VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as third class. Its conduct in the July offensive was mediocre and in the Argonne it did nothing to distinguish itself.
183d Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918[[30]] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 183. | 183. | 183. | 183. | 33 Res. | 184. | 33 Res. | 184. |
| 184. | 184. | 418. | 418. (Saxon). | |||||
| 122 Res. | 122 Res. | 440 Res. | 440 Res. | |||||
| Cavalry. | 4 Sqn. 10 Hus. Rgt. | 4 Sqn. 10 Hus. Rgt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 183 F. A. Abt. (3 Btries.). | 183 F. A. Abt. | 183 Art. Command: | 183 Art. Command: | ||||
| 183 F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 183 (Saxon) F. A. Rgt. | |||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 183 (Saxon) Pion. Co. | 183 (Saxon) Pion. Co. | 183 Pion. Btn.: | 183 Pion. Btn.: | ||||
| 401 T. M. Co. | 2 Res. Co. 16 Pions. | 2 Res. Co. 2 Pion. Btn. No. 16. | ||||||
| 1 Res. Co. 20 Pions. | 1 Res. Co. 20 Pions. | |||||||
| 183 (Saxon) Pion. Co. | 183 (Saxon) Pion. Co. | |||||||
| 401 T. M. Co. | 401 T. M. Co. | |||||||
| 183 Searchlight Section. | 183 (Saxon) Tel. Detch. | |||||||
| 183 (Saxon) Tel. Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 575 Ambulance Co. | 575 Ambulance Co. | ||||||
| 42 Field Hospital. | 42 Field Hospital. | |||||||
| 344 Field Hospital. | 344 Field Hospital. | |||||||
| 228 Vet. Hospital. | 228 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||
| Transport. | 603 M. T. Col. | 603 M. T. Col. | ||||||
[30]. Composition at the time of dissolution October, 1918.
HISTORY.
(184th Regiment: 4th Corps District—Prussian Saxony. 418th Regiment: 18th Corps District—Grand Duchy of Hesse. 440th Reserve Regiment: 10th Corps District—Hanover and Grand Duchy of Oldenberg.)
1915.
The 183d Division (known as the 183d Brigade until June, 1916) was created at Cambrai in May, 1915. It comprised at that time the 183d Infantry (Saxon) and the 184th Infantry (Prussian), to which there was added in July, 1915, the 122d Reserve Regiment (Wurttemberg), three newly formed regiments, the 184th being organized out of companies taken from various regiments of the 7th and 8th Divisions. In November, 1916, the 183d Division was modified. Two of its original regiments (the 183d and the 122d Reserve) were respectively replaced by the newly formed 418th and 440th Reserve—the 418th Regiment being formed from companies of the 111th Division, the Ersatz Division of the Guard, the 8th, Ersatz Division, and the 10th Ersatz Division, and the 440th Reserve Regiment being organized out of various elements, including the 3d Battalion of the 79th Reserve Regiment and the 4th Battalion of the 75th Landwehr.