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Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918)United States. War Department. General Staff

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Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918)

Name: Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918)
Author: United States. War Department. General Staff

United States. War Department. General Staff

Germany. Heer -- History -- World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany

7. It was relieved about August 7, and after resting a few days moved up
to the Roye region. It was identified in the Bois des Loges August 16;
it had relieved the 206th Division. The division remained in line
retiring in the face of the Allied advance, but fighting stubbornly,
especially near Campagne, Montigny, and Essigny le Grand; at the last-
named place it counterattacked violently, but in vain, September 29. It
was still in line when the armistice was signed.


                          VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The 6th Bavarian is rated as one of the 45 best enemy divisions. It
suffered extremely heavy losses, but since it always fought well—though
not brilliantly, during 1918—the German High Command sent it as many
replacements as it could. The morale has always been good, but quite
anti-Prussian.




                    6th. Bavarian Reserve Division.


                              COMPOSITION.

 ─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────
              │       1914        │       1915        │       1916
 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────
              │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.
 ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────
 Infantry.    │12 Bav.  │16 Bav.  │12 Bav.  │16 Bav.  │12 Bav.  │16 Bav.
              │  Res.   │  Res.   │  Res.   │  Res.   │  Res.   │  Res.
              │         │17 Bav.  │         │17 Bav.  │         │17 Bav.
              │         │  Res.   │         │  Res.   │         │  Res.
              │14 Bav.  │20 Bav.  │14 Bav.  │20 Bav.  │14 Bav.  │20 Bav.
              │  Res.   │  Res.   │  Res.   │  Res.   │  Res.   │  Res.
              │         │21 Bav.  │         │21 Bav.  │         │21 Bav.
              │         │  Res.   │         │  Res.   │         │  Res.
 ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────
 Cavalry.     │6 Bav. Res. Cav.   │6 Bav. Res. Cav.   │6 Bav. Res. Cav.
              │  Rgt.             │  Rgt.             │  Rgt.
 ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
 Artillery.   │6 Bav. Res. F. A.  │6 Bav. Res. F. A.  │6 Bav. Res. F. A.
              │  Rgt. (9 Btries.).│  Rgt.             │  Rgt.
              │                   │                   │
              │                   │                   │
              │                   │                   │
              │                   │                   │
              │                   │                   │
              │                   │                   │
              │                   │                   │
              │                   │                   │
              │                   │                   │
              │                   │                   │
 ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
 Engineers and│6 Bav. Res. Pion.  │6 Bav. Res. Pion.  │6 Bav. Res. Pion.

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