It was rated as a fourth-class division. Its losses apart from the St. Mihiel attack were negligible. In the attack it did fairly well, without heavy loss. The morale was fair.
8th. Bavarian Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 15 Bav. Res. | 18 Bav. Res. | 15 Bav. Res. | 18 Bav. Res. | 15 Bav. Res. | 18 Bav. Res. | 15 Bav. Res. | 19 Bav. Res. |
| 19 Bav. Res. | 19 Bav. Res. | 19 Bav. Res. | 22 Bav. Res. | |||||
| 16 Bav. Res. | 22 Bav. Res. | 16 Bav. Res. | 22 Bav. Res. | 16 Bav. Res. | 22 Bav. Res. | 23 Bav. Res. | ||
| 23 Bav. Res. | 23 Bav. Res. | 23 Bav. Res. | ||||||
| Wurtt. Mountain Btn. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 8 Bav. Res. Cav. Detch. | 8 Bav. Res. Cav. Detch. | 8 Bav. Res. Cav. Detch. | 8 Bav. Res. Cav. Detch. | ||||
| Artillery. | 8 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 8 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 8 Bav. Art. Command: | 8 Bav. Art. Command: | ||||
| 9 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 9 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 8 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 9 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | |||||
| 9 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 19 Bav. Ft. A. Btn. | |||||||
| 105 Bav. Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| 171 Bav. Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| 172 Bav. Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 9 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | 8 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | (20 Bav.) Pion. Btn.: | 20 Bav. Pion. Btn.: | ||||
| 9 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | 5 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | 8 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | ||||||
| 208 Bav. T. M. Co. | 8 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | 9 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | ||||||
| 8 Bav. Res. Pont. Engs. | 9 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | 20 Bav. Searchlight Section. | ||||||
| 8 Bav. Res. Tel. Detch. | 208 Bav. T. M. Co. | 208 Bav. T. M. Col. | ||||||
| 3 Bav. Res. Searchlight Section. | 408 Bav. Signal Command: | |||||||
| 803 Tel. Detch. | 408 Bav. Tel. Detch. | |||||||
| 99 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 18 Bav. Ambulance Co. | 18 Bav. Ambulance Co. | ||||||
| 30 Bav. Ambulance Co. | 65 Bav. Field Hospital. | |||||||
| 55 Bav. Field Hospital. | 57 Bav. Field Hospital. | |||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||
| Transports. | 753 M. T. Col. | |||||||
| Attached. | 8 Bav. Res. Cyclist Co. | 8 Bav. Res. Cyclist Co. | 1 Landst. Inf. Btn. 10 C. Dist. | |||||
| 81 Anti-Aircraft Section. | 1, 2, and 3 Abtls. 24 Res. F. A. Rgt. | |||||||
| 6 Bav. Labor Btn. | 69 Ldw. Ft. A. Btn. | |||||||
| 64 Labor Btn. | 14, 33, and 34 Mortar Btries. | |||||||
| 69 Labor Btn. | 52 Searchlight Section. | |||||||
| 94 Pion. Btn. | ||||||||
| 66 Balloon Sqn. | ||||||||
| 115 Observation Section. | ||||||||
| 2 Sound Ranging Section. | ||||||||
| 286 Reconnaisance Flight. | ||||||||
| Elements attached in October, 1918. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(19th Bavarian Reserve: First Bavarian District. 22d Bavarian Reserve: Second Bavarian District. 23d Bavarian Reserve: Third Bavarian District.)
1915.
Alsace.
1. The division was organized in January, 1915 (second series of new reserve divisions) and was identified on the front for the first time at the beginning of February, 1915, in the valley of the Lauch and at Hartmannswillerkopf. It fought at the end of February in the region of Munster-Metzeral-Sultzeren. On the 24th it took part in the attack of Reichackerkopf and lost heavily.
2. Since that time and until May the division remained in the same sector of Alsace.