COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 51 Res. | 121 Res. | 51 Res. | 121 Res. | 51 Res. | 119 Res. | 51 Res. | 119 Res. | 51 Res. | 180. |
| 180. | 180. | 180. | 121 Res. | 119 Res. | ||||||
| 99 Res. | 99 Res. | 52 Res. | 121 Res. | 180. | 121 Res. | |||||
| 52 Res. | 119 Res. | 52 Res. | 119 Res. | 99 Res. | ||||||
| 120 Res. | 120 Res. | |||||||||
| Cavalry. | Wurtt. Res. Drag. Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | Wurtt. Res. Drag. Rgt. | Wurtt. Res. Drag. Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 20 Uhlan Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 20 Uhlan Rgt. | |||||
| Artillery. | 26 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 26 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 26 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 122 (Wurtt.) Art. Command: | 122 Art. Command: | |||||
| 27 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 26 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 26 Res. F. A. Rgt. | ||||||||
| 59 Ft. A. Btn. | ||||||||||
| 1261 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1262 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1316 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 4 Field Co. 2 Pion. Btn. No. 13. | 4 Field Co. 2 Pion. Btn. No. 13. | 4 Field Co. 13 Pions. | 326 Pion. Btn.: | 326 Pion. Btn.: | |||||
| 26 Res. Pont. Engs. | 6 Field Co. 13 Pions. | 4 Co. 13 Pions. | 4 Co. 13 Pions. | |||||||
| 26 Res. Tel. Detch. | 226 T. M. Co. | 6 Co. 13 Pions. | 6 Co. 13 Pions. | |||||||
| 26 Res. Pont. Engs. | 226 T. M. Co. | 226 T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 26 Res. Tel. Detch. | 426 Tel. Detch. | 36 Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 426 Signal Command: | ||||||||||
| 426 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 139 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 522 Ambulance Co. | 522 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 502 Field Hospital. | 502 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 505 Field Hospital. | 245 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||||
| 146 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | M. T. Col. | |||||||||
| Odd Units. | 2 (Wurtt.) Cyclist Co. | |||||||||
HISTORY.
(13th Corps District—Wurttemberg.)
1914.
Vosges.
1. At the beginning of the war the 26th Reserve Division, forming the 14th Reserve Corps with the 28th Reserve Division, was a part of the 7th German Army. While the 99th Reserve Infantry Regiment formed in Alsace and at once went to the valley of the Bruche, the 180th Infantry Regiment went to Ste. Marie aux Mines on August 8. The three reserve regiments (119th, 120th, 121st) detrained between Freiburg and Neu-Breisach on August 8–11 and fought at the Donon and in the valley of the Bruche from August 17 to 24. Going then to the western slope of the Vosges, the division reached St. Die on August 28, then advanced as far as Rougiville, from which place it was sent to Ste. Marie aux Mines.
Somme.
2. On September 11 the 26th Reserve Division was sent to the Somme and assigned to the 2d Army. It went into action on both banks of the Ancre, near Thiepval, near Miraumont and Beaumont Hamel, beginning on the 27th.
3. It occupied this sector of the front (south of Hebuterne, north of Ovillers) until July, 1916. During this period it did not take part in any important action.