The division was rated as fourth class.
213th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 37 Res. | 149. | 37 Res. | 149. | 37 Res. | 149. |
| 368. | 368. | 368. | ||||
| 74 Res. | 74 Res. | 74 Res. | ||||
| Cavalry. | 2 Sqn. 5 Res. Hus. Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 5 Res. Hus. Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 5 Res. Hus. | |||
| Artillery. | 272 F. A. Rgt. | 213 Art. Command: | 213 Art. Command: | |||
| 272 F. A. Rgt. | 272 Field Art. Rgt. | |||||
| 79 Foot Art. Btn. | ||||||
| 733, 1104, and 1127 Light Mun. Col. | ||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 284 Pion. Co. | (213) Pion. Btn.: | 213 Pion Btn. | |||
| 423 T. M. Co. | 2 Res. Co. 28 Pions. | 2 Res. Co. Pion. Btn. No. 18. | ||||
| 284 Pion Co. | 284 Pion Co. | |||||
| 378 T. M. Co. | 423 T. M. Co. | |||||
| 423 T. M. Co. | 118 Searchlight Section. | |||||
| Tel. Detch. | 234 Searchlight Section. | |||||
| 313 Div. Signal Command. | ||||||
| 213 Tel. Detch. | ||||||
| 26 Div. Wireless Detch. | ||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 220 Ambulance Co. | 220 Ambulance Co. | ||||
| 68 (*) Field Hospital. | 168 and 169 Field Hospitals. | |||||
| 168 Field Hospital. | 313 Vet. Hospital. | |||||
| 169 Field Hospital. | ||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||
| Transport. | 179 M. T. Col. | 623 M. T. Col. | ||||
HISTORY.
(149th: 2d District—Pomerania. 368th and 74th Reserves: 10th District—Hanover.)
1916.
The 213th Division was formed near Spincourt, northeast of Verdun, at the beginning of September, 1916. Its three infantry regiments came from already existing divisions, the 149th from the 4th Division, the 74th Reserves from the 19th Reserve Division, and the 368th (former Brigade Ersatz Battalions 37 (Osnabrueck), 38 (Hanover), 39 (Hildesheim), from the 10th Ersatz Division.)
Somme.
1. Although apparently destined for the Roumanian front, the division was sent in all haste to the Somme on September 14. It fought beginning the 18th east of Combles and suffered heavily.