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Ecoust, then south to Vaulx-Vraucourt on the 22d, Mory (24th). It passed

into second line about this time and reentered line north of

Hamelincourt on April 1 to relieve the 26th Division. After a week it

side-slipped south and relieved the 239th Division northeast of Ayette,

which sector it held until April 20. It was relieved by the 234th

Division.

2. On May 6 the division relieved the 5th Bavarian Division north of

Bucquoy. It continued to hold this sector until August 17, when it was

relieved by the 4th Bavarian Division.

THIRD BATTLE OF THE SOMME.

3. The division taken from the comparatively quiet Bucquoy sector was

used to reenforce the battle front at Favreuil on August 25. It was only

engaged four days in this sector. Withdrawn on the 29th, it moved

northward and on September 2 reenforced the front east of Hendecourt. It

fought then for three days before it was withdrawn. In these two brief

periods in line the division suffered very heavy casualties besides

losing 500 prisoners.

LENS.

4. The division rested in the Tourcoing area until it reentered line

south of Acheville on the night of September 24–25 in relief of the

207th Division. It was engaged here until October 11, when the 49th

Reserve Division relieved it east of Lens.

5. The division rested in the Douchy-Haspres area in support until

October 18, when it moved to Artres and came into line on the night of

October 20–21 at Monchaux sur Ecaillon. Until November 7 the division

was constantly in line. It was near Vendegies until October 24, and

later at Arties (28th), Farmars (29th), Jenlain (Nov. 2), Sebourg (4th),

west of Risin (5th), and near St. Amand (5th). It was out of line at the

armistice.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The division was rated as second class. It was used as an assault

division on the Somme in March, but thereafter served as an intervention

division in the Somme area. The division showed considerable power of

resistance.

113th Division.

COMPOSITION.

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

│ 1915 │ 1916

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

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

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

Infantry. │225. │36 Fus. │225. │36 Fus.

│ │48. │ │48.

│ │32 Res. │ │32 Res.

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

Cavalry. │ (?) │3 Sqn. 8 Cuirassier Rgt.

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

Artillery. │225 F. A. Rgt. (7 Btries.) │225 F. A. Rgt.

│ │

Engineers and│225 Pion. Co. │225 Pion. Co.

Liaisons. │ │

│ │251 Pion. Co.

│ │252 Pion. Co.

│ │113 T. M. Co.

│ │113 Pont. Engrs.

│ │113 Tel. Detch.

│ │

Medical and │ │

Veterinary.│ │

│ │

Transport. │ │

Attached. │ │114 Anti-Aircraft Section.

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

│ 1917 │ 1918

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

Infantry. │225. │36 Fus. │225. │36 Fus.

│ │66. │ │66.

│ │32 Res. │ │27.

Cavalry. │3 Sqn. 8 Cuirassier Rgt. │3 Sqn. 8 Cuirassier Rgt.

Artillery. │(?) Art Command: │225 F. A. Rgt.

│ 225 F. A. Rgt. │407 Ft. A. Btn.

│ │1089 Light Am. Col.

│ │1172 Light Am. Col.

│ │1200 Light Am. Col.

Engineers and│113 Pion. Btn.: │113 Pion. Btn.:

Liaisons. │ │

│ 225 Pion. Co. │ 225 Pion. Co.

│ 251 Pion. Co. │ 251 Pion. Co.

│ 112 T. M. Co. │ 113 T. M. Co.

│ 113 T. M. Co. │ 67 Searchlight Section.

│ (226) Searchlight Section. │113 Signal Command:

│ 113 Pont. Engs. │ 113 Tel. Detch.

│ 113 Tel. Detch. │ 51 Wireless Detch.

Medical and │212 Ambulance Co. │212 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│372 Field Hospital. │372 Field Hospital.

│373 Field Hospital. │373 Field Hospital.

│113 Vet. Hospital. │113 Vet. Hospital.

Transport. │597 M. T. Col. │597 M. T. Col.

Attached. │ │

HISTORY.

(4th Corps District—Prussian Saxony and part of Thuringe.)

1915.

The 113th division was organized near Sedan on March 26, 1915. Its three

infantry regiments were taken from old divisions: the 48th from the 5th

Division (3d Corps District-Brandenburg), the 36th from the 8th Division

(4th Corps District-Prussian Saxony), and the 32d Reserve from the 22d

Reserve Division (11th Corps District-Thuringe).

In March, 1917, the 48th was replaced by the 66th Regiment (old 7th

Division from Prussian Saxony) taken from the 52d Division.

1. Detraining at Conflans on April 8, the division spent a few days in

the Woevre.

CÔTES DE MEUSE.

2. It appeared along the Côtes de Meuse (Calonne trench) on April 26,

1915.

3. From that date until January 14, 1916, it stayed around the Côtes de

Meuse and in Woevre-Calonne trench, Ailly wood, St. Mihiel, Eparges, and

Bois Bouchot.

1916.

1. January and February, 1916, rested at Brainville and Conflans.

VERDUN.

2. On February 24 the 113d Division was transferred to the Verdun front.

It participated in the attacks of the 8th and 9th of March against the

village of Douaumont and suffered considerable losses. In six weeks

spent around Douaumont the losses are said to have been 30 officers and

2,000 men put out of action (letter).

OISE.

3. Relieved at the beginning of April it was put into line in a calm

sector—region of Soissons, then in the region of the Oise (Tracy le Val,

Puisaleine).

SOMME.

4. In July, at the beginning of the Franco-British offensive, it

detached some of its elements in the Somme (Peronne, July 1, then at

Frise, Assevillers, and Belloy). The three rest battalions of the

division formed in an emergency an assembled regiment (notebook).

5. After a new stay in the Soissons region (August and September) the

whole division was again engaged in the Somme between Rancourt and the

St. Pierre-Vaast wood. It suffered very heavy losses near Bouchavesnes

(Oct. 1–10).

6. At rest from October 14 to 21 in Woevre.

CÔTES DE MEUSE.

7. At the end of October, the 113th Division took over the Bonzee-

Ronvaux sector (Côtes de Meuse).

1917.

1. The 113th Division stayed around the Côtes de Meuse until the end of

January, 1917.

ALSACE.

2. At the beginning of February it went into Alsace and occupied a

sector between the Thur and the Rhone-Rhine canal (March).

CHEMIN DES DAMES.

3. On April 21 it was hastily entrained at Mulhouse and transferred to

the Aisne. It went into line on the 26th at Chemin des Dames and met the

second French offensive in the Courtecon-Malval farm region (May 5).

ST. GOBAIN FOREST.

4. Relieved in the middle of May, it stayed at rest for six days in the

vicinity of Assis sur Serre and thereafter in a sector in the St. Gobain

forest (Deuillet-Fresnes).

5. On August 10 it was put at rest behind Laon.

CRAONNE.

6. It went back into line at the end of September in the Craonne sector.

As a result of the French offensive it fell back to the east of

Hurtebise where it was relieved about November 10.

7. It rested in the Laon region from the middle of November to January

20.

RECRUITING.

In 1917 the division took on a distinctly provincial aspect, its

regiments receiving replacements from Prussian Saxony (the 36th

Fusileers and the 66th Infantry) and in Thuringe (the 32d Reserve

Regiment).

VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.

The 113th Division was a good unit. It put up an energetic resistance on

the Chemin des Dames on May 5, 1917. From that time up to the offensive

of March, 1918, it had not been seriously engaged.

1918.

1. Having finished its training in the Sissonne region, the 113th

Division relieved the 235th Division about the middle of January in the

Juvincourt sector (east of Craonne), and was itself relieved by the 5th

Reserve Division on the 21st of February. It trained for a week at

Vervins, and then moved to Wassigny, where it underwent more training

until the 16th of March, when it marched via Bohain and Fonsommes to

Bellicourt.

ST. QUENTIN.

2. On the 21st it attacked in the first line near Maissemy (northwest of

St. Quentin). Although suffering very heavy losses, the division had

succeeded in pushing on as far as St. Christ-Briost and Pargny (on the

Somme) on the 24th. It was withdrawn shortly after (probably on the

26th).

AISNE.

3. On the 27th of May the division reenforced the Aisne front near

Craonne and attacked in the first line. It was withdrawn about the 14th

of June and went to rest near Conde sur Aisne (east of Soissons).

4. The division reenforced the front near Troissy (east of Dormans) on

the 15th of July. It was caught in the confusion caused by the Allied

counteroffensive, and was forced to retire. It was not identified after

the 22d, and so it seems as though it was not in line after that date

until prisoners were again taken on the 29th near Villers-Agron

(southeast of Fere en Tardenois), which is in a line almost due north of

where it had previously been engaged. Here it took over the part of the

line previously held by the 2d Guard Division. It was withdrawn early in

August and went to rest in the region southeast of Maubeuge.

CAMBRAI.

5. On the 10th of September the division reenforced the front near Metz

en Couture (southwest of Cambrai). It was withdrawn from line near

Villers-Plouich (southwest of Cambrai) after having lost over 1,600

prisoners about the 2d of October, and went to rest east of Denain.

6. On the 22d it came back into line near Douchy (south of Denain). Two

days later it side-slipped toward the south. It was identified in line

to the north of Le Quesnoy in November, but was withdrawn a day or two

later. It did not return to line.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The 113th was rated as a second-class division. Although the division

commander received Pour le Merite and the commander of the 36th Regiment

was also decorated after the battle of the Somme, the division does not

appear to have particularly distinguished itself there. On the whole,

however, its conduct though not brilliant was dependable.

115th Division.

COMPOSITION.

│ 1915 │ 1916

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

Infantry. │229. │136. │229. │136.

│ │171. │ │171.

│ │40 Res. │ │40 Res.

Cavalry. │1 and 2 Sqn. 22 Dragoon Rgt. │1 and 2 Sqn. 22 Dragoon Rgt.

│ (one-half picked troops). │

Artillery. │229 F. A. Rgt. (7 Btries.). │229 F. A. Rgt.

│ │

Engineers and│229 Pion. Co. │229 Pion. Co.

Liaisons. │ │

│ │115 T. M. Co.

│ │115 Pont. Engs.

│ │115 Tel. Detch.

│ │

Medical and │ │

Veterinary.│ │

│ │

Transport. │ │

│ 1917 │ 1918

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

Infantry. │229. │136. │229. │136.

│ │171. │ │171.

│ │40 Res. │ │173.

Cavalry. │2 Sqn. 22 Dragoon Rgt. │2 Sqn. 22 Dragoon Rgt.

│ │

Artillery. │(?) Art. Command: │115 Art. Command:

│ 229 F. A. Rgt. │ 229 Field Art. Rgt.

│ │ 94 Foot Art. Btn.

│ │1074, 1077, and 1078 Light

│ │ Mun. Col.

Engineers and│(115) Pion. Btn. │43 Pion. Btn.

Liaisons. │ │

│229 Pion. Co. │229 Pion. Co.

│2 Co. 33 Res. Pion. │2 Co. Res. Pion. Btn. No. 33.

│115 T. M. Co. │115 T. M. Co.

│229 Searchlight Section. │74 Searchlight Section.

│115 Tel. Detch. │115 Div. Signal Command.

│ │115 Tel. Detch.

│ │89 Div. Wireless Detch.

Medical and │115 Ambulance Co. │115 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│350 Field Hospital. │376 and 377 Field Hospitals.

│376 Field Hospital. │167 Vet. Hospital.

│377 Field Hospital. │

│Vet. Hospital. │

Transport. │M. T. Col. │598 M. T. Col.

HISTORY.

(136th and 171st Regiments: 15th Corps District—Alsace. 40th Reserve

Regiment: 14th Corps District—Grand Duchy of Baden.)

1915.

Formed in April, 1915, near Tournai, the 115th Division received the

136th and 171st from the 30th and 39th Divisions (15th Corps),

respectively, and the 40th Reserve Regiment from the 28th Reserve

Division (14th Reserve Corps).

1. In April, 1915, the 115th Division was in reserve in the Tournai-

Courtrai region.

ARTOIS.

2. In May it was sent as a reenforcement to the north of Arras and

fought at Notre Dame de Lorette and Neuville St. Vaast and was sorely

tried. The infantry losses amounted to 128 officers and 5,208 men out of

action (Casualty List), of which 47 officers and 2,258 men belonged to

the 171st Regiment.

AISNE.

3. Relieved about June 15, the 115th Division took over the Missy sur

Aisne sector (east of Soissons), which it occupied until the last days

of July.

RUSSIA.

4. At the end of July it was transferred to the Eastern Front, and for a

time in August operated on the Narew.

5. It took part in the summer offensive. It was before Kovno on August

19, in the region of Vileiki at the end of September, and near Narotch

Lake at the beginning of October.

1916.

POSTAVY-NAROTCH LAKE.

1. The 115th Division occupied the Postavy-Narotch Lake sector until the

beginning of August, 1916.

GALICIA.

2. About August 2 the division was transferred to Galicia. It was

engaged to the west of Zalosce (south of Brody), August to September.

VOLHYNIA.

3. In October it was in line in Volhynia to the west of Loutsk

(Sviniouki). The 171st was kept to the southwest of Brody with the

Melior detachment.

ROUMANIA.

4. In the middle of December the 115th Division was transferred from

Volhynia to Roumania, where, together with the 109th Division, it made

up the 54th Corps, which operated between Buzeu and the Danube.

1917.

ROUMANIA.

1. In January, 1917, the 115th Division took a position on the Roumanian

front to the south of Namoloasa and stayed in this sector until the

middle of August.

2. It was then in line to the north of Focsani, in the Panciu-Marasesti

region (August-December).

RECRUITING.

The Grand Duchy of Baden and the Rhenish countries supplied the greater

part of the recruits.

1918.

1. The division was relieved on the Roumanian front on February 1 by an

Austrian division and rested in the Braila area during February and

March. On April 8 it entrained and traveled via Budapest-Vienna-Prague-

Dresden-Coblenz-Cologne-Aachen-Liege-Brussels to Lille, when it

detrained about April 18. About the 21st the division reentrained and

was railed to Antwerp, where it went through a course of intensive

training.

BATTLE OF THE MARNE.

The division left Antwerp on May 21 and traveled via Brussels-Mons-

Maubeuge-Le Cateau-Bohain, detraining north of St. Quentin on May 22.

Four days later it continued its journey by rail to Versigny, southeast

of La Fere, and was billeted in the Crepy area until May 29. On the

following day it left and marched via Chaillevoois-Vailly (May 31)-

Ambrief (June 1)-Villers-Helon (2d) and relieved the 37th Division near

Longpont on the Aisne battle front on the night of June 2–3. It

withstood the Allied counterthrust at Corcy in July, suffering heavy

losses. It was relieved on the night of July 19–20.

VERDUN.

2. The division was moved to Brieulles and in the first days of August

relieved the 22d Reserve Division in the sector Malancourt-Forges. In

this vicinity it remained until September 19, when it was relieved by

the 7th Reserve Division.

MEUSE-ARGONNE.

3. On the second day of the American attack the division returned to

bolster up the line in the Gesnes area. The division now included the

173d Regiment, which came from the 223d Division (dissolved) to supplant

the 40th Reserve Regiment (disbanded). The division took part in the

several captures and recaptures of Gesnes. It fought hard and suffered

heavy losses before its relief on October 12 by the 3d Guard Division.

Two days later it came back to support the 3d Guard Division and was

engaged in the fighting around Romagne until October 18. On November 1

the division again came into line near Remonville and fought until the

armistice.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The division was rated as third class. It was badly hit on July 18 by

the French attack and later in the Argonne. It showed good qualities in

the Meuse fighting and was mentioned in the official German communiqué.

117th Division.

COMPOSITION.

│ 1915 │ 1916

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

Infantry. │233. │157. │233. │157.

│ │11 Res. │ │11 Res.

│ │22 Res. │ │22 Res.

Cavalry. │ (?) │1 and 2 Sqn. 8 Cuirassier

│ │ Rgt.

Artillery. │233 F. A. Rgt. (7 Btries.). │233 F. A. Rgt.

│ │

Engineers and│233 Pion. Co. │233 Pion. Co.

Liaisons. │ │

│ │117 T. M. Co.

│ │117 Pont. Engs.

│ │117 Tel. Detch.

│ │

Medical and │ │

Veterinary.│ │

│ │

Transport. │ │

Attached. │ │

│ 1917 │ 1918

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

Infantry. │233. │157. │233. │11.

│ │11 Res. │ │157.

│ │22 Res. │ │450.

Cavalry. │1 Sqn. 8 Cuirassier Rgt. │1 Sqn. 8 Cuirassier Rgt.

│ │

Artillery. │(?) Art. Command: │233 F. A. Rgt.

│ 233 F. A. Rgt. │88 Foot Art. Btn.

│ │1068, 1069, and 1070 Light

│ │ Mun. Col.

Engineers and│(117) Pion. Btn.: │117 Pion. Btn.:

Liaisons. │ │

│ 233 Pion. Co. │ 233 Pion. Co.

│ 263 Pion. Co. │ 263 Pion. Co.

│ 117 T. M. Co. │ 117 T. M. Co.

│ 233 Searchlight Section. │ 147 Searchlight Section.

│ 117 Tel. Detch. │117 Div. Signal Command:

│ │ 117 Tel. Detch.

│ │ 187 Div. Wireless Detch.

Medical and │117 Ambulance Co. │117 Ambulance Co.

Veterinary.│ │

│379 Field Hospital. │378 and 379 Field Hospitals.

│380 Field Hospital. │117 Vet. Hospital.

│Vet. Hospital. │

Transport. │M. T. Col. │

Attached. │6 Mountain Art. Btry. │

HISTORY.

(6th Corps District—Silesia.)

1915.

The 117th Division was created by the 7th Army near Liart about April 7,

1915. Its three regiments were obtained from the 6th Corps and the 6th

Reserve Corps—the 157th Infantry from the 12th Division, the 11th

Reserve Regiment from the 11th Reserve Division, and the 22d Reserve

Regiment from the 12th Reserve Division.

1. In April, 1915, the 117th Division was in Champagne (region of

Châtelet).

ARTOIS-NOTRE DAME DE LORETTE.

2. Transferred to Artois, it was engaged to the north of Souchez and at

Notre Dame de Lorette (May and June). In this fighting it was hard hit,

107 officers and 5,255 men out of action, of whom 44 officers and 2,161

men belong to the 11th Infantry. (Casualty List.)

3. The division was re-formed at the end of June in the region of Lille.

LENS.

4. Toward the middle of July it went back into line to the northwest of

Lens (from Vermelles to the Grenay-Lens railway). It suffered very heavy

losses in the attacks occurring at the end of September and the

beginning of October (Loos)—109 officers and 6,463 men out of action.

(Casualty List.)

5. Taken away from the Artois front in the middle of October, it was put

at rest in the vicinity of Roubaix-Tourcoing.

FLANDERS.

6. At the end of October it took over the Messines sector.

1916.

1. The 117th Division occupied the Messines front until the beginning of

March, 1916.

2. Rest at Courtrai; instruction and training at the Beverloo Camp

(March-April and May).

YPRES.

3. At the beginning of June the division went into line to the east of

Ypres (near the road from Ypres to Menin, and until July 20).

SOMME.

4. On July 23 it went to the Somme (Pozieres); it was engaged from the

end of July to the middle of August.

5. On August 17 the division entrained for the Eastern Front.

BUKOVINA.

6. It was identified in the Carpathian Mountains as part of the 3d

Austro-Hungarian Army (region of Jablonica, October).

1917.

CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS.

1. The 117th Division remained here (Jablonica, Worochta, Koeroesmezoe,

Jacobeni sectors) until the middle of May, 1917.

ROUMANIA.

2. At the end of May it was transferred via Maramaros-Sziget to the

Roumanian front (Putna valley, region of Ocna, June-September). At rest

in Transylvania in September and was there reequipped for mountain

warfare.

ITALY.

3. Sent to Italy at the beginning of October, it was on the 24th behind

Tolmino as an army reserve. In December it was on the left bank of the

Piave.

RECRUITING.

Silesian division, with recruits coming especially from Upper Silesia

(mining district and mountainous districts), it was used on several

occasions as mountain troops (Carpathians, Italy).

On the Carpathian, Roumanian, and Italian fronts (August, 1916-March,

1918).

1918.

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