Meuse.
7. On August 20 it was transferred to the right bank of the Meuse (Beaumont sector). It received the French attack of August 26 (7 officers and 390 men prisoners, mostly from the 475th Infantry Regiment). It counterattacked to relieve Beaumont and remained in line until September 10.
Aisne.
8. From the beginning of October until December 16 it held the sector of Berry au Bac, where its only activity consisted in one raid on November 12.
RECRUITING.
The 242d Division was recruited entirely from Wurttemberg.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
In Champagne the 242d Division showed itself energetic and tenacious (May, 1917).
It was a good division, with a high morale, and the prisoners talked very little (December, 1917).
The 242d Division was listed as an assault division and received the training for divisions of that category (February-March, 1918).