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
1. This division is the former Von Einem Division, which, with the
Jacobi Division (former 10th Landwehr Division), formed the 1st Landwehr
Corps on the Eastern Front in 1914–15. It took part in the battle of
Tannenberg in August and fought near Lyck in October, 1914.
2. From November to December the 1st Landwehr Corps held the defiles of
the Masurian Lakes, the 33d and 70th Landwehr Brigades being in the
region of Angerburg and Loetzen.
1915.
1. In February, 1915, the 1st Landwehr Corps was identified between
Mariampol and Suwalki.
2. From March to August the Von Einem Division, which became the 11th
Landwehr Division, was in line before the fortress of Ossowiec.
VICHNEV.
3. The offensive against the Russians brought it to the railroad
Molodetchno-Lida, near Vichnev, in September. It established its
positions there and remained more than two years, from September, 1915,
to the beginning of 1918.
1916.
1. Vichnev-Krevo sector.
2. Toward the end of 1916 the 424th Infantry was assigned to the 11th
Landwehr Division, which had given its 5th Landwehr to the 218th
Division in October.
1917.
1. Vichnev-Krevo sector.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
On the Russian front since the beginning of the war. Mediocre quality.
1918.
UKRAINE.
1. The 11th Landwehr Division, which was still in line south of Krevo in
January, 1918, marched to the east in February. On April 30 it was
identified in the Ukraine between Kiev and Koursk. About the middle of
May it was in the Soumy region. A man of the 75th Landwehr Regiment
wrote on the 16th of June: “I am still at Kiev, but I tell you one
thing, it is much worse here than in the trenches, for there one has the
enemy in front, while here it is just the opposite. The people are so
badly disposed toward us they would eat us alive if they were able, but
they can not.”
RUSSIA.
2. The middle of July the division was identified south of Moscow.
During all this time men were taken from the division and sent as
replacements to the Western Front.
3. Early in November elements of the division were identified along the
Danube.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class.
11th Bavarian Division.
COMPOSITION.
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