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
(15th Landwehr Regiment: 7th Corps District—Westphalia. 60th Landwehr
Regiment: 21st Corps District—Lorraine. 82d Landwehr Regiment: 11th
Corps District—Thuringia.)
1915.
LORRAINE.
1. The 13th Landwehr Division was formed in Lorraine about the middle of
May, 1915. It was made up at this time of the 61st Reserve Brigade (60th
Reserve Landsturm Battalions, Cassel and Mayence) and of the 60th
Landwehr Brigade (the 60th Landwehr Regiment, and the 61st Landwehr
Regiment). These elements were already in line on the Lorraine front
before the formation of the division. The 71st Landwehr Regiment had
been sent on August 10, 1914 (with the 82d Landwehr Regiment) to
Strassburg as a garrison. The 60th Landwehr Regiment, beginning on
August 11, was guarding the railroads of Lower Alsace. The 60th Infantry
Regiment had been engaged in August in the Vosges.
2. The 13th Landwehr Division occupied the sector between Abaucourt and
the Bezange woods from May, 1915, to February, 1917. Except for a few
raids, it remained on the defensive during this long period.
3. At the end of June, 1915, the 82d Landwehr Regiment replaced the 60th
Reserve Regiment.
In December the 15th Landwehr Regiment, which had formed the garrison of
Thionville at the outbreak of the war, and was in the Vosges after a
stay near Morhange, replaced the two battalions of Landsturm (which had
been formed into the 115th Landsturm Regiment in July) sent to Serbia.
1916.
LORRAINE.
1. In 1916 the division held the sector Abaucourt-Bezange wood.
In August the 9th Jager Battalion entrained for Galicia.
2. On September 15, 1916, the staff of the 61st Reserve Brigade and the
71st Landwehr Regiment were transferred to the 215th Division, a new
formation. The 13th Landwehr Division then received its definite
organization: 15th Landwehr Regiment, 60th Landwehr Regiment, 82d
Landwehr Regiment (4 battalions each).
1917.
LORRAINE.
1. Relieved on the Lorraine front in the beginning of February, 1917,
the 13th Landwehr Division was concentrated in the Chateau Salins front,
entrained about the middle of February and sent by way of Metz-Longuyon-
Montmedy-Sedan-Laon to the neighborhood of La Fère. It detrained at
Versigny. One battalion was taken from each of its regiments to form the
328th Landwehr Regiment, destined to be a part of the 25th Landwehr
Division.
2. Until March 18 the 13th Landwehr Division did work along the line
Moy-La Fère-Fresne, where the German withdrawal was stopped.
FORÊT DE ST. GOBAIN.
3. On March 19, placed on the east bank of the Ailette, it covered the
retreat of the 45th Reserve Division, and at the beginning of April
occupied the sector Fresnes-Prémontré, where it was relieved about the
1st of May.
OISE LA FÈRE.
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