5. About September 18 it again went into the battle of the Somme. It held the Thiepval-Courcelette sector, where it had some hard fighting, which caused it heavy losses. ARTOIS. 6. October 1 it left this sector to again hold the trenches northeast of Loos. 1917. 1. During the winter of 1916–17 the division had no heavy fighting. However, in April, May, and June it had serious losses due to the many raids executed by the British. 2. Toward the end of July and the beginning of August the division suffered considerably from artillery fire. It was relieved before the attack of the British before Lens. CHAMPAGNE. 3. August 5 it entrained for Rethel. Rested for some time in the region of Semide, then held the sector west of Butte du Mesnil from August 15 to September 15. BELGIUM. 4. About September 18 it was sent in the region of Bouziers and October 4 went into line west of Becelaere (Belgium), and shortly afterwards, October 9, south of Hollebeke. It was still there January 20, 1918. RECRUITING. Province of Prussian Saxony, Duchy of Anhalt, and part of Thuringia. Same remarks as for the 7th Division. The fluctuations in the resources of the region are evidenced by the following facts: On November 4, 1917, a man came to the 5th Company of the 93d Infantry who was born in 1898 in the Eighth District, was a farmer, and had been called up September 3, having had just two months of training. He was sent by a depot in Cologne. VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE. Since the battles of 1914 the division remained entirely on the offensive. It always defended itself well in attacks and held its positions with tenacity. During its stay on the Champagne it did not show any activity, but also it had no desertions. It may be said that its morale is good. (September, 1917). 1918. 1. The division was relieved by the 17th Reserve Division in the Hollebeke sector about January 31. It rested and trained near Coutrai during February and until March 7. 2. On March 7 it was engaged west of Zandvoorde, where it was in line until April 11. BATTLE OF THE LYS. 3. The division came into the battle line west of Merville on April 11, which town it captured. About the 23d it passed to the second line. 4. The division rested for two weeks at Canteleu (a suburb of Lille). It returned to a rest camp north of Kemmel about May 12th. YPRES. 5. It was engaged south of Ypres from May 15 until the 1st of July in the sector, with division headquarters at Halluin. 6. The division rested near Coutrai during July, from where it returned to its former sector south of Ypres on July 26 and was in line until the night of September 17–18. LE CATELET.