─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────_Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918)

│ 1917 │ 1918

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│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.

─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────

Infantry. │53. │123 Gren.│53. │120.

│ │120. │ │123.

│ │124. │ │124.

│ │ │ │

─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────

Cavalry. │5 Sqn. 19 Uhlan │5 Sqn. 19 Uhlan

│ Rgt. │ Rgt.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Artillery. │27 Artillery │27 Art. Command:

│ Command. │

│ 49 F. A. Rgt. │ 13 F. A. Rgt.

│ │ 4 Abt. 13 Ft. A.

│ │ Rgt. (11, 12, and

│ │ 13 Btries.).

│ │ 1289 Light Am.

│ │ Col.

│ │ 1290 Light Am.

│ │ Col.

│ │ 1291 Light Am.

│ │ Col.

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Engineers and│129 Pion. Btn. │12 (Saxon) Pion.

Liaisons. │ (former 1 Pion. │ Btn.:

│ No. 13). │

│2 Co. 13 Pions. │ 2 Co. 13 Pions.

│3 Co. 13 Pions. │ 3 Co. 13 Pions.

│ │

│27 T. M. Co. │ 27 T. M. Co.

│52 Searchlight Co. │ 137 Searchlight

│ │ Section.

│27 Tel. Detch. │27 Signal Command:

│ │ 27 Tel. Detch.

│ │ 154 Wireless

│ │ Detch.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Medical and │31 Ambulance Co. │31 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│253 Field Hospital.│253 Field Hospital.

│Vet. Hospital. │255 Field Hospital.

│ │27 Vet. Hospital.

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Transports. │560 M. T. Col. │560 M. T. Col.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Attached. │3, 34, and 99 Anti-│

│ Aircraft. │

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HISTORY.

(13th Corps District—Wurttemberg.)

1914.

The 27th Division belongs to the 13th Army Corps (Royal Wurttemberg),

with the 26th Division.

LORRAINE.

1. At the beginning of the war it formed a part of the 5th Army (German

Crown Prince). It was engaged in the battle of Longwy, August 22, 1914

(between Longwy and Virton); on the 23d, north of Longuyon. On August

30, at Dun and Sassey, it crossed the Meuse and went south with the 5th

Army between the Meuse and the Argonne. It fought at Pretz and

Vaubécourt on September 6 and 7. Following the retirement to the north,

it took up its positions in the Argonne.

2. At the beginning of October the 13th Army Corps was broken up and the

two divisions were separated for more than a year.

ARGONNE.

3. The 27th Division remained in the Argonne until the end of 1915.

1915.

ARGONNE.

1. In the Argonne (Binarville-Grurie wood) the 27th Division was engaged

in mine warfare. In August, 1915, it took part in the local offensive of

the Army of the Crown Prince.

2. In September, at the time of the French offensive, elements of the

53d Brigade were sent to Champagne (northwest of Massiges), where they

remained in reserve.

3. In December the 27th Division entrained at Grandpré for the Courtrai

area, where the 13th Army Corps was re-formed as in the beginning, the

26th Division having returned from Serbia.

1916.

YPRES.

1. From January to July, 1916, the 13th Army Corps was in line southeast

of the Ypres salient. The 27th Division was on the left of the 26th,

between Sanctuary wood and the Ypres-Comines Canal. On February 24 units

of the 27th Division gained possession of the British trenches of Bluff

(north of the canal), but lost them on March 2. In this action the 123d

Grenadier Regiment lost very heavily.

On June 2 the two divisions of the corps made a violent attack upon the

Canadians in the Cillebeke sector. They gained possession of Observation

Ridge, but were forced to abandon it by a counterattack. In these

battles the regiments lost heavily.

SOMME.

2. At the end of July the 13th Army Corps was withdrawn from the Ypres

salient and transferred to the Somme front. On August 1 the 27th

Division went into line in the Guillemont sector. It put up a successful

resistance to the attacks upon the village, but had serious losses.

3. It was relieved on August 25 and put in the Wytchaete sector, where

it remained for about two and one-half months (until Nov. 11).

4. In the middle of November the 27th Division returned to the Somme a

second time, north of Sailly Saillisel.

1917.

1. The 27th Division was retained on the Somme until the beginning of

1917. On this date it was sent east of Cambrai. During the month of

March it was in line in the Roisel area.

ARTOIS.

2. After a short rest in the vicinity of Valenciennes it went into

action in the Bullecourt sector (southeast of Arras), where it had very

heavy losses (Apr. 7 to May 11). The dissolution of the 627th Infantry

Regiment, formed in Wurttemberg, served to make up a part of its losses,

and 600 men from this regiment came to the 27th Division.

3. Withdrawn about May 11 from the Arras front, the 27th Division

occupied a sector in the vicinity of Le Catelet (between Gonnelieu and

Honnecourt) at the beginning of June.

4. At the beginning of August it was relieved; entrained on August 12 at

Caudry, and was transferred to Flanders by way of Lille-Tourcoing-Menin-

Ledeghem-Roulers.

5. On August 26 it went into action northeast of Ypres (southeast of St.

Julien). In this sector it did not take part in any important attack but

suffered heavily from artillery fire.

The division was sent to the rear on September 12–13 and rested for a

month northeast of Ghent.

On October 11 it went back into line northeast of Ypres (near the Ypres-

Thourout railroad) and remained there until November 11. It was sent

almost immediately to Alsace, where it arrived between November 16 and

18.

RECRUITING.

The 27th Division is recruited entirely from Wurttemberg.

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

The 27th Division has fought well ever since the beginning of the war.

It seems that the heavy losses which it has suffered have weakened its

morale to a slight extent. Nevertheless, it may be considered as a very

good division (Dec. 9, 1917).

1918.

CAMBRAI.

1. The 27th Division remained in the region of Schlettstadt (north of

Colmar) until February 2. While here it received some 1919-class

recruits. It then went to Cambrai, where it arrived on the 4th. On the

6th it relieved the 24th Reserve Division west of Graincourt (southwest

of Cambrai). It was relieved by the 53d Reserve Division early in March

and went to the neighborhood of Avesnes le Sec (southwest of

Valenciennes), where it was trained in open warfare.

2. Subsequently it was transferred to the Cambrai region. Between the

evening of March 20 and 5 a. m. on the 21st, it marched nearly 20 miles,

when it came into line near Villers-Guislain (south of Cambrai). It was

immediately heavily engaged and suffered severe losses. The 6th Company

of the 124th Regiment had lost 84 men by the time it had reached Fins. A

draft of 30 men was received at Guinchy. Withdrawn the 23d.

3. On April 4 it relieved the 54th Reserve Division near Aveluy (north

of Albert). Fighting on the 5th, the 6th Company of the 124th Regiment

lost 50 per cent of its effectives. All three regiments suffered heavy

losses. One battalion of the 120th Regiment was practically annihilated.

It was relieved by the 3d Naval Division on the 24th and went to rest

south of Tournai.

4. The division left on July 24 and marched via Landas-Marchiennes-

Neuville sur l’Escaut (south of Denain, rest)-St. Vaast (east of

Cambrai, rest)-Fins-Nurlu (rest)-Peronne, into line in the Morlancourt

sector (south of Albert), where it relieved the 107th Division about the

3d of August. In the heavy fighting that ensued it was forced back

through Bray and Suzanne. It was withdrawn the 28th after leaving more

than 1,400 prisoners in the hands of the British. It went to rest in the

vicinity of Briastre (south of Solesmes), and while here received as a

draft the dissolved 248th Reserve Regiment (54th Division disbanded).

MEUSE.

5. The division now became army and corps reserve. On September 6 it

entrained and traveled to Spincourt, arriving on the 10th. It then

marched to Camp Priester (near Loison), where it remained 14 days as

army reserve. About the 26th it entered line near Flabas (north of

Verdun). Five days later it was withdrawn and went back to the camp and

remained eight days.

6. Then it went to the Jaeger Lager near Billy (south of Longuyon).

About the 11th of October it entered line near Douaumont (north of

Verdun). On the 29th it was relieved and marched to the Jaeger Lager,

and then by truck via Stenay to a farm about 10 kilometers away.

7. On November 1 it reenforced the front near Tailly (southwest of

Stenay); it was still in line on the 11th.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The 27th has always been considered one of the very best German

divisions, and its conduct in the fighting during 1918 confirms its

rating as a first-class shock unit. It suffered severely, especially in

the spring, but not a great deal later on. Its moves toward the end of

the war seem to indicate that it was to form part of the reserve with

which the Germans hoped to regain the initiative.

28th Division.

COMPOSITION.

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│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916

─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────

│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.

─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────

Infantry. │55. │109. │55. │109. │55. │109.

│ │Body │ │Body │ │Body

│ │ Gren. │ │ Gren. │ │ Gren.

│ │110 Gren.│ │110 Gren.│ │110 Gren.

│56. │40 Fus. │56. │40 Fus. │56. │40 Fus.

│ │111. │ │111. │ │111.

─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────

Cavalry. │5 Jag. z. Pf. │ │5 Jag. z. Pf.

│ │ │

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Artillery. │28 Brig. │28 Brig. │28 Brig.

│14 F. A. Regt. │14 F. A. Regt. │14 F. A. Regt.

│50 F. A. Regt. │50 F. A. Regt. │50 F. A. Regt.

│ │ │

Engineers and│ │1 Pion. Bn. No. 14:│1 Pion. Bn. No. 14:

Liaisons. │ │ │

│ │ │

│ │ Field Co. 14 │ 1 Co. 14 Pions.

│ │ Pions. │

│ │ 28 Tel. Detch. │ 3 Co. 36 Pions.

│ │ 28 Pont. Engs. │ 28 T. M. Co.

│ │ │

│ │ │ 28 Tel. Detch.

│ │ │ 28 Pont. Engs.

│ │ │

Medical and │ │ │

Veterinary.│ │ │

│ │ │

Transports. │ │ │

│ │ │

Attached. │ │ │29 Antiaircraft 1st

│ │ │ Bav. Labor Bn.

│ │ │

─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────

│ 1917 │ 1918

─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────

│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.

─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────

Infantry. │56. │109. │55. │40.

│ │Body │ │109.

│ │ Gren. │ │

│ │40 Fus. │ │110.

│ │110 Gren.│ │

│ │ │ │

─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────

Cavalry. │2d Sq. 5 Jag. z. │2 Sqn. 5 Horse Jag.

│ Pf. │ Rgt.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Artillery. │28 Art. Command: │28 Art Command:

│ 14 F. A. Regt. │ 14 F. A. Regt.

│ │ 55 Ft. A. Btn.

│ │ 801 Light Am. Col.

│ │ 991 Light Am. Col.

│ │ 1129 Light Am.

│ │ Col.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Engineers and│130 Pion. Bn. │14 Pion. Btn.:

Liaisons. │ (former 1 Pion. │

│ No. 14): │

│ 2 Co. 14 Pions. │ 2 Co. 14 Pions.

│ │

│ 3 Co. 14 Pions. │ 3 Co. 14 Pions.

│ 28 T. M. Co. │ 94 Searchlight

│ │ Section.

│ 28 Tel. Detch. │28 Signal Command:

│ │ 28 Tel. Detch.

│ │ 55 Wireless Detch.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Medical and │35 Ambulance Co. │35 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│262, 292 Field │261 Field Hospital.

│ Hospitals. │

│Vet. Hospital. │262 Field Hospital.

│ │28 Vet. Hospital.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Transports. │67 Truck Train. │561 M. T. Col.

│Light Mun. Col. │

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Attached. │40 M. G. │

│ Sharpshooters │

│ Detch. │

─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

HISTORY.

(14th Corps District—Northern part Grand Duchy of Baden.)

1914.

ALSACE-LORRAINE.

1. The 28th Division formed a part of the 14th Army Corps with the 29th

Division, also from Baden. At the beginning of the campaign went to

Upper Alsace to reenforce the 29th Division; fought at Mulhousen on

August 9, and on the 13th west of Altkirch. Returning to Mulhousen on

the 14th, it entrained at Muelheim on the 16th for Petite Pierre. The

14th Army Corps was placed on the left flank of the 6th Army and took

part with it in the battle of the 20th. The 28th Division then crossed

the frontier and advanced to Mortagne at the beginning of September. On

September 11 it recrossed the frontier and went to the west of Pont à

Mousson, where it went into action between September 20 and 29.

ARTOIS.

2. Withdrawn from La Haye at the end of the month, it entrained on

October 4 at Metz, detrained at Mons, and from there marched to the

front—La Bassée, Ablain, St. Nazaire.

1915.

ARTOIS.

1. From October, 1914, to May, 1915, its regiments were exhausted one

after the other on the plateau of Notre Dame de Lorette. (On November

30, 1914, the 110th Grenadier Regiment acknowledged casualties of 58

officers and 3,814 men since the beginning of the campaign.) The 28th

Division again suffered very heavily during the winter (especially the

110th Grenadiers and the 40th Fusileers); finally it lost very heavily

from April 9 to May 3 (Carency-Ouvrages-Blancs). In the course of these

battles the 111th Infantry Regiment was almost completely destroyed. On

May 10 its first battalion had only 3 officers and 272 men. (Notebook of

the captain commanding the battalion.) The Casualty Lists report 32

officers and 1,737 men as casualties.

2. The division was relieved on May 15, sent to rest in the area Lens,

Pont à Vendin, Héuin-Liétard, and reorganized.

3. About May 25 it was put back into line (Ablain-Lorette) and again

suffered very heavy losses.

CHAMPAGNE.

4. Withdrawn from Artois about June 13, it was transferred to the

northeast of Reims. Beginning with June 18, it occupied the front

between Bétheny and the Sillery-Beine road. In this sector it had only a

few local actions and very few losses.

5. During the offensive of September, 1915, the division detached two

battalions (one from the 109th Grenadiers and one from the 110th

Grenadiers) to act as reinforcements in the Somme Py area.

6. On October 19 and 20 a gas attack was rather poorly carried out by

the Badensian Infantry (La Pompelle-Prosnes front).

7. The 28th Division was relieved about November 10. At the beginning of

December it went into the sector of Tahure-Butte du Mesnil which it

occupied for the entire winter without any notable action.

1916.

1. About the end of April, 1916, the 28th Division left the sector of

the Butte du Mesnil. It was sent to rest for a week in the Vouziers

area, and about May 5 went back into line (sector of Maisons de

Champagne-La Justice). During this time the units received intensive

training.

SOMME.

2. During the first half of July the regiments of the division (minus

the 109th Infantry Regiment, which had remained in Champagne) were

successively relieved and transferred by way of Charleville, Hirson, and

St. Quentin to the Biaches area (Somme). Between July 16 and 20 they

established their positions between the Somme and the Barleux.

3. The 28th Division was retained in this sector until the beginning of

October. It suffered heavy losses there, which were partially covered by

reenforcements sent from the depots of the 14th Army Corps (1915 and

1916 classes).

4. At the beginning of October the division was sent to Champagne, into

the sector east of Tahure. It left this about the 20th and reoccupied it

from December until the end of January, 1917.

1917.

MEUSE.

1. At this time the 28th Division was transferred to the Verdun area. It

was sent into line in the Caurières wood sector and remained until the

beginning of September. It took part in the attacks on this front in the

middle of August.

ALSACE.

2. Withdrawn from the Verdun area about the middle of September the

division was sent to Alsace, northwest of Altkirch and was in the front

line on October 20. It soon left this for the Montmedy area, then for

Laon, and finally for the Cambrai front where it fought at Gonnelieu on

November 30. Relieved at the beginning of December, it was sent to rest

in the Ardennes and, at the beginning of February, 1918, occupied a

sector at Mount Cornillet.

RECRUITING.

The 28th Division is recruited almost exclusively from Baden. A slight

admixture from the 4th Corps District. The 40th Fusileers, although a

Prussian regiment, was recruited in the Grand Duchy of Baden.

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

The 28th Division has always given a good account of itself and must be

considered a good division (July, 1917).

At the beginning of March, 1917, it carried out an attack against the

Caurières wood with a great deal of vigor. A division order (dated Mar.

3, 1917) found on a corpse praises the heroism of the valiant troops of

the 28th Division and calls its regiments “The conquerors of Lorette.”

1918.

AISNE.

1. The division held the Butte du Mesnil sector continuously until May

13, when it rested for 10 days in the vicinity of Vouziers. On May 23

the division entrained at Montcornet and was moved to the region of

Laon. It came into line on May 31, reenforcing the Aisne battle front

between Chateau de Maucreux and Troësnes. It was relieved on June 8 by

the 10th Reserve Division.

SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE.

2. Its stay out of line was short, for on June 13 it again relieved the

50th Division near Verneuil; about this time the divisional commander,

Lieut. Gen. Hahn, was decorated. The division was withdrawn from the

Marne front about July 1. It returned to reenforce the battle line near

Chaumuzy, southwest of Rheims on July 24. It fell back to the Vesle,

where it held the line until August 26.

WOEVRE.

3. The division then went to rest in the vicinity of Baroucourt for

three weeks. It left that place on September 14 and marched via

Amermont-Offleville-Gondrecourt Rouvers-Etain to a position in line near

Grimacourt and Hermeville, relieving the 8th Landwehr Division which

side slipped to the south. It held this sector until October 19, when it

was withdrawn and moved from Conflans, via Arlon, to Flanders on October

22.

MONS.

4. On November 1, the division came into line at Maresches in which area

it fought until the armistice. The last identifications were at Sebourg

(Nov. 4), west of Roisin (6th), and Dour (9th).

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The division was rated as second class. It was not greatly used in 1918,

spending most of the time on quiet fronts. After the Vesle fighting in

August, the battalions of the division were reduced to three companies.

28th Reserve Division.

COMPOSITION.

│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916

│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.

Infantry. │55 Res. │109 Res. │55 Res. │109 Res. │55 Res. │109 Res.

│ │110 Res. │ │110 Res. │ │110 Res.

│56 Res. │40 Res. │56 Res. │40 Res. │ │111 Res.

│ │111 Res. │ │111 Res. │ │

│ │9 Res. │ │8 Res. │ │

│ │ Jag. │ │ Jag. │ │

│ │ Bn. │ │ Bn. │ │

│ │14 Res. │ │14 Res. │ │

│ │ Jag. │ │ Jag. │ │

│ │ Bn. │ │ Bn. │ │

│ │ │ │55 Ldw. │ │

│ │ │ │ Brig. │ │

│ │ │ │ Ers. │ │

│ │ │ │ Bn. │ │

Cavalry. │8 Res. Drag. │8 Res. Drag. │8 Res. Drag.

│ │ │

Artillery. │29 Res. F. A. Rgt. │29 Res. F. A. Rgt. │28 Res. F. A. Rgt.

│ (9 Btries.). │ (29 btries.). │ (6 btries.).

│ │ │29 Res. F. A. Rgt.

│ │ │ (6 btries.).

│ │ │

│ │ │1 Ers. Abt. of 76

│ │ │ F. A. Rgt.

│ │ │

Engineers and│1 and 2 Res. Cos. 2│1 and 2 Res. Cos. 2│1 and 2 Res. Cos. 2

Liaisons. │ Pion. Bn. No. 13.│ Pion. No. 13. │ Pion. No. 13.

│ │28 Res. Pont. Engs.│228 T. M. Co.

│ │28 Res. Tel. Detch.│28 Res. Pont. Engs.

│ │ │

│ │ │28 Res. Tel. Detch.

│ │ │

Medical and │ │ │

Veterinary.│ │ │

│ │ │

Transports. │ │ │

─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────

│ 1917 │ 1918

─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────

│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.

─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────

Infantry. │56 Res. │109 Res. │56 Res. │109 Res.

│ │110 Res. │ │110 Res.

│ │111 Res. │ │111 Res.

│ │ │ │

─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────

Cavalry. │3d Sq. 22d Drag. │3 Sqn. 22 Drag.

│ │ Rgt.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Artillery. │29 Res. F. A. Rgt. │29 Res. F. A. Rgt.

│ (9 btries.). │

│ │2 Abt. 1 Gd. Ft. A.

│ │ Rgt. (7 and 9

│ │ btries.).

│ │766 Light Am. Col.

│ │

│ │918 Light Am. Col.

│ │1366 Light Am. Col.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Engineers and│328 Pion. Bn. │328 Pion. Bn.:

Liaisons. │ │

│1st Co. 16th Pion. │ 4 Co. 16 Pions.

│4 Co. 16 Pion. │ 1 Ers. Co. 16

│ │ Pions.

│228 T. M. Co. │ 72 Searchlight

│ │ Section.

│428 Tel. Detch. │428 Signal Command:

│ │ 428 Tel. Detch.

│ │ 160 Wireless

│ │ Detch.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Medical and │514 Ambulance Co. │514 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│56, 57 Res. Field │56 Res. Field

│ Hospitals. │ Hospital.

│Vet. Hospital. │57 Res. Field

│ │ Hospital.

│ │428 Vet. Hospital.

─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────

Transports. │725 Light Mun. Col.│725 M. T. Col.

─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

HISTORY.

(14th Corps District—Baden.)

1914.

VOSGES.

1. At the beginning of the war the 28th Reserve Division formed in the

Grand Duchy of Baden, and constituting the 14th Reserve Corps, with the

26th Reserve Division, belonged to the 7th Army (Von Heeringen). The

division detraining near Emmendingen (Baden), entered Alsace by way of

Markolsheim on August 10. It was engaged in the valley of the Bruche

beginning on the 15th, fought at Donon on the 20th, and went down toward

the Meurthe, where it fought until September 5 (Nompatelize and la

Bourgonce), suffering heavy losses (two-thirds of the effectives of the

111th Reserve Infantry Regiment).

SOMME.

2. After September 5 the 28th Reserve Division retired toward Blamont on

September 15. On September 22 and 23 it entrained at Teterchen

(Lorraine) for Cambria, where it detrained on September 26 and 27. It

was assigned to the 2d Army with the other division of the 14th Reserve

Corps.

1915.

1. The division occupied the sector crossed by the Albert-Bapaume road

(Ovillers to Fricourt) until July, 1916.

In April, 1915, the 28th Reserve Division lost the 40th Reserve Infantry

Regiment, which went to the 115th Division, and its two battalions of

Chasseurs left it—one in January, the other in May.

2. In August and September, 1915, elements of the division were in

reserve in the area south of St. Quentin.

1916.

SOMME.

1. The 28th Reserve Division did not have any great losses on the Somme

between October, 1915, and July, 1916. Its combat activity was weak

during this period.

2. On July 1, 1916, the Division supported the entire weight of the

British offensive north of the Somme, and suffered very heavy losses

(casualties of the 111th Reserve Infantry Regiment, 39 officers and

1,821 men).

3. On July 4 the division was withdrawn from the front, sent to rest,

and reorganized.

CHAMPAGNE.

4. Transferred to Champagne on July 10, it took over the sector west of

Auberive (July 14 to the beginning of October).

SOMME.

5. The 28th Reserve Division was brought back to the Somme at Thiepval

about October 5; it was in action until the end of October and lost

heavily. On the one day of October 24 the 9th Company of the 111th

Reserve Infantry Regiment noted the arrival of 134 men as replacements.

MEUSE (AVOCOURT).

Relieved about October 28, the division was sent to the Stenay area and

reorganized.

Beginning of November, it occupied, at Verdun, the Avocourt sector at

Hill 304.

1917.

1. On the Avocourt front the 28th Reserve Division took part in a few

local engagements. It left this sector between April 7 and April 15.

CALIFORNIE PLATEAU.

2. Concentrated in the area northwest of Montfaucon, the division

entrained about April 16 at Brieulles sur Meuse, Dun, Romagne and was

transferred to Rozoy sur Serre; from there it marched to the sector east

of Californie Plateau (Apr. 21). It underwent the French attack of May

4, which caused it heavy losses. Elements of the division lost very

heavily counterattacking on the days following.

3. The division was relieved on May 18 and reorganized hastily

(replacements of 1,100 men including 25 per cent of the 1918 class and

men from the 626th Infantry Regiment dissolved). It was sent to Verdun

to the Talou sector on May 20.

VERDUN.

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