38th Infantry Division (France)
The Régiment d'infanterie coloniale du Maroc is the most decorated unit of the French Army.
Not to be outdone, the 4e régiment mixte de zouaves et tirailleurs (4e RMZT) gained a reputation as an elite formation, too.
The unit was cited six times in the orders of the Army during the war, and consequently received the red Fourragère on 9 November 1918.
9 – 25 December : moved (in parallel with the front - fr:Rocade (militaire)) and occupied a new sector towards Verbranden-Molen and the castle 1 km west of Hollebeke.
[12] 25 December 1914 – 2 February 1915 : withdrew from the front line and moved in stages to the Cassel, Nord region.
12 June : engaged in the Battle of Verdun, towards Hill 304 and the eastern edge of the Avocourt woods.
12 – 27 July : moved to the front line, engaged again in the Battle of Verdun; occupied a sector towards Hill 304 and the eastern edge of the Avocourt wood.
21 August – 21 October : withdrew from the front line; rest and refresher training at the Tannois camp .
[19][23][24] 20 December 1916 – 16 January 1917 : withdrew from the front line to the Ligny-en-Barrois, Gondrecourt-le-Château region; rest and refresher training.
[25] 16 January – 15 April : moved, via Mailly-le-Camp and Montmirail, Marne, to Nogent-l'Artaud; rest and refresher training.
[28] 29 April – 7 July : withdrew from the front line to Fismes (elements in sector at Chemin des Dames); rest and refresher training.
20 August – 18 September : transported by trucks to Vailly-sur-Aisne; then occupied a sector towards the Pantheon and the north of the Colombe farm.
[19][30] 31 October – 12 December : withdrew from the front line; transported by trucks to Crézancy, then moved in stages to Avize and Vertus; rest and refresher training.
Engaged in the Third Battle of the Aisne, retreated to Mont de Choisy, situated to the north east of Caisnes.
[38] 23 July – 4 August : withdrew from the front line, its positions were relieved by the 34th Division (United Kingdom).
19 - 29 August : engaged in the Carlepont region to the north of the Oise river, between Noyon and Pontoise-lès-Noyon.
[19][40] 6 – 15 September : withdrew from the front line, moved to Chevrières, Oise; rest and refresher training.
2 – 11 November : moved to Héricourt, Haute-Saône, then, from the 5th, to Épinal, via Ronchamp, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Plombières-les-Bains, Remiremont and Arches, Vosges.
