Field Intel Report Part 17

8/8/2019 Field Intel Report Part 17

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a r t i l l e ry : ' 1yl 80US M O

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the- ttuif•• All gxound%1m% would bs' a n©w Idontlf ioa-

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action and s, I^tfeiag to report of

isa tba reg i o n of 0OULT AtfX BOUXX (#as^ ofof a t a t t t t e t

Sfcrof tho AEQOIH

ttvm the front

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front, xin©: ' Th©

o r d a r of whangs u'b o r d e r of b a t t l e . Twoy La b o r B a t t a l i o n m%m$& our l i n e s

y Grander©. Ona b e l o n g e d to the

t 3 0 0 t h E t t a l <o*13t«d i n t o the l

months in tbe Sth p y pypx>#«eno# %m the l i n e of the !$$&& Seeet ire l«gim#^* t T t t t

D i v i s i o n , an d s t a t e t h a t c i^ t &&w men of th a f o l l o w i n gi n the irtai dur.iiaf fk® p a s t few <Jays: ITfh E l 43

* 40 'th Bngt#* aoa^4 U r n . , 46Stlfe l#ft#» %0% t

f o o t l , y t i l l e r y I lt g t* ^ 1O3S F oo t A r t i l l e r y l # f t # t p$k$'<m&ms t a t * t h a t , t h t j b e a r d t h a t , k l i p l t f SSBAIt o e v a c u a t e and tha t t tdn s i racna t ion l i ad to b$ oompl«ted by 11 am

t 4 C O i O ) f & t d i©i? f o u r they have mm swfty gg

mm® Jrnmj $ana> hnt no t of tlissa* Prisoner athat IX othexe tîed to eeoape at the mm -ttn

fl 0^ t 3 privates, bringing th© -to tal c& tura aiaoa



I l ouarstmtftln* gun -ftap* £*o*

at S9B.S - 887*4 In th« 1##$ motor ourof 1 3 9C

ofWO long

of u y of whlofeapproximately 1330 s h o t s 10 ^f d iQ S f 130 150*

-to

l i t t l e aotivlty* Mo bost il^

Mlsc: Two mora ooourtad f roit minaa with delayed

found by our troops abandoned &y the yussiiig some gr«?en orosa No, 1 and Ho, 2 which

ntlxed In with muatard ga® g M l l i i fo r oaus iag s

of Onae

war© out on the entt ra front

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*M« upin tfot'yKrte' &t Montmedy*t utider steam

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'•*. *fc.«f*fe'W ,

.fire- on -Bract mat i» .the iregioa of

Get* ag t 1918 , a t 806 AK,

clay quiet no ahangs Infront Xlm id#ntifloatioii8 deserttr atP order of l i t t l e

seoterg t a t e s t h a t 37 gait 41 A H. Dtrm la Mets Brely

atslight decrease In anamy urtill^rylong r a ^ s guns on towue under eotes

artlllerar frosa' IStaln to O at 14t90 fiof 60 t© 80 from Doi&$fltrr®s $© Allesemtivity west of Lselaaiisse© -IE

and 6 reconrialssatice onextlllery ascensilm 8 visian

otor Corp®

o f 51Hito M*

at 49,85 to 5^.86*But enable

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in ©111 m .?$&& front Bo&ioii to

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change in

at 10:15 h.

no rth of 'f&iri Corps from f i l i to

91*2. Ten bo fifteenstandicg along raad

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X s yse cto r : Burs t s o f f i r e In quit® numeroue

i s B#®ouâirKt fa ir x rogioB aa t om tfeo©B tfao BaslXo âTimt and om Bomammoat

iff rang© &m tmi) Mrom &s&4; %o z%^t>i mxm& xxxtmg o xand gas shells of all caliber8 oil the Che-mfcrettes Hill



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It h M-%i»mf@ sp©@d i n t he

ekol l e fro th© 4ii8$r ^©rps &t#%#r

©m l& i i fa r t ©f i t s®t 1. at 4* . . . . . . . . .

M i v t i l i i fUsmt® Imr® £tr*& ml%h m&tfklm 'gm& #mr limm WaWUULaFour hoetile plaiiQB onof Oct. Mm I pis nes a t

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just» a t 16:32

a t l o w a l t i t u d e# Xi«ttt« Onartle and dove again ant

b#li# v#8 t t o t aa o tli tr Fojfck^r was s#mt t o



up*' Hi0 p&trole- are

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% .their fire, to mask -the 1.00stioa

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In

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f du r ing - '^ ie pe r iod* aae en elo sa* .Bneiaoor pl am ee f le w o r e r ®m l&mn

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alon g oui? l i n e s and lft&i»$e&r&e&* ihe o t h e r s r t eth ei r, li n es -a n d w©r©• jfired _o© fey omr A*A* ' • ,

* A. large© fiaf© l a d l r e o t l o t t ©fI S . h SD» i n E4ItHI;flX2-iB A..fire'wae cfe@@rTtt

on the'•• &lst- a t XlifO" amd. there was am B3 hours

of omr eontlned' t© find

in theto par t Our;artillery W E B

. of our "air"fer

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from 3.420^ to 141£®*y f l ro f fi from m a t to St»

faXX lsg ©B 0" aispigBttolXo s amd in tlio

Mission from X4i#0 to oar trucks r?0i09«f at XStOO.

soutM at 04«X * $0*1of

of Imod^mrt* AftorIt eraahed in region

and

tfamm off* Omr floid at

road* CSroat t e a l of o l l i o d aorlaX



f - . J .

£> •

a t iff.®®*seen I s directions of

!«&* sfctmld terra

# 889/from Pirat'

.At JLf ! a

of

# f frou Corps # r«eelred Dot, Sfi, 1018, at lii'Si ©*

Improstroops har * Qm

j y /®mmy s r t i l l e r j f i r t i t p o n omr f r o a tduring th© n ig h t aaad dayX Xmprored

©f eoa ^liiâ lil® ©nesiy a e r i a l aati vi^ jr*se^srai bombs oa MOUffAUOOl and v i c i B i t y l a s t

fey omr aTiati^m of &#anr taei^r tr&ff i© a tT ^ ^ ^ tead of l t@pa burning b©Mna th e enemy's l i iaee,

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,aaa& lolt Hill 899

of Battle* west t© easts 1st Battalion, 3rd Battalioa; the li was In reserve nt&r th© railway' li&e east of Atfi<JKSTIliIii5

fOst* &0th it wasferewglrtr orward to attae& fro®tat- o«r- artillery fired «m®h a &®&v^

e&stera'portion foi the wood that they ware fqreed Welu'units oast and wost 091&& not be t©t@rnlmtd*

andtfee rosorvo poeitlen-Of. t&o Sind battlaion* tot

of tk© Wtftk. I*.B* near O^ t© tlio 33Bsd BiTiaIoji.t whiejbi was

| ^ l QSilfXI, as late as Oct.. 18., It %& ^fc, •'that til* fr leoBtr misread the ntEeaber'of th» 448th I*

.Division* i A i ^ i.0 toown to fe# in li ne soa th'o f t

during' th« ®f termaoii of. Oat« E let t were #asily repotted

ant the roats in theri*1*

# #- th«wire shelled intermittently with

wae iiaraeêd during the night. Batteries in.

W:. fifteen- .trm#k@ wer© motived eetwees Tillert amd , gnortheast* At 6:10 about six eaissone were obeerYsd going, northeast on the same road. At 5;15

f

IS trackR were going southwest onth ams road* - fwo autoinobiles were observed going north 0m' the

fe®® 1 H ¥ to BAB iK? f at 6 o'olool:* some iudiwidual !B©vemtBt .h¥#tn, observed to the serth ©f omr frest* / •

^r',works 1 lothisg to

t o -p o o r* '"Th» ymm& a d t i r e * f r p a BiW t© 10 and from

l:*: -1 At. 6t£9 0T@ri l i ? M eai»SBQr -was shot .Allied plane

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r i g h t ^ e o t o r oxur p a t r o l s o c a u p l a d ta© grotmt aortk of

f r o n ts

11B©; if'rom wort to th eof

enemy holdsth© 13oi®

of

i ti f f

to tastx

Int*rai*1to«t

AT t i l l e r ^ : iôrraal fire dnrlxigth© hcuxs of shelled a l l mcTemeirfc

shelled interm it te nt ! j



« At 3*4 hmnt® 3S #

h o s t i l e m^<$Mu0 flying l ines in t i ie l*f % sector wssth@ night booa'

in t l te Ti@iid% of

t roops in the f ront limrn* Spiring t&#i n &sa oils io n im th e

t h r o u g h o u t t h e





V 19X8

from XI o'clock noon to 6 t9M*i X4S3P Jir/IJa m& north ana. iiortfcaast

16 h* 15 shelliug woods near a t a t f - # i*ii3#f • H^mTr- mtiULlag

Air ac ti vi ty : M ors tfeftil a@rmal» Betwoea 14 iirs. * 7planes' bell@v@a. to be B petrol ing to

l (la

m

X t t

OB the Tardim front otax «t

of Bill it? ami. in fch® Boi.s des©evere losses oiir line remaiiadng

troops h&v® tafeem the Bois deA rt ill er y fi re lias. inorea:-ed im

aotiv® on both sides of th® in the coursea suooeseful rait our troops

• i j r:O(X) xx t r a i n

mile from BaKrfeitrg t# laXlf#m and 1 p^

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5 'rt along £p* and t&eto aro^sy p

sm& small a.@tactoents 1«B#l ines with tanks S«M« of Oonr trai be *H*4fetA hmff

was repulsed at a l l p ols ta, Tio© S

hostil® tanks in the oomrsci of aotioas %h@ Brit ishon tow&TB of St« i aaaaa whieli we m&

the night the farms of im M sof tax® O

and dtaring the afternoon on a wide front between theOie© and the Sarre w©r@ rept il ss s S p da suoooBsfxa counter at ta ck i f i f Mesbreoourt,, Ti©l®t figh t*lag 0ontiau@8 oa the iieigiits of the Aisae 1 of Youjslam* Wteaburg Hegimemts Im oooperatiOB wit^. %Battedions after f Î of Tandy between Ballaj; xind ChQEferesB and I of falal&# andj

i t i d t l i t h k t i l taintained tliesa againet hmry k os ti l t ooiyater attaokw, A loc alattach 1>7 the ©neiay east of OXis;,y broki© dto^r %©TO of Ton -QmitnttgÂfter TlolQnt artillery prsfar©..tioii tiieof Boim#raBae &&& oa a wide fro^t QR hoth. sides of

'J'ha Ameriaaua again suffered

fire of ®wt inaeEin© guiiB nai4 of tkahost i le &%$plmm out of a squadron of sight maoiiimes wkieh

attacked the Tl ll ag ti in thevalley of;,he Laim were shot down.

hosti le a t t ac h S of



took E6

#-. * « • •

f ft

" IdHHtifioatlon8; 199 th D1Y» prisoners of fch© 23?th t $g f

l e t B ar. Div* i prisoBerB of the l e t Bar* eap tsredtreB, ami of E4tk ia tke rielaai^ of Ch

BattDillon II I* Pr isoners captmred im tfam Tlolai t j of

y of Fali.l©«« HO 3rd Bit* fri©O33@rs of t&erPioneer Hagt. oaptured in the ragioia of falaiBO* 4Sn& Blv*

prisoner® of the 17tli Hegt» i n tli© regies of OXlsy.diTigionsi ZQ2n& BIT* prisoners of the 97th ami 411 gesptmirtd in tlio region of Calais©* £4£jaa BiT»: îgom ®re lo s t ordeserters of the 476tli Hegt, captured in t ie region of V&B&J

Of th© 475th captured l a t.ke ragion #f falalse* Aoaerdi.Bg t othese pr is on er s sta tement s tli© whole B4SnA Biv t I s ssid to M

f th gl of Eetlurl %© t^ s r#§l#m ta®f- #f Y*iurifrti#

f I t has not y@t bean engaged 1 B th i s $#&$$#« % i s diT* wasd 1 t& St S % i 4 i l I t

Order of Battle



hmn obssrved* From ferrcB to G-ranapr© lG9tfe B i n 19$ ardl i t BTMts D i n 4tfe -Bar* D in *f) £# ** w 1t aa Aft* IH tl l* It ft l lf t e l ta ) B0Srt B i n (tWIWJ) EOBaS Ar»at« J*sa&Awate B i n 4 t a l B i nB«4* 195tfe Div* 1 B tfee rear of th© Vouziers front,

iof tk« 6th id e n ti fi e d D ivis ion s hare ta.fe©n f a r t i n

««iuai%«fr*<»«tt«olQ»«fltf%h D i n t ^L«* Ssiart BI T* , 1st fen 3&n# II>iv.f ^03rd B -T* E«ft« 9 EOSnd Bav, H@gt)» 111 Jaegersturm Baa.

fe Bg agod. The ©nemy bei sg m##aa$: on ate^mist of our031 tlie p la te au @set of ? d

•f i gh t i ng to© oooured this morning 1E OUT p o e i t i o nbrook, and Cala i se . At l i to %)m otitlim© of o'er poeitioBBas fol lows t & 0 t # r » «f TooaAy 5il« bakingA r t i l l e r y s A g t i r i t y i ^mj ttmhl* ^wtimg t&@ n g lt h , uxA a l s o

the at tacls :, la a t of Vousiers retippdaranGe of tte ba t t e r y wes t£T «R Jionp^r to la Orois amx B©is wkie^ ««r« ia ao tl ra f « * s#vtmXdays , and the presenoe of a m@w gro up in g in the r e g i o n of l o e r r s l ,

t i a m p s f ir i n g of a longrange , Bl m« naTal gtm 9 fron theo f Gfe% M l i f # i i l l

Otir recoBnaisBanoQS repor t l i t t l e ac ti v it y 121 the



at a&..<*0 DJ OB Wa'taah, 33* fit**

$g Seoomd Amy A!flf-Ghr«l impmisiaion of t&a day £0 XOT_ 21 @1MN&$9 front lixi<$. Id@utifioatiGIJJI KQ 3B A»H;

Diirn on© >7i««mo3r'51 OT n«a3f WADBTIliLiB eonfi ^mg ord©r of featÛi 9^439 m a r Bcmooiurt id»nty Biir, imtm 38 A P and 13 X»'•04- D im Ifctid HO? S i m Dot 11 and t&at 94

formed i n Russia frota 439 365 and 34 Law Kngt an attempted Ral

ii0@d on WABDHtXI*Li and tT«inoh«a of BOIBPoor* Con al^^ aKl f Moêi^nt vioy of AXtLOHDIIf ALSAMOOT

othe r cosno indio ata re li ef enemy a n a t i o n a cti ve within th a ir own l i n e s .Six BalXoona in asiCtsnsion. 14 AdjuatmentB uaual patôlB. . Itoiy photo

vistiaX waonnaigvasuteA t o north Distn lay ou r a i r #enriO0.*

• ' ' • m s i g , xa4s A I '•

# X P (]8y-pli0n#) f^»s Oapt/ Sonn*^., with X7%h fmn&hOct. «I3, XilB a t ' 6 :0 0 a .m . • . . • • • ' "

preparation beân at 5:30 hm,f imd ia oontlnuixig according

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i t ,

l o r i l i s moâiBg aKt.aolt beganaotiirity m

^ •? l r , ~ Hea^y -artil'leary f i r e <m caur. le f t

on our r ight had b@@n mofiml and l i gh t . 2 priaonora of tha 1st

t g 4 gSome shelling of rear areas as far imok as KTI0H7ILLI. 1 prisonar



'Much en«my a r t i l l e r y f i r a d- .i ring tfc# n ig h t . Ha ras sing ofand m^diysi o a l l t m psrlaaij i& lly gas* ofujf 01*1 T a&d t i$ «wi' t ofth a t po in t . Much machine gun f i r e and some ge ne ra l

B&fctiKEBA IR1* H a m m i n g flaw of@r 8STOE and R.St* a ^ overof

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q u l t t . Usua l l i g h t ha t ass l i i g b«tfHi«n 5 :00dt FORET. At 5 :15 n . our a r t i l l e r y l a id down o ^ a a j a ro f s e c t o r , ^ /h iah h ad ^ l ac ^ n ed a t 6 :4 5 H . R i d l ey p a t ro lBRIEULLIS un oo cu piti l a t B3J30 H. .O at . 32 . Thoroughth ro ug h town wa?s ma ae. Th@ Boeha were sh e l l in g B R I J L SThe front; IV m Has no G an ge s, Con f i f ma rep or t a« Line JHJUS fro®0 7 . ^ - 8 0. S t o S.W. oo© @i of B0I8 DS MI»IÎS f^ ll^ w lu g n u t t a nd 710ddg® of BO IB 4 t lUPFES in -s lu di ng tn e whole of th e BOIS Cinc ludix ig Hi l l 390 to point 1 1 . 9 <* 8 6 . 8 ; t o 1 3 . 3 - 8 0 « 7 ;

e a s te r n #dgt of BOIS d# foftt f w he » i t ^ #jo in s tiM o ld X

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Oat.

th ein

of BOIS

tot. ofat the tout'

L t.

a tduxlng the. n i g h t ,

aarfeilleary:- during tiie -nigfet on

Mo

y * 0onoent3pat io n and '&£ M

-about 800 r<!« 78** a^d 16a vde' l i S i

v j f ^ * JEM A

Oct.. B$, I t l© at

-of • l e f t haaraea-ing f%m

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.8:30

•mar I t f t " i§mlHi«*<*%c»ae t h in ^ g

wood* m&ik of it l inn

due toon

wO-o-o-o-a-o-o-o-o-o-o-0-o-o-o

S:S0

l a w i l l la*

lin&m o f out wornMom Q&fflms atid mi®

G~B,

#4 (Br ftom A,I.S. Offiooar with , Hft0 fd O o t .

foa? p».jriod. from-33 tci S 33

Gene ral Impreaalon:



A* I . &• .Q£.fi<*»r l ? t h

eov#*ing IS ta i ll to.-8

fJO® la tto

B®twe«m 3fosns and 4 hars th » eneiay ii a BOIBJDurliig %h® night ^0 m&lla full onlisurasaiag tit* Xn %h& rent oftli&t b»tw©cm 5:00 aad 6*30fit@ on %hB mm d» HWMOHT and onof t ^ i)!1^* wMok at t a o ^

tbat

P% ;

at' (t:SOVt o aotiirity,

aot ion:

F

F 1S30

a fe:-3S A*]!,*

From t&e d»- JOKBT tl*#- linen tv&*t© i

, 13.0 - -e.- mil

af'tn* 140tliy in n«-ot«.tlito-*iJh of AtTI

of i! » •



43n€ BiVltfioa bad ia&&n v e t i a s d trtm %h© f r o n t , I t t®

mow i l l tiifc ' #©gt«m of BAHt»T mix BoXfl i n osfdâr t o

elem@nts of a d i a s o l v e d d i v i s i o n - I t was knoim that the ^ f . foo t ! ves of•fl# 4ittd Dlm«-9 w».tn fcut "mty poor* (Ati aim3Mige of XSOO ilfXos)October S3nd: Be ring the fommoon mm&y fta^ renewed l t # a t t a c k s t w i c e

Eo t ieco S lovaoks t ro ths ac t ing Ir- . l i a i son wi th ou^ mm e lemen t a an d* in to laa ttXe and took t lu i ^ iXlaga of tlRHOW wMol had ~

faXX#n i n t o enftBsy n ^ n d i . W^st of „.«.„,,>.„„ _ - ~ , v

ua t o i&iMtovf* %i\xs p o s i t i o n s - MO ptiummm inaXud ing 0

of fip «j rB Ji&¥@ .tJfQ.X#n in to , mjir tend s,

y i X y y i ld a y mi t ^ 4»o#«lsfig point** of the AXSHI*

m "%&* pmmnc® of a n#w ba t te^ i©® group ing i s

of

Radio .HotHiiig- t o

*^^

0@t. m to 6 lueti- Oot; 33'*. '

fiawi a XittXo• .

Xinv of to't luiof %h® 67th,a r t i l l e ryI t s le ft extonding o w l to tt*»

During th@ night abou-s 5X bo t i t i caa®, A

gleft

to 150*0 felld

on our Inteiaiedlate

1000 o on



g In

Sf t

f t 4 3 . ' ? • on

. ^3^ 101S

Third Corps reports a^ 10:05. i^veâl tote been §m toground m ist and hagt© un ab le to l

t t 3 S M Xl f a l l i n g on orAnother mi a a ion for S9th Division tinable to

or 'bursttog shells mm *5*falling at 3?.3 - 80,6 to 0?,g lug* O

two of plaa#® torougjht

0*3, #380?. Nat ion, Ai;e

Oet. ti,,"hi

\ ' "

» $ » 4 lit..lit lit40.H*



**$*

'$&%%

M Bt4S %hiB momiEg In fogion of B&HTHIOTXLf. CaptainSquadron, broi ight down a Ht impler, al t i tu d e 500 taet er^ , Re It tot a s g round and i t o raahed m a r woods nor th of ®AWETmnhJ&*of p&tr@X9 Li6ut0&antB 3i .ua.rt , Donaldson, Oulton, brought do^mst ad t wi th orgn ge-re d fuse l ag e a t 9 :1 5 , 000 l jof B&ITISTILJ^.

i f%l i S^ ^ i^ oB ar tu ra td . H»po*l« g t c ia t câ l o f y F ,bo th @a©my ,and our own, in re gi o n of t»m»«ft OOHSHtOtf and SItH Ti a l s or e p o r t s a gmm,% mmf Bi~pla?i© ^tieapl©^ piano up , pr ot eo te d by f t

f f bo^wean 1000 arid ?IOOO met@ra3 i n t he

dav«lope d . At 9 :50 f i re . - Fo3matlona of^ 4

TOS mm. %® f a l f»n<l ov er da d. Supposed



Rtptirt # , tm m first Puifssuit ting* Ifcse1*! Dot. 33 , 1®%B a t

03 *4 Sciua&am, F ^ M 8*45 to 10* 80 . JUftJLtudft 3S00 t o &S00 w t o m .V is ib i l i t y fa ir . Saw one p&tseol of

r13 Fokkeafs ov er LOHaUT, a l t i t u d e

4000 et

Bombing txp ad itio? *: ll tf c Squadron, ftom 8:45 to X0:4§.13, 500 f e e t . Bombed BnMifCY *t 9:B 5. Si gh t planaa xeacli^d obSl3E%#$xs. 50 k i l o boEibis, or a to t a l o f SCO k i l o s , dro ppe d. Good ttmcttw«re ob serve d on ra il ro ad yarda and warehouaes in we a te rn «<lge of town.Saw fi vo Fokkers^, marked; red no se 3 s %mtm bodies mid w h i t e t a i l s . A n ti -a ir cr af t laadiiM. 1%i# ob se rw r aatf two dams a 3 4 t t l tfc f

to flood th® oosunt^y in

Squ adtm * Fran 8:$ S to 10:35*. Jllîtu4& 1SO00 2

two UQ kilo bombs or a t o ta l of 1100 k il o a were dropped, alffo 138sm all gf k il o inoe nd iar y bombs were .dropped, Bu^fla weiw aM tJ ii i#

imst&Bi edge of towa and ®$ fly lfe g f l « l d . Biw» ntln# WkOm*r©d no se s , whito t a i l s and black fuall i iget i . Ant i-aircra tisacoura t© ov er BtTSAHdTi alt*o ra po rt Boe in g tw o d&rass wM chf lo o d th e oo iantry ar ow id MIQIHWAT. fi3r® ta GRAHBB?!

at

IS ,in s ight - m 11&™ mly mtm 4 a l l ied p lanes th is morn ing ,a i r c r a ft p i s without a ff e c t . It i s al»9Olut#Xr neo essa ry t othe Booh® piaaaea whila we are con so lid at in g tha l i n e s . Tho

tak en 10:3 0 H. L ia ut . Bur ger, 90 tli Aero 8quada?onha© mot boen ^bla to m^k# out the lini» on aoootant of ©aaiay

X«t Pay Bî^âiaMint Qroup, lô*(l Oat. $3,^118 s t 18tO0

BuZAIOT • * 0i5 B . PX»u»» l # f t at 8:4 S and»t 1O84S . i l t l tu d * 13 ,S00 f t . X^ ®Umn Uf% £i$14 S d}« ot lt li . IS - 00 k i l o , l@mt>« djr^f^ d -tot al of 800 kil os *

. AA





numerous loams. Yallow and white sraok^ coming out ofFOIJFPT ©imjfy %mlm m%mx%®&. AtOOHt&ttBvan. Ho au i^w r. Aîrlaay

making adjustment on a&d ^t tal iom of gclaims that eneiay planes aro very nu?iteroue a t Sow al t i t u de and th a i r

At Xa:OO: forma l 'ob jec t IVQ te s 'litam' OTaoh ed by th e two(Frenoh and AiaetioanJ Large Gorman p a tr o l of l F

(Setaiaa planer making

Amy

4

of $0

t ra in cjf 10

a tw l on

A aerial activity in areai a H t wlft* p



tiuMt tmm i f a &&$st;

af i£&$E&»i$i, H H

to

O f *TS1

on h@ wood© no rth oftike- l e f 8u1»~fttiM»t0r At ?;00 ,a M S I W mm%*m

ft® little artillery fir« in that

of * 1& g

. The l i m e now inolndeta FARM do TALIIA and r u n e due

M ' ilOITOBK fAHM* . . .

no w

Harass ing f i re on l i n e s o ! coEs«^jniaatlon and oroaaroads in

Oo»s,iO0r&bl# losses, du# to a r t i l l e r y f i r e 9 r epo r t ed by

d ^ Div . reported los»©» it®® m&shifts gim f i r t >Mnmf a i r a r a f t w ry a a t i w ; a a i i e d p lsmea \m«tê to laate out

k l i ne ©n a o ^ i m t of @m#sor plam es. Oorpi n o ti f ie d t h e i rand 1sli# neoâsary steps if»ve taken a t 0

mt%%ll*Tf, f i r i n g &m& m® s h e l l sX l i d l



toof

$n4.u.t.

i-ittilloary .activity

o

•a . o-.

i n

l ine® ^t r isw

1' Jl 1 ofI M I •

1 «\©f

a t

- .

13:84$ B aXlled ballocîa 'burned,

•

4

and that

(By |9l©»ii) A . X . S . l i l t

reports at 13imm working 1,1.

r i d g ei

on road

TALMA and

14*30.

: not



Tfeotogragtoic n&0siiQ& %hl® UQfz&ng took

Flam© l&a&ed a t 10:35 gaportt* ab tl Ht ir or af t fi re ¥©yy fee&vy oFXOTtSLLSS and BSTFtJ* Mo a c t i v i t y e&i *o«da no*tb o f o w l i n e s

levy quiet* Few eftell* falling outsidtf of (JRAHIflPIQB* $&IT^tM0ftfffciulet; also road hetueen CtttHPlOlfTOLLS *n4 ? I R m * V 9 ' i i o i m m t OHtatwftm CMMFiaHETJLL^ ana miQTJWilY. Dropped d &

l

mission landed m% 13:10 . ?î#mdlf troop s tseen alo ng theSf, dIOH01i road, Sl it ll s f^ ll ia g cm ridge noftii of ST

sf.,. aiOR0IS# M® tt&ixi mommtkt® mm. . Mo ho sti le ballo îsi ' o f nix imtmy plaits H l ^ i d

i l l good. • i at 95.0 - 89.7Baridgaflare agtiv* ofBt BSWU. Dro »» d »0OQ a^9«td of

lafoftanision f^-oision, Ai*

.0 - 84.0 t east to 04.-? - &4»7, a ^ f c i ^ t ' f#

to old

, Ht?cfd Odt. »3 t 191B m% 14*46.

Squadron, 11:00 to 13t0 d. Al ti tu de 400Q m@t©rs. VU lixU lty p»ml region tlHByjf, DTJir, GRAIDFRS Saw two foaseaijioms of Ittkfeim*

of twelire a t 11:40 «md ont of tliifrty a t 1S:OO In afegioa of tl. Lim itenant Schwab brought down one Fokker In flames at 11:30 in

of /TH0H0IKJDK8 and at 13:10 In th e same m^LQti brought &$?m a Biout of oontfol, "Hie fl ^ it took ^laoe a t 0000 to 600 i000

15th Squadron, Pr oje cti on ioi a si on for foiay Bxeguets doing aray a r t i l lery work from 10:40 to !8sS 0. Al ti tu de iaOO m%&m. YisiUll l ty hSaw a^T^n ®ut#my a i r c ra f t l a j^gion of yk

49th Squadron. Frora 10558 %&%%& and 13:5 0. AltiUude 4i00Vt si ia il it y f a i t . Iii#tit#aanta Wool©y# Stening# Hwmn «n 4

0OBI*a)W &$ al t i tu d e of 3000 m&%®tat ttm, 1X«W4 uttt%a^4 Ijand brought do m al'X of them, th es e plan©a mm blaok with ifhitocamouflage* Pilot of gl3tH Squadron ha d forced landing and %%m



I & l s f l i g h t . Wai Haw two of ike doim, ox** ..'In- fimm* tm&Of U

:

p M i n g cmt of ., Bad oomtmt «itii ^

had ohot down one of our . Ho .re.Biut,. Dropped 1000

, (By ttm

The new

9HTO0

TO % DM a 3 # 4 t e d B i m g3ard O %

»l.attiy fi fi ii f ie ld

period has Tmm evaouat«d to Eâotiation Hopital nohas not »poke since oap-suxe period appears to l)e M

0 0 0WIWS

, Oof*, f S ,

4. to

i 8



twm fl«it Pursuit WiEg# Rea ' at X5:30

1X140 t o 13:30. l»atroXl#d &f 3800fait ,

in , f laiaeaat a l t i t u d * of X50Q a0t«?f».

IX, H#a*d Gat. 33^ Xili a t

1.3 , The A C.A.C. reoon.nai^Qaiioe was notoarriaa ou t owing t ocirciuaatoncâ. 13 ai rp la ii ea IT R from B G 51 and XO imchliieii FS 0 X feopjm& I'OTO kgs o l p3?o^»atlX#a^ 1000 legs

m hUM OTFOf »ad ûôuiKll iigB, §00 kga on P f,*POt«- 300 kgs cm lig fe ts mi road «®u%ii of ^ ^ B m t * ASP i t d ^ SX l

HIRBOH DEPOT. At th e tiia© of the mpQiet no news lta<i been area$iT«*&one ruacliine ? R B § §1 . Ono naoinxie landed a t La CHEPPE and took onfir®; orew an in ju r^ d, Onta laaohirie K 00 waa broken i n s t a r t i n g . 3maohines F 5 0 m^re broken I n landing. On® Machine F

l l s i s HIHSOI, . ootatmt without X

XfXi Aft. XS:0I.

Enemy airplane by an ti-a irom ft. It .foil in

•»?ii»..-o.f tillage of : Hi

15h30 ona of oiu- infantryposition of o\ix g th® Sa atem e4ge of ^the exploitation of woods I s %hwmf®m Indioated a s

wiring In of tdui



) • ' t Oct. S3, 1918I*

*^B*lF-Spt W ** t W ^

ridge northwest of town mid niins at

X*t .

p r i s o n erX I.Z - 9 0 . ? • Ours l i o r t . He a l s o T ranch Mortar apoint :B-OOOOf

• • L i - . - . - :

J- l

at 16hl5 .

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