4th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 7. | 14. | 7. | 14. | 7. | 14. | 8. | 14. | 8. | 14. |
| 149. | 149. | 149. | 49. | 49. | ||||||
| 8. | 49. | 8. | 49. | 8. | 49. | 140. | 140. | |||
| 140. | 140. | 140. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 12 Drag. Rgt. (v. Arnim). | 12 Drag. Regt. | 3d Sqn. Horse Gren. Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 3 Horse Gren. Rgt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 4 Brig.: | 4 Brig.: | 4 Brig.: | 4 Art. Command: | 4 Art. Command: | |||||
| 17 F. A. Rgt. | 17 F. A. Rgt. | 17 F. A. Rgt. | 53 F. A. Rgt. | 53 F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 53 F. A. Rgt. | 53 F. A. Rgt. | 53 F. A. Rgt. | 48 Ft. A. Btn. | |||||||
| 939 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 945 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1319 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 2: | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 2: | 114 Pion. Btn.: | 114 Pion. Btn.: | ||||||
| Field Co. 1 Pion. Btn. No. 2. | 2 Co. 2 Pions. | 2 Co. 2 Pions. | 2 Co. 2 Pions. | |||||||
| 4 Pont. Engs. | 4 T. M. Co. | 5 Co. 2 Pions. | 5 Co. 2 Pions. | |||||||
| 4 Tel. Detch. | 4 Pont. Engs. | 2 Co. 114 Pions. | 4 T. M. Co. | |||||||
| 4 Tel. Detch. | 4 T. M. Co. | 55 Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 7 Searchlight Section. | 4 Signals Command: | |||||||||
| 4 Tel. Detch. | 4 Tel. Detch. | |||||||||
| 4 Pont. Engs. | 72 Wireless Detch. | |||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 6 Ambulance Co. | 6 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 17 Field Hospital. | 17 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 19 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 131 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transport. | 8 Truck Train. | 537 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| 9 Truck Train. | ||||||||||
| 537 M. T. Col. | ||||||||||
| Attached. | Construction Co. | |||||||||
HISTORY.
(Second District—Pomerania.)
1914.
France.
1. At the beginning of the campaign the 4th Division fought on the Western Front until November, 1914. It detrained at Rheydt on August 9 and 10, and entered Belgium on the 14th and France on the 25th. Fought at Sailly-Saillisel on the 28th; reached Grand-Morin September 5 and fought at Acy en Multien on the 6th. After retreating to the north of Soissons it remained south of Roye from the end of September to the end of October, and was near Ypres in November.
Russia.
2. Sent to Russia and took part in the second offensive on Warsaw.