| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 69 Ldw. | 17 Ldw. | 169 Ldw. | 61 Ldw. | 170 Ldw. | 17 Ldw. | 169 Ldw. | 17 Ldw. |
| 21 Ldw. | 99 Ldw. | 21 Ldw. | 21 Ldw. | |||||
| 61 Ldw. | 170 Ldw. | 17 Ldw. | 99 Ldw. | 99 Ldw. | ||||
| 99 Ldw. | 21 Ldw. | |||||||
| Cavalry. | 85 Cav. Rgt. (4 Sqns.). | 85 Cav. Rgt. | 5 Sqn. 6 Cuirassier Rgt. | 5 Sqn. 6 Cuir. Rgt. | ||||
| (?) Sqn. 85 Cav. Rgt. | ||||||||
| Ers. Sqn. 12 Dragoon Rgt. | ||||||||
| Artillery. | Ers. Ants. of the 36, 71, and 73 F. A. Rgts. | 85 F. A. Rgt. | (?) | 275 Field Artillery Rgt. | ||||
| 93 F. A. Rgt. | 844 F. A. Btry. | |||||||
| 844 F. A. Btry. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | (485) Pion. Btn.: | 1 Ldst. Pion. 4 Army Corps. | ||||||
| 2 Ers. Co. 26 Pions. | 585 Tel. Detch. | |||||||
| 385 T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 22 Heavy Field Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| Tel. Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 85 Ambulance Co. | 320 Field Hospital. | ||||||
| Field Hospital. | 181 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||
| Transport. | M. T. Col. | |||||||
| Odd units. | 85 Cyclist Co. | |||||||
| Attached. | Zittau Landst. Inf. Btn. (12 C. Dist. No. 7). | Zittau Landst. Inf. Btn. (12 C. Dist. Btn. No. 7). | ||||||
| Osterode Landst. Inf. Btn. (20 C. Dist. Inf. Btn. No. 8). | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(17th Landwehr: 21st Corps District—Lorraine. 21st Landwehr: 17th Corps District—Western Prussia. 99th Landwehr: 15th Corps District—Alsace.)
1915.
The 85th Landwehr Division is the old Breugel Division, which at the beginning of the war, together with the Woernitz Division (86th Division), formed the Graudenz Corps (also known as the Zastrow Corps and in 1915 the 17th Reserve Corps), and operated on the Eastern Front.
Russia.
1. Two of the regiments, the 17th Landwehr and the 99th Landwehr, went to the Eastern Front, the former at the beginning of the war and the latter in the spring of 1915.
Poland.
1. Until July, 1915, the Breugel Division was engaged in Poland (Prasnysz, region of Mlawa).
2. In July it took part in the offensive against the Russians, advancing to the west of Pultusk (middle of July); besieged Novo-Georgievsk; was on the Bug (beginning of August) and near Bielsk (end of August). The 61st Landwehr entered Warsaw on August 22 and remained there during the month of September.