It is rated as a fourth-class division. Most of the men are old, the younger men having been combed out in February and March to be sent to other organizations, and although the companies are large—the average ration strength seems to be 200 men—the division has very little combat value.
40th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 88. | 104. | 88. | 104. | 88. | 104. | 88. | 104. | 88. | 104. |
| 181. | 181. | 181. | 181. | 134. | ||||||
| 89. | 133. | 89. | 133. | 134. | 134. | 181. | ||||
| 134. | 134. | |||||||||
| 13 Jag. Btn. | 13 Jag. Btn. | 13 Jag. Btn. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 19 Hus. Rgt. | 19 Hus. Rgt. | 19 Hus. Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | 2 Sqn. 19 Hus. Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 19 Hus. Rgt. | |||||
| Artillery. | 40 Brig.: | 40 Brig.: | 40 Brig.: | 40 Artillery Command: | 40 Art. Command: | |||||
| 32 Rgt. | 32 Rgt. | 32 Rgt. | 32 Rgt. | 32 F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 68 Rgt. | 68 Rgt. | 68 Rgt. | 403 Ft. A. Btn. | |||||||
| 877 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 960 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1408 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 and 2 Field Cos. 1 Pions. No. 32. | 1 and 2 Field Cos. 1 Pion. No. 22. | 1 and 2 Cos. 1 Pion. No. 22. | 141 Pion. Btn.: | 141 Pion. Btn.: | |||||
| 40 Pont. Engs. | 40 T. M. Co. | 1 and 3 Cos. 22 Pions. | 3 Co. 22 Pions. | |||||||
| 40 Tel. Detch. | 40 Pont. Engs. | 40 T. M. Co. | 54 Res. Pion. Co. | |||||||
| 40 Tel. Detch. | 310 Searchlight. | 40 T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 40 Tel. Detch. | 131 Searchlight Section. | |||||||||
| 40 Signal Command: | ||||||||||
| 40 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 171 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 48 Saxon Ambulance Co. | 48 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 306, 309 Field Hospitals. | 306 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 309 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 40 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | Light Mun. Col. | |||||||||
| Attached. | Anti-Aircraft Detch. | |||||||||
HISTORY.
(19th Corps District—Saxony.)
1914.
Belgium-Marne.
1. The 40th Division (4th Saxon) formed, with the 24th Division (2d Saxon), the 19th Army Corps, which, at the outbreak of the war, was a part of the 3d Army (Von Hausen). Detraining north of Trèves August 10–12, the division entered the north of Luxemburg on the 13th, Belgium on the 18th. It crossed the Meuse on the 23d above Dinant, and entered France by way of Fumay. It fought on August 30 at Chesnois, reached Semide on September 1, Somme Py on September 2, Châlons on September 4. On liaison with the right wing of the 4th Army, it took part in the battle of the Marne west of Vitry le François. After the battle it retired to Souain.