45th Landwehr Division.
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COMPOSITION.
1917 1918
Brigade. Regiment. Brigade. Regiment.
Infantry. 45 Ldw. 107 Ldw. 45 Ldw. 107 Ldw.
133 Ldw. 133 Ldw.
350 Ldw. 350 Ldw.
Cavalry. (?) 4 Sqn. Gd. (Saxon) Cav. Rgt.
23 Drag. Rgt.
Artillery. Art. Command: 498 F. A. Rgt.
408 F. A. Rgt. 1027 Light Am. Col.
1043 Light Am. Col.
Engineers and Liaisons. (445) Pion. Btn.: 183 Pion. Co.
4 Res. Co. 22 Pions. 4 Landst. Co. 9 C. Dist. Pions.
345 T. M. Co. 221 Searchlight Section.
545 Tel. Detch. 545 Signal Command:
545 Tel. Detch.
Medical and Veterinary. Ambulance Co. 639 Ambulance Co.
355 Field Hospital. 355 Field Hospital.
Vet. Hospital. 45 Vet. Hospital.
Transports. 562 M. T. Col.
HISTORY.
(19th Corps District—Saxony.)
1917.
1. The 45th Landwehr Division was formed on the Eastern Front in April, 1917. The 107th Landwehr Regiment was taken from the 35th Reserve Division; the 133d Landwehr Regiment from the 92d Division; and the 350th Landwehr from the 91st Division, after having been a part of the 88th Division.
Volhynia.
2. Until February, 1917, the 45th Landwehr Division occupied a sector in Volhynia, near the Kovel-Rovno railroad.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
The 45th Landwehr Division has been on the Eastern Front since its formation. It appears to have only a mediocre offensive value.
1918.
Ukraine.
1. In February, 1918, the division advanced toward Kiev. A man of the 133 Landwehr Regiment wrote from the Wolczek Camp (southeast of Kovel) on the 15th of March: “Our regiment continues its march forward. It is said to have suffered heavy losses. We are fighting against the Bolsheviks; the Ukrainians are on our side.” Divisional headquarters were at Poltava in April.
2. In May the three regiments of the division were in the vicinity of Kharkov. The division was again identified here on October 13.
VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as fourth class.
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