1916.
Somme.
1. The 28th Reserve Division did not have any great losses on the Somme between October, 1915, and July, 1916. Its combat activity was weak during this period.
2. On July 1, 1916, the Division supported the entire weight of the British offensive north of the Somme, and suffered very heavy losses (casualties of the 111th Reserve Infantry Regiment, 39 officers and 1,821 men).
3. On July 4 the division was withdrawn from the front, sent to rest, and reorganized.
Champagne.
4. Transferred to Champagne on July 10, it took over the sector west of Auberive (July 14 to the beginning of October).
Somme.
5. The 28th Reserve Division was brought back to the Somme at Thiepval about October 5; it was in action until the end of October and lost heavily. On the one day of October 24 the 9th Company of the 111th Reserve Infantry Regiment noted the arrival of 134 men as replacements.