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. The 14th Landwehr Division appeared in Poland about the middle of
July, 1915, in the Sierpec area.
It appeared to be made up at this time of the 21st Mixed Brigade of
Landwehr (10th and 38th Landwehr Regiments, taken from the Breslau
Corps), elements of the Graudenz Corps, the 46th Landwehr Brigade (Pfeil
Brigade—101st and 103d Landwehr Regiments). At all events, the 14th
Landwehr Division does not appear to have received its complete
coherence until the stabilization of the front which followed the summer
offensive against the Russians.
SMORGONI.
2. The division then took position in the Smorgoni sector (September).
It remained there until February, 1918.
1916.
1. In 1916 the division remained in the Smorgoni sector.
1917.
1. In 1917 the division remained in the Smorgoni sector.
2. About the month of April, 1917, the 101st and 103d Landwehr Regiments
(Saxon) were taken from the 14th Landwehr Division and assigned to the
46th Landwehr Division, a new formation on the Eastern Front. They were
replaced in the 14th Landwehr Division by the 346th Regiment, which
formerly belonged to the 87th Division.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The division is of mediocre value.
1918.
MINSK.
1. At the beginning of 1918 the 14th Landwehr Division was still on the
Smorgoni front, which it left about the middle of February to march
farther toward the east. “We are advancing right into Russia,” wrote a
man of the 38th Landwehr Regiment on March 7. About the middle of March
the division went into cantonment in the vicinity of Orcha and Kochanovo
on the Minsk-Smolensk Railroad. It was still there at the end of April.
2. Sent to France during May, the 14th Landwehr Division arrived in
Alsace with only two regiments, the 10th and 38th Landwehr Regiments.
The division seems to have been dissolved soon afterwards, the 10th
Landwehr seeming to be attached to the 301st Division and the 38th
Landwehr to the 4th Cavalry Division.
3. The latter part of June the division was reconstituted on the Russian
front after the departure of these two regiments for the West, with the
following units: 103d Landwehr (from the 46th Landwehr Division), 343d
Ersatz (from the 87th Division), and the 3d Landsturm (14th Landwehr
Division). On the 30th of July the division was identified in the Orcha
region. Late in September the division was identified in the same
region.
VALUE.
The division was rated as fourth class.
14th Bavarian Division.
COMPOSITION.
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