The 227th Division was recruited from the Rhine Districts (Baden, Hesse-Nassau, the Rhine Province), which gives rise to a certain homogeneity.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 227th Division lost very heavily in Flanders and received as replacements a certain number of men coming from the Russian front whose combat value was mediocre (October, 1917).
The 227th Division was of only mediocre offensive value.
1918.
Champagne.
1. About the middle of January the 227th Division was relieved by the 28th Division and went to the Juniville area, where it was intensively trained in open warfare with a view to its being used as an assault division.
2. On February 16 it relieved the 28th Division. It was withdrawn toward the end of March.
Picardy.
3. About the 10th of April it relieved the 5th Guard Division near Canny sur Matz (west of Lassigny). The battle of the Somme had come to end by this time, and so, although there was still considerable artillery activity here, the division was not seriously engaged in infantry attacks, and remained in line until relieved by the 75th Reserve Division during the night of May 16–17, when it went to rest and be trained in the region of Ham.