Loos.
3. At the battle of Loos during the counterattack the division suffered heavy losses in September and October.
1916.
1. In 1916 until the battle of the Somme the division did not take part in any serious engagements. It was established in the Loos sector. July 3 it left this front for the Somme.
Somme.
2. In the middle of July it went into battle on the Pozieres-Longueval-Bois Delville front and suffered very heavy losses.
3. Toward the end of July it was relieved and sent to rest in the region of Valenciennes.
4. August 9 it took over a quiet sector before Arras and stayed there about five weeks.
5. About September 18 it again went into the battle of the Somme. It held the Thiepval-Courcelette sector, where it had some hard fighting, which caused it heavy losses.