The division is a fourth-class one, being used only to hold one of the calmest sectors on the western front. All the young men were taken away from the division (except those in machine-gun and assault companies) and exchanged for older ones. In October the father of six children was captured. Morale was low, discipline poor. Several prisoners stated that the men did not hesitate to say, even in front of their officers, that the war had been lost by Germany and that they were thoroughly sick of it.
6th Cavalry Division (Dismounted).
COMPOSITION.
| 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Cavalry. | 5 Cav. | 2 Drag. |
| 3 Uhlan. | ||
| 7 Cuirassier. | ||
| 45 Cav. | 7 Res. Drag. | |
| 13 Hus. | ||
| 13 Horse Jag. | ||
| 3 Cav. | 2 Cuirassier. | |
| 9 Uhlan. | ||
| 12 Hus. | ||
| Artillery. | 133 Art. Command. | |
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 21 Pion. Btn. | |
| 319 T. M. Co. | ||
| 674 Wireless Detch. | ||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 256 Ambulance Co. | |
| 106 Field Hospital. | ||
| 261 Vet. Hospital. | ||
| Attached. | 70 Ldw. Inf. Brig. | |
HISTORY.
1918.
Alsace.
1. The division held the Badonviller sector until the last of April, when it was relieved by the 21st Landwehr Division. It rested at Mulhausen until July. At this time it was reorganized as a division of nine dismounted cavalry regiments.
Ypres.
2. On July 1 it entrained at Sierenz and traveled via Saarburg-Eupen-Liege-Brussels-Courtrai to Ingelmunster, where it detrained on July 3. The division then went into rest billets in the Iseghem-Winkel St. Eloi and Lendelede area, and on the night of July 27–28 it relieved the 1st Landwehr Division east of Ypres.