│ 203 M. T. Co. │ 196 Searchlight │ │ Section. │ 403 Tel. Detch. │403 Signals │ │ Command: │ 3 Res. Pont. Engs.│ 403 Tel. Detch. │ │ 33 Wireless Detch. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Medical and │502 Ambulance Co. │502 Ambulance Co. Veterinary.│ │ │14 Field Hospital. │14 Res. Field │ │ Hospital. │15 Field Hospital. │15 Res. Field │ │ Hospital. │16 Field Hospital. │163 Vet. Hospital. │163 Vet. Hospital. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Transport. │704 M. T. Col. │704 M. T. Col. ─────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Attached. │154 Cyclist Co. │ ─────────────┴───────────────────┴─────────────────── HISTORY. (2d District—Pomerania.) 1914. EAST PRUSSIA-RUSSIA. 1. At the beginning of the war the 3d Reserve Division, recruited in the 2d District (Pomerania), formed a part of the 8th German Army (Hindenburg). It fought with this army in eastern Prussia; it was engaged in the battle of Tannenberg (Aug. 26–28), in the battles of Biallo, Lyck, Suwalki, and Augustowo (September-October). 1915. 1. In February, 1915, the 3d Reserve Division participated in the battle of the Mazurian Lakes, and in May in the battles on the Polish frontier. 2. During the great offensive of the summer of 1915 the division was engaged in the operations on the Bobr, which resulted in the taking of Ossovietz. In August it fought in the vicinity of Kovno. It participated in the siege of this city (Aug. 13–18) at the battle of Niemen (Aug. 19- Sept. 8). When the front was stabilized it took position to the north of Smorgoni (southeast of Vilna). 1916. 1. The 3d Reserve Division occupied this sector (north of Smorgoni) up to March, 1917. At this time it was placed in reserve in the Vilna sector. BELGIUM. 2. At the beginning of May, 1917, it was sent to the western front. It entrained May 13 at Soly (east of Vilna), and was transported via Vilna, Wirballen, Gumbinnen, Berlin, Hanover, Aix-la-Chapelle, Liege, Louvain, and Brussels up to Bruges, where it detrained May 18. It was sent to rest in this district until June 4. 3. On this date the division was transported to the district north of St. Quentin and went into the line on the 8th in the Vendhuille- Bellicourt sector (west of Catelet), where it habituated itself to the western front. 1917. YPRES.