were being concentrated for the occupation of the islands in the Baltic.
On October 12 the 131st Infantry Regiment landed on the Oesel Island,
which it occupied until November 1. The 138th Infantry Regiment remained
at Moon until October 25. At the beginning of November the 42d Division
was transferred to the vicinity of Kovel. At the end of November it took
over a calm sector in the vicinity of Kachovka.
FRANCE.
4. Entraining at Kovel on December 23, it arrived in France on December
28. (Itinerary: Warsaw-Thorn-Posen-Leipzig-Dortmund-Cologne-Herbestal-
Brussels. It detrained at Ascq on the 28th.)
5. After a stay in the vicinity of Lille, it relieved the 4th Division
east of Armentières on January 23, 1918.
RECRUITING.
As the regional system of recruiting could not furnish dependable
elements, the 42d Division is principally recruited from Westphalia and
the Rhine Province. The Alsace-Lorrainers were fairly numerous, however,
during the stay of the division on the Russian front.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 42d Division occupied the Eastern Front from February, 1915, until
the end of December, 1917.
In the offensive operations in which the 42d Division took part in 1917
the successes appear to have been fairly easy. The greater part of the
time it has not had to sustain any serious action and its losses have
been comparatively slight.
1918.
BATTLE OF THE LYS.
1. The division held the Armentieres sector until it was relieved about
March 22 by the 32d Division. On April 9 it reenforced the battle front
near Merris. It was engaged in heavy fighting, and between April 9 and
16 the losses of the division amounted to 50 per cent of the strength.
On April 17 it was relieved by the 12th Division.
2. The division came in on the quiet Lens sector on April 25–26,
relieving the 220th Division. It held the sector until June 25, when it
was relieved by the 36th Reserve Division and moved to the region
southwest of Soissons, where on June 30 it relieved the 14th Division.
It suffered from the French attack of July 18, losing 1,400 prisoners.
It was withdrawn about July 22.
3. The division rested nearly a month undergoing reconstitution by
elements from the dissolved 211th Division. The 390th Regiment was
completely merged with the 42d Division. From Laon the division moved to
Rethel.
CHAMPAGNE.
4. From its entry into the Champagne line on August 22 in relief of the
28th Division until October 1 it was engaged in resisting the French
offensive operations in Champagne, during which period it lost about
2,000 prisoners. The division was withdrawn on October 1. After two
weeks in the second line the division returned to line about October 14
near Olizy. It continued in line until the armistice. After November 3
the division was opposite the left flank of the American front.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as third class. It was used as an attack division
in the Lys offensive, but thereafter was employed solely on the
defensive. The division had a good composition with a large percentage
of men of the younger classes.
43d Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │85 Res. │201 Res. │85 Res. │201 Res. │85 Res. │201 Res.
│ │202 Res. │ │202 Res. │ │202 Res.
│86 Res. │203 Res. │86 Res. │203 Res. │86 Res. │203 Res.
│ │204 Res. │ │204 Res. │ │204 Res.
│ 15 Res. Jag. Btn. │ 15 Res. Jag. Btn. │ 15 Res. Jag. Btn.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Cavalry. │43 Res. Cav. Detch.│43 Res. Cav. Detch.│43 Res. Cav. Detch.
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │43 Res. F. A. Rgt. │43 Res. F. A. Rgt. │43 Res. F. A. Rgt.
│ (9 Btries.). │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│43 Res. Pion. Co. │43 Res. Pion. Co. │43 Res. Pion. Co.
Liaisons. │ │ │
│ │43 Res. Pont. Engs.│243 T. M. Co.
│ │ │
│ │ │43 Res. Pont. Engs.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │43 Res. Ambulance │
Veterinary.│ │ Co. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transport. │ │ │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918[19]
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │85 Res. │201 Res. │85 Res. │201 Res.
│ │202 Res. │ │202 Res.
│ │203 Res. │ │203 Res.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │43 Res. Cav. Detch.│43 Res. Cav. Detch.
│2 Sqn. 17 Hus. Rgt.│
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │Art. Command: │(?) Art. Command:
│ │
│ 43 Res. F. A. Rgt.│ 43 Res. F. A. Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│343 Pion. Btn.: │343 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │
│ 43 Res. Pion. Co. │ 4 Co. 2 Pion. Btn.
│ │ No. 17.
│ 4 Field Co. 17 │ 1 Res. Co. 23
│ Pion. Btn. │ Pions.
│ 243 T. M. Co. │ 43 Res. Pion. Co.
│ 443 Tel. Detch. │ 243 T. M. Co.
│ │ 443 Tel. Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │525 Ambulance Co. │525 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│72 Res. Field │72 Res. Field
│ Hospital. │ Hospital.
│73 Res. Field │237 Vet. Hospital.
│ Hospital. │
│Vet. Hospital. │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transport. │730 T. M. Col. │730 M. T. Col.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
Footnote 19:
Composition at the time of dissolution, September, 1918.
HISTORY.
(From all of the Prussian territory, by selection, in the same manner as
the guard.)
1914.
1. The 43d Reserve Division (first series of reserve divisions engaged
in October, 1914) formed at this time, with the 44th Reserve Division,
the 22d Reserve Corps. It was formed from the regimental recruit depots
of the guard, and has preserved from that time a selective system of
recruiting from the whole of the Prussian territory.
2. Going into training at the camp of Doeberitz at the beginning of
September, the 43d Reserve Division entrained on October 13 for Belgium,
and on the 19th it began fighting in the vicinity of Dixmude, Merckem,
Bixschoote, etc. It was in action there until the end of November.
YSER.
3. After the battle of the Yser the elements of the division occupied
different parts of the front between Ypres and Nieuport.
1915.
FLANDERS.
1. At the beginning of January, 1915, the 86th Reserve Brigade was in
line at Westende.
2. About the end of February the 43d Reserve Division was reconcentrated
and then sent to rest in the vicinity of Menin-Roulers until April 25.
ARTOIS.
3. In May elements of the division were holding the sector Bixschoote-
Boesinghe (North of the Ypres salient). Another part of the division was
sent as a reenforcement north of Arras (Souchez) to oppose the French
offensive. The 202d Reserve Infantry Regiment lost 76 officers and 1,320
men at Notre Dame de Lorette (Official List of Casualties).
RUSSIA.
4. About the beginning of July the 86th Reserve Brigade was transferred
to Russia and took part in the offensive of Mackensen in Poland. Between
May 15 and September 29 the 204th Reserve Infantry Regiment listed as
casualties 63 officers and 3,511 men. (Official List of Casualties.)
CHAMPAGNE-SERBIA.
5. The 85th Reserve Brigade, sent to Lorraine (Xivray), then to Woevre
(July to September), took part in the battle of Champagne (end of
September), and then rejoined the rest of the division in Serbia, where
the 43d Reserve Division took part in the campaign in October.
1916.
FRANCE.
1. The division left Serbia to return to France at the end of January
and beginning of February, 1916.
VERDUN.
2. After a rest in the vicinity of Valenciennes (February-March) it was
sent to the Verdun front at the end of March, and went into action west
of the Meuse on April 10 (attacks of Bethincourt and the Mort Homme),
where it suffered heavy losses between April 10 and May 25. The 12th
Company of the 201st Reserve Infantry Regiment received not less than
185 men as replacements during the month of May. (Document.)
3. Toward the end of May the 43d Reserve Division was withdrawn from the
front and sent to rest in the Thionville area. At Verdun it had lost 50
per cent of its infantry.
RUSSIA.
4. At the middle of June it entrained at Novion Porcien and was again
sent to Russia. Itinerary: Charleville-Trèves-Cassel-Leipzig-Dresden-
Breslau-Cracow-Lemberg-Stojanow (southwest of Sokal.) The 204th Reserve
Infantry Regiment detrained on June 19.
5. On the Russian front the division was engaged west of Loutsk in the
German counteroffensive in June. (Its losses may be estimated from the
fact that the 12th Company of the 201st Reserve Infantry Regiment
received replacements of 152 men in July and August, the 3d Company at
least 145 men from July 9 to 29.)
FRANCE.
6. On November 15 the division was brought back to the Western Front.
(Itinerary Oderberg-Leipzig-Frankfort-Mayence-Thionville-Sedan-
Thourout.) Reduced to three regiments by the assignment of the 204th
Reserve Infantry Regiment to the 218th Division, a new formation, it was
at rest for almost a month in the vicinity of Rethel.
VERDUN.
7. In consequence of the French attack of December 15 north of Verdun,
the division was concentrated in the vicinity of Azannes. On December 17
it relieved the remnants of the 10th Division in the Chambrettes sector.
1917.
1. The 43d Reserve Division remained at Verdun until January 31, 1917,
without being engaged in any important action. However, it suffered
rather heavy losses there.
CHAMPAGNE.
2. After a rest in Alsace, the division was sent to Champagne, where, on
February 22, it reenforced the front between Loivre and east of the
Cavaliers du Courcy. The French attack of April 16 caused it serious
losses.
ARGONNE.
3. Relieved at the end of April, and reorganized, it went back into line
in the calm sector of Vauquois about May 9; the 12th Company of the
201st Reserve Infantry Regiment was filled up by the arrival of 100 men
(1918 class; men from the 613th and 614th dissolved Infantry Regiments).
4. At the end of May the division was withdrawn from the Argonne. It was
rested and reorganized first in the Ardennes, then in the vicinity of
Laon.
CHEMIN DES DAMES.
5. From July 18 to 20, it went into the sector Panthéon-Épine du
Chevregny (south of Pargny-Filain) and almost at once underwent the
artillery preparation and the French attack of July 30 which caused it
heavy losses, increased by the counterattacks which it attempted on July
31 and August 10. On July 30 the 12th Company of the 202d Reserve
Infantry Regiment had only 5 noncommissioned officers and 56 men left
(document). On August 10 the 201st Reserve Infantry Regiment was almost
completely destroyed and left 124 men as prisoners south of La Royère.
6. The 43d Reserve Division was relieved from the Chemin des Dames on
August 23 and sent to rest until the end of September in the vicinity of
Laon. It was filled up and reorganized.
LA MALMAISON.
7. Receiving training at the beginning of October in view of an
offensive which was to anticipate the expected French attack, the
elements of the 43d Reserve Division were engaged, beginning with
October 15, to reenforce weakened divisions at Vaudesson, La Malmaison,
and Bruyeres. They underwent the attack of October 23, which caused them
heavy losses (53 officers, 2,190 men, prisoners). The remnants of the
division were relieved on the Ailette on October 28.
RUSSIA.
8. The division was sent to Russia soon afterwards, where it detrained
on November 11, in the vicinity of Baranovitchi, after five days’
travel. It then relieved the 201st Division, scheduled to go to France.
RECRUITING.
The 43d Reserve Division was recruited, as was the guard in which it had
its origin, from the whole of the Prussian territory. The trained men
(returned, wounded, and sick), who figure in the reenforcements which it
received, had the same origin (Guard, 1st Reserve Guard Division, 261st
and 262d Reserve Guard Ersatz Divisions, Guard Landsturm Battalions,
etc.). In April, 1917, the division absorbed a part of the 613th and
614th Regiments formed from the Guard recruit depots and dissolved on
March 31.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 43d Reserve Division has always been considered a very good
organization (December, 1917).
On August 10, 1917, south of La Royère, the 201st Ersatz Regiment
attacked “with very great energy.”
In October, 1917, at La Malmaison, the 43d Reserve Division was brought
up for reenforcement as an attacking division.
Because of its recent losses (in the attack of Oct. 3) the 43d Reserve
Division needs to be completely reorganized before going into action
(December, 1917).
It is to be noted that all the recruits of the division come from the
Guard recruit depots. (After the losses suffered on Apr. 16, 1917, the
division received 3,000 men from the depots of Brandenburg.)
The human material at the disposition of the division is of high
quality.
1918.
1. The division left Russia on February 9 and arrived at the Camp Alten-
Grabon near Magdeburg about the middle of February. After resting there
about five weeks the division entrained on March 18 and traveled via
Bielefeld-Gladbach-Aachen-Visé—Hasselt-Louvain-Brussels-Denderleeuw-
Audenarde-Courtrai-Tourcoing to Lille, where the regiment detrained on
the 22d, billeting at Loos. On the night of April 1–2 the 202d Reserve
Infantry Regiment marched via Emmerin and Wattignies to Herrin,
continuing on the night of April 2–3 via Chemy-Camphin-Ostricourt to
Malmaison and thence to Herrin-Lietard. On April 4 the regiment
proceeded to Noyelles-Godault, on the 5th back to Malmaison, and thence
on the 7th to Billy Berclau.
LA BASSEE CANAL.
2. The division was engaged at Festubert on April 9. The objective of
the division was to break through the enemy’s positions, force the
passage of the Lawe and the La Bassee Canals, and capture the heights of
Hinges and the town of Bethum. It was held up by British resistance at
Festubert and did not penetrate farther. On April 29 it was relieved by
the 9th Reserve Division.
SOMME.
3. After its relief, the division rested in the area south of Lille
until June 24, when it relieved the 24th Reserve Division at
Bouzencourt. Until August 8, it held the sector on the Somme. In the
fighting in August, the division lost 600 prisoners. On August 20 it
returned to line at Bray and was engaged until the end of the month. The
total number of prisoners lost by the division in these two engagements
was 1,100.
4. Early in September the division was broken up. The 203d Reserve
Regiment was turned into the Guard Ersatz Division, the 202d Reserve
Regiment to the 2d Guard Division.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as third class. Its complete failure on the La
Bassee attack in April and its subsequently long retention in line on
the Somme prepared the way for its dissolution about the first of
September.
44th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │87 Res. │205 Res. │87 Res. │205 Res. │87 Res. │205 Res.
│ │206 Res. │ │206 Res. │ │206 Res.
│88 Res. │207 Res. │88 Res. │207 Res. │88 Res. │207 Res.
│ │208 Res. │ │208 Res. │ │208 Res.
│ 16 Res. Jag. Btn. │ 16 Res. Jag. Btn. │ 16 Res. Jag. Btn.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Cavalry. │44 Res. Cav. Detch.│44 Res. Cav. Detch.│44 Res. Cav. Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │44 Res. F. A. Rgt. │44 Res. F. A. Rgt. │44 Reg. F. A. Rgt.
│ (9 Btries.) │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│44 Pion. Co. │44 Res. Pont. Co. │44 Res. Pion. Co.
Liaisons. │ │ │
│ │44 Res. Pion. Engs.│5 Field Co. 29
│ │ │ Pion. Rgt.
│ │ │244 T. M. Co.
│ │ │
│ │ │44 Res. Pont. Engs.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │44 Res. Ambulance │
Veterinary.│ │ Co. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │ │ │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │87 Res. │205 Res. │87 Res. │205 Res.
│ │206 Res. │ │206 Res.
│ │208 Res. │ │208 Res.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │44 Res. Cav. Detch.│4 Sqn. 7 Drag. Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │(?) Art. Command: │44 Res. F. A. Rgt.
│ │
│ 44 Res. F. A. Rgt.│2 Abt. 21 Ft. A.
│ │ Rgt. (4 and 6
│ │ Btries.).
│ │706 Light Am. Col.
│ │828 Light Am. Col.
│ │1322 Light Am. Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│344 Pion. Btn.: │344 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │
│ 44 Res. Pion. Co. │ 5 Co. 29 Pions.
│ │
│ 5 Field Co. 29 │ 44 Res. Pion. Co.
│ Pion. Btn. │
│ 244 T. M. Co. │ 244 T. M. Co.
│ 306 Searchlight │ 21 Searchlight
│ Sect. │ Section.
│ 444 Tel. Detch. │ 250 Searchlight
│ │ Section.
│ │444 Signal Command:
│ │ 444 Tel. Detch.
│ │ 86 Wireless Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │526 Ambulance Co. │526 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │
│73 Res. Field │71 Res. Field
│ Hospital. │ Hospital.
│238 Vet. Hospital. │75 Res. Field
│ │ Hospital.
│ │238 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transports. │M. T. Col. │731 M. T. Col.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(3d Corps District—Brandenburg.)
1914.
YSER.
1. The 44th Reserve Division, formed between August and October, 1914,
like the other division of the 22d Reserve Corps (43d Reserve Division),
was trained at Jueterbog Camp and entrained on October 12. Detraining at
Termonde, it was in action at Dixmude and at Bixschoote in October and
November and lost very heavily. On November 9 the 3d Battalion of the
205th Reserve Infantry Regiment was reduced to 153 men. (Notebook.)
2. After the battle of the Yser, it occupied several sectors north of
Ypres.
1915.
NIEUPORT.
1. The 44th Reserve Division remained on the Flanders front until the
month of June, 1915.
2. On June 7 the division was relieved from the Lombartzyde-Nieuport
sector and transferred to the Eastern Front.
RUSSIA.
3. Arriving in Russia in the middle of June, it took part in the
Mackensen offensive—battles of pursuit on the Galician frontier (June
22-July 16); battle of Krasnostaw (July 19–28) and of Biskupice (July,
29–30); battles up to the Bug (July 31 to Aug. 19); taking of Brest-
Litovsk on August 26.
SERBIA.
4. In October it was sent to Serbia and went through the entire
campaign.
5. At the end of December, it was sent to rest in Hungary.
1916.
FRANCE.
1. At the end of January, 1916, the 44th Reserve Division entrained for
France. (Itinerary: Inddis-Budapest-Vienna-Rosenheim-Cologne-Charleroi.)
It detrained at Landrecies-Valenciennes on February 6. It did some work
on the Somme front (the 306th Reserve Infantry Regiment near Peronne;
the 208th Reserve Infantry Regiment remained at Mesle until Mar. 14) and
then entrained at Landrecies on March 24.
VERDUN (MORT-HOMME).
2. Concentrated in the vicinity of Buzancy, at the end of March, the
division went to the left bank of the Meuse. On April 11 the 86th
Reserve Brigade went into line in the Mort-Homme sector. The 44th
Reserve Division was in action beginning with April 25, and suffered
very heavy losses (April-May).
3. On June 5 the 44th Reserve Division was withdrawn from the front,
reorganized, and sent to rest in the vicinity of Sedan (replacements
from the 3d and 5th Corps Districts).
SOMME.
4. Transferred to the Somme (July 2 and 3), the division sent some of
its elements into action on the Estrees-Belloy front on July 4. It
underwent the French attacks between these two villages (July 6–10) and
launched a violent counterattack on the 7th and 8th. These engagements
caused it severe losses (9 officers and 522 men as prisoners).
LASSIGNY.
5. Relieved on July 10, it spent a few days at rest, and on July 20
entered the line in the sector of Lassigny-Beuvraignes.
Between June 1 and July 15 the 205th Reserve Infantry Regiment, after it
had received men from the Beverloo depot, had received at least 145 men
for its 5th Company, 167 for its 8th; on July 14 the 1st Company of the
206th Infantry Regiment received at least 128 men; some (1917 class) had
only been in the service since May 5.
SOMME.
6. Sent to rest in the middle of September, the 44th Reserve Division
again went into action on the Somme (Berny en Santerre-Genermont),
between October 9 and October 28, and again lost very heavily.
7. It then came back into the Lassigny sector, where it was reorganized
(reinforcements of 300 to 400 men per regiment). It transferred the
207th Reserve Infantry Regiment to the 228th Division, a new
organization.
1917.
LASSIGNY (RETREAT).
1. In March, 1917, the 44th Reserve Division took part in the German
retreat and left the lines at Lassigny to take up its position between
La Fère and Moy (Mar. 25).
LA MALMAISON (WOËVRE).
2. Sent into the reserve of the army at the end of March in the vicinity
of Marle St. Gobert, the division was concentrated on April 15 in the
vicinity of Monampteuil-Filain (Apr. 20). On the 21st, on both banks of
the Oise-Aisne Canal, it relieved the remnants of the division decimated
by the French offensive of April 16 and at La Malmaison received the new
attack of May 5. Very much exhausted (1,670 prisoners), it was replaced
at once (night of May 5–6) and transferred to the Woëvre first and then
to the Côtes de Meuse northeast of St. Mihiel, where the division took
over the sector of Chevaliers after being reorganized. It was withdrawn
October 25.
FLANDERS.
3. On November 10 it went into line in Flanders, north of Passchendaele.
ARTOIS.
Relieved at the end of the month, it was sent to the sector of Neuve
Chapelle. It was still there March 19, 1918.
RECRUITING.
The 44th Reserve Division was mixed at the time of its formation (one
regiment from Hanover), but has since become purely Brandenburg by its
reduction to three regiments. However, this does not prevent the
occasional introduction of extraneous elements—for example, in July,
1916 (urgent call for available reserve at Beverloo). The 1917 class
then made its appearance on July 12, 1916 (in the 208th Reserve Infantry
Regiment); the 1918 class on April 13, 1917 (in the 205th Reserve
Infantry Regiment).
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 44th Reserve Division has been designated an assault division.
The 44th Reserve Division has not shown any great military value in the
course of the battles which it went into north of the Aisne. Certain
elements, however, fought well. One must note that the combat effectives
of the division were very much reduced by the artillery preparation
before the attack of May 5, 1917.
After the battle of the Aisne, the division made up for its losses with
elements from the field recruit depots and two replacements, one coming
from Warsaw (1917 class), and the other from the 5th Corps District
(mostly returned wounded).
1918.
LA BASSEE CANAL.