The History of
10. /Füsilier - Regiment Nr. 90
& the 17th Infantry Division

1918

- 1918 -

Brigade Regiment

Infantry
34.

75.
89 Gren.
90 Fus.

Cavalry 16 Dragoon
Regt.
(4 Sqns.)

Artillery
17 Art. Command:
60 F.A. Regt.

Engineers and
Liaisons 126 Pion. Btn.:
1 Co. 9 Pions.
5 Co. 9 Pions.
17 T.M. Co.
62 Searchlight Sect.
17 Signal Command.
17 Tel. Detch.
138 Wireless Detch.

Medical and
Veterinary 22 Ambulance Co.
84 Field Hospital.
89 Field Hospital.
17 Vet. Hospital.

Transport 550 M.T. Col.

Attached

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Battle of Picardy.

1. The 17th Division was relieved from the Acheville sector on February 17th and 18th by the 12th Division and went to rest near Douai until mid - March. On March 21st, it was engaged near Lagnicourt and Moreuil (Southeast of Arras), North of Vaulx - Vraucourt (22nd), at Beliagnies and Lapigines (24th). The division was relieved on the 25th, after losing 50% of its effectives. The division rested until April 1st, when it was re-engaged near Bucquoy until the 10th.

2. The division was relieved by the 5th Bavarian Division and retired to the Favreuil - Sapignies - Beugnatre area on the 10th, and the next day went into billets near Cambrai. Later it moved to the Valenciennes area. On May 24, it left Bouchain and traveled via Marquion to Bapaume, where it came into line on that evening. While resting the division had undergone no special training. The division received 1,300 men as a draft during this period.

3. It was re-engaged in the Bucquoy sector from May 24th to June 23rd, when it returned to rest near Bouchain until July 1917. The division was moved to Laon on July 24th and 25th and from there marched to the Vesle front by stage.

Vesle.

4. Around August 1st, the division went back into line between Bazoches and Mont Notre Dame. It fell back on the Aisne toward Bourg et Comin from September 3rd and 4th, where it was relieved on September 15th. The German communique of August 28th mentions the 89th Grenadier Regt. for its conduct against the Americans at Bazoches.

Aisne - Ailette.

5. The division was again in line on September 18th, at Jouy - Aizy sector (north of Vailly). It retired to the Ailette on the 30th and shifted by rail to Semide.

Champagne.

6. On October 4th, it was engaged southeast of Machault (Somme Py Road). There was a French attack that forced the division back East of Attigny, where it was relieved on the 19th.

7. The division rested for five days near Mouzon. Where it was entrained on October 26th and moved to Roznoy, reaching there on the 28th.

Ardennes.

8. The division, was put into line Northwest of Chateau Porcien on the St. Fergeux - Recouvrance Road on October 28th and 29th. For its fighting east of Banonge on the 29th, Füsilier Regiment 90 was complimented by the German Communique of the 30th (558 prisoners were lost by the division on the 29th). In November the division was driven back although Seraincourt, Remaucourt, Chaumont Porcien, Rocquigny, St. Jean aux Bois.

Value - 1918
(Estimate according to the BEF command)

The division was rated as first class. It was one of the best German divisions. Its conduct in the March Offensive won the Kaiser's praise. Until August it was relatively fresh, but after that was engaged almost constantly in efforts to check the Allied offensive in Champagne. At the end the division was so reduced in numbers that it could muster but one or two battalions.

Its morale was excellent until late in the fall, when it was lowered noticeably. A mutiny and other acts of indiscipline were reported.

Primary Information extracted from:

Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918). London Stamp Exchange LTD. 1989 Re-print in Great Britain by Anthony Rowe Ltd. (ISBN 0 948130 87 3) pp. 275 - 278

The History of 10. /Füsilier - Regiment Nr. 90 & the 17th Infantry Division

The History of
10. /Füsilier - Regiment Nr. 90
& the 17th Infantry Division