1917.
1. In June, 1917, while still in line in front of Bois de Ploegsteert, it was in part subjected to the British attack against Messines ridge, and suffered especially from the artillery preparations. It lost 200 prisoners.
2. Relieved from the Belgian front about June 16 and sent to rest in the region of Audenarde until July 7.
3. Beginning July 9, it was engaged southeast of Armentieres (between the Lys and Wez-Macquart) July and August.
4. Withdrawn from the Armentieres sector in the middle of September and went into line northeast of Ypres, between Zonnebeke and Passchendaele, from September 26 to October 27. Suffered heavy losses (30 per cent of its forces).
Lorraine.
5. October 11 entrained at Pitthem and went to Conflans the 13th from where it went into line in the region of Thiaucourt (Limey sector). It was there still in February, 1918.
RECRUITING.
Lower Franconia and Bavarian Palatinate.