Both on the Aisne in September and in the Argonne the division’s losses were extremely heavy. Battalions were reduced to three companies in October. By the 20th of October the remnants of the companies were combined to make one.
5th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 9. | 8 Body Gren. | 9. | 8 Body Gren. | 10. | 8 Body Gren. | 10. | 8 Body Gren. | 10. | 8 Body Gren. |
| 48. | 48. | 12 Gren. | 12 Gren. | 12 Gren. | ||||||
| 10. | 12 Gren. | 10. | 12 Gren. | 52. | 52. | 52. | ||||
| 52. | 52. | |||||||||
| Cavalry. | 3 Hus. Rgt. (3 Sqns.) | (?) | 3 Hus. Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | 3 Hus. Rgt. (?). | 3 Sqn. 3 Hus. Rgt. | |||||
| Artillery. | 5 Brig.: | 5 Brig.: | 5 Brig.: | 5 Art. Command: | 142 Art. Command: | |||||
| 18 F. A. Rgt. | 18 F. A. Rgt. | 18 F. A. Rgt. | 18 F. A. Rgt. | 18 F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 54 F. A. Rgt. | 54 F. A. Rgt. | 54 F. A. Rgt. | 67 Ft. A. Btn. (Staff and 1, 2, and 3 Btries). | |||||||
| 848 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 879 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 792 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liasions. | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 3: | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 3: | 116 Pion. Btn. (formerly 1 Pion. Btn. No. 3): | 116 Pion. Btn.: | ||||||
| Field Co. 3 Pions. | 1 Co. 3 Pions. | 1 Co. 3 Pions. | 1 Co. 3 Pions. | |||||||
| 5 Pont. Engs. | 5 Pont. Engs. | 2 Co. 3 Pions. | 2 Co. 3 Pions. | |||||||
| 5 Tel. Detch. | 5 Tel. Detch. | 5 T. M. Co. | 14 Bav. Pion. Co. | |||||||
| 5 T. M. Co. | 319 Searchlight Section. | 5 T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 5 Tel. Detch. | 35 Searchlight Section. | |||||||||
| 99 Searchlight Section. | 5 Signal Command: | |||||||||
| 5 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 29 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 9 Ambulance Co. | 9 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| Field Hospital. | 27 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 26 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 5 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | 11 Supply Train. | 538 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| Attached. | Field M. G. Co. of the 10 Brig. | M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| M. G. S. S. Detch. No. 5. | ||||||||||
| 68 Anti-Aircraft Sect. | ||||||||||
HISTORY.
(Third District—Brandenburg.)
1914.
France.
1. The 5th Division with the 6th Division formed the 3d Army Corps. At the beginning of the campaign it was part of the 1st Army (Von Kluck). It detrained near Aix la Chapelle August 9 and 10, entered Belgium the 14th, and passed through Louvain the 19th. Took part in the battle of Charleroi and the battle of the Marne (at Sancy and Cerneux, Sept. 6), then in the battles between the Aisne and the Marne in September, and was finally stabilized between the Aisne and the Oise, in the region Vailly and Soissons.