HISTORY.
1915.
The 4th Guard Division was formed on the Russian front in March, 1915.
Russia.
1. From March 14 to July 12 the 4th Guard Division was in line near Przasnysz. It belonged to Gallwitz’s army, which was operating north of the Vistula.
2. From July 13 to September 28 the division took part in many fights, notably on the Narew, and took part in the pursuit as far as the region of the marshes of Lithuania.
3. Withdrawn from the front and reached Kovno on foot, where it entrained for the Western Front on October 10 via Koenigsberg, Luebeck, Hamburg, Aix-la-Chapelle, Namur. Detrained at Douai and sent to rest.
France.
4. From November 14 to 26 it occupied a sector near Arras, then went to rest near Cambrai.
5. From December 15, 1915, to January 4, 1916, it built entrenchments in the region of Wytschaete-Messines.