7. It was moved south to relieve the Alpine Corps at Vendhuile, where it came in on September 23. In the fighting the division was driven back by Aubencheul-Villers Cutreaux on Maretz-Clary early in October. After suffering heavy casualties and losing over 400 prisoners, it was withdrawn on October 14. 8. The division rested in the Guise area until October 22. 9. It was reengaged north of Le Cateau on October 22–23, but withdrew about November 1. On the 5th it was identified in line north of Maulde, where it remained until the end. VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE. The division was regarded as a first-class division. A majority of its men came from the younger classes. Its effectives were high and the morale good. Apart from the Armentieres offensive in April, the division was on the defensive during 1918. 8th Landwehr Division. COMPOSITION. ─────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────── │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬────────────── │ Brigade. │ Regiment. │ Brigade. │ Regiment. ─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Infantry. │56 Ldw. │109 Ldw. │56 Ldw. │109 Ldw. │ │110 Ldw. │ │110 Ldw. │ │109 Landst. │ │109 Landst. ─────────────┼──────────────┴──────────────┼──────────────┴────────────── Cavalry. │2 Ldw. Sqn. 14 C. Dist. │2 Ldw. Sqn. 14 C. Dist. │ │ (dissolved late 1916). │ │3 Landst. Sqn. 14 C. Dist. ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Artillery. │Landst. F. A. Abt. (14 C. │8 Ldw. F. A. Regt. │ Dist.). │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Engineers and│4 Co. 14 Pions. │4 Co. 14 Pions. Liaisons. │ │ │2 Res. Co. 14 Pions. │2 Res. Co. 14 Pions. │ │308 T. M. Co. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Medical and │ │ Veterinary.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────── Transports.