4. After reorganization, at the end of June or the beginning of July, the Alpine Corps came back into line near Fleury on July 11. ARGONNE. 5. After having lost 71 per cent of its Infantry in the various attacks at Verdun, the Alpine Corps was withdrawn on August 12 and took over the sector Fontaine-aux-Charmes-Vauquois, in the Argonne. The 3d Jaeger Regiment was taken from it and entered into the composition of the 200th Division (Carpathian Corps). 6. In the first half of September the Alpine Corps left the Argonne and entrained for Roumania. ROUMANIA. 7. At the end of September it went into action in the vicinity of Hermannstadt, then in the vicinity of Brasso. On December 10 it reached Ploesci; it was at Rimnicu-Sarat on the 24th. Upon the stabilization of the Roumanian front it occupied the front of Panciu-Focsani. During the active period in Roumania the Leib Regiment lost heavily. 1917. 1. Relieved northwest of Focsani on April 6, 1917, the Alpine Corps was sent to Hungary, in the vicinity of Karlsburg. After a rest of three weeks it was transferred to the western front. Itinerary: Karlsburg (May 10), Szegdin, Budapest, Vienna, Salzburg, Rosenheim, Munich, Strassburg, Colmar, Neu-Breisach. UPPER ALSACE. 2. On June 15 it went into line on the Alsatian front (Rhone-Rhine Canal, Aspach). 3. On July 20 it was withdrawn from the front and sent to rest. ROUMANIA. 4. At the beginning of August it was again sent to Roumania. It took over its old sector near Focsani and received the Russo-Roumanian attacks launched between Briala and Panciu. ITALY. 5. In September it was sent to the Italian front. IZONZO. 6. On October 24 it attacked on both sides of the Tolmino and took possession of Mont Cucco on the 25th. It rested in November. MONTE TOMBA. 7. On November 25 it was engaged at Monte Tomba, and on December 12 on the slopes of Monfenera, with the exception of the 1st Jaeger Regiment, which was in reserve. 8. Relieved between December 15 and December 20, it remained behind the lines until the middle of January, 1918. RECRUITING. The Leib Regiment and the 1st Regiment of Jaegers are Bavarian, recruited principally from upper Bavaria. The 2d Regiment of Jaegers is purely Prussian. VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE. The discipline and firmness of the commanding officers make the Alpine Corps an elite body, of a genuine combat value. 1918. LORRAINE. 1. In January the Alpine Corps entrained for Alsace (itinerary Salzburg, Munich, Ulm, Friburg, Saverne); then went to rest in the region of Sarreburg. 2. It remained here undergoing training until the 10th of April. 3. It was sent to Flanders, via Metz, Sedan, Namur, and detrained near Lille on the 12th. BATTLE OF THE LYS.