Its conduct was remarkable in no way during the division’s participation in the heavy fighting around Hangest, Beuvraignes, and to the north of St. Quentin. During the early part of the year, when the division was in line in Champagne, there were a great many desertions, especially among the Alsace-Lorraine element. There have also been many cases of mutiny, especially in the 59th Reserve, the worst of the three regiments. About the middle of August a batch of some 500 recruits started out from the interior for the division. To sustain the morale of the men, these recruits were told they were going to simply support the artillery. Notwithstanding this, less than 250 men remained when the draft reached its true destination—the front lines. The men are very tired of the war, but on the whole seem resigned to the necessity of doing their duty. The 1st Reserve is rated as a third-class division. 1st Landwehr Division. COMPOSITION. ─────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── │ 1914 │ 1915 │ 1916 ─────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬─────────┼─────────┬───────── │Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment.│Brigade. │Regiment. ─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────── Infantry. │6 Mixed │34 Ldw. │6 Ldw. │34 Ldw. │34 Ldw. │31 Ldw. │ Ldw. │ │ │ │ │ │ │49 Ldw. │ │49 Ldw. │ │37 Ldw. │ │ │ │ │ │84 Ldw. │34 Mixed │31 Ldw. │34 Mixed │31 Ldw. │ │ │ Ldw. │ │ Ldw. │ │ │ │ │84 Ldw. │ │33 Ldw. │ │ │ │ │ │84 Ldw. │ │ ─────────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴─────────┼─────────┴───────── Cavalry. │ │90 Ldw. Cav. Rgt. │2d Sqn. 10 Drag. │ │ │ Rgt. │ │2d Sqn. 10 Drag. │ │ │ Rgt. │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Artillery. │ │96 F. A. Rgt. │128 Art. Command: │ │219 F. A. Rgt. │ 96 F. A. Rgt. │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── Engineers and│ │1 Co. 23 Pion. Btn.│(401) Eng. Btn.: Liaisons. │ │ │ │ │2 Co. 23 Ers. Pion.│ 1 Co. 1 Ers. Pion. │ │ Btn. │ Btn. │ │ │ 3 Co. 26 Ers.