3. On September 10, the division came into line in Lorraine with an entirely new composition. It then included the 255th Reserve Regiment, the 346th Regiment, and the 4th Landwehr Regiment grouped under the brigade and divisional staff of the 83d Division. The 329th Regiment, one of the former regiments of the division, was sent to Esthonia on September 5. It had lost 700 casualties in the August fighting. The reconstructed division held the Embermenil sector until the armistice.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class. After its transfer to the Western Front, the division held a quiet sector except for a short time on the Scarpe in August.
84th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | Hoffmann, afterward Schutze (3 Garrison Brig.) (167). | 5 Garrison Rgt. (333). | 168. | 334. | 168. | 335. | 163. | 335. |
| Reisswitz (4 Garrison Brig.) (168). | 335. | 336. | 336. | |||||
| 6 Garrison Rgt. (334). | 336. | 423. | 423. | |||||
| 7 Garrison Rgt. (335). | ||||||||
| Schutze, afterwards Kroebel, Rgt. (8 Garrison Rgt. “336”). | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 84 Cav. Rgt. (Ers. Sqns. 8 Drag., 3 Uhlan Rgts., and 2 and 4 Landst. Sqn. 5 C. Dist.). | 84 Cav. Rgt. | 1 Sqn. 84 Cav. (Heavy) Rgt. | 3 Sqn. 16 Drag. Rgt. | ||||
| Artillery. | 248 F. A. Rgt. | Art. Command: | 54 Art. Command: | |||||
| 847 F. A. Btry. | 248 F. A. Rgt. | 248 F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 854 F. A. Btry. | 903 F. A. Btry. | 3 Abt. 25 Ft. A. Rgt. (8 to 10th Btries.). | ||||||
| 1007 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| 1008 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| 1009 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 272 Pion. Co. | (?) Pion. Btn.: | 84 Pion. Btn.: | |||||
| 1 Ldw. Pion. Co. (12 C. Dist.). | 272 Pion. Co. | 2 Res. Co. 1 Pions. | ||||||
| 3 Landst. Pion. Co. (13 C. Dist.). | 1 Ldw. Co. 12 Pions. | 272 Pion. Co. | ||||||
| 84 T. M. Co. | 84 T. M. Co. | 84 T. M. Co. | ||||||
| 84 Pont. Engs. | 347 Searchlight Section. | 52 Searchlight Section. | ||||||
| 84 Tel. Detch. | 84 Tel. Detch. | 84 Signal Command: | ||||||
| 84 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||
| 166 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 84 (?) Ambulance Co. | 84 Ambulance Co. | ||||||
| 21 Ldw. Field Hospital. | 77 Field Hospital. | |||||||
| 156 Field Hospital. | 21 Ldw. Field Hospital. | |||||||
| 156 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||
| Transports. | 1008 M. T. Col. | |||||||
| Attached. | 1 Haguenau Landst. Inf. Btn. (21 C. Dist. Btn. No. 12). | 1 Anklam, Landst. Inf. Btn. (2 C. Dist. Btn. No. 1). | ||||||
| 7 Posen Landst. Btn. (5 C. Dist. Btn. No. 7). | ||||||||
| 1 Glogau Landst. Btn. (5 C. Dist. Btn. No. 15). | ||||||||
| 1 Cottbus Landst. Ers. Btn. (3 C. Dist. Btn. No. 23). | ||||||||
| 2 Dresden Landst. Inf. Btn. (12 C. Dist. Btn. No. 2). | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(335th and 336th Regiments: 5th Corps District—Posen. 423d Regiment: 5th Corps District—Lower Silesia.)
1915.
The 84th Division with the 83d Division formed the Posen Corps and was engaged on the Eastern Front from the beginning of the war. (See 83d Division.) It was organized in June, 1915.