3. After its relief, the division rested in the area south of Lille until June 24, when it relieved the 24th Reserve Division at Bouzencourt. Until August 8, it held the sector on the Somme. In the fighting in August, the division lost 600 prisoners. On August 20 it returned to line at Bray and was engaged until the end of the month. The total number of prisoners lost by the division in these two engagements was 1,100.
4. Early in September the division was broken up. The 203d Reserve Regiment was turned into the Guard Ersatz Division, the 202d Reserve Regiment to the 2d Guard Division.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as third class. Its complete failure on the La Bassee attack in April and its subsequently long retention in line on the Somme prepared the way for its dissolution about the first of September.
44th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 87 Res. | 205 Res. | 87 Res. | 205 Res. | 87 Res. | 205 Res. | 87 Res. | 205 Res. | 87 Res. | 205 Res. |
| 206 Res. | 206 Res. | 206 Res. | 206 Res. | 206 Res. | ||||||
| 88 Res. | 207 Res. | 88 Res. | 207 Res. | 88 Res. | 207 Res. | 208 Res. | 208 Res. | |||
| 208 Res. | 208 Res. | 208 Res. | ||||||||
| 16 Res. Jag. Btn. | 16 Res. Jag. Btn. | 16 Res. Jag. Btn. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 44 Res. Cav. Detch. | 44 Res. Cav. Detch. | 44 Res. Cav. Detch. | 44 Res. Cav. Detch. | 4 Sqn. 7 Drag. Rgt. | |||||
| Artillery. | 44 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.) | 44 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 44 Reg. F. A. Rgt. | (?) Art. Command: | 44 Res. F. A. Rgt. | |||||
| 44 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 2 Abt. 21 Ft. A. Rgt. (4 and 6 Btries.). | |||||||||
| 706 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 828 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1322 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 44 Pion. Co. | 44 Res. Pont. Co. | 44 Res. Pion. Co. | 344 Pion. Btn.: | 344 Pion. Btn.: | |||||
| 44 Res. Pion. Engs. | 5 Field Co. 29 Pion. Rgt. | 44 Res. Pion. Co. | 5 Co. 29 Pions. | |||||||
| 244 T. M. Co. | 5 Field Co. 29 Pion. Btn. | 44 Res. Pion. Co. | ||||||||
| 44 Res. Pont. Engs. | 244 T. M. Co. | 244 T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 306 Searchlight Sect. | 21 Searchlight Section. | |||||||||
| 444 Tel. Detch. | 250 Searchlight Section. | |||||||||
| 444 Signal Command: | ||||||||||
| 444 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 86 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 44 Res. Ambulance Co. | 526 Ambulance Co. | 526 Ambulance Co. | |||||||
| 73 Res. Field Hospital. | 71 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 238 Vet. Hospital. | 75 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 238 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | M. T. Col. | 731 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(3d Corps District—Brandenburg.)