COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 1 Bav. Res. | 1 Bav. Res. | 1 Bav. Res. | 1 Bav. Res. | 1 Bav. Res. | 1 Bav. Res. | 1 Bav. Res. | 1 Bav. Res. | 1 Bav. Res. | 1 Bav. Res. |
| 2 Bav. Res. | 2 Bav. Res. | 2 Bav. Res. | 2 Bav. Res. | 2 Bav. Res. | ||||||
| 2 Bav. Res. | 3 Bav. Res. | 2 Bav. Res. | 3 Bav. Res. | 3 Bav. Res. | 3 Bav. Res. | 3 Bav. Res. | ||||
| 12 Bav. Res. | 12 Bav. Res. | |||||||||
| Cavalry. | 1 Bav. Res. Cav. Rgt. | 1 Bav. Res. Cav. Rgt. | 1 Bav. Res. Cav. Rgt. | 3 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt. (3d Sqn.). | 3 Sqn. 3 Bav. Light Cav. Rgt. | |||||
| Artillery. | 1 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 1 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 1 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 13 Bav. Art. Command: | 13 Bav. Art. Command: | |||||
| 1 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | 1 Bav. Res. F. A. Rgt. | |||||||||
| 1 Abt. 1 Bav. Ft. A. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| (Staff, 1, 2, and 4 Btries.) | ||||||||||
| 101 Bav. Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 145 Bav. Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 147 Bav. Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Bav. Res. Eng. Btn. | 2d and 4th Bav. Res. Pion. Cos. | 17 Bav. Eng. Btn.: | 17 Bav. Pion. Btn.: | ||||||
| 1 Bav. Res. Pont. Eng. | 201 Bav. T. M. Co. | 1 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | 1 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | |||||||
| 1 Bav. Res. Tel. Detch. | 1 Bav. Res. Pont. Engs. | 3 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | 17 Bav. Res. Pion Co. | |||||||
| 1 Bav. Res. Tel. Detch. | 17 Bav. Res. Pion. Co. | 201 Bav. T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 201 T. M. Co. | 18 Bav. Searchlight Section. | |||||||||
| 1 Bav. Res. Searchlight Section. | 401 Bav. Signals Command: | |||||||||
| 401 Bav. Tel. Detch. | 401 Bav. Tel. Detch. | |||||||||
| 106 Bav. Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 15 Bav. Ambulance Co. | 15 Bav. Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 45 Bav. Field Hospital. | 45 Bav. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 48 Bav. Field Hospital. | 48 Bav. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 49 Bav. Field Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transport. | 750 M. T. Col. | 750 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
1914.
Lorraine.
1. The Bavarian Reserve Division (1st Bavarian Reserve Corps, with the 5th Bavarian Reserve Division) was at the beginning of the war part of the 6th Army (Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria), and detrained in Lorraine August 13–14. After having helped to check the French offensive in Lorraine, participated in the battle of August 20, entered Luneville, and after having fought at Einville, early in September, it went to rest in the vicinity of the Paris-Avricourt railroad, and later march to Metz by stages.
Arras.
2. September 27–28 the division entrained at Metz and was carried to Cambrai. Entering line between Douai and Arras, it fought at Izel, Gavrelle, Rouvroy (Oct. 2–3). On the 5th its right wing was at Souchez, the whole 1st Bavarian Reserve Corps being then in line north of Arras. October 23 the two divisions of the corps attacked violently along the Carency-Roclincourt front; they remained in line until June, 1915, the 1st Bavarian Division being between Roclincourt and Écurie.