Meuse-Argonne.
7. On September 26 the division was in line in the Bois des Caures. It continued to hold a sector in the region until the armistice. The last identification was northwest of Ornes on November 10.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as second class. Its heavy losses at Moreuil in June and the ravages of the grippe in the summer lowered the morale. On the other hand, a document of October 4 indicated that the division had been congratulated by the Kaiser for its “heroic conduct.”
15th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 25 Res. | 29 Res. | 25 Res. | 29 Res. | 25 Res. | 30 Res. | 17 Res. | 30 Res. | 17 Res. | |
| 69 Res. | 69 Res. | 69 Res. | 25 Res. | 25 Res. | ||||||
| 17 Res. | 80 Res. | 17 Res. | 80 Res. | 17 Res. | 69 Res. | 69 Res. | ||||
| 30 Res. | 30 Res. | 30 Res. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 5 Res. Uhlan Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | 5 Res. Uhlan Rgt. | 5 Res. Uhlan Rgt. | 5 Res. Uhlan Rgt. (? 3d Sqn.) | 2 Sqn. 8 Cuirassier Rgt. | |||||
| Artillery. | 15 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 15 Res. F. A. Rgt. (after Mar., | 15 Res. F. A. Rgt. (8 Btries.). | 104 Art. Command: | 104 Art. Command: | |||||
| 1915, 8 Btries.). | 15 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 15 Res. F. A. Rgt. | ||||||||
| 125 Ft. A. Btn. (Staff, 1, 2, and 3d Btries.). | ||||||||||
| 1064 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1066 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1067 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 4 Field Co., 2 Pion. Btn. No. 8. | 4 Field Co., 2 Pion. Btn. No. 8. | 4 Field Co., 2 Pion. Btn. No. 8. | 315 Pion Btn.: | 315 Pion Btn.: | |||||
| 15 Res. Pont. Engs. | 2 Co. 31 Pion. Rgt. | 4 Co. 8 Pion. | 4 Co. 8 Pion. | |||||||
| 15 Res. Tel. Detch. | 5 Co. 31 Pion. Rgt. | 6 Co. 8 Pion. | 6 Co. 8 Pion. | |||||||
| 215 T. M. Co. | 215 T. M. Co. | 53 Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 15 Res. Pont. Engs. | 257 Searchlight Section. | 215 T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 15 Res. Tel. Detch. | 415 Tel. Detch. | 415 Signal Command: | ||||||||
| 415 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 37 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 508 Ambulance Co. | 508 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 37 Res. Field Hospital. | 37 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 38 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 415 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | M. T. Col. | 714 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| Odd units. | 78 Anti-Aircraft section. | |||||||||
| Attached. | 504 F. A. Rgt. (Staff, 2 and 3 Abt.). | |||||||||
| 3 Abt. 4 Ft. A. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| 708 Transport Park. | ||||||||||
| 30 Ammunition Col. | ||||||||||
| 133 and 18 Bav. Supply Trains. | ||||||||||
| 238 Reconnaissance Flight. | ||||||||||
| 119 Balloon Sqn. | ||||||||||
| 136 Labor Btn. | ||||||||||
| 92 Art. Observation Section. | ||||||||||
| (Elements attached Oct. 12, 1918, from German document.) | ||||||||||
HISTORY.
(25th Reserve Infantry Regiment, 69th Reserve Infantry Regiment: 8th Corps District—Rhine Province. 17th Reserve Infantry Regiment: 21st Corps District—Lorraine.)