VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class.
218th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1916 | 1917 | 1918[[34]] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 204 Res. | 62. | 204 Res. | 256 Res. | ||
| 256 Res. | 256 Res. | 5 Ldw. (2d Btn.). | ||||
| 5 Ldw. | 5 Ldw. | |||||
| Cavalry. | 4 Sqn. 1 Gd. Drag. Rgt. | 4 Sqn. 1 Drag. Rgt. | ||||
| Artillery. | 85 F. A. Rgt. | 85 F. A. Rgt. | 85 F. A. Rgt. (except 2 Abt. Staff, 4 and 6 Btries.; 3d Abt. Staff, 7 and 9 Btries.). | |||
| 11 Mountain F. A. Btry. | ||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | (218) Pion. Btn.: | 218 Signal Command: | ||||
| 2 Res. Co. 26 Pions. | 218 Tel. Detch. | |||||
| 388 Pion. Co. | ||||||
| 428 T. M. Co. | ||||||
| 267 Searchlight Section. | ||||||
| 218 Tel. Detch. | ||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 121 Ambulance Co. | 121 Ambulance Co. | ||||
| 145 Field Hospital. | 145 Field Hospital. | |||||
| 96 Field Hospital. | 318 Vet. Hospital. | |||||
| 367 Field Hospital. | ||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||
| Transport. | 628 M. T. Col. | |||||
[34]. The below comprises only the elements under 308th Postal Sector (Nov. 13, 1918). The 62d Infantry Brigade, and elements of the 5th Landwehr Regiment were in the 310th Postal Sector and are carried as attached to other divisions.
HISTORY.
(204th Infantry Regiment: Guard. 256th Reserve Infantry Regiment: 7th Corps District—Westphalia. 5th Landwehr Regiment: 17th Corps District—West Prussia.)
1916.
The division was formed on the Eastern Front about September, 1916.