Bavarian Ersatz Division

It was initially a Bavarian formation but soon received several non-Bavarian units which served with the division until 1917.

The divisional commander, General der Infanterie Eugen Ritter von Benzino, was killed in action on November 28, 1915.

In 1916, the division entered into the Battle of Verdun and fought on the Somme in October.

After a short spell in the trenches near Verdun, in the latter part of 1917, the division was sent to Flanders in response to the Allied offensive there.

It returned to the Western Front in April 1918, occupying the line near Verdun, then Reims and then engaged in mobile defense.

It ended the war facing Allied forces in the Hundred Days Offensive.