HISTORY.
(384th Landwehr Regiment: 4th Corps District-Prussian Saxony. 386th Landwehr Regiment: 9th Corps District-Mecklenburg. 387th Landwehr Regiment: (?).)
1916.
Belgium.
1. The 20th Landwehr Division dates from September 29, 1916. It was formed at Roulers from the 384th, 386th, and 387th Landwehr Regiments. These regiments, formed at this time, respectively, at Menin, Renaix, and Cooescant, were formed two-thirds of men from the Landsturm battalions assigned to the Service of Supplies in Belgium, and one-third of returned wounded.
Dixmude.
2. At the beginning of October, 1916, the 20th Landwehr Division relieved the 206th Division in the sector Dixmude-Schoorbakke. It was retained there until the middle of November, 1917.
1917.
Cambrai.
1. Sent into line southwest of Cambrai (Nov. 1917), the division suffered heavily in the British offensive of November 20, when it lost 2,773 men as prisoners. It was relieved the day after this action.
Russia.
2. Between November 28 and December 5, the 20th Landwehr Division was transferred to the Eastern Front.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The division is of mediocre value.
1918.
Pinsk-Ukraine.
1. After having held the sector south of Pinsk from December, 1917, to February, 1918, the 20th Landwehr Division went into the Ukraine in March. The 384th Landwehr Regiment was in the region west of Gomel on April 23; the division was at Jitomir in May. The division was still in Ukraine on the 16th of October.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class.