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
│ Hospital. │ Hospital.
│145 Field Hospital.│34 Res. Field
│ │ Hospital.
│Vet. Hospital. │413 Vet. Hospital.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Transport. │712 M. T. Col. │712 M. T. Col.
─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
Attached. │ │47 Art. Observation
│ │ Section.
│ │73 Balloon Sqn.
│ │216 Pigeon Loft.
│ │19 Reconnaissance
│ │ Flight.
│ │74 Antiaircraft
│ │ Section.
│ │128 Ft. A. Btn.
│ │Elements attached
│ │ June, 1918.
─────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────
HISTORY.
(7th Corps District—Westphalia.)
1914.
At the beginning of the war the 13th Reserve Division and the 14th
Reserve Division formed the 7th Reserve Corps.
MAUBEUGE-AISNE.
1. Assigned to the 2d German Army, the 13th Reserve Division arrived at
Liège immediately after the city and the forts were taken (Aug. 14);
reached Namur on the 25th, and took part in the siege and taking of
Maubeuge. When it was released from this place it was quickly
transferred to the front north of the Aisne; fought in the neighborhood
of Pontavert-Craonne on September 15; fought near Cerny on the 16th, and
took its position on the front of Braye-Cerny en Laonnois at the end of
September.
2. On November 3 some elements of the division were engaged at Vailly.
3. The division occupied the sector of Braye en Laonnois until October,
1915.
1915.
1. January-October, 1915, the division occupied the sector Braye en
Laonnois-Cerny.
2. At the end of October the 13th Reserve Division was relieved in the
Laon area and transferred to the north, between Charleroi and
Valenciennes. After a period of training in November and December, it
entrained, about December 25, for the Verdun front.
1916.
1. At the beginning of January, 1916, the division was concentrated in
the neighborhood of Damvillers (right bank of the Meuse). In January and
February it was occupied in preparations for an attack.
VERDUN.
2. Beginning with February 21 some elements were engaged near Haumont,
near Haumont wood. It took part in battles, from February 23 until March
10, in the region of Samogneux (sector of Vacherauville-Haudremont and
Cote du Poivre). It lost 51 per cent of its infantry there.
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