Laon.
5. During the night of September 18–19 it relieved the 50th Reserve Division near the Colombe farm (south of Laon). It was relieved about the 23d of October.
6. The division came back into line on November 5 in the vicinity of Marle; on the 7th it was identified northeast of Vervins; and on the 9th at Hirson.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The 86th was rated as a fourth-class division. It did not participate in any of the great offensives during 1918, but it did attack vigorously on two occasions and on the whole acquitted itself better than other divisions similarly rated.
87th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | Griepenkeri. | Leimbach (345). | 173. | 345. | 173. | 345. | 179. | 345. |
| Runge (346). | 346. | 347. | 347. | |||||
| Normann. | Schwarz (347). | 179. | 347. | 8 Landst. | 3d Res. Ers. | |||
| 8 Landst. | 8 Landst. | |||||||
| Cavalry. | 87 Cav. Rgt. | 87 Cav. Rgt. | 1 Sqn. 3 Horse. Gren. Rgt. | 1 Sqn. 3 Jag. z. Pf. | ||||
| Artillery. | 87 F. A. Abt. | 87 F. A. Rgt. | Art. Command. | 3 Artillery Command: | ||||
| 841 F. A. Btry. | 87 F. A. Regt. | 38 Field Art. Rgt. | ||||||
| 34 Ft. Art. Btn. | ||||||||
| 878 Light Mun. Col. | ||||||||
| 975 Light Mun. Col. | ||||||||
| 949 Light Mun. Col. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 4 Co. 26 Pions. | Pion. Btn.: | 87 Pion. Btn. | |||||
| 2 Ldw. Pion. Co. (Gd. C. Dist.). | 4 Co. 26 Pions. | 242 Pion. Co. | ||||||
| 87 T. M. Co. | 3 Ldw. Co. 6 Pions. | 2 Ers. Pion. Btn. No. 26. | ||||||
| 87 T. M. Co. | 113 Searchlight Section. | |||||||
| 264 Searchlight Section. | 87 Div. Signal Command. | |||||||
| 87 Tel. Detch. | 87 Tel. Detch. | |||||||
| 163 Div. Wireless. Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 69 Ambulance Co. | 69 Ambulance Co. | ||||||
| 131 Field Hospital. | 131 and 132 Field Hospitals. | |||||||
| 132 Field Hospital. | 191 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||
| Transport. | 157 M. T. Col. | |||||||
| Odd units. | 156 Cyclist Co. | 156 Cyclist Co. | ||||||
| Attached. | 10 Labor Btn. | |||||||
| 75 Labor Btn. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(345th Regiment; 5th Corps District—Posen. 347th Regiment; 2d Corps District—Pomerania. 3d Reserve Ersatz Regiment; 9th Corps District—Schleswig—Holstein.)