VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as a fourth-class division.
9th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 17. | 19. | 17. | 19. | 18. | 7 Gren. | 18. | 7 Gren. | 18. | 7. |
| 58. | 58. | 19. | 19. | 19. | ||||||
| 18. | 7 Gren. | 18. | 7 Gren. | 154. | 154. | 154. | ||||
| 154. | 154. | |||||||||
| Cavalry. | 1 Uhlan Regt. | 1 and 2 Sqns., 1 Uhlan Regt. | 2 Sqn. 1 Horse Jag. Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 1 Horse Jag. Rgt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 9 Brig.: | 9 Brig.: | 9 Brig.: | 9 Art. Command: | 9 Art. Command: | |||||
| 5 F. A. Rgt. | 5 F. A. Rgt. | 5 F. A. Rgt. | 5 F. A. Rgt. | 5 F. A. Rgt. (except 4 Abt.) | ||||||
| 41 F. A. Rgt. | 41 F. A. Rgt. | 41 F. A. Rgt. | 2 Abt. 6 Res. Ft. A. Rgt. (5, 6, and 12 Btries.). | |||||||
| 907 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1175 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1201 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 55: | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 5: | 120 Pion. Btn.: | 120 Pion. Btn.: | ||||||
| Field Co. 5 Pions. | 1 Co. 5 Pions. | 1 Co. 5 Pions. | 5 Co. 5 Pions. | |||||||
| 9 Pont. Engs. | 9 Pont. Engs. | 5 Co. 5 Pions. | 1 Co. 5 Pions. | |||||||
| 9 Tel. Detch. | 9 Tel. Detch. | 9 T. M. Co. | 9 T. M. Co. | |||||||
| 9 T. M. Co. | 304 Searchlight Section. | 194 Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 9 Tel. Detch. | 9 Signal Command: | |||||||||
| 9 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 53 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 14 Ambulance Co. | 14 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 45 Field Hospital. | 48 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 48 Field Hospital. | 52 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 52 Field Hospital. | 9 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||||
| 9 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | M. T. Col. | 542 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| Attached. | 37 Searchlight Section. | 37 Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(Fifth District—Lower Silesia.)
1914.
Cotes de Meuse.
1. The 9th Division with the 10th Division, formed the 5th Army Corps (Posen), and at the beginning of the war was part of the 5th Army (German Crown Prince). Detrained August 9 to 10 in annexed Lorraine, near Bouzonville, and fought August 22 at Virton. After a number of marches and countermarches in Woevre, it established itself during the first days of September with the 10th Division in a sector of Cotes de Meuse (Calonne trench). It remained there about two years from September, 1914, to September, 1916, with rest billets in the villages of the Woevre at the foot of the hills (Thillot, Woël, Hannonville, etc.).