7. Relieved at the end of October and trained at Dun. After a short rest it went into line in December northeast of Vaux. 1917. 1. The division remained in the Vaux sector until April 17. 2. It relieved the 10th Reserve Division in the region of Satigneul (night of Apr. 15–16) a few hours before the beginning of our attack. It remained in this sector until May 5 and was subjected to French attacks of April 16 and May 4. 3. Beginning May 5, it was relieved and went into camp in the region of Caurel. CHAMPAGNE. 4. On May 7 and the following days it went into the sector of Grille Mont Haut and held this until June 19. 5. The division was put in reserve on this date in the region Epove- Warmeriville. 6. Went into line in the sector Moronvilliers (July 19 and days following) until the end of October. BELGIUM. 7. At the end of October it entrained at Juniville and went to Belgium, where it held the sector Poelcapelle until November 24. 8. It went into line again east of Armentieres on November 30 and was still in that sector on January 11, 1918. RECRUITING. In spite of heavy losses suffered several times, it would seem that they wished to keep up the Pomeranian character of the 4th Division, although it received in September, 1915, some men of the 1915 class from Hesse- Nassau, and later on a number of Brandenburgers and Silesians, as the third and sixth districts often furnished their ratio to the districts temporarily out of men. A great majority of men, however, came from Pomerania, and as the resources of this Province in men are limited it was necessary, to keep up the provincial composition of this division, to draw from the Landwehr depots and the battalions of Pomeranian Landsturm. Since it was impossible to maintain the quality of the division, it seems that they were anxious to maintain its nationality. VALUE. The 4th Division was always a very good division and gave proof of very fine military qualities in all the battles in which it took part, especially in the sector of Sapigneul during the offensives of April 16 and May 4, 1917. It would seem that the nature of the replacements they received, especially the most recent ones, has considerably altered the value of this division. 1918. 1. The division was relieved from the front of Armentieres on January 23, and went to rest and instruction in the Oisene area (southwest of Deyuze). After four weeks the division entrained at Roubaix on March 16 and detrained at Douai on the following day. Hence it marched by stages to Neuville St. Remy, a suburb of Cambrai. The division was concentrated south of Inchy on the night of March 20–21. BATTLE OF PICARDY.