2. The division was relieved from the Neuve Chapelle sector May 10 and went into line northeast of Arras (Oppy, Fresnoy, Acheville), in the middle of May. They suffered some loss from gas attacks.
Flanders.
3. The division left Artois September 10 and went to Flanders (sector northeast of Langemarck) September 29. The British attack of October 4 caused it heavy losses and it lost Poelcappelle to the British.
4. Relieved October 8, sent to rest, and reorganized.
Artois.
5. On October 18 it appeared south of the La Bassee Canal, where it suffered again from gas attacks.
RECRUITING.
Upper Palatinate and part of Lower Bavaria (Third Bavarian district).
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The morale of the division was good. On the Fresnoy front in 1917 it showed activity and enterprise. It always reacted quickly against attacks, but it seems that it could easily be persuaded to adopt a more passive attitude if circumstances were such as to permit it (information of the British, February, 1918).