(65th and 161st Regiments: 8th Corps District—Rhenish Province. 28th Reserve Regiment: 8th Corps District—Rhenish Province.)
1915.
The division was created in May, 1915. Merely a brigade (the 185th) at the outset, it was composed of the 185th Infantry (from various Baden regiments), of the 186th Regiment (Hessian elements), and of the 190th Regiment (Westphalian elements). Later the 185th Brigade underwent changes which entirely changed its original composition.
Hébuterne.
1. In June, 1915, the 185th and 186th Infantry Regiments were engaged in the vicinity of Hébuterne.
2. The three regiments of the 185th Brigade entrained at Douai at the end of July and were transferred to Alsace.
Alsace.
3. At first it was in reserve in the region of Mulhouse; later it was put in line between Altkirch and the Swiss frontier, where it stayed until the end of September.
Champagne.
4. At the beginning of October it was in Champagne holding the sector west of the Souain-Somme Py road.