3. On September 1 it was in Belgium, where it was engaged on both sides of the Ypres-Menin road until September 25. The 3d Battalion of the 4th Bavarian Reserve Regiment was almost destroyed on September 20.
Galicia.
4. At the beginning of October the division was transferred to the eastern front and sent into line southeast of Tarnopol in December.
5. At the end of autumn 1917, the 28th Ersatz Regiment (Baden) was withdrawn from the division and replaced by the 18th Bavarian Reserve. The division was then entirely Bavarian.
RECRUITING.
The Bavarian Ersatz Division is recruited from the 1st and 2d Bavarian Corps districts.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The Bavarian Ersatz Division is a very mediocre division.