37th Infantry Division (France)

6 – 13 August : Elements of the division which had mobilised in Algeria landed at Sète and Marseille.

[d] Then progressive stabilization of the front line in the Oise region, south of the Quennevières farm.

June 20 - 9 July : ring road movement,[e] then, from the 28th, occupation of a sector towards the Quennevières farm and Moulin-sous-Touvent.

9 July - 9 August : withdrawn from the front line and movement towards Pierrefonds, Oise: rest and working parties.

9 -August 30 : transported by rail in the Vadenay region , then, from 17 August, working parties around Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand.

Engaged from September 25 to October 6 in the Second battle of Champagne: Fighting towards the Epine de Vedegrange  ; capture of the 1st German position.

From 9 October, transported by rail, from the Châlons-sur-Marne region, southwest of Bergues; rest and refresher training.

[5] 6 January - 12 February : transported by rail to the Bar-le-Duc region, Saint-Dizier: rest.

Engaged for the third time, in the Battle of Verdun, towards the fort of Souville  : 15, 16 and 17 July, French attacks on Fleury-devant-Douaumont.

29 July - 12 August 12 : withdrawn from the front line; transported by trucks to Revigny region; rest.

12 August 12- 27 September : transported by rail to Frouard and occupation of a sector between Pont-à-Mousson and Armaucourt.

30 October 30- 23 November : movement towards the north; occupation of a sector towards the village and Fort Douaumont.

February 14 - 1 April : occupied a sector towards the Cavaliers de Courcy and the eastern outskirts of Reims,[f] reduced on the left, the 13 March, up to Bétheny.

Engaged, from 16 April, in the Second Battle of the Aisne: from the 16th to the 19th, attack on Mount Spin , progression towards the Bois de Séchamp, then, organization of the captured positions.

Then, on 29 April, transported by rail from Epernay to Blainville-sur-l'Eau; to Bayon, rest and refresher training.

14 August - 4 September : transported by rail, from the Toul region, to that of Epernay and Dormans; then movement towards Damery and refresher training at the Ville-en-Tardenois camp .

2 - 12 August : withdrawal from the front line; rest and refresher training towards Wailly.

From 8 August, engaged, towards Hailles and the Sénécat wood, in the third battle of Picardy  : progression to the banks of the Avre (Somme) and Andechy.

Tirailleurs algériens taking the train in 1914
French Zouaves in the First World War
Bayonet charge by the 2e régiment de Zouaves, Plateau of Touvent south of Quennevières, during the Second Battle of Artois .
Tirailleurs algériens marching forward to the lines to engage in an attack on La Fère , on the Hindenburg Line , during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in September 1918.