4. Upon its relief on July 26 the division marched to the Ligny en Cambresis area in stages. There it rested until August 29, when it entrained at Solesmes and traveled via Valenciennes-Condes-Ath-Ghent to Roubaix. After two days’ rest it reentrained and was railed via Courtrai to Isegheim, relieving the 6th Cavalry Division east of Ypres on the night of August 31-September 1.
Flanders.
5. In this sector the division sustained an attack by the British on September 28. It was thrown back on Moorslede with a loss of 3,000 prisoners. The division was relieved on October 1.
6. The division rested at Roubaix until October 17, when it returned to line southeast of Herseaux. It continued in this region until the armistice. The last identification was at Cordes.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as a third-class division. Its morale appears to have been low in the summer and fall of 1918.
13th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 25. | 13. | 25. | 13. | 26. | 13. | 26. | 13. | 26. | 13. |
| 158. | 158. | 15. | 15. | 15. | ||||||
| 26. | 15. | 26. | 15. | 55. | 55. | 55. | ||||
| 55. | 55. | |||||||||
| 11 Jag. Btn. (Oct. 1914-Mar. 1915). | ||||||||||
| Cavalry. | 16 Uhlan Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | 16 Uhlans (2 Sqns.). | 3 Sqn. 16 Uhlan Rgt. | 3 Sqn. 16 Uhlan Rgt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 13 Brig.: | 13 Brig.: | 13 Brig.: | 13 Art. Command: | 13 Art. Command: | |||||
| 22 F. A. Rgt. | 22 F. A. Rgt. | 22 F. A. Rgt. | 58 F. A. Rgt. | 58 F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 58 F. A. Rgt. | 58 F. A. Rgt. | 58 F.A. Rgt. | 151 Ft. A. Btn. | |||||||
| 856 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 859 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 861 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 7: | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 7: | 124 Pion. Btn. (1 Pion. Btn. No. 7): | 7 Pion. Btn.: | ||||||
| Field Co. 7 Pions. | 1 Co. 7 Pions. | 1 Co. 7 Pions. | 1 Co. 7 Pions. | |||||||
| 13 Pont.-Engs. | 13 T. M. Co. | 2 Co. 7 Pions. | 2 Co. 7 Pions. | |||||||
| 13 Tel. Detch. | 13 Pont.-Engs. | 13 T. M. Co. | 13 T. M. Co. | |||||||
| 13 Tel. Detch. | 7 Searchlight Section. | 13 Signal Command: | ||||||||
| 13 Tel. Detch. | 13 Tel. Detch. | |||||||||
| 5 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 17 Ambulance Co. | 17 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| Field Hospital No. 73. | 70 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 73 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 13 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | M. T. Col. | 546 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| Attached. | 41 Anti-Aircraft Sect. M. G. S. S. Detch. No. 75. | |||||||||
| 546 Supply Train. | ||||||||||
| 265 A. Air. Sqn. | ||||||||||
| 10 Air. Sqn. | ||||||||||
| 37 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| 87 Labor Btn. | ||||||||||
| 2 Co. 11 Labor Btn. | ||||||||||
| 306 Wagon Train. | ||||||||||