(northwest of Buzancy). Its losses were so heavy in this fighting, and
the division was in such a state of exhaustion, that although the
division was still in line on the 11th there were rumors that it was
soon to be dissolved.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 195th was rated a second-class division. Its conduct whenever
heavily engaged was such as to lead to the conclusion that it was one of
the better divisions of that class.
197th Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1916 │ 1917 │ 1918[31]
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │210. │273 Res. │210. │273 Res. │210. │273 Res.
│ │7 Jag. │ │7 Jag. │ │7 Jag.
│ │ (Saxon).│ │ │ │ (Saxon).
│ │32 Ldw. │ │32 Ldw. │ │28 Ers.
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │2 Sqn. 14 Uhlan │2 Sqn. 14 Uhlan │2 Sqn. 14 Uhlan
│ Rgt. │ Rgt. │ Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │261 F. A. Rgt │(?) Art. Command: │(?) Art. Command:
│262 F. A. Abt. │ 261 F. A. Rgt. │ 261 F. A. Rgt.
│ (Saxon). │ │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│170 T. M. Co. │197 Pion. Btn.: │197 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │ │
│ │ 90 Res. Pion. Co. │ 90 Res. Pion. Co.
│ │ 2 Co. 32 Res. │ 2 Co. 32 Res.
│ │ Pions. │ Pions.
│ │ 415 T. M. Co. │ 300 Searchlight
│ │ │ Section.
│ │ 195 Tel. Detch. │ 426 T. M. Co.
│ │ │ 197 Tel. Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │208 Ambulance Co. │208 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │284 Field Hospital.│284 Field Hospital.
│ │532 Field Hospital.│532 Field Hospital.
│ │Vet. Hospital. │Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transport │ │1053 M. T. Col. │M. T. Col.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
Footnote 31:
Composition at the time of dissolution Nov. 1, 1918.
HISTORY.
(273 Reserve Regiment; 10th Corps District—Hanover and Brunswick. 7th
Jaeger; 12th and 19th Corps Districts—Saxony. 28th Ersatz; 14th Corps
District—Grand Duchy of Baden.)
1916.
The 197th Division was created in August, 1916, on the Eastern Front by
the union of the following regiments: (1) 273d Reserve Regiment, formed
out of four battalions taken from the 362d Infantry (4th Ersatz
Division); the 368th Infantry (10th Ersatz Division); the 130th Reserve
(33d Reserve Division) which all came from France. (2) 7th Jaegers (13th
Battalion of Jaegers), 25th and 26th Battalions of Reserve Jaegers, all
Saxon, and also all coming from France. (3) The 32d Landwehr, which had
been under orders of the 33d Division in the Argonne.
GALICIA.
1. As part of the 2d Austrian Army (Boehm-Ermoli), the 197th Division
occupied in August 1916 the Zborow sector (northwest of Tarnopol) where
it met the offensive carried on by Broussilov. On August 10 the 7th
Regiment of Jaegers had 35 officers and 1,039 men out of action
(letter).
2. In September it was in line to the northeast of Zalosce and to the
north of Zborow and later in the vicinity of Zloczow.
1917.
GALICIA.
1. The 197th Division stayed in this same Zloczow sector until July,
1917. While there it met the Russian attack of July 1, which reduced the
strength of the 1st Battalion of the 32d Landwehr to 160 men (letter).
2. The division participated in the German counteroffensive of July 19
and advanced by way of Zborow up to Husjatin (August), where it was
relieved to go into reserve.
3. It went back into line at the beginning of September at Hlesczawa
(region of Trembowla).
4. At the beginning of November the 32d Landwehr was replaced by the
28th Ersatz, taken from the Bavarian Ersatz Division, and originally
from the 14th Corps District (Grand Duchy of Baden). This replacement of
a mediocre regiment for a good one was the prelude of preparations for a
transfer to the Western Front.
RECRUITING.
This division had a composite make-up. The 7th Jaegers was Saxon; the
28th Ersatz was from Baden; and the 273d was formed from battalions
coming from the 7th, 9th, and 10th Corps District and got its
replacements in theory from the 10th Corps District.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 197th Division, coming from Galicia, appeared for the first time on
the Western Front in March, 1918. All the maneuvers executed in the rear
and at rest in Galicia tended to accustom the units to defensive warfare
methods (Verteidigungskrieg). (Interrogation of a prisoner of the 273d
Reserve on Mar. 13, 1918.)
This was also true of its stay in the Marchais region (February 1918).
1918.
CHATEAU THIERRY.
The division held the quiet Chemin des Dames sector until the Aisne
offensive of May 27. Attack divisions passed through the 197th Division,
which followed up the attack in close reserve and was engaged on May 31
northwest of Chateau Thierry. It came in for some heavy local fighting
while opposite the 2d United States Division near Veuilly before it was
relieved on June 8.
VERDUN.
2. It was moved to Eastern Champagne, and on June 23 relieved the 15th
Bavarian Division in the Ornes sector. During July the division received
drafts. It held this sector without loss until about the 1st of August.
ST. QUENTIN-OISE.
3. On August 15 the division reenforced the front at Ribecourt. Until
September 10 it was constantly engaged in the Noyon fighting. After
resting nine days the division returned to line north of Gricourt, and
until October 19 resisted every foot of the way to Seboncourt.
4. After the withdrawal from line the division was broken up. The 273d
Reserve Regiment and the 28th Ersatz Regiment were disbanded, while the
7th Jaeger Regiment passed intact to the 241st Division.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as third class. It was heavily engaged on an
active front for two months in 1918 during which fighting it suffered so
heavily in casualties and morale that it was dissolved in late October.
199th Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1916 │ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │ │237 Res. │59 Ldw. │114. │59 Ldw. │114.
│ │4 Bav. │ │357. │ │357.
│ │ Res. │ │ │ │
│ │9 Jag. │ │237 Res. │ │237 Res.
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │1 Sqn. 14 Uhlan │1 Sqn. 14 Uhlan │1 Sqn. 14 Uhlan
│ Rgt. │ Rgt. │ Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │263 F. A. Rgt. │Art. Command: │263 F. A. Rgt.
│ │ 263 F. A. Rgt. │3 Abt. 2 Bav. Ft.
│ │ │ A. Rgt.
│ │ │927 Light Am. Col.
│ │ │1240 Light Am. Col.
│ │ │1241 Light Am. Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│ │(199) Pion. Btn.: │199 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │ │
│ │ 199 T. M. Co. │ 6 Co. 23 Pions.
│ │ 330 Searchlight │ 286 Pion. Co.
│ │ Section. │
│ │ 199 Tel. Detch. │ 199 T. M. Co.
│ │ │ 38 Searchlight
│ │ │ Section.
│ │ │199 Signal Command:
│ │ │ 199 Tel. Detch.
│ │ │ 10 Wireless Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │209 Ambulance Co. │209 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │Field Hospital. │68 Field Hospital.
│ │Vet. Hospital. │339 Field Hospital.
│ │ │244 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transport. │ │M. T. Col. │609 M. T. Col.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(114th Regiment: 14th Corps District—Southern part of the Grand Duchy of
Baden. 357th Regiment: 2d Corps District—Pomerania. 237th Reserve
Regiment: 8th Corps District—Rhine Province.)
1916.
The 199th Division was created in August, 1916, in the region of Stryj-
Halicz (Galicia), with troops coming from the Western Front. Until the
beginning of 1917 its infantry was made up as follows: The 237th Reserve
Regiment (coming from the 52d Reserve Division), the 4th Bavarian
Reserve Regiment (from the Bavarian Ersatz Division), and the 9th
Jaegers (12th and 13th Battalions of Reserve Jaegers (Saxon) and the 8th
Battalion of Jaegers).
GALICIA.
1. From the end of August to the beginning of November the 199th
Division was engaged in Galicia (Brzezany, Halicz, Zlota-Lipa) and
suffered heavy losses.
2. About November 1 the division was transferred to the Western Front.
(Itinerary: Lemberg-Cracaw-Breslau-Dresden-Leipzig-Coblenz-Treves-
Sedan.) It detrained at Dun and was billeted for three weeks in the
vicinity of Spincourt.
SOMME.
3. Sent to the Champagne district at the end of November and then in the
Bohain region, it went into line in the Rancourt-Saillizel sector (end
of December).
1917.
1. At the beginning of 1917 the 114th and 357th replaced the 4th Reserve
and the 9th Jaegers.
SOMME.
2. The 199th Division stayed on the Rancourt front until March, 1917.
HINDENBURG LINE.
3. On March 27 it was identified to the east of Longavesnes; then at
Villers-Faucon, Lempire, in the new German positions (April).
ARTOIS.
4. Relieved about April 20, it was engaged to the southeast of Arras
(Wancourt-Vis en Artois-Cherisy) and suffered heavy losses (April 27,
May 3).
5. Coming back to the west of Catelet (Hargicourt-Bony) about the middle
of May, it left this line on June 8 to go to rest in the vicinity of
Ostend.
BELGIAN FLANDERS.
6. In the middle of July it took over the Nieuport-Lombartzyde sector,
which it occupied until the beginning of August and was at rest near
Ostend from August 10 to the middle of September.
7. It reappeared in the Lombartzyde sector until October 24. On November
10 after a short rest it was put in line to the north of Passchendaele,
where it was found, with the exception of some brief withdrawals for
rest, until February, 1918, when it went to rest near Courtrai.
RECRUITING.
Division with composite elements; a regiment from Baden (the 114th,
active), a regiment from Pomerania (the 357th, growing out of brigade
Ersatz Battalions), and a Rhenish regiment (the 237th).
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 114th was considered the best in the division. The 237th Reserve did
not seem to have a very good combat value. It did not hold its ground
when opposed by the British at Cherisy (April, 1917). It is said that a
company of this regiment refused to come out of the trenches in the
month of July, 1917.
1918.
BATTLE OF PICARDY.
1. The division left Flanders at the end of February and trained in the
Le Quesnoy area until the middle of March; left on the 17th for the
battle front. It marched to Escaromain, and on the 18th to Quievy. On
the day before the offensive the division marched via Caudry to Villers
Outreaux. It was not identified in the fight until the 25th at
Hardecourt. The next day it was at Maricourt wood, after which it
appears to have been withdrawn. On April 4 it relieved the 243d Division
south of Thennes.
2. After its relief the division marched by stages via Beaucourt en
Santerre-Vauvillers-Peronne to Templeux, la Fosse, where it rested for a
fortnight. The heavy losses incurred by the division during its last
time in line south of the Somme were made good chiefly by drafts of the
1919 class from the depots at Warsaw and Bruges. The division contained
a large proportion of this class and its fighting quality suffered in
consequence. On the 26th of April the division moved to Maurepas and
proceeded to Maricourt on the 28th; from there it marched into line in
the Morlancourt sector.
3. The division held the Morlancourt sector from about May 1 to 16. It
was relieved by the 107th Division and rested in the Valenciennes area
in June.
CHAMPAGNE.
4. It was engaged at Le Teton on July 15 and held a sector in that area
until the end of the month.
RHEIMS.
5. On August 3 it reenforced the battle front at Sapicourt west of
Rheims. It was engaged in that area except for a week’s rest until the
end of September.
6. After October 1 the division was engaged in Champagne in the region
of Orfeuil. It contested hotly the advance through Vaudy and Vouziers
until its relief in late October. It rested but a few days out of line
and after November 3 was engaged at St. Lambert, Roix-Terron, and Dom le
Mesnil (Nov. 10).
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as second-class. It was used as an attack
division in March and did well. Thereafter it saw almost constant
service in resisting allied pushes. In October’s fighting it was
frequently spoken of by the German official communique.
200th Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1916 │ 1917 │ 1918
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │2 Jag. │3 Jag. (4│2 Jag. │3 Jag. (4│2 Jag. │3 Jag.
│ │ Btns.).│ │ Btns.).│ │
│ │4 Jag. │ │4 Jag. │ │4 Jag.
│ │5 Jag. │ │5 Jag. │ │5 Jag.
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │ │1 Sqn. 1 Uhlan Rgt.│2 Sqn. 1 Uhlan Rgt.
│ │ (passed to 228 │
│ │ Div. in June, │
│ │ 1917). │
│ │2 Sqn. 2 Uhlan Rgt.│
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │257 F. A. Rgt. │(?) Art. Command: │22 F. A. Rgt.
│2 Mountain Art. │ 257 F. A. Rgt. │1 Abt. 26 Ft. A.
│ Abt. (Bavarian). │ │ Rgt. (1 and 3
│ │ │ Btries.).
│ │ 7 Mountain Art. │843 Light Am. Col.
│ │ Abt. │
│ │ │1157 Light Am. Col.
│ │ │1161 Light Am. Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│ │(220) Pion. Btn.: │42 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │ │
│ │ 105 Pion. Co. │ 105 Pion. Co.
│ │ 282 Pion. Co. │ 282 Pion. Co.
│ │ 173 Mountain T. M.│ 173 T. M. Co.
│ │ Co. │
│ │ 200 Tel. Detch. │ 99 Searchlight
│ │ │ Section.
│ │ │200 Signal Command:
│ │ │ 200 Tel. Detch.
│ │ │ 50 Wireless Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │214 Ambulance Co. │214 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │44 Field Hospital. │44 Field Hospital.
│ │370 Field Hospital.│19 Bav. Field
│ │ │ Hospital.
│ │Vet. Hospital. │300 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transport. │ │M. T. Col. │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │35 Landst. Inf. │ │
│ Rgt. │ │
│37 Landst. Inf. │ │
│ Rgt. │ │
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
1916.
CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS.
1. The 200th Division, composed of three regiments of Jaegers, was
formed in July, 1916, in Galicia with the 3rd Jaeger Regiment (4
battalions equipped with skis) coming from the Alpine Corps, with the
4th Jaegers (11th Battalion of Jaegers), 5th and 6th Battalions of
Reserve Jaegers, and with the 5th Jaegers (17th, 18th, and 23d
Battalions of Reserve Jaegers).
BUKOVINA.
The 200th Division, together with the 1st Division, formed the
Carpathian Corps. The division took part in the counteroffensive in the
Carpathians against the Russians and beginning in September 1, 1916,
occupied a sector to the north of Mont Tomnatik (Bukovina.)
1917.
BUKOVINA.
1. The 200th Division stayed in the same part of the Carpathians (south
of Mt. Pnevié-Mt. Tomnatik) until July, 1917. At this time it took part
in the offensive waged in Bukovina and took a position north of the
Sereth. It was kept here until September.
2. At the end of September the 200th Division was entrained for Italy.
Its itinerary to Vienna was Kolomea-Lemberg-Cracaw.
ITALY.
3. Detraining in the vicinity of Laibach, it went toward the Italian
frontier, where it took about 15 days’ rest. On October 22 it drew near
the Italian frontier and on the 24th was engaged in the offensive on the
Isonzo and advanced by way of Cividale and Udine, where it fought the
Italian rear guards (Oct. 28–30). It reached Codroipo about November 3
and Quero on the Piave the 23d.
MONT TOMBA.
4. After a short period of rest it was again sent to the Mont Tomba
region in December.
RECRUITING.
The 200th Division had recruits from the various mountainous districts
of the empire—Upper Silesia, Harz, Black Forest, etc.—which gave it a
certain character in spite of the different sources of its recruiting.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
Composed of young and vigorous men with high morale, the 200th was one
of the best divisions in the German Army (1918).
1918.
FRANCE.
1. After having suffered heavy losses, the 200th Division was withdrawn
about the 1st of January, and went to rest for about a month southeast
of Bellune. Early in February, it entrained at Santa Lucia and traveled
via Rosenheim-Munich-Ulm-Freiburg-Colmar. It detrained at Bening and
went to rest and to be trained for about three weeks in the vicinity of
St. Avold.
MONTDIDIER.
2. The division entrained near Marsal (southwest of Dieuze) on the 26th
of March and, traveling via Thionville-Luxemburg-Namur, detrained at
Cambrai two days later. It rested in the caserne here until the 31st,
when it marched to Peronne, where it remained in the English barracks
the 2d and 3d of April, when it marched via Guillaucourt to Moreuil
(northwest of Montdidier). During the night of the 7th–8th it relieved
the 14th Division west of Moreuil. It was relieved on May 14 by the 192d
Division. It was reported near Quesnoy the end of May and in the Le
Cateau region early in June. Men of one of its regiments were reported
as having been seen near Fere en Tardenois on the 3d of June. Again,
parts of the division were reported near Caudry and Chateau Thierry
during June.
MARNE.
3. On the 15th of July the division attacked west of Dormans. It crossed
the Marne at Sailly, and was identified at Chapelle Monthod on the
following day. In this fighting, the division suffered very heavy
losses. The colonel and all the battalion commanders of the 3rd Jaeger
Regiment were lost. It was withdrawn from line on the 21st.
4. During the night of the 26th–27th it came back into line near
Roncheres (north of Dormans), its mission being to cover the retreat
between Sergy and the Meuniere wood. It was withdrawn about the 3d of
August and went to the Sedan area, where it rested for a fortnight.
5. During the night of the 22d–23d the division relieved the 22d Reserve
Division northwest of Souain. In the heavy fighting that followed the
division lost heavily. It was driven back to St. Etienne à Arnes, where
it was relieved by the 195th Division on the 6th of October.
WASSIGNY.
6. The division then moved by easy stages, with frequent halts, via
Rozoy-Montcornet-Origny-Escautpont-Le Nouvion-Beaurepaire-Barzy. During
the night of October 22–23 it relieved the 5th Reserve Division near
Oisy (east of Wassigny). It had not been withdrawn on the 11th of
November.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 200th was rated as a second-class division. Composed of Jaeger
units, which are good fighters, it distinguished itself in the East and
in Italy, and did well in the heavy fighting it was called upon to do on
the Western Front, though not brilliantly. It was one of the best of the
second-class divisions.
201st Division.
COMPOSITION.
─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
│ 1916 │ 1917 │ 1918[32]
─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
Infantry. │401. │401. │402. │401. │402. │401.
│ │402. │ │402. │ │402.
│402. │403. │ │403. │ │403.
│ │404. │ │ │ │
─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
Cavalry. │ │4 Sqn. 4 Mounted │4 Sqn. 7 Drag. Rgt.
│ │ Jag. Rgt. (?). │
│ │4 Sqn. 7 Drag. Rgt.│
│ │ (?). │
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Artillery. │401 F. A. Abt. │Art. Command: │156 Art. Command:
│402 F. A. Rgt. │ 401 F. A. Rgt. │ 402 F. A. Rgt.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Engineers and│401 Pion. Co. │(201) Pion. Btn.: │201 Pion. Btn.:
Liaisons. │ │ │
│ │ 385 Pion. Co. │ 385 Pion. Co.
│ │ 401 Pion. Co. │ 401 Pion. Co.
│ │ 181 T. M. Co. │ 358 Pion. Co.
│ │ 50 Searchlight │ 2 Res. Co. 7
│ │ Section. │ Pions.
│ │ 201 Tel. Detch. │ 50 Searchlight
│ │ │ Section.
│ │ │ 181 T. M. Co.
│ │ │ 201 Tel. Detch.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Medical and │ │401 Ambulance Co. │401 Ambulance Co.
Veterinary.│ │ │
│ │401 Field Hospital.│401 Field Hospital.
│ │402 Field Hospital.│402 Field Hospital.
│ │66 Res. Field │66 Res. Field
│ │ Hospital. │ Hospital.
│ │Vet. Hospital. │Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transport. │ │863 M. T. Col. │611 M. T. Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Odd Units. │ │201 Cyclist Co. │201 Cyclist Co.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
Footnote 32:
Composition at the time of dissolution, November, 1918.
HISTORY.
(401st Regiment; 20th Corps District. 402d Regiment; 17th Corps
District. 403d Regiment, 5th Corps District.)
1916.
The 201st is one of a series of divisions (numbered 201–204) created at
the beginning of July, 1916, at the time of the Russian offensive
conducted by Broussilov.
The 201st Division was formed out of recruits obtained from depots in
the 5th, 17th and 20th Corps Districts. The Allenstein (401st) Regiment
and the Danzig (402d) Regiment came from the Arys cantonment. The Glogau
(403d) Regiment and the Posen (404th) came from the Warthe cantonment.
Men taken from the front, convalescents from depots and a majority of
young men from the class of 1917 made up the initial strength, which was
230 to 240 men per company.
RUSSIA.
1. As soon as formed the division occupied a sector on the Russian front
(north of Baranovitchi) and stayed there from the beginning of July,
1916, to the beginning of December, 1917. During this period it only
took part in two local actions (November, 1916, and November, 1917).
1917.
1. The 404th Infantry was taken away from this division in the beginning
of 1917 and was joined to the divisions in the neighborhood (the 18th
Landwehr Division and later the 4th Landwehr Division).
RUSSIA-FRANCE.
2. At the end of November, 1917, the 201st Division was relieved,
reassembled at Baranovitchi, and entrained for the Western Front.
(Itinerary: Baranovitchi-Brest-Litowsk-Warsaw-Chemnitz-Nuerenberg-
Heilbronn-Rastatt-Sarreguemines.)
LORRAINE.
3. Beginning on December 15, elements of the 201st Division were put in
line on the right bank of the Moselle opposite the Xon (northeast of
Pont a Mousson).
RECRUITING.
The eastern Provinces of the Empire.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 201st Division was composed to the extent of at least one-half of
young and vigorous men. It had not been exhausted physically and had in
no way lost its morale. Fraternization did not lessen its morale, but
rather raised it on account of their belief that war could be terminated
on the Western Front by an easy victory after peace was concluded with
Russia.
Since its return from Russia its regiments had undergone an intensive
training in trench and open warfare (February, 1918).
1918.
WOEVRE.