1. The division remained in the Hirzbach-Swiss frontier sector all through the year until the signing of the armistice.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 25th Landwehr Division is rated as a fourth-class division, as being fit to hold only a quiet sector. On the 11th of November, soon after the hour fixed for the suspension of hostilities, a number of men came over to the French lines to fraternize; they were taken prisoners. It seems that there had been a great deal of revolutionary agitation in the division. On October 8 a doctor had had his epaulettes cut to pieces; on the 9th the Soldiers’ Council had come together and had elected representatives; on the 10th the company commander (of at least one company) had read the program for the organization of the Soldiers’ Council. Prisoners state that the causes of this state of mind were the recent defeats suffered by the German forces, the weariness caused by four years of war, and the Kiel disturbances. From the 10th of November on none of the advanced posts had been occupied, and the men refused to do any work, the war having come to an end, to their mind.
26th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 51. | 119 Gren. | 51. | 119 Gren. | 51. | 119 Gren. | 51. | 119 Gren. | 51. | 119. |
| 125. | 125. | 121. | 121. | 121. | ||||||
| 52. | 121. | 52. | 121. | 125. | 125. | 125. | ||||
| 122 Fus. | 122 Fus. | |||||||||
| Cavalry. | 20 Uhlan Rgt. | 20 Uhlan Rgt. | 20 Uhlan Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | 20 Sqn. 20 Uhlan Rgt. (?). | 2 Sqn. 19 Uhlan Rgt. | |||||
| Artillery. | 26 Brig.: | 26 Brig.: | 26 Brig.: | 26 Art. Command: | 26 Art. Command: | |||||
| 29 F. A. Rgt. | 29 F. A. Rgt. | 29 F. A. Rgt. | 29 F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 29 F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 65 F. A. Rgt. | 65 F. A. Rgt. | 65 F. A. Rgt. | 2 Abt. 5 Ft. A. Rgt. (5, 6, and 13 Btries.). | |||||||
| 1376 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1377 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1378 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Field Co. 1 Pion. Btn. No. 13 | 1 Field Co. 1 Pion. Btn. No. 13: | 1 and 5 Field Cos. 1 Pion. Btn. No. 13: | (1/13 or 129) Pion. Btn.: | 143 Pion. Btn.: | |||||
| 26 Pont. Engs. | 26 T. M. Co. | 1 Co. 13 Pions. | 1 Co. 13 Pions. | |||||||
| 26 Tel. Detch. | 26 Pont. Engs. | 5 Co. 13 Pions. | 5 Co. 13 Pions. | |||||||
| 26 Tel. Detch. | 26 T. M. Co. | 26 T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 311 Searchlight Section. | 140 Searchlight Section. | |||||||||
| Tel. Detch. | 26 Signal Command: | |||||||||
| 26 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 70 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 3 Ambulance Co. | 33 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 33 Ambulance Co. | 250 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 250 Field Hospital. | 259 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 259 Field Hospital. | 26 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | 599 (?) M. T. Col. | |||||||||
HISTORY.
(13th Corps District—Wurttemberg.)