5. It came into line on October 13 east of Grandpre and was engaged on the United States front until November 11. It did not offer a vigorous resistance to the American attacks at first, but in late October and early November it did all in its power to check the American advance. VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE. The division was rated as a third-class. The heavy losses in Champagne in September and October, the prevalent sickness, political discontent, and dissatisfaction with Prussia continued to give the division a low morale. 16th Division. COMPOSITION. ─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │30. │28. │30. │28. │30. │28. │ │68. │ │68. │ │68. │31. │29. │31. │29. │31. │29. │ │69. │ │69. │ │69. ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │8 Cuirassier Rgt. │ │8 Cuirassier Rgt. │ │ │ (3 and 4 Sqns.). ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │16 Brig.: │16 Brig.: │16 Brig.: │ 23 F. A. Rgt. │ 23 F. A. Rgt. │ 23 F. A. Rgt. │ 44 F. A. Rgt. │ 44 F. A. Rgt. │ 44 F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│2 and 3 Field Cos. │1 Pion. Btn. No. 8:│1 Pion. Btn. No. 8: Liaisons. │ 1 Pion. Btn. No. │ │ │ 8. │ │ │ │ 2 Field Co. 8 │ 2 Co. 8 Pions. │ │ Pions. │ │ │ 3 Field Co. 8 │ 3 Co. 8 Pions. │ │ Pions. │ │ │ 16 Pont. Engs. │ 16 T. M. Co. │ │ 16 Tel. Detch. │ 16 Pont. Engs. │ │ │ │ │ │ 16 Tel. Detch.