The 10th Reserve Division fought on the
Western Front, participating in the opening German offensive which led to the Allied
Great Retreat. Thereafter, the division remained in the line in the Verdun region until February 1916, when it entered the
Battle of Verdun under command of
General der Infanterie Max von Bahrfeldt. After a respite in the lines in the Upper Alsace and Champagne, the division fought in the later phases of the
Battle of the Somme. It returned to Verdun in late October 1916. In 1917, it fought on the Aisne, including in the
Second Battle of the Aisne, also known as the Third Battle of Champagne. The division returned again to Verdun in April 1917, remaining in the line until late July, when it went into reserve for a few weeks. It returned to the trenchlines near Reims on 8 August, remaining in that region until March 1918. The division then participated in the 1918
German spring offensive, including the
Third Battle of the Aisne, and in the
Second Battle of the Marne, the last major German offensive of the war. It fought against the French and American
Aisne-Marne Offensive and remained in the line until the end of the war. Allied intelligence rated the division as first class and described it as a "big attack" division. ==Order of battle on mobilization==