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)
United States. War Department. General Staff
Germany. Heer -- History -- World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany
(Sixth District—Silesia.)
1914.
FRANCE.
1. The 11th Division belonged to the 6th Army Corps and detrained at
Merzig August 10 and 11, 1914, passed through Luxemburg the 17th, and
entered Belgian Luxemburg the 18th.
2. It belonged to the 5th Army (Prussian Crown Prince) and took part in
the battle of August 22 at Tintigny, St. Vincent, and Belle Fontaine. It
crossed the Meuse the 29th below Stenay, passed through Varennes and
Ste. Menehould. September 7, at the high point of the German advance, it
was near Revigny.
RHEIMS.
3. After the battle of the Marne it established itself at the western
edge of the Argonne (from Binarville to Cernay en Bormois).
ARGONNE.
4. October 4 it fought at Binarville. October 21 the 22d Brigade was at
Beine, east of Rheims. The 21st Brigade remained in the Argonne.
1915.
1. At the end of January, 1915, the 21st Brigade returned to the Rheims
sector.
CHAMPAGNE.
In February the 22d Brigade was attached temporarily in support of the
8th Reserve Corps on the Champagne front (east).
2. About the middle of June the division went to Artois to reinforce the
6th Army in preparation for the French offensive.
SOUCHEZ.
3. At the end of June it held the sector north of Souchez, east of
Neuville St. Vaast. It executed many unsuccessful attacks on Souchez and
the Chateau of Carleul. It suffered considerable losses during July.
September 25 and 26 it had more losses before La Folie. Relieved at the
end of September and sent to rest in the region of Cambrai. The casualty
lists for the 10th Grenadiers show 432 killed, 1,023 wounded, 64
missing; total, 1,519 men. The losses were hastily made good from
October 5 to 14 by replacements with less than three months’ training
(oldest class Landsturm 2d Band and 1915 class men who entered service
in July). The 9th Company of the 10th Grenadiers received in this way at
least 119 men and the 12th Company of the 38th Fusiliers about the same.
4. During the first two weeks of October the division went into line in
the sector astride the Somme.
1916.
FRISE.
1. At the end of January, 1916, the division took part in the attack
which ended in the taking of the village of Frise and suffered very
heavy losses.
2. On May 25 it was relieved, and a short time afterwards took over the
sector south of the Amiens-St. Quentin road. (At the end of June the
first 1917-class soldiers arrived with older classes put back, taken
from the mines and factories of Silesia.)
SOMME.
3. In this sector it opposed the French attack of July 1 and days
following. It suffered heavily and lost a large number of prisoners to
the French. (The 11th Grenadiers, whose battalions had fought in three
different places, separated from the rest of the division, had to have
at least 181 replacements to complete the 11th Company. They arrived
from July 6 to 20.)
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