157th Infantry Division (France)

Commanders

• 28/04/1915 - 15/09/1915: General Gillain
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• 23/12/1915 - : General Blazer
• 23/05/1916: General Brulard
• 28/01/1917: General Beaudemoulin
• 04/05/1918 - Dissolution: General Goybet

Order of battle

First World War

• 213th Infantry Regiment from March to November 1916
• 214th Infantry Regiment from March 1917 to June 1918
• 252nd Infantry Regiment from March 1917 to June 1918
• 333rd Infantry Regiment from March 1917 to 20th december 1918
• 401st Infantry Regiment from April 1915 to August 1916
• 402nd Infantry Regiment from April 1915 to August 1916
• 32nd Alpine Hunters Battalion from April 1915 to August 1916
• 102nd Alpine Hunters Battalion from April 1915 to March 1916
• 107th Battalion of Alpine Hunters from April 1915 to August 1916
• 116th Alpine Hunters Battalion from April 1915 to March 1916
• 53e régiment d'infanterie territoriale]|53rd Territorial Infantry Regiment from March 1916 to ????
• 70th territorial infantry regiment from August to November 1918
• 99th Territorial Infantry Regiment from March to November 1916
• 133rd Territorial Infantry Regiment from March 1916 to ????
• 371st Infantry Regiment and 372nd Infantry Regiment from June to 20th december 1918

  1915

• Established at the Camp of la Valbonne; stayed briefly and received instruction.
• From September 1, transported by VF in the area of Liancourt; rest, instruction.
• From September 25, transported by VF in the areas of Châlons-sur-Marne, Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple.

• Moved towards Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand.
• September 8–30 : entered into the Second Battle of Champagne: French assaults north of the Wacques farm.
• From September 30, held ready to intervene, towards Wacques farm.

• Withdrawal from the front and transported by VF in the area of Belfort; rest.
• From October 29, rested and went towards Montbéliard and Héricourt.
• From December 26, worked on defensive organization while going towards Delle and Saint-Hippolyte.

  1916

• Regrouped in the area of Delle, Montbéliard, then moved towards Dannemarie.
• From January 27, occupation of an area near Carlspach and Burnhaupt-le-Bas : February 22, helped by Germans.

• Occupation of a new area, further north, between Leimbach and the Rhone–Rhine Canal, forced to the right, December 1, until near Ammerzwiller.

  1917

• Withdrawal from the front, moved towards Arches, through Mélisey, le Thillot and Rupt.
• From March 23, rest and instruction at the camp of Arches.

• Moved towards the area of Belfort, through Remiremont, le Thillot and Montreux-Château; occupation of an area between the Swiss border and the Rhone-Rhine Canal.

• Withdrawal from the battle; transported by VF from Belfort, to the area of Épernay; rest and instruction.

• Moved towards Reims, and, from July 9, occupation of an area between Courcy and Loivre.

• Withdrawal from the front ; rested near Damery.

• Occupation of an area between Courcy and southern Godat, spread out to the right, March 31, 1918, until near Cavaliers de Courcy.

  1918

• Withdrawal from the front ; moved in stages towards the area of Fismes; rest et instruction, then moved toward the front.

• 27 mai 1918 : Second Battle of the Marne
• Entered into the Third Battle of the Aisne: resistance between Saint-Mard and Maizy by the German advancement, then withdrawal towards the Marne River; occupation of points of passage of this river, between Chézy and La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.

• Moved in stages towards Villenauxe; rest and instruction.

• Transported in trucks to the area of Clermont-en-Argonne, then occupation of an area between l'Aire and the woods of Avocourt.

• Withdrawal from the front; rested near the farm of Grange-le-Comte.

• Occupation of an area near the woods of Avocourt and west of Forges, spread out to the left, July 20, until the bridge of Quatre Enfants.

• Withdrawal from the front; moved in stages towards Vanault-les-Dames and Possesse; rested in the area of Valmy.

• Moved towards the front.
• Entered, from September 28, on the banks of la Dormoise, into the Battle of Somme-Py : advanced until Monthois and Challerange.

• Withdrawal from the front and rested near Valmy.
• From October 11, transported by VF towards Bruyères.
• From October 13, occupation of an area between the high valley of la Weiss and la Fave.

  Annexations

• Cut off from April 1915 to March 1916
• 34th Army Corps, from March 1916 to November 1918