The division was rated as third class. Before the attack of August it had about 2,700 rifles. The losses in August had a depressing effect on the morale of the troops.
205th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 406. | 403. | 406. | 405. | 403. | 405. | ||
| 407. | 407. | 407. | 407. | |||||
| 439. | 427. | 439. | 329. | |||||
| 439. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | (?) | 2 Sqn. 13 Uhlan. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 405 F. A. Rgt. | Art. Command: | 405 F. A. Rgt. | 405 Field Art. Rgt. (Rgt. Staff, 1 and 2 Abt.). | ||||
| 405 F. A. Rgt. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 377 Pion. Co. | (205) Pion. Btn.: | (?) Pions. | |||||
| 377 Pion. Co. | 350 Searchlight Section. | |||||||
| 408 T. M. Co. | 71 Searchlight Section. | |||||||
| 205 Tel. Detch. | 205 Div. Signal Command. | |||||||
| 205 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 255 Ambulance Co. | 255 Ambulance Co. | ||||||
| Field Hospital. | 215 and 216 Field Hospitals. | |||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 305 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||
| Transport. | 615 M. T. Col. | 615 M. T. Col. | ||||||
| Attached. | 612 Landst. Inf. Rgt. | |||||||
HISTORY.
(405th, (?) 407th: 4th District-Prussian Saxony.) (439th: 15th District-Alsace.)
1916.
The 205th Division was organized at the end of 1916, partly from new regiments formed in the interior, partly from regiments taken from the zone of the armies on the Eastern Front.
Russia.
1. The end of November, 1916, the division was reported behind the front (region northeast of Vilna). At that time it comprised the 406th and 407th Infantry, taken from the 202d Division, and the 439th Infantry formed in the region of Vilna. With the 226th Division next to it, it belonged to the reenforced 3d Reserve Corps (10th Army).