Rheims.
5. On August 3 it reenforced the battle front at Sapicourt west of Rheims. It was engaged in that area except for a week’s rest until the end of September.
6. After October 1 the division was engaged in Champagne in the region of Orfeuil. It contested hotly the advance through Vaudy and Vouziers until its relief in late October. It rested but a few days out of line and after November 3 was engaged at St. Lambert, Roix-Terron, and Dom le Mesnil (Nov. 10).
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as second-class. It was used as an attack division in March and did well. Thereafter it saw almost constant service in resisting allied pushes. In October’s fighting it was frequently spoken of by the German official communique.
200th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 2 Jag. | 3 Jag. (4 Btns.). | 2 Jag. | 3 Jag. (4 Btns.). | 2 Jag. | 3 Jag. |
| 4 Jag. | 4 Jag. | 4 Jag. | ||||
| 5 Jag. | 5 Jag. | 5 Jag. | ||||
| Cavalry. | 1 Sqn. 1 Uhlan Rgt. (passed to 228 Div. in June, 1917). | 2 Sqn. 1 Uhlan Rgt. | ||||
| 2 Sqn. 2 Uhlan Rgt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 257 F. A. Rgt. | (?) Art. Command: | 22 F. A. Rgt. | |||
| 2 Mountain Art. Abt. (Bavarian). | 257 F. A. Rgt. | 1 Abt. 26 Ft. A. Rgt. (1 and 3 Btries.). | ||||
| 7 Mountain Art. Abt. | 843 Light Am. Col. | |||||
| 1157 Light Am. Col. | ||||||
| 1161 Light Am. Col. | ||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | (220) Pion. Btn.: | 42 Pion. Btn.: | ||||
| 105 Pion. Co. | 105 Pion. Co. | |||||
| 282 Pion. Co. | 282 Pion. Co. | |||||
| 173 Mountain T. M. Co. | 173 T. M. Co. | |||||
| 200 Tel. Detch. | 99 Searchlight Section. | |||||
| 200 Signal Command: | ||||||
| 200 Tel. Detch. | ||||||
| 50 Wireless Detch. | ||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 214 Ambulance Co. | 214 Ambulance Co. | ||||
| 44 Field Hospital. | 44 Field Hospital. | |||||
| 370 Field Hospital. | 19 Bav. Field Hospital. | |||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 300 Vet. Hospital. | |||||
| Transport. | M. T. Col. | |||||
| Attached. | 35 Landst. Inf. Rgt. | |||||
| 37 Landst. Inf. Rgt. | ||||||