At the beginning of February, 1917, the 186th Infantry Regiment was
added as a third regiment to the 25th Landwehr Division. The division
was still occupying the sector east of Vailly when the French offensive
was launched on April 16. The division suffered heavy losses, retiring
to the Chemin des Dames by way of Ostel, Aizy, Jouy (Apr. 16–22).
UPPER ALSACE.
2. Relieved north of the Aisne about April 25, the 25th Landwehr
Division was transferred to Upper Alsace. At the beginning of May it
went into line near the Swiss frontier (Hirtzbach, Largitzen, Bisel). It
did not leave this sector since that time.
3. In May the 186th Infantry Regiment was replaced by a new regiment,
the 328th Landwehr Regiment, formed by taking one battalion of each of
the three regiments of the 13th Landwehr Division.
RECRUITING.
The division has a marked sectional quality; the infantry and field
artillery come entirely from Westphalia.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
This is purely a sector division. The 25th Landwehr Division has been in
line near the Swiss frontier for more than a year.
Since its arrival in Upper Alsace (May, 1917) the division has possessed
an assault detachment supposed to carry out raids (June, 1918).
1918.
ALSACE.
1. The division remained in the Hirzbach-Swiss frontier sector all
through the year until the signing of the armistice.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 25th Landwehr Division is rated as a fourth-class division, as being
fit to hold only a quiet sector. On the 11th of November, soon after the
hour fixed for the suspension of hostilities, a number of men came over
to the French lines to fraternize; they were taken prisoners. It seems
that there had been a great deal of revolutionary agitation in the
division. On October 8 a doctor had had his epaulettes cut to pieces; on
the 9th the Soldiers’ Council had come together and had elected
representatives; on the 10th the company commander (of at least one
company) had read the program for the organization of the Soldiers’
Council. Prisoners state that the causes of this state of mind were the
recent defeats suffered by the German forces, the weariness caused by
four years of war, and the Kiel disturbances. From the 10th of November
on none of the advanced posts had been occupied, and the men refused to
do any work, the war having come to an end, to their mind.
26th Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │51. │119 Gren.│51. │119 Gren.│51. │119 Gren.
│ │125. │ │125. │ │121.
│52. │121. │52. │121. │ │125.
│ │122 Fus. │ │122 Fus. │ │
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Cavalry. │20 Uhlan Rgt. │20 Uhlan Rgt. │20 Uhlan Rgt. (3
│ │ │ Sqns.).
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Artillery. │26 Brig.: │26 Brig.: │26 Brig.:
│ 29 F. A. Rgt. │ 29 F. A. Rgt. │ 29 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ │
│ 65 F. A. Rgt. │ 65 F. A. Rgt. │ 65 F. A. Rgt.
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Engineers and│1 Field Co. 1 Pion.│1 Field Co. 1 Pion.│1 and 5 Field Cos.
Liaisons. │ Btn. No. 13 │ Btn. No. 13: │ 1 Pion. Btn. No.
│ │ │ 13:
│ │ 26 Pont. Engs. │ 26 T. M. Co.
│ │ 26 Tel. Detch. │ 26 Pont. Engs.
│ │ │ 26 Tel. Detch.
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Medical and │ │ │
Veterinary.│ │ │
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