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ferredferried to a number of timestimesVastimes, was\VasVas\ compiledoompiled in the following manner :

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verify-ingeverycdetaileverycdetalleverydayevery adetaildetail ofot each operation by conferenceconferenoe with officersoffioers and enlistedenlisted-men

enlist-edmen of the Division , and the history committeeoommittee was given a free rainrein.reinrain.rain.-

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tivefive officersoffioers over the 1stlot Division battle fields to endeavor to check upup-on

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1.1. Thomas'jhipleyThomasjhipleyThomasThomas , Jhip1eyohipleyoily' , "HistoryHistory"" of A.J.F.AJFTAJ.tt. . . .i.i., . ""

2L.L2.2. *. History Firstiratiratei1 DivisionDivision.uivision.uivision,. ( OffioialOfficial )

23.3,. History 6th46th InfantryInfantry.,. ( OffioialOfficialOff'1oOff1o' 1al )

44.4,. War Diary First'irstirstF' DivisionDivision.,.

55.55.'Jar,. v/arvar\'Jar'JarJarwar\' / Diary First'lrstlrstlyrist' itfiglneersgineers.gineersigineers.igineersfitfulnessgingersgainersi ,.

66.6,. FieldB'ieldBieldBided,' orders , First'lrstlrstlyrist'

. rmy.d.rmydrmyirmyarmydryfirmly. , 19181918.,.

77.7,. Fieldleldled Orders , FirstF1rst Divisionivislon.ivislon,. 19161918.1918,.

88.8,. OffioialOfficial Report of CommanderComm-nderCommnderender- in Chief to beoretaryaoretaryeoretaryberetaortaferetory;;, ofof-

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1111.11. G-2G2- Reports First DivlaionDiv1si1on.Div1si1onDivis.ton.DivistonDilationDivision. .

1212.12*. HistoryH18to 18th Infantry ( OffioialOfficial )

1313.13,. HistoryHi8tO SecondSeoond Machine Gun BattalionBattalion.,. ( OffioialOfficial )

1414.14,. Operations Report , 32nd DivislDivviesDlv1Division.Divisiononon.on*.

1616.16,. v/arvarwar/ DiaryDi , 1stlot EngineEngineer.EngineerEngineers.Engineersera. ,.

1616.16,. war Diary , 1stlot MaokineMaab.1neMaab1neMachineMoline. Gun BattalionBattalion.,.

1717.17,. HistoryHitor, )' 16th InfantryInfantry.,. ( OffioialOfficial )

18lS.lS18.18,. statement Captain C.R.HuebnerCRHuebnerChurner. . , Infantry , then MajorMajor-

commanding

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oonmanding

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oommandinacommandingoommandinaoonmandingcontending 2nd Battalion , 28th8th InfantryInfantry.,_. ( ifyeryeiffye witnesswi tnl.etnletangle. )

1919.19*. Statonentstatement captainoaptain Y/.GY.GW.G.Liv8WG.Liv8WGLiv8W.G.LivesayWGLivesayGloves/. ,.Live saya.1.a1.a1. ,. InfantryInfantr.vInfantrv. , then AdjutantAdjutant-

28th28th InfantryIntantry.IntantryInfantry.,. ( Cl-ove]fyeFayee witnessw1tne8.w1tne8. )

2020.20*. Statementtatem.nttatemnt. Major Oliver AllanAllen , Infantry , then commandingoommandingoonmnendingbonnetingcommandin-

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55.5. The attackattaok of OctoberOotoberOotobor 4th.4th.,

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2222.22*. Statementdtatement Captain p.D.CarterpDCarterF.D.CarterFDCarterP.L.CarterPLCarterdeclarerPlatter. . , Infantry , then commandingoommandingcommanding-

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2323.23*. statementBtatementBattement LiajoruajorMajorLao FrancisFr.anoisFranois. HugglesluggleslaugglesJugglesleangles{ , F.AFAr'r' . . ,. ,' then ColonelColonelo-

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2424.*. Statement Lir.LirLireLair1 r.r. R.M.YouellRMYouell11I.M.Youe1111IM.Youe1111IMYoue11RemodelH.M.HM. . You&llYoullYou'll& , then Major commandingoommanding 2ndQ"ndQndNd2n-

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Jav-

anese

j-,.

",. . . , , , ... .. . . . . . . . .

. .

Tanksank8ranks , oommandingcommanding 1stlot TankankLankYank BrigadeBrigade.*. ( fy6Eye] e witness )

2727.27*. Statement CaptainOaptain P.W.StarlingsPWStarlingsp.r..starlingsprstarlingsP.N.StarlingsPNStarlingsPesteringrestartingPantaloons. ... . , Infantry , thanthenthan-

oommanding

trai-

nwoman

then-

oonnnanding

then-

commanding

he-

nchmanoommandingoonnnandingcommanding company "I"I"" " , 26th infantryInfantry.*. ( ireree witness )

2828.28*. statement CaptainQaptain BRLdgge9.R.LeggeRLeggeB.R.LeggeBRLeggeReggieBarelegged*. *. , Infantry , then MajorMajor-

commanding

MajOr-

oommanding

Major-

con

Majo-

rcacommandingoommandingcon ending 1stl8tlet Battalion 26th InfantryInfantry.*. ( Jfye.lielieFaye. e witness )

2929.29*. Statementstatem.utstatemut. Captain j.vWarejvWareJ.V.Warejava. *. , infantry , thenthin MajorMajor-

commanding

Majoro-

0JlD'D8.Dd1ng

Majoro-

0JlDD8Dd1ng

major-

commandingcommandingo0JlD'D8.Dd1ngo0JlDD8.Dd1ngo0JlDD8Dd1ng'. 1st Battalion 28th InfantryInf'antry.Infantry.'

*. ( ByeEee witnesswi tnesltines )

3030.30*. Statement Captain L.S.FrasierLSFrasierL.S.FralilrLSFralilr. . , InfantryIntantry, , then MajorMajor-

oommanding

Major-

oomnandins

Major-

oonauandingoommandingoomnandinsoonauandingcommandingconfounding 3rd BattalionBattalioD , 26th InfantryInfantry.Infantry.-

All

Infantry.-

n1l

Infantry-

n1l

Infant-ry

*.

Alln1l statementsstatemeDts ofot eyoeyeyo witnessesw1tneese.w1tneese. were made in1n the year 19231923-

from

1923-

trom

1923-

fromfromtromtromp memoryZD8ID017 andW1 . personalporlpoorly=al memoranda or datada'G&daGda-cadacadang'- & afteratterLatter consulCOIllultingconsultingCollatingting battle.-

p.

battl-

e

battlem-

eyps

battlem-

ents

battlebattle-

maps

attem-

ptsmaps-.p..p.meypsMays-. . of the operation and making aa.. study ofot that part touchingtouohiug uponupo-

ntheir

pot-

herupon-

bh

upo-

n, ' -bhbh-their'M1-F''M1M1F'F' ir- ' testimonytelt1m.otelt1moteeth. ry*.,. . ., AUAll havebAvebrave: been written by the eyel1e witnesseswa.tnlsle.watnlsleSwansea: . . or takentaken-

down

taked-

own

taken-

down

taked-

own

taken-

down

taked-

owndown in writingwriwrit tlngtiling byby.. .,the writerwr1 tertear of thistbilbail paperpappaper.paperr.r*. .

rF

11-

The0heThe? FirstFiratFrat Plylaionp1v1aionDiyisiPillionDivision_,_ in the MouseMeuseMuse ;ATgonnaAltoonaATgonn-

aSeptember

exex-

September

ex-

emptible

nnenenne-

september

K-

nessetSeptember 26 - OctoberOotober 12.1212 ., 19161918.19181918-

.ia

1918-

ia

1918-

.Div.History

191-

8DivHistory

*.

IhlsThisIhsia monograph ooverscoversHoovers the operationsoperation8 of the 1st DivisionDivision-

from

Divis-ion

Division-

from

Divis-ion

Division-

from

Divis-ionfrom September 26th to OctoberOotober 12thl th 19181918.1918-

.Even

1918-

Even

1918-

.Even

1918-

Even

*.

flyEvenantBanttita leadingleadlnpleediuleadplantLeduc: up to thethettheft_ operationocrester8t ion.ionion.-

In

Ioni-

an

ion.-

In

Ioni-

an

*.

in order to furnishfurniah a backgroundbaokground for a connectedoonneotedbonneted narrative ,

It1t will beb necessaryneoessary fortortore me to pick up the thread where we find thethe-

Division

tel-

evision

the-

D1v111on

the-

Division

tel-

evisionDivisionD1v111on restingrelt1ns In the BolsBoiaBoisBollsBoa de Belle OzlereOziereHolleredCozier , In the former Stst.M1hlelstM1hlelSt.MihielStMihielSmithfieldst.M1hle-

lsalient

stM1hlel-

salient

St.Mihiel-

Salient

.MlhielMolehillMlhie-

lSalientSalient , on September 19th , six daysdaYIdaY after Its successfulsuooessful advancedvance asas-

e

aps-

e... . . .. . . _*i .. _ "*"_

* ... . _ .".. *.'* *...... ._** .*..*. .. _* __* *__

. <_ .. i

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. K|4.4. MW_' . A4M.ww. *_> ..-. .

<.... ... t4.1.1.1. .-

1.11

. .. .tHV_tV* > . K.. <,\,

" -1111-" 'tijrvtrw-tijrvtrwtijrvtrwD-lv.History,

> >'tftf' -- ' - olefcoleic:&: e f"f"'f"'d''idi-sfdidi-sfind-s"'diviscnviiidivviesf'' \ * *** ionior'ariorarIran" < 'orf''t.neftnefatetf'" ' tnetine.r* ri""htrihtrightright< wingwrngwfngwringfang of ?the ., erloanmerioanerelongmerionmerioamMerriamarmyrmyarmy Inin the st.MlhlelstMlhlelt.M1hieltM1hielsmallerst.Mlhlel-

Elitaeter

St ., ihielchisel

.-.. W.Dlv.HistoryDlvHistoryiv.Hi.'oryivHioryDiv.HistoryDivHistoryAdvisorydivisor3

.11. >

17.'JJfJJf' :. ,"

.' ,

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""*_ r.r*-. - . 0'0*-' ' _* . . -. . ._

* -....". r.r-.. . 0.r0r.-.. -Fr.aFraFran--. iv- . . . , .-.--- - h.v.n.*... ...- .. .. . .... ."'-,, *-., '. ". .' .WW... .... .:. 4'M4M.'

_IPaPa__ MM/MMMMUMM_H'H{ /'U A.A..... .

. . . .,

. . _ _ . . . . . , . ': :" ... . . ".

- . . - . . : . , . . , _ _ . : A-AA-

"onA-

onA-

von-

h.VhV... . . "onon"

on s Septemberptembertrembler l119ththth ordersorder.order. werewctricitricwctrircatbrier-rr-receivedo'eioeioleic'

vedvend transferring the 1stlot1st-

Division

lot-

Division(2)2( ) FieldField-Order

Field-worker

Field-Order

Field-worker

DivisionDivl.lonDivllonDillon. to the 3rdrd corpsCOrplCOrp and placing It In armyarraya reserve.reserve. (2)2(2)-

The

2T-

he

(2)-

Order2-

Order(2)-

The

2T-

he

( )

Order 39 ,1stlot Dlv.DlvDiv.DivDlDlv-.Sept.19

Dlv-Sept19

Div-.sept.19

Div-sept19

Div-.sept.19

Div-sept19

.Sept.19Sept19. , t' 1818.18,. The movement waswaaWada made In1n trench'renchrenchr'renohrrenohFrenchReno' CamionsCamlons by the Infantry t, thethe-

motorized

the-

ologized

the-

motorized

the-

ologizedmotorized elementselement, followingfollowing.*. The horsehoraeHorace drawn elementselement.element. marchedmarohmacromarched-

westward

mar-ched

marched-

westward

mar-ched

dd-

stwar4westwardstwar4_ to joinjomJon the Infantry over Improvised1mprovi.ed1mprovied. bridgesbridgeabridge constructedconstructed-

over

construc-

ted(5)5(3)3( ) FirstFiratFratFirst-Dlv.

Firs-tly

Firat-D1v.History

Firat-D1vHistory

First-Div.His

over the streamsatreamestreamed ofot the woevrtwo.vr.wovrNoevrewooerwoveOeuvre. . by the DivisionD1via ion _:J&glneersJglneersengineers.engineersJugglers& iDeers.iDeersciders*. (3)3(3)-

On

3-On

(3)-

on

3-on

(3)-

on

3-on

( )

Dlv.DlvDlD1v.HistoryD1vHistoryD1v.History-p.l'13.D1vHistory-pl13Div.HisDivHisDivisor.HistoryHistory-p

Histor-y

torytory-p.173.

tory-p173pp.l'13.pl13.pl13p.173.p173.p173p.173.-

(3k

p173-

3k

.i3?' . On September 26th whenwhQn the great offensiveoftensiveostensive started , we findfind-

the

fi-nd

find-

the

fi-nd

find-

the

fi-nd odthe 1stlitlet DivisionD1vi.1onD1vi1on. In1n the vicinityv101n1ty ofot Benoit-vauxBenoitvauxB8Do1t-vauxB8Do1tBenitoaux- , In the area of thethe-

3rd

the-

3rd.

the-

3rd

the-

3rd(33(3k3k*( ' ) 3rd3rd. . Corps.CorpsOorps.OorpsOopsa orps.orpscorps. (3&-(3&3(3j3j(3-

&It

3-It

( 3'3'&- )

War DiaryDiary-First

Disaf-firms

DiuDuiDiary-First

Disaf-firms

,FirstB'irltBirltBirth' Dlv.DlvDiv.DivDl. It was.11vacsvas. tentativelyteJ1.ativelyteJ1ativelytea4atively. planned , that should the attack progressprogre.progreprogress-

favorably

pro-gress

progress-

favorably

pro-gress

..

favorably.tavo.l'abl1.tavolabl1.tavolabl1.,. ' ,. the tflrstb'1rltb1rltFirstflorist' DivisionJJ1,1a1onJJ11a1on,, would crossOrollaroseCorolla thet.t.. . LleuseMeuseLeseMuseeus.eusZeus. In1n theth.-th.th.v10inltthv10inlt.- vicinityv10inltvicinity-

of

vicini-ty

v10inlt-

ot

vionion: itycityity-

of

It-

oofot Verdun andaDd prolong the attackattaok ofot the CorpsOorplDoorplate to the eastwardeastward.eastward.-

R.ao

eastw-

ard

eastward-

.Reconnaissances

*.

ReconnaissancesReconnaissanceR.aoRaoRa. aa1.1&D01.aa11D01.aa11D01. & . wtrs.rerewerewaters.. mademadoado &ndnd&D4D4and& conferencesaODtereno.aODterenoaldermen.. holdheld between , thothethoutho-

JBtTleion

thr-

ottling

the-

Di

the-

ir. . . - . . .. " . . . . ' " - - - .. . . . ' .' . - . . . . . . . .. . . . . .

JBtTleionBattalionDiTiaDictaDi visAvis ionton OcnsnanderaGnm&11de1aGnm11de1Consonancec3c : & e1 ' and1imd1imdtlt..Fr'1imdtltFrandtheanthem-thethe.-.-tlt..Fr'tlt..Fr'tltFrtilt- th-FioirOorpEthFioirOorpEForbore*.. -. . oh-OorpiohOorpirizaohOorpsOrphicrizaoh-rizaoharia?''! * - OorpsOops andamamdamid DivisionD1V't"1oD"'OoD1Vt1oDOoDiva' a" ion" .OortftnOortftn'.Commandersti.dettidettide. ez'aezaEzra' ' hold-holdho1d-ho1d-

1.11.-

F

1-

F

1-

.The

1-

The

1 .

1

(4)4( ) tfirstb'irstbirstirstfirstburstb'irst-Div.History

birst-DivHistory

b' IngLQgLugKingLag this part of the frontfront.*. (4)4(4)-

Div.Hlstory4-

DivHlstory(4)-

On

4-On

(4)-

Div.History4-

DivHistory( )

Div.HlstoryDivHlstoryDiv.HistoryDivHistoryDivisor. ,

p.174.p174.p174. . On September 28th we find the Division in the vioi.ni.tyvioinityviainityvicinity. . ofof-

lUxeville

of-

Nixeville

no-

nflexible

of-

iUxeville

f-

ixablelUxevilleNixevilleiUxevillebluebillMixable after aeo twelvetweltowel vo hour marchrna.rahrnarahrajah. in a down paurpourpar of rain , thethe-

troops

tre-

etops

the-

troops

tre-

etops

the-

troops

tre-

etopstroops in woods renderedrendored filthy and bogboggyDoggyy by old bivouacsbivouaas and

(5)5( 5)55)'J) War\'J'JJ\' arar-DiaryFirst

o-rdinary

horse lines and clutteredoluttered up by a mass of wire entanglementsontanglements ofof-

DiaryFirstp-

odiatryof-

rear

fir-

earm

of-

DiaryFiratp-

odiatryDiaryFirstDiaryFiratDisaffirmsDiaryDiaryFirst-Dlv.septDiaryFirstD-iv.DiaryFirat-Div.iept.

,Dlv.septDlvseptDiv.iept.DivieptDelveDivideDiv.Div. ept.eptSeptept-.28lg18.

ept-28lg18

*. rear area defensesdefenses.*. (5)5( ) Plans were changingohanging.ohangingchanging.hangingohanging.-

on

hangin-

g*.

28,191828191828lg18.28lg1828019180, *.On September 25th2 the DivisionDivi8ion was suddenly transferred to

X4*WW-fcWWfc-(6)6( :66<{*)vtm.yvtmytummy.F.0.30F0.30F030F-0.30F0.30.-!..*.W.W., . jfiHfish

.ot# HWAW! '. . 'SiSi.yy'". (the;

. :,. :?,.*.k><

tfirstFirstA*+*11*. M.VV.*> V JJ2I1*%

Corps%, ww' , *?. - -_. and

UMF* Ya.Ya* <.**>ordered

. '. \44\..*<f4. VWV W .Sta.StaStan.< Mhto*.>? Liewvilly.LiewvillyiJevvilly.iJevvillyLevellyfierily

> *!*pirwpair!.'Ap*,AAN.tAANtANt* V. <*N.Niinin...

*#+.,; *.Jky*Ky.JJ.*lM*

(6)6(> . HhUWI..k.Ik.L.L.) . .... (. -'. .The.,V..phVphPh* . !.:.**. .

.Division<.M:M.. * J. ..?' . .'

j&glneerejglneeregineersjugglergingers.&. w, *r.r.o.rrorr.. *.*. *. *µ.. *

.. *. . ..

. ,. . ... >,. . <, ,.,.*._4.4.+ . Hf.Hf*w.*> .w.uwu<.._.1stl s t Army-ArmyArm-ySept29

Army-

8e-

*#0'0"'""Sept298e1918'1918191691

. 4'.0.40.40,[' .t.29.t29.t29t.29

:rr-t'

r-

t. '.*.*.;. .INYINYNY. "."""*

,."' .11. ' ... . .m"mm"tl_,",. Nlwwr..MM/L.Nlwwr..MML.-remainedremained.

.,....-tltl-._. / . ,. . . *. ,. " "..

".. *".riri-.*wituwitlJ.witlJwit1witwilt" ' -... '. . . . .

,.

.

the. . . . . . .-+-*M.-M.3rd

". \. '. . -. . -.. .Corps

.-., ,+ ,. .rw.rw.- .... . . . .

,. . -..assigned

. .RA.RA.-....' . i.i-. tltl.I..yM.. " - -.I..yM..I..yM..--.to_.. reconstructingreoonstl'11otingreoonstl11otingreoonstruoting. . .VV...- .i.i.... +?... . . .-. .

'

. . .... .. ( ! .... ... .. .. .rr. ..

the. ... . .._....N..Y.NY... .

roads.... . .L..fu.LfuFlu".. . . .. . ..

over. . . _... . .r.-.a..r..a.. ,,. . . _-. . . . .vMr.-w.vMr.w'. _ ". - "" ' " w. -wa.wa..

. ". . '-t't't-( ?' ?), .. . .ii84rii84rwi? .p.p*. .... '-. : -wiwi-. .WW. aawaftawait--waftwaft- - B ..ii. :orn3y§J.y.Jy:).y .

..

.no nwJ.UnwJUAnjou..'t"t'"". d*" . (7)7471. (7)-

Div.Hlatory7D-

ivHlatory( 7 )} . ,

. . . ,. . . .

. . . . .: . . . . . . ..' .

"Div.Hlatory-Div.HlatoryD1v.H1atory-D1v.H1atoryDiv.History-Div.HistoryDivinatoryDiv.Hlatory-p.174DivHlatory-p174D1v.H1atory-p.174.D1vH1atory-p174Div.History-p.174.DivHistory-p174

. -p.174p174p.174.p174.. *. Thehe uninterrupted movement of the infantry by trucktruQk , and thethe-

horse

the-

orem

the-

horee

the-

orem

the-

horse

the-

oremhorsehoreehorde drawn elements by marchingmarohing , across the congestedoongested lineslinealineal ofof-

communication

of-

aommunioation

of-

oonumnioationcommunicationaommunioationoonumnioationcontamination of the FirstHirstThirst and Fifth.Fifth.b'ifthbifthbitch.' iftgift . CorpsCorp was an achievementaohievement inin-

which

I-

ndic

in-

whioh

in-

which

I-

ndicwhichwhioh the staffataff anda.nd. line sharesh&reshre& equally.equally8'Lually.8Lually.8Luallyequally.-

Let

8'Lually-

.Let

8Lually-

Let

equal-

ly' .

Let uaus leave the 1stlet Division])iv1 ion for a few momentsmomentamommitsmomentmommies and turn toto-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

otethe situationlituationlitigation on the front ofot the 1stlot Array.ArrayArrry.ArrryArray-

.1'he

Array-

1he

AArrry.-

The

.

1'he1heThe'h.h. eveningevenieven of September 29th2gth finds the situationlituationlitigation on thethe-

attacking

he-

mstitching

the-

attaoking

the-

atergoing

the-

attaoking

the-

atergoingattackingattaoking front greatlygrea..tly.

. alteredaltered.al tered.teredtermed . *. Theh.h. impetusimpltulimpolitely of the swiftitt advanceadvance-

of

advan-

ceof the first two daysd s had been lostlost.*. All attemptsattsmptlattempt to advanceadvanoe thethe-

rigat

th-

ereat

the-

r1gilt

the-

rigent

thr-

ivenrigatr1giltrigentrigaregent of the linellne had matmet with failurefailureC; on the extreme left inin-

ths

di-

nts

in-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthsthethis itorasttoastl'oreloreYo!' restt ofo.f. .jrgonneijrgonneijargoned..:: ::...rgonnrgonnxgonrargongoner.. ., only a slight81 ihtht{; gain($,rainin hudNldLd; beenaEmahem maaemcmemademaemmemcme'lmcmelcamel, vtfuletofu\'l'llwhiwhim\' 1 ilo.iloMilo, e. thethothathouthanthe-

enemy

He-

nley

tho-

enemy

athe-

naeum

tha-

enemy

athe-

naeumenemy had reactedreaotedreadopted violently against the 55th36th35th , 37th and 79th DivisionsDivisions.*.

2.2.

I(

(0)0(8)8( ) ShipleyShirley OrdFordrd.rsrdrsOrd.rsOrdrsardorsOrders. . : rs were issued for the 1stnebular&rd1stnebularrd1st , ( labuli.rabuliriieoulaarbulgierhierolatry[ . ) , n.dnd3rd& . , Regular(),( RegularHegulurHegel ) ,

jjhomasHis-toryjjhomas-HisjjhomasHishoma.s-1I1s-homa.s1I1shoma.s1I1sThomas-iiThomasiihoma.s1I1-

storyhomas1I1-

story. - is-isis-

toryhi-

story¬-

tory of iu2F and itend2nd32ndintend ( NationaluationulNat ionEaFiona GruardGuard ) , Divisionsivisiondivision to movemov up immediately andand-

p.256and-

p256and-

p.

an-d

and-p.k58.

and-

pk58p.256p256p.k58.pk58.pk58p.p. 58.58,.replacereplaoe these divisionsuivisions in lineline.*. (8)8(8)-

3eptember

83-

eptember

(8)-

september

8s-

eptember

(8)-

September

8S-

eptember

( )

3eptemberseptember oOthOth:0th0thboothGoth: marks no110 changechijl1ga, in the position of thethe-

American

th-

eatricAmericanmarioull.merioanmerioanmartiallymerion".", lines betweenbetvveen the uieuseMeusequietusesMuse, eusereuse andnd the ajrgonne.ajrgonne.u.rgonne.urgonne.rgonneergonneejargonedburgeonedgone....rgonneei'hergonneeihegone. i'heihe'J.'heJhe-i'hehe'-.'' 77th DivisionDivision-

had

Divisio-

nal

llivisLlividly onon-

had

go-

nadhad been ablea.ble. to advanoeudvanoeadvanceSudan its lines slightlysllghtly in the rgonne.rgonne.rgonna.rgonnaargonne.argonnegonegonadjargoned...)!. . The'iheiheheThe-

French

Th-

erein

I''ihe-

French

ihe-

French

inh-

erence

hehe-

li'renah

he-

lirenah

w-

heelieFrenchli'renahlirenahIrena' 4th ...:;rroyroyrrr r on the left waswaaWada pushing aheadahead.ahead-

.(9)Shlpley

ahea-

d9Shlpley

*.

(9)9(9)Shlpley9Shlpley( ) ShipleyShirley In the meantingmeantimeBanting the 1st , 3rd and 32nd322n DivisionsDiv1slona were hurryinghurrying-ThozaasHU"

hurrying-ThozaasHU hur-rying hurrying-hotB.Hl.ro

hurr-ying hurrying-ThomasHis

hurr-yingThozaas-HU"ThozaasHU"HUhotB.-Hl.rohotB.Hl.roThomas-His-ThomasHishotThozaasHU-"toryThozaasHU-toryThomasHi-storyThom-ashotB.Hl.ro-tory

.- ."- -

tory ofot AWAEF at top spaed.peedpeedspeedspaced. to the frontfront.*. (9)9( )

.268.268.268. . . . .. . .,. . .... . . . .. . . .., . . ,.,. . .,. , . ..., ...... ._ ._ . ,.. . . .. . ,. ... . . ........ . .'

,. '.

,,.

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. .6030' O , 1918.1918. the night ofot SeptemberueptembGr 50thOth30thGoth - ootoberOctober 1st.1stlat.lat. (10)10(10)-

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Thehe DivisionDlvisLevis ion commandoormnandoormnondtornadodoorman post MWwas, B8 establishedestablisheu atti.ttit:: . OheppyGheppyChoppyHeap earlyeurlycurlyeurly-

on

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on

erelo-

ng

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w-arier

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, 1st on the morning of saptonikeibothptomhmbOthtommyrotaeptomheepitome iiOthidiot and the differentifferent seotionssections began toto-Dlv.Sept.

to-

funotion.

to-

ftmot

to-

pmostDlv.Sept.DlvSeptDiv.Sept.DivSeptDelveDivest. .50,1918.501918.50191830,1918.301918.301918, . functionfunotion.funotionftmotfitment ion.ion*. (11)11( ) The troops were orderedordFord ed to reachreaahrah the vicinityvio1nity ofotot-

Oheppy

of-

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. CheppyOheppyChoppyHeap at dusk.dusk., (12)12(12)-1st

12-1st

(12)-

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(12)-

Regimental

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egimental

( )

1stlet Dlv.i3ept.Dlvi3ept.Dlvi3eptDiv.Sept.DivSeptDivestDlvDl ., ept.eptSept.30,1916.301916.30191630,1918.301918.30191830,1918-

.(13)State.1

30191-

813State1

, . RegimentalRegUnental CommandersOorrmazulersFormableOommalSomali ers and JtaffsutaffaStaffsquaff went forwardfo vardWard to reoonnolter.reoonnolterreooano1ter.reooano1terreoonnotter.reoonnotterreconnoiterreoonnolter-

.(13)state

reoonnolte-

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(13)state-(13)state13state(13)State-.113State.1.1(13)stateThe13stateThe(1313(13)State.1-Mont13State1M-ont( ) statl-.istatl.istatstatl.i-ment

sali-ent- .. Thehe movementverxentavermentJJX > forward was made by battalion.battalion. (13)13(1S1S( ;: ) Roads werewere-

mentcere-

mentwere-

dented

swe-

etened

were-

denied

swe-

etenedmentMontmeant Oapt.OaptAptOapt-

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ntrifiedCapt.B.H.CaptBHOaptB.R.OaptBRCapt.B.R.CaptBRCathyAptCaptorCapt.B.H.-Legge.OaptB.R.-Legge.Capt.B.R.-Leggee

., . .Legge.LeggeLeggeeLegged. traffictraffio on the singleslUBlesoluble axialaxia.l. road of the corpsoorps.oorpsoorpe.oorpeoopsoreoorps.-

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wide as the road and 30O or 40 feet deep , hudhad to be passed on aua-

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regul-ated

l tedted-

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t-etratraffictraffio with the greatest difficulty.difficultydiffioulty.diffioulty. Thehe entire transportationnsportationinspirationtr ,

(14)14( ) State-State3tate-3tateStateofState3tate-menta

state-ments

- of three combatcombu.tcombutcombust. divisionsdivisdivvies ions , wasw.swsw .: s passing daydaynddandy-ndnd-:- ni-htnihtniGht- in a steadysteD.dysteDdyteDdysteady-ments

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capt.C.H.Huebstream over this obstacle.obstacleobstaole.obstaole. (14)14(14)-

Capt.C.K.Hueb14-

CaptCKHueb(14)-

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Capt.C.K.Hueb-Capt.C.K.Huebcapt.C.H.Hueb-capt.C.H.HuebCapt.C.K.Hue-bnerOaptj3.RCaptCKHueb-nerOaptj3Rcapt.C.H.Hueb-nerCapt..B.H.Capt.0.1R.Capt01R.Capt01R. . . Hueb-HuebHubHue-bnerCapt..D.il.

-nerOaptj3.RnerOaptj3RnerCapt..B.H.nerCaptBHnerCapt..D.il.nerCaptDilenraptmercantilenerCapt..B.H-.LegnerCapt..D.il.L-egge.

, ,. . . ,. The infantry too wasw s havinghuv11l its difficultiesmarchingdiftioultiesmurchingdifficultiesdiffioultiesrdifficulties, rehin6 overover-

Leggeover-

largeover-

a

ver-

aLeggeLegge.LeggedLeg *.

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in

rovcttod-

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readin-essreadiness-

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mentreadin-essmentmeant Capt.CaptCa.pt.Caput. . CO.H.OHC.ii.CiiIiO.H-

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bo

cou-

ld

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Capt-.WeG.Livesay

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Oliver.-al1enCapt.

Oliver-al1enCapt.alienGapt.alienGaptllenOapt.llenOapt.al1enCapt.al1enCapt.al1enCaptalienateLenora...al1enCapt.-B.R.Legge.al1enCapt-BRLegge.alienGapt.J-3.R.Legge.alienGaptJ-3RLeggellenOapt..-

R.Legge., .

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(16)16(18)18( ) i.0,43i.043i043F.O.43FO.43FO43F.O.4.3FO4.3F.O.43-1st

FO43-1st

?. ,. . OctoberOotober 1st1st.let.let*. This was almost immediatelyimmedimnaddimmedmonad iate1yiatelyirately supersededIUpeIpse rae4ed by FieldField-1st

Field-

Order

Field-

worker

Field-let

Fill-et1stlet Div.SeptDivSeptDiv.Sept.DivestDiv.Sept.-30,1918.F.0.

DivSep-t301918F0

Div.Sept.-30,1918.F.0.

DivSep-t301918F0

. ,.30,191830191830,1918.F.0.301918F0.301918F0, . F.O.FO. . Order 4444.44,. whichwhioh ordered aa.. relief , upon changecha.nge. of intention of thethe-44,1st

the-

441stthe-

h

th-

e

the-44,1st

the-

441st44,1st441st" ,lit Div.DivDiv-.Sept.30,1918.

Div-Sept301918

Div-.sept.30,191S.

Div-sept30191S

Div-.Sept.30,19180

Div-Sept3019180

.Sept.30,1918.Sept301918.Sept301918sept.30,191S.sept30191S.sept30191SSept.30,19180Sept.3019180Sept3019180. , . highh ishdish command.commandOOl'IlDan4.OOlIlDan4.OOlIlDan4ooianand.ooianandcoined' . (16)16(1818(18)(16)-

llif

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lif

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)

llif'lb.lbThelife' . MarchMarohMarco tot o BattleBattl.BattlBat ti e.ee-

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Theh.h. somewhat.omewhatomewhat. disorganized conditionoondition of the 5th36th DivisionDlvilioDLivelihoodDivision-

made

Divisio-

nal

DlvilioD-

made

Division-

made

Divisio-

nalmade formaltor.maltormal. relief impracticableimpraotioableimpracticable.,.

4'44.4'..

Leading battalions of tuetHetiietruetie 1st jjivisionDivisionuivisionjimson in order from rightright-

to

Bright-

onto left , i6th6th26th* Infantry , 8th28th<! InfantryIaI'antryIaIantrylafantryImaginarylavatory' , lathleth13thLethe InfantryInfantlInfant , 16th Infantry ,

were ordered to form up with their leading elements on the Gharpentry-GharpentryOharpentry-OharpentryUharpentry-UharpentrySharpenerCoherentlyGharpentry-

jSolisfontaine

Oharpentry-

Eolistonta1ne

Uharpentr-

yEolisfontaine

-

jSolisfontaineEolistonta1neEolisfontainejollificationEllison road at midnightm1dni ht and advanceadvanoe to the line BoleauBoolean flois-floisBois-Boisloisflois-

(19)

floi-

s19

Bois-

(19)

Boi-

s19

Bois-

(19)

Boi-

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(19)19( ) F.0.44F0.44F044F.O.44FO.44FO44F.0.44-1st

F044-1st

. . oerieuxSerieux3erieuxeerieSherrie FarmFar.m. - ChaudrunChaudranChurnChaucerian i.'armarmiarm.ir'armirarmfirearm<' - L'-risperanoeL'Lrisperanoeisopteran1'i1iL'rLr' - peranoesperanoepermanentSerrano , arriving not later thanthan-let

ham-let

than-1stlet1st Div.Div.u1v.u1v.u1vDiv-

.Sept.uO,1918.Div-

SeptuO1918Div-

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erse..u1-

v.sept.30,191B.u1-

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(20)20( ) F.0.44F0.44F044F.O.44FO.44FO44F.0.44-let

F044-let

. . Upon arrival of the leading elements of the 1stlstlast DivisionivisionAvisionVision onon-

1sto-

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nthis

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onths1stlitlet Div.DivD1v.D1vDiveDiv-.SoptuSOfl

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sept.30,11.116"Dive-

sept3011116.

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nformally.

reli-eved

relievedi-

nformally.

reli-eved

relievedi-

nformally.

reli-evedinformally.informally. (20)20( &> )

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iinon-ments

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In the line of advance of the 1stlstlast Divisionil1vision lay row and row ofof-

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the

of-

tenthe divisions on tiiathetibiatl right of the v'irst.virstiirst.iirstvirst.first' . (28)28(28)-

General

28-

General

( 8)88)-

General

8-

General

)

(29)Report29Report(29)Report-of29Report-of(2929( ) RepoRepot rtrt-of

ro-

ofGeneralGellerTeller <.LlLl. PershingPerishing says in his reporttrelrtareportreran)() : "positionspositions'pyospyospos"' it ions embracedembra.oedembraoedembraced-

in

embra.oed-

in

embrac-

ed

.

of C.inCina.inaincoinCain. u.uu.-

p.

lU-

.P0190

U-

P0190,; .

p.pp.19.p19.p19P0190. 19.19. in this area were of vital importanceimlOrtanoeirnlortanoeignorance): ) to the continuationoontln\.W.tionoontln.W.tionfontal\ . . ofof'' thethe-

general

te-

enier

the-

genera.l

te-

enier

the-

general

te-

eniergeneralgenera.l. advanceadvance.advanoef.advanoef*.*. " (29)29(29-

)It

29-

It

( 9)99-

)It

9-

It

)

It waswusus apparentappa.rent. to the high commandcorrunund.corrunundcorvnandcorundumcorned . thattha.t. beforebefol'ebefolebefooled' thothethou junctionjunction-

with

junct-ion

junction-

with

junct-ion

junction-

with

junct-ionwith the 4th i-'renohi'renohrenohl.'renohlrenohtenchrenostench:-.' Army"lrmylrmyrimy" at GrandlfrandFran PrtyP1'r.-P1r.P1'r.P1rPrAPartyPramP1'r.oouldP1roould' ,

.- couldoouldGould be uffootedeffectedoff'ootooffootooff'

, thisthis-

position

hair-

splitting

this-

position

hair-

splitting

this-

position

hair-

splittingposition must be carriedoarrled.oarrledcarried.corralledcarried.-

While

carr-ied

*.

';.VhileVhileWhileVile.; thothethou first AmericanAmerioan .Army.AruwAruwArum was hastilyhasthastilhastilyil :;, repairing itsit.itits-

roads

mi-

sreads

it.r-

O&C

itr-

OC

in-

tro

its-

roads

mi-

sreads

.

roadsrO&CrOC& a and rusLinrusld.l1rusldl1rush-hirushhi-,Ruskin. [;1 ammunitionflullLtlcnarruiuuitionarticulation!) ! andmudd sullies1)1.Jl1tJs11.Jl1tJs11Jl1tJsSsup )>lllas., forforwardfor4ardvardWard, forl'orlorlord' the bQginaibeginningbinningbaggingbeginning-

of

binning-

of

beginni-ng

binnin-g

%'

of the oeoondsecondOdeon pli&plipipphase'JbJb' & e ofof'' the battle , the 1st DivisionlJivteionjittering lay in its

7.77-

.in

7-

in

7.-

i

7-

i

.

,

I ii-

fox

f-

oxfox holes , while enemyonenjomenone artillerya.rtil.Lery. . pounded the areaD.l"eaDleaLea. " with highhigh-(30)Jtate

hig-h30Jtate(30)Jtate-(30)Jtate30Jtate(30)Jtate-ments30Jtatem-ents(30)30( ) .; tute-tutetate-tatetuteetute-menta

attun-

ementtate-

mentestate-

ment-

mentsmentamenteamentsmentalmenthe Oapt.Oaptapt.aptCapteCape. explosiveex)1osiveex1osive8XI)> 10sive and drenched the ravinesv1neart and woods with gas , andc..ndcndnd.. rnaoninemuohinemachineDraconianMoinesrnaonin-eP.L.Itenson

muohine-P..1aw.nsoll

muohin-eP1awnsoll

machin-eP.L.aans

mac-hineP.L.ItensonPLItensonP..1aw.nsollP1aw.nsollP1awnsollP.L.aansPLaansListensPLans. . . : . oiaia, vIv-

OaptCR.Huebgunsv-

apt.

a-

ptI-

Capt.C.R.duebgunsOaptCR.Hueb-gunsOaptCR.HuebgunsCapt.C.R.dueb-gunsCapt.C.R.duebapt.apt*. .l1.Hueb-gu.nsl1Huebgu.ns.l1.Huebl1Huebgu.nsguns,. . - . and snipers harassed constantlyoonstantly wherever movement vasViaswasVials; ob-obob-

nerCapt.o-

nrampob-

ner.Co-

nnerob-

nerDapo-

nramp-

nerCapt.nerCaptnerDapenraptnerdnerCapt.-B.ii.Legner.nernear,. Cap t.tt-.B.H.Legge.

t-

.B.f.Legee.

B.ii.LegBiiLegB.ii.Lege.B.H.Legg-e.B.H.Legge.B.f.LegeeBfLegeeBileFledge. . ;;-e.e.-, . served.served. (00)00(00)-

'Juo

00J-

uo

( U() )

'JuoJuoyloJunolo' lO: ! ravinol'lavillQllavillQravineflail' norUio.norUionl'LhnlLhOrionnullnot( ) ' LhkElk; ., ." <.ctct. t orJf,J"J::" Ca0Iic'0Iic; :,' ._.... : .' , uul-iuuliusualUI4eLl ua'vuavuv-' :i.i. ' ". . :. .oJoJ. M il..i'AliAliar..

' ii ., u . -, , " ; l ,, drrnchdrenchdJ.TJdJTJDJ. C.L..CCLCCC}. .. u

(51)51( 1)1s1)s1) First1.rst1rst' 1.rs-tDiv.History

1rst-DivHistory

. with mustardmusturdmustardassmustardsgas.gas-assass-as.as. ihe'heheshe' gounclgou11lsoundcouncil becomebecame so impregnatedimpre&--"tlatedimp-re&im-pre"tla-tedtla-tedimp-uretat-ted&"- with it thatthQtthat-

Div.HistorythQt-

when

that.-Div.HistoryDiv.HistoryDivHistory.Div.HistoryDivisor. . ,p.pp.1Sp1Sp.186.p186.p186. 186.1866.6. when the Sun oaineoanecamePaineJoanne out after the habitualhabiDhabi tuu.ltuultubule. morninglI1 l'ninlninLenin' ; fog1'og1og' , severe burnsburns-

developed

burns-

davelo

bu-rns

burns-

developeddevelopeddavelodevelop iJedJed onann many wenmenlj n andu.ndund. the casualtyou.sul.lltyousulllty. . list1 i t increasedill0re .ss. Q.Q. hourlyhourly.,. (31)31(31)-

of

31-

of

( bll )

. \. .... ". .. . -' ...... . .... - . ... .. . of October aridnd before'oreore' front line* _ A* . a. .\-*-- .4'.44* ' *".' " 'hh.' _ :! " " 't'.rtr' ('(. nftCPFTCP-PP.r.J-+ .r-.Jr-J. . ; g.fgf.,f.f.jjotoberjobber? e\e . .. ,

, ? daybreakuybreak.uybreakumbrae ,.. ... .. ... _ . . . . ... . . ..-_A.A. . ' . . . . ." . . . . . ... . , ., -.J.J- . .... ,.""' ... ._ _ .. .

'

1. .

' " "\'"""...

""" . M'M\ '."". . *...._-.r..r.-,*_ . '."tete".... .. _ . ... .._ ....... .

_ . ,.. . .. _-.... ,*C.MI.CMIMI. . . ... ....q.q..q.'U. . . , . . . . . ."

,';-",','' --'U'UU-'- '. '-

UbatU-

batB-at '

battalionbat t .lionlion. ) oomriEinabrs'oomriEinabrsocoTI1J"'tiflcoTI1Jtiflm "'1

}: ..rorrorl'orslorsroarlords' f'WfWNY' 'W ( 'fj.fj'1'i1i'( "aa"a 5t'til1-is5t'til15ttil1is'G1iisliecG1iisliec' ftteifate- "'ct.ct' et'tettEtta'. &ii& *--?:" *? :!i-"o.ti"o.tot;::

;-" *. .oo.o.fof. . .fcvcribaLfcvcribaL., Yr'xvYrxvPyrex" ' rJ.1rJ1. .1.l..o.r.1lor.1lor. .], , jardjujsarduousjardjuj-

s6risn3rtlfl

.. . 'GG.

' SaS-

arl

S-

narl

r'r' . . , ' . . . . . .

. . . . . - - - ' - . . .- - -6risn3rtlflrrl(: jxlJ.q"t1AlflJ.qt1AlflJqt1Alf;. "t'intin' ?;rBt"rBt"S.t-orbitat-CorhoatCorhoCarhop". "- CorpsCt rJ! ' ileadiIeu.diIeudleadiviediIeu.djfioa3i. ':-jj- ,wrterswriters, :rtersyartery::,t erSt"erStest," trto> penetrateT.'EtuetTEtuetTwentieth

. ' ;; J.J.. t & thehe enonenotenonRenoOllMoll II\YIIY\ _ .soso.screenscreen-

S2)First

scree-

nS2First

,

eenen. . .*-** *-** *. * *-*%

( ttajtflrstS2)FirstS2Firsttattlers2)2) 'irstirstfirst'irst-Div.History

irst-DivHistory

' iniD their front with strong oontoatoombatcombatonto patrols and locatelooateloathe his defensivedefensive-Div.History

defe-nsivedefensive-

'position.

defensiv-

eposition

defe-nsive

defensive-Div.History

defe-nsiveDiv.HistoryDivHistoryDivisor. ,pp.185.p185.p185. 185.185. position.position'position.' . This order was busedbasedb sedseed upon a reportrelreel rt from the Frenchirenoh.LrenohLrenohRenoFrench-

on

irenoh-

on

.Lrenoh-

on

Fren-

ch

reno-

wn

.

on the left of the Forest.b'orestborestbrest. ' that the enemy had vithdrawnwithdra.wn.withdrawnwithdrawn.? . . (33(34)34(34)-

At

34-

At

( i3 J )

Att daybreak strong patrols started out in a heavy fogfog.*. pasPas-pas-

sing

Pas-

sing

a8-a8a8-

sing

¬-

sing through the enemy outguardsoutwards: in the mist and fog they penetratedpenetrated-

asJState

penet-rated(33)33( asJState-asJStatecassetteasJStatetocassette3)3) tat.-tat.State-StatetatStatetoStatetat.-

mentastat-

ement.- to the vicinityvioinity of the ExermontjocermontExperimentocelote ont ravine where most of them gave theirtheir-

mentsthirte-

enthstheir-

mentsthirte-

enthsmentsmentaamentsmental Capt.CaptOapt.OaptCaputAptOapt-.C.R.Huebner.

Capt-.C.R.Huebner

. . j"jj-"lives.

j-

livesl-

ives/

"

GtH.HuebnerGtHHuebnerC.R.Huebner.CRHuebnerC.R.HuebnerChurnerC.R.Huebner.-oapt.B.H.

. . ,. lives.lives. Some of the fewtoewtow survivors werewore not picked up untilUl1t i1 thethe-Capt.B.i

t-heca.

capt.fl.ll.captfllloapt.B.H.oaptBHCapt.B.iCaptBi. . ;.. /;: ;/

LeggeCapt.LeggeCaptLeggeCaptsEggbeaterEggcupsL9g e.Uapt.eUaptleapte.Uapt.1-

J.JJ.eUapt-

1JJJ,. . advanceadvanoe of the 1stlstlast Divisionlv18ion on October 4th.4th. (33)33(33-

)P.L.Qarter.33-

PLQarter( o )

i'.LuOarter.iLuOarter1J.JJ..i.l'ter.1JJJilterP.L.Qarter.PLQarterfluoritePlatter1J.JJ.1JJJ.1JJJ'. . :-.i.l'ter..i.l'ter.ilterfilter-. . ' .Thehe similarity8 lleritylenity of the experiencesexperienoes of these patrols mokesmakessmokesmoke-

sit

make-

sit

smoki-

est

makesh-

iftit unnecessaryunneoessary to go Into the details of the operations of each.eacheaah.eaahLeaheach-

.Because

eaah.-

Beoa.use

each-

.Because

.

BecauseBeoa.useBeoause. of the greatgrentrent difficulties facingfaoingfavoring the juniorJaniorJanitor officeroffioercfficerofficer-

under

offic-ered

offioer-

under

offic-ered

cfficer-

under

offic-eredunder these circumstancesoiroumstanoelcircumstance , I shall deal with one.oneone-

.1'ht

one-

1ht

one-

.hI

on-

eone.-

r1he

one-

r1he

.

1'ht1htr1he'hI battalionba'ttabattabata' liCluICU oomnt-imeroomntimercOInIa-.ufier.cOInIa.ufier.fomenttimercoinhuffiercometrider.rider-.-. . of thetl1e rightrigbGrib1.1it11it.' flanklamtamt battalionba.ba. taliontalon , com-comcom-

8.

com-

8

-

. " ' . . . . . . ' .

8.88.-

I

8-

I

8-

.fox

8-

fox

.

YY-

I

Y-

plying

P-

lying

I

plyingplyin with the regimental order , sent a patrol of two officersofficers-

and

office-

rsand 70.men.70men.70men70 .men.men. . 4 JixietynxietyFixityanxietyietypiety for the safety of the patrol oausedcausedpaused him toto-

(34)HlBtoryto-

34HlBtoryto-

(64)Historyto-

64History(34)HlBtory34HlBtory(64)History64History(34)HlBtory-26th

34HlBtory-26th

(64)History-26th

64History-26th

( ) Hi8tOryHi8tOry-26th26th Inf.p.64Infp.64Infp64Inf'.p.G4Infp.G4InfpG4' . . send with it a signal detachmentdeta.chmelltdetachmellt. corporalOOrlJOral andund privateJrivateff..rivateffrivatefrigate:. .

, with ua reelreel-Statement

rein-statement

reel-3tatemel1t

reel-statement

rein-statementStatement3tatemel1t BnBn.Bn.-

0oixunaBn-

0oixuna*. / .

OomraanderOOlmnanderPomanderToolmaker0oixuna derdeer , I'I'I'of'Iof"ofof"'

ofof'' breast wire andnd aa.. telephone.telephonetelellhone.telellhone. C( <A_ )

CaptainCL.ptainCLptainQL . tainstain i3Rd.H.dHr3.R.r3R.r3Rd.H.-

Leg&J'

dH-LegJ

r3.R-

.Legge.r3R-

Legge,. ,.

Legge.LeggeLeggedLeg&J'LegJLeg&' .In the oonfusionconfusion of events which followednofollowed, report exceptexcept-

a

excep-

t.

*

aa.. verbal one was mademade.*. In this detachmentdetaohment one officer undand twelvetwelve-

men

twelvem-

onthmen survivedsurvived.*. Thehe following comesOQmesGomes from the officer'sofficersoffioerts' peraonalpersonalperaonpersonperaonal-

hour

perso-

nall

. . . . . . . . . ... . . .. . ., . . .... , . . .. . .' . . . ";,* ., ,. , . . . , _ . ... ... ._ . 'v.v' 1.4'4.9V144.9V1449V"' ' ".h"h".hh /

. . .!

..__"" ..., . ... _ .... . . . .. "" , ,1.1.1, ." '" ' " Ii.Ii '" " I.I

. .wi-diwyA.widiwyADaiwa.widiwyAi'SZawidiwyAiSZa'gg .,._--i'SZai'SZaiSZaLisai'SZajaiSZaja' * .-jaja- * 2r"ww". fcetfWWKOTt.t. tr.L1'tr.L1trL1.' nn uay.ua.rtersuayuarterswayfarers.

. aboutubouruboutt one hourhour-VV

ho-ur hour-

before

outpe-

rformed

,. .. ,.... J.J -. -

. ,_ , , , ,

...- , . , , VV*--"_* * ' 1.1 '-

. . . . 1.-11.1.. .. . - ' II.II.. ... .. ."' .._ . . . .v./MW..v.MW.. .

... .../..,

... '.

. . . . . - ., ,, - . ... . " " '

beforbefore . . , ..tt. fcv/a-off-ifcvaoffiFMC.. ' .. .Qfi.QfiFib. 'iuciucIC' -. UUN't.LJUUNtLJUntil' ' ititllC"ititllCtrill. Utf'T5UtfT5l'.r6""ml.r6mlr6m''".? '6

"" n1.t.n1t.n1tn1.t.vanQeo.n1tvanQeo; it advanoeaadvanoeuadvance. in double filefilej-

t'tf'the

file-

jttfthefi-

lletfile-

t6

. . .cottar. . . ,

. . ,su8 , rjsr.i.JJ.riJJrajasReiji

., . .: / - a men ; vanQeo.vanQeovane . . . . . . . . .

. . .. . . .. , . "" ' . . . . . ._ . . .

.

. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . , . . . . ,"' ,. .... . .. v.v - -" . ' .' . " ._. . . . . .

. ,; : .- -- - . . .

. . . . . . . ' "- . . . - . . -. "- .

'jt'tf'thejttfthetatted:-t6t6-

.t6the' .thethe-the-'. J..ITWJITW.L..lneLlne.LineLineJILTLyle_,. . . of"owfrguads.ofowfrguadsof'f.f. O"Oouguarda.ouguardaunguarded"# aMs.aMsaims* . - AtAtthe&t-the&tttheBathe& "thethe-the"- line of outguardsoutwards it deployed inin-

two

in-

toin-

two

in-

toin-

two

in-

totwo waves , the first wave deployed , the secondseoond in ssquaduadquad columnoolumncolumn-

about

colu-mn

oolumn-

about

colu-mn

oolumn-

about

colu-mnabout 5060 feet in rear - the fog was thickthiok.thiokthick.Thiokol*. The two officersoffioers werewere-

between

ver-

boten

were-

between

ver-

boten

were-

between

ver-

botenbetween the skirmish line anda.nd. line ofof'' squadiuadiuds < columns.columnscolwnns.colwnnsclowns. 'AlienAlienWhenVhenHen'% thethe-

patrol

th-

eatre

the-

patrol

th-

eatre

the-

patrol

th-

eatrepatrol had advancedadvanoed about a half kilometer , it woewuawaswa fired on by sevsev-sesev-

eral

sev-

eral

sev-

eral

¬-

eralferal machinemaohine guns fromtromMontrebeauMontrebeauMountebank woodwood.*. Lieutenant X ordered thethe-

patrol

th-

eatre

the-

patrol

th-

eatre

the-

patrol

th-

eatrepatrol to double time1met to the drawd w whichwhioh was just ahead of usus.us*. WeW-eto

W-

etW-

eti

W-

etW-

ettotit thethe-advanced

he-adache

the-advanoed

he-adlined

the-advanced

he-adacheadvancedadvanoed at a run/RrunRrurlrural/R*'" decie liayaohe.ayaoheayaoheLayaohelayoverayah1 . and up the crestorestforest of the hill on thethe-

other

te-

ther

the-

other

te-

ther

the-

other

te-

therother sideside.*. Several men felljfellfell ,; we couldoouldGould see nothing to fire atat.at*. AtA-

tthis

Ma-

tthias

At-

thi.

P-

atti

A-

tthis

Ma-

tthiasthisthi.thithin. point the patrol was stopped by machinemaohine gun fire from the leftlef'tleft-

rear

lect-

urer

lef't-

rear

left-

rear

lect-

urer

left-

rear

lect-

urer

:'

rear , the left and from acrossorosors the hixermontermonthindermostVermontrmontmont ravineravine.raviTravis e.e*. .suddenlysuddenlyiJuddenlyJude. aa-

went

w-

ent

a-

7ms't

a-

7mstwent7ms't7mst1 I.tIt! .' cC-Ctwc.cf-' twotwc.twctwice. guns about&boatboataboambo& LltLilt 40 yardsu.rur. .ss. in front'tronttronttrot'

ofo us openedol > eneddenned upup.*. Lieutenant1eutenantLieutenant-

X

1eutenant-

X

Lieutenant-

x.

Lieutena-

nt

L

Xx.x,. the patrol leaderleac1er , wasw . killed , asa8 were a& numbornwIibarnumber of theth men , whilewhile-

trying

whim-

pering

W.hWh.

e.e. .

tryingtryb1 to rushrtshartsr sh the net-t.nett.Ii..t.Iitneat.neatIt..-. . It was finally put:pu. _

out and two i3ooheBoahalochsOmaha! killedrkilled.killedkilledr.killerkilledr-

plyin

kill-

ed

.. . .

.

I

I

i'ireiireb'1reb1reFireire' was so heavy that we had to dig in111 where we ware.warewere.were. wenLienl en woreWfjrewerewor-

efalling

fore-

stalling

Wfjr-

efalling

wer-

efalling

whe-

edling

;

falling on all sides.sidessides.atsides. Jj.tJjt-atat*- . t this time Corporal X cutout the phone in.inin.-

I

mi-

ni

.

I got the battalionbattabata ion commandero nderender andnd told him whatWlatLat a mess we werewere-

in.

wher-

ein

were-

in.

wher-

ein

were-

In.

were-

n'tin.in. He said to holdho d where we were.wereware.ware. I'heIheTheHe'he fire from the woodswood-

sto

wood-

st

Woodst-

ock

woo-

dstot o our left roarrear becamebeoumebecome so heavy thattha.t. I sontsentson CorporalOOrlOral) X.Xae. and sixsix-

men

sixt-

een

six-

men

sixt-

een

six-

men

sixt-

eenmen to work their wuywaywyv y ag InstInset it.it. They succeededsuooeeded in putting outout-

one

outd-

one

out-

one

outd-

one

out-

one

outd-

oneone lightigohtbight1 machinemaah1ne gungW1 andund reportedreporepot rtedrated the woods heavily helu.heluheel. ,bouthbouthbout-

one

Hous-

ton

,bout-

one

outd-

one

bout-

one

outd-

oneone hour later some 3060O BooheooheHooheBooneoohHooch were disoovered/immediatelydisooveredimmediatelydisooveredtmmediatelydiscovereddiscovered /, imnediatelyimmediately in rear ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe remnants of our patrolpltrolinpatrollingin skirmish line: , PartartYart of the patrolpatr-olM

patr-olw

patrolafp-

pMe'.tpatrolaf-

ppMetpat-

rolMw Hm",.* *..* *-***-* *,

/..,*W... .

. .''M'A'A' '*''*'' '''''' , . KW,...., ..M... . 4WVMH-4WVMH4WVMHM__ ( * -....M,.... . .

>, . ,.. . . ,, . .,*. :'k.k-k.k.'k.k.kk'- r.r. ,. .I.-.I.. ..w...,_**,.,-. ,' . - .. .. ... .'Av'''...

,. afppMe'.tafppMetlappet<MMteMMe r.' .C'C. '+ M,,K. t.-MMrt.MMrMr, . -."... ,.*..

.. *"'*.. . , .. . . . v 'v? ." . --.'*_m . iu.iu" " . ,"," ".vv. C"C< ." .'''' .' t,1.11.111.111,.>.. ,.. W. KKrf'MWtfrrp.MKrfMWtfrrpM.,...*..'.M.. VWW.VWWWWVWW-

.x. - . . ,. . . . ..rr... *.... i.yww.wiywww

_*. ,_. .w.ww-

.Just,.... . .

//xx/ / wasfacedsaCedaCed tot o the rear.rearrear.-

about

repar-

ability

. JJust thenn Captain j:;i,{ wasWIiSWWII seen coming forward: .tt t.t t.te.aea"hoho.I"I". " . 4 U&iBSQBUiBSQB& , . _ ,. . . . . _,. . . . . . sa.sa.. :. ... i,. r, Y.Y,:. .> . ., . . - ,' ' ao.ao.. ,. *'41,44,, x'x' ,'. . ,/-' -.. J'P.JP,> ' '. -V..vV..v- . *' .' . ** .vxivxixvi. > u.u> . <, ; .

,. i. . ..U. du.du. . .fcifcifoci. , } . jfwfc-ujfwfcujiff- )' , . ' .-. . . , 'VvVv' ' ' . ,. ... % ' - '. I.I/ . .._ ...... . . . ..ajlsallsajlsDiaryAlistairal Diary ofo with Ga oof his outfit\. and.ndnd.:ld thetheoJooheaooheOoh-oo 'hh witharow.witharowwithdrewwithdrawwi'tMrev.witMrevwaitress.

;: j1.bbutj1bbut.boutut.l-ut.lit'llut.l.p:1utlp11:00100.:=OU-I5iOUI5i.p:1.p1p1.:, , .: <

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ormerlyf-

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formerly 1st./1st.lst./lst.last1st.orders1storderslst.ordersstoreslot.lot. /,, , orders were receivedreoeived to withdraw to the line of outguards.outguardsoutg\lu'rds.outglu'rds.lurdsoutwardsoutgoKurdsoutguards-.Lt.26th

outguard-sLt26th

\ ' . Were hadhad-

Lt.26thha-

dLt26thhad-

Lt.26thha-

dLt26thhad-

I

ha-

dLt.26thLt26th. Inf.InfIDI.IDIIntoInfoIIInf.-

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erstate.

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about 200 men left: deployed on a front of dOO200dodo< O yards.yards. I managed toto-

Captainto-

ccatato-

Captainto-

ccatato-

get

R-

ogetCaptain J.KJKli.H.liHlichJ.K-LaggeInf.

li.H-

.Legse.Iut.i3.i3.R.RR-

.Legge.

LaggeInf.LaggeInfLegse.Iut.LegseIutLaggingLegerityLeggeLegged ,. Int.IntDint. get 14 survivorslurvivors back to the line of outoutguardsoutwardsoutgoutgouardsguardsds and reported mymy-

tt

mu-

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yarrival

m-

aritalttt-

tarrivalt-

utorial"

arrival to the battalion commanderoommander.oommanderoomnander.oomnander. (35)35(35)-

its

35i-

ts

( 5)55)-

As

5-

As

5)-

AI

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)

AsAIits great as was the costooatoat , the patrols had accomplishedaooomplished theirtheir-

ml

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al

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malstheir-

mission.

the-oristsmlmillsLon.millsLonmission.missionmillstoneus ion *. Information was now available to lay the barrage for thethe-

Initial

te-

ntacle

the-

initial

te-

ntacle

the-

initial

te-

ntacleInitial attackattack.attack.-

On

attac-

k*. I

:i.i.

(Il.

On the night of OctoberOotoberUotober 2nd , after a long and exhaustingexhaU8texhausting-

march

exhaus-ting

(26)26(36)36( ) 1stlitlet1st-Div.Hiitory

1st-DivHiitory

litD-

1v.H1Itolit-

D1vH1Itolet-

Div.HDiv.HiitoryDivHiitoryDivinatoryD1v.H1ItoD1vH1ItoDiv.HDivHDiv. istoryhistory ,. march the FirstPirstPairs iingineersEngineers3gineersdingier1 rejoinedregainedrejre taedtamed the DivisionDLvision and went intoLntoLentointo-p.182.

into-p182

Lnt-op.la

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playinto-

Divisionp.182.p182.p182p.laplaplanp.182.-

(237)State

p182-

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. .DivisionDiv1sion reservereatJYe.reatJYerealty,. one kilometerkL10meter southeastloatheastloathes of Very.Very. (36)36(36-

)(37)3tate

36-

373tate

(36-

)(37)state

36-

37state

(36)-

Throughout

36T-

hroughout

( )

(37)3tate-(37)3tate373tate(37)state-(37)state37state(237)State-(237)State237State(37)state-menta37statem-enta(237)State-mantis237State-mantis( ) - throughout the 3rdrd o01oZ? Octoberotobar eneian.anGenieeneiVGeneva. urtilxeryartil.LeryartilLerycurtailerrtilartily . exysexy from thethe-ments

hel-

metsthe-

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th-e

the-

heights

he-

adlightsmentsmentamantisamentsmental tiaptOapt.OaptQapt.QaptinaptAptOapt.-

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ivedive. say ,. .jj.'JJ' heightsheightaheight westwelt of the oU6 illiieii and north ofot iteulnyau.lnyaulnyi3aulnypiteouslyaunty.

I,I-

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C-

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and maohiuemaohinemachineMathieu gun firet1refire-Gapt.O.H.

firef-

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fore-

frontGapt.O.H.GaptOHCapt.O.R.CaptORCapt.O.H.CaptOHAptCatoGapt.O.H.-HuebnerCapt.O.R.-HUlbuereCapt.O.H.-Huebner

. . .HuebnerHUlbuereHerbertHuber* fromtromtromp apparentlyapp&reDtlappreDtl& everywhere kept up1.1p11p. theth.e. toll1011; of caiualties.caiualtiesQaa.u.alt1e8.Qaaualt1e8.Qaaualt1e8oaaualties.oaaualtiescasualtiescoagulates. . . (37)37( 7)7)

1010.1010.-

I

10-

I

10-

.Fire

10-

Fire

1© *.

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t

(38)38( 8)8) 1st1st-i

1st-U

1st-Div.H

1st-DivH

Theb8 liases108selldsseealiaseslessee hadhud averaged 500 au day sincesinoesine the 1st of October.Octoberuotober.uotoberOctober.-

On

uotober.-

On

Octob-

er

.,iUDiv.HDivHDiv: iv.HistoryivHistorydivisoriv.History-p

iv.iv.,. 1i iIs torytory-p.183.

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p183pp.183.p183.p183p.183-

.(39)State

p183-

39State

. 183.183183-

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18-

339State

. On the nightni ht of Octoberuotober 3rd abouta'bouabou' t lljOO11,001100Lolo11 ,= 00 P.JU.PJUP.Ll.PLlCPUPallP.1.P1.P1. . . t, battalionbt.ttu1ionbtttu1ionbLttalionbattalionc-

ommanders

batt-alion

bt.ttu1iono-

onuoo.nder

btttu1iono-

onuoonder

bLttalionc-

ommanders

.

(39)State39State(39)State-(39)State-ment39State-ment(39)State-ments39State-ments( 39)39) state-statestate-ments

¬- commandersoonuoo.nderoonuoonderLondoner. were asserablodassembledcasseroled ata.t. their regimental C.-'s.C.'s.sC.C. -_ 's.s'ss' ., for verbalverbal-

orduis.

ver-

balverbal-

ordurs.

ver-

balverbal-

orders.

verba-

lizesmentmentsmeantamentss Gapt.GaptCapt.CaptAptCaput. i'I'/','i.G.LiGLiG.LiL' ., Cr.LivesayCrLivesayRelives. ivesayoverstay , ordui-s.orduis.ordurs.ordursorders.ordersNordic- . (39)39(39)-

To

39-

To

(39)-

'i'o

39-

io

( )

Uapt.UaptUnaptUapt.B.R.UaptBRUnaptUapt.B.R.-L

. .ii.ii.H.H. .-

H.Leg

.i-

i.Leg

.LegL egtge.egtgeeggedete.eet-

V.

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t

. To.coco'i'oio'.

' understandundarstund tnetilethetine missionmiss ion of the DivisionldvisionLivisiondevising , a brief recapitrecapirecapit-recaprecapit-

ulation

recapit-

ulation

t-tt-ulat

T-

ulsa

¬-

ulationelationulatlat ion of the situationtuationtuitionsi on the front of the iinqy.r11t'.r11tr11triiiinky. . ' is necessary.necessaryneoessa.ry.neoessarynecessary-

..after

necess-ary

neoessa.ry-

..laiter

necessary-

.rafter

necess-ary

. .

.afterafter.la-iter.laiterrafterbiter.. - the impetus of the assaultassault of jeptombereptom'bareptombareptomberSeptember; ;, ' 6th26th whichwhi\hwhihwhimwhich-

swept

wh-

ichwhihs-

wept

winds-

wept

which-

swept

wh-

ich\ .:

swept everything beforeat'oreatoretoreb ' it1 t , thetheirstthirst--irstirstArstfirstArts-:..-' jnerioanOOrioanranerioaninebriantOrionaneroid.tt. i.tt:. rmyaWarmy hadhud advancedadvunoedadvanced-

with

advan-

ced

advunoed-

with

advanced-

with

advan-

cedwith steaasteadst&a..A.i.lystaAilystea.4Alystea4Alystaidly& ... . . ly diminishing gains untilW1t U the lengtheninglenbliheningenlightening of01:: the lineslines-

o

line-

s

lines-

who

lin-es.. V.V.. ,. ** .

. ,..-. .. ,. .. . ,", M1"--.4&-1"1.4&41".4&v" , , '---oo-. & .-JwuwLt_ v :!wa.aaa. ,.....J&cJc& ..t1t1. .tt. Qr.MQrMArm,raj94AS. . ,* : ,! ...'CDA1..ajij.nCDA1ajij.nCDA1ajijn'

CfiCoffin JUianp,9.JUianp9.JUianp9.. ( . , . <. .00. pf, tlielie! ... ,enemy

. E\YEY\ ,.

whowhowallHowellh was-wallwall.- !wall-

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9th.9the9th.e9th . This markedmarkea the end of the first thrustth t , and had there notnot-

been

nobl-

emen

not-

been

nobl-

emen

not-

been

nobl-

emenbeen fresh divisions to renew the assault , it mimightht well have terter-ter.tearter-

minated

ter-

minated

ter.-

minat

ter-

minate

¬-.minatedminatmintedminted the offensive.offensiveoffensive.-

The

offensive-

.he

offensi-

ve

.,

Thehe line ran fromt'romtromtromp' Brieullesrieul1esBridlesB rieulAriel leslees on the MeusehieuseMuseChinese to Apremont/ApremontApremontonApremontlbpremontPremonitionPrefrontalBremen, o/ on thethe-

iir

th-

eir*.,.ti1reti1reiirsairs.

,iirii and sharply southwest\vardsouthwestvardlouthwestwa.rdlouthwestwardsouthwestwardWard\ . to BinardvilleBinardvi1leBinardvil'leInaudible' in the forestj'orestjorestr'orestrorestrarest!' ofof-

rg'onne.

of-

rgonne

fo-

rgone

of.-

it.rgonne.(40)40( ) Map-MapMa-pPershing'i

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Map-

PerehlJ1B'Ma-

pPerehlJ1BMapArgonne.Apagoge- rg'onne.rgonne.it.rgonne.itrgonneArgonne.ArgonnegoneironedJargoned. . ' . Before the ArmyrlrrryAn lay the KriemhildeKriamhildeReinhold atstellungsellingel lung , the lastlast-

prepared

plas-

terboard

last-

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plas-

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last-Perching's

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as-persingPershing'iPershingiPerehlJ1B'PerehlJ1BPerching'sPerchingsPerishingPerchingPershing'i-Report.Pershingi-ReportPerish-ingPerching's-Report.Perchings-ReportPerch-ing

' .Report.ReportReport-

.(41)Shirley

Repor-

t41Shirley

. prepared defenses on the allied sideideaides of the lueuse.lueuselL8use.lL8use1ieuselese., (40)40(40(40-

)If

40-

If

(40-

)If

40-

If

( )

IfIt a deep wedge couldoouldGould be drivenCirivenCitroen in the UermanGermanGerrmnHerman lines east ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe sAtxoAxesAtotretare valley the enemyenergenergyan ny would be forced to loosen his hold onon-

Argonne

co-

ntagion(41)Shirley41Shirley(41)Shirley-ThomasHistory41ShirleyT-homasHistory(41)41(4.1)4.1( . ) Sh1lleyShipleyShirley! ArgonneJargoned .

..: 'oroBtoroBtoreeitorbitreedit'Ot'Ot', : ' 8t MUl..ului..ndindbind. :.. ! thethewho10whole\who10who10\ line coulaoouldcouldcopulaGould be carriedcurl"iedcurliedcurled" forward.forward.fOlfoal Urd.UrdUrdu. ThisiJ.'h1siJ.h1siJh1sThis-

was

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isiJ.'h1-

shomnliJh1s-

homnlThis-

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storms.'

ThomasHistoryThomasThomasHistory-ofhomnlThomashormonal , IfH istoryhistoryistory-o

histor-y

I'I' oryCoryory-

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waswwass thethsthisth( missionmtaulvnmaul orof thethttthat ist'let'letKist' t ,'

..DivisionDivisionDi'isicn.DiisicnDivisicn.DivisicnDisc', *. ' (4141(41)( l })

p,291.p291.p291p.2.91.p.291.,..

.

1111.11*.

.LeavingLeavingi.eavingieaving. . battalion commanuerscommanderscomnjJuconj} , el1ls studyingatudying their ordersordursoruor rs , letlot usus-

consider

un-

considered

us-

oonsider

s-

tonier

us-

consider

un-

consideredconsideroonsider for aQ, momentmomdntrnomantRoman the statsstutestateastute of01'01' trainingtl'ltlltall' iningdining , morale1U01'ule1U01ule' , and.1.11d1.11d111d:.. . battle effi-effi-effigyeffi-t

befi-t

effi-

oienoy

effi-

ciency

eeffic-

iency

'fi-'fifi'fi-

olenoy

fi-

olenoy

f-

ile' --

t

oienoyolenoyciencycoenocytesoleocinchy of the division entrusted with this mission.mission. If 1I retraceretrace-

ground

retr-ace

retrretroretrace-

ground

retr-ace

.oeoe. .o-

eground

ov-

erloudground coveredoovored in previous monographsrnonoraphsnonporousmono ,;raphsgraphs Li craveor ve pardonp rdonradon on grounds ofof-

a

so-

faa desire to bring home a point.pointpoint.-

ftesume

point.-

Resume

poi-

nters

point.-

gesume

pointl-

essness

.

ftesumeResumegesumefescue of glirstgirt*'lrstlrst'irstirstlyristfirst'_

Division'sDivisionslivlsililts) u'sus' Kxperienoea.Kxperienoeaerienoes.erienoesExperiencemerinosKxperienoea.f-

i'he

Kxperienoea-

fihe

erienoes.-

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erienoes.-

Ohe

seren-

est

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.

fi'hefiheTheOheficheHe' 1stlet DivisionlJivisionLivisionliaison landedlunded in i-'rancei'rancerance.l'ral1ce.lral1celral1cei'ranceiranceFrancefiance. !-' in June , 1917.19171517.15171 17.17. tr.il.tril.I1.I1.I1trailG.G( . !! . 11.11,.' 1-

1.hi.l.d

1-

1hild

, . .

hadhi.l.dhildchild. . ordered a very careful schedule.schedulesohedule.sohedule. It had trained under bothMMII-MI" ."*-! . ' ;. rt <. i, VViiKVii "'tuntunstun' -*****. .'*-* - ' * 'MtMt' ' -" - ' * " . >' . . , . ' rJWMfefev * i' ' . . . . . . .* Y.Y".. rr , . I<" mO> ( t ' fV-fVfwtV M.M>* .' . t' * '. * "*" " < '. i-i- *. tt' ". . 9(' ' . . . ' . .

. . ..... . . ,. . . . ." ,- * s:' f ,' ' >) <. ur ' /' * WtA.-WtA.WA>\** - ? ( ' ; ' < -II- M-MM-

British B-ritish - '.fr.iMUK-.fr.iMUK.fr.iMUK.M" .' '''-'''- .MM .NN>./ '* 'JUJU' '* < t't'VV'"British; 1t1h"1t1h; andd BranchTenchTech., h'h methods.methodspethods.pethodsP t ;: i8.i8. Onn'n 'Uo'rtUortOrtOctobertotoberOctober) 'bb i-4thi4th- 4th4 .t't"'htthnthit'tt hud 'O'O'O'n'fbeenflbeefbeen \n'fn'fnf!in fourourwP '

. ., . . , .. , , . . - . ... . .. , . . .. . . . ... . . , . ' ... . ..J.J. . ... . " ".. '... . " , " , , ' , . .. ., . " . " . ,., d'd' 0"0'", '. .- ..I.-I." . _- '. . wr_ _ _.. .rr". I'I"' . . .Y.rYr. .... . "'' ,. " .rOlp.rOlp_crop. % '. Y.Y'' '.'''' .. .< ...

. .,., . .". , . . . . . . . _' . ' M... A... .MM. ... w.w_,. . w.rwr.... M.l/MM.lM" " . .%..._/ b.,.+MviVi... .... . .af1af1. . .af1.Maf1M... , /.M.M;/ .

..., M... v . . ., r. t, .MM. . I_+ . 1.(44(4GCasualty4GCasualty(4Casual4Casual( ) Casualtyty sectorsseotors , one minor operation , CantignyCantigCantingcantianti y ,. two major offensives and oneonei-

toO"Crcionei-

toOCrcione-

Division

.. . . .

. itoO"CrciitoOCrciit6rit.

-6r6r"- . 8 .ll,. i &' . . . . . . . '. :':' . : .

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Division.Division.uivision.uivision., ., major defensive.defensivedt.Jfensive.dtJfensivedefensdeafens. ive.ivedive. Its totaltotti.ltottiltortilla. casualtiesoaauultioscoagulations to date were 586848 officersofficers-

and

office-

rsand 14,6001460014,80014800, men.men. (44(42)42(42)-

ere

42-

ere

(42)-

Where

42-

Where

( <a )

'jftierejftiereWherefattier' ere are tvotwoto;o determining factors whichwhioh peculiarlypeouliarly influencedinfluenoedinfluenced-

the

influenoed-

the

influenc-

edthe moralen raleale of the 1stlet Division1v1sion in1n this operationoperationl: i'irotiirot.b'irat.birat'iratiratidiotbratirate.

' ,. immediatelmmediate-lmmediateimmediate-immediate-

ly

lmmediate-

1y

¬-

ly1y after its staggeringstugstung eringerring casualtiesoasualties in the iane-LiurneianeLiurneAilnO-11urneAilnO11urnetiene-LiarnetieneLiarneDianeLireAminoEtienneLane- counteroounter offenoffen-offendoffen-

sive

offen-

sive

offen-

sive

¬-

siveskive , it was withdrawn , placedplaoed in a quietuletuietbulletquiet sectorseotor andnd absorbed 70007000-

replacements9

7000-

replaoements

7000-

replacementsreplacements9replaoementsreplacements, most of them drafteddru1'tuddru1tuddraftud' menmenU1trieduntried\U1triedU1tried\ and untraineduntraineuntrained.,. shortShort-short-

ly

Short-

ly

Short-

ly

¬-

ly after thiswiththis.withtinsmiththithin s ,. w ithitch a brief few days training in au billeting areaarea.area,. itit-

was

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h.

45-

h

(43-)let

43-let

( ; )

1stlet DiV.DiV.h.hThe! h. psychologicalpsyenolog1aal effecteffeot of a rapid and successfulsuooessful advanceadvanoe ofof-

lf-

l

of-

is

off-

ish15isl kilometers in1n less than 4648 hourshOU1'ShOU1S' , withwltwelt practicallypraotioallyrationallypraot1af ly uono losses106sellussealouse , hadh..dhdhad-

an

had-

ean

h..d-

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had-

an

had-

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.&.

an aitoundingaltound1ngastounding effecteffeot upon these menmen.*. 'jfteyjfteyTheyjittery' ey had proven their worthworth-

on

wor-

thon thathethan fioldf1aldcoldfoldf of battle andnd the i/erraansierraansermanaGermanserrandsBerman/ were not so80 good afteraft r all.allll.llall.-

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The secondseoondseooudsound factor influencing moraleliXralelirari ) raleale WLSwasAWLSw s the policy of thethe-

Division

tel-

evision

the-

Divis

khe-

dives

the-

Division

tel-

evisionDivisionDivisDivvies ion CommanderCorrmmnderCorrineC01'nJC01nJ' .ndernderender. with referenceNf U.1'enoeU.1enoeU1enoe. : ' to promotionpromotpromote ion within his DivisionDivision.DiDivision.-

The

Divisi-on

v isinisi on.onon-

.h

o-

n

*.

Theh DivisionDiv1sion CommanderConmnnder had commandedcomnyrnddconmcom nd ,; d the 1st tfieldieldField Artillerytil18ry Brigaderigade;;

eaoheaaheachLeah brigadebr1g de commandercommandGrcomma--comm-a- nderender had commandedoommanded a regiment and of the Infantry-InfantryInfantry-

battalion

Infa-ntry

Infantry-

battalion

Infa-ntry

Infantry-

battalion

Infa-ntry

-

battalion comanderscommanders and&1d machine gun battalion commandersoomnandorsoonmunderscommandosconfounders , pructi-pructipn.cti-pn.ctiructionpencilpructi-

oally

practi-

cally

ppn.cti(-44)

pncti-44

.cti-ctictcti-

oally

acti-

onably

-(44)44(44)-

Personal44P-ersonal(44-)personal44p-

ersonal(44)-

Personal44P-ersonal( )

PersonalPersonal-RecordsPerso-nablepersonal-neoordsperso-nable

oallyorally all hudhad landedla.nded. in Franceira-neeiraneer'rancerrance'- withwi th the Division as tfirstb'irstbirst.firstfirstburst. ' andu.ndundand-

Second

An-

derson

u.nd-

seoond

uns-

easoned

and-

Recordsind-

ecorous.

Recordsneoordssnoods , 1st1st-Division

1st-Division.

1st-Division

1st.-

Division.1st-

DivisionDivisionDivision..Division.. *. Secondseoond LieutenantsLieutenants.*. In addition many wounded officersoffioers and men hadhad-

recently

adj-

acently

had-

recently

adj-

acently

had-

recently

adj-

acentlyrecently rejoinedrejoined.*. (44)44(44)-

In

44-

In

( )

In trainingtratram in LngLang , disciplinedisodisco iplinehipline and spirit it wasWJ.5WJ5: . essentiallyeSSetltesseatBesselreseat iti.l.iyitiliyiallywittilyally. .

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: f+ uu-

was

w-

aswas melting anyar ohurohchurchHuron ballsbells to raalcemakeratable bronze medalsme alsalls in honor ofof-

their

o-

ther

of-

their

o-

ther

of-

their

o-

thertheir return , and they purchasedpurohllsedunrolled tneirtueirtnieirtiniertruertier cigarettesoigLwrettescigL.rettescigLrettes. at standard pricesprioespriesprices-

from

pric-es

prioes-

from

pri-es

prices-

from

pric-esfrom the Y.YY.IYIY.L.C.YLCLCD. i.i.C.h.Ch. C.rCr. ; ,.

Thehe.r.r. . . AttackAttaok.rrrrrr. w..r.wrof OctoberOotober. .. ..rr-

Keeping

K-

eeping

4th4th.4th.-

Keeping

4th-

Keeping

,.

Keeping the mission in mind let us consideroonsider for a momentmomen-

tthe

mom-

ent

momen-

tthe

mom-

ent

momen-

tthe

mom-

entr

the order for the attackattaok.attaokattack.attaok.-

The

atta-ck

attack.-

The

atta-ck

*.

The 1st Divisiontliivision.liivisionDivisionlives., as& 8 rightri ht division of the 1st CorpsGOlpSGulps waswas-

to

was-

te

was-

to

was-

te

was-

to

was-

teto advanceadvanoe rapidly to thethothou CorpsUorpaUtopia objectiveobjeotive asa8 indicatedindioated , withoutwithout-

reference

wit-hout

without-

referenoe

wit-hout

without-

reference

wit-houtreferencereferenoe to the uniteun1teunits on its flanks , assisting the 91stSlstSalt DivisionDivision-

on

Divisi-onon the right in reducingrec1u.oingrec1uoing. the Bois.BoilBoil. de uonoyMonayMoneyOnoMonday and the petitletitLeftist) Bois.BoisBOie.BOieBoiseBois.-

Normal

BOie.-

No

Biosen-

sor

Bois.-

Normal

.

NormalNo l formations were to be uaedusedquaked |,; brigadesbr1gade.br1gade. abreastabrealtabreact , regireg1-reg1regi-Regisregi-

ments

reg1-

menta

regi-

ments

¬-

mentsmentaamentsmental abreastab.t , battalionsbattabata i.i. . .

inn column.column.

umn.umnmn. secondseoond line battalionsbattalions"-

fbattalions-

fbattalion-

s... . . . . .. . . . . .

. . . . .. . . . . .. ."" "ff",".. ., were-werewewereILweevilo.o.-. Iu4regimentalwereIu4regimentalregimental1.regimental1regimental1.\1.IL.\}, . reservei.aserve.aservereserveserve:,.

..... . .

.; exterior third line battalions were inin-w

n-w. . . . . ww* fl.fla.a * Will.33.,. * 'yy-'"10 "'.*" " '

r.rt,.. ., .

. I.I. . . . . . ' . . . .. . . . . . .ww.

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1l .

11-

I

1-

Division

I

.DivisionDivisionvision. i reservareservljreservdreservereserved ; interior tuirdtlirdtiredlairdt.JtJ., irdbird line battalionsbutt J.lionsJlionsLions. werewelweal e iaiLliL1 brigadebrigauebrigade-

reserve.

briga-

diers

brigaue-

reserve.

briga-

diers

brigade-

reserve.

briga-

diersreserve.reserve.

LiaohineIlaOhine1laohineLaotianDilatoriness, gun companiesoom.YaniesoomYanieswomanizes. of 1st andQlldLd, Jnd44ndNdnd line battalionsbattbatty lions werewere-

to

wher-

eto

were-

to

wher-

eto

were-

to

wher-

etoto accompanya.ooompu.aooompu. . thairtheirhair battalions byb l bounds keeping closeolosefoliose liaison1 i isonbison withwith-

battalion

with-

battalion

with-

battalionbattalion commandersoommandcomunandCommandcommuned rs.rsers.ersers.-

Machine

rs.-

I

resi-

n

*.

MachinelaohineleonineI gun companiesoormianiosdoormanoo )al1ios of ordFordrd line1 inecine 'battalbattalBata'battalionsions erewere\', '<; held outout-

and

outl-

and

out-

and

outl-

and

out-

and

outl-

andand placedplaoodplod undunderr urigadeurlgadebrigadeunlade commandersaorrurw.ncaorrurwncoonuruzconcur. ndorsindoorsu'sus' for emergencyemerGenoy.emerGenoyemergency.emerGenoy.-

'rhe

emerGenoy-

rhe

emergency.-

The

emergen-

cy*.

The'rherherhea' 16th Infantry was orderedordredcordedordFord , red to detail one companyoomzanyRomanyaOIDIaroid;: llYally fromfl'omflomloomfrom-

1st

'/,

1st and I"I;'jnd'ndndend"

,"

' line battalionsbatbrit u.liollC'uliollCtarliozisfulfillstallions, . \OJOJ\ ' forforcombatforcemeatcombat.oom'butoombut-combatcombust.-'

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The

.- *

The 6thth Ini'antryIniantryIn1'antryIn1antryinfantry' waswa $ orderedordoredordFord red to have strong patrols on itsits-

right

in-

sight

its-

right

in-

sight

its-

right

in-

sightright flank to assist the 91st9lst .DivisionDivisionivision. andund maintain contactoontaot.oontaotcontact.ontooontaot.T-

Wo

contact.T-

WO

cont-ort

conta-

ct*.

Two accompanyingaooompanying guns (75Uu75Uu(75M75M(77( 1 LM ) werewore attachedattache to eacheaahLeah assaultassault-

battalion

ass-ault

assault-

battal

ass-ault

assault-

battalion.battalionbattalion.battalBata ion.ion*.

The2he' he regimentalregimen taltail 37A1M3711117A i platoonsplatoonsU1s(33( o guns'\U1sU1s\ ) and the 53 inchinohKino stokestokesstokes-

mortar

sto-kes

Istokes-

mortar

sto-kes

tokes-

mortar

to-kesmortar platoons (66( guns ) were in regimontalregLmontalregimental reserve.reservereserve.T-

wo

reser-ve

reserve.-

o

reserv-

e

reserve.T-

wo

reser-ve

.

Twoo companiesQompaniesoowpaniescowbanes of light tankstankatank ( AmericanAmeriounMerionriounOrion units ) were to deployaeploydeploy-

across

empl-

oyersaeploy-

aoross

empl-

oyersaeploy-

across

empl-

oyersacrossaoross the fronttronttrot of the divisiondiv1sion as8S followsfollowsl: One PlatoonPlijtOOllPistol, _inin-

front

in-

fant

tt-

front

f-

ront.

<'

fronttronttrot of eacheaohLeah regimentrogiment ofot Infantry ; the two supporting platoons atat-

the

ba-

the

at-

the

ba-

the

at-

the

ba-

thethe rightr1ght andand.. left of their respectivereSRees eot1ve brigadebriJbrig{ ; d axesaxes.uX S.S*. Tfto'ihOihOTafthOyh' © missionmission-

of

missi-on

romss:, SIJSDI ionioaiotaion-

of

io-

nioa-

of

o-

afof the tankstanlt8 waswe-awea- defined, f'1nedf1ned' : to attackattack.. strongatrontastron ; pointslJC.lintelJClinteLucite. anaaziaAsia1ia raaoliinemachineratlineohinehinge gungun-

nests

Gu-

inness

gun-

nest.

gun-

nels

gun-

nests

Gu-

innessnestsnest.nest. and assistasslltassault the advanceaavanoeavianQavAcv noenode of the InfantryInfInfo ntryentry , l1lee uia-uiaiauiatneurinateuiu iugbigg- tnethetine assaultassuultassault-

wares

assau-

lters

assuultW-

doval.

assau-

ltedwaresWdoval.WdovalDoable*.

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1-4i

14.I-

IM.a

14I-IMa

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IIM.aIIMaImax* .. .M_ . - .v.r.vr. . . .

i

I,I-

I

I-

Observation

O-

bservation

jIj-

bserv

b-

aserObservationbservobserve tionion squadronsyu.adruusyuadruuSubaru,. iio.iio.L'IO.LIOiiLIFO.. ' o.o. 1 wasW j.SjS. attaonedattachedattainedattucattic ed for1'01'101' ' the o0 eration.erationaerationeration-

.It

aeratio-

n.

It waswusus to have one InftuitryInfantryIntuit commandoooonon nandnd plane and two artilleryartillery-

planes

artiller-yman

artillery-

planes

artiller-yman

artillery-

planes

artiller-ymanplanes in the air at alla.ll. times duringdurindurian the advance.advanceadvance-

.Balloon

adv-ance

advance-

.Halloon

adv-ance

advance-

.Balloon

adv-ance

.

BalloonHalloonHalloo Company HoNO.2NO2No.No*. 2< , also attachedattaQbeactable , was to observe andand-

adjust

ma-

ndamus

and-

adjust

ma-

ndamus

and-

adjust

ma-

ndamusadjust artillery fire.firefire.-

Company

fire-

woman

fire.-

Company

fire-

woman

fire.-

Company

fire-

woman

.

Company "C"C"CIICIIitC'titCtIIitt"" "' of the 1stlstlast Gas Regimentnegiment , also an attacheda.ttached. unit ,

vaswasW; lS orderedordored Uto lliceJ1lL.eeJ1lLeelice, lucelucre;.., a. snolcehJOJ\tthJOJttsiio3LEsolacehajj, \: , acreauocre\uocreuscreeacreochrescreed\) along the southern edge ofof-

Montrebeau

of-

Hontrebeau

of-

MontrebeauMontrebeauHontrebeauMountebankHonoree woods from H-bHb- to H-pluaHpluali-plusliplusHi-plusHipleura- b0.b0b0.-

A

b0-

A

#) .

A.A. provisionalproviaproviso 10nal squadronsluudron! ofor cavalryLvalryVaryo consistingcons 1st inb'inbin' of tnreetllreethreetreetulle troopstroops-

of

troo-psof01'01' the 2nd AmericanAmerioanmerieanMercian cavalryUCLvalryvalryCalvaryvaryU << alsolilsolilts attachedttuchedtouched wasvasv s ordurodordol'odordolodordurecordwood' aleteaaltheattitLale.aletilt,. touteathou inin-

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_ ... ...ftl&fieftlfiefluffier&. ,2Q2Qe ollciMildCollin.... .... . . reaayreuulreadrelayrueful to

.

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which

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hich.

. . . .. . . ; 01"010-

1"which

0-

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which was'vvasvvasvas' CorpsGorISGlories) ArtilleryJ.J. rtillertiller , was to'out'putput uov/nuovnUOWlluowauvOwlIowa/ au deepdeeldel) barragebarrage00bu.rrburr. :.IeIea.roaroaero. {. ; -0000X00;;-; metersmatursmaturesmeters-

in

maturs-

in

meteri-

ng

maturi-

ngin front of the line of departuredapdamp rtureturret at H-5.H5.H5.H5.-

t

H5-

t

H5.-

.i

H5-

i

- .

.ii1. t H11 the barragebarratebarrette; wasWIJSWWI; , tot lift1,1ft11ft, :j-tidjtidJ.I1dJI1d.LadLadtide. -. advanceadvuuceadvice at the ratel.l. te of 100100-

meters

100-

raeters

100-

metersmetersraetersratters in four minutes to the first objectiveobjeotive , a line runningrW1ning fromfrom-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hedthe northern edge of Hill 2121l <4 ,. southwest through nontrebeauontrebeauNotreEntebbel.l,. woodswoods.woods-

.Here

wood-

shed

woods-

.Here

wood-

shed

*.

Here the assault waves would reorganisereorganize while the uarragearrange stood forfor-

tnirty

fo-

rtuity

for-

thirty

fo-

rtuity

for-

thirty

fo-

rtuitytnirtythirty minutesminutes.*. It would then move forwardforv/ardforvardforWard/ at the sameswneswine rate toto-

the2nd

to-

the2nd

to-

the2ndthe2nd objectiveobJeot1ve a line passing from the northern eugeec.igeecigeedgeEugenebeige. of Hill 269269-

southwest

6969-

southwest

69-

southwestsouthwest to FermeiermeFemmeEire lesle8lealees Granges , where it would againain stand for thirtythirty-

minutes

thi-rty

thirty-

minutes

thi-rty

thirty-

minutes

thi-rtyminutes and then roll forwardto vardWard to the corpsoorpsoops objective , as indicatedindioatedindicated-

on

indioated-

on

indicat-

edon the map , where it wealdwould stand for twentytVlenttalent r minutes anaanuManu cease.ceaseoea.se.oeaseoease.ease. .

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i'heihehe,l;..'he line1 inecine of departuredelJarture novnovInow; held byby'; ' outoutguurdsoutburstuurdsKurds , waswusus, slightlyiChtlyiihtlyrichlysl ; inin-

advance

hi-

ndrance

in-

advance

hi-

ndrance

in-

advance

hi-

ndranceadvance L f Baulnytlaulny13aulnyBalmytautly :itidgerlidge.rlidgeridge.ridgenitride*. Assaultnssault battalions verewereverge; orderedordortdodorordFord rljdld to throwthrow-

out

thro-

wthrow-

out

thro-

wthrow-

out

thro-

wout screens to markm .rkrk. the line of doi-arturedoiarturedOl.JLu'turedOlJLuturedepurturedoArturopolluterdeparture. - ' , not laterluterluster tnantnjnnantinnytn -jnjn-, midnightmidnLhtrnidnihtrancidity:;; ,

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1stto form up in rear of the line , soso8:;-88-_ s to cross it at ii-hour.iihour.H-hour.Hli-hour.lihour- . (45)45(45)-

1st45-

1st(45)-

he

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he

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1stlstlast .i/iv0ctiiv0ct.lJlv.Oct.lJlvOct'iv.Oct.ivOctallocatedivot'/ *. *.i, 118l1 W18.W18* lt) . Ther2hehe 5thbthbath Prussian.JrussJruss2russRuss... iUllianill GuardsGua.rds. were facingfacf-acfac,-face iningKing[; the 1st i3ri.driLa.dedriLade.6riGade6riGadediadem. ;;adeSade. , the 5nab4'nab4na5na-

Division

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dDivisionDivision ffoedf"cedfcedfoxedfaced:"., oed the ;ndnc.incina. BrigadeJ3rigadei3riade; , both werewero firstolasufirstolasLfirstclasLfistulas, uivL-uivLivi-ivi.uivi-.uiviiviiuivL-

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" -*- .' :! - :: -ttwI.aneous1ttwI.aneous1-3t3t- it 'ffAa'teouslyAateouslyFatuously(. aTEieously'witnaTEieouslywitntediously: ' : witnwin the first few snotsSHots rooicetl"ooketlooketrocketroomiestlooker" al'teralteraftjrafter'( rocket of

(48)48( ) titate-titatestate-statetittertitateevorystateevstateState-ments

- evoryevuryeveryev ;: ry color went sailing up along the linolimo of outoutg'Ut1.l'dS'2heoutgUt1.ldS2heoutgUt1ldS2heoutguards,1heoutguards1heguard' . ' si'hesiheshe',; ' signt.lsigntlsignetsignt.l-mente

signa-lmen

signsignt.lgntlgentlegnt.l-

p.186.

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. .ll. .l-

mentsl-

amentsmentementsmentheaments Oapt.OaptCapt.CaptAptCaputCapt.-

PCap-

ut

.N"N-

PJJ.OarterPJJ.OarterPJJOarterl.lJ.carterllJcarterallocateP)*. .,.CarterCarter. , was repeatedrepeated-

Capt..Li.jt.Leggerearwardrearwul"drearwuld" for sevorulseveralSeoulsevorsavor l momentsmomonts , and0.00000. a few moments later , thethe-

Capt.rJ.th-

eaterthe-

Capt.th-

ecaCapt.rJ.CaptrJCapt.CaptCaptorCaputCapt..Li.jt.LeggeCaptLijtLeggeCaptivate. . . ..LQggeLQgge.Lt.LeggeLtLeggeLaggedAllege. , 141-

4girt

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S.O.-S.

*. . . Artilleryrti1leryJgirt,' itleryHitler and maoninemaoHinemachinemainline gun barragebarl"agebarlage" came uown.uownown.owndovin.dovindoing. (48)48(48)-

llen.48-

llen(48)-

Allen.48-

Allen(48)-

The

48-

The

( )

llen.llenAllen.Allenlen.len.MlMl. .The'l'helhehe' ' attackattaok startedIta.rtedItarted. in aa.. densecleuseclause fogog , it .vasvasWgswasWags. , still darkdark.*. (49)49(44( )

(49)49( ) StateJtute-JtuteState-TuteeState-ments

State-ments

:Jtute-menta

Tu-tee¬-

mentsmentaamentsmental JaptCapt.CaptAptCaputuapt.vuaptvunapt( *. , Thehe objectivesobjeotives as set oyby the DivisionivislonLivision indicateindioate that the 2nd2nd-Y.1).Carter

2n-dY1Carter

ndnd-

P.D.Carternd-

J

d-JP.D.CarterPDCarter.D.UartarDUartarY.1).CarterY1.CarterY1CarterDeclarerDuarteJ:

>. ). ,Uaptuapt.Unapt. i3d.R.LegGe.Br1gadedRLegGe.Br1gadedRLegGeBr1gaded.R.Legge.BrigadedRLeggeBrigadedredger. H .Leg ;e .3rigade by advancingadvanoadvance lngling vigorouslyigorouslyrigorouslyv on the right vculdcouldVIvv:) uldauld relieverelreel ievesieve pressurepressulteresultedpressure-

on

pressulte-

on

pressu-

re

resu-lton the front of the 1st Brigaderigade , whichwhiahwhish , in additionaddltion to seriousserious-

obstacles

ser-ious

serious-

obstaoles

ser-ious

serious-

obstacles

ser-iousobstaclesobstaoles inln its front was exposed to a demoralizing infiladeinfilQdeenfiladeinfielderinfinfo iladelade fire

(50)5060)60( ) tf.0.44tf0.44tf044F.U.44FU.44FU44tf.0.44-1st

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044-1st

.1stlot DlvDlDiv.Oot.DivOotDivot. 0ot.0ot. fromfVomfoam westwastwaist of the Aire.AireIA.lre.IAlreAiresAle.

: . Let us see how the plan ofot maneuvermaneuvr workedworkeworked.*.2 , 19181918.,.

(50)5050)( )

(50)a50)8\/aa\/88llele\,/ findf illdill follov/iufolloviu1'oll'r'i1ollrifollow1'oll1ollfol1o' \'r'i'r'iri\'ri/' : ; the barrageb .rraberraberabbet. ciob&lycioblyclo6elyColbycloclod el& , id1'(111iU'( the .adad.odncl .drdr.LiriguuePiroguerii ouejmoueU el$ theth.ethe-

1st

th.-

elit

th-

eist

the-

let

hel-

met

.

1stlitlet Battalion 26th and 3rd BattalionBatta.lion. 6th28th ;, in the 1st Brigaderi adeSade , thethe-

3r4

the-

3rd3r43rd3 Battalion 18th16th and 3rd Battalion 16th16th.*,. in the heavy fog and

16.166 .,

I

(51)51( ) JsHrstfirstJoshers'ilil' st darkness.l.rknesslrknessluridnessd . . , the handnd battalionttu.lionttuliontulipb . 18th moving upUll into positionJositicnJointingepos[ it inn in reserve ,Division1)i1i) visAvis ion hishis-tory

; 11s-11sAs-As11-story

As-

torySt-

ory¬-

tory , p.190.p190.p190. . olosQdolosedclosedbolosloosed on the brdbard; rd Battalion.3attalion3attalion13att. lion at OhauurmNlJhauuruUhauururlCoagulum i'armarm'arJllarJlli'arrniarrnCarlearn<' anuUllUManuZulu ent'ientientwentKentLent',;' overoVt.roVtrcoveter.; with it.itit.-

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bidefide; ideaide by side these three battalionsbuttalions forcedforoed their way

(52)52( ) 3ate-3ateScate-Scatev-ate-vateSate3atethroughvatethroughafterthoughtScatethlCattleS *- - throughthlhl oughHough MontrebeauMountebank wood andnd and open01)In01In) (; ravinesvinesr'r' , to the westv est and reached.L'eaohedLeaohedPeachedLeachedPreachedreached-ment

prece-dent

Peached-ment

Prece-dent

..L'eaohed-ment

Leaohed-ment

Easem-ent

'

mentmeant , LajorIj.ajorIjajorIiajorMajorJailorImitatorLajor-Oliver

Iiajor-Oliver

, . 'Oliver Allen.Allenfillen.fillenn11en.n11enfile, . the first objectiveobjeotive on time.timetiwe.tiwetie. (Therel'herelherehere' wwas, s practicallypraotioallyrationally no rifle firfire.firefire-delivered.firedelivered.-.deliveredfiredelivered.T-

hey

ft.,. delivered.delivereddelivorell.delivorelldeliverdelivered.-

They

delive-

red

delivorell.-

hey

deliver-

ed

.

Theyhey hung close010 Ge to the barrage and boredborlJdbold through.through. (55(5&( *&' :.,. )

i'heihe11he'i'hehe' ' assault battalions ofthethe 6th,6th, aouautJ.tJL,. 8th werewero unableuiwblequibblea; bleable oocoo-

ofollow

fo-

otfall

co-

a

co-

al

oo-

follow

f-

ollowfollow thiath1sthisthai barrage acrossaoross the JxermontermontcermontVermont i {avavineavinpsavviedGavin, P-..fP-f.: .

;. .,) , .

andand-

Fro

and-

roid

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> ,naal3.1nenaal31neab.1ab1aib.ineaibineasinine. : .gg.gun .1.1.1.. jv.

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...- -.- ft.ft. 7h-t.7ht.7ht.rlohloch:-

. h 'll'layil, on"on-ranran"- theirtina-irtinairtheir-

zone

hero-

ine

ttinair-

zone

Trini-

tron

elrerelr-

zone

her-

oine

-

zone of advance.advancetldvance.tldvancetolerance. The combatoombat liaisonsli isonssons group wnioh.wniohwinowniWI ;h. vuswususw; , s to xvroteotprotectrootletroteotrootlet thethe-

RI

theI-

R

theR-

ION

ther-

mionRIRIONORION/? <s!lH tt-lt-

J.t-

11q0lJ.J-11q011q0- . k flank was annihilatedannihilatod by machinemaohine gung[,"W1W1" fire at the "jumpjump"jwnpjwnp"" , off"off", , .* AA-

Ct

.ttj..-

tt.

;Ctt.tC-

tbatteryC-

atheter..

battery ofot 7777'877877's77s' B in the vicinityvioinity of La i\ewilieCanteiewilieCanteevvilleCoatewildcattedNevillei\[evvilleNeville * onteMonte farmfalfail fired pointpoint-

blank

point-

blank

point-

blankblank at the advancingadvanoing lines at lesslesalea than 600800 yards , until detachmentsetaohmentsdetachments-

(6S

detachments-

6S(52)52(6S6S(66( ) State-StateBtate-BtateTateStatejBtateJStateTateStatefromStateroom- j/ from the 26th and 28th workudworked their way forwardfOlfoal QrdRd in the folds of thethe-menta

th-eme

the-mente

th-eme

the-ments

hel-metsmentamentementsmentalmentheaments Capt.CaptQapt.QaptCaputAptCapt-.B.K.Legge

Qapt-.H.H.Legge

Capt.-

I3.K.LeggeCapt-

I3KLegge.

B.K.LeggeBKLeggeH.H.LeggeHHLeggeI3.K.LeggeI3K.LeggeI3KLeggeKluge. . , lietgroundEX.groundEXgroundZe.groundZegroundelectronReground. and killed the crews.crewsorews.orewsores. (53)53(53)-

Lt.53-

Lt(55(53)-

Lt.53-

Lt( )

Lt.Lt. S.A.BaxSABaxS.A.Hax-S.A.HaxS.d.bea-S.d.beaABAS.D.S.A.Ba-xter

Sabot-eur

S.A.Hax-tar.

S.d.bea-tere

. , . ¬-tertar.tarteretearTerre*. When tnetaethetine barragebarra.ge. moved forward to the second objectiveobjeotive , thethe-

16th

the-

16th

the-

16th16th and 16th18th , In the same formation moved forward.forward. Crossing thethe-

Hxermont

T-

extron

the.-

Exermont

the-

bcermont

te-

nement.Hxermont.ExermontExermontbcermontHermanExperimentcerement ravine they werewera8pOsedexposedcposedposeda tot o a.aa& Talcing1.raJting1raJtingrakingTalkingl. . enfilade artilleryartillery-

fire

artillery-

tireartille-

ryfiretire from the heights west of the 4lreA1re8 ire and artillery anditnclinc; machinemachin-

efire

machin-

eries

machin-

etire

machin-

eries

machin-

efire

machin-

eriesfiretire from Hill 240 and thethothou ridges in rear.rear., lightingFightingk'ightingkightingknighting' their wayway-

through

wa-

rthog

way-

through

wa-

rthog

way-

through

wa-

rthogthrough &cermontcermontVermont&EZeBezel ont , where enemy groups were resisting they continuedoontinuedcontinued-

to

oontinuedt-

.o

continu-

ed

continued-

toadVunoe.

cont-inued . . . .

'

tot.oadvunoe.advunoetoadVunoe.toadVunoeadvancetoad. .t.civtcivchive., . uo.uo. . 'jj'i'i' ?'' .ee. e' 16th pushedpush 'd.d' . itsitaKita linelin61 ins'ins out west ofot Hill 240 andand-

.reaohed

A-

ndrea

and.-

r

and/o-

r- - .rr-._-_ _ . .------.reaohed.reaohedreached-. . . . . . .- -_ -. --_ reaohea.x8aohedx8aoheddragonhead. . . .tlW".rso'tlWrsolowers.tire-tiretireseoontttreasontlrTyler -" seoonttsoon.c roorood' na"objnaobjnabi "objective"objectiveo aitiveactivet1v " onbd' 'JiJi' schedulesaOheahemh duLe.-duLe.dupleduLe."Th6"duLeTh6u"YeuYeYe" :*.- _ -

"Th6"Th6" TheThsThis" 'asassaultiiltgilti . \iltiltu1tgilt\ , achelcneohelonechelonRachel ofot

17.1717.-

I

17-

I

.

I

the 10th18th , now badly depleteddeyleteddeleted , fought UstLsi s way upu the stuepstoepsteepstep slopesslopes-

of

slop-esof HillBill ii40x:40x40:40t, smallsmullmull groupscroupscoups reaching the crest.crestorest.orestforest. Here they met withwith-

suoh

wid-

ths

with-

suoh

wid-

ths

with-

such

wid-

thssuohsuchsough heavy fire thatth t they wereWelteWelt unableuna.ble. to digd.ig. in.in. oheyhayTheyhey? withdrew(64)64(54)54( 54 ) FirstFirst-Division

1First.-liivision

!' i r s tt-Division

D-

ivisionDivision.liivisionliivisionlives. aistoHistoitoHistoryHis-Hisis-is- to the oasebaseoases of the .hillhill. andnc1 heldheld.*. At.tlttltiLt. nightfall reorganizationreorganizQ.tionreorganizQtion. waswas-tory.p.191.

wa-storyp191

wa-story.p.l

A-storwa-

story.p.191wa-

storyp191tory.p.191.toryp191.toryp191tory.p.191toryp.191tory.p.ltoryplTory. . l.l.*effectedetfet :3ctedl3ctedl: ;= the SrdSurdrd BattalionDuttal10u dig0in&dig0in'ig'ingigingdigingdigging' ,; ,;'

& in in front:1'l'Ol1t1lOl1t: :' ' of theth ndnc1.iidiid. , vv/uohvvuohwhiohwhichohvvuoh-

was

whioh-

was

highw-

ays

which-

was

whi-

ch

/

was echelonedeohelonedechelon to the roarraurrearFrau near the Jxennont.MennontMennontJennetMennonite. e nontMont ravine.ravine. ( o4jb4)b4o4j-

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b4)-

he

b4-

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b4)'-

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b4-

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)

The'The' he assault battalionsbuttalions of the 8th48th and J6th6th" were still heldheld-

up

hold-

up

held-

up

hold-

up

held-

up

hold-

upup by the ravines.ravines. jothilothi3othjotfilth were confrontedoonfronted with the problemprob1 m of oros-oroseros-erosorsorostv-

w

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state-ment

" '- stronglystrol1b11y'strol1b11ystro4y' he"idheid'htfJ.dhtfJdhdidHeididid' ". positpos it ionfion.oniotainfix. ' ofl"oflflo.tot!" iie"5tilor"iie5tilortj1eo"tI1tj1eotI1iie"5tilor"siue.iie5tilorsiuethe; ]

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. , . .Legge.LeggeLegged. and deliveringdelivartQgdeliveriggdeliver overhead firefire.*. (55)55(56)56(66)66(56)-

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1'ho1hoThe' ' 28th assisted by pressureressurepressure of the 16th18th Infantry was ableable-

to

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all

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all

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lyall its officers and suffered aboutabout.about.

bQ/obQo50/;b casualoasualoa8u lties.ltiestieslties.-

of

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of the secondseoond battalion 6th:6th: had been killed while comingoomingbooming forward toto-

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state-ment

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¬-mentmeant Oapt.Oaptapt.aptCaptoCato. stiffest resistanceresi8tresRees is lanceuceduce of the war.war. A'ivoivoliveoliveiv' tanJstankstanst.rtr:..:. : s succeouedsuccoredsuccesauce <Y..ledYledLed.. in reachinyreacllingreaciuingreachingrecallingrecoupingreachiny-S.

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161)Shipley

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161)Shipley161Shipley(61)Shipley61Shipley(6l6l( ) h1Jley? ' On the right of the 1stl8t uivision.LJlv1sionLJlv1siondivision. the bandnd DivisionJJiv1sion linelineT-

homaslin-net line-

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, tliltill, H isi storytorystory-of

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ofofot AA.E.AEA..E.FAEFABE.. iii.iii. ' ., remained ata.t. 1'ronsol1ronsolTronsolTonsil' FarmFarm.*. on the left the 6thw8th Division.iJivisioniJivision. had reachedreaohedreached-p.297.

reached-p297

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reached-p.297.

reached-p297p.297.p297.p297. .

flamesDe.ue.DeuefosnesDeucefosses. . Greek.GreekCreek.Creek. (61)61(51)51(61)-

During

61-

During

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During

51-

During

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During

61-

During

( )

During thethothou night the 1stlot j-lajlaEnc-, inoersineersiinoersintonersdiners; sent ciotuchmentsdetachmentscrotchetsaotoat ohm ntsants up toto-

4asist(66(62)62( ) 1stlet1st-Div.History

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16th infantryiniiaxitryinitiatory11l1'a.nt11l1a.nt11l1ant'.

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Telephone'Telephone' communicationooiniinicationa011lln..mica011lln.mica011llnmic.,. , tionion had been establishedest bli5hed with the.regimentalregimental\.egimentu1.egimentu1the.egimentu1theegimentu1tegimental.: .regimental-

Commander

regim-

entaltegimentalC-

ommander

regim-

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Commander

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CommanderCommander , who approved the plan.planplan.Thepanther. i'heihe-TheThehe- 'he 67477 k.M.kM. . PlatoonElatoonElation had workeaworkedworkea-

forward

workea-

forward

workea-

forwardforward far enough to furnish supsuport.suportsupport, ort.ort. It was deciaeadeclddecimatedeckledQ not to waitwait-

on

Walt-

on

w 1t1t-

onon the artartillery.artilleryartillery.-

The

artille-ry

illery.illeryMillerillery.-

jha

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er.

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uadquad. column wiuolywidulywidelywieldy deployedQOlloyeduoployedVolleyedsupplieddeployed-

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)

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and

ravi-ne

ravlne-

and

ravi-ne

ravine-

and

ravi-neand passedlJasselasses the remnantsremmiautsremuemu utsbuts of the 1st Battalionhattalioniattalion on thothethou ridgordgoridgeergo:? south ofof'of-

Kxermont

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of-

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of.-

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ttetttevstate-

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; -. . -oaroar-..': .

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k'irst-hiv.Hietory

kirst-hivHietory

'lrst1-v.H1.tory

lrst-1vH1tory

'

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infiltratio-n

infiltrationp-.191.

infiltration-p191

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. 191.state191state191.state-ments

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, ' from the Bois de Liorlnel'.1orinel.1orinel1orinenorineLoreleimoraine'. on the right , which waswa.s. still strongly heldheldi-

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Legge.67L-

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In the meantime the ordFordrd jjattalionliattalionBattalionlactation , lothcloth enfiladedtnflladedInfiladed from thethe-

bluffs

the-

bluffs

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in

ground-

ln

groundi-

ng

groundli-

nginln its front , followed its barrageba.rrage. to the vruuruvugururu objective , mopped upup-

the

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the

U-

teup-

the

U-

tethe town of levilleF1evilleNeville?levilleNevillet

andund withdrewwit rewbrew accordingocord1ng to plan totv the ridge toto-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

otethe south.southsou.th.south.-

Two

Sou-

thsou.th.'l-

'WO

southl-

WO

sou-

thsouth.-

Two

Sou-

th. .

Two'l'WOlWOlo' ' officers andal1d .4040.40 menz.ienzienzenm. l1 of yt-aouiouliyytaouiouliycautiously1.1"1.111it. -" aOac lu, icicullyicily.llyllyally. aa.. wwarr stretrastyestaretramstyles aujthRuthl ;th batbat-bat-

talion

br.brbat-

talion

.:.. t-tt-

tal1on.

t-

tal1on

¬-

taliontal1on.tal1ontalon,. the survivorssurvlvors of the daydn gainedguinedginned fortortore their regimentregGreg entKent ,;: theth-

efilial

thei-

stically

the-

.a.ignalfilial.a.ignalaignalsignal,. .a.iai. . 'nul..g.1.tJ.tJ.nulg1tJtJ.nulg1tJtJ' . .21s21s.aidiiacticnt1netLouAdriatic. . . ; . o.tlcnotlcnTLC. ofoi'oioi''IJOioiIJOiidiotic' '' uoinguvicigbuoyingjuicinguvicigtheVisigothlg'lgthe-the'- only unit of the 4.rmy4rmyArmi.r'ir.' . to roachrl-\JchrlJchreachChg,-; \ , itsitits-

b

it-s, . . -bb--bb'' eotivOdeQt1\.olfeQt1.olfeQt1.olfemotiveRolfee t \. - - - - - - -

19.1919.-

i

19-

i

19-

.'Telephone

19-

Telephone

19 .,

,

The.rherheyherheahe'. Attack.ttackttacktack._ .,. of October bthbth.bathbth-

Ordurs

th-

rush

bth.-

Ordors

Th-

eodora

bth-

.Orders

abh-

orrers

.

OrdursOrdorsOrdersOdors for tliethelie renewalrenem.l.1reneml.1reneml1. . ofof'' uiatheia attackuttuckbuttock reachedre .I.chedIchedIced. . battalionbutta1ionbattalionC-

ommanders

batt-alion

butta1ionC-

ommanders

battaliont-

onmandera

batt-alionCommanderstonmanderaptomaine about bU3W3W-

Reserve

: iJOJO) ALAL-

Reserve

Ca-

resser

.II. .11,. .

Reserve battalions furnished carryingrryiDBo detailsdetdebt i18 , who succeeded6ucceedsucceeded-

in

succeed-

ed

dd-

1n(63)63( ) Statetate-tatetats-tatsState-ments

;; tate-mente

state-ment tatsintasting¬- in1n gettinggett1ng food forward under great difficulties.difficultiesiffioulties.iffioultiesdiffioulties.diffioulties. It reachedreohedre ;\ohedohedheed\, somesom-

eunits

com-

ments

someI-I

som-e

some-

meatsom-

elets III-

Iunits

I-

nuitmentsmentemeatsamentsmenthe Capt.CaptCa.pt.CaputCapt-.C.il.Huebner

Ca.p-t.C.ll.Huebner

Capt-.C.R.Huebner

. .C.il.HuebnerCilHuebnerC.ll.HuebnerCllHuebnerC.R.HuebnerCRHuebnerClubberChurner. . , units just before dawn.dawnda.wn.. . jlen1ienlien were putting ovayawayovaryDVlaVela, ; theirthe1r mess IcifcsKittsPicnics1 1tts whenwhen-

they

whe-

ther

when-

they

whe-

ther

when-

Oapt.B.iOapt.-d.u.Oapt.d.u.Uapt.H.n.UaptHnOapt.B.iOaptBiAptUnaptCoatiOapt.d.u.-LegUapt.H.-n.L

. - . .LegLegCe.egCeLeggeeedgeLeggede.ee.-

Mt

e-

mit

. they formed up to attack.attackattMatt ok.ok. (60)60(66)66(60)-

i'he

60i-

he

(66(66)-

The

66-

The

( )

i'heiheThehe'he missionmlssmss iDnISDN of the divisiond1v1s ion remainedrl3II1alned unchanged.unchangedunohanged.unohanged. It waswa.s. toto-

continue

t-

ooting

to-

oontinue

to-

continue

t-

ootingcontinueoontinue its1ts attackattaok in its zone of actionactionusactions, as originallyor1gin 11y prescribedpresoribed ,

Mtw"w*""" .. V'toto' vf......t'\.t't*..t'I"J''*...*. \w . WI"J'IJ" ' ' . ,. , ..

.. . . i, .' " -:.:..*****_ ... . . .. ... . . 0'0V' O'.AWrytlOAWrytlAwry-" 1.1'.-.... "",{ "t'I4'tI4"*' *' . . . l"'e.I.e'leIeleeat*"' < alt.,' . . ' rJ'/ .cgscgs.cogs.<. . . ..qkMV'Y..a.-K.Nwr.qkMV'Y..a.qkMVYaK.NwrKnew.,.MW......'...... .. . . .- .0,1\.01.0,101.*( ,. \ ,! ._. <... . \ *... .-----_* . . . . . " .-... , 00"41.0041.0041_

*" t't' . .M.W.MW......*... : ., .'" ,

, .._**/.JM..JM./:.. . 1.11111114M/. * or_. 'AV'O-'AV'OAVOAVON'AV'O'M10.0AVOM100:' WH'. "' '-" 'M10.0M10.0M100'M10-

.0to

M10-

0to*'_

. . ..-* *--_ ... .- . .. '" ,. .... .

to the corpsoorpsoops objectiveobjeot1ve.objeot1veobjective.*. Pivoting on the 16thv16th , the 18th , bthUth48thbathUtah andand-

would

han-

dhold

nd

. .... .. .. ... . - . . .. . . . .. .... . . - . . . ..*... . " -",, , "" -" . ."... ' - ' ' . " ' ' -. ' " " ' ' ". ' "- - , - ' -. . . ' - .-- . ...- .. . .. . ... .

"ff&tte-Mnfv"ff&ttefftteMnfveffeteMN& " ( t-ctc"t"O.tO avnswttangst\1r1J41r1J4\ .t"t tsrr-tftartsrrtftartsarattar't'1rt1r tt.'trli"TtttrliT. T lifl9TWtumtrr"'L1'mTl"tumtrrL1mTlifcwrMICR c/rocro1m/ wrt"ltndwrtltndwtrJtoltll.iwrittenwtrJtotriton! -l-tll.iltll.itallltll.iI-..J'

ltlli-IJ El-li

, .; ,11 1(111 i'flg-i'flgiflglUgflagi'flgavnswttiflgavnswttlUg1r1J4flans: < G :. . _ _ _ ._ . . _ "'-I..J'-I..J'-I..J',1&. . ' - '" . , ' . , . . " . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . ,1&1, &. . ... . " .

i. .

," , :_ w_ _ " . " , - .. -. ' . ' " , hh-

would

w-

ouldwould advance.advanceadva.noe.advanoeadvance.-

The

adva.noe.-

The

advan-

ce. .

The order fc71'cr1crfcrfacer' , the attackattaok divideddivid.ed. this into two phases.phases. TheTh-

efirst

Th-

eirs

Th-

efirst

Th-

eirs

Th-

efirst

Th-

eirsfirst phasephuse ; the 4ndnd Brigade.tlrtlrTyler. !gadeglade and 16th18th Infantrylni'a'atrylniaatryligature' ,

' wouldwoulc1 advanceadvanoe to thethe-

1st

the-

1st

the-

1st1st objectiveobjeotive , aa.. line running from the northernnortl1arn edge of the woodswood.swoods-

on

wood.s-

on

Woo-

ds

.

on HillH1ll 21212 tot o tlietilethelie crestorestforest of ilill11i11Hillfilially ;40 where it wouldW uldauld haltha.lt. for twotwo-

hours

tow-

nhouse

two-

hours

tow-

nhouse

two-

hours

tow-

nhousehours and rorganizer.organizerorganizereorganize..; ; then to the secondlecond objectiveobjeotive a line extendstendtendeaterldingfeatherbeddingeaterlding-

from

featherbed-

ding

ing1ngKinging-

from

inf-

irm

1ng-

fromfrom the rightr1ght of the 16th infantry1nfantry to the orestcrestforest of HillH11l 272 , halthalt-

for

Hartf-

ord

halt-

for

Hartf-

ord

ltlt-

for

a-

ltofor two hours cuidandcupidnd reorganizereorgan1ze.reorgan1zereorganize.*. Thee secondseoond phase : the linel1ne would thenthen-

advance

hea-

dache

then-

advanoe

hea-

dman

then-

advance

hea-

dacheadvanceadvanoe to a line11ne north of HillHll1 272747 , extendingextenextend ingKing fromframframe the GotoOoteCoteGooBooted dade Mal-MalDMal-DMalMal-

dah

M-

alta

Mal-

t

Mal-

dah

M-

alta

DMa-

l(64)

DM-

al64

-

(64)64( 4)4) tf.0.48tf0.48tf048b'.O.4r8bO.4r8bO4r8x'.0.48x0.48x048tf.0.48-1st

tf048-1st

,b'.O.4r-8lit

bO4r-8lit

'. . dahdash throughthrthru h a8 point one kilometer north of ifleville.flevilleflexileleville.levilleNevillet . (64)64(64-

)iniriiig

64i-

niriiig

(64-)1st

64-1st

( )

1stlit DiY.DiYD1v.D1vDiv.DivDiY-

.Oot.4.1SlS.Di-

YOot41SlSD1v-

.Oot.4,1916.D1-

vOot41916Div-

.Uct.4,1r16.Di-

vUct41r16.

Oot.4.1SlS.Oot41SlS.Oot41SlSOot.4,1916.Oot41916.Oot41916Uct.4,1r16.Uct41r16.Uct41r16. ., . iniriiigJU1.1ugJU11ugUmeiug.!. the aavanoeaa.vanoeavian. to the secondseoond.seoond. objective , the right flankflank-

V

flan-k

flank-

regiment1-111-

1regiment

-

V., '

regiment was entrusted with t&etetuthis& difficultcl1ft1cultdiffioult operationoperat1on of attackingatta.okingattaokingattacking-

with

atta.oking-

with

attack-ing

.

.with oaeoneSoave battalionDa'GlialionDaGlialionAgitationbat' taltail; ion titat,.. .tt a rightright'.anglerightangleright-anglerightanglerighting', .-angle to the generalenere.lenerelvenereal. line of advance.advanceacivanoe.acivanoeactivate.

.." ;' '

<?.a1.11-

.yhe

1-

yhe

.

, . " . ..yy. . . ... " ,

i

..,

(65JF.0.4865JF0.4865JF048(65)F.O.4865FO.4865FO48(65)F.0.4865F0.4865F048(65JF.0.48-1st65JF048-1st(65)F.O.48-1st65FO48-1st( ) . . Its mission WAS to capture organized positions on the westwostworst slopesslopes-

of

slop-es

slopes-1st1st Div.DivDiv-

.Got.4,1918.Di-

vGot41918Div-

.Oot.4,1918.Di-

vOot41918Div-

.Oot.4,1918Di-

vOot41918.

Got.4,1918.Got41918.Got41918Oot.4,1918.Oot41918.Oot41918Oot.4,1918Oot.41918. , .* of Hill 269 , souringeouringbeouringboring the right flank of the Division.Divisionivision.ivisionuivision.uivision. (65)65(6b6b(65)-

At

65-

At

(65)-

pit

65-

pit

( )

Atpitt H-15H15- the divisional artillery was to put down heavyheavy-

oonoentrations

heavy-

oonaentrations

heavy-

concentrationsoonoentrationsoonaentrationsconcentrations between the front line and the first objectiveobjeotive.objeotiveobjective.*. ntItnt-

H

It-

H

Itc-

h

;tt-

HH hour a rolling barrage was to fall 200 metersmet rs in front of thethe-

Infantry

te-

nantthe-

Infantry

te-

nantthe-

Infantry

te-

nantInfantry and advancea.dvance. ata.t. the rate of 100 metersweterswelters In i'ouriourfourour' minutes.minutesminutes.-

During

min-utes

minutes.-

During

min-utes

minutes.-

During

min-utes

.

During the two hour halt , heavyhea.vy. concentrationsooncentrations would be put downdown-

between

do-wnbeat

down-

between

do-wnbeat

down-

between

do-wnbeatbetween the firatfirstfratfi t objectiveobjeotive andnd secondseoond objectiveobjeotive andW1 shrapnels } apnelpanel on thethe-

Bols

Th-

ebes

the-

Boil

T-

heo

the-

Bois

the-

oriesBolsBoilBoisBolls do MoneyMonoy-MonoyMonodyMonoy"ra.dvD.l'lcMonoyradvDllc-*.. . 'jtfid-'jtfidjtfidSzejetfoilSize'jtfidadvancetojtfidadvanceto' "- advance-toadvanceto"ra.dvD.l'lctoradvDllctoaddict"ra.dvD.l'lcradvDllcDravidic" adv. ii. ' ee . -. -toto- thethe-theseCfOthese-, soooadseCfOsevoSecomservo d objectiveobjeot'lvaobjeotlva' wdswaswads to be pre-prepl.e-pl.epalepre-

33&

pre-

33

pl.ei-

.

pal-

e

. -

. . ,... . ... ... .. ._ . .--_... . _. _ . .... _ . -

<?#33&33. & b&b& &. i.i. *. a11Q..l.J.Q.1QlJQ.1QlJQ: *.': .Uj3. . .&' X.hh.. aswsass I1..tt.t.I1ttt.I1ttt* .... . . Q.f'.xeQfxeFaxed. s.'...*. *+- **.....&-JJ-.Jj-

Mafcttw

.J.O.Q.JOQJO. . . . J"J"" }"a.a" . ... . . ..mJ.X1'l.mJX1l.mJX1l. . '. tQi-If."IW'tQiIf."IW'tai:, -.' . " " '''' .. . . _ .

" .I" I , '

1-11. .-* {!&ilil&..'* }.. *f\4&f4&41E3r\r4Lrr4L\* & *,% . -. r, -jMafc-ttwjMafcttwMactwo-.. & ,-... -p.r9p.r9-: .rfcofrtesereforestedrfcofrtesetsrmutfcA1J.1J.' -tsrmutfcAtsrmutfcAstrut-" ...t.btb. . .r.sQ'ursQurisque..r.sQ'u.nD.J.Wlt.1..v.arsQunDJWlt1va., aj!'> a -.nD.J.Wlt.1..v.anDJWlt1v.a.nD.J.Wlt.1..v.anDJWlt1va_-jib. . .aatiPatti. .. . AQ-1ib9ulAQ1ib9ulAQ1ib9ul-

was

.t.Q.t.l1tQt.l1tQtl1. . -_ .. . .t.JJ.1Lo.b.j.tJJ1Lobj.tJJ1Lobj. }). . !; . . .. tlt.tlttilt..<\ . . . . ... , . . . . .. . . -..,., . . __

" lafclacela ;. .UjhrRuhr:lJ.lJ..! *" . . : _ . . . . . . . :.77. : '::. . .. ..

.. . ; -:- :: : : . . .

. . . . . . .. . . . - . . . .-. . . .

_ - ' . . . . . .

Oct4fm8.Oct4fm8Oot.4,1918.Oot41918.Oot41918Oot.4.1Oot4.1Oot41*. ., 18.18. was the samesomae as the previous onesones.*. (66)66(66)-

All

66-

All

lG(66-

)all

66-

all

( )

All available tanks were to go to the 2ndnd Brigade In frontfront-

of

front-

onof whichwh iohoh the terrainterra 1n was mostmo s t difficultdifficult.d iffZiff iouliou t.t*. HIi Hour wasW&l.8Wl.8Wl8& . 6U6 : bO) A.kAkol1, .lWi.lWiWi.DD. .lW-

i.hft

*.

Theeheeh! hfthaft 1stlstlast Battalionattalion 6th26th whichwhioh had ia.eded. ® d its regimentregtmantregnant on the dayday-

previous

dr-aperies

day-

previous

dr-aperies(67)67( ) Statetate-tatestate-State-

mentstatepreviousstartertate-

mentastate-

ment¬- previous again led off.offoft.oft. It foughttoughtthought its way through a wired posiposi-positposi-

tion

posi-

t10n

posi-monte

pass-ionate

¬-mentmentamontemeantmentala Capcap.Capb.CapbCabCapb-.i3.R.Legge

Capb-

i3RLegge*. ,.

3R.d.R.LeggedRLeggei3.R.Leggei3R.Leggei3RLeggedredge. *. .LeggeLegged , // tiont10niont ion on Hill 212l , mopped up the woods and killed a number of thethe-

enemy

He-

nley

the-

enenw

th-

ence

the-Capt.P.N.

th-eocratOapt.P.N.OaptPNuapt.P.N.uaptPNCapt.P.N.CaptPNAptunaptCappingOapt.P.N-.Starlingsuapt.P.N-.starlingsCapt.P.N-.StarlingsHiso

. . .StarlingsStarlingsHisoStarlings,HisH11.H11H11-

.26thH1-

126th*. enemyenenwrenew who held their ground *, anda.nd. capturing a number of light andand-

heavy

anc-

hovy

and-

heavy

anc-

hovy

and-26th26th Inf.p.66.Infp66.Infp66. . .

heavy machinemaohine gunsguns.*. (67)67(67)-

The

67T-

he

(67)-

he

67-

he

(67)-

The

67T-

he

( )

Thehe 1stlet Battalion 28th passed through the 3rdardOrdWardFord Battalion andand-

advanced

An-

daman(68)68( a ) 1stlet1st-Dlv.Hletory

1st-DlvHletory

1st-Div.H1ItOry

1st-DivH1ItOry

let-Div.HietoryDlv.HletoryDlvHletoryDiv.H1ItOryDivH1ItOryDiv.HietoryDivHietoryDivinatory.

, , advancedadvanaedadvantaged to the crestorestforest of Hill 240 in liaison with the 18th InfantryInfantry.Infantry-.p.199.state

Infantr-yp199state

Infantry-.p.199.State

Infantry-p199State

*.p.199.Statep199.Statep199Statep.199.state-p.199.State-mentp199State-mentp.199.stater-nentp199stater-nent

. . ¬-mentrnentmeantanent Oapt.OaptCapt.CaptAptCaputOapt-.C.HHU8bner

Oapt-CHHU8bner

. In hand to handh&.ncihncinci& . fightiugfightingfl 1ti thethe.thethey.)' .took.took..jtookj. . ththe hill.hill. (68)68(68)'-

ijh

68i-

jh

(68)-C.R.Huebner.

68C-RHuebner

( 8)88)-

C.R.Huebner.8-

CRHuebner)

C.HHU8bnerCHHU8bnerC.R.Huebner.CRHuebnerChurner. ,. ,.. . " ' " ' \ -Fri-dattalonFridattalonVhaFridattalonbattalionCharismata. ' hd .-. .fi'r.ifirifir. 'ri. "-'Battaliont ta.ltaltail. : , 16th18th10th vi&tcuivitcuivictim1141ire : toihwtiuvitoiltriumvir aayaultbdfJ11ttJdaas.eaulttstiaaseaulttstilayoutassaults. \11ttJd11ttJd '- ' -

" VhaHa'ijhijhIHS <* * 'dd :tn) & 3Hai; 8.8 fJ. \ oa011'011oa.011'ell011ell'. 'rfwrfwfew-ellell,h3 4th4t-.h4t.h4t.h. TcuCu:00: Ougl1tcughtcaughtcugh-

tits

caug-

htiititiit-

Its

nit-

witsIts1 ts way up the slopeselopesslop ; B ofot HillHll1 x.40x40:.40 in closeolosefoliose contactCrtaotontactCertainty(33o( ! withwi th the 8th28th8th-

suffering. (69)69(66( ) HUtoryHi.toryHitoryHistoryHautboyHUtory-18th

..suffering.utteringutteringPuff. eringerring heavilyv.vv.ly

.ly fromf m enfiladeeD ilaGila artilleryt ill ry fire fromfranran thethe't .' ffosternsternwesternfosterffostern-

holfchts

Rwestern-18th

stern-18th'

stern-18th18th18th'' 'IzitIzitIi'Infp.4.Infp4.Infp4rng.p.94.rngp94.rngp94.p.p,. . *4.4.

holfchtsheightsHoechsthG t..ottot.. .of tiiGAtostigmatathe :3IX3IX.: _bt.bt?:*( *.. (69)69( )

. .. .

.. . . . . . . . . . \

. .

22.2222.22.-

i

2-

i

2-

.(65)F.0.48

2-

65F048

,.

As.AS. the barrageba.rrage. rolled for./ardfor.ardfor.urdforurdfor..ardforardforWardforward. /:. to the secondseoond objectiveobjeotive , thethe-

3rd

the-

3rd

the-

3rd3rd Battalion 26th6th leapfrogged the 1stl st Battalionattalionjattalion and continuedoontinued thethe-

assault

he-

adsail

the-

assa.ult.

he-

adsail

the-

assault.

he-

adsailassaultassa.ult.assault.. *. Asb..SbS.. the leadingleadingavesleadingv&vesvves\avesavespavesYvesavers',,\& advancedo.dvunoedodvunoeddivined. from the slopes of Hillf

21212 theyth y camecumecue under aa.. strongstlst OngFong enfiladeenf11o.deenf11ode. fire from the jois.J01sJ01sioisjoinsIOUs. de konoyiMionoyblonoykookykimonobloody ,

the woods to the north and field piecespieoes on Hill J60ti6&ti66& . 1'he1heThe'he leading-leadingleading-

waves

lead-ing

1leading-

waves

lead-ing

.dd. lnglinglng-

waves

land-

graves

-

waves were pinned , to the ground a fewf w yards in front of the woodswood-

s(70)3tate

wood-

s703tate

wood-

s(70)State

wood-

s70State(70)3tate-(70)3tate703tate(70)State-(70)State70State(70)70( ) tate-tate- on Hill 21212 , and practicallypra.otioallpraotioallpraotioallyrationally. annihilatedlnihilated.lnihilatedanihilatedoinitiated.:J.J. *. peeingee1ngceeingcueing;;; that hehe"he"*r QotQtcould-ments

condi-ments

couldcould-merits

col-der

dd-

mentad-

entalmeritsmentamentsmentalaments Capt.H.K.CaptHKOapt.J.H.OaptJHCapt.i.h.CaptihCaputOathCattishOapt.J.H.-Legge

Capt.i.h.-Legge

. ; . .LeggeLegged a.ndand. capt.captcaput., not dvl.\noedvl.noeadvanceAdvilnode.;\, the battalion OOInmLUnercomrruinderCorrine ordoredordered his bb4ttalieltt 114)11)11411

.

).),. ,

toto-

P.N.Starlin..

, .1J11J1. __", -, ,, " " ' ._ ',

.. . .. . .. . , ,.. .. . . ,' ' . - " " "

, .. .. . . . . , ...... _ : .. ' " !ff'ff

. . . . "' :) T " ' , 11 . 'JJ' j. . . . . . , . . ., . .. . , ... ,.. .. . . . ( .."" "'- . .. . " ' ' ' :P.N.StarlinPNStarlinPantaloon. . "t't . . 'I

. . . . fS!s.s.. . _ , .culled. ._ . ..,.,, . ._ . . , , . . .... ,' ... ,. ' ! J) \ \:.'+ ( .' << .c.c \

" ' ..." .i.i. . 1'1.11.11' . , :

, _ _ . .. . . . . . . ... .... . . . . ..'I"I' " ' ' . . .. . . . "oalluclmollusc the commndercommander the . , l1-1.l11.l11.on I

, ; dregimental oO :: o'pop .. ..ll.phoneunaphonephoneunaj-

ujipur"C

phoneunaj-

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(71)71( ) State-StateStateorderedSkateboarderstate-ments

State-ments

- ordered a concentrationoonoentration on the points holding up the advanoaadvanol.advanoladvance.advanceHavanaavian*. HeHe-

mentsH-

elmetsHe-

then

He-

athen

He-

then

He-

athenmentsaments MajorMajor-Francis

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FranaMaj-

orcaMajor-

FrancisMa-jorca "

FrancisFranaFran is liug-liugHug-HugRug-RuglugliugthenlightenHug-

gleeJu-

ggleRug-

gloatUg-

liest- then ordered thetl1e 3rd BattalionttalionstallionB to commenceoommenoe its advance again in twotwo-

glestog-

glestwo-

hours

tow-

nhouse

two-

hours

tow-

nhouseglesgleegloatglees, 7thi7tht.A.7thtA.7thtA7thj'.A.7thjA.7thjA7tht.A.-Capt.

7thtA-Capt

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Capt.B.H.CaptBHCaht.i3.1H.Cahti31H.Cahti31HCathyCapt.CaptCaputCaht.i3.1H.-Legge.Cahti31H-Legge

. . ..U.U.U-

.Legge.. hours , under a new rolling barragebarrage.*. (71)71(71)-

Legge.71L-

egge((71)-

At

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At

)

Legge.LeggeLeggedLegge.tILeggett.tI64' At about 2:00200GOO: P.M.PMP.ItiiePItiiePitied. . the 3rd BattalionHattalion 26th advancedadvanoed , capturedoapturedcaptured-

Arietal

capt-ured

oaptured-

Arietal

captured-

Arietal

capt-uredArietalParietal Farm and reachedreaohed a line running generallygenera..lygeneralyb naraMara ., . ly east and westwest-

through

Es-

therwest-

through

Es-

therwest-

through

Es-

therthrough this position abouta.bout. 2sjl3:30330; : 0 P.M.PMP.I4iPI4i1> .11.11.11. ., Here it waswaewade pinned to the

(72)72( ) State-Statetate-tateStategroundtategroundStateroomasteroid- ground by firetire fromtromtromp Hill 272.2727 . Attempting a frontal attackattMatt ok on thisthis-ment0

this-menta

His-manal

this-ments

ship-mentsment0mentamentsmentalaments CaptainCaptain-PN.Starlinga

,;,-

P.PPN.StarlingaPNStarlingaUpstaging., il.il.Starlings.starlings formidibletormidibleformidable positionposit ion under supportingsup.ortingsuportingsuportsupport.,. , ingKing fire of itsi t8 machinemaohine gun company.companycompany-.Capt.B.H

com-pany oompacmpaiCompaqcampaigno v.vv-

.Capt.B.R..

Capt.B.HCaptBHcapt.B.R.captBRCathycaptorcapt.B.R.-Legge.Capt.B.R.-Legge

. . *.Legge.LeggeLegged., It was repulsed with heavy losses and dug in on the line Indicated.Indicatedindioated.(7indioated.7indioated7indicated(7eindicated7e., (7272( ;)

'sheshe' hoe 2nd Battalionattallon 26th28th Infantry , whichwhioh hadha.d. been in brigadebrigade-

reserve

briga-

diersbrigade-

rea

brigade-

res

brigad-

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brigadi-

ersreserverearesareaRees Jrve.rverveRave. , passed throughthrwgh. , "

the"

1stl..tlt1 . ;.t, . . , Battalionilattaliontiatta.liantiattaliandilatationtattling. . . . .

. . , , . andLindLindal ijQiQ,.

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(7S7S(73)73( ) 1stlitlet slopes.lope.lope. . ofot Hill 240240.40.40*. It attackedattaoked in the directiondireotdirect ion of KillHill i722:72272:; 7'i7i' :. undandund-

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Battalion 26th26 waswaa.waaWadawaa.repaware.repulsedrep .ee. with heavyh a IO&POBIOPOBloa,08loa08lossesISOPOD& , ,= suffer-suffer8utt&r-8utt&r8uttrsuffer'suffer-

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25;) *.

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power

driv-ing

driving-lUth

drivin-glydriving-

18th18thlUthclutch Inf.InfInfoInf.-p.94.

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was

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was

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wswas definitelyd.et'indetindentin.:' i telyely stopped.stoppeds tOP1Je ., (74)7474)(74)-

Jhe

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Jhe1heHe2he 16th Infantry , with the i:;rdordr . uattuliou.0at'\iulioll.0atiulioll.0at'0atiuliollbattalionpatulousfilially.'\ still in itsits-

forward

mi-

stflower

its-

forard

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isfired

its-

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olatedforwardfor-ardforardfor-lardlardWard-:; , echeloneohelon , althoughthoUGhalthou-halthouhu.lul. ,;- it had! l ,;l.l. notdotcut advancedadvunced , sufferedsuffoored heavilyheavily-

during

hea-vily

heavily-

during

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Jjiv.History1st-

JjivHistory1st-

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support

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ofot hard fighting , artillery andj.nd.jndnd[ . . machinemaohine junjunk, ;un companiesovlTIJlJ.niesovlTIJlJniesvolatilities? . had givengiven-

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the closestolosestloosest supportSUPlOrtSubplot) to assaultingussaultiubussaultinassault Uattalicsisbattalic-as.battalicas.Catalysisbattalionbattbattybattalicas.(-

76)llis.

battalicas-

76llis

.llc'lllclloll.'- $ *.

The' he nature of the terraintorrain madem de it neoessarytoneoessurytonecessary push machinemaohinemachine-well

mach-ine

maohine-well

mach-ine

machine-well

mach-inewellwell-

gunElg-

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in(76)1118.761118.761118(76)l1is.76l1is.76l1is(76)llis.76llis.76llis(76)1118-

.Jnd761118-Jnd(76)l1is-.nd76l1is-nd(76)llis.-Ind76llisI-nd( ) . gun companies/forwardcompaniesforwardoompaniesoompantecompaniescomate/! forward to commandingoormnandcommandtornado LngingLangKing ground.ground. Companies attachedttaohedattached-

to

attache-

da ttaohed-

to

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edJndIndNdIndond k.Lr.Bn.kLrBnLornak.Lr.Bn.-p.37.

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np37. .

p.37.p37.p37p.p. 7.7. to the 1st Brigadeilrioilrig a e worewere In positionposit Lonion on Hill 44040 and echelonedeohelonedechelonecheloned-

rearward.

eoheloned-

rearward.

echeloned-

rearward.rearward.rearward. (76)76(76)-

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'jhajha'TheTheha' }he right brigadebriga.de. had Its machinemaohine gung'WlgWlgal' companiesoomlboom) niesnines withwith-

assault

wi-

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assault

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battalions

inc-

antations

line-

bat

lifeb-

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line-

battalions

inc-

antationsbattalionsbat taltail ions organizedorB.nlzedorBnlzedorg-nizedorgnizedhornblendenixed,-. . for uarragebarJ.'agebarJagebar.l'agebarlagearrangebarrage. .' fire nearueardearear the oJcermontermontcermontocelotVermont ravine.ravine. (77)77(77)-

AS

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AStsJ,S soon as it was found that resistanceresistanoe wasw-sws:..- too stiff forfor-

troops

for-

etops

for-

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for-

etop(78)78(78-)lat78-lat(78-)lit78-lit( ) troopstrootroop } s to follow au barragel"ruge.lrugekluge" ,. the sixth and seventh fieldtieldtied ,

artilleryartilleryp-

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lotartille-rylatlitlot Div.HU-Div.HUDiv.H1.-DivH1.Div.H1.DivH1Div.His-Div.HisDivDivviesDiv.HU-

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0108-

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liaison rendrodrend-redrendredrenderedrend'rend '- ,: rod ItsitaKita supportIUIII>P01.tP01t. practicable.practicablepri.oprioprior. loabl.loabllosable.. Somes me..ingmeingmeting.single. e guns.gun.gun

.. firedfired-

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fired-

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fired-

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fired-

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On OotoberOctober 6th no advanceadv noanova wasw s ordered.orderedoiciered.oicieredicierol ored.oredbored. Efforts(f'ortsfortsf'orts01'Sforts01S' v/orevore\/01'S01'S01SVloreLore\'/ ' rnuaemaderuernuae-

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attack

counter-

attaok

counter-

attack

counter-

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p.64.p64.p64P0640p.p. 4.4. this approachpproaohtuproot , dispersed the formationformation.*. (80)80(80)-

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which

6th-

which

6th-

whiohwhichwhioh had been pushed out to Hill 26969 on OotoberOctober 5th61U1 reported thfctthattheftthfct-

the

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her

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hethe enemyeneRene had evacuatedevaouated the hill.hill. . .AA.gg.. p&fetoonpfetoonpGatoonpUtoonfestoonPattonpiton& was promptly sent toto-oreat

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res-tockoccupyocoupy the/theh8/h8theofh8oftheothe/ of the hill.hill., i'heiherhheherhea'he ilatoonflatoontlatoonillationplatoon: Leader unfortunately had nono-

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map and occupiedoooupied the southern knollionollConnolly thinking thfctthattheftth t he was on thethe-inent

te-net

the-lnent

tel-net

the-inent

te-netinentlnentindentleant of Capt.CaptCaputCap-t.jRLegge

Capt-J.R.Leg

.:jRLeggeJ.R.LegJRLegJ.R.Legge.Raleigh,. ,. e.e*. crestorest.orestcrest.forest. The occupationoooupation of Hill 26926 was reported to the 5th Corps ,

but the 32nd32ndnd Division wasoonstantlyassistant reporting fire from Hill 69.69269.269 .

(81)81( )

(81)Although81AlthoughAlthoughJJ.thouljhJJthouljh. in the zone of action of the 32nd3211d Division.1JlvisiJn1JlvisiJn. ( , thethe-

32nd

the-

2nd

the-

32nd32nd2nd oouldQouldcouldGould not advanceadvanoe directlydireotly against it because of fire in ItsitaKitaits-

r

it-

s. " ' . .. .. .

. . , ... . . . . ... . .,r"

6.6." . . . . ... - . .. - .. . .. . . , . . . , . ,,- , .. . . "

11-

II

(82)0pera-(82)0pera820pera(82)Opera-(82)Opera82Opera()-(82)0perafront.820perafront(82)Operafront.82Operafront(88( ) Opera-OperaOper-ations

- front.frontiron t . (82)82(88( ) fi1he'thethe' he situation remain thus until October 8th.8th8th-.tions

8th-tions

8th.-

On

8th-

On

.,tionsions reportreport-o2nd

report-nd.

report-2nd

rep-orto2nd2ndnd.nd. Div.Oot.DivOotDiv.0ot.Div0ot.Div0otDivot. . On the night of October 6-7676 - 7 , the 82nd8 nd Division.ivisionivision.1visi n , whichwhiohwhioh-

had

highha-

nded

which-b6,1918o

whic-hb61918o5-6,1918.561918.56,1918.61918b-6,1918ob6,1918o61918o- , .

had taken over half of the sectorseotor of the 26th8thr8th; Division.Division. , enteredentered-

the

enter-

ed

entered-

the

enter-

ed

entered-

the

enter-

edthe zone of actionaotionabortion of the 1st Division.Division. At, t daybreak it attackedattaokedattaoked-CM.h

attack-ed

attacked-Chehir

attac-kedCM.hCMhCMChehirCheshire? / e/jeeje. / *"." vv-

dued-ue y

due west againstaga.inst. Ohatei&-iSOhatei&OhateiiSuhate6-uhate6Ohate4a--Ohate4aHateOhatei&iSipss.OhateiiSipssOhate4ayi&- '- yi\i\pss.ipss.pass\, \ . i'heiheThehe' 'he 6th Fieldl'ieldlieldYieldlied, !' .artilleryartilleryJ..rtl11eryJ.rtl11eryJrtl11eryrtil1ery.,. ., , sup-supsup-

(63)

su-

p63

sup-

(83)

su-

p83

sup-

(83)

su-

p83

-

(63)63(83)83( ) tfirstirstr'irstrirstfirstgrist' ported the attack.attackuttuok.uttuokbuttock. Its successsuocess relieved the exposed8Xlosed) flank of thethe-Division

tel-evision

the-.lJivision

the-Division

tel-evisionDivision.lJivisionlJivisionliaison. rere-

portUov.24re-

portUov24re-rere-

portliov.24re-

portliov24re-

portiIov.24re-

portiIov24¬-

portUov.24portUov24portliov.24portliov24portiIov.24portiIov24, . , 16th Infantry from a gullinggalling fire wnichwniohwinchwino it had borne for six days1918.1918.

and nightsnights.n ightbight s.s*. (82)82(82)-

M

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--(84)F.0.6bt84F0.6bt84F06bt(84)l.O.684lO.684lO6(84)F.0.6E84F0.6E84F06E( ) !' . . : , 181st Brigade (91st91st( Division ) *. Its zone of actionuotionLotionnotion was extended toto-

1stto-

the

t-ote

to-

1st1st ArmyvOotArmyOot.ArmyOotArmyMarmotAruwArum ,Oat.Oat*.7 , 1916.19161918.1918. the northeast.northeast. The rightightbight boundary waswusus HillIi ill 46969 - i'uilliiuilliTuill'TuillinutilityTillTuill'FarmTuillFarmTill'

'

tmetamee iarmFarmarml3? ,

the left boundaryboundabound Fleviller'l&villerlvilleFlexileOrvilleFl' &v111e - somneranoesommeranoe.sommeranoe5omaneranoe.5omaneranoesombernesssomeone,. (84)84(84-

)It

84-

It

( )

It now became necessary for the Division Commanderiommander to placeplaoeplace-

the

plac-

ate

plaoe-

the

loat-

he

place-

the

plac-

atethe 1stlot j&glneersjglneersg1neer8iigineersjugglerssigners& in the lineline.*. During the night of OctoberOotober 7th-8th7th8th- ,(85)V/ar(85)V85Var(86)war86war(86)86( ) 'UarUarGuar' / DiaryDiary-1st

Diary-1st

Diary-1st1st i&grs.Oot.igrsOotgrs.Oot.grsOotlMgrs.Oot.lMgrsOotgrot& . . the 1stlot Battalion , 1st LJngineersEngineersLngineereJanglersEngineered , with one companyoompany ofot the 1stlstlast MachineM&ohineMohineMolineM&ohin-e8.lS1e.

Mohine-8lS1e

Machine-

Gun

Machi-

ne&

8.1918.81918.819188.lS1e.8lS1e.8lS1e8.1918.Var81918Var. . \VarVarWarVaryWar-D1

Wa-rDiary

W-arier

\Var-

DiaryVa-

riablyDiaryD1 1stlitlet M.CJ.MCJM.G.MGMCM.G-

.Bn.Oot.8,1918.MG-

BnOot81918. . Gun Battalion attachedattaahed relieved a detachmentdetaohmentdetaohnent ofot the 333ndnd Division onon-

Bn.Oot.8,1918.on-

BnOot81918on-

Bn.Oot.8,1918.on-

BnOot81918on-

Hill

O'-

NeillBn.Oot.8,1918.BnOot81918.BnOot81918. . , .

Hill 269V161261 , whichwhioh in turn had relieved , 24344 hours before , the platoonplatoon-

of

plato-onof the 26th6th Infantry, , whichwhioh I referred to previouslypreviously.*. (65)65(85)85(86)86( ) HeavyHeav-

yshelling

Hea-

vysetHeav-

yshelling

He-avyset

Heav-

yshelling

Hea-

vysetshelling duringdurtng the reliefrelietrelit prevented its accomplishmentaooomplishment until 5s306.306306:305s30-

A.M.

5s30-

AM

6.30-

A.M.

630-

AM

6:30-

the

630-

the

.:

A.M.AM. . The enemyen was found to be holding the crestorestforest of the hill andand-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hem

the eastern slopesslopes.*. .

It wa.wawaswa §. apparent thatt t the oreatreatcrestKoreagreat of the hill must be clearedolearedblearedcleared-

before

clea-red

oleared-

before

holl-ered

cleared-

before

clea-redbefore the line ofot departure couldoouldGould be established for the nexnext749.4A7494A. j.jv.MkvMkv-vv--,,:.,'. . . . ..., . . .

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46.46*66.66-

.(82)Opera

6-

82Opera

*.

J

Jhe-yheyheHe- he 1st Battalion , 1st1stiiigineersJigineersg1neers-iiigineersiiigineersJiggers- and a detachmentuetaahmentuatat ohmentcomment of thethe-

1st

the-

1st1st battalionattalion 26th6th Infantry attackeda.ttaokedattaoked. at 4:00400: P.L.PLP.h.PhP.rPr. , ! . 'The: he detachmentdotaohmentdetachment-

of

dotaohmen-

tat

detachme-

ntofat the 26th6th moved easte st up the slopes ofot 69.69269.26969 *. x'hexhethehe'he engineersgineersngineersgingersJ, attackedatcackedattacked-

north

attac-ked

atcacked-

north.

accen-

torattacked-

north.

attac-kednorthnorth.*. There was no supportingsupportilsportily firefire.fire.-

The

frot-

hed

*.

(86)86( ) HistoryHistory-26th

The orestforest of tnetHetine hill was clearedolearoleartdlearlearntd oyby dusk after&.ftft. r oloseclosefolioseolose-

fighting

moon-

lighting

olose-26th

close-

fighting

cock-

fighting26th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint. 1'\,;''arar'ar-Diary

ar-Diary

ord-

inary<,'ar'ar'ar-

Diaryar-

Diaryor-

dinary

' ar-Diary

or-dinaryDiary 1stlot1st-Engineers.

1st-Engineers

lot-Engineers.

ho-teliers

fighting in aensesense woods and brush and occupiedoooupied for defense.defensefense.fensefensd . (66)66(86)86(66)-

The

66-

The

(86)-Eng1neers.

86E-ng1neers

(86)-

The

86-

The

( )

Engineers.EngineersEng1neers.Eng1neers.The period pfpi semi stabilization - OctoberOotober 6th , 7th and 8th ,

,had been a trying one.one. kaohineriaoh1neiraohinekaolinrapine,, gun artillery and rainnenwerferminnenwerfertrainmenmineworker firefire-

was

freew-

ays(87)87( ) tflrstb'1rstb1rstFirstfloristtflrst-Division

b'1rst-l

b1rst-l

First-Division

'

Divisionivisionl> Hla-HlaHis.-His.Ilia-IliaHulaHisIliadHla-

r

Hilar-

y

His.wasIliawasWhipsawsWilliams.- was increasing1norea.sing1noreasing. the already heavy casualtyoaswa.ltyoaswalty: . list.list. Thehe wounded werewer-er.M

we-arer

were-

The

wri-

the

rr.M...,.. ._JW, ,q .c.c<. . < Q,tp,{?,,,,,,,.. ,,,,,,,,_., . .|. '. <." ltllittle. .*...*.... . ..*...A. . " . .-. _.V4O".V4OV4O"h..4MI.h4MI.h4MI"> . ... ".<

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lt,,$ ItnInM.M..*....<,* ** . - .. ''. '" ." . '. "tWtW"f\f"ff"" \ *"' '. . . ' t t , : r1..t..I'I.. . . <.. , ' v.. '" . ., .

, . ,.

. . ,. . . . . ...41.,1.-411..41.,1.411. ., ... ... ...- , . ._ . . --&Qo.&Qo.Qo-- .&Qo.1fI.l.t'ha.& -. . }? K TA') .\1fI.l.t'ha.1fIltha.1fI.l.t'ha.1fIltha\ . . t-tosAttosATessattosAttoast-' . .-tt.t-e:1&.te:1&e1-. -*eeaeease:,.'.-aeae-.... .: &'.. i T&tTt& t . iwr'iwrMir' frjeoaz.frjeoazR.ro-R.rofreezeArrow.;; - . *r .vieriljr.vieriljrVirgil\ii\ T.--T.T..drr.rLi.. "-*-' .drr.rLi.drrrLi. trrrr. iraiIraqi;( .: .ur'CiurCiUri. irTdirt' iS* S"SS"rS'S'" " " "" " , . ., ". ' . , . ' , , -

" . . . ..- -- ......__ ..h..I.LhILPhil. .... . .fiS.f'tir'bfftfeiaafiSftirbfftfeiaa.. . , .

' r..TbaQJrM.fa.rTbaQJrMfa.,. ,'

., ; . . ;v. rfcrcY'tYt' ] , :\ iiavJBflri; CI'19.CI19.CI19' ,. . R.iRi.i MAftiiffi'T.ta.v\1Tta.v1'T.ta.vTtav1MastiffEtta' . . \ > giaiDioinliumjtj.ilaiDioinliumjtjilgadolinium, tjft'hutjfthu' , ... . . .i.i. 1 . . oyryr ---_ *.-.*

_* .. "-

The lines had been straightened out byb1 constantoonstant pluggingplugginga-

way.

plugg-

ing

plug 1ng1ng-

away.

1ng-

awayaway.away. The artillery was displaced and moved forwardforwfor rd to resume itsits-

olose

dis-

close

its-

olose

dis-

close

its-

close

dis-

closeoloseclosefoliose supportsupport.*. everythingh'VerythinghVerything' waswa.s. in readinessread mess to advanceauvance , althoughthoughtl.ltlltall. thethe-

question

th-

rusting

the-

question

th-

rusting

the-

question

th-

rustingquestion of the employment of the remaining troops presented aa-

serious

s-

erious

a-

.erious

a-

eries

a-

serious

s-

eriousserious.eriouserious. problem to the Division CommanderOommander in oovurlngcoveringoverlongoovNov r1ng the broadbroad-

front

break-

front

broad-

tront

brea-

droot

broad-

front

break-

frontfronttronttrot assigned.assignedaSI1gned.aSI1gnedassigned.-

All

aSI1gned-

.SS

aSI1gned-

SS

assign-

ed

.

(88)88( SS ) HistoryHi.toryHitoryHistory-1st

. All day and all night of OctoberOotober 8th the 5th FieldFie14 ArtilleryArtilleryp-

ounded

Artil-lery

Art111eArt111-elit

Artillery-let

Artille-ry1stlitlet DivDiv.Div-.p.206.

Div-p206

Div-.p.20be

Div-p20be

,.p.206.p206.p206p.20bep20be. . poundedIOUDdedDiode Hill 272 with highhiabiamb explosive , shrapnel and non-persistentnonpersistentnon-persiatentpersiatentnonpersistentg-

as.

nonpersiatentg-

as.

nonessenti-als

nonperman-

ent

-

gas.gas. (68)68(8S8S(88)88(68)-

Orders

68-

Orders

(88)-

Orders

88-

Orders

( )

OrdersOrdFord r.r. for the attackattaok reachedreaahed all echelonseohelons In ample time.time. TheTh-

emission

T-

heists

Th-

emission

T-

heists

Th-

emission

T-

heistsmission ofof'' the divisiondivision.,. with the 181stl81st BrigadeBrtgudeBrigudeObtrude attachedwattachdwwsattachedattachoattach© , w..I.8wI.8wI8.. .s toto-

cover

st-

opover

to-

cover

st-

opover

to-

cover

st-

opovercover itsit.it. front strongly north of Hill 240 and attackuttaokbuttock in the direcdireo-direodirec-directdiredirec-

tion

direo-

t10n

direc-

tion

¬-

tiont10nion of the _....etit'etitpetit' 3ois.130121130121Bois. , assisting)1sting1stingas.istingasistingsitting113 :,). the w4nd*> <&nd& DivisionJ.liv1s1onJliv1s1onLivisLevis., ion by cleaningoJ.eaninoJeaninJeanne. up

27.2727.-

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(69)69(89)89( ) tf.0.49tf0.49tf049It'.O.49ItO.49ItO49F.O.49FO.49FO49It'.O.49-1st

ItO49-1st

' . . the retitpetitrelit Bois and the BolsBoisBolls de uomagneHomagneitomagnehumaneHomagetonnage north of dillHilldill6o,;:-6o6o-; 66be,. itit-1st

iti-

nvolved

t-

winkled

i tt-let

l-

et1stlet JivJ.iv.Uiv.UivJiveIv.) *. Gotoot.ootOct.Octboot*.88.8*. 19181918.,. Involved the shiftingshiftin5shiftin&shiftin& of01'01' the zone ofof'' ; ..,.. uvLu1oe(avlVt noe1l0enode in close oontaotcontactontooontaot-

with

cont-ort

oontaot-

wi

conto-

rt

contact-

with

cont-actwithwi th the energyanslX\YanslXYenemyHans\ , a criticaloriHori t ioaldial maneuver.maneuverma.neUVt3r.maneUVt3r.maneUVt3r. . (69)69(61)61(69)-

Up

69-

Up

(61)-

Up

61-

Up

( I )

Up to this time every infantryinfinfo ntryentry uattalionbattalion except the 1st1st-

battalion

1st-

battalion

1st-

battalionbattalion 16th Infantry had been heavily engaged.engaged. i'heihehe1.1.

'he 1st BattalionButtalionBattalion-

1st

Buttalion-

1st1st .EngineersEngineersEngineer.EngineerZogineersSoggier. . and all machinemaohine gun units had also been committedoommitted.oommittedcommitted.omittedoommitted.-

The

committed.-

The

omitt-ed

committ-

ed

*.

fjheThe? first DivisionivisionAvis ion YKISwasKIST to make its final effort.effortef'fort.' .

1!tr.tr>.' - " ' "> AAnM'". . '.F/hF.FhF,.,, rw'/" ntwwttrtwitterNMeNome"_yTiyetirr--rrt61O-, w-. -.f.f.--... ...f.I"I. "' ._t91'91nririnri-

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" '%" n * <"s < " 1 --* - " - -. r' I ' .' ' 'involved'lnvlnvinvonvinv 'fvefvelvedfivelaved<t..th'tthnththe'the raaxiniiraxlm1m.xlm1mrmaxim: useuse of'artVfieryartVfieryofartilieryartificerfamiliarly'f'arifariFarsi ."lili ry'ryry'andryandrandand auxiliaryauxiliarauxiliary troops andundand-

wftTOtTTJitt

undJ-

.

un-d

andrAndrean-

dability

au-

dibility

,._ .... .. .. . . . . ..-J.J.- evj"r-evj"revjrever" -! :; # . . . . . . . .. .wftTOtTTJitti1 th 'TJUliiTJUliiJulio' 6 .< iuunuuidt1haemuumuuidt1haeOl'srr/tesrrterr-OlOl- l1a/ 'Di'01.8itiu.t'\-rnrnuncre'r'Di018itiu.trnrnuncrer'Di'01.8itiu.t'Di018itiutrnrnuncre'r'rnrnuncrer'Di'

. siotftfrTnmimcrer'\;)- ' ' fr'UiafrUiafriart'ttt' ''t.htthtthat' . ; .nttntttntm hmtrertttgi " *. - ' "" -

abilityabiliability t ' of his regiments , which the results of the operation provedproved-

was

prov-

ed

proved-

was

prov-

edwas not misplacedmisplaoed.misplaoedmisplaced.*.

The AttackAttaok of OctoberOotober 9th.9th9th.-

The

9th-

The

9th.-

he

9th-

he

9th.-

The

9th-

The

.

Thehe operation was divided into three phasesph sessees in ordurorderordureordFord r toto-

obtain

to-

oting

to-

obta

T-

oyota

to-

obtain

to-

otingobtainobtaota 1n a maximum density of artillery fire :

OJhe1heCohen! e 1st Battalion 16th Infantry from division reserve was toto-

take

to-

taled

to-

t

to-

take

to-

taledtaket 1 placeplaoe in the sectorseotor of the 28th8th Infantry before dawndawn.*. operatingoperat1DBoperating-

under

operat1DB-

under

operat-ingunder the commandingoommandingoomma.ndoommandCommand. ingKing officeroft'ioeroftioerloftier: ' 18th infantry , it was to attackattaok andand-

capture

can-

didature

and-

capture

can-

didature

and-

capture

can-

didaturecapture Hill 272 , supported by a heavy artillery, concentrationooncentration andand-

proceeded

An-

dromeda

and-

preoeeded

An-

dromeda

and-

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An-

dromedaproceededpreoeeded by a rolling barrageburrage.burrage*., louringDuringflouring its advanceadvanoe the 16th andand-

18th

and-

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liaison

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16th

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minutes

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and it was to advancedvanoevane to the secondseoond objectiveoujeottvejeotiverouletteemotiveo,.) , maintainingmaintmint inll1G liaisonliaison-

on

liaiso-

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Brigade

1st-

Brigade

1st-

BrigadeBrigade to the secondseoond objectiveobJeotive at H plusplulpull six hourshour.hour. and 20 minutes ,

following a rolling barragearrage at the rate ofot 100 metersmeter.meter. in six11x minutes.minutesminute.minuteminutes.-

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minu-

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prepare to exploit their successessuooessel.suooesselsuccesses.soullessly*. ThirtyThirtThirst minutes after the 1stlet1st-

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1st-

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let-

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ret-

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attack

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to

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pivot

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to the secondseoond objective.objectiveobjeotive.objeotive. (96)9696)( ) AniUldin enemy counteroounter attackattaok forming inin-

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(97)97( )

(97)eThee artillery now shifted to the front of the Firstlrstlyrist BrigadeBrigade-

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eitellungJtellungte11ungitellungTelling line.line. It becamebeoame evident that a specially prepared asas-

sault

al-alas-asal-(105)

al-

105as-

(105)Firstas-

105First¬-

(105)First105First(105)First-Jivtllis105First-Jivtllis(105)105(105)First-Dtv.ilia105First-Dtvilia( ) 'ii' rstrestJivtllis-JivtllisDtv.ilia-Dtv.iliaInvalidsAdvilJivtllist-ory.p.1)111Dtv.iliaSault) v.llvllvilla. is-isis-

tory.p.211.is-

toryp211- sault was necessaryneoessary to take the position.position. rontFront line troops werewere-

ordered

whe-

refore

were-

ordered

whe-

refore

were-tory.p.2110

wer-etoryp2110tory.p.toryptorytory.p.211.toryp211.toryp211tory.p.2110toryp.2110toryp2110. . 11.11.

ordered to hold their linos.linoslines.lineslimos. (105)105(105)-

During

105-

During

(105)-

lJurLng

105l-

JurLng

(105)-

During

105-

During

( )

DuringlJurLngluring the day of the llth11thlilt advanceadvanoe parties of the 44.nd4nd4"nd4.nd-

iv181on

4ndi-

v181on

4"nd-

.Division

4nd-

Division

.":::ndnd-

I

n-

dI.iv181on.DivisionDivision) ivisAvis ion entered the sector.sectorseotor.seotorsector.-

On

seotor.-

On

sect-or

.

On the nightni ht of OctoberOotober lltn11thlitreAltonlire , Lith14thLithel th the iHrstfirstHurstii t DivisiontvisionAvisionvision, , leeslesslees-

itsle-

stless-

i

les-

s

less-

its

cess-

pitsitsi tl artilleryart i11ery brigadetbrigadebriLD.briLDbrailedbrigade.vasbrigade; . .e.e. ., .ta.stas-.vas.vas-.tabsvas'. < as. relievedroliovedrelivedro1 iovedloved by tnetiletreetine 44ena<snd1la.1lasand . DivisionlJiAli visAvis ion , marchedmarched-

out

march-

ed

marched-

out

march-

ed

ltchelatched .

out of the seotcr8Etotorsectorsetscrew anaWJ.o.WJoJo. . roassumbleureassembledreassembleroasroads lubledlulled in1n thothethou uoisquoinsDO6o is ao0 o/ioopy.oioopy.Q.J:10lJJY.QJ10lJJY.QJ10lJJYOnojppy.Onojppyloopy/. : , ! . lio.hohoClio.ll. o

. . . , ... . .. " . . . ..

'; ; ' . ,

" . _

-,

- -.'. .

- . :. - :-- . : " " ... . .... . . . ,. ...,. . . . . . ' . ... . . . .. .

' . . . ..... ' . , . ' . .ww. -'" ... . .. "'I'IIIr"IIIIr' !' "

. .

. , . .. . . . " . . ' . . . " 33.333S.3S33-

.he2nd

33-

he2nd

:: ..

. ', . . , . . , " . _ , . . . . ." \ ' '"

J/r

(106)106( 106 ) 1st1 s tt-Division

D-

ivisiontruckstruokstrunks were available to transport it to rostroost billets , so itit-

Divisionin-

decisionit-

starteu

m-

isstate

it-Division

in-

decisionDivisionDivision-His.p.Divis-ionDivision-lIis.p.Divisi-onalDivision-His.p.21a4Division-Hisp21a4His.p.HisplIis.p.lIispHipslispHis.p.21a4Hisp.21a4Hisp21a4. : . lol ,. startedstarteuatarteustartleattar on a 7b7ti75 kilometer marchmarohmacro to the areaare of/avincourt.avincourt.ofavincourt.vavincourt.vavincourtravincourt'ravincourtrainout/ .'. (106)106(106)-

Summary.

106S-

ummary

(106)-

S

106-

S

(10-

6)ate.10-

6ate( )

Summary.Summaryate.ateS 'WJJm.I.ryWJJmIry'. . .

ate.Thetether'JheJheIrheTheHeIre' 1st Division had writtenwl"1ttenwl1tten" one of the orientostbribhtostorientsbrightest pajuspauseIp'p) ' II'esesus' inin-

its

u-

nits

in-

its

u-

nitsits1 ts historyhistory.*. 'ithithViithitchVisitva,' th its flunks exposeuexposeexpos eu , it1 t huihu.dhudhL..dhLduiheld.. advancedval1cedd sevensevellSeville kilomkilom-kilokilom-

eters

kilom-

eters

kilom-

eters

¬-

etersPeters through the key pointspo intsdints of the .ijnerioanijnerioanJneriou.nJnerioun.ImerioanImerioaninebriantNeuronCimmerian.. . fronti"rontirontiron" , flankingflunking outout-

the

mou-

thed

out-

the

mou-

thed

out-

the

mou-

thedthe bluffs of the .iireiiresireire. ire and enabling the 77th to pursue the enemyenemy-

now

ene-my

eneReneene-

now

enve-

nom

enemy-

now

ene-mynow falling; backbaokbook rapidlyrapid4.yrapid4yrupidrapid .y in the forest'Ol'astOlastIorastLastIRAs,' ' ufof .jrjr.irgonne.irgonne.rbonne.rbonneironedbone.. onne.onneone. laments.G.ementaGementaLlementsDementiaClements.

:' . of thethe-

45th

. ,...

.. .... ' ' ' ' : '' U I'I' "

'' '" ';' ' ''(107)107( ) 1stlot following..

enemvenenenemyJensen, ..., . .cl

.iiv. v, :r" s

ift"iftgift1..Pns1.Pns1Pns... r. .

....... .t..vQJtvQJTV. ..:q. , [>

.., ' "' ' -d-d- - . ,. t.ltl. ' '' Jt; ' ;' "

.I.'III. .' i"i"

' : ".. . . .. . , .

" ""'"' , . .77. .en.en. . 'It".o'lN'' "' . ' ' . .. ... . . . " ,oItobitoItItoutfit< . \ItIt\ :- II'II'; 'IiIi> ' =

. _ ....... . ..._ . ..._ .. . . _ . .____ r'r' . . . . . . , .... . .. ....___ ... . . . . . . .. . . "

. . . :R ' ;. MrNIYMari.."--.Or.Or-, MN4-.. rroeroerroeMproem(Tir.r. rRiis1Prugs'3onPrugs3onrRiis1rM M.M... ' MM OO-

r. \rr\;guardsar-dard-

, 'tlitlitulip'tlibtJ.tlibtJTibet'

the"-btJ.btJ.- ; . M i ;:Ji r.rrr. . ,

.. /AtiJAtiJPatti/ .uu. i-ii- b-1"b1"1- " ' .rr..-

r45th

r-

45th

mr-mrmr-l

mar-

l;- "

,

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45th45th , <d8th28th8th and llfath115thAllah DivisionsDivisions.*. (107)107( ) The Division.uivisionuivision. Commandor'sCommandorsComma.ndur'sCommandursCommndur'sCommndursCommandosCommanders. ' rere-

port

re-rere-

port

re-

port

¬-

port: of the operationsopera.tions. startsst rtsarts off , ", ,.t.l.StlSaatells., . . s per bohedule"bohedulesohedule"sohedulesohedulet.soheduletboodleschedule""? *. ColonelOolonelOolong FredFred-Fred-

erick

Fred-

erick

Fred-

eriok

Fred-

erick

¬-

erickeriokerik Palmer , famous war oorrespondenocorrespondentQorresrOres ndencden and an observer in the operationoperation-

refers

opera-

tionoperation-

rafera

opera-

tionoperation-

refers

opera-

tionrefersraferarafter to this in his accountacoount of the actionaotionabortion as the oolaestooldestcoldestcoolestoldest prose hehe-

ever

he-

aver

hadhad-

ever

han-

dover

had-

ever

han-

doverever readread.read.-

One

red-

one

read.-

One

red-

one

*.

One thousand four hundredhundrtlhundrudthunder and seven prisoners were tokentaken , 151315-

field

ll-

field

f-

ield

13-

fieldfield pieces and numerous minnenwer.erminnenwererminnonwerjerminnenweriermineworkermisnomer.,: machinemaohine gunst.\U1St.U1St.U1S.

",\ and riflesrifles.*. I'heIheTheHeI'he-

enemy

Ihe-

enemy

He-

nley

The-

ene1'IY

The-

ene1IY

The-

energy

H-

enry

'

enemyene1'I\Yene1'Iene1IYenergy' \ losseslos sessees in killed and wounded are notno t known.knownknown.-

The

kno-wn

known.-

The

kno-wn

known.-

The

kno-wn

.

The losses10SS8S of the 1st Division testify to the stubbornness of(108)108(108-)Casualty108-Casualty(108-)Casualty108-Casualty(108-)Casualty108-Casualty( )

Casualty the battlebattle.*. iUneNineJune thousandthou8 nd officersoffioers and men in round numbers were thethe-Records,1st

the-

Records1stthe-

ReoordslatH-

erefordsthe-

RecordslstH-

erefordsRecords,1stRecords1stReoordslatRecordslstRecordsRecords,1st-DivisionRecords1st-DivisionReoordslat-Division.Recordslst-Division.

,DivisionDivision.*. priceprioeprior of its victoryviotory.viotoryvictory.*. AsA s we areu"eue, " all infantrymeniuf'autrymaniufautrymaninfantrymanill.fillfill. ' utl"ymonutlymontallyman" it is bcaroelysouroelybarelysorelybcaroely-

necessary

tjQTajsouroely-

necessary

rQelyrelyrQely-

necessarynecessary for me to say where the brunt'brunt' of the battle was borneborne.*. (108)108( )

(109)109( ) G-GG0.G0G.O.GO-. 0.0. On tfoveriberHovemberNovemberflowerier 19th the CommanderComma.nderCorananderCoronado: . iniu CmoUhiijChiefMoOuija* ruoognizedrecognizedreorganizedl"eoognileoognilogic" ad this actionotionlotionaction2-

01QHQaction2-

01QHQ201QHQ201 , (IlQIQ N07NOv.NOv*..

. . , .. .... . . . -. . . . . . . . . . .-. . .w.w.. . . .... " . . . . . ... . . , . . .._ . . . . . . _."... .... . . " . . . . . ." .. . . . . ... . ._ . . .

__ ,_ " ,, _' ... . .9.-9..9.. .-

9.:19'li118.9-

19li118. . - . .

"' . . .

IS.isftSISisftS--:1-9'li118.19li118.:119'li118.9li118Insists-

.

-. .

: :-

:., ': *.: ' " . cybyD : awardingawc.rding'awcrdingawardin. ' the latlet DivisionD1vt 1'on1on' in G-eneralGeneralGeneral- OrdersOrderstZ01/tZ01tZ01X01./ 01 , the

.

onlyonly.pinonlypinOlympian+. . .singlesingle-

citation

infe-

station

.ii. lele-

o

e

. 'citationo itattatt tinn .s.V1s.V1sV1

.awarded. ; 1"1" d wfI!, . formoricapmobcaporJ.orJor, ioaxiota. . 'll'} DivisionDivision.Div iaiowqciao*. utoireautoe closing01Q511lf.01Q511lfopsintopspin?, g:. paragraphpu..ragrapnpuragrapn. . ofot

v4.4e4.e4>4 *.

JI /

tliisthistallish order is the heritageherita-eheritaeher ! t:4t4: ,"CC"- of everyeVtJryretry nunnMn"nnNMn" who everovereV r woreW01 e the fledAodAd @neiOne.OneOne.-

IIlfhe

@ .,

"JheJheIIlfhe"TheTheHePilfer'"" CommandUommandUonriUnrig nderenderorr In, OhierUhioUniofCoheirOhioUnify! hasridslQsLas noted in tnisthisTunisthisivisionDivision-ivisionivision-. ), uu.a. specialsreoiu.lsreoiulSeoul, . priaepricepraisepriprig <ie of01'01of-

service

ob-

servance

01-

'service

01-

service

of-

service

ob-

servance

'

service andt1.ndt1nd. au hihighh state ofof'' morale never broken by hardshiph r ship or battle.battleb ttle.ttletitle. "

(109)109(109-

)Analysis

109-

Analysis

( )

Analysisnalysis. ,nalysnays is and criticUriritici6mt is ismism;:

,,.'l.nln',.n analysis ofot'ot' a successfulsuooessful opuraticnopUru.tiLnopUrutiLnoperaticcourtingopt rat. icnicon is simpletsimple.simplesimplest. . ..,. criticismoriticismBriticism is1sis-

difficult

1-

sdiff1oult.

1-

sdiff1oult

is-

difficult.difficultdiff1oult.diff1oultdifficult.*. .2h2h'.I'hisIhishisIHS' is is1si s consideredoUdsideredoutsideroulsfouls, id oredbored to be the rnouelmauelnoelmaulruourubout el operationoperdoper =.tiontionion. ofof'' the Virstb'irstbirstFirstburstVirst-

Jjivii'on

Virst-

Jjiviion

r'r,b'irst-

Divb'm

birst-

Divbm

' irs tt-

Devi

d-

evilJjivii-'onJjivii'ononDivb'mDivbmDivDeviDevil: : -'':'. Dn: u.ndund4ndi.i. .nd for tnistIlisthisTunistills reason it is muchwWjhWW less difficult.lifi'ioultlifiioultlitigiouslyciiffcliff<

.' ioultout to analyseanalyzeanalysesaruarum ly e thanthan-

criticize.

than-

criticize.. . . . . criticize.criticizeoritioize.oritioize. i'heiheThehe'he Inl'untryInluntryInfi.l.utt'YInfiluttYInfantryInclinatoryInfinity'. . : ' showedsllowedslowed fine maneuveringmWleuveringweltering powerlower) andi.l.udiludiud,. . staminastuminu.stuminustrummingstamina-

iVl

stamina-

for

stami-

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forforvliioh\vliiohvliiohwhiohwhichVisigoth\ iti t had alreadyalrea.dy. been noteu.noteunoted.noted.notel1otenoted.-

c

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d

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The' he use of machine iW1Sfauns{ ;unsHuns was intellijunt.intellijunt1utcl11tJ\jnt.1utcl11tJjnt.1utcl11tJjnt.intelligent.intelligentJanet\ . 'jjheyjjhey1hey.heyhey'. worewerawereera usodsod forfor-

overhead

fo-

reverfor-

overhead

fo-

reverfor-

overhead

fo-

reveroverhead firefirofro andnd for coveringoovoring apsGapstapsalps; in the lineline.*. joraeJomesomeorateJoe units werewere-

organized

Eur-

opeanized

were-

organized

Eur-

opeanized

were-

organized

Eur-

opeanizedorganized into groups for barragebarragb rr o firefire.fire-

.Artillery

fire-

.Artillery

*.

Artillery supportsUPIUPI rt waswusus alwaysalwuys closeolosefoliose and particularlyp rtioulratio rlyrely successsuooess-suooesssnoozessuccess-

ful

suooess-

ful

success-

ful

suooess-

ful.

success-

ful

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fulful.foul*,. This may be attributeda.ttributed. in largeJargeJorge, jjartrartmartjarrat to thee factfaotfagot thatthat-

Infantry

that-

Infa.nt17

that-

Infant17

that-

InfantryInfantryInfa.nt17Infant17. and artillerya.rtart. lllery officersoffioer8 were KnownlQlownallow to eache ch other personallypersonally-

and

persona-

llyand had mutual confidenceoont"id.enoeoontidenoenoontide". in eacheaohLeah othersother.other. abilityability.ability.-

There

abil-ity

ability.-

There

abil-ity

*.

(There isi8 no opportunityopportuniopportunety to analyzeanallze the use of the accompanyingaooompanyingaccompanying-

gun

aooompanying-

gun.

accompanying-

gun.

accompany-

inggungun.*. They warewIrewere undoubtedly too farfa.r. forward'or\var'ororvarvary' \ at the jumpjai;)j 111)111) offff , booamouvoamoboomSuvabooam-

oexcellent

uvoam-

oftxoallant

booam-

oexcellentexcellentftxoallant! targets for the enaiiyensiijtenabilitygeniien nw artilloryartillo-ryartilloryartilleryMartello- , and were promptly putput-

out.

put-

out

put-

out.

put-

out

put-

out.

put-

outout.out.

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iHttry.

pra.ot10a-

.iil

praot10-

aiil

praotio-

atr

patri-ot

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'i'heihehe'.,'he three inchl0"hl0h

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"rr'rr"trouohtrought;rJuiruin'

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366 *,

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CommunicationConunznicaticaOonu'IIu.nic.1OonuIIunic.1OonuIIunic1'. :. t i0Lli0LlUB, v.asvas\UBUBwas\ '.; excellente.ccllln1eccllln1ccllontclote : :. t throujuoutthrouJ.outthrouJoutthroughoutthrouthou :

,.}lout. tnethetine actionct.ct. lUlliunun , uututuut-

resolved

ou-

twrestle

uut-

resolved

ou-

twrestle

uut-

resolved

ou-

twrestleresolved itselfi tSt.tSttest. f'f' , ass it alwalultfwyscutaways\Y6Y6\ ",,,Y6'i11Y6i11s will\'i11'i11i11\,','i11heni11hen' ill v/henvhen\hen\,'/,; roalrealroyal resistancerosistaiicer s istKist < ;.illCOillCOWilcox., is encounel1COUl1-el1COUl1encoun-econencoun-

tered

el1COUl-

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encoun-

tBrea

encoun-

tered

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teredtBreatermedtreadt oreaKorea , to thethtlthat tolopuoaoolorioiotrolloppolloit 1J1opnoolobolo-rioiorioioRio- ) .1010., anauna.unaanuLunaManu . thethotilethou runner.runnerrunLlor.runLlorrunaorcrullerrumorrunner.-

The

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hed

.,

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from

suff-er

sufforou-

from

(ll-

from

f-

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thrifire.-

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lla

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The'llhallhaElla' fightingf'ijhtinfijhtinfightingvusfightingf'ihtfihtfight':.:; LngLang \vusvusdasus\"' S too close010 so for the CavalryUavaalryUavUv ry to oebe of ULie.ULieUGe.UGeuse.useJulieHugeULie-

.I'he

ULi-

eIhe

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kelier

use.-

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th.

I'heIheTheHe'"",

'he ,. .irir... kJ6rviced6l"'lioed6llioejorvicejoyride" ' wasW.1.SW1.SW1S:. . haniporodhu.mloredhumloredhwajorodshampooedhumoredwarlord. ) b, thethothou avreasivoaQssl"ea6ivonesalea6ivonesaaressivouessradiocastsabrasivenessa ; ; ._; " of thothethoutho-

enemy's

tho-

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tho-

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the-

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plan-

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est

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yhe1heThehe i.:.,'jj' 'j4:3i'stistKist>''\4:34:343\ st: t Division method of handling strajsutrastrstarstrwclcyrstrawlersJ2:1(1l1sJ211l1s; :;lwrslowers( t.aataavasv.asTarat.aa-

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in the zone of u-dvunoeudvunoe.dV'-.1.noedV1.noe.dV'dV.1.noe1noeadvancedune;.. ' . . of their units andundo prompt'promptly1 t rrjoavJrJ.12IrJ12Iarrobarraoctbract Kr.-r.r..-

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- anyy stragglers.stragglers., ComparedOomparod to stragstagstrufSGlstragglerstuffslorlordr postspostapostal andu.ndund. militarymnilituryu1 litulit policepolice-

this

poli-ce

)? olioaolioolioa-

this

goli-

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gler

strastrapstrag-

gler

¬-

glerleer backbuokbook immediately into the fUht.fUhtfiLht.fiLhtfUtfilthf iilt.iiltgilt;; . The other methodwethod allowsullowsallows-

him

allo-ws

ullows-

him

bullw-

hip

allows-

him

allo-wshim to accomplishaooomplish his purposerposerepose by avoiding the actionaotionabortion of the day.day., ifItif-

he

li-

fe

It-

he

Li-

the

if-

he

li-

fehe canoanDoan do this , tomorrow will find himhUn stragglingstragstag ling again.againagain.-

tfog

aga-

in.,

.

tfogVogfogVogelog and conditionsoonditions of low visibilityvisabilityviability were of invaluableinvaluable-

assistance

invalua-

blenessinvaluable-

a.ssistanoe

inval-uable

invaluable-

assistance

invalua-

blenessassistancea.ssistanoeassistanoe. to the Infantry in closingolosingloosing with the enemy.enemy. InfantryInfu.ntryInfuntry. willwill-

often

wil-

dlife

will-

often

wil-

dlife

will-

often

wil-

dlifeoften be forced to advanceadvanoe without returning uhotheho enemy'senemysenemw'enemwenemyenema' firetire bebe-

cause

be-bebe-

Oquse

b-

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be-

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causeOquseo.useouseMouse. of the latterslatter'sclatters*' excellentexoellent concealmentoonoealment and long range machinemaohinemachine-

gun

machi-

ne

maohine-

gun

machi-

ne

machine-

gun

machi-

negun firef1re.f1refire.*. In this actionaotionabortion it was providentialprov1dential thanth eacheaohLeah attackattaok waswas-

launched

as-

kance

was-

launahed

a-sana

was-

launched

as-

kancelaunchedlaunahed in a dense fogfOG.fOG-

.he

figh-

ter

fog.-

The

forg-

ather

*.

Thehe useUBOBO of reserves was timelytimely.timely.hentimely*. v/henvhenWhen/hen/ battalionsbut taltail ions becamebeoamebeoame7-

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to

OlJortunity-

to

opportuni-

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to reorganize.reorganizerguu1ze.rguu1zereoOreo . WheeheWhenehhe last dayduyduly of the fight1'i1i' ht finasfindsfinals everyevury unit committedOOnlmittecomriitteaMoonlitcontritecommitted-

to

comriittea-

to

committ-

ed

contrit-

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toto actionaotiol'laotiollamontillado' , every availableilvailableinvaluable; , rifle Inil1 the line andu.nciuncinci. a reserve furnishedfurLishedfurbishedfurnished-

by

furLished-

by

furnish-

ed

furbish-

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!

by the corps.corpsoorps.oorpsoorhs.oorhsoopsorscorps.-

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Jo/00.dodo../.[. criticism canoanDoan be offeredoffored of the DivisionlJivisioll CommanderOomrnandor'sOomrnandorsComrades0onuDi.l210onuDil21. clrtscrts*' s planplan-

or

pla-

noor of its executionexeoution by the troops.troops. jheshehe,, he operationoperdoper tionion is a3 reflectionreflection-

of

reflectio-

nof the former'sformers' military characterohuracteroutrace and insistinsightlnsilens lt into the capabilitiescapabilities-

of

capabiliti-esof his officersoffioers and menroonrmnronmn andundLindLinda the latterslatter'sclatters*' aggressivenessa ressivenessrestiveness and willingwillinbwilling-willing-

ness

willinb-

ness

¬-

ness to goeo forward.forwardfor.ul'd.foruldforurdfouled.{ ' : ' .,

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it failed to work the first uay&ayayquaydU& 1 of01'01' the attackutta.okuttaokuttaekbuttockbutane. , the Division'division' Oornnandor"Oornnandororrrnandor'-orrrnandor'orrrnandorTornadoCorrananderCranedorrrnandor'.-j

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realizingt"eal1zteal1z" 1ng tliatthatlit itt'ttti '

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b-

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the

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the left of the line and swinging the centercontercounter andWldWeld right forwardforJ.rdforiardforforward-

worked

forw-

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for\/forforiard-

worked

\, / J.rdJrdRdJ.rd-

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worked it again and againgain until it succeeded.succeededsuooeeued.suooeeuedsuoceeued.suoceeuedsqueegeesucceeded.-

The

suooeeued.-

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suoceeued.-

il'he

suoceeued-

ilhe

succeed-

ed

.

Theil'heilheNile' lessons v/hichvhichwhiohwhichhitch/ weviefire maymuymy loamlearn from this actionaotoat ion areare-

numerous.

re-

number

are-

numerous.

re-

number

are-

numerous.

re-

numbernumerous.numerous. 'jojoTO' ? mention them would be merelymerQlmerle to reiteratereirein tera.teterateiterate. the analysisanalysis-

in

analys-

is

allalala s is

in1 n anotherano.ther. form.form., lixoh.Eu.ohEuohClioEuro. . ohohpointopposite11-point-point() intdint touchedtouohed upon is1s in itself a lesson in1nin-

success

in-

duces

1n-

suooess

in-

success

in-

ducessuccesssuooesssnoozes or failure under similar conciitiuns.conciitiunsoonuit1ona.oonuit1onaconditions.conditionsconciliationsconciitiuns.-

However

concilia-

tionsoonuit1ona.-

However

oonuit1ona-

However

conditions.-

However

condit-ions

.

However , there is1a one outstanding lesson whichlichV overshadowsovershadow-

sall

overshado-

wsall others and concernsOO1l00rnsconcorns us vitally asaa Infantry officersoff1cers ofof'' thethe-

staff

th-

etathe-

sta.ff

th-

etathe-

staff

th-

etastaffsta.ff. or line , and it IBilis thistthillthistheistthrillthist'-

i'hs

thist-

ihs

thirst-

iest

thill-

h"

thil-

lh

thri-

ll=

'i'hsihs.hehe',.'h"h" progress of Infantry on the field of battle is1.1. aallowallowa-

Dd

allow-

ed

BlowslowBlow-

and

Lowl-

and

slow-

aad

slow-

edandaDdaadad painfulpa1n process.processprec8s.prec8s. . In the map room weWi sendsandseed our InfantryInf'antr1Infantr1lafantrylavatory:' forwardforward. . fromfrom-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hedthe southern andend of the map to the northernncrtheuncrateru , following aa.. seriesaer1el ofof-

road

of-

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rifle-men

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.' delete itit-

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I

actio-

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