4th Landwehr Division.
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COMPOSITION.
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918[4]
Brigade. Regiment. Brigade. Regiment. Brigade. Regiment. Brigade. Regiment. Brigade. Regiment.
Infantry. 22 Ldw. 11 Ldw. 22 Ldw. 11 Ldw. 22 Ldw. 11 Ldw. 22 Ldw. 11 Ldw. 22 Ldw. (?)
51 Ldw. 51 Ldw. 51 Ldw. 23 Ldw. 23 Ldw.
23 Ldw. 22 Ldw. 23 Ldw. 22 Ldw. 23 Ldw. 22 Ldw. 51 Ldw. 51 Ldw.
23 Ldw. 23 Ldw. 23 Ldw. 404.
Cavalry. Ers. Cav. Rgt. of the 4 Ldw. Div. (4 Sqns.). Ers. Cav. Rgt. of the 4 Ldw. Div. Ers. Cav. Rgt. of the 4 Ldw. Div. 3 Sqn. 4 Drag. Rgt.
2 Ldw. Cav. Rgt. (3 Sqns.).
Artillery. 4 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. (Ers. Abtls. 6, 42, and 56 F. A. Rgt.). 4 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. 4 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. Art. Command: 4 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. (Staff, 2 Abt. Staff and 5 and 6 Btries.).
4 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.).
Engineers and Liaisons. 1 Ers. Co. 6 Pions. 1 Ers. Co. 6 Pions. 1 Ers. Co. 6 Pions. (404) Pion. Btn.: 2 Ers. Co. 6 Pions.
2 Ers. Co. 6 Pions. 1 Ers. Co. 6 Pions. 504 Signals Command:
304 T. M. Co. 2 Ers. Co. 6 Pions. 504 Tel. Detch.
304 T. M. Co.
25 Light Fortress Searchlight Section.
323 and 332 Searchlight Sections.
Tel. Detch.
Medical and Veterinary. 236 Ambulance Co. 236 Ambulance Co.
19 Ldw. Field Hospital. 19 Ldw. Field Hospital.
20 Ldw. Field Hospital. 504 Vet. Hospital.
Vet. Hospital.
Transport. 785 T. M. Co.
Attached. 21 Mixed Ers. Brig. (21, 22, 23, 24, and 78, Brig. Ers. Btns.) Dis. in Sept. 7th Munster Landst. Inf. Btn. (7 C. Dist. Batn. No. 69) arrived from 3 Ldw. Div.
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HISTORY.
(Sixth District—Silesia.)
1914.
At the beginning of the war the 4th Landwehr Division, with the 3d Landwehr Division, formed the 2d Landwehr Corps (former 7th Landwehr Corps), which was engaged on the Eastern Front.
Poland.
1. The 4th Landwehr Division at the beginning of September, 1914, took part in the battle of Tarnowka with the 3d Landwehr Division, then in the operations before Warsaw and the retreat following the enveloping movement of the Russians at Lodz. In December it was located between the Vistula and Pilica (at Czenstochow, Dec. 1; near Kielce, Dec. 28).
1915.
1. Until July, 1915, the division remained on the Polish front (left bank of the Vistula) between Radom and Gravowiec.
Baranovitchi.
2. Took part in the offensive against the Russians, which carried it through the region of Baranovitchi in July to August.
1916.
1. Held the front northeast of Baranovitchi from September, 1915, until the beginning of 1918. In 1916 it contributed drafts to the 420th Infantry.
1917.
1. Sector of Baranovitchi. The division had many of its forces transferred to the Western Front: In November, 1917, for the 52d Division; in February, 1918, for the 5th Reserve Division, but during 1917 it was reinforced by the 404th Infantry, coming from the 18th Landwehr Division.
VALUE—1917 ESTIMATE.
Mediocre.
1918.
Ukraine.
1. At the beginning of April, 1918, the 4th Landwehr Division marched into Russia. On the 14th of April, the 11th Landwehr Regiment was near Minsk; and at the beginning of May it was east of Kiev, along with the 404th Regiment.
2. On June 15 the 23d and 51st Landwehr Regiments were identified near Ochra.
3. A man of the 51st Landwehr Regiment wrote on October 23: “The latest news is that the 4th Landwehr Division is going into France.” The division was still in Russia on October 28 and was never identified on the Western Front.
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