The division was rated as a second-class division. During 1918 its length of stay on the British front was remarkable. Nothing is known of its morale or losses.
9th Landwehr Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 43 Ldw. | 32 Ldw. | 76 Ldw. | 79 Ldw. | 76 Ldw. | 83 Ldw. | 76 Ldw. | 83 Ldw. |
| 83 Ldw. | 83 Ldw. | 116 Ldw. | 116 Ldw. | |||||
| 49 Mixed Ldw. | 116 Ldw. | 49 Ldw. | 116 Ldw. | 118 Ldw. | 118 Ldw. | |||
| 118 Ldw. | 118 Ldw. | |||||||
| 56 Ldw. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | Ldw. Cav. Rgt. (18 C. Dist.). | Ldw. Cav. Rgt. (18 C. Dist.). | 1 Sqn. 4 Res. Drag. Rgt. | 1 Sqn. 4 Res. Drag. Rgt. | ||||
| Artillery. | Ldw. F. A. Rgt. | Ldw. F. A. Rgt. | (?) Art. Command: | 9 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. | ||||
| 9 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (18 C. Dist.). | 2 Ldw. Pion. Co. (10 C. Dist.). | (409) Pion. Btn.: | 409 Pion. Btn.: | ||||
| 1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (18 C. Dist.). | 2 Ldw. Pion. Co. (10 C. Dist.). | 2 Ldw. Co. 10 C. Dist. Pions. | ||||||
| 309 T. M. Co. | 1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (18 C. Dist.). | 1 Ldw. Co. 18 C. Dist. Pions. | ||||||
| 309 T. M. Co. | 309 T. M. Co. | |||||||
| 509 Tel. Detch. | 183 Searchlight Section. | |||||||
| 509 Signal Command: | ||||||||
| 509 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||
| 136 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 566 Ambulance Co. | 566 Ambulance Co. | ||||||
| 62 Field Hospital. | 62 Field Hospital. | |||||||
| 86 Field Hospital. | 13 Ldw. Field Hospital. | |||||||
| 396 Field Hospital. | 509 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||
| Transports. | 221 M. T. Col. | |||||||
| 904 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| Attached. | 151 Labor Btn. | |||||||
| 171 Labor Btn. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(83d Landwehr: Eleventh District—Thuringia and Electoral Hesse. 116th Landwehr and 118th Landwehr: Eighteenth District—Grand Duchy of Hesse.)
1915.
Argonne.
1. This division was organized in the Argonne at the beginning of 1915 from infantry units in sector in that region and in Champagne. The 43d Landwehr Brigade detrained at Boulay (Lorraine) August 20, 1914, and fought in the Woevre the 24th. The 49th Landwehr Brigade was sent to Luxemburg August 20, followed the Eighteenth Reserve Corps, and took part with it in the battle of the Marne. In October the two brigades were in the Argonne.
2. From the time of its organization did not leave the Argonne. From the beginning of 1915 it held the sector at or near the Aisne (north of Ville sur Tourbe and north of Vienne le Chateau).