[1] The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I.
It fought in the opening campaigns against the Belgian Army and the British Expeditionary Force, including the Battle of Mons, and participated in the Siege of Antwerp.
It remained on the Eastern Front, mainly in positional warfare along the Shchara River, throughout the rest of 1915, in 1916, and into 1917.
In April 1917, the division returned to the Western Front along the heights of the Meuse River.
In June, it fought the Americans in the Battle of Montdidier-Noyon and then again in August during the Somme Offensive.