1. The 47th Landwehr Brigade continued to occupy the Rheims sector (Courcy-Betheny) during 1916.
2. In the month of July it was made a division (47th Landwehr Division) and received a 3d Regiment, the 391st Infantry Regiment (Saxon).
1917.
Oise La Fère.
1. Withdrawn from the Rheims front about February 23, 1917, the 47th Landwehr Division was sent into line west of La Fère during the retirement of the German Army to the Hindenburg Line (Quessy-Travecy, Mar. 23). It remained in the sector at La Fère until May 16.
Russia.
2. In the middle of May the division was transferred to the Eastern Front, where it occupied the sector Goroditche-Tsirin. It exchanged with the 219th Division, the 391st Infantry Regiment for the 100th Landwehr Grenadier Regiment.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 47th Landwehr Division is a mediocre division. Its retention on the Russian front is a sufficient indication of its value.