3. The division continued in line until the armistice.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 5th Landwehr Division was rated as a fourth-class division. In 1918 it held the Apremont sector continuously, showing no initiative or capacity for offensive operation, but due to the small losses and heavy effectives it offered as much resistance to our attack in September as did the other German divisions in the salient.
5th Bavarian Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 9 Bav. | 14 Bav. | 9 Bav. | 14 Bav. | 9 Bav. | 14 Bav. | 10 Bav. | 7 Bav. | 10 Bav. | 7 Bav. |
| 21 Bav. | 21 Bav. | 21 Bav. | 19 Bav. | 19 Bav. | ||||||
| 10 Bav. | 7 Bav. | 10 Bav. | 7 Bav. | 10 Bav. | 7 Bav. | 21 Bav. | 21 Bav. | |||
| 19 Bav. | 19 Bav. | 19 Bav. | ||||||||
| 2 Bav. Res. Jag. Btn. | 2 Bav. Res. Jag. Btn. | |||||||||
| Cavalry. | 7 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt. | 7 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt. | 7 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt. (2 Sqns.). | 2 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt. (4 Sqns.). | 4 Sqns. 2 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt. | |||||
| Artillery. | 5 Bav. Brig.: | 5 Bav. Brig.: | 5 Bav. Brig.: | 5 Bav. Art. Command: | 5 Bav. Art. Command: | |||||
| 6 Bav. F. A. Rgt. | 6 Bav. F. A. Rgt. | 6 Bav. F. A. Rgt. | 6 Bav. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 10 Bav. F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 10 Bav. F. A. Rgt. | 10 Bav. F. A. Rgt. | 10 Bav. F. A. Rgt. | 3 Abt. 1 Bav. F. A. Rgt. (Staff, and 9, 10, and 11 Btries.). | |||||||
| 103 Bav. Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 109 Bav. Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 166 Bav. Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 and 4 Field Cos. 3 Bav. Pion. Btn. | 1 and 4 Field Cos. 3 Bav. Pion. Btn. | 1 and 4 Field Cos. 3 Bav. Pion. Btn. | (S) 5 Bav. Pion. Btn.: | 3 Bav. Pion. Btn.: | |||||
| 5 Bav. Pont. Engs. | 5 Bav. T. M. Co. | 10 Bav. Pion. Co. | 10 Bav. Pion. Co. | |||||||
| 5 Bav. Tel. Detch. | 5 Bav. Pont. Engs. | 13 Bav. Pion. Co. | 13 Bav. Pion. Co. | |||||||
| 5 Bav. Tel. Detch. | 5 Bav. T. M. Co. | 5 Bav. Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 5 Bav. Tel. Detch. | 5 Bav. Signal Command: | |||||||||
| 5 Bav. Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 100 Bav. Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 3 Bav. Ambulance Co. | 6 Bav. Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 6 Bav. Ambulance Co. | 21 Bav. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Field Hospital. | 25 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transport. | 114 M. T. Col. | 685 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| Attached. | 84 Labor Btn. Anti-Aircraft. | |||||||||
| Section 1 Bav. Balloon Sqn. | ||||||||||
HISTORY.
(Upper and Middle Franconia—Bavaria.)