29th Division ( German Empire ) The 29th Division ( " 29 . Division " ) was a unit of the Prussia n / German Army , almost entirely made up of troops from the Grand Duchy of Baden . It was formed in Karlsruhe on July 1 , 1871 . The division was subordinated in peacetime to the XIV Army Corps ( " XIV . Armeekorps " ) . The 29th Division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I . The division , along with the other division of the XIV Army Corps , the 28th Division , was formed in the Grand Duchy of Baden , a member state of the German Empire . Both divisions grew out of the Grand Ducal Baden Division ( " Großherzoglich Badische Division " ) , the army of the grand duchy . The Grand Ducal Baden Division had fought against Prussia in the Austro - Prussian War , but after Prussia ' s victory Baden and most other German states had entered into conventions subordinating their armies to Prussia ' s . The Grand Ducal Baden Division served in the Franco - Prussian War against France in 1870 - 71 , where its regiments saw action in the Siege of Strasbourg and the Battle of the Lisaine . In peacetime , the 29th Division was stationed in southern Baden ( the 28th covered northern Baden ) , with garrisons in southern Baden and across the Rhine in Alsace . In World War I , the division served primarily on the Western Front , seeing action at the Battle of the Frontiers and then moving north during the Race to the Sea . It participated in some of the more well - known battles and campaigns of the Western Front , including the 1916 Battle of the Somme , the later phases of the Battle of Verdun , the Second Battle of the Aisne ( also known as the Third Battle of Champagne and to the Germans as the Double Battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne ) , and against the Allied Hundred Days Offensive . Pre - World War I organization . Before World War I , the division was larger than most , having three rather than two infantry brigades . The structure in 1914 was as follows : Order of battle on mobilization . On mobilization in August 1914 at the beginning of World War I , most divisional cavalry , including brigade headquarters , was withdrawn to form cavalry divisions or split up among divisions as reconnaissance units ( the 29th Cavalry Brigade headquarters was dissolved and its two regiments divided among divisions ) . Divisions received engineer companies and other support units from their higher headquarters . The 29th Division was renamed the 29th Infantry Division . It kept all three infantry brigades and was thus much larger than most infantry divisions . Its initial wartime organization was as follows : Late World War I organization . Divisions underwent many changes during the war , with regiments moving from division to division , and some being destroyed and rebuilt . During the war , most divisions became triangular - one infantry brigade with three infantry regiments rather than two infantry brigades of two regiments ( a " square division " ) . The 84th Infantry Brigade was detached to form the core of the 52nd Infantry Division in March 1915 . The 57th Infantry Brigade headquarters and the 114th Infantry Regiment were detached to form the infantry base of the 212th Infantry Division in September 1916 . An artillery commander replaced the artillery brigade headquarters , the cavalry was further reduced , the engineer contingent was increased , and a divisional signals command was created . The 29th Infantry Division ' s order of battle on January 1 , 1918 was as follows :