At the end the effectives of the division was very much reduced.
23d Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 45 Res. | 100 Res. Gren. | 45 Res. | 100 Res. Gren. | 45 Res. | 100 Res. Gren. | 45 Res. | 100 Res. Gren. | 46 Res. | 100 Res. |
| 101 Res. | 100 Res. | 101 Res. | 102 Res. | 102 Res. | ||||||
| 46 Res. | 102 Res. | 46 Res. | 102 Res. | 46 Res. | 102 Res. | 392. | 392. | |||
| 103 Res. | 103 Res. | 103 Res. | ||||||||
| 12 Res. Jag. Btn. | 12 Res. Jag. Btn. | 12 Res. Jag. Btn. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | Res. Hus. Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | Res. Hus. Rgt. | 2 Sqn. Res. Hus. Rgt. (Saxon). | 2 Sqn. 18 Res. Hus. Rgt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 23 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 23 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 23 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 118 Art. Command: | 118 Art. Command: | |||||
| 32 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 32 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 23 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 23 Res. F. A. Rgt. | |||||||
| 1 Abt. 15 Res. Ft. A. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| 875 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1002 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1003 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | (?) Res. Co. 2 Pion. Btn. No. 12. | 4 Field Co. 2 Pion. Btn. No. 12. | 323 Pion. Btn.: | 323 Pion. Btn.: | ||||||
| 23 Res. Pont. Engs. | 2 Res. Co. 2 Pion. Btn. No. 12. | 4 Co. 12 Pions. | 4 Co. 12 Pions. | |||||||
| 23 Res. Tel. Detch. | 223 T. M. Co. | 2 Res. Co. 12 Pions. | 4 Res. Co. 22 Pions. | |||||||
| 23 Res. Pont. Engs. | 5 Res. Co. 12 Pions. | 223 T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 23 Res. Tel. Detch. | 223 T. M. Co. | 133 Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 423 Tel. Detch. | 423 Signal Command: | |||||||||
| 423 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 143 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 270 Ambulance Co. (Sax.). | 270 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 520 Ambulance Co. | 4 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 4 Res. Field Hospital. | 8 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 8 Res. Field Hospital. | 423 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||||
| 423 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | 721 M. T. Col. | 721 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(12th Corps District—Saxony.)
1914.
Belgium-Ardennes-Champagne.
1. The 23d Reserve Division, forming on mobilization the 12th Reserve Corps, with the 24th Reserve Division, was a part in 1914 of the 3d German Army (Von Hausen). It detrained on August 12–13 at Wengerohr (Coblentz-Treves line), remained for a few days on the frontier north of Luxemburg, and entered Belgium on the 19th. It crossed the Meuse at Antree, below Dinant (Aug, 23), and entered France on the 27th by way of Phillipville (Marienburg and Couvin). It went across Champagne by Chateau Porcien, Tagnon, and Le Chatelet (Sept. 1), went to the east of Rheims, crossed the Marne east of Epernay, and reached the railroad from Sezanne to Vitry le Francois between Vassimont and Sommesous on September 8.