5. The division was dissolved at Mainbresson on June 30. The 218th Reserve Regiment was formed into one battalion, which became the 3d Battalion of the 53d Reserve Infantry Regiment. The 219th Reserve Regiment was drafted to the 159th Regiment.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as second class. Its dissolution was occasioned by its low effective strength following its losses and failure to receive drafts.
47th Landwehr Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 47 Ldw. | 104 Ldw. | 47 Ldw. | 104 Ldw. | 47 Mixed Ldw. | 104 Ldw. | 47 Ldw. | 100 Ldw. Gren. | 47 Ldw. | 100 Ldw. |
| 106 Ldw. | 106 Ldw. | 106 Ldw. | 104 Ldw. | 104 Ldw. | ||||||
| 106 Ldw. | 106 Ldw. | |||||||||
| Cavalry. | Ldw. Sqn. 18 Uhlan Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 20 Hus. Rgt. | Staff, 20 Hus. Rgt. | |||||||
| Sqn. 21 Uhlan Rgt. | 2 Ldw. Sqn. 19 C. Dist. Cav. | 2 Sqn. 20 Hus. Rgt. | ||||||||
| Artillery. | 19 C. Dist. Landst. F. A. Btry. | 19 C. Dist. Landst. F. A. Btry. | 19 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. | Art. Command: | 19 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. (except 3d Abt). | |||||
| 19 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 447 Pion. Btn.: | 6 Co. 22 Pions. | ||||||||
| 6 Co. 22 Pions. | 547 Signal Command: | |||||||||
| 1 Res. Co. 22 Pions. | 547 Tel. Detch. | |||||||||
| 347 T. M. Co. | ||||||||||
| Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 562 Ambulance Co. | 562 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 24 Ldw. Field Hospital. | 24 Ldw. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 547 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||||
| Transport. | 104 M. T. Col. | |||||||||
| Attached. | 136 Labor Btn. | |||||||||
HISTORY.
(12th and 19th Corps District—Saxony.)
1914.
The 47th Landwehr Division came from the 47th Landwehr Brigade (104th and 106th Landwehr Regiments) which was independent at first under the command of Lieut. Gen. Mueller, and was made a division in the autumn of 1915.