1. At the beginning of the war the division belonged to the 1st Army (Von Kluck). Detrained at Crefeld from August 10 to 12; entered Belgium the 18th. The 3d Reserve Corps was sent to France. The division was at Malines on August 22, at Vilvorde the 26th, and fought against the Belgians on that day. The 3d Reserve Corps then turned toward Antwerp, which it besieged. After the city was taken the corps advanced toward the sea through Ghent, Bruges, October 13 to 16. The 19th the 5th Reserve Division attacked in the direction of Nieuport. At the beginning of November it fought in the vicinity of Bixschoote, in the forest of Houthulst; then until the end of November it held the Dixmude-Langmarck front. RUSSIA. 2. About December 2 the division entrained for the eastern front. On arriving in Russia it became part of Mackensen’s army (9th Army). It was sent to the Bzura. 1915. 1. In February, 1915, the division was attached to the 10th Army and took part in the battle of Prasnysz. 2. In May one of its brigades remained before Kovno with the 10th Army (Gen. von Eichhorn). The other brigade joined the 3d Reserve Corps of the 9th Army (Gen. von Fabeck) and fought on the Bzura. The 52d Reserve Infantry was transferred to the 107th Division. 3. In July the division was reorganized. It was attached to the 9th Army before Warsaw and fought between the Bzura and the Pilica. 4. In November, after crossing the Vistula and the Bug it arrived before Baranovitchi. It remained in this region until March, 1917. 1916. 1. On January 1, 1916, it held the eastern sector of Novo-Grudok, north of Baranovitchi. 2. At the beginning of April the division was placed in reserve behind this sector. 3. During the first two weeks of July it was engaged between Gorodivche and Baranovitchi to oppose the Russian offensive started on this part of the front. On July 8 it suffered heavy losses. (The 8th Reserve had 1,200 men out of action.) 1917. FRANCE. 1. It was relieved in this area about the middle of April and sent to the Western Front. 2. Entrained between the 17th and 18th of April at Molczacz (Baranovitchi sector) and went to France, via Brest-Litovsk-Warsaw- Oppeln-Breslau-Goerlitz-Dresden-Leipzig-Sondershausen-Frankfort on Main- Sarrebrucken-Metz. It detrained at Mars la Tour. WOEVRE. 3. It was then sent to St. Maurice sous les Cotes, where it rested for a few days and then went to the Cotes de Meuse, east of the Combres Heights. It went into the sector before Combres (Calonne trench) on May 15 or 16, and there became accustomed to the Western Front. CALIFORNIE PLATEAU.