Saxon), the 19th Army Corps, which, at the outbreak of the war, was a
part of the 3d Army (Von Hausen). Detraining north of Trèves August
10–12, the division entered the north of Luxemburg on the 13th, Belgium
on the 18th. It crossed the Meuse on the 23d above Dinant, and entered
France by way of Fumay. It fought on August 30 at Chesnois, reached
Semide on September 1, Somme Py on September 2, Châlons on September 4.
On liaison with the right wing of the 4th Army, it took part in the
battle of the Marne west of Vitry le François. After the battle it
retired to Souain.
FLANDERS.
2. At the beginning of October the 19th Army Corps was transferred to
Lille. It belonged to the 6th Army (Crown Prince of Bavaria). Attacked
by the British troops, it was forced back upon the line between
Ploegsteert wood and Grenier wood.
At the end of October the 9th Company of the 107th Infantry Regiment
(24th Division) had only 38 men left (letter).
1915.
1. In 1915 and until August 1916 the two divisions of the 19th Army
Corps were retained in the zone of Ploegsteert and Grenier wood.
2. Elements of the 40th Division were sent as reenforcements in the
battles of Neuve Chapelle (March 1915), of Festubert (May to June 1915)
and upon the occasion of the Franco-British offensives in Artois (La
Bassee-Souchez, June to October 1915). In March 1915, the 40th Division
was definitely reduced to three regiments, having given the 133d
Infantry Regiment to the 24th Division.
1916.
SOMME.
1. On August 8, 1916, the 40th Division took part in the battle of the
Somme in the region north of Pozières. It was in violent battles and was
withdrawn, very much exhausted.
ARTOIS.
2. At the end of August, it went from the Somme front to the sector of
Neuve Chapelle-La Bassée Canal, where it remained for six weeks.
SOMME.
3. About the middle of October, it returned to the Somme (sector north
of Le Sars-Butte de Warlencourt) for a second period of three weeks
during which its losses were again very heavy (the total losses of the
40th Division in August and October on the Somme were 6,127 men).
On October 30, the 7th Company of the 104th Infantry Regiment received
at least 75 men as replacements (1917 class) who had had only three
months of service.
4. Relieved from the Somme, the Division went into the sector of St.
Eloi-Messines about November 11.
1917.
1. The division left the Messines front about March 26, before the
beginning of the British offensive at Arras, and remained at rest in the
area of Renaix.
FLANDERS.
2. It returned to line on April 23 in the same sector, and was subjected
to the artillery preparation for the battle of Messines, which caused it
extremely heavy losses. The 104th Infantry Regiment lost 224 men as
prisoners.
On June 7, the first day of the attack, it was withdrawn from the front
and sent to rest in the vicinity of Bruges and Thielt until July 19.
3. On July 22 it went into line north of Ypres in the sector of
Steenstraat-Het-Sas. It suffered the bombardment in the attack of July
31.
ST. QUENTIN.
4. After a rest, in the course of which it was reorganized, it spent
several weeks in the sector of Itancourt, in the vicinity of St.
Quentin. During the months of August and September it received 2,300 men
as replacements. A large number came from the Russian front (244th
Reserve Infantry Regiment, 350th Landwehr Regiment, the 19th Landsturm
Battalion from the garrison of Posen; besides these, Saxons were
withdrawn from the 428th Infantry Regiment and the 8th Landsturm).
FLANDERS.
5. On October 12 the 40th Division was transferred to Flanders for a
second time. From October 17 to 27 it occupied the sector of Langewaade-
Zevecoten, northeast of Bixschoote, and there underwent the attack of
October 27, which again caused it heavy losses.
RUSSIA.
6. The division was then sent to Russia, where it arrived at the end of
November. It was there assigned to the 10th Army and took up its
position south of Smorgoni, where it still was at the beginning of
January, 1918.
RECRUITING.
The 40th Division is purely Saxon.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The attitude of the division has generally been passive (especially
during the attack of July 31, 1917, north of Ypres).
In the 104th Infantry Regiment (July 22–28) the men scattered under
fire, sometimes with their noncommissioned officers, and fled to a
distance of 8 kilometers behind the front.
The same thing happened for the period October 17–27. In the 134th
Infantry Regiment, which was considered the best regiment of the
division, one-half of the 6th Company left the front line on October 24.
Only the assault detachment offered any energetic resistance on October
27, 1917.
1918.
RUSSIA.
1. The 40th Division was identified in the region of Lake Narotch-Niemen
for the last time on the 15th of January. It then went into reserve in
the vicinity of Vilna.
FRANCE.
2. The division was not identified between the 4th of February, when it
was stated as being “on the Eastern front,” and the 20th of March, when
it was in Lorraine. It very probably came from the East about the end of
February.
WOEVRE.
3. On April 15 it relieved the 4th Bavarian Division near Regnieville
(west of Pont à Mousson). During this time whenever units were out of
line they were intensively trained. It was withdrawn on June 1, its
place being taken by the 183d Division.
MARNE.
4. The division entrained at Jaulny the following day and traveled via
Rembercourt-Waville-Onville-Chambley-Mars la Tour-Jarny-Conflans-
Montmedy-Sedan-Mézières-Rethel, detraining at Asfeld la Ville on the 3d.
On the 16th it relieved the 2d Guard Division near Troësnes. This sector
was a quiet one until the beginning of the Allied counteroffensive of
July 18. The 40th Division was caught in this drive and was driven
northward. On the 24th it was relieved by the Bavarian Ersatz Division
and went to rest near Oisy le Verger (northwest of Cambrai).
ARRAS.
5. On the 22d of August the division entered line near Courcelles le
Comte (south of Arras), counterattacking the same day. It was withdrawn
on the 31st.
YPRES.
6. After a short rest near Roubaix, it relieved the 236th Division
southeast of Ypres on September 10. After losing nearly 1,300 prisoners,
the division was withdrawn from line near Wervicq, October 8, and went
to the Courtrai area, where it rested six days.
7. On the 15th it reenforced the front near Gulleghem (northeast of
Menin). It was withdrawn from line in the Vichte sector (east of
Courtrai), about the 26th.
8. On November 8 the division returned to line near Avelghem (northeast
of Roubaix), and was still in line on the 11th.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
Until 1918 the 40th (Saxon) Division had been considered as being a
second-class unit. It was soon noticed that practically all Saxon troops
were not fighting as well as before, and this was particularly true of
the 40th Division, for although its men were young and the number of
effectives high, it was used in none of the German offensives. It must
be considered a third-class division.
41st Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │72. │18. │72. │18. │74. │18.
│ │59. │ │59. │ │148.
│74. │148. │74. │148. │ │152.
│ │152. │ │152. │ 9 Ldst. Btn.
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼───────────────────
Cavalry. │10 Dragoon Rgt. │ │10 Drag. Rgt. (3
│ │ │ Sqns.).
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │41 Brig.: │41 Brig.: │41 Brig.:
│ 35 Rgt. │ 35 Rgt. │ 35 Rgt.
│ 79 Rgt. │ 79 Rgt. │ 79 Rgt.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│2 Field Co. 1 Pion.│2 Field Co. 1 Pion.│2 Field Co. 1 Pion.
Liaisons. │ No. 26. │ No. 26. │ No. 26.
│ │41 Pont. Engs. │41 T. M. Co.
│ │ │
│ │41 Tel. Detch. │41 Pont. Engs.
│ │ │41 Tel. Detch.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │ │
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │ │ │41 Cyc. Co.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │74. │18. │74. │18.
│ │148. │ │148.
│ │152. │ │152.
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │1 Sq. 10 Dragoons. │4 Sqn. 10 Drag.
│ │ Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │41 Art. Command: │41 Art. Command:
│ 79 Rgt. │ 79 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ 2 Abt. 15 Ft. A.
│ │ Rgt. (5, 7, and 8
│ │ Btries.).
│ │ 835 Light Am. Col.
│ │ 1235 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
│ │ 1236 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│135 Pion. Btn. │26 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │
│1 and 2 Cos. 26 │ 1 Co. 26 Pions.
│ Pion. │
│41 T. M. Co. │ 2 Co. 26 Pions.
│Tel. Detch. │ 41 T. M. Co.
│ │ 37 Searchlight
│ │ Section.
│ │41 Signal Command:
│ │ 41 Tel. Detch.
│ │ 96 Wireless Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │Ambulance Co. │261 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│316, 321, 323d │316 Field Hospital.
│ Field Hospitals. │
│Vet. Hospital. │323 Field Hospital.
│ │145 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │Light Mun. Col. │574 M. T. Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │ │10 Btry. 7 Res. Ft.
│ │ A. Rgt.
│ │41 Ft. A. Btry.
│ │65 Carrier Pigeon
│ │ Loft.
│ │574 Carrier Pigeon
│ │ Loft.
│ │72 Balloon Sqn.
│ │219 Reconnaissance
│ │ Flight.
│ │8, 29, and 245 M.
│ │ T. Col.
│ │140 Art.
│ │ Observation
│ │ Section.
│ │(Elements attached
│ │ Aug. 18, 1918.
│ │ German document.)
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(20th Corps District—Eastern portion of West Prussia.)
1914.
At the outbreak of the war the 41st Division and the 37th Division
formed the 20th Army Corps.
RUSSIA.
1. At the beginning of hostilities the 41st Division was engaged against
Russia, first in East Prussia, then in Poland, beginning with October.
It was at Lodz at the beginning of December, at Skiernewice on the 20th,
and fought on the Rawka in January, 1915.
1915.
RUSSIA.
1. In February, 1915, transferred north of the Vistula, it operated
until summer between Prasnysz and the valley of Bobr-Narew. From there
it was taken to the northern frontier of East Prussia in July and
advanced as far as Mitau, from there to Jakobstadt.
1916.
RUSSIA.
1. Until October, 1916, the division occupied the same sector on the
Dvina, between Friedrichstadt and Jakobstadt. It underwent a Russian
offensive in March, 1916, and took part in an attack on May 10. In these
two actions it suffered serious losses.
ROUMANIA.
2. On October 21, the 41st Division, destined to take part in the
Roumanian campaign, entrained southeast of Friedrichstadt, traveled by
way of Mitau, Grodno, Warsaw, Oppeln, Budapest, Temesvar, and detrained
on November 5 at Pay, south of Hatszeg. It went into action in the
vicinity of Jiu and advanced almost without fighting. It entered
Bucarest on December 6. On the 7th it again took up the pursuit of the
Roumanians. On reaching the Sereth the 41st Division encountered the
Russians. It remained in line until February 8, 1917. The losses of the
division, slight in the battles with the Roumanians, were greater in the
Russian attacks.
1917.
FRANCE.
1. Between February 8 and February 15 the 41st Division entrained at
Zilibia for the Western Front. (Itinerary: Bucarest-Salzburg-Munich-Ulm-
Augsburg-Thionville.) It detrained in Lorraine (Arsweiler, Ruxweiler,
Audun le Roman) on February 20.
2. After a month of rest and training in Lorraine, during which it was
reorganized (the 148th Infantry Regiment received 600 men as
replacements), the division went into line, at the beginning of May, at
Bois le Prêtre.
3. Between May 6 and May 9 it was transferred by way of Sedan to Rethel,
from which place it marched to the vicinity of Sissonne.
CALIFORNIE PLATEAU.
4. Sent into line in the sector of Hurtebise for a very short stay (May
25–26 to May 28–29), it went into action on the 21st in the vicinity of
Chevreux. It took part there in the attack of June 3 upon Californie
Plateau, in the course of which its losses were serious (50 to 60 men
per company in the 152d Regiment, heavy losses in the 148th Infantry
Regiment).
5. The 42d Division remained in the sector of Chevreux until June 25.
About July 3 it went to the east of the Butte du Mesnil. It remained in
this sector, without any notable occurrences, until the beginning of
November.
FLANDERS.
6. On November 12 it was in the vicinity of Staden, Houthulst wood,
where it alternated with the 38th Division. Relieved on January 14,
1918, it went to rest near Bruges.
RECRUITING.
The 41st Division is recruited principally from West Prussia. As the
region is not very large and has a relatively small population, the 41st
Division borrows from other districts (especially the 6th Corps
District). It contained a large number of Alsace-Lorrainers during its
stay on the Russian front.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 41st Division, coming from the Russo-Roumanian front, where it had
remained until the beginning of February, 1917, appears to have only a
mediocre military value.
In the course of the attack of June 3, 1917, on the Californie Plateau,
the retreat of the 148th Infantry Regiment was carried out in a state of
extreme confusion.
During its stay on the Champagne front the 41st Division showed no
offensive activity. (July 3-November, 1917.)
1918.
FLANDERS.
1. The 41st Division was relieved in the sector north of Ypres by the
38th Division toward the end of January, and went to rest near Bruges.
While here the artillery received new guns, and it seems probable that
the division was put through a course of training.
2. During the night of February 25–26 the division relieved the 2d Guard
Reserve Division south of Westroosebeke (northeast of Ypres). About the
4th of March it was relieved by the 38th Division and went to rest in
the Turcoing area.
ARRAS.
3. On the 26th of March the division was identified near Oppy (northeast
of Arras). Here it was heavily engaged, and the attack which it
attempted broke down through heavy casualties.
ALBERT.
4. The division was identified in the same area on the 28th, but not
afterwards, and so it was very likely withdrawn during the next day or
two. Early in April the division moved up in support of the 21st Reserve
Division in the Beaumont-Hamel region (north of Albert), and during the
night of the 7th–8th it relieved the 1st Guard Reserve Division a little
farther to the north in the Puisieux sector (east of Hébuterne). On the
14th of April the division extended its front to the south so as to
relieve the 24th Division. On the 11th of June it was relieved by the
26th Reserve Division and went to rest and refit in the Douai area.
5. On the 9th of July it relieved the 108th Division east of Villers-
Bretonneux (east of Amiens). Here it was caught in the Allied drive of
August 8, and after losing over 1,700 prisoners was withdrawn on the
10th.
6. After resting a fortnight immediately behind the front, it came back
into line near Cappy (southeast of Bray) on the 25th. In the fighting
that followed the division lost more than 800 prisoners, and even more
killed and wounded. It was relieved early in September and went to rest
and to be reconstituted near Château Salins (northeast of Nancy). On
September 8 it received as a draft what was left of the dissolved 18th
Reserve Regiment (225th Division disbanded).
ARGONNE.
7. Leaving Metz on October 6 and traveling via St. Juvin, the division
reenforced the front near Sommerance (east of Grandpré) on the 9th to
meet the American push of the 8th. It was withdrawn on the 31st after
having suffered very heavy losses.
8. It rested a day or two immediately in rear of the front, and on the
3d it was thrown in near Nouart (southwest of Stenay), the Americans
having attacked again on the 1st. It was again withdrawn on the 8th, and
did not come back into line.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 41st has been considered a second-class division. With the exception
of its engagements in the spring near Albert and in the Argonne in
October and November, it has not done a great deal of fighting during
the year; during this fighting, however, it suffered very severely, so
that when it was withdrawn on the 8th of November its companies did not
have an average combatant strength of 25. On June 6 the commanding
general issued an order indicating an increase in the number of
instances in which subordinates emphatically refused to accompany their
units into line and in which officers neglected to enforce obedience to
orders, and insisting that the evil be remedied even though the men had
to be shot.
42d Division.
COMPOSITION.
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│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │59. │97. │59. │97. │65. │17.
│ │138. │ │138. │ │131.
│65. │17. │65. │17. │ │138.
│ │131. │ │131. │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │7 Uhlan Rgt. │1 Sqn. 7 Uhlan Rgt.│1 Sqn. 7 Uhlan Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │42 Brig.: │42 Brig.: │42 Brig.:
│8 F. A. Rgt. │8 F. A. Rgt. │ 8 F. A. Rgt.
│15 F. A. Rgt. │15 F. A. Rgt. │ 15 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│3 Field Co. (1 │3 and 5 Field Cos. │3 and 5 Field Cos.
Liaisons. │ Pion. Btn. No. │ (1 Pion. Btn. No.│ (1 Pion. Btn. No.
│ 27). │ 27). │ 27).
│ │42 Pont. Engs. │42 T. M. Co.
│ │ │
│ │42 Tel. Detch. │42 Tel. Detch.
│ │ │
│ │ │42 Pont. Engs.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │ │
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │ │ │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │65. │17. │65. │17.
│ │131. │ │131.
│ │138. │ │138.
│ Gd. Res. Jag. Btn.│ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │1 Sqn. 7 Drag. Rgt.│1 Sqn. 7 Drag. Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │42 Art. Command: │42 Art. Command:
│ 15 F. A. Rgt. │ 15 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ 2 Abt. 15 Ft. A.
│ │ Rgt. (4, 11, and
│ │ 12 Btries.).
│ │ 804 Light Am. Col.
│ │ 1044 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
│ │ 11045 Light Am.
│ │ Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│(1/27 or 136 Pion. │27 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ Btn.): │
│ │
│ 3 Field Co. 27 │ 3 Co. 27 Pions.
│ Pions. │
│ 5 Field Co. 27 │ 5 Co. 27 Pions.
│ Pions. │
│ 42 T. M. Co. │ 42 T. M. Co.
│ 229 Searchlight │ 14 Searchlight
│ Section. │ Section.
│ 345 Searchlight │42 Signal Command:
│ Section. │
│ Tel. Detch. │ 42 Tel. Detch.
│ │ 147 Wireless
│ │ Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │263 Ambulance Co. │263 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│Field Hospital. │269 Field Hospital.
│Vet. Hospital. │368 Field Hospital.
│ │162 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │M. T. Col. │575 M. T. Col.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(21st Corps District—Lorraine.)
1914.
LORRAINE.
1. Upon mobilization, the 42d Division and the 31st Division formed the
21st Army Corps.
It was a part of the 6th Army (Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria), and fought,
at the beginning of August, 1914, across the Lorraine frontier, in the
vicinity of Château Salins, Dieuze, Rechicourt (Aug. 5–12). Engaged on
the 20th northeast of Dieuze, the 42d Division reached Lunéville on the
22d and attacked Rehainviller and Gerbeviller on the 24th. These days
had been very costly. On August 26 the 121st Infantry Regiment was
reduced to 31 officers and 1,562 men. (Official Document.)
2. At the beginning of September it was sent to reenforce the 2d
Bavarian Corps. On September 3 it was in the vicinity of Moyen-Domptail.
It retired to Dieuze (Sept. 11–13) and entrained at Boulay on the 18th,
for Cambrai.
SOMME.
3. On September 24 it was on the Somme. It fought at Gruny, Maucourt, in
the vicinity of Chaulnes-Pressoire (end of September to beginning of
October). It took up its position on the Chaulnes front, along the road
from Amiens to St. Quentin (November-December).
1915.
1. The 42d Division occupied the lines north of Chaulnes until the end
of January, 1915. On December 26, the losses of the 131st Infantry
Regiment since the beginning of the campaign amounted to 87 officers and
3,233 men. (Official List of Casualties.)
2. About January 25 the 42d Division was relieved and entrained for the
Eastern Front with the 31st Division (21st Army Corps).
3. Concentrated in East Prussia at the beginning of February, it formed
a part of the Hindenburg Army which was to force the Russians across the
frontier.
4. From the vicinity of Augustowo (Feb. 14) it advanced rapidly to the
east; it reached Sopockin on the 20th, and took up its position with the
21st Army Corps on the line Sopockin-Chtabine (north of Grodno). On
March 9 the violent Russian counterattacks caused it heavy losses.
MARIAMPOL.
5. At the beginning of March the 42d Division bore to the north; it was
at Kalwarjia on March 26; occupied the vicinity of Mariampol on April 2.
It fought in this sector from March 29 to April 24 and remained there
until August. (On Apr. 13 the losses of the first two battalions of the
131st Infantry Regiment since the 6th of February had been 1,672 men,
according to the Official Casualty List. The 7th Company had only 65 men
left on Apr. 7.)
VILNA.
6. Renewing its forward march, the division reached Vilna on August 30;
continuing toward the east, it reached Herviaty-Vorniany on September
20, then went toward Lake Narotch, vicinity of Postavy, where the front
became stable.
In the autumn the 97th Infantry Regiment was transferred to the 108th
Division, a new formation.
1916.
LAKE NAROTCH.
1. The 42d Division held its positions at Lake Narotch until April,
1917.
2. At the end of March, 1916, it sustained the Russian attacks and
suffered great losses.
1917.
GALICIA.
1. On April 24, 1917, the 42d Division was relieved from the sector of
Lake Narotch and entrained at Vilna for the Western Front. The activity
along the Galician front caused its itinerary to be modified, and from
Warsaw it was sent to Lemberg. In reserve first, it went into action on
July 20 in the German counteroffensive of Brzezany, which took it to the
region south of Tarnopol (Grjimalov, July 31).
RIGA.
2. Withdrawn from the Galician front at the beginning of August, it
entrained at Lemberg on the 24th, and was transferred to Neugut (between
Mitau and Jakobstadt) on August 27. It took part in the advance to Riga;
one of its regiments crossed the Dvina, in the vicinity of Uxkull, on
September 1.
OESEL ISLAND.