Mont Tomba.
4. After a short period of rest it was again sent to the Mont Tomba region in December.
RECRUITING.
The 200th Division had recruits from the various mountainous districts of the empire—Upper Silesia, Harz, Black Forest, etc.—which gave it a certain character in spite of the different sources of its recruiting.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
Composed of young and vigorous men with high morale, the 200th was one of the best divisions in the German Army (1918).
1918.
France.
1. After having suffered heavy losses, the 200th Division was withdrawn about the 1st of January, and went to rest for about a month southeast of Bellune. Early in February, it entrained at Santa Lucia and traveled via Rosenheim-Munich-Ulm-Freiburg-Colmar. It detrained at Bening and went to rest and to be trained for about three weeks in the vicinity of St. Avold.