The division was rated as second class. By the end of hostilities the division was decimated and completely exhausted.
204th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 407. | 413. | 407. | 413. | 407. | 413. |
| 414. | 414. | 414. | ||||
| 408. | 415. | 120 Res. | 120 Res. | |||
| 416. | ||||||
| Cavalry. | 4 Sqn. 19 Uhlan Rgt. | 4 Sqn. 19 Uhlan Rgt. | ||||
| Artillery. | 407 F. A. Abt. | Art. Command: | 204 Art. Command: | |||
| 408 F. A. Abt. | 27 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 27 Res. F. A. Rgt. | ||||
| 101 Ft. A. Btn. | ||||||
| 1263 Light Am. Col. | ||||||
| 1264 Light Am. Col. | ||||||
| 1317 Light Am. Col. | ||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 404 Pion Co. | 204 Pion Btn.: | 204 Pion Btn.: | |||
| 3 Res. Co. 13 Pions. | 3 Res. Co. 13 Pions. | |||||
| 116 Pion. Co. | 116 Pion Co. | |||||
| 184 T. M. Co. | 204 Signal Command: | |||||
| Tel. Detch. | 204 Tel. Detch. | |||||
| 75 Wireless Detch. | ||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 563 Ambulance Co. | 563 Ambulance Co. | ||||
| 407 Field Hospital. | 252 Field Hospital. | |||||
| 408 Field Hospital. | 407 Field Hospital. | |||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 249 Vet. Hospital. | |||||
| Transport. | M. T. Col. | |||||
| Odd units. | 204 Cyclist Co. | |||||
HISTORY.
(13th Corps District—Wurttemberg.)
1916.
The 204th Division was formed in Germany in June and July, 1916. Its original composition was the 407th Brigade (413th and 414th Infantry, 13th Corps District, Wurttemberg) and the 408th Brigade (415th and 416th Infantry, 12th and 19th Corps Districts, Saxony).
1. The two brigades, which had respectively been trained at the Muensingen cantonment in Wurttemberg (the 407th) and at Neuhammer (the 408th), were brought together at the end of July, 1916. The division was then sent to Belgium. It detrained at Cortemarck on July 27.