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

│ 1916 │ 1917 │ 1918

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

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

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

Infantry. │175 Ldw. │33 Ldw. │175 Ldw. │37 Ldw. │175 Ldw. │37 Ldw.

│ │349 Ldw. │ │349 Ldw. │ │349 Ldw.

│ │350 Ldw. │ │437. │ │437.

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

Cavalry. │3 Sqn. 5 Cuirassier│3 Sqn. 12 Mounted │2 Sqn. 10 Drag.

│ Rgt. │ Jag. Rgt. │ Rgt.

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

Artillery. │ │277 F. A. Rgt. │277 F. A. Rgt.

Engineers and│385 T. M. Co. │91 Pion. Btn.: │91 Pion. Btn.

Liaisons. │ │ │

│ │ 3 Co. 1 Pions. (?)│3 Ers. Co. Pion.

│ │ │ Btn. No. 1.

│ │ 3 Ers. Co. 1 │2 Ldst. Pion. Btn.

│ │ Pions. │ 6 Army Corps.

│ │ (91 T. M. Co.). │219 Searchlight

│ │ │ Section.

│ │ Tel. Detch. │91 Div. Signal

│ │ │ Command.

│ │ │91 Tel. Detch.

Medical and │ │67 Ambulance Co. │67 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │ │

│ │27 Ldw. Field │110 Field Hospital.

│ │ Hospital. │

│ │Vet. Hospital. │27 Ldw. Field

│ │ │ Hospital.

│ │ │241 Vet. Hospital.

Transport. │ │801 M. T. Col. │

Odd Units. │ │Deuxponts Landst. │

│ │ Inf. Btn. (2 C. │

│ │ Dist. Btn. No. │

│ │ 2). │

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

HISTORY.

(37th Landwehr; 5th Corps District—Posen. 349th Landwehr; 8th Corps

District—Rhenish Province. 437th Regiment; 11th Corps

District—Thuringe.)

1916.

The 91st Division (Clausius Division) was formed about August, 1916,

from two Landwehr regiments—the 349th and the 350th, which constituted

the 175th Brigade, taken from the 88th Division—and an active regiment,

the 150th, temporarily transferred from the 37th Division. Later the

organization of the 91st Division was modified.

VOLHYNIA.

1. As soon as it was organized the 91st Division was engaged on the

Stokhod, north of the Kovel-Sarny railway and in the vicinity of Borovno

(August, 1916). During these attacks the 150th suffered very big losses.

This regiment rejoined its division (the 37th) shortly thereafter and

was replaced by the 37th Landwehr, which had exercised a discreet

surveillance over the Austrian troops (Russian information).

1917.

VOLHYNIA.

1. During the year 1917 the 91st Division was kept in Volhynia in the

region of the Kovel-Sarny railway.

2. About the month of April it transferred the 350th Landwehr to the

45th Landwehr Division. It received the 437th Infantry, which had been

organized in 1916 from Prussian elements taken from the 344th Infantry,

the 349th Landwehr, and the 350th Landwehr, and which was with Austrian

units.

In November the division seemed to have no particular sector and is

“distributed among the little reliable troops of the Austrian Army,”

(Weekly Bulletin of Information of Russian Army, Dec. 16–23, 1917.)

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

Kept in Russia for the occupation of Ukrainia, the 91st Division had but

a very small combat value (April, 1918).

1918.

1. The division was last identified in the Ukraine at the end of August.

There is evidence that the division was brought to the Western Front in

September. Reports and prisoners’ statements pointed to the presence of

the division in the Muelhausen area during October. However, it did not

come into line on the Western Front. The division was not identified

after the armistice among the retreating German units.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The division was rated as fourth class.

92d Division.

COMPOSITION.

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

│ 1917 │ 1918

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

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

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

Infantry. │28 Ldw. │39 Ldw. │28 Ldw. │39 Ldw.

│ │419. │ │2 Ldw.

│ │432. │ │32 Ldw.

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

Cavalry. │ (?) │1, 3, and 4 Sqns. 3

│ │ Cuirassier Rgt.

│ │4 Sqn. Body Gd. Hus. Rgt.

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

Artillery. │Art. Command: │12 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. (except

│ │ Rgt. Staff, 1 Abt. Staff,

│ │ 1 and 5 Btries., 2 Abt.

│ │ Staff, 7 and 9 Btries.).

│ 2 F. A. Rgt. │

│ 895 F. A. Btry. │

Engineers and│Pion. Btn.: │1 Ldw. Co. 14 C. Dist.

Liaisons. │ │ Pions.

│ 346 Pion. Co. │120 Searchlight Section.

│ 92 T. M. Co. │92 Signal Command:

│ 92 Tel. Detch. │ 92 Tel. Detch.

Medical and │276 Ambulance Co. │276 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│5 Ldw. Field Hospital. │5 Ldw. Field Hospital.

│Vet. Hospital. │242 Vet. Hospital.

Transport. │M. T. Col. │

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

HISTORY.

(39th Landwehr; 7th Corps District—Westphalia. 32d Landwehr; 11th Corps

District—Thuringen.)

1917.

The 92d Division (Rusche Division) was formed at about the end of

November, 1916, on the Eastern Front.

VOLHYNIA.

1. At first as a part of the Bernhardi Army, the 92d Division occupied

in Volhynia the Gorokhov-Kisselin sectors south of the Kovel-Rovno

railway (February-August, 1917). It was then made up of the 419th, 432d,

and the 133d Landwehr (Saxon), the latter being afterwards replaced by

the 39th Landwehr.

GALICIA.

2. In August, 1917, the division was transferred toward the south and

put into line in the Zalosce (Galicia) sector. The 419th Infantry left

the division to join the 77th Division, with which it left for France.

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

Having occupied from the time of its organization until April, 1918, but

quiet Russian sectors, and, moreover, having given up its best men

(those less than 35 years of age), who were transferred to other

divisions on the Western Front, the 92d Division had but a mediocre

combat value.

The 39th Landwehr, from the time of its formation in 1914, was noted in

Belgium for its acts of insubordination (recruited from the mining

population of Westphalia).

1918.

1. Relieved in the Zalosce sector in January, the division was in

reserve in the vicinity of Zborow during February.

UKRAINE.

2. In April the division was in the Ukraine (39th Landwehr Regiment was

identified near Kiev on the 23d; the 432d Regiment was in the vicinity

of Klintsy on the 27th). The third regiment was the 32d Landwehr, left

behind by the 197th Division upon its departure for France in February.

The 432d Regiment sent to the Western Front was dissolved in May and was

divided between the 22d Reserve and 82d Division. The 2d Landwehr and

the 32d Landwehr Regiment were identified in the Ukraine early in

October. Toward the end of the month elements of the division were

reported along the Danube.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The Division was rated as fourth class.

93d Division.

COMPOSITION.

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

│ 1916 │ 1917 │ 1918

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

Infantry. │215. │342. │166. │342. │ (?) │433 (10

│ │ │ │ │ │ and 11

│ │ │ │ │ │ cos.).

│ │433. │ │433. │ │434.

│ │434. │ │434. │ (?) │ (?)

Cavalry. │ │5 Sqn. 16 Drag. │5 Sqn. 16 Drag.

│ │ Rgt. │ Rgt.

│ │4 Sqn. 85 Cav. Rgt.│4 Sqn. 4 Hus. Rgt.

│ │ │85 Cav. (Heavy)

│ │ │ Rgt.

Artillery. │ │Art. Command: │253 Ldw. F. A. Rgt.

│ │ │ (except the Rgt.

│ │ │ Staff, and 1 and

│ │ │ 2 Abt. Staffs,

│ │ │ and 4 and 6

│ │ │ Btries. of the 3

│ │ │ Abt.).

│ │ 35 F. A. Rgt. │

│ │ 899 F. A. Btry. │

│ │ 900 F. A. Btry. │

Engineers and│1 Res. Co. 26 │Pion. Btn.: │81 Searchlight

Liaisons. │ Pions. │ │ Section.

│93 T. M. Co. │ 2 Ldw. Co. 1 │93 Signal Command:

│ │ Pions. │

│ │ 1 Ldw. Co. 17 C. │ 93 Tel. Detch.

│ │ Dist. Pions. │ (except 2 Sect.).

│ │ 93 T. M. Co. │

│ │ 93 Tel. Detch. │

Medical and │ │233 Ambulance Co. │

Veterinary.│ │ │

│ │Field Hospital. │

│ │243 Vet. Hospital. │

Transports. │ │M. T. Col. │

HISTORY.

(433d Regiment: 18th and 20th Corps District—Hesse and Eastern Prussia.

434th Regiment: 4th Corps District—Prussian Saxony.)

1916.

The 93d Division (von Kramsta) was formed on the Eastern Front about the

month of October, 1916 (region of Lida). One of its regiments, the 342d,

had come from the 86th Division. The 433d and the 434th were newly

created units.

RUSSIA.

1. In November, 1916, the 93d Division was in line to the southeast of

Vichnev. At that time, with the 85th Landwehr Division, it formed the

17th Reserve Corps.

1917.

RUSSIA.

1. During the whole year 1917 the division stayed on the Little Berezina

(Vichnev) front with the 12th Army.

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

Mediocre combat value.

1918.

RUSSIA.

1. About the middle of December, 1917, the 93d Division left the

Berezina and advanced toward the east.

2. It was in reserve near Minsk the 2d of March and in the Klintsy

region the 27th of April. The 342d Regiment had entrained on April 10 at

Lida for Belgium, where it was dissolved in May; its men being divided

between the 22d Reserves and 119th Division.

UKRAINE.

3. About the middle of May the division was identified near Kiev, where

it was also identified as late as the 9th of September.

RUMANIA.

4. Toward the end of October elements of the division were identified

along the Danube.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The Division was rated as fourth class.

94th Division.

COMPOSITION.

│ 1917 │ 1918

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

Infantry. │(?) │334. │(?) │365.

│ │423. │ │439.

│ │45 Landst. │ │24 Ldw.

Cavalry. │1 Sqn. 84 Heavy Cav. Rgt. │1 Sqn. 7 Uhlan Rgt.

Artillery. │ (?) │8 F. A. Rgt. (Staff, 1

│ │ Abt., 2 Abt., 4 and 5

│ │ Btries., 3 Abt.).

│ │405 Ft. A. Btn.

│ │1042 Light Am. Col.

│ │1051 Light Am. Col.

Engineers and│Pion. Btn.: │411 Pion. Btn.:

Liaisons. │ │

│ T. M. Co. │ 2 Ldw. Co. 5 C. Dist.

│ │ Pions.

│ Tel. Detch. │ 2 Ldw. Co. 8 C. Dist.

│ │ Pions.

│ │ 85 Searchlight Section.

│ │183 Signal Command:

│ │ 183 Tel. Detch.

│ │ 131 Wireless Detch.

Medical and │556 Ambulance Co. │551 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│Field Hospital. │328 Field Hospital.

│Vet. Hospital. │331 Field Hospital.

│ │519 Vet. Hospital.

Transport. │1233 M. T. Col. │

Attached. │Bitterfeld Landst. Inf. │

│ Btn. (4 C. Dist. Btn. No.│

│ 4). │

│Cosel Landst. Inf. Btn. (6 │

│ C. Dist. No. 8). │

HISTORY.

(46th Landstrum: 2d Corps District—Pomerania; 5th Corps

District—Silesia. 45th Landstrum: 6th Corps District—Silesia; 3d Corps

District—Brandenburg; 21st Corps District—Lorraine.)

1917.

RUSSIA.

The 94th Division was formed on the Eastern Front about June, 1917. At

that time it comprised the 334th and the 423d Regiments and the 45th

Landwehr.

1. From June to December, 1917, the 94th Division occupied a sector in

the region of Niemen (Negnevitchi).

2. In July, 1917, some elements of the division were transferred to the

vicinity of Baranovitchi to oppose a possible attack in that sector.

In December the 423d Regiment was transferred to the 84th Division and

went with the latter to France.

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

Mediocre combat value.

1918.

1. When the 334th Regiment was transferred from Russia to the Western

Front in May, 1918, and was disbanded, the 94th Division was considered

as dissolved.

RIGA.

2. About September 21, the 94th Division was reformed at Riga out of the

439th Regiment and the 365th Regiment. The 439th Regiment was taken out

of the 205th Division about the middle of September while stationed in

Esthonia and sent to Riga. The 365th Regiment, which took part in the

campaign of Osel Island, was sent to Riga in June. The 24th Landwehr

Regiment joined the division at Metz.

3. The division left Riga about September 22 for Metz. (Route: Schawli-

Kowno-Eydthkulnen-Bromberg-Posen-Leipsig-Erfurt-Frankfurt-Kreuznach-

Neunkirchen-Metz.) The trip lasted about six days.

METZ.

4. The division rested in the Metz area about one week. Then it was

joined by the 7th Hussar Regiment and the 8th Field Artillery Regiment.

WOEVRE.

On October 11 the division relieved the 107th Division at Doncourt aux

Templiers. It held that sector without event until the armistice.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The division was fairly strong in effectives in October. The men had

received little training and their morale was bad.

95th Division.

COMPOSITION.

│ 1917 │ 1918

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

Infantry. │(?) │271 Res. │(?) │422 (2d

│ │ │ │ Btn.).

│ │422. │ │52 Ldw.

│ │430 Ldw. │ │(?)

Cavalry. │ (?) │4 Sqn. 19 Drag. Rgt.

Artillery. │ (?) │69 Res. F. A. Rgt. (except

│ │ 1 and 5 Btries.).

│ │1017 Light Am. Col.

│ │1035 Light Am. Col.

Engineers and│Pion. Btn.: │1 Landst. Co. 15 C. Dist.

Liaisons. │ │ Pions.

│ 1 Landst. Pion. Co. │148 Searchlight Section.

│ 95 T. M. Co. │95 Signal Command:

│ 95 Tel. Detch. │ 95 Tel. Detch.

Medical and │Ambulance Co. │644 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│Field Hospital. │117 Res. Field Hospital.

│567 Vet. Hospital. │567 Vet. Hospital.

Transport. │1035 M. T. Col. │

HISTORY.

(422d Regiment: 4th Corps District-Prussian Saxony. 430th Landwehr: (?).

52d Landwehr: 3d Corps District-Brandenburg.)

1917.

RUSSIA.

1. The 95th Division was formed on the Eastern Front about the month of

July, 1917. At that time it was made up of the 422d Regiment and 271st

Reserve Regiment and of the 430th Landwehr, the 271st being temporarily

transferred from the 82d Division.

PINSK.

2. Until the end of 1917 the 95th Division occupied a sector in the

Pinsk region. In November it sent reenforcements to the 15th Division

(Western Front).

3. In December it gave up its younger men to the 82d Reserve Division

then sent to the Western Front, and received in exchange older men—men

from Alsace and recruits from the class of 1919. At this time it is made

up of the 422d Regiment, the 430th Landwehr and the 52d Landwehr, the

271st Reserve Regiment having been returned to the 82d Division.

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

Composed of older men and recruits of the 1919 class, the 95th Division

seemed to have but a mediocre combat value.

1918.

UKRAINE.

1. In January many men of the division were sent to the 14th Division,

which was on the Western Front. In April the division was reported in

the Ukraine. The 430th Landwehr Regiment was to the north of Gloukhov

(east of Koursk) on April 27; the 52d Landwehr Regiment “400 kilometers

from Pinsk” on the 9th of May, after a three-day railroad journey. The

division was identified in the Gomel region toward the end of September.

Soon afterwards it was reported as having come to the Western Front, but

it was never identified there. It was rated as a fourth-class division.

96th Division.

COMPOSITION.

│ 1917 │ 1918

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

Infantry. │106 Res. │244 Res. │(?) │244 Res.

│ │102 Ldw. │ │102 Ldw.

│ │40 Ers. │ │40 Ers.

Cavalry. │4 Sqn. 18 Hus. Rgt. │4 Sqn. 18 Hus. Rgt.

Artillery. │Art. Command: │53 Res. F. A. Rgt.

│ 32 Res. F. A. Rgt. │21 Ldw. Ft. A. Rgt. (1 and

│ │ 6 Btries.).

│ │876 Light Am. Col.

│ │947 Light Am. Col.

│ │1001 Light Am. Col.

Engineers and│Pion. Btn.: │219 Pion. Btn.:

Liaisons. │ │

│416 T. M. Co. │ 1 Co. 22 Pions.

│Tel. Detch. │ Ldw. Co. 19 C. Dist.

│ │ Pions.

│ │ 136 Searchlight Section.

│ │96 Signal Command:

│ │ 96 Tel. Detch.

Medical and │278 Ambulance Co. │278 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│5 Res. Field Hospital. │5 Res. Field Hospital.

│6 Res. Field Hospital. │6 Res. Field Hospital.

│Vet. Hospital. │568 Vet. Hospital.

Transport. │608 M. T. Col. │

HISTORY.

(102d Landwehr: 12th Corps District—Saxony. 244th Reserve Regiment and

40th Ersatz: 19th Corps District—Saxony.)

1917.

The 96th Division was a newly formed unit, being organized on the

Galician front in July, 1917.

One of its regiments, the 244th Reserve, was part of the 53d Reserve

Division (until the end of 1916) and later part of the 215th Division.

The 40th Ersatz, formerly of the 19th Ersatz Division, also came to this

division from the 215th Division. As to the 102d Landwehr, it was with

the 82d Reserve Division in the vicinity of Pinsk.

GALICIA.

1. After the Russian offensive beginning in July the 96th Division was

put into line in the Zborow sector. At the end of July it took part in

the German counteroffensive and advanced up to the Russian-Galician

frontier. It held the Husiatin sector until February, 1918, sending

important reenforcements in December, 1917, to the 241st Division

(Saxon).

RECRUITING.

Division is entirely Saxon.

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

Coming from the Eastern Front at the beginning of April, 1918, the 96th

Division seemed to have only a mediocre combat value (April, 1918).

1918.

1. The division continued to hold the quiet sector south of Blamont

until the armistice.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The division was rated as fourth class. It had practically no losses on

the Western Front. The companies averaged 115 men of an average age of

25 to 35 years.

101st Division.

COMPOSITION.

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│ 1915 │ 1916

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

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

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

Infantry. │201. │45. │201. │45.

│ │59. │ │59.

│ │146. │ │146.

│ │ │ 15 Res. Jag. Btn.

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

Cavalry. │1 Sqn. 10 Drag. Rgt. │11 Drag. Rgt. (2 Sqns.).

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

Artillery. │201 F. A. Rgt. │201 F. A. Rgt.

│ │1 Mountain A. Abt.

│ │Austro-Hung. Mountain Art. (3

│ │ Btries.).

│ │

Engineers and│201 Pion. Co. │201 Pion. Co.

Liaisons. │ │

│ │101 Mountain T. M. Co.

│ │101 Pont. Engs.

│ │101 Tel. Detch.

│ │

Medical and │ │

Veterinary.│ │

│ │

Transport. │ │

│ │

Odd units. │ │

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

│ 1917 │ 1918[27]

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

Infantry. │201. │11 Gren. │201. │45.

│ │146. │ │146.

│ │ │ │21 Res.

│ │9 Jag. Rgt. │ │

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

Cavalry. │(?) Sqn. 10 Drag. Rgt. │3 Sqn. 10 Drag. Rgt.

Artillery. │(?) Art. Command: │138 Art. Command:

│ 209 F. A. Rgt. │ 201 F. A. Rgt.

│ 201 F. A. Rgt. (elements). │

│ │

│ 3 Mountain A. Abt. │

Engineers and│(101) Pion. Btn.: │101 Pion. Co. (Mountain).

Liaisons. │ │

│ 101 (Mountain) Pion. Co. │201 Pion. Co.

│ 201 Pion. Co. │201 Searchlight Section.

│ 205 Pion. Co. │101 Mountain T. M. Co.

│ 2 Ldw. Co. 9 Pions. │171 Mountain T. M. Co.

│ 101 Mountain T. M. Co. │101 Tel. Detch.

│ 171 Mountain T. M. Co. │101 Pion. Btn.

│ 201 Searchlight Section. │

│ 101 Tel. Detch. │

Medical and │641 Ambulance Co. │101 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│Field Hospital. │641 Ambulance Co.

│Vet. Hospital. │Field Hospital.

│ │Vet. Hospital.

Transport. │M. T. Col. │590 M. T. Col.

│ │4 Pack Trans. Col. (Wurtt.).

Odd units. │101 Cyclist Co. │101 Cyclist Co.

Footnote 27:

Composition at the time of dissolution, July, 1918.

HISTORY.

(146th Regiment: 20th Corps District—Eastern Prussia. 11th Grenadiers:

6th Corps District—Silesia.)

1915.

The 101st Division was formed in May, 1915, with the 45th Infantry (from

the 2d Division), the 146th Regiment (from the 37th Division), and the

59th Regiment (from the 41st Division) all surplus regiments by reason

of the reduction of divisions to three regiments. Later the 101st

Division was subjected to a number of changes.

SERBIA.

1. After having been part of the Army of the South, on the Bug, the

101st Division was identified on the Serbian frontier at the end of May

and the beginning of June.

GALICIA-POLAND.

2. At the end of June it was brought back to Galicia by way of Budapest

and Stry and took part in the German offensive in Galicia, in Poland. It

was on the Dniester on June 30 and on the Zlota-Lipa on July 20.

It was in the neighborhood of Lublin on August 12, at Siedlce on the

29th and advanced up to a position near Brest-Litowsk.

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