13th Landwehr Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 61 Res. | 60 Res. | 61 Res. | 15 Ldw. | 60 Ldw. | 15 Ldw. | 60 Ldw. | 15 Ldw. |
| Cassel Landst. Btn. (XI/2). | 82 Ldw. | 60 Ldw. | 60 Ldw. | |||||
| Mayence Landst. Btn. (XVIII/17). | 60 Mixed Ldw. | 60 Ldw. | 82 Ldw. | 82 Ldw. | ||||
| 60 Ldw. | 60 Ldw. | 71 Ldw. | ||||||
| 71 Ldw. | 8 Jag. Btn. | |||||||
| Cavalry. | 5 Sqn. 6 Dragoon Regt. | 5 Sqn. 6 Dragoon Regt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 1 Ers. Abt. 25 F. A. Regt. | 1 Ers. Abt. of the 25 and 84 F. A. Regt. | Art. Command: | 13 Ldw. F. A. Regt. | ||||
| 1 Ers. Abt. 81 F. A. Regt. | 2 Ers. Btry. (27 F. A. Regt.). | 13 Ldw. F. A. Regt. | 1414 Light Am. Col. | |||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (10 C. Dist.). | 1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (10 and 15 C. Dist.). | 413 Pion. Btn.: | 413 Pion Btn.: | ||||
| 313 T. M. Co. | 1 Ldw. Co. 10 Corps. Pions. | 1 Ldw. Co. 10 C. Dist. Pions. | ||||||
| 1 Ldw. Co. 15 Corps. Pions. | 1 Ldw. Co. 15 C. Dist. Pions. | |||||||
| 313 T. M. Co. | 313 T. M. Co. | |||||||
| 513 Tel. Detch. | 207 Searchlight Section. | |||||||
| 513 Signal Command: | ||||||||
| 513 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||
| 22 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 216 Ambulance Co. | 216 Ambulance Co. | ||||||
| 102 Res. Field Hospital. | 102 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||
| 16 Ldw. Field Hospital. | 513 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||
| 513 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||
| Transport. | 782 M. T. Col. | 782 M. T. Col. | ||||||
| 809 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| Attached. | 115 Landst. Inf. Regt. | 44 Art. Survey Section. | ||||||
| 44 Labor Btn. | ||||||||
| 12 C. Dist. Landst. Btn. No. 1. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(15th Landwehr Regiment: 7th Corps District—Westphalia. 60th Landwehr Regiment: 21st Corps District—Lorraine. 82d Landwehr Regiment: 11th Corps District—Thuringia.)
1915.
Lorraine.
1. The 13th Landwehr Division was formed in Lorraine about the middle of May, 1915. It was made up at this time of the 61st Reserve Brigade (60th Reserve Landsturm Battalions, Cassel and Mayence) and of the 60th Landwehr Brigade (the 60th Landwehr Regiment, and the 61st Landwehr Regiment). These elements were already in line on the Lorraine front before the formation of the division. The 71st Landwehr Regiment had been sent on August 10, 1914 (with the 82d Landwehr Regiment) to Strassburg as a garrison. The 60th Landwehr Regiment, beginning on August 11, was guarding the railroads of Lower Alsace. The 60th Infantry Regiment had been engaged in August in the Vosges.
2. The 13th Landwehr Division occupied the sector between Abaucourt and the Bezange woods from May, 1915, to February, 1917. Except for a few raids, it remained on the defensive during this long period.
3. At the end of June, 1915, the 82d Landwehr Regiment replaced the 60th Reserve Regiment.