The 204th Reserve Infantry Regiment was recruited from the whole of Russia; the 256th Reserve Infantry Regiment from Westphalia and the Rhine Districts; the 5th Landwehr Regiment from West Prussia.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 218th Division had been on the Roumanian front since December, 1916, and was mediocre.
1918.
Roumania.
In June the division was still in Roumania. Men under 35 years of age were sent to the Western Front, which gave rise to the report of the division’s presence in the Lille-Armentières region early in June. The 256th Reserve Regiment was identified in Macedonia early in July, but the remainder of the division was still in Roumania the middle of October.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class.