Part 84
─────────────┬───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────── │ 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.
─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 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.
SERBIA.
3. Chosen to participate in the offensive against Serbia, it was entrained at Warsaw and went into action on the Serbian front on October 7. It was at Nish on December 9.
1916.
SERBIA.
1. At the end of January, 1916, the 101st Division was still in Serbia and with the 103d Division formed the 4th Reserve Corps.
MACEDONIA.
2. In February it was in front of Monastir.
VARDAR.
3. In March, together with the 103d Division, it was near the Greek frontier in the Vardar Valley (Guevgueli) (March to November). In August it supported the 5th Bulgarian Division.
CERNA.
4. In November the 45th and the 146th Regiments occupied the bend of the Cerna, while the 59th Regiment continued to hold the left bank of the Vardar.
1917.
MACEDONIA.
1. The Division was materially changed in 1917. The 45th was replaced by the 11th Grenadiers, which had in November, 1916, left the 11th Division in France to join the Hippel Division in front of Monastir. In June the 59th Regiment was withdrawn from the division and sent to the Roumanian front. It was replaced by the 9th Jaeger Regiment.
2. The 101st Division was kept on the Macedonian front (Vardar Valley, Doiran, Monastir) to the end of 1917, seemingly after that it breaks up. The 146th Infantry was still in the vicinity of Monastir in December and was reported as being sent toward Constantinople and Palestine (March, 1918). In March, 1918, the 9th Regiment of Jaegers arrived in Alsace.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The division is rated as third class.
1918.
The 101st Division is considered as consisting of a divisional staff only, administering Bulgarian units. The division is, therefore, no longer counted as a German infantry division. The 12th active and 12th and 13th Reserve Jaeger Battalions are considered independent units.
103d Division.
COMPOSITION.