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THJSTHETHIS 140TH.140TH14OTH.14OTH . INFANTRY IN THE MUSB-AHGQME.MUSBAHGQME.MEUSE-ARGONNE.MEUSEARGONNE.EMUSMUSEARGONMUSBAHGQME.I-

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1.1. The 140th.140thl40th.l40th. U.U. a.aS.S. Infantry was made by the consolidationconsolidation-

of

consolidatio-

nof the 3rd.3rd. and 6th.6th. MissourissourisourMissoMiss14i i National GuardG ardWard regimentsreBiments at CampOampAmpCam-

pDoniphan

Cla-

mpdown

Oam-

pDoniphan

Cam-

pDoniphan

Cla-

mpdownDoniphanDonnish , OklahomaUklahoIDa on October 1 , 1917.1917. The 3rd.3rdrd.rdsrd.srdsurd. MissouriMissoMiss ri InfantryInfantry-

was

Infant-rywas the old Third of Kansas City , Mo.Mo. The 6th.6th. MissouriMissoMiss ri InfantryInfantry-

was

Infant-rywas a8 new regiment raised in the smallsmalsmall towns of centraloentral endand southernsouthern-

Missouri.

southe-

rnisms

sosouthern-

Mlissuari.

sout-hern

thernternMissouri.MissouriMlissuari.Mlissuari1116 sOl1ri.sOl1ri.

2.2. More tnanthannan one-halfonehalf- of the officersoff ieersbiers andan henL.enLen11.en11en. of the 140th140th.,. Inf.InfInf'InfoInf'III-

IMtMINU

InfIII-

IMtMINU

Inf.rs-

awlfH,6I.ux.Infrs-

awlfH6Iux

' .rsawlfH,6I.ux.rsawlfH6Iux.rsawlfH6Iux(/IIIIMtMINUIIIIMtMINU/ .-!: ,, , .' , , , _ _ . . . . .'WI'WI'. a. ,". fiitfit s*- -" " -"" yrL y

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had seen service onTrl'S"iiUWftZfttf'9omtaiwi&aconTrlSiiUWftZfttf9omtaiwiacon ,n1' "!8f'1J.8f1J.8f1J'

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thorough andend comprehensive.comprehensive. It had embraced open warfare , trenchtrench-

warfare

tren-

chertrench-

.Irlere

tre-nch

trenchtrench-

warfare

tren-

cherwarfare.IrlereIrlereMiller. undernderender FrenchFrenoh instructorsinstrInkster ctorsactors , bayonet fighting undernderender expertexpert-

British

ex-pert

expert-

British

ex-pert

expert-

British

ex-pertBritish instructorsinetrinert otorlmotor , and finally , after the returnret rn from Francerencerene ofof-

Major

co-

factor

of-

MaJor

co-

factor

of-

Major

co-

factorMajor General William MM.M. WrightWritlhtWraith , the commandingoommcomm ndinBdin generalgenerel of thethe-

35th.

the-

35th

the-

36th.

the-

36th

the-

35th.

the-

35th35th.35th36th.36th. Division , the new methods of attackattaok: in wave formations.formations. ThisThis-

training

His-

torian

This-

training

His-

torian

This-

training

His-

toriantraining at Camp DoniphanDon.iph8nDoniph8nDontphanDonnishJonathan.,had been pushed so strenouslystrenouelystrenuously and unrenre-nreunre-unreadreunre-

mittingly

unre-

mittingly

nre-

mlttingly

unr-

emittingly

¬-

mittinglymlttinglywittinglymeltingly that the soldiers of this regiment and thetbetube others as wellwell-

reached

bell-

yached

well-

reached

bell-

yached

well-

reached

bell-

yachedreached their highest pinnaclepinnaole of training , went stalestele and slid back-

not

back-

most

back-

not

back-

most

backback-

not

back-

mostnot lossles8less than three times.timestimea.timeatime. Fortunatelyiortunately , atIt the time the regimentregimen-

tleft

regime-

ntedleft CampCemp DoniphanDonnish on April 12 , 1916for19lBfor1918, for the port of embarkation ,

, the traiiiingtrainingtra1n DB wasw s on the upliftplift againElgalnEgan end"ndndand" the moralemormoor le wasW exceedinglyoxceedinglyexceedinglexceeding;; high.high.

3.3. Upon arrival in FrsncFranceFrancFr nc.nc*. , the 35th36th Division wasW8S not held inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthe 3.033038.,011918.011918011918.080... ,' * 2 ,> > batou.toutbut. ventwent.went,. immediatelyimmdiimmix, telyely intoILtoIto the British zone backbaok"fbaokfbook.ofof., " ,the Sommt.SommtSomml.SommlSomme.SommeSomm-

t.1

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At konchcuxMonchauxKochManchuMonchMunch ax , France'rsnoersnoeVranoesnoreVane'% Col.ColCool. William H.H. ColleyCooley with six officers endandend-

twenty

end-

owment

end-

twenty

end-

owment

and-

twenty

ca-

nteentwenty noncommissionednoncomndssioned officers ofot the 16th.16th. Manchester RegimentReginlent ,

B.E.JBEJB.E.I.BEIB.E.FBEFBEBIBF. . ? ., joined the regiment and intensiveintemsive training went on in methodsnethodsmethods-

which

meth-

odsmethods-

which

meth-

odsnethods-

which

meth-

odswhich the British had foundfo nd to be right.right. This trainingtr lningLansing includedincluded-

bayonet

inclu-

dedino1included-

bayonet

inclu-

deddeddeedded-

bayonet

deb-

asementbayonet fighting , trench rr-idsrridsrrc[ -. idsds , the overcoming of centers of resistanceresistenceresistance-

and

resistence-

end

resistence-

and

resistan-ceandend combat groups , all intendedintende to prepare tnethetine regiment to enter thethe-

front

the-

reon

the-

front

the-

reon

the-

front

the-

reonfront on the new G.H.GHG.H.i4GH.i4GHi4. . ., line bacicbackbasic of the SorameSommeForamenoDmleoodles end probably withwith-

the

with-

held

wiwith-

the

with-

held

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ho-

tbedthetbetube British.BritishBriBrie tish.tishTrisha.

4.4. DuringDaringD ring the latterletter partpert of July and all of Augustg st , 1CJ181)181181 ) 18 for-

nearly

for-

merly

for-

nearly

for-

merly

forfor-

nearly

for-

merlynearly six v/eeitsveeitsweeksreedits/ , the 140th uccupiedcou.piedcoupiedoccupiedcopied. the front UnainAlingLunaGina1 trenches, inin-

l

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n. ,. . , . .. .U0U0 JEftW&JiJEftWJi.tQ.tQ ,8.8& . .y' . .J.J.4fl-4fl4fll. .J.1.&P.U'-fJ1P.Uf.J.1.&P.U'J1PUf. .l.& . - , &..tt&.,l'l'#J.J. , .wawa.*$$* & & . '

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5.5. The regiment with the 35tl:35t1.35t1.35t1: 5tL. Division was in reserve during thethe-

St.

the-

ist

the-

st.

the-

ist

the-

St.

the-

istSt.St. MihielMichel Offensive.Offensive. Its orders were to be roadyreedyreadyroad to move from thethe-

Foret

the-

oretic

the-

Foret

the-

oretic

the-

Foret

the-

oreticForetFloret de HayeHayes on fifteen minutesmin testees noticenotioe butb t the advance went so wellwell-

that

we-

alth

well-

that

we-

alth

well-

that

we-

alththat it was not necessary to order this reserve division into the action.action.

66.6,. The men who made up the 140th.140thl40th.l40th. Infantry were practically ellallell-

Missouri

El-

lisonell-

Mi8s0

all-

Missouri

A-

llisonMissouriMi8s0 ri men.men. They were volunteersvolviol teerssteers who hadhsdsd been ready to serve theirtheir-

country

her-onry

theiro-

OlUltry

hier-

olatry

their-

country

her-onrycountryoOlUltryzoolatry even before we enteredeLJteredwelterede L teredtermed the YorldWorld> vYar.vYarWar.War'War.vary' . TheyThe ; had not beenbeen-

drafted

eme-

ndated

been-

drafted

eme-

ndated

been-

drafted

eme-

ndateddrafted into the servioaservioeserviceservo nor had they enlisted for paypayorpayeror for bonus.bonusbonus.-

Thay

bon-

usbonbonus.-

They

bon-

us8.88-

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8-

They

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ThayTheyHay had in months andend years before the war given of themselves freelyfreely-

both

fre-ely

freely-

both

fre-ely

freely-

both

fre-elyboth physicallyphysioally , mentally , and financially.financially. They were ready and fitfit-

when

fif-

teen

fit-

when

fif-

teen

fit-

when

fif-

teenwhen calledoalledcoaled uponuuonquoinvon to take pertpart in the world'sworlds' grectestgreatest bettlebettIebattlebeetlebetties , thethe-

KeuseArgonne.

the-

e

the-

MeuseArgonne.Keuse-Argonne.KeuseArgonne.Meuse-Argonne.MeuseReuseArgonMusee 8'-8'88'r&Onn.8rOnn'- r&Onn.rOnnrOn& . . somebodyom.bodyombodyembody. once asfcedasltedaskedascendsalted BernardBernard. . Shaw whionwhiohwhichwhine five'livelive'

men hehe-

would

Sh-

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he-

wo

he-

w

he-

would

Sh-

erwoodwouldwo ld saveseveserve if the flood oamavim.vimoameamafoamed. again andend only five couldcoaldcoaled be rescued.rescuedresoned.resonedreasonedrescued.-

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people

town-

speople

took-

people

town-

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took-

people

town-

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in-

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them.

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7.7. From ForetFloret de HayeHoyeHayesHoyed back of St.St. LihielihielMihielLithelychiselMichel the regiment along withwith-

the

with-

held

with-

the

withh-

eld

with-

the

withh-

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marched

terr-

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marched

terr-

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marched

terr-

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relieved

Divi-sion

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visivisit onon-

relieved

un-

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had-

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and

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nd

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the

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the

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the

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going

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when-

going

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when-

going

hed-

ginggoing into battle by having onlyonllMoll cleanoleanlean clothing on so that in thethe-

case

the-

cae

the-

case

the-

cae

the-

case

the-

caecase of being woundedwoanded cleancleencolleen instead of dirty patches of cothcJothclothcouth] wouldwould-

come

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come

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ome

ldld-

come

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combecome in contactcontaot with the wound , was.1.1.1. ., ' outl l1t on down to the men.men. Further'artherartherfartherFurther-

effort

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both officers and men.men. The chaplain'schaplainschaplein'schapleins' night services were crowded.crowdedcrowded.-

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emphasized

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along

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along

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dthtthatth ;: .tt. t this regiment was going in andend had a recognized difficultdiftlcl1lt hostilehostile-

position

photoco-

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9.99 ., Ab day or two before the day of goingBoingBooing into the battle , a copycopy-

of

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in

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boy-

in

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in

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srepresented

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her boy asS beingbe ingKing wounded and a Red Cross nurse hoveriiighoverL1ghovering over him , adad-

ministering

ed-edad-aded-

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ministering to his needs and binding upp his wound.wound. The sister hadhad-

the

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ha-

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the

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tethe vision that her brother was standingstenSteen .iI1BiI1B. in front of tr.etretJ-etJetl-etltare-., assembledesembleda.sembledasembledresembledassembled-

regiment

assem-

bledesembled-

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resem-

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regiment andGndNd the colonelooloneloolong was pinning ae D.3.C.D3C.D3CD.S.C.DSCSC. . . on his breast.breast. TheTh-

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soldierlover

her-

soldierlover

her-

soldierloversoldier-loversoldierlover- was doing ; he waswes standing on the corner of a FrenchrenchFrench-

village

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French-

village

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village

enc-

hiladavillage , surroundeds rrorr ndedended by a bevy ofot mademoiselles.mademoiselles . I waswes impressed withwith-

the

withh-

eld

with-

the

withh-

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with-

the

withh-

eldthe facttact that none ofot them was right because there he was in the n.udtnudtnutn.ud-

tsleeping

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sleeping in the open under a tree , simply doingdulngdung hish1s plainplein straightstraight-

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auty.autyQl1ty.Ql1tyaunty. Doing your autydutyaunty idIsl usually easier thenthan doingoing somethingsornethjng else ;

people ereareerellsposedkeelsonsdisposed-llsposedllsposeduisposedallspice'- totu ask too much creditcredit for doirvdoirdoingdir:;; their duty.dutydllty.dlltydallyduty.-

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divisions

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4th-

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(5)5(6)6( ) The Histo-HistoHistoryHistoonHilton- on the left , the 28th , was commandedco ndedended by Major General CharlesOharles H.H. Muir.(5)Muir.5Muir5Mair.(5)Mair.5Mair5Muir.(5)-ry

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as follows : iirstiirsteirstfirstdeist , Major Fred L.L1.1. LenimonLemmonLeninLemon ; Second , Kejor1ejorMajorKenmore: V/arrenVarrenWarrenDarren/ L.LL-

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O-

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seniority

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THE

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Third.-

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nearly

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flow-

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nearly

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west

floss-

iest

flows-

west

floss-

iest

flows-

west

floss-

iestwest into the Aisne.AisneAlane.AlaneMaineAlan. The principal featurefeetllrefeel in this region is thethe-

high

he-

ight

the-

high

he-

ight

the-

high

he-

ighthigh hill of Veuquois.VeuquoisVal1ql1oia.Val1ql1oiaVauquois.VauquoisEuphuismVanquish. The ArgonneJargoned Ridge separates the AireAires andand-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hemthe AisneAianeMaineDiane valleys ; it is heavilyheavd1y wooded.woodedwood8dwood8-

dHill

. The GrermanGermanReran front line onon-

Hill

O'-

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on-

move

co-

mmove

on-

Hill

O'-

NeillHill 263 with VauquoisVal1ql1oisVanquish Hill made anen exceedinglyexceedinBly strong barrier to anysnySonyany-

move

any-

more

sny-

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scy-

the

any-

move

any-

moremove down the AireAires valley.valley. In the sector of the 35th Division therethere-

was

Hebr-

ews

there-

was

Hebr-

ews

there-

was

Hebr-

ewswas a& series of important wooded areas , among whichwhioh are the Bois dede-

Rosslgnol

de-

pressingly

de-

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de-

pressingly

de-

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de-

pressinglyRosslgnolRossignolRossini nearne.rner. VauquoisV811ql1oisVanquish Hill andend the Bois de MontrebeauMontrebe8Mountebank justjl1at southaOl1thsouth-

of

aOl1th-

of

Sou-

thof Sxermc/nt.Sxermcnt.Ehermont.EhermontSerumVehementEXeltmExalt / !lt.lt. The hills and ridges in this arearea run generallygenargear llyally inin-

east

fi-

nest

tnrntn-

east

ta-

nnest

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rnesteastesstest andend west directiondireotion and makem8ke a rollingrolllns countryco try eastesstest and southaoathazoth ofof-

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16.16. In the field of operations for tttriatheatriae 140th Int'antryIntantryInt'sntryIntsntryInxfantryInfantryInsanity' the villegeavillegesvillagesvillagevilleg-

eatvillege-

stot

village-

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gevillag-

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red-

eeming

and-

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end-

earment

and-

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ha-

ndlerExemiont.Exemiontxermont.xermontLxermont.LxermontExtensionVermontLemon. ChauaronChaudronChurnCauldronChsuChas <iron Farm slsolsoalso played aienas important pert.pertpart.part. AJ1AJlA1Al] of thesetheset-

owns

telet-

hons

theset-

owns

telet-

hons

theset-

owns

telet-

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erated

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17.17. The American First rmyArmyrlrnloran was opposed by General von Jellwitz'sJellwitzsIal1witz'sIal1witzsJelliesJellwitz'sG-

roup.

JellwitzsG-

roup

Jellwitz'sG-

roup.

JellwitzsG-

roup

Ial1witz'sG-

roup.

Ial1witzsG-

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Group.Group. He had eleven divisions in line and five in reserve at the

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exceedingly bitter and stiff defense , particularlyparticalarl on the frontfro t of thethe-

28th

the-

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the-

28th28th endand 35th Divisions , with machinemechine gunsgl1ne and with artillery.artillery. TheThe-

Germans

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arhol,. 18.18. The first hostile position in front of tietl.etlethetale. 35th36th Division waswas-

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shbowlwas-

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ako

was-

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shbowlHowlendHowlandHowledHolland , Pg.PgFa.Fa.386386.385.385*. known as the HegenHagen StellungStelluDgiTellingSecluding ; the old front line had been modified andand-

now

An-

do

and-

now

An-

do

and-

now

An-

donow served as an intermediate line and waswes know-knowknowasknowsknOkeno :1-, as the HagHegenHagenen Stellung5tellungTellingSteSate hung ,

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- Nord.NordNod. (10)10(1010( ) The hostile positions againstegainst which the regiments ofof-

oroxf-

ord

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

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Operatio-nsof the A.E.JP.AEJPA.B.l.ABlA.E.F.AEFADEPTAbelABEA.B.l.-in

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. . . the 35th36th Division had to go are shown on the mapp attached asa8 Plate I.II-.in

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in Franceb'ranoebranoeF'ranoeFranoeBrando' ,pg.92.pg92.pg92. . The wooded areasaresscaress across the wholewhulewhile front were carefully organized as8Sas-

artillery

s-

tartle8-

Sartillery

as-

artillery

s-

tartleartillery positions , permitting cross fire everywhere.everywhere. The German arar-

tillery

ar-aror-orar-

tiJ.lery

ar-

tillery

or-

tiller

ar-

tillery

¬-

tillerytiJ.lerytiJlerytillertiller. injn the ArgonneJargoned .Forest'ore8tore8t' andend on the heights east of the lueuseI\el1seIel1seMeuseleseMuselueuse-

were

less-

eeIel1se-

were

Meuse-

were

Messe-

nger

\':

were in position to enfiladeenfilede the lines of any attack.attackatteck.atteck. The\TheTheyThealsoHealsThe ,\i alsoalso-

possessed

also-

possessed

also-

possessedpossessed excellent observationODaer"ODaerDater " TetjonTrenton ende.ded!'. esas ae result theirtl\eirtleiremir\ fire was veryvery-

accurate.

ver-

miculate

very-

eco

ve-ry

very-

accurate.

ver-

miculateaccurate.accurateeco rate.rate.,TheTh GermanGerm ArmyAraiAriar

,

waswes at its highestB t.fiBhtingtfiBhtingfightingfighting efficiencyefflcienoy... .. .. . . . .. . . . .

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and the moralemormoor le was still good , especially in the best of its divisions.divisionsdivisions.-

The

divisio-ns

.

The enerryenemyemery fought withwi t l great courage endand tactical efficiency.efficiency.

19.19. The 140thl40th Infantry was in the villagevillage. . EclaireClaire endand surroundingsurrounding-

woods

surroun-dingwoods on Sept.Sept. 19th and 20th.20th. During the night of Sept.Sept. 21st , thethe-

entire

th-

eatre

the-

entire

th-

eatre

the-

entire

th-

eatreentire brigade marched northwardnorthwerd to CampCaraCarla MarqaetteMarql1etteMarquette in the ArgonneJargoned forest.foresti'orest.iorestsorest.sorestdirestforest.-

The

fore-

stsorest.-

The

sore-

sti'orest.-

The

iorest-

The

dire-

st' .

The regiment was in thethesupportheliport, support brigade and remained in thatt Jet camp untiluntil-

the

unstil-

ted

until-

the

unstil-

ted

until-

the

unstil-

tedthe night of J3ept.J3eptSept.Septpt.pt. 2bth with the exception of the Machine Gunun CompanyCompany-

which

Comp-

anyConCompany-

which

Comp-

anyanyany-

which

San-

dwichwhich was ordered to the front line to supportsl1pport the attack of the 69th69th-

Brigade.

69th-

Brigade

69th-

Briga

69th-

BrigadeBrigade.BrigadeBrigaRiga .e.e. ., Aboutbp t 8 p.m.pmp.m. ., on Sept.Sept. 25th , the regiment lesslea8 the LiechineMachineMachine-

Gun

Machi-

ne

chinei-

ziin

chi-ne

chine-

a

chin-

aiziinGunsizinga Co.Co. marchedmar hedheed from GampUampCampAmp Marquette to a position about 1000 yardsyards-

northwest

yards-

northwast

yards-

northwestnorthwestnorthwast of Aubreville.ubrevilleubrevilleVaudevilleBraille.:: so as to be in its position by four hours beforebefore-k

befor-e

before-

huur.

bef-ore

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . ., . . .. . . . . .1".11* " *-** v. >.

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ofot a hill immediatelyiT.medistelyiTmedistely! . beckb ck : of thetbetube line where it was to start its adad-

vance

ed-edad-aded-

venae

ed-

entate

ad-

vance

¬-

vancevenaevena , with the battalions in the order in which they were to move out ,

namely , irstlirstfirstlist , Second ,, andend Third.Third. Sea3eeSee map , showing dailydeilydewily advanceedvence ,

attachedettEtta cLedclued asss Plate II.II. The TrenchTrenoh LortorMortar.MortarMortorOratorMotor., andend One PounderPonder sectionssections-

were

secti-ons

sections-

were

secti-ons

sections-

were

secti-onswere to follow the Third Battalion.Battalion. Tl.eTleT.eTeTale; . Machine GunGilnGin Co.Co. had orders toto-

join

to-

oling

to-

join

to-

oling

to-

join

to-

olingjoin the regiment as it cameceme upIIp following the attack of the 69th Brigade.BrigadeBriBede.BriBedeBriBedBrigade.-

The

BriBede.-

The

Briga-

deBrib-

ed

.

The 70th Brigade was the reserve brigade in the initial attack.attack.,

20.20. The enemyen8q'en8q' doubtlessdOllbtless knew that there was movement of troopstroops-

and

troops-

end

troo-ps

troop-

edandend his artillery placedplaoed fire of interdiction along the roadroedrobed while thethe-

regiment

th-

ereinthe-

regiment

th-

ereinthe-

regiment

th-

ereinregiment was marchingmaroh1ns to position.position. Shells exploded on the roadroedrobed InIn-

front

In-

fant

in-

frunt

in-

fluent

in-

front

in-

fantfrontfruntrunt of the troopatroopstroop anaana.. back of themtllemtulle and on eithere1 therether side but only onoaonceonoonoa-

wara

cook-

ware

once-

were

some-

where

once-

were

some-

wherewarawerewar there anyenydeny casualties and that was when threet reefree manmen in Co.Co. B werawereerawer-

ahit

wra-

ith

were-

hi

we-

re

wer-

ehit

we-

rehithi t withw1 th fragments.fragments. Later during the fore pertpart of the night , the enemyenemy-

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oundfound to be necessaryneoessary to bring the men farther upIIp on the hill soso-

that

sou-

theast

so-

that

sou-

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so-

that

sou-

theastthat shells burstingbllrstingballasting in the valley below wouldwo ld not hit themeitherteeterthemeither-

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direotteeth-

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directteeth-

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directdireot or with fragments.fragments. uuruu.rourbur. men could thentllentulle watchwatohswath their shellsshells-

burst

she-lls

shells-

bu.rst

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shells-

burst

she-llsburstbu.rst. without hurtinghllrtinghollering anyone andend that was a goodBoodBlood occupation uu..tilutiluntilu..til-

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for

freef-

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fire-

for

freef-

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for

freef-

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21.21. The chief plan of thetlJetale combinedoombined attackattaok was as GeneralGenerel PershingPerishingPershingr.-

t.

Perishin-

g..

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> " ' ' tvpifO.jtvpifOj\ v. ', 4. .ww*C rlr.ClorlrClolyrical*" < I.I> r.r '.

. said'said' r'tortonto'ntotointo' °' to'to' draw:rswsw tr.etretrjetaretree. oestoesestdoeso 'ststr.t.rt GermanGerDlaGernibnGuerillaGerminal: n divisions to ourou.roar. front and to consumeconsum-

efHHB

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'irttii'lrrtlrrtdirtiedlorry' ' t i ' G-Gvd'vd GeTttfidyGrmtf11YCtrEiTri- rmtf11YTLIiIiyEligibility ;

GovernmentGovernmellt Pub-PubPllb-PllbLbPubRailroadPllbRailroadPubertal- Railroad whichwhioh gave a means of lateral communicationcummunicetion along the enemy'senemysenemyenemy'-sllcationPg.

enemy-sllcationPg

enemy'-slicationPg

enemy-slicationPg

gener-alization

enemy'-slicationPg.

enemy-slicationPg

gener-alization

'llcationPg.llcationPglicationPglicationPg.allocatinglocating, ._111.111., front and made possiolepossible the rapid shifting of divisions and the furfur-fur-

nishing

fur-

n

ur-

n

¬-

nishingi.shintJishintJ1shintnoshingshinn . , of suppliessllppllessdppliessleepless to the German Army in France.France4'rance.4rance.4rancer'rance.rrance' . The talcingt8kingtakingtalking of thisthis-

railroad

this-

railroad

this-

railroadrailroad wouldwo ld close the entrances to France and would make possiblepossible-

the

possib-

lethe capturec8ptu.rec8pture. of the German Army whichwhioh remainedremsreams ineddined as8S theretr.eretreretree. wouldwUllld be no '

(12)12( ) The His-HisHls-HlsHallsHiswayHlswayHighwayHalfway- way to get them out.outOl1t.Ol1t. (12)12(12)-tory

12t-ory

(12)-tory

12t-ory

(12)-tory

12t-ory

( )

tory of the A.AA-

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EiThomasE-

pitomes. ,

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1-

EE.i'.tThomasEitThomasE.i'ThomasEiThomasDethronesEpitomesE.E. ' . , Thom8s , 22.22. The general/generalgeneralthegeneralhegenerategeneral/?%fe?! thehe 36th3bth35th Division was to attack with 91st91st-Pg.

91st-Pg

91st-Pe.

91st-Pe

91st-Pg.

91st-PgPg.PgPe.Pe. 234.234.

Division of the 5th6th Corps on the right endand the 28th Division on thethe-

left

hel-

met

the-

left

hel-

met

the-

left

hel-

metleft on "D"D" " day atet "H"H"HttHttHttp" " hour.hour. It developed tt-attattl-sttlst!}- at "D"D" " clayd.ayday. waswes Sept.26Sept26. ,

19161918 andend "H"H" " hour waswes 5:30530: a.m.am. . The boundariesbOl1ndsries of the zone of actioneotionemotionaction-

of

eotion-

of

actio-

nemoti-

onof the 36th3bth3 tb DiviaionDivisionDivinationJHviHi ioDoD were :,;

Right ( eastesstest ) boundarybowndary&bowndary :& VAUAUVVAUvUU13U UUISUOlaUIOlla ( inclusive )

VEHYVERIVERYEHVERDI ( inclusive )

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9.

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23.23. The order stated that thetbetube 3bthbthbath DivisionDivisionouldDivisional,/ouldouldcouldGould,/, attackatteck in columncolumn-

of

colum-

nof brigadesbrigades.,. regiments side uy side , eschwjthescheweeachch wjthwith one battalion in theth-

efirst

th-

eirsth-

efirst

th-

eirsth-

efirst

th-

eirsfirst linelice , one in support , tiidtrdtimidtrodnd; onaoneMona in reserve.reserve. TheTLeTale 69th BrigadeBrigade-

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reserve andend the division order directed tltLatLatt at.at. it follow uetLE'tLEthe, ' leadingleading-

brigade

lead-ing

leading-

brigade

lead-ing

leading-

brigade

lead-ingbrigade Met"etet"atat" not more than 2 kilometers.kilometers. " The leading.leading. bsttalionsbsttelionsbattalionsbsttalions-

were

bsttelions-

were

battali-onswere to pvoidf\voidfvoidAvoid\ VAUAUVAU"UVAUUVAVAU,4UUISVAU4UUIS",UOISQUOINSld and the Bois de HOSSI&NOLHOSSINOLROSSIGNOL.ROSSIGNOLRGSSIGNOLHESSIANROSSINIGASSING& ,. passing themtbemtem by thethe-

flank.

Te-

flon

the-

flank.

Te-

flon

the-

flank.

Te-

flonflank.flank. The 140th Infantry thusth s became the right regiment of thethe-

reserve

the-

refore

the-

reserve

the-

refore

the-

reserve

the-

reforereserve andend followed the 138th Infantry.Infantry. TheTbeTube 139th Infantry was onon-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

ontethe left of the 140th.140th. Thehe 137thl37th Infantry waswsswasps the left regiment ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe attackingatteoking brigade.brigadebri8ade.bri8ade. The regimentalregimentel limits of the right regimentreBimentregiment-

were

reBiment-

were

regim-

ent

regime-

ntedwere on the easttheEsther, right limit of the division and on the west oro-

rleftthe

fo-

refather

o-

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fo-

refather

or-

left

fo-

rkliftlefttheLetheleft , the western edge of VAUAUVAUUVAVAUUUIS,%,UOISQUOINSIS HILL , Hill 2072079, CH2PPYCHEPPYOIiEPPYCHOPPY , EXERMONTEXTERMINATEEXElEEl DNTNT ,

and SOUMB&tttCJi.SOUMBtttCJiOMI4E&nCJl.OMI4EnCJl.OMI4EnCJlSODJIDiE&SODJIDiESordid&+ NC.NC. .

24.24. The objectivesobjeotives for this oftenaiveottensiveoftensiveoffensiveostensive esBSas givengj.vengjven. in the division orderorder-

were

bord-

erer

order-

were&

order-

were

bord-

erer

order-

t

orde-

r

order-

were

bord-

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pointa

connec-

tingcconnecting-

points

connec-

tingnnecting-

point.

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THE COMBINED ARMYABMYAMY tflflsjTl4'IRSTl4IRSTFIRSTfulfills,' PHAoEPHAiiEPHASEPhoneHairier LINE - Line ecsteastcste st of SEVILLE.SEVILLE'LEVILLE.LEVILLEFLEVILLE.FLEVILLELEVITEFLEXILESEVILLE.C-

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(13)13( ) tfieldField Or-OrOrconnectingReconnecting- connecting CHAMP1GNEULLECHAMr1GNBULLEC, lGNEULLE - BIfiCOURT.BIfiCOURTIMECOURT.IMECOURTIECUURT.IECUURTDifficultTIMEOUTECU. (13)13(13)-

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dera.No.deraNodersNo.dersNodraNodearsdersdears .,No.No. 44 ,Hq.Hq. 35th Div.Div. 25.25. The division order went to Brigade Commanders and the brigadebriBadebrigade-Sept.24,1918.

brigad-eSept241918

briBade-Sept.24.l918.

briBad-eSept24l918

brigade-Sept.24,1918.

brigad-eSept241918Sept.24,1918.Sept241918.Sept241918Sept.24.l918.Sept24l918.Sept24l918. ,. .

order based uponl1 on it weawasweak issuedissl1ed in the early morning ofot Sept.Sept. 2bth2bth-

and

2bth-

and

2bth-

andand delivereduelivered to the regiment in the fore part of that ay.ayvay.vayoay.oayvaryokay- . TheThe-

brigade

H-

erring

The-

brigad.e

H-

erring

The-

brigade

H-

erringbrigadebrigad.e. order carried all the essential factorsfectors of the division orderorder-

arid

borde-

rer

ordera-

Dd

orde-

red

order-

and

border-

landaridaDdand provided thatthe t the troops wouldwOl1lci be in positionposiposit ti on at H-4H4- hours.hourshOl1rs.hOl1rshOl1rs.I-

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hOl1rs-

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Headquarters at GrangeGrenseGreene le1e ComteComate FermeFemme in the lateleteLethe afternoon of Sept.SeptSept.2bth.Sept2bth.Sept2bthSept.2bth.-

General

Sept2bth-

General

. e bthbth.bathbth-

.General

*.

General TraubTral1bTab had his Chief of Staff read the oruerorderborer for the attackattack-

and

attack-

ed

attack-

end

attack-

ed

attack-

and

attack-

edandend he announceda11nOlmced thatthe t the attacksttackstack: wouldwOl1ld start at 5:305305 :3030: the followingfollowing-

morning

follo-wing

following-

morning

follo-wing

following-

morning

follo-wingmorning , thusthl1s giving noticenot ioebiome of0 f "D"D'D""' ' " deydaydefy endand "H"H" " hour.hourhOl1r.hOl1r. The generalgeneral-

went

gene-

ralBgeneral-

went

gene-

ralenarelenamelenarel-

went

enrol-

mentwent over the plans/madeplansmadeplansiplans/PnadePnadePaddedplans/plans/ i e an exhprtationexhQrtationexhprtatiexhortationon for loyal andend faithful actionaction-

upon

acti-on

actionI-

1pon

action-

upon

acti-onuponI1pon the battle field.field. He gave outOl1t th6the informationinformstion that his oldold-

friend

gol-

dfield

old-

friend

gol-

dfield

old-

friend

gol-

dfieldfriend and classmatecleSslcess te wouldwOl1ld have a squadronsql1adron of the 2nd.2nd. Cavalry on thethe-

field

She-

ffield

the-

field

She-

ffield

the-

field

She-

ffieldfield to "expediteexpedite" your movemntmovem'antmovemantmovementmovemmove ,'?=,nt forward.forward. " He urgedI1rged his unitI1nit comcom-com-

manders

com-

manders

com-

manders

¬-

mandersmaunders to lead their organizations and tot o accompany their advancedadvanced-

elements.

adva-nced

advanced-

elements.

adva-nced

advanced-

elements.

adva-ncedelements.elements. He gave the positive direction that anyone who gave an orderorder-

to

ord-erto retreatretroat , no matter who , shouldshol1ld be shot uponI1pon the spot.spot. All officersoffioersofficerss-

howed

offic-ers

offioerss-

howed

offic-ers

officerss-

howed

offic-ersshowed deep.epep. seriousnessseriou.sneslseriousnesl. in theirtlirlairtl\tl\ ir feceafeces and6nd I antsms , sureS llr&llrAll& tbetthatTibetth at all realizedrealized-

the

realiz-ed

reefree Ii.Ii. z3dz3d-

thethe fullfllll significanceslsniflolnoesignificenoe of the responsibilitiesrespon81 illtle8 restingrestlrest uponponpeon themthem.*.

2727.27*. It weawasweakW e dark by the time the officersoffioers of the 140thl40th InfantryInfantry-

11. . . ' ... . . -.

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MERICAN

. -Ht.Ht.-... (.' ,.,uu-

AMERICAN

A-

MERICAN

totbotgotboot, backbaokbook to tnethetine regiment.regimentregGreg imenmen t.t. Finalin81 preparations had to be madede as thethe-

march

te-

achthe-

maroh

th-

eatre

the-

march

te-

achmarchmarohmacro to positionpositiposit on mustIDlIStIdlest be made that night.night. Officers'Officers ' bedding endandend-

clothing

en-

closing

and-

clothing

ad-

ulating

and-

clothing

ad-

ulatingclothing rolls and enlisted men'smensmeans' packspecks andEitndFeinted every thing surplussllrplus hadhad-

to

hard-

top

had-

to

hard-

top

had-

to

hard-

topto be stored.stored. All thisthithin s equipmente'i1lipmentei1lipment' waswe S placed in one ofuf ttie}; e barracksbarracks-

at

barrac-

ksat Cen.pCenptJeml--tJemlChentemtJeml11BrqlIetteCaniCan.} -,- ilsrquette11BrqlIetteMlsrduettedisquietedMisdirected to ue left there untillIntillentil the regiment shouldShOlIldSolid returnreturnf-

rom

retu-

rnreturnf-

rom

retu-

rnreturnf-

rom

retu-

rnfrom the battle.battle. The men were going into action withwitwl tlJTel) , strippedstripped-

packs

strip-ped

stripped-

r

strippe-

r

stripped-

packs

strip-pedpacksr ckBkB and two days'days' emergency rationsrations.*. The hand and rifle grenadesgrenades-

had

grenad-

eshad been delivered latelataPlata that afternoonsfternoon out hadbed not been issuedisslIedisled to thethe-

men.

the-

me

the-

men.

the-

me

the-

men.

the-

memen.men. That had totu Debe donedune andend wasW S accomplishedaccomiJlished ;.,;'ustustbust' prior to marchingrchinBurchinmarchingjV-

.tfcmarchin-

gv.marchi-

ngm

.

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immedictely

i-

mmediatelyimmediatelyimmedictelyimmedidimmed telyely back of where it would move out in the morning , thethe-

regimental

tem-

peramental

the-

regimental

tem-

peramental

the-

regimental

tem-

peramentalregimental orderurdermurder waswsswasps delivereddelivared orally by Col.ColCool. DelaleneDela:1sneDela1sneDelapleneHelleneDeadened;:.: to hishi8 batbat-bat-

talion

bat-

talion

bat-

talion

¬-

taliontalon commanders who had been assembled in a dug-outdugoutdUB-odUBo- t on the side ofotof-

the

of-

ten

ot-

the

ot-

her

of-

the

of-

tenthe hillhill.*. The situationsltaationstation was well understood by all81 ] the majors butbatbut-

the

bu-

tte

bat-

the

ba-

the

but-

the

bu-

ttethe issuance of the formaltormeltrammel order toyby the regimentalresimental commandercon ender gavegivegave-

exactly

give-

exactly

inve-

terately

gave-

exactlyexactly the rightriBht touch.touchto oh.oh. The colonelooloneloolong knew the seriousnessseriuasness of thethe-

forthcoming

the-

forthooming

the-

forthcomingforthcomingforthooming battle andend atIt the conclusionconclLlsion of his order he said.said., "AndAnd.And"And-

I

And-

I

An-

d

"..And-

I

2n-

dI wish youYOLlYell success.successsLlooesl.sLlooeslsloes. "

29.29. The battalion commandersoOlTmBnderseorraaandersoleanders made whatwhet reconnaissancereoonnsissance the , ,.' couldcOLlldcollide ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe position where the marchmarohmacro wouldwoaldweald start and issuediS8Lled their orders toto-

their

to-

othier

to-

their

to-

othier

to-

their

to-

othiertheir company contenders.contenderscorim&nders.corimnderscoriandersco m & nders.ndersAnders. The main thingthlhl tut u deturminedetorminedetermine waswes properproper-

position

presup-

position

proper-

position

presup-

position

proper-

position

presup-

positionposition , sector , andend direction.directiondireotion.direotion . The approachapproaapproach oh marchm2 rcharch hudhvdhadhived to be mrdemf\demfdemodemurdermrde-

by

More-

sby

mfde-

by

fad-

emode-

by

mo-

de

\

by confesscom--'SS8com'SS8SS8corlsss!- -' bearingbeLLringbeLLingbeE.rbeEr. ) .ngng. as there wereware woods'loodsloodsbloods' to GOO throughthrotlthrottle: h 8aridaid>

, d it1 t developeddevelop-

edi

developedn-

w.cla

develo-ped, .-..- - . . i . . .

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andend.. .; .

as . ,densedense.dense.fdense: " . . ,. .11. "fogf o

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tot' .penetrate.penetrateopenbtrate.openbtrate- _-ff_.-* " !< -yy-yw.wWW,!-w.ww.w-.!!.

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OPERATIONOPERATIONS.OPERATIONS.OP.8OP8. AT ION 3.3S.S.

30.30. The artillery beganbegenbeen its fire of preparationpreparetion for the Meuse-ArgonneMeuseArgonneQse-ArgonneQseease-ArgonneeaseMuseJargonedSeMeuseArgonne-

Offensive

? . :easeArgonne-

Offensive

QseArgonne-

Offensive

-

Offensive etotof 11 p.m.pm. . on Sept.Sept. 25th , when 3,9283928, gunsgWQsgawks of all calibersliberslibberscalibersf-

rom

calib-ers

ccalibersf-

rom

calib-ers

libersf-

rom

libb-ersfrom the 75's75s' to the 14 inchinohKino railroad gunsJDpenedgQnsppenedgunsopenedunsharpenedunopened upQIJ on the enemylemyeviemyEmmyevenlye defenses.defensesdefenses.-

This

defen-ses

defenses.-

This

defen-ses

defenses.-

This

defen-ses

.

This waswes a terrificterrifio bombardment endand during the succeedingsQcoeedingseceding six hourshOQrshOrs thethe-

barbed

th-

eatre

the-

barbed

th-

eatre

the-

barbed

th-

eatrebarbed wire , the trenches , the concrete emlacementsemlacementsplacementsemplacements, , and enemyenenwrenew positionsrosltionsTositionsresolutions

(14)14( ) The His-HisHisvereHis'vereHis--vereHisvereShiveredverge- vere'vereverge'- torn to pieces.pieces. (14)14( ) ThisThlsHalls artillerysrtillery fire to destroy thethe-tory

the-ory

the-tory

the-ory

the-tory

the-orytory of the A.AA-

.E.F.ThomasA-

.E.F.ThoroasA-

.L.F.ThomasH-

alftones.

E.F.ThomasEFThomasE.F.ThoroasEFThoroasL.F.ThomasLFThomasFathomsNethermost. . , , UermanGermanHermanGeruGerund n defenses and toW preptreprepreprepare[ for the attack of the infantry at 5:305305:30-Pg.244.

530-Pg244

5:30-Pg.244.

530-Pg244

5:30-Pg.244.

530-Pg244

:

Pg.244.Pg244.Pg244. .in the morning was t, of coursecOQrsecoarse , elongEilongalongbelong t'netnetrJethetinetree' entire merlcmillI1ericf.nillI1ericfni.mericnimericnmerleAmerican. ,., front.front.

31.31. At 4:204204:2U42U: a.m.am. . , Jept.Jeptaept.aeptSept.SeptJetadept. 26th the divisionaldivjsional artillery cpenedpenedopenedpenned( up.up..

. .. . , . . . . . . .. . . . . .. ... . ..

. ". ...> "..' "' '"'' ',1'1, *' ' . . . / . "h'h" 'UrtUrtBurt' '( '" "..'* ". ..." . ". . '. , . . " u.u"

, . ', . . ' . . * .,_ ,,,*"'N.N' V"V."" ,"' " . " . *'< 't.t'. . . . . .. ... . . *.-".. ."' .JJ" :"' 'Y.Y*' I<H'H'" " 4.t4t* *<ll.ll* ', '. . ,

\+ I.I. ." , , ' . . . ..c.c. . '( rI' . . "FsfoiaFsfoiaSofia" 5t, eVoDevone'e' f5r'nrn'nTilnTiluntil' r ':e/icieiciiirb/ . .

f'tpro.ftproftQDtFTPf'tpro.vftprovFTP: . .6.YA6.YA6YA.?.v cj_ easier! e.rer. . r'. * . "G.G" c-ficfi. -:... . z.z* . .tktk. ., &jrjr.tJ:1'.tJ1tJ1. & : ' '& 'wr&wr') \ !" $&

<"MflrttFlirtll1.1t'J:1tif.ll11tJ1tif.ll11tJ1tifyi\rffiryirffiraffair. \' 1: M.MM-

.forth.

.

'" " *''' "ll"> >. '

. . . . . . . .. .. , , . . , .: . ; , . , ; ' , . . . '. '

. : ; ' . ' " ': " . .. : -- _: . "

. . . . . . . . ... . . ., . , . . . , .,. .44,..-

4wire

4-

wire.10'.4forth.forth. AtA_ .Ut_ 5:20520.5-.205.20.5.20. .5.20211:-.

. ,

-211211- JB.BUJBBUBB. . . . . :awrj5Lp ... ?r& f .m&m&_ra(**9a*ieQ-ieQiQieQ1":1ieQ11-# T1":111" : liiii > W'4"mr..G1te'myW4mr.G1temyW4mrG1temy' :" ' I5Sn d"dd".-

10'

d1-

0

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

-. .

* l*" ' ' f f, .r.rrr % .77"-;> I11-

wire

"T1 'JrJr' * * V. . . . ' * ***".> '

..._ ..... -.10'--.10.10'10- . . . . . ' . ' . . . ...-. . - . ' .

<.*. /-WP '. *.*it

wire and position targets , and at 5:30530: , "Ii"Ii"H"H" 11"11" hour , thejthej'theythe' opened upQP onon-

(15)Tha

o-

n15Tha

o-

nlbThe

co-

nglobated(15)Tha15Tha( 16lbThebathe) The .rtheArtherteEarthenJir-JirAr-ArIreJir-

ti1lerymen.r-.r. - the rollingrollin barrcgebsrrsgebarragebarr ge which waswes to precedepreoede the infantry.infantry. (15)15(1616( ) TheTh-

etillerymenT-etleyThe-

boom

T-

heo

Th-etillerymen

T-etleytillerymenti1lerymentiller ,L6ePg.94.L6ePg94.L6ePg94LeePg.94.LeePg94.LeePg94, . . boom of the big gunsg s some distance in ourOQrOr rear andend those to the easteest-eesteast-esteast-

ward

eest-

ward

east-

ward

east-

ward

¬-

ward toward VerdunVerdQn continued until the time forfur the attack.attack.

32.32. At precisely 5:30530: a.m.theamthea.n'l.theanltheanthemalthea. ' . , battalion commandercOtr.mlndercOtrmlndercostermonger. : of the FirstFirst-

Battalion

First-

Battalion

First-

BattalionBattalion which weswas to lead the 140th Infantry grvegEvegivegraveEve the command"MovecommandMoveoommandHAloveoommnand"gloveoommnandglovecommandoesCommand, " out"outcut"cut" ,

and the ticoutdcot1tScouttricot Platoon of the First Battalion started the marchrcharch towardstowards-

the

towar-

dsthe enemy'senemysenemy' linesfollowedLongfellow, at 200 yards by the battalionbetteljonbetel , CompaniesCompsnies A endand BB-

in

B-

in

B-

inin th-ththr'thrthruthfirstthirstth -'< first line and C endIndandIndo D in the second line , allIII companies advancingedvanclnBadvancing-

in

edvanclnB-

in

advanci-ngin platoon columnscoll1m11scolunmacolumnar or what was then ceiledcelledcalled "ArtilleryArtillery.i.rtilloryirtillory"

. . Formation"FormationFornutionH.FornutionHrr"ormstion"rrormstionpromotion" ; " . TheThe-

second

Th-

ereon

The-

ecolld

Thr-

eefold

The-

second

Th-

ereonsecondecolldcold line or as68 then celledcflledculledfled, "wave11wave11"wave"wave" " followed the first t-ttl.tlti.i.-. t 1001UO1Ur.UO1UrUO..

,ardsrard.srardsbardsramrods, :. ,.

Thefhehe battalion commander , his staffstafttaft and headquartersheedqQsrters , marched mid-waymidwaymidway-

between

mid-way

midway-

between

mid-way

midway-

between

mid-way

-

between the two lines and oppositeopposiopposingtlJTel the centerce.terceter. , with'widewithwidewith"\vldewith"withvldewith"wyldewithwyldewidthwiseValdezwithywith"vldeintwithvldeintwithholdingwith"with"" 'wyldeWilde\ -intintdint-intervalsinterval.sinterval-

si

intervals-

IS

interva-

ls

interval.sOM-

1301

intervalsOM-

1301

:rv 1818-

13.

.

. i' :..,-IS-IS--13.13.OM1301-- IS-

4

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

. . . , ... . . . . . . . . . . . .

. , . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , , . . ', I " . "II" ," I11-

T.W

1-

TW

- -. . , .

;. . .

.. . .. . ... . . . . . . . . . .Y.Y '

. . . ... ',. . .', , 4 ' <. .' ", ' IV", . ... , . ., '0.-0.0.'c.. - . <.. . .. " ' T.WTW-...*,, t''c.c1R.1R. mtr'.MmtrMterm. .*. .. .' ". ' w.w-" .'+ w++M r, r ,(

and somewhatsOJrJewhatshoreward staggered.staggeredstsBBered.stsBBeredstabber. The march was hied.ahiedamadehiked. on itc composscornpDs3compasscomposes bearing of

35036003500°

throughthrothrob h a thick fog.fog. The orders were totu follow the 138th Inf.InfInfoInf-

.at

Inf-

ant

Inf-

.at

Inf-

ant

Inf-

.at

Inf-

ant

.

at 1000lUUUl O meters , keepingkaellingkeeling contact with the 91st9lst DivisJonivisjonDivisionl> on the rijjjtrigJ'JtrigJJtriti-JtritiJtrijjjt-

and

rigJ'Jt-

and

rigJJt-

and

brighte-

ned

ritiJt-

and

intui-

ted

;'-

and tietLeti..etale. . l39thl39th139th Ini.IniInf.InfMiniInfo. on thothethou left.left. The1'he1he' dense fog andendsaid the smoke frozrfroIl.froIlfrog.frogfrozeroIl . tietJetheJedtie-

artillorj

in-

ertialtJe-

srtilL1r

the-

srtillor.y

ter-

atology

!

artillorjsrtilL-1rsrtilL1rsrtillor.ysrtilloryartillerystilL- ;., fire nicderLlfderidenice the u.archinguarchingerchinBmarchingarchingperchingll . veryverveer / difficult.difficultdifficL11t.difficL11t. The other two batbat-bat-

talions

bbat-

talions

t-tt-talions

s-

tallions

¬-

talionstalons snaandsnagJJd.JJd. other units of thothethou 140th14Uth followed tuetllethetruetulle irstlirstr'irstrirstfirstlistgrist' 3ettolion13Bttolion3attalion inin-

siiui

ins-

idious

in-

siru

ins-

pire

in-

sinilar

di-

ssimilarsiiuisiruiiisirsinilarsimilari tararI, foriuotion.foriuotionfruitionforn.LtifornLtifontform:. tion.tionionon.on. There was considerable hostile &rtrtartillery& rt lleryleery firefrefare} ,

apparently comingeominiGemini; from the 3uisBulsBulls de CHJPPYCHlPPYCHIRPYChoppyC1l :;PPYPP , threetlJree kilometers to thethe-

south

T-

heo

the-

south

T-

heo

the-

south

T-

heosouth of the villagevilJvi1Jevil tgergegerage, of OHEPPY.OHEPPYGHEPPj.GHEPPjOHEPPY.voweverC1 PY.PY. voweveroweverhowever: ow verveer , thnretltoretherethanetutored "ereerewere,."'! surprisinglysurprisiJsurprisingsurprisinglyf-

ew

surprising-

ly! lyly-

few

l-ye

ly-

few

l-yefew casualties.casualties. One woods hLdhEdheldhe'dh d totu oeDeue f.onefonetonegoneone. tnroutroutthrouuhthroughh whichwhtchhatch had been

.... .u.u. ... . . . . .. . ., . ' \trtr\ ,. . . .. . . . . . ... tw"tw.... ". . . . . ,. ... . ...i.i. . .. . . . . . '

" 'ii' '*'''''''n' ,' ' . ' . .>. .0.,41.041.041. (.,,< w..". "" . . ' . *, . . . . . .t.t.> .!. ' . .

'. .00. r< WMW4.oor.w.W4oorw.W4oorw.IP."ON.IPONION> , . ;>'.. .".( Wv. ,. . . . .

;

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fightingfiChtinGfilchingti htinghating at VAJVAUVAAUVA ..tUUtUUtutu. UOTdOutdoUU T13d HILL andSId) other parts of the enemy'senemysenemy' first position.positionrosition.rositionposition.-

The

rosition.-

The

positi-on

.

The map attachedttached as Plate I shows the first , intermediateintermeaiate , second ,

and part of the thirdtbirdbird hostile positions.positions.

33.333.3. During the approachSIpr080h) marchmarohmacro , the regiment had nf\fafshortshort\ short delaydaleydale causedcal1sedcaused-

by

cal1sed-

by

caus-

edby Companies A andend 0a of thetbetube 137th Inf.InfInfo. occupyingocccc pylngplying a& position in thethe-

woods

She-

rwood

the-

woods

She-

rwood

the-

woods

She-

rwoodwoods directlydirect ly in ourol1r routerourout te of march.marchnlsrch.nlsrchnulls. Upon reconnaissancerecQnD6isSLncerecornnaissLnce , thethe-

Battalion

te-

arstain

the-

Battalion

te-

arstain

the-

Battalion

te-

arstainBattalion CommanderOommander of the u'irstuirst'iratiratFirstHurstirate'' Battalion learnedlecrned thctthcthe t these two comcom-com-

panies

com-

panies

com-

panies

-¬-

paniespansies were ptrtpLrtputtpelt of the reservere3erve of the 69th9th Brigade andend were holdingholding-

there

hold-ing

holding-

there

hold-ing

holding-

there

hold-ingthere , awaiting8wtitin8 orders.orders. He furtherfl1rther learnedlelrned that the mainrnsinrinsing attack hadhedheedhad-

progressed

an-

drogens

hed-

progressed

hea-

dstrongness

had-

progressed

an-

drogensprogressed beyond the hostile first position and hence he attachedattached-

these

attac-hed

attached-

these

attac-hed

attached-

these

attac-hedthese two cotnCOtnJconCOnJcom.nioscomnioscommies, :. . niosnioBanionsniB of the 137thl37tb Inf.InfInfo. to his commendcornmsnclcommandcorms endand proceeded onon-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

ontethe marchmerch with six companies.companieseomplnies.eomplniescomplies. Later these twoiwo companies were putpput-

14

tt-

1414.14-14--14t-

.

14-

t

.-: . . .. _ . .._---_ .. . , . . . . ..- ''' . .... , . .. ,

. _ _ > . . . ..., . ... .: . .. . . . ... .. " .

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

.\' " .! " ,, ,

. .. ; , ... . r.r.. .. . . . , .. . ... " . ... . . . . . . ,_ .. .. . .. . . . . . .

: : : : t.\t.. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . .-. . ' ". ' " - , , . . . . . . .. . . . ..4.4.4. . .. ... . . . . . *t " w" .o.o....

. . w_> . *.+..*... t.*.., <.j_ . u..,. : .fc" >"" .,.1-1'1.1-...... *.*..*....*. *"' *. V.,. .*..".*. .'.*** 4 ** H".oj.C.> * %"< . ., ,... . ... , ., , M. . /. . . I, . it.it"c'c" . ' ,.r. . .. . . . *..-. ,. . ' . . .. ..v..,. ' ' ,.. , " * " - ' , *

IlrIl h.h.. .... "- 'w.w' . . JIRIRA -- - .... , . ... " .. - .--.-+wwrMwarm-- 1'11'.a' ..... . . .., -.a.a-. .... ... _ .....__ ---< ....<._. ..rr. AA-

into

I-

ntointo the attackatteck on VARENNJB8VARE1VARAR 'NESNESNESS' ES whanwhenwham word caracamecarat back : that support wcscsW S neededneeded-

there.

nee-ded

needed-

there.

nee-ded

needed-

there.

nee-dedthere.there. After they had been committedCOnIDJjConnie ttedted to ttr*} att action , thetLoLotLo.-tLo.totLo.camelocale:.-;," came underunder-

th

unear-

th

and rr-

th

R-

othth i iri r ownuwnun commanders.commanderscon enders.enders.

34.34. The 140th Infantry crossed the original front linesljnes at aboutaboatboatabout-

8OU8OU8:00800: a.m.am. . , pertpartp rt of the regiment passingpassllpassel! tctc.. the right of VAUAUVAU-lUOISVAUlUOISAUlOUIS- UOISQUOINS FILLHILLFILL-

tnd

Fil-

let

HILL-

nd.

Holla-

nd

HILL-

end

HIL-

Ledtndendtendnd.nd. all but one companycomJany! of the remainder'rswsinderrswsinderrei'uainderreiuainderswindler'' to thethgthugth left.left. Co.Co. D wentVlentLent overover-

the

overth-

rew

over-

the

overth-

rew

over-

the

overth-

rewthe hill to n.&kenkemDkemakenukeDuke. & cerUcereuscerttineertLincetinBerlin,( in ibuutboutbut: b ut itsitJit: completecor..p1etecor.p1etecorp1etecor..vcorvcoir. . late snaandsnagnd thoroughthorOL1/-thorOL1thorOL1hthorourh/- ; h nappingmopping up.upIIp.IIpIIup-

.From

IIp-

.From

up-

.t

p-

t

.

From this point our first prisoners of this engagement were sentsent-

rear.

ent-

reat

tot o thethe-

rear.

the-

reat

the-

rear.

the-

reat

th-

etr

the-

aterrear.rear. ContactCont&otContotContsotContortConsort& with the Slat1st' DivisionDivDivi tonion was ') : aintained.eintDinedeintDined.einteinedeinteinedmaintainedentwined. throu.outthrououtthereaboutthrouthroe.throethou!.Lout-V

Lou-t

Lout-

by

Lo-ut

: lout! . thutrthoutJ} , , ', day-

by

day-

boy

dayday-

by

day-

boy

day-

patrol

aya-

tollah

V

;

by p&trolsptrolspatrolsp & trolstrolls from the ririlarilrightht f unkllk.nknkbunkelki [. : companies.companiesco Panies.PaniesPansies. Towaras'rowarClsrowarClsTowarnsTowardsrewards' eveningev ingKing , ta patrolpatrol-l

patrol.1.1-1.

patrol11-1

patro-l

patrol-

From

pat-

rol

. . , . .. . . . .. . .. .. . . . ,,, . . . .. . . . . . , ,. . . . .. . . . ,. . . . . . . . .. ... ..... . . ,. ,. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . ./ . ' " l.>.. .., -.1.11.111..1.11.- lrlLoral . .11 MYr1fM*. *>. **>, r.KWrKWKWW", .' i.Yd* ir.l.rlr.r. <! w. e.'hlehlhl. ..' /", , ti'- KMro.1II..t.1IIt.1IIt.r11/'Mtr.r11Mtr..r11r11'Mtr.MtrKrMr. *../.'.. .. . . .rf.rf_.#.;:<.. .'.+HN"IkIkyCAN" ! H. '. .' y4J.y4Jv.. . %,,4t.4t.4t<, .-ff-. ,. . ., . ' d"-d"dd"'N'<. <.*"A.. -" Hµ'N'NC1' v' " u-uuM.. ". -. 'w.w' M.. .J.\.J...rf'rf.J.1.J1.""f."ftI'MfftIMaffirm"*.\'1.1.'" Mw(.' ' .' *" . <.- . . ,.) : M. . ". . . . . " " In , . . . . . ,, . ., ' \ . '

. .from

.

Co.Co00.00.

. "A"A" " connectedoonnected with the 36rd.36rd363rd.363rd3 3rd.3rd$. . InfI.n.f..4tInf.4tInf4tInf.Info. .

.

, . .. .

..,. . . .

ofot. . . .lst91Rtlast9.. . . ...st. . . .DiviDivDivi.$19nDivi.19nDivi19n')

. ivieJivied. . . ... $

.

onoIn.Jn. . Jn thfc.thfcKhAthcKhant.rytry

. , . .-.+ . . . ,... . . .. . . ,. . . .w1M.1M.... . wa.wa_ . . .r.arrarrarer.ar-r

rare-r

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

" " " " ..

. . . . .r. . .

.tY" .

. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. .. .. "w'w" ' W"W_ ". . .. . . . .._ _. ._ .. ._ ' ' '' .ww". ', ' ''r. ' Y1- ''! .JJ'. ' ' '.r.wrw- i.i'. ". ' w. .) ' N.N_ ".

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.

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'... . . .

.

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. . .

. . .. . . .

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oBIJd

o-

BIJd

b-

id

- -; -- :- -. " - - - " " ' " .' '" "" "" ' -C&TOrtffM1WGfiCTOrtffM1WGfimr-ormror . ' 'hh "tt .to"to t& .r-r * s-aa .n-gh..ngh./ . on ff !f JWJD"jDjJEW( , "f.1f.1f1 c , n.nandBIJdBId went on to a ridyeridgeride nearly west of VERY when it was haltedhslted by ap-apep-epap-

whichSa-

pphicap-

whichSa-

pphicep-

whichbe-

witch-

whichwhich-pro&ching

whic-hproching

which-pr06chinB

which-proachingpro&chingprochingpr06chinBproachingparchingpoaching& the 138thl38th Inf./hadInf.hadIMF. / stopped its advance.advance2dvance.2dvance. The ninihtnight! ht ofot riept.26thriept26th3ept.26th3ept26thriept.26th-

was

riept26th-

was

3ept.26th-

was

3ept26th-

was

dept.2dept2. thth-

was

th-

awswas spent on the reverse slopes of the hills at this point.point.

35.35. The orders fortortore the secondseoond day were fortortore the 140thl40tb Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint., to passpesspesospass-

through

pla-

stronpess-

thro

pest-

hole

pass-

through

pla-

stronthroughthrothrob 8h , or leap-frogleapfrogleap-trogtrogtog- as it w&swswasW & 8 calledcelled , the 138thl38th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint., which regiment hadhad-

stood

har-

dwood

had-

stood

har-

dwood

had-

stood

har-

dwoodstood the bruntbrlU1t of the fightingtiebti11B duringduri'lgdurilg:' the first day.day. This was ththe dayday-

when

das-

heen

day-

when

das-

heen

day-

when

das-

heenwhen the orders for the attackattaok got mixed atst Division Headquarters.HeadquartersHeed uf.rtars.ufrtarshurters. . TheTh-

efirst

Th-

eirsTh-

efirst

Th-

eirsTh-

efirst

Th-

eirsfirst orders provided that the attack for the morning would start atIt8:30830: after a& three hours'hourshoars'hoarshoards' artillery firetire of preparation.preparation. The divisiondivision-

ohief

divis-ion

division-

ohief

divis-ion

division-

chief

divis-ionohiefchief ofot staffstattstat issuediseaeddiseased orders to that effect.effect. Then when the CommandingCommendingCommandin-

gGeneral

Comma-

ndingCommendin-

gGeneral

Comme-

ndingCommandin-

gGeneral

Comma-

ndingGeneral studied ttetIlethetote CorpsOorpsOops orderorder. ,. ., he foundfoandfond thatthettheft the attackattaok wasWFJS scheduledsohedllledscheduled-

to

sohedllled-

to

schedul-

edto be made atIt 5:30530b:30b305a: O a.m.am. . He endeavored to get the first orders changedchanged-

but

changed-

oat

chang-

edbutoat there waswalwail muchDiL10h confusioncOnfcOn SiODSOD and uncertainty.uncertaintyullcertainty.ullcertaintyulceration. The compromise planplenpollenplan-

lb

plen-

15

pla-

nlb-lb-15-15-lb-

t

15-

e

l-b

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:tI; - . . . . . . .

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was to advance at 6:306306:3U63U: a.m.am. . but the regimentalregimentslregiments commendercommfndercommrndercommander received ordersorders-

at

orde-rsat 5.05505. a.m.am. . to attack at 5:30530: after fz five minates'minatesminutes'minutesrninRankin tes'testees' barregebarrageb8rr 8e on thethe-

hostile

te-

nsilethe-

'hostile

the-

hostile

te-

nsilethe-

hostile

te-

nsilehostile'hostile' machinemechimerci ne gun nests.nests. The barrage failed to comecornecornea , due to the

(16)16( ) r'romrromiromromironi ' rom Don-DonDonmixtureDormitories- mixture of orders setting the time.time. (16)16(16)-iphan

16i-phan

(16)-iphan

16i-phan

(16)-iphan

16i-phan

( )

iphansiphon to VerVer-VeerVer-

dunVer-

dunEdwardsV-

erdunVer-

dunEdwerdsV-

erdun¬-

dundunEdwardsdunEdwerdsdunnedunneeded, Edwards , 36.36. tforb'orborforboor?'or this attackattaok two battalions were putplltpelt on thetLetale line , the SeconddecondSecon-dig.9

Secon-dig9

decondl-

'Bdecond-

lBSecond-

kgdeaco-

nSeco-

ndig.9ig9l'BlBkg' ., fb9l&) 9 ,.taking positionpo ::> it ion on thothethou right of thetbetube r'irstrirstgrist1"1" ' irs t andskida d the Third1'hird1hird' BattalionBat t Ii on followedfollowed-

in

follow-

edin support.supportPIJort.PIJortPriors . Both leedinglevdingleadingbleedingevading battalions advanced in skirmish line withwith-

two

withs-

tood

with-

two

withs-

tood

with-

two

withs-

toodtwo waves , preceded by theirt ! eiremir scout pletoonsepletoons.pletoonsplatoons. The order of companiescvmpeniesc.mpaniescmpaniescompanies-

in

cvmpenies-

in

c.mpanies-

in

compani-

es

.,

in the lines waswes reversed fromfro what it hhtdtdd oeeneenbeenomenen the deydsydaydefydusky before.before. TheThe-

136th

Th-

el38th

The-

138th136thl38th138th Inf.InfInfo. and its outpostsOl1tposts were passedpj{ ssedseed andaid theth 140th advancedadvtncea.advtnceaadvcneedadvance. ebuutablJl4taboutdebutebuut-

one

butto-

ned

about-

one

abo-

ut. . .. ... ' " .-' , ,. , .' " " . ' . . . V"V" , I'I' , .

. .'oneoneone kilometerkilometer"'whenkilometerwhenkilometer.kiki. lometerlamenter"

"whenwhen'wrienwrienwren"' i/fteiftet'li6tli6fatet'li6'-

AAA.

tli6-

AAA

/;'ri'e'ntlre'entlreentire' 'II' tf'a'tfafa: ' ' XliurLiquor1111 rtfart .t't'1\.t"\tt1.t.t't'1tt1.t"tfhO"ufivi3iiott'"W-afhO"ufivi3iiott'"WfhOufivi3iiottWafhO"ufivi3iiott'"Wafe8lfhOufivi3iiottWafe8l.t't'1.t"'ivi"tt1tivi' ' \. "" \ 'ivi"iviii' *" hn.w'hnwnw; ', "'. -' ' 'ii'ik81ik81' ,-fe8lfe8l-k81k81-'- <i-4ipi4ipi"i-", , pt.1J-fpt.1Jfpt.1Jpt1Jfpt.1Jf't.Ay. - . M.-'t.'t.t-*.. *.. . . ' . %,,w ... h.h* ..,. *... . . . . ' : ,. . , ' ,," "

:- w-ww"rmawwwrmawwwarm: : . .:- -. . ' "r-maww"rrmawwmaw",..-. t41itaawittfttawniest; i.tit. _f.J.M./.t.f.J.M..t.. 'AAA.AAA'. ../,). . \ .JJ.JJ. """.." " .l.l-. > <. -- **S.S.

,jp*.!*IM/fe&fcwwufe&fcwwufefcwwuIMfe&fcwwuIMfefcwwu&. .'/. & A.A..e..... p-t.ns.pt.ns.Mil*

- .!,wrr-wrrrr*&r*.-* *... ..-

UnhampereduS- MibitoyaakjtVM* *.1r.ed1r.ed1red.. : :I'.uIu*'*... *..

byb.. ,, +

firetirefire..vAi.tfLfltr'vAitfLfltr.'t't' ': . .:.iIIiII.

fromfrom-

our

frogm-

outh

;; .' gu'L'guLgulf' '

MauwvwMauve_; . ,,

. .

.scsc.; ,.

our gunsBuns , German machine guns in great numbersnun ers laidleidlied a8 withering firefire-

across

fire-

arms

fire-

across

fire-

arms

fire-

across

fire-

armsacross the flattlatlat top of HillHilPhil 218 while ouro r men werewore pushing through thethe-

thick

ath-

letic

the-

thick

ath-

letic

the-

thick

ath-

leticthick wire entanglements.entanglements. BnemyXnennyBeamyNeonemyEmmy machine guns in CHnRPSNTRYRPENTRY'IRPENTRYIRPENTRYChristyREENTRYDIRECTORYCH.t'CHtCHChit<.'

' and sursur-slursur-

rounding

sur-

ro

sur-

er

sur-

rounding

¬-

roundingro dl that town and along the road running northeast couldco ld place aa-

deadly

d-

eadly

a-

deadly

d-

eadly

a-

deadly

d-

eadlydeadly grazing firetire on any8ZY) Advancing&dvanoingdvanoing& troops.troops. It seemed as though thethe-

whole

hel-

lhole

the-

whole

hel-

lhole

the-

whdle

hea-

dlesswholewhdlewhale countrycOlmtrycomity was alive with machine guns.gunsSilns.SilnsSins{ . The naturenatllre ofot the groundgrolUldrolledground-

over

ground-

cover

grolUld-

over

rollo-

ver

ground-

over

ground-

coverover which the advance was made can be seen on the accompanying panpen-penpan-pan-

oramic

pen-

oramio

pan-

oramic

pan-

oramic

¬-

oramicoramioorganicRamiro sketch which is attached.ttachedttached. as Plate III.III. Meantime heavy artilartil-artilyartil-

lery

artil-

lery

artil-

lery

¬-

leryleery fire came on our lines and over them fromtromtromp the hills tot the northnorth-

and

northl-

and

north-

end

north-

ern

north-

and

northl-

andandend northweatnorthwest and from the ridges in the ArgonneJargoned Forest to ouro r left.left.37.3737 . duringDL4rl the doydaydorydG . theretb are waswa s no furtherIlrtherFilthierf advanceedveance made byb1; the 140th140th-

nor

140th-

nor

140th-

nornor the 13fth13'th13th'$ on the left nor by the 91st91at Division onOD the right.rightriBht.riBht., FinallyFinally-

16-16-16- 16-

was

16J-

O.

16J-

O

-

- .- .. .._ . . ..__ JO.JO... . . . . .

at 6:10610: p.m.pm. . the battalion commanderscornmsndersconsiders onn the assault line receivedreceived-

delayed

recei-ved

received-

delayed

recei-ved

received-

delayed

recei-veddelayed orders tot renew the attack at 5:30530: p.m.pm. . The attackattaok was to followfollowt-

anks.

foll-ow

followt-

anks.

foll-ow

followt-

anks.

foll-owtanks.tanks. TueT1JeTheTues tankst.9nkst9nks. operatingperetpert IngKing withwi th thetbetube 140th Inf.InfInfo. were French tanks ,

manned by American soldierssuldiers batblltbutbelt under French officers.officersof'ficers.of'ficers.lheofficerslheofficers' . Thelhehe Frenchr-'renchr'renchrenchFrench-

tank

French-

man

FreFredr'rench-

tank

rrench-

tank

French-

man

-' nchinchnch-

tank

C-

hantank commandarcommander was aboutabolltbolt frantic in trying to control his American tanktank-

men.

tak-

en

tank-

men.

tak-

en

tank-

men.

tak-

enmen.men. It was er?! poor arrangement.arrangementarrBarr ngement.ngementmemento. The regiment was moving within tenten-

L.iriutes

en-

tireties

ten-

ndrlutes

de-

ndrites

ten-

minutes

ter-

minatesL.iriutesLiriutesndrlutesminutesIrrigatesdruthers. after receiving the order.order. The two battalionsbattslions in the attackingattacking-

line

attacki-ngline went surgingsllrgingsplurging ahead , clecnedcle'nedclenedclevnedclenchedcleanedcleaved[' outOlltBolt the machine gunglmglam nests whic/whicwhicf'whicfwhiciwhichwhiffwhichadwhich/ ', hadhedheed heldheld-

them

hea-

lthheld-

them

hea-

lthheld-

them

hea-

lththem up and topkto.DktoDktooktoptock. no prisoners[1.X"i1.Xi1Xi.

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aboutsbolltbolt 9:00900: p.m.pm. . and went well be ,; ondandbond the ISPSIUKCB-CIUUDHONSPSIUKCBCIUUDHON1'ESPERAIICE-CH.AUDRON1ESPERAIICECH.AUDRON1'ESPERAIICE1ESPERAIICECH.AUDRONIUDCHAUCERIANl'ESPERAIlESPERAIleper' E-CH.t-.UtRONECH.t.UtRONHtuptown- ..-:. ) FAHM-FAHM'ABM-'ABMABMARM-ARMAHEMABFAH-

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keeping

ant-

eceding

not-

kee

no-

tenot-

keeping

ant-

ecedingkeepingkeekeel ingKing upp and thatthettheft the 139th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint. hadhedheed stopped its advance some distancedistance-

to

distanc-

eto the rear.rear. The First'irstirst' Battalion thentl'LentlLentulle' stood outOlltBolt by itselfi t ::> eltCelt and it waswas-

time

pas-

time

was-

time

pas-

time

was-

time

pas-

timetime to halt andnd provide protection for the night.night. The battalion hadh8d toto-

take

to-

taled

to-

teke

t-

ote

to-

take

to-

taledtaketekeeke care of itself.itself. OutpoststpostspostsO were put outolltbolt ; the area to the right backback-

to

backst-

opto the Second Battalion was patrolledp6trolled ; connection waswes made back to thethe-

139th

the-

l3tth

the-

139th139thl3tth Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint. and one company from that regiment waswes broughtbrollght upIIp approximatelyepproximatelyapproximately-

to

epproximately-

to

approximate-

lyto the Firstiirst Battalion'sBattalions' line.line. The battalion dugdllgdell in for the night ,

beyond the road anaand.and . northeast of01'01' CIUULHONCHAUDBONCAULDRONCHHUD RON FbiAIMSIAMfiMRMfilm and aboutabolltbolt 1000 meters easteast-

of

ea-

st

east-

cf

ea-

st

east-

of

ea-

stofcf, AlGNTRM0NdAlign. ONTRE3i 33U3EaU33UuODS.33UuODS* U , /uODS.uODS.'UGDS.UGDS0CDSIUDsGDS/,' . 3eSSeeG© ththe*$ zcepmarcheepe , attachedftt&chefttchefetched, & esas PistePlateEpistlePl te I for the positions.positionspositions.-

The

positions-

.he

positio-

ns

.

Thehe battalion was concealed by a. surroundingsQrroundlng horse-shoehorseshoe- shaped woodsWOOd8woods-

and

woods-

man

WOOd-

8and

woods-

and

woods-

manand while it1 t wasWISIS the foremost element towards the enemye.neroyeneroyemery.

of the whole. , . . " ' . ' . . . . . . .

. . ,. . . . . . . . . . . . ,

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division duringdl1ring that niyhtnight yet it was in position to patplltputpelt upIIp eE.a. good fiyhtfightfiyht-

if

fight-

if

fig-ht

fi htht-

if

thi-

efif necessary.necessary. The chief incidentinoident daringduring the night wsswaswaspsW S the taking andand-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

emthe pattingpllttingputtingpelting out of action two artillery gunsglUlslulls endand the gunnersgllnnersgleaners who werewer-

efiring

whe-

refrom

wer-

efiring

whe-

refrom

wer-

efiring

whe-

refromfiring from e6Ft clumpclwmpclamp of trees behind us.us. The u'irstuirsttirst2irstHurstthirst' Battalion lostlost-

contact

oste-

ntation

lost-

contact

oste-

ntation

lost-

contact

oste-

ntationcontact withfrithfroth# ithitch regimental headquarters durinMdllrinduriniduriandolling ; this advance and did notno-

treestablish

anti-

establishment

no-

treest

No-

rwest

no-

treestablish

anti-

establishmentreestablishreestrest blishbluish communicationoorrmmnicationformalization until l.OUlOU1.00100. a.m.am. .

38.38. Dawn of Sept.Sept. 28th foundfotmdfoot the 35th Division lyingly'ing' in front ofof-

BAULNY

of-

BAULNY

of-

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. . AnntAnttr. 9r attack was ordered forf o rr-

the

t-

he

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the morningmDrningawrningawning ofot Jept.Jeptept.eptSept.SeptJet. 28th and as usualsllalsellable wasWSsWasps totu start at 5:30530: a.m.am. . ThereThere-

had

Ther-

eat

There-

had

Ther-

eat

There-

had

Ther-

eathad been two days of very herdhard andnd weary fighting and three nights duringduring-

which

dur-ing

during-

whioh

dur-ing

during-

which

dur-ingwhichwhioh sleep was impossibleimpossible.*. The men were tired physically butbQtQt they werewere-

not

wer-

en't

were-

not

wer-

en't

were-

not

wer-

en'tnot exhaustedexhveh stedsteed ; there was still plentyplenpollen ' of fight left in them.them. The orderorder-

for

ord-

erorder-

for

ord-

erorder-

for

ord-

erfor the attack asss applied to the regiment onou this .orningorningmorningiiorningcorningironing; < .: at first afaf-

fected

af-afaf-

fected

af-

fected

¬-

fectedfeted only the Second and Third battalions becausebecsllseeclipse the tUratiirsteirsttractfirstdeist BattalionBattalion-

was

Battali-

onwas already holdinghulding an advanced position.positionposiposit ion.ion. On this morning the ThirdThird-

Battalion

Third-

Battalion

Third-

BattalionBattalion was putp t into the attacldngattacking line for the first time.time. The SecondSecond-

and

Secondh-

and

Second-

and

Secondh-

and

Second-

and

Secondh-

andand Third battalions advanced , each with one company from the 130thl30th MachineMachine-

dun

Machin-

eG

Machine-

Gan

Machi-

ned

Machi-

nedunGanEganG n Battalion attached.attachedattaohed.attaohed. The Firstlrstlyrist Battalion foughtfoaght aB holding actionaction-

while

actio-

nable

action-

while

actio-

nable

action-

while

actio-

nablewhile the other two battalions wereware comingccr.ingccringcringe. up.up. Very little progressprogress-

was

progres-

seswas made upap to 6:006008:00800: O'cloofcOcloofcO'cloOkOcloOkCloacaeCloak' andend then a concentrationooncentration of artilleryertillefertile y anaendandana-

machine

Pan-

amanian

end-

machine

en-

docrine

and-

machine

can-

didaciesmachine gun8 n fire held upap the attacking battalions and gave the FirstFirst-

Battalion

First-

Blttalion

First-

BattalionBattalionBlttalion a very lively fight in whichwhioh it sufferedsQtteredstuttered raenymenyrainymen casualties.casualtiescasualties.a-

n

casualtie-

s

c&8c8& lltia8.lltia8.

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division

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:

, . , .

In factfaotfagot the losses this morning were hei-vyheivyheavyheirhe - v y throngthrol1gi'oatthrol1gioatthroughout': out the regiment.regimentregiment.-

The

regime-

nt.

The regiment du&dudugdU& in.in. A penoramicpanoramic sketch of the portion of thethe-

MeuseArgonne

the-

Mel1seArgunne

the-

Meuse

th-

emesMeuse-ArgonneMeuseArgonneMel1se-ArgunneMel1seArgunneMuseJargonedMarginedMeuseMuse ArgonneJargoned- Battle *'ieldieldiielde'ieldeieldfieldwield' over whichwhjkWh eh thetbetube regiment foufoulfoul.-htfoul.ht.-foul; ht is attachedttaohedattached-

as

ttaohed-

6S

attache-

das6S flateJJlateelatelateJilted; IV.IV.

3939.39. At 9:45945: a.m.am. . the tonicstankst nksinks ctir.ectirecametirec me. upap and the edvsnceadv6nceadvance was resumed.resumedresumed.-

The

resum-

ed

resRees ed.eded.-

The

E-

dith

.

The enemyenerrwenterer fire whicijwhiclJwhich met the tanks and the 140thl40th Inf.InfInfo. which advancedadvanoedadvanced-

with

advan-

ced

advanoed-

with

advan-

ced

advanced-

with

advan-

cedwith themtLemtem was far more deadlyd.eEod.lydeEodly. . thantllsntells it had been before.before. The advancead.venceadvenceadvance-

was

ad.vence-

was

advan-

ce.

was very slow.slow. The men were occasionsllyoccasionally able to useaseapse their riflesrifles-

against

rif-fles

rifles-

against

rif-fles

rifles-

against

rif-flesagainst machinechine gunners ; ourollrcollar automaticslltGmatic riflemenrlflelUenriflewen aridwv.wvawn.. machineLechineEchidnaef( chine gunnersgunners-

V

gunners.-

1

gunners-

1

gunner-

sV" ,,, ,M,,, " . \.1.1\ . IMC.IMCINC.. ...rr. .. * . . .

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the advancing battalions cemecernacamecern upp , the First'lrstlrstlyrist' Battalion Joined in thethe-

attack

hea-

rtache

the-

attack

hea-

rtache

the-

attack

hea-

rtacheattack and furtherfarther advance was madede until the regiment reached a lineline-

where

clin-

cher

line-

where

clin-

cher

line-

where

clin-

cherwhere its left was Just cboutaboutbouteboNebo t duedlledale north of HUUDBONCHhUDRONCHiUDRONHUDChurn% FAHMFARMAHEM and east ofof-

MONTRE3KAU

of-

MONTREBEiU

of-

MONTREBUMONTRE3KAUMONTREBEiUMONTREBUMonte OUD3.OUD3WOUDS.WOUDSWOODS.WOODSWOUNDS# . See map attachedetteched istsLs PlatePlstePlaster I.I. In this positionposition-

the

positi-onthe regiment caughtoaQght the full blestblast of battle . Artillery waswes usedsedseedused-

against

se-

alant

used-

against

se-

alant

sed-

against

ed-

gingsagainst it with uothoothRuthbooth direct and indirect fire ; machinemschine guns hurled theirtheir-

rain

terr-

ain

their-

rain

terr-

ain

their-

rain

terr-

ainrain ofot bullets from three sides.sides. Enemy air8 ir planesllenespleneslees, in large numbersnllmbersunlimbersnumbers-

flew

numb-

ersnllmbers-

flew

unlim-

bers

numbers-

flew

numb-

ersflew over and bombed'bombed' and machine-gunnedmachinegunnedmachine.gunnedmachinegunnedmechinetmachine-..gg. LUmedLumped ourOQrOr lines.lines. The 140thl40th Inf.InfInfoInf-

.held

Inf-

ield

Inf-

.held

Inf-

ield

Inf-

.held

Inf-

ield

.

held this advanced line that night.night.

40.40. From the time the morningrninBnibrr advancead.vance. started , the regimental com-comoom-oomboomcom-

(17)

co-

m17

oom-

(17)

oo-

m17

com-

mander

-

(17)17( ) FromFrom-

Doniphanmendermandermaunder had gotten lost from the regiment but the stucksttstat ck continued.continuedcont1nuad.cont1nuad. (17)17(17)-

Doniphan17D-

oniphan(17)-

Don1phan17D-

on1phan( 1717-

While

)

DoniphanDon1phanDonnish toto-

Verduno-

verdubto-

verdanido-

verhandto-

Verduno-

verdubVerdunverdanid-verdanidverandaverdanidWhileverandah, fid-fidfidWhilefishierFA-_ While the twobattalionstwo'DettalionstwoDettalions' were comingcomiD8 upIIp , the'the' BattaliontteliunBattaiiontellingb CommanderCo nderender of thethe-wards

ste-wards

the-

Second

th-

ereon

hehe-

wardah-

eardwardswardawordswada , Pgs.PgsPSI.PSIPegsPI.10710 ? and 108 , Second Battalion controlled the advance.advance. AfterAtterLatter they had reached thethe-copies

th-eories

the-copies

th-eories

the-

First

th-

eirscopies ofof-

me9of-

meel.S.

po-

mmelsof-

messagesho-

mepagesmeel.S.meelSmessageseelSme9 . .. .* FirstFiratFrat Battalion position , the Battalion CommanderComm8nd9 of the First Battalion- _.vv. . . .,. .,.' -

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.: .:: ,: ; :-1919-19-

In

exercised commendcommandcomm nd over the three bettalionsbettelionsbattalions winchwjiichwhich waswsswasps allDllellDell of thothethou regimentregiment-

at

regiment-

alat the forward positionposition.positions!. regimentelregimenttlregimental hetdquartersheadquartershe dq ertersPeters endand other unitsnits of thethe-

regiment

th-

ereinthe-

regiment

th-

ereinthe-

regiment

th-

ereinregiment were baokbeckbackbook somewhere.somewhere. The RegimentalRegimentslRegiments CommanderOo nderender gutgot backbeck toto-

his

t-

his

to-

his

t-

his

to-

his

t-

hishis headquartersheedqheed ertersPeters in the e&rlyerlyearlye & rlyrely morning of the next day.day.

41.41. DuringD ring the afternoon of Sept.Septept.ept. 28th , we were again sure of ourour-

contact

co-

ronaour-

contact

co-

ronaour-

contact

co-

ronacontact with the 91st Division.Division . AN captain commandingcunmcometcum ndingending the ScoutscoOsco t PlatoonPlatoon-

of

Platoo-

nof their left regiment came to the P.P. C.CCe. of the Firstirst Battalion andand-

reported

und-

ecorated

and-

reported

und-

ecorated

and-

reported

und-

ecoratedreported their location.location. At thrtthctthirstthcth t time t ere was considerable EppPpepBp bebe-

tween

be-bebe-

twaen

be-

tween

be-

tween

¬-

tweentwaenteentwain the 91st.91stglat.glatgloat. Div.Div. and the 140th Inf.InfInfo. of the i55th35th Div.Div. and their left_ .. ... ... .. . , ., ,,_ ...' '' , . .' ".. .... ... '.

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4.

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. . . . .. . , . - ..,. . . ..- ". . . '. "-" "-". '. . ' ''- nightnibhtl'1"tl1t" : contactcontaot waswa made with Co.Co00.00. MtM , 361st Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint. , of 91st Div.Div. at whichwhich-

time

whi-

chwhich-

time

whi-

chwhich-

time

whi-

chtime ourOt1r petrolspatrolspetrol re ortedforted themthen!: as being aboutbo t one kilometerki.lometer. to ouro rightright-

rear.

righ-

terright-

rear.

righ-

terright-

rear.

righ-

terrear.rear. These patrolspetrolspetrol encounteredencountered.encCenc nteredentered . considerableconsiddrableoonsidonside rablerabble enemy resistenceresistance in that gapgap.8p.8p*.

42.42. The attackattaok on the 26th28th was so difficultdiffiodiff lt , the hostileh stile fire so severe ,

the countercOt1nter attacksttacksottackstacks so frequentfreqt1ent , and the losses so heevyheavy that it took reelrealreel-

stamina

frees-

tanding

real-

stamina

bre-

astpin

real-

stamina

bre-

astpinstamina on the part of bothbotJboot} officers andend soldiers to withstand allell thatthat-

they

heat-

hery

that-

the

thatc-

hed

that-

they

heat-

herytheythe hadhedheed to endure.endure. From capturedoaptt1redoaptured prisoners it wasWBeBe learned that GermanGerma-

ntroops

Ger-man

Germa-

ntroops

Ger-man

Germa-

ntroops

Ger-mantroops fromtromtromp the following divisions hadhedheed been fighting the 35th DivisionsDiv1sionaDivisionDivisions-

1st

Div1siona-

1st

:

1st and 5th6th GuardGt1&rdGt1rd( & Divisions , 37th3't3t' and 52nd52D4 Divisions , and the 2nd LandwehrLanderLandweh-

rDivision.

Landweh-

rJivision.

Landweh-

rDivision.Division.DivisionJivision.JivisionDivision.VithDivision) . -VithVithNithMithVietNinthMitch- the exceptionexoeption ofot the lastlest named division , the KfiiserKaiserKisserisermiser

(16)16(18)18( ) TheTh-

eArtilleryS-

terilehad no better troops.troops. (16)Self16Self(18)selt18selt(18)18( ) Self controloontrol andend power ofot will pleyedplayedplepale 'eded' somesoma partptJrtpart-

Artilleryart-

erioleptJrt-

in

petiti-

on

part-

ArtAra-

ratArtilleryArtillery-Artillery-manArtillery-menArt i l'1l1' a ry-ryry-man

ry-

an¬-

Lee lnin the successcoes.coescodess . ofot the severe fightingi8hting encounteredencoeco nteredentered on ell621all sidessides.*. OneO:1eO1e: ofof-

g

o-

f

of-

Napoloon's

of-

Napoloons

m-

onsoons

of-

Napoleon's

of-

Napoleons

m-

onopolemanmen , ,

Pa-PaPg.PgPa160.Pa160?g *-. 150.150160.16015Uo.Napoleon'sNapoleonsNapoloon'sNapoloons' field marshalsmarshall hudhadh d to go into somesums extraordinarily hard fighting.fightingfighting.-

He

fightin-

g.

He felt a8 3hashakinessitinessness aooat8DOJtauoatafootautomat hishllhall knees ; there waswes ea sicknessalcicnesslaciness in hishi.hi. stomach ;

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

. . . . . , .. . . ,. ., . . . .

., . . .... . ,. . .

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. ," ,; . . : i.-'. . . . *w. .:'. t, . *" " , ..J.vwtJvwtVT. .. ._ .:' .. .*. .... .bb * " "Vf'lTVflTFelt" ' " *. *.

. . . . . .. .. . . , . ... . ._ . ...... . . ........ ... . . . . . . . : '-- ' " - -- --' ' - :"- :-" ' ' . " 3fo3fo-

exercised

::J .

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.' . .. . . . . ' ; ' / '

. . . . . . " .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and therathereterra wtswaswetsW s a lumpl mp in his throat.throat. He felt/terriblenessfeltterriblenessfelt/terriblenessfeltterribleness;$/the' of whatwhet hehe-

hed

h-

eed

he-

hed

h-

eed

he-

't

he-

t

he-

at

hedhadheed totoggo0 into and he knew that he was going.going. He looked down uponponpeonupon-

his

pon-

ies

upon-

his

pon-

ies

pon-

his

pon-

ieshis trembling legs and shaking knees.knees. He sized himselfhimjelfhim elf up and thenthen-

his

tent-

hsthen-

his

tent-

hsthen-

his

tent-

hshis will said to his physical body , "YouYouttYOllTyrol" tremble body but you wouldwould-

tremble

would-

tremble

would-

trembletremble more if youyOllyell knew where I amem goingoineopine totu tfketE'ketEkefakeEke' you.youYOll.YOllYell. " No doubtdoubt-

the

dou-

btdodoubt-

the

dou-

btbtbt-

the

ba-

thethe exercise of the power of will over meterialmeteria1material thincsthingsthins , enfbledenr.bledenrbledenabledenrobed. ourou-

rofficers

or-

ificesoou-

rofficers

or-

ificesrr-

officers

o-

fficersofficers and men to go throughthrollgh oil011all that the ,, had tuto endure duringduring-

that

duri-ng

dduring-

that

duri-ng

ringring-

that

ring-

tailthat bitter fighting.fighting.

43.43. TfleTheFileTh fourthfOl1rth da ;, of whewbehewhenbe fightingfightjng in this greateotet battle waswas-

auadagy',;'tt' : ! : 'A

" '_ :" ''':'I'I' ' ' , :

" . . :wNrwHwindrow.':::._ ;:vw.vw.,,..:. .. . .

:..NN:.-auadagyauadagyquandary- ;;

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ivision

. * " v-" t""s c.c' ". " ' , ' ", , ) ' , '-

division line whaichwhich hedhadheed been established the night before hadh d beenbeen-

shelled

been-

shelled

been-

shelledshelled continuouslycontinl1o sly duringduxingduping the night.night. There were menymanymen dead andBndBandand-

wounded

ann-

ounced

Bnd-

wOllnded

and-

wounded

ann-

ouncedwoundedwOllnded men throughthrollgh endand on either side of LIONTHEBEAUMONTREB1l ONTREBCONTRIB U WOODo.WOODoWOODS.WOODSWOODW ODd.ODd. ManyMany-

of

Ma-

yoof the woundedwOW1ded had been waitingw3i ting sincesinoesine the dayda y before to be evacuated.evacuatedevacuated.-

Many

evacua-

ted

evacvacevacuated.-

Many

evacua-

ted

Gt9d.Gt9dGt9d.-

Meny

Gt9d-

Meny

.

ManyMenyMen died fromfroufro: the exposureeXposllre because thotho.-tho.tho-thouTheotho.couldthocouldtooled.-*- :; could not be takent.aken. cerecareere ofof.of,.

44.44. OnoeOnceOne more enDnan atteokattaokattackMateo woawosvisawhoawoos ordered for 5:305306:30630: a.m.am. . There hadhad-

been

ha-

dean

had-

been

ha-

dean

had-

been

ha-

deanbeen no good opportopportuneopportlnityopportunitynityInityniftyUnity, for reorganization.reorganization. ThisT ls morning thethe-

whole

hel-

lhole

the-

whole

hel-

lhole

the-

whole

hel-

lholewhole schemes hemetheme of things seamedseemed to be to take EXEHLONTEXEIDJONTEXERI1ONTEXCELLENT and to advanceedvanceadvance-

to

edvance-

to

advan-

ceto Hill 240 nortlnortJlnortL.mortalnorth . of the town.town. JustJ st why there should have been soso-

much

sl-

ouch

SO-

milch

S-

mirch

so-

much

sl-

ouchmuchmilchmulch keennesskeennes8 to capture EXER1WGNTEXEmN2RMONTExamEXEm\EXEmExam' \ N could not then andend cfrmotFremontccE nnotnot now bebe-

seen.

be-

seem

be-

seen.

be-

seem

be-

seen.

be-

seemseen.seen. There'There'' waswes nothingnotbingnoting tnere.tnerethere.thereTerre. AheJ.'htiJhtisheAcheHattie.

' tuwntownt uwnun waswa s no good.goodgoud.goudgoudago ud.ud. . It lay inin-

Q

i-Q

in-

a

Gin-

aQa bssinbasin with hills on all sides findendand three of those sides .vereverewereverge. occupieduccupiedoccupied-

by

uccupied-

by

occupi-

edby GermanGerGear n soldiers.soldiers. NeverthelessNevertheles8t, the CommandinpCommendlOormendingCommandingCommendTormenting: , General of thethe-

r

the1-

0"

the1-

0

the-

2

eth-

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personal representativerepres8ntatiye , Col.ColCool. Her.HerHGlHlHar.iltonHariltonHamilton:. ,. iltonHilton J.J,j.j. Hawkins , WPSWf-ISWfISwtnsPSawns- on thetIle battlebattle-

field

battle-

field

battle-

fieldfield to see that it WFSwasWAFTSWE , $ done.donedune.dune. Uol.UolOil. Hawkins had jeerueenaeenQueenamen; Ci.iefCiiefChiefcllcall., ef of staffstDffstaff-

of

stDff-

of

sta-ffof triethetreetribe division but he ndnrdh :'dd' beeiibaebeeilbeebabebedevil relieved on Je';eit.eitS't.Stedit!

', t.t. 27th endDudand Col.ColCool. JensJens-

Bugge

Je-

nsJens-

BllBge

Jens-

Bugge

Je-

nsBuggeBllBgeBuggedBulb i.il.sa.elsaer.aaleraaleAlsaceratable.: . ae. chief ofjf( staff.staffstaft.stafttaft. Col.ColCool. Louis1 uisLuis i,4.i4.i4!, ,.:' . NuttmanNllttIDanNutmeatMultiplan , cuiumcnuingcUHmtnclingcurilmcndingcincturingchancingcrimsoning} thethe-

69th

the-

69th

the-

69th69th JngfcdeBrigadeJrigRig de was alsoalsualls there becausebecsuse oothbooth brigades had been orderedordered-

to

ordere-

dto teketakeeket ke the rainedrllinedruinedrelined village.village. The'heheshe' blunderblllndc.rblllndcr. in tnetHetoetine order forfur thisthis-

morning

his-

torian

thithinthis-

morning

his-

torian

ss-

morning

m-

orningmorning wasWDSWD in directing ajlaa1al units tot , go to'to'jIJ/LiIJLi/L : &, uwT.uwTr.Vlv'l.rVlvlwTOrville,.uwT.ithoutwitv T.T' . /ithithlith1iithitchlithe, / artiltirtil-tirtilartil-artilythirstilyartil-

lery

tirtil-

lery

thri-

ller

artil-

lery

¬-

leryleery prep&rftionpreprftionpreparnpreparationpreparingpr81JEJr.spr81JEJrs& . t lonion eaaBudacidaa withwi th timet ln e giveugiveg i veL.veLveal, . forfurl'l' ur reorganizationrecrganizstreorganizesrecrganireorganize Z81.Z81. ji on maneuvermane uverveer couldcould-

have

coul-

d've

could-

have

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45.45. The ordersor arsLars for Sept.Sept. I39th29th hadhsdsdh d directed thatt et the 138thl38th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDintInf.-

now

Inf-

low

Int.-

now

Inf.-

now

Inf-

low

.

now operating as(IS part of the 70th7 th BrigadeBriBBdeBribable , wouldwOllld go through the 140thl40th140th-

and

l40th-

snd

140th-

andandsndsand le&dledleadle & d the attack.attack. That regiment had not been in the fight.fightfi. ht sincesince-

the

sinc-

ere

since-

the

sinc-

ere

since-

the

sinc-

erethe first day.day. The orders reachedreaohed them too letelateLethe tndandtendnd the : did notnot-

come

out-

come

not-

come

out-

come

not-

come

out-

comecome up.up. Soon after 6tOO6,006006g00.a.m.6g00am.6g00am, . a.m.amI.m.Im. . Col.ColCool. HawkinsHewgins &ndnd6ndand& Col.ColCool. NuttmenNutmeg orderedordered-

the

order-

edthe 140th Inf.InfInfo. totut u makenlekenukelee the attackattookmattock and offoft it went.went. The Second endandend-

Third

en-

tireand-

Third

Ga-

ndhi

ndnd-

Third

di-

theredThird battalions were in the assaultingessaizltingassailingess81 ltingting line and the i-irstiirstJ"irstJirst2irstfirstJoist!-" BattalionBattalion-

was

Battalion-

W8S

Battali-onwasW8S designated asIS mopping upp battalion and was to follow the attack-attackIttaok-IttaokKitanoattack-

US

attac-

kS

Ittaok(-

19)

Ittao-

k19

attack-

(19)

attac-

k19

-

US(19)19( ) State-StateStateingStatingstate-ment

- ing111gKing lines.lines. (19)19( ) At this point Col.ColCool. Kirby Walker , commandingooumendingcorrnandin6outmoding thethe-ment

He-met

the-

70th

the-ment

He-metmentmeant made byby-

Majorby-

MaJorby-

MajorMajor JohnJohn-W.

Joh-n

70th Brigade to which the 140th belonged , came up andnd not knowingbowing thatthat-W.

that-W

tha-t

tha-W

thatp-

L1rtW.WW ., Armour.Armour.

partpL1rt of the regiment was alreadyelreed.yelreedy. fighting throughthro1lgb to SXEBMONT1IX.EBMClH1IXEBMClHEXERMOIQTSEAMOUNTEXTERMINATE., orderedordered-

the

order-

edthe Firstir.tirtdirt. BattalionBettallo.uBettallouEtalon. to reform andnd to attackattaok at 8:10810: a.m.am. . This attackatteckattack-

was

atteck-

was

atta-

ckwas also ouccessfuluccessfulsuccessful;.,; andend the FirstFirs.t. BattalionBtdttal.iBtdttali. on organizedrgsniorgasmic zed a6 line abtutablu.tablutaboutablautabtut-

40fry

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companies of the 13i1313'th13th'> th Inf.InfInfo. cemecamec me upp on this line later and the line waswas-

b

wa-

sb 'inginglingKing?' augmentedgmentedgentledB byb soldierssuldiers infiltratinginfiltreting throughthrollgh from the reer.reerrear.rearfreerre r.rr.rrhis. Thisrrhis'ihisihisrheasibisThis-

was

Th-

isrrhis-

wes

rhizo-

mes

'ihis-

was

ihis-

was

whip-

saws

'

waswes f*(: good positionfJositionfoliation and couldcOllld have been held indefinitely.indefinitely. All thatthat-

was

tha-

ws

that-

was

tha-

ws

that-

was

tha-

wswas now needed was to keep the line reinforcedreinforoed and to extend on thethothouthe-

(20)SUte

th-

e20SUte

tho-

(20)Sttte

th-

o20Sttte(20)SUte-(20)SUte20SUte(20)Sttte-(20)Sttte20Sttte(20)SUtewest20SUtewest(20)Stttewest20Stttewest(2020( ) St te-tetewestfewest- west of the town , leaving the town itself oJone.oJonealone.aloneBoone] one.one. (20)20(20)-ments

20-ments

(20)-men

20-men

(20)-ments

20-ments

( )

mentsamentsmen ts byby-

Lt.Col.J.E.by-

Lt.Col.J.E.by-

Lt.Col.J.E.Lt.Col.J.E.LtColJE. . . . 46.46. AboutAbolltBolt 3:00300: p.m.pm. . Col.ColUol.UolCoolOil. DelaplaneDelaplsneDeadpannedElapse whowhuhub hsdhadsdd been in EXEHOrTEXEJTEXIERl.0TEXIERl0TEXHOrTEXETEREXEEX \JTJT\, . ) :;';? re-rere-Rieger,13cj

re-Rieger13cj

re-Rieger,13

re-Rieger13

re-Rieger,139

re-Rieger139

-Rieger,13cjRieger13cjRieger,13Rieger13Rieger,139Rieger139Rieger,13cj-andRieger13cj-andRieger,13-andRieger13a-ndRieger,139-andRieger139-and

,and Kaj.tJ.KajtJKathej.J.N.ceivedejJNceivedMej.J.V.ceivedMejJVceived. . '

:V.ceivedVceivedCleaved. rr.. message whichwhioh he showed to the Battalion CommanderConmEJnderConmanderContender of thethe-Armour,140

the-Armour140

the-Armollr,140.

the-Armollr140

the-Armour,14U

the-Armour14UArmour,140Armour140Armollr,140.Armollr140.Armollr140Armour,14UArmour14U, .*

'irstirstr'irstrirstfirstgrist*' BattalionBattBatty linOlin() , ordering fllfalla ' 11 troopstrou'pstroupstroupestrotaro 'ps tt\tt.tfEIII\.). , f&llfllfEIIIfa,11fa11fall&, beckbsckback on a Unalinalin3Lunalima esteb-estebeste'b-este'besteresteb-

Jlshfld

esta-

blish

este'b-

"JJ

este-

bJJ

nes-

tle

esteb-

qishq

esta-

blish

' -

. . . ; " "JJJJ" J-lshfldJlshfldqishqshuffledwish- , sn c?. .by.by.by..:. , .thethe. t.t..

,e 110thllOthcloth Engineers

.g ineersdiners

. . " . .

,.. .

.,35th. .

5t1. .

? Division.DivisionDi.

vi.

si on.on, . . .

..

TheT. . ,ofticersofficers.ff. f ice !. . . . , .!inr.r. .

thethe-

front

the-

reon

t he.. . . . H.H" , . . .

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front lines did not know there was such a& linelinendlined-ndndend-[ n the messagemesseee did not.

.. . . ._. .. . ,.

... ,... . .. . . __ . . . . . ... , ... . ._... . . ... .._ . .. . _ ... ..... ... .. . .

.. . _ . . . ." I.I.'" -. -.* w- ,-+.w..MwM"' VttVt v.or.or *- *. >. >. p.p-. .aa.aA.-. v-v--A.A.-.A.A*>. J-.w.wwwaw.w.awwwws.s fmVa.r.Var_VaryVa.r.LVarletr-r-. >,--LL*.&- - ti.rQwtirQw_TRW- M ViW.ViWView..) :.'..-.: . ..>. ran. .oe-.oe-' g_ ,.k.,. u iMffi-iMffiinfixiMffihfinfish* - ,h *IH.-JWIH.JWIH.JWw.1.r\. ._. -__ . -ww-"\. . . }* . , .j.fJjjfJj...r.r.. ...*...,. _ ZIWTH1V711__ rvnY%,rnn.n. .. .". *..,vVIVO"' .. .. _ . ._ MMI... ) wgR".Ayg1MwgR.Ayg1MwgRAyg1M"..> <'..#****'*..lwa.lwala*

__.. r.r_r-.state

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estate.

state where it wts.wtsWLS.WLSwFs.wFswetsAWLSwafts. A map attachedattaohed as PletePlatePete V shows the 35th DivisionDivision-

salient

Divis-ional

Division-

salient

Divis-ional

Division-

salient

Divis-ionalsalient and the positionsposiposit ti onscons of the 140th Inf.InfInfo. and other regimentsregiments-

on

regimen-

tson oept.oeptSept.Septopt. 29th.29th. From? ramrom the map it can bebelabelay\lalallainlyplainlyI\ la inlyinlay seen that the 35th35th-

Division

35th-

Division

35th-

DivisionDivision wasW S well advanced and possibly too far advanced.advanceddvanoed.dvanoed. TheTh-

edelineation

Te-

nderization

Th-

edelineation

Te-

nderization

Th-

edelineation

Te-

nderizationdelineation of the GermanGer.man. line on oept.oeptept.eptSept.Septopt. 29th asssa s shown on this mapma-

palso

app-

alls

ma-

palso

app-

alls

ma-

palso

app-

allsalso shows how easily the enemyenenWreneweneRene couldoouldGould place1.11aoe111aoe. enfilade fire down thethe-

left

hel-

met

the-

left

hel-

met

the-

left

hel-

metleft flank of our lines and couldoOl1ld even catchcatohcato themthen! in the reer.reerrear.rearfreer. ThisThi-

shostile

Thi-

shostile

Thi-

shostilehostile fire comingoomingbooming from the rearreerfreer often gavegeveeve the impressionimpres8ion thetthattheft ouroarour-

own

bou-

rbon

oo-

own

o-

wn

oar-

own

arr-

owown artillery waswes firing shortshort.*. The withdrawswithdrawslwithdrawal! was made in fairlyfairlyg-

ood

fair-ly

fairlyg-

ood

fair-ly

fairlyg-

ood

fair-lygood order asa s fartertear asssso the 140th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint., was concerned.concerned. The two companiescoMpaniecompaniedcompanies-

of

compani-

es

corcoir :p8nie SS-

of

S-

ofa

s-

of

s-

ofaof the 139th13Yth Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint. on the right covered thetbetube withdrawal end2ndand then pulledpl'lledpllledpulledb-

aCK

pull-

edpl'lledb-

aCK

pllledb-

aCK

pulled-

baex

pull-

ed'

baCKbaexbeaux , fightingigbtingbighting ellall the wcyW&yWyway.waycy& *.

47.474'1.41.414'747' ., The 140th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint., got back to theMEngineersthe".EnginerstheEnginersthe".EngineerstheEngineersteenier"..

, Line"LineLinetlLinnet" aboutebol1t 6:00600: p.m.pmp.m-

.and

p.-

m.

p.m-

.and

p.-

m.

p.m-

.and

p.-

m.

. .

and there dugdUB in for the night.night. This new line established by the. . . _ , _ ._-- . . . . "

.

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

.

. ,

. . . ..

: . . ..

. . . .

.

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110thllOth11Uthcloth Engineers as Division Reserve was on the ridgerid e north of BAULNYBAULKYBRAUNBULKYBAULN-

Yend

Baulk-

ed

BAULNY-

s21d

BAULK-

Yand

Balk-

anends21dand extending northeastnorthenorth st and southsOllthsalt of GHAUDHONGAUCHOCOHiOhio UDRONHURON FARM.FARM'ARM.ARM' . See map attachedattached-

as

attache-

das PlatePletePete I.I. The'rherherhea' withdrawalthdrawalthrallwi of ourollrcollar Advanceddvancedr[;= unitsuniZuni ts fromfrom-

and

frog-

man

EIBRL:0TEIBRL0TEjE81:0NTEjE810NTEjE81:0NT-

and

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and

} : : < JTJ-

Tend

T-

endendand fromfrumforum thothethou enen.y'senenysener..y'eneryenerr.y'senerrysenemyemeryhenrys. .' s immediate fruntrunt , evidently encouraged the GermansGermcnnsGermans-

to

Germcnn-

sto

Germa-

ns

Germ JnsJensJns-

to

Uns-

topto aDc new effort and a hohotvyhoavyhoityheavyvy artillery fire was experienceda eriencedTerence andan-

dtheir

an-

ther

an-

dtheir

an-

ther

an-

dtheir

an-

thertheir counter attack : wwtswetss developing.developingdeveluping.develuping.

48.48. Un the fifth day , Sept.Sept. 30th , the 35th Division establishedestablished-

itself

establis-hed

established-

itself

establis-hed

established-

itself

establis-heditself on its new line anasndandsand organized for defense.defense. The first phasephase-

of

pha-

seof the BattleettlefettleBattle83;/83838Svas/ over.over. Two counter attacks were easily repulsed.repulsedrepulsed.-

Me.

repulsed.wlj-

tfK

repuls-ed

rep lsed.lsedsled.. . ..,. ..... , ... . . . . . . . . . . . '.\ "

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-not many mustardmllsterdlilted casualtiescasualties.cesillilCastillo ties.ties*. If the next morningmorninmorning shouldshOllld 09Deoe warm ,

then the mustardmastard gas wouldwOllld give trouole.trouoletrollcle.trollcletroaole.troaoletroubletrolltooled. DuringD ring the night ordersorders-

vere

ord-ers

orders-

ere

borde-

rer.vereere"seresereverge" received thatthettheft the 35th Division wouldwoaldweald be relieved oyDyby the FirstFirst-

Division

First-

Division..

Division before daylight of Oct.1st.Oct1st.Oct1stOot.lst.OotlstCoolest. . The relief ofot the 140th Inf.InfInfoInf.-

was

Infl-

ows

Inf.-

was

Infl-

ows

Inf.-

was

Infl-

ows

.

was completedoompleted aboutabOlltbolt 4:004004&00:& a.m.am. . The regiment went back in platoonplstoonplatoonc-

olumns

plat-onic

plstoonC-

L.lwnns

platoonc-

..lumns

Plat-oniccolumnsCL.lwnnsCLlwnnsc..lumnsclumnsClowns.. . to ea& field eboutaboutboutIIboIbo t one kilometer north of VAUAUVVU.zUOISVVUzUOIS. UOIiSUOISOtisQUOINS findand remained1IOainedremained-

there

remai-

ned

1IOained-

there

remained-

there

remai-

nedthere about8bollt twenty-fourtwentyfourtwenty-foarfoaroar- hours.hourshoarse. The 140th then started on its marchmarohmacromarch-

to

maroh-

to

Mar-

ch

marm-

otto MABATSMARATSM.R.TSMRTSABATESMARTSMRS. . le GRANDSGRADSGRGR.4GR4. , NDEND where it rested for as week.week., On Oct.OctOot.OotOat.OatBoot. 10thlOthcloth thethe-

regiment

th-

ereinthe-

regiment

th-

ereinthe-

regiment

th-

ereinregiment moved north again and on Oct.12thOct12thOct.l2thOctl2thOct.Oct. 12th it was in the trenchestrenches-

southeast

tren-ches

trenches-

8o

trenches-

southeast

tren-chessoutheast8o theasttheist of VEHDUNVERDUN , takingtekinttektite over the 30MM3DIEUESOMMEDlEUESUNLMEDIEUESommelierSUMMED oECTORJECTORSECTORdoctorHECTOR from thethe-

French.

th-

erein

the-

French.

th-

erein

the-

French.

th-

ereinFrench.French. We were relievedrelirelic evedrevved fromfror.lfrorlfurorfro ,:. thesetile sa trenches on the night ofof-

lov.

L-

olo

of-

Uov.

of-

Nov.

O-

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for

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ord

reedy-

for

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ord

ready-

for

Redf-

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on

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49.49. The 140th Infantry advanced 12l2122-122122kilometers| '- kilometers throughthrollgh energyenemy terter-tearter-

ritory

ter-

ritory

ter-

ritory

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ritorypriory and against strongly defended positions and foughtfoufoul ht a detdet-debtdet'rrrdneddetrrrdneddetruined'- ruined ,

stubbornstllbbornstillborn and courageouscOllrsgeollscollars enemy and met andDndDandy defatteddefecteddefedefer ted units of the bestbest-

divisions

fes-

tivitiesbest-

divisions

fes-

tivitiesbest-

divisions

fes-

tivitiesdivisions in the German Army.ArmyArmw.ArmwArm. The GermanGer.mGerm. n troops op1osedOPiosedPissedopiHopi oseddosed to thethe-

35th

the-

j5th

the-

35th35thj5th; DivisionDivisipn realized that this division gave them some of the herdesthardestherdest-

(21J

herdest-

21J

herdest-

(21J

herdest-

21J(21J21J(21)21( ) Battle fightingfjghtifight that they had ever experienced.experiencedexperienoed.experienoed. (21)21( ) This regiment mademade-of

ma-deof the Meusa-Meusa11eIlge-11eIlgeMeuse-MeuseMedusaMuseMeus-aArgonnekaj.

11eIlg-e4rgonneM8J.

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This wwass the llneline organized for de-dede-

fense

de-

fense

de-

Tense

de-

fense

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fenseTensefens endand heldbeldbed by the 35th Division and turned over to the lrstr'irstrirstfirstlyristgrist*' DivisionDivision(-

22)tfrom

Division-

22tfrom

Division(-

22)From

Division-

22From(22)tfrom22tfrom(22)From22From(2222( ) i'romiromironi'rom-Vai1qu.ois

irom-Vai1quois

' on Oct.Oct. 1st.1st1st.-

Vaugaois1st-

Vaugaois. (22)22(22)-

Veuquois22V-

euquois( )

VeuquoisVai1qu.oisVai1quoisVaugaoisEuphuismVagaries. toto-

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beronto-

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extronto-

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t , Ken-KenKe-namorePg.240

Ke-namorePg240

- 50.50. The gains of the 35th Division compare very f&vorablyfvorablyvorablyfavorablyvariablyf & with thosethose-amorePg.240

those-amorePg240

those-

of

thos-

eamorePg.240amorePg240amore ,Pg.240Pg240. ;The Artillery-ArtilleryArtilleryofArtillory-ArtilloryArtillory-man

Artillery-man

- of the 1st Division'whichDivisionwhichDivisionDivisioDivision 'whichwhich' relievedlievedleavedr it.it. The 1st Div.Div. was in the lineline-man

line-

ten

line-

menman , LeoLee , Pg.Pg. ,

188.188. ten days from Oct.Oct. 1st to llth.llth11th.11thlilt. The first three days upIIp to Oct.4thOct4thOct.4th-

were

Oct4th-

were

Oct.4th-

were

Oct4th-

were

Oct.4th-

were

Oct4th-

were

.

were spent in preparation and no advanceadvsnce was made ; duringd ring the next sevenseven-

days

speed-

ways

seven-

days

speed-

ways

seven-

days

speed-

waysdays there wcsWescs: a successionsu.su. oessioncession of attacksattaoks anoenl.lenllanuCanoellManu . duringdllrinsdollarfish this period the divisiondivision(-

23J

division-

23J(23)23(23J23J( ) The His-HisHisadvancedHindrance- advanced 7 kilometers.kilometers . (23)23(23J23J( ) The 1stlstlast Division lost 9,3879387, officersofficers-tory

offic-ers

officers-tory

offic-ers

officers-t

officer-storyt oryCory of thethe-A

thec-

athe-

.E.Thomte-

lethonthe-

A.h.B.ThomA.E.Thom-.E.ThomA.h.B.Thom-A.h.B.Thom.E.ThomendA.h.B.Thomand. . ?' . , Thorn-ThornThornandTornado- andend men and the 35th36th Division lost 7,4147414, officers andem men in five daysdays'days'-as

days-as

dayst-ars

*'88as , Pg.317Pg317PS.317.PS317.PS317Pg.317.Pg317.. ,.

fighting.fighting. The losses of the 35th DivisionDi visivisit on in the lleuse-ArgonnelleuseArgonneellse-ArgonneellseMeuse-ArgonneMeuseleseJargonedelseMusel.l. - areare-

exceeded

re-

jectedare-

exceeded

re-

jectedare-

exceeded

re-

jectedexceeded only by'by' the 1stlat endsndrandsand 3rd divisions.divisions. The 35th35tb Div.Div. standstands$ thirdthird-

of

thir-

dof all American divisions in casualtiescssllsltiescasuistries. in this battle.battle. No greatergreetergreatera-

dvance

gre-ater

greetera-

dvanoe

gre-eter

greatera-

dvance

gre-ateradvanceadvanoe was madema e on the whole Americanricenrichen front in the threetDreetree days , Sept.26Sept26Sept.26-

to

Sept26-

to

.

to 28 , inolusiveftheninolusivetbaninclusiveInolNol siv.thensivthenswitchmen. , that credited to theth 3bth35th DivisionDivision.Division.I,. I' No otherother'other'-

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divisiondi vi si ou, hiiii thetb e American Army mademad.e. a greater advanceEdvencecdvance during the samesimesinesam-

eperiod

sa-mpler

sim-

eperiod

sim-

plersam-

eperiod

sa-mplerperiod of time , nor so greatgreet in any eequalualue1dual length of time duringdurinB thethe-

first

th-

eirs

the-

first

th-

eirs

the-

first

th-

eirsfirst endcndnd second phases of the Lleuse-ArgunneLleuseArgunne11euse-Argunne11euseMeuse-ArgonneMeuseArgonneLeseMarginedMuseJargoned- Battle , Sept.Sept. 26 , toto-

Nov.

t-

oo(24)24( ) OfficialOfficielOfficialli-.H.Q.

Offi-cial

Nov.Nov. 1.1. (24)24((24)-G.H.Q.

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li.H.Q.liHQG.H.Q.GHQlichG.H.GH. . ( . mapwithmawkishmapwith-report

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eocratreport of Gen.Genen.enen-

.PershingHov.20en-

PershingHov20n.n. 51.51bl.blb1.b151.rjhe51rjhe. rjheTherhea? .VarVarHer'JarJarVary'. DepartmentDepartientDeIJDeli rtlentrelent!: : figures give the following losses forfor-

the

fo-

rte

for-PershingNov.20

for-PershingNov20

for-Pershingi

fo-restingPershingHov.20PershingHov20PershingNov.20PershingNov20PershingiPerishing, ov.2Uov2U. ,

1916.19161918.1918. the 140th InfentryiInfsntrJ'InfsntrJInfantryInfester'" ] killedki.lled. or died of wounds , 9 officers endand 239239-

men

239-

men

239.0-

N.ISt's

2390-

NISts

men ; woundedwOIlnd.edwOIlndedwinded. severely , 7? officers andS11d.S11d. 485 men ; woundedwlJunded slightly ,

46 officersoff jeers and 802 men ; wounded , decreedegreed.ede. [ reefree unknown , 188 men ; totaltotal"-

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The 140th14Uth InfentryInfDntryInfcntryInfantry had suffered terriolyterribly but it was still rc regiment.regimentregiment.-

men

regim-

ent

.

(25)25( ) From'romromProm' Don-DonDonItDonutDo-niphan

Do-nnish

- It came outOlltBolt of the Jaeuse-ArgunneJaeuseArgunneMeuse-ArgonneMeuseArgonneJesseMarginedMuseJargonedl euse-ArgeuseArgreuseAR- nnene a veteranvetertjn; regiment.regimentregi.ment.. . (25)25(25)-iphan

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ANALYSISANALYSI and CRITICISM.CRITICISM.

52.5262.6252 ., After an exhaustiveexhellstive study Col.Col001.001Cool. ConradOonrad H.H. LanzaLaDzaLanaLazar , Field Artillery ,

ded&oeddedoeddeddoeddeededendoweddeddeed & ced.cedaced . the followingfollowil1B reasons for the failure of the 35th DivisionDivision-

to

Divisio-

nt

Divisio-

ntot o carry outo t the attack ordered for Sept.Sept. 29th ag&instaginstag6instagainst& KABRilONTEXER1DNTAbortion' ' RM0NT endanden-

dits

ed-

its

en-

dits

ed-

its

an-

dits

ban-

ditsits defensesdefenses&:&; ( a ) Scattering andBndBand interminglinginternJnglinB of units , dued e to concon-con-

tinuous

con-

tin

con-

tain

con-

tinuous

¬-

tinuoustenuoustin 0 8 , heavy fighting on the t/reetreeti.reetireetiresfreetree/ . preceding days , pertly in fogtog andendand-

at

anda-

nte

end-

at

pend-

ant

and-

at

anda-

nteat night , together with the severe losses108ses sustainedstEinedsEineds ; ( b ) Orders fromfrom-

division

from-

division

from-

divisiondivision end, ., brigade , . Jsauei's8Q.eis8Q.eis8QeisawedSaucei' . IpteloteI4teImputelot ate.tet.tt. nJnIgbtnightht , reqairin/reqairinrcqu1rlncrequirinirepairingrequiringreqairintherepairing/ ,; the rerewslratlew.f.lratlewflrerewalredrewrattlerenewal. . ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe attack8tteck before daylight , withoutwitholltwithhold allowing time for reorganizationreorganization.;.

(0)0( oa ) LaokLaoLao.cLaocLoc. of artillery supportPportiPortia8 ; endand ( d ) LackL80kLook ofot liaisonli81son within thethe-

division

tel-

evision

the-

j

th-

e

the-

dtvi

ath-

leticdivisiondtviHDTVj 8.101\8.101lion8.101.fal1tlre8101fal1tlre.\ ,

. failure.fal1tlrefal1tlre. to keepke&P-ke&PkePkespespke&Ptl'&ekkePtlekkettle& - tratramtl'&ek-tl'&ektlektreek-treekleektrektl'&ek01tlek01treekc4' & k - &ff0-1-01c4-c4important4-mportett4mportettc44mportettportent01t'p01tp&- - -t'pt'ptp-! .-% ' rtantrant raitstAuitsunitstraitsaudits and fcr8HdtIenfheadsthiefquertquart< ±aerter'sfaertersfpxartersaeratespartnersaerter'sf-

witb

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aera-tes

rs' ,

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._ " . . . . . . . . . . . - , . . . . . . . . . . . .v.v. . . . , " . . . . . . . . . . . - -:

. - " . . . . . . . . . - _ . ._ . ...... . . .. .. .. " . . > A.A. . . . , . .-wi-tb-witb-..witbcettb-.Q-attb.Qawitchedtb'* - - . . c-ece- fl-efle6HtqL1eBt.6HtqL1eBt- <jienjean{ . . .. e-l'eyel'eyleylevy8-1.l81.l81.l1l-- '. f , .. kti d4-f1ivl4f1ivl- *:yiv8 i4 * w'xlwxlawl"RR,'"B < ,--UolUolOil-. . -. , gol.golgeol,. LanaaLanl8LanzaLanaLanzaisLanais$ is-is'ls.ls'- .' quotedInotedIngotedl1oted In.tntnfn.

, . .. .

.r'I.I' ' J86-J86-26-26-26-

division

-

in the following statement : "SoSott" o far as the officersoffioers and8n men werewere-

cunearned

her-

eunder

were-

c

wer-

ecunearnedunearnedconcernedc , it seems that thethey$ ' bravely attempted to oarryoerrycarryhoaryPerry outall t thethe-

attack

hea-

rtache(26)26( ) The 35th35th-Division

attack ordered , but failed through the poor leadership.leadership. '."*. (26)26(26)-Division

26-Division

(26)-Division

26-Division

( )

Division onon-

Sept.29th,1918on-

Sept29th1918on-

sept.29th,19l8o-

nsept29th19l8on-

Sept.29th,1918on-

Sept29th1918Sept.29th,1918Sept.29th1918Sept29th1918sept.29th,19l8sept.29th19l8sept29th19l8. , , 53.53. The necessitynecessit . for twiningtrf.iningtrfiningtrainingrefining. of officers , especiallyespeci3lly ofof-

Col.Conradof-

Gol.Conradof-

higherCol.ConradColConradGol.ConradGolConradColoradoGoldenrod. H.HH-

.Lanza

H-

.Lanza

H-

.Lanza.

LanzaLana , F.AFAF.A.. . , higher rankinrank , in leadership was evident allell through the action.actionaction.-U.S.

acti-on

action.-U.S.

acti-on

action-

.Tactical

.U.S.US. . Army.ArmyA .,

Tactical knowledgeknowledBe does not makebkebake a leader.leader. There is suchsllchsell esF+ thingthing-

as

thin-

gs

thj1thj1-

asas commandingcommandlcommand through force of character.character. The training of offioffi-offoffi-

cers

offi-

cers

offi-

cers

¬-

cersAcers in leadershipleadorship does not imply that theythe ,)' areIre to bb'b' jcomecomeacome platoonplatoon-

and

plato-onand squad leaders.leaders. Therehere is leadershipleadershjp in a3 JnreeNoreen?) .irpeirpenrteirerte. ;

, sense that waswa-

snoticeably

as-

cetically

wa-

snoticeably

as-

cetically . ..... . . . . .. . . . . . .. , . . . . . . . .

noticeablynot ices b ly lackinglaokinglooking in the. . . .

regimentscregimentsregGreg.

ilIlill; J. :},, :. ,.brlj\adfl.brljadflburlgadflyrbr.irbrirbi. :.r.jf..frjffriff.

,,'\. .g.dagdaDA. )

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

>. *.w*!\'1.-1.-w"w"" '.

I have no idea thatthet the CorunandingConmandingCommandingCrusading GeneralLfeneralFederal of thejtheththe _ .3bhtj*ll.Pi.llPiElli... plyptypity:

. , . .. .,';.saatsatQ.Q. tt.t. . . . .. .

. . .... .. . , .. . . , .

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

r.r. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , , \ . . > .H"H. " " '* .

. . . .- ". ' . '**" n.n" . ", . : -*.. . .. . .

'. . .11. . ..AM'AM__..' ..H"---.H"H..H".H"ijfif"' -- -- " " '-, *

,o-imax.oimax.imax-"' *

<'** *-* *

: " -",

': : : : : * "

. " .': '

. . .,

:.

' i" " i"

. " :" .:;.. : ;:<:;:.: :,,'_-

"

.

*.-

u ", .."-: :

-' ": '* "", *" forroZoZroZTISrots0r"1Ta'0r1Ta" '- KTa-TISTISKitaOTIS! '"'tjf'lfcjaae'tjflfcjaaeurigauRiga'tjf'lfcjaae'commanderstjflfcjaaecommanders' f1' i e' commanderscomrDcorD n'n,' i

-i"s"is"*-"

, hishi s colonels t, and hishi s mejorsmoorsmajorsme; jorsors to actuallyactually-

and

actual-lyand literallylitdrallylit rally leadload the most advancededvsnced elementselBments of their commandscOrnnEndscorned whenwhen-

he

when-

ce

when-

he

when-

ce

when-

he

when-

cehe made a statement to that effect at the timetllnetulle the field officersofficers-

of

office-rsof the division were assembled the evening before entering the battle.battlebattle.-

However

ba-ttle

battle.-

However

ba-ttle

battle.-

However

ba-ttle

.

However , his statement waswes apparently misinterpreted by a8 numbernwmber ofof-

officers

o-

fficers

of-

officers

o-

fficers

of-

officers

o-

fficersofficers during the actionaction.*.

5454.54,. It was herdhDrdhard on the 140th to hsvehaveh ve its brigade andend regimentalregimentclregimentalc-

ommanders

regim-

entalregimentclc-

ommanders

regimentalc-

ommanders

regim-

entalcommanders changedohangedhanged four and three days , respectively , prior to goinggoing-

into

origin-

ator

going-

into

origin-

ator

going-

into

origin-

atorinto this big battle.battle. It is highly probable that commandingco ndingending officersofficers-

who

office-

rswho were thoroughly/withthoroughlywiththorotorothoroughlyghly/ghlyhilly/ ! tTilAttilal tneirtinier! ilreirilemir organizations and the plans and KnewKne-

wtheir

Ne-

ther

kne-

wtheir

net-

herkne-

wtheir

net-

hertheir officers andsndsand were known by them could have dune better.betterbetter.b-

b.

better.5-

b.

better-

5b

bett-er

.

bb.bb5b.5b..Companies?

.

le8 FHIHI, , , ande1! : .X.t.tL. . warewere withoutwit'uutwituutwit'wit'';uutut c&pt&lnscptlnseptfJinsaltFainscaptionsdetainsattains& ) & andend lieutenantsliautenentslieutenants-

were

liautenents-

were

lieutena-ntswere short in all811 companies.companies. The regiment'regimentregiment'shouldregimentshouldregiment'shoregimentshoregiments'

shouldshoshod ld havegave} j Ve had 106 officersofficers-

but

office-

rsoft leersleers-

b

leer-

sbutb t there werewt\rewtre\ onlynnly 7876 with the regiment on the morning the reglrasmtregimentretransmitreglrasmt-

went

regiment-

wen

reenlist-

ment

regim-

ent

regiment-

went

regim-

entwentwen intoiii to the Meuse-Argoxme.MeuseArgoxme.8.u8e-Argonne8.u8eArgonne8.u8e8u8eArgonneuee-ArgonneueeMuseAromaJargonedQueenke . - ., The . . . . .. . . . . . . . ' . ' .. '- . -_ . . " . '. . 'WW'" . . . .

! s.Q.ju.Wa.sQjuWaSequa.Qtj.91es..f.Q.l.Qtj91esfQl.Qtj91esfQl. ._ .. . . . . . . . ..

p. . : _ . . ; . .i-of.iof; .iofvme-. f..vff1'.Ci..sfvff1Ci.sfvff1Cis-vmevmeme- :! g who'who-who

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

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

.

. ..

. .

.

-...- . '

. . . ' - - '"

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

" ' "

'-".

_" "

. . . . . . . . J"J" . ..

'

'. ' " \ ' . ..

'

.. . .. . . ....... .-... -.. . . -27-27_-2727-

in

27-

in

-

could have been usedsedseed to advantage butbQtQt who were not yet assignedaJsigned toto-

any

to-

ny

to-

any

to-

ny

to-

any

to-

nyany organization.organization.,

5656.56,. The regimental commander shouldShUllld not have permitted himselfhimself-

to

himse-

lfto wander offoft so that he bectmebeclmebecHmebecamebecalmed lostlust frfr..mfrmfarm. . ra the regiment f r over aa-

day

W-

ada

a-

day

W-

ada

a-

day

W-

adaday duringdllringdolling; the ;,.ostostcost. . difficultdifficillt attack.attack. The regiment waswes there butbu-

tits

bu-

tts

bbu-

tits

bu-

tts

tt-

itsits commandercomm nderender could not be found.found.,

57.57. ThereTbereTerre was failure tot o use the specialspeciclspecispecie l units , like thethe-

trench

th-

eatre

the-

trenoh

the-

reunto

the-

trench

th-

eatretrenchtrenoh mortorsmotors and the one-poundersonepoundersponders- aridand thetbetube mechinemachine gun compenycompany waswas-

not

wa-

sn't

was-

not

wa-

sn't

was-

not

wa-

sn'tnot used to full advantage.advantage. UnfamiliarityUnfamiliar ! ty witwithwI tJ;} , the use of thesethese-

weapons

tesse-

llations

thethese-

wea.ons

sese-

weslons

s-

easonsweaponswesl-onsweslonswea.onsweaonswescons; -., on the part of the regimentalregGreg imenmen tel contenderoInmEndarcommanderincendiaryc was doubtlessLioubtlessLimblessdoubtless-

f

doubtless-v

doubtles-s. . '.l'r"lr. f' f". .

. l' " Oc.Och'h. ' '' . ."V'.TOf-"V'.TOfVTOfTofu"V'.TOfjVTOfjVeto". .... . ',......",...-,.-jj-.",. ,. . . . ' * * .' ' - f *, . *. **' . <' *.. . . . . , . . . . ,, <\ "', *'" . . . . . . , ti. . . . , . . *.. t. .,"t . k... . ,. . /, . . , . 'vlvli.VtvlvliVtlevity', . ...t.t. .." . 'v<''Nt.Nt' Popov"PopovPopover> * .*".<.", VWWWW-* . .. . . " i, . >, . . "* " . '. . . . .. . . . , c.,10.*.. " ii , *, . . . . >. . '. ' , <, ',. xVMxV....._*. .

.. ....rir-

iresponsible. i-rresponsible.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . .'rrresponsible.responsibleresponsible.WttV-

jsrttWitttrr

responsioresponds'ss nslb1.nslb1 e.ee-

.t

.

WttVjsrttWitttr-r-WttVjsrttWitttrrWttVjsrttWitttrrJtttVF'tfelWttVjsrttWitttrrJtttVFtfel.-, J- - JtttVF'tfelJtttVFtfel- ' # . . . , *-* - -. -..It.It. ' ..& , '. . .'. *...-*+. *.ft.rfnfrji-ft.rfnfrjift.rfnfrjit6ftrfnfrjit6.... #-* -. . .t6 7M<iM Mr > rtm-rtmtmrtmjv/M'nTYfM'nTYfMnTYfMonty/ ' - jv*). *' *.. '\. *, ... .. . N:1N1 1'1'* .. ; , .- * " " * " . .* : | yr ;l HBt* % fy* - > :* *! t" ** /-r r/ < <. fMOiFumio>' * *' .' rrV-VV "vrivriri ttJtV2Jlfti'JfttJtV2JlftiJf' t i , NS'MEANSMEASMEAR' j-yjy *-<.*- 'oOoO"' '

.-

,:. .

:' - 50.501f-.rrrstrs1f.rrrstrs1f.rrrstrs:. Itt rsIs practically;FFM-'nTYf

F-MnTYf

M-onty t1i I c'iirtiirtdirt8y impossiDiaimpositioniiup01.P1P

.oSa"frfrMLML-rM-r

D! .t'tcooJl''reoJlreoleMrreoitrepot60r6i* 1"iir1iiriiiff'ff' f'f' altrrlaltarr 'tfTtfTtuft';V.1V1; i. ;)"ffffffffTit nt-ntnt'oOntoOtoOht-htht-

ing

ha-

ting

L-LL-

ing

- ,

inginsKing endand out of the questionque.tioDquetioD. In the darkness ofot woodswo ds end while beingbeing-

shelled

bei-ngs

being-

shelled.

bei-ngs

being-

shelled.

bei-ngsshelledshelled.*. Time v/vv3WESwfs/ ;: 3 never given nor effordedffordedaffordedforded to reorganizerecrganlze the unitsunits-

prior

un-

itsunits-

prior

un-

itsunits-

prior

un-

itsprior to renewing the attacksattacks.*. Relief for reorganizationreorganizatiun &ttGtof& thethe-

end

te-

nd

the-

end

te-

nd

the-

end

te-

ndend of the five days'days' fighting was absolutelyebsolQtelydesolately necessary.necessary. After thethe-

second

th-

ereon

the-

second

th-

ereon

the-

second

th-

ereonsecond day time should have been givenBiven for reorganization and toto-

permit

cop-

persmith

to-

permit

cop-

persmith

t oo-

permit

p-

ermitpermit the artillery to get ready to support the attacks of thethe-

infantry.

te-

nantthe-

infantry.

te-

nantthe-

infantry.

te-

nantinfantry.infantry.

59.5969.69. Conflicting orders as to the time for the attackatteck and ordersorders-

that

ord-ers

orders-

t

order-

s

orders-

that

ord-ersthatt } t areere delivered after the hourho for the cttacketteckattack to sttrtstErtstfrtstrutstEt or withinwjthinwithin-

a

wjthin-

e

withi-

nae few minutes of the time can only result in confusionconfu3ion endand more oror-

less

co-

rdless

or-

less

co-

rdless

or-

less

co-

rdlessless disaster.disasterdi8 ater.aterafter. WhenWhex1 there isi s ca mixturenlixture of orders , the artilleryartilleryd-

oesartille-

rydoes not know what to do and61ldend the infantry suffersftersfitterss both throughthroug-

hfailure

thro-ugh

throthrobthroug-

hfailure

thro-ugh

hh-

tailare

t-

ailoredfailuretailaretailored in being properly supportedsllpportedslipper and in gettinggettiDg offoft In a hurryhurry-

28

h rr1rr1-

28-28-28.28.28.-.28-

ft

28-

.c

28-

c

.28-

.rr

28-

rr

-.. .

. ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

,

. . \rrrr,\ . . "rN\r.rNr......\.. ._rY1t/AerY1tAe/-.c.c- .II... <. p'u.puP.P,. .". . . 'ff..nffnfn. . . e.e. . . .,. ,

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

" " . . ...

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

" '! . : " ', , , " . .t.t. . . . . . _. .... ._ __ ... .

.

... ".

..

..

.,". .

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'' ftIe..w.. . .

... nr... .

..* tvftv...

, ..ii.. *.. . ' ..

. _*."47*>_ .

!... ... .. ); .. . .-. ,. _ . ,

without ftfull.illill1l. preparationpreparation.,.

60.60. Infantry needs trainingtrainitrain g with tcnkattnkstanksTonka in order to be tblebleabletable toto-

successfully

to-

sucoessf

t-

ouches

to-

successfullysuccessfullysucoessfstuccoes llyally follow tanks in anau attack.attack. The 140th hadhedheed never hadhad-

any

had-

ean

had-

any

had-

ean

had-

any

had-

eanany such trcining.trciningtrtining.trtiningtraining.training. They were used to fairlyfbirlyfirmly goodgOGdgOd advantagedventEgedeterge oecfcusebecauseoccursbecbeckbecause-

the

becau-

seoecfcuse-

the

useuse-

tLe

uns-

ettlethetLetale oattalbattelbattalcoattailboatelBata l un commanderscJmmJnders[ in thetLetale 140thl4Uth knew enough tuto hevehaveheave eP skirmishstirmishskirmish-

line

skirmis-

hing

stirmish-

line

skirmis-

hing

skirmish-

line

skirmis-

hing

{

line follow the ttnkstanksttnksentense/-enenwenw.'/ . - en the-thetheythewerehewer-, wereware going egainste8einstagainst machinemaohine gungWlgal nestsnestst-

.nd

nes-

tsnests-

nd

nes-

ts

nests-

and

newsst-

andt.ndtndandtend. nd in the advcnce.advcnceadvance.advanceadv noe.noenode.

61.61. The division order for the initial attackettaokEtta thattl1at the reservereserve-

follow

rese-rve. . . . . .. .. . . .... . . . . . . . ,. . ,. ., ,

. . . .,,"T' . . .... . . . . . . . . ,. ,. . . . ,... , . . . . .

.,, . ,, . . . . . , . . .

. 4. . Mran'-VMran'MranVMoran""' ... '-- ". .. . . _ _ . .. . ,. . . ... . , .. . . . ,. "tt" M.M. . . . , ">. .. . *. . . .:*. .* *..,. .\ , . . . . ' : .-. " . *" .

--: ::*: . :- :. : : :_. . .: : <,:"*" .1.1.1 ,' ' ,00 " " ; f.\f.f-

.follow\ "

follow "fitfit"atat"et not more thenthan two kilometers"kilometerskilo eters"etersPeters" should have statedstrtedstarted inste-dinstedinsterdinste.dinstedinstepMinsterinstead.-"' <;,

'7'7.-': >' ,*MM >..mm-. ..*. _ a..>..n. . . . *.. .. ..<..rr. ",. * .r.r.. . > v.v. . MixA.MixAMiA... ..._.. ..H"--IO.'ttJ'.t..H"H. tnt"<nt9'"

" \99\'-+.-, . <, # .s-s_*-+_* ,

_ai--ai, -'. .-..>. ' <e*'. +.t.*,. ...,#._#*> . ...<. . . . t.t4.4, . , ' . . ' .. . .i.i.tS.%, J. 'M.w..J'wJ.+kb.1-W.tikb1W.tikb.1kb1W.tiWt.>. .:. . '*-a*.,.; J1', . "''ll*"' .4W.-4W.4W.A1.4WA1*..*%...-...;- : .A-AA1.-A1.J.J* .- :''. / ,,, ,*"--.,,,*- . . ..irtoirtoito-.;a.a.,.i.i.... . ' . -I.--J-ITI.JIT- .- - - -f--f- - .-: ,J Z..4Z.4Z4:-ii-;'-JJ*-.. ' AN* * * _ '_ " tt'-tt'ttiw.iwtt'1tt1:' -". -11-. '-. ,--' W-" *

.

"

'-

' . .

.

. .W<.*,.

.

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

.

..

.-

. . . .. . . . ' "* "w"w" " " "" "thatthat.th8tth8t"" thetlltall reservereaarvereserverearview wouldWU"dldWUdldW " ld followfullowflow biLitt not lessles8'les8 than one kilometer.kilometer. ThisThis-

would

T-his

This-

would

T-his

This-

would

T-hiswould be more certcincertaincert in to get organizationoruenization in depth.depth.

62.62. A fourfuurfur battalion front forfur the first daday would haveheveheave been moremor-

elogical.

hor-

ologic

mor-

elogical.

hor-

ologic

mor-

elogical.

hor-

ologiclogical.logical. It weswas usedsedseed on the secondseoond day.day. The formationformetion of brigadesbr1Badesbrigades-

in

br1Bades-

in

brigad-esin column resulted in confusionoonfl1sion and necessitatedneoessieosin tatedtatted CJa& reorganizationreorgenizationreorganization-

of

reorgenization-

of

reorganizatio-

nof brigades andend a reassignment of regimentsBimentsPimentosr to brigades.brigades. However ,

this did not affaotaffectaffronteftdeft ct the 140thl40th Inf.InfInfo. as it sta./odsta.odsta/odstastayedseta.;/ in the 70th BrigadeBrigad-

eall

Briga-

de

Brig de

all& 11 through.throughthrthru ol1gh.ol1gh.

63.63. The AttackJttaok( for everyever ' morning was directed to be 5:3053061306:30630: a.m.ama.m-

.whether

pam-

phleteer

a.m-

.whether

pam-

phleteer

a.m-

.whether

pam-

phleteer

. .

whether or not there was ArtilleryErtl11ery, supportSl1pport or barragebarrt-gebarrtgebart- or whether oror-

not

po-

rno

or-

not

po-

rno

or-

not

po-

rnonot preparation had been completed to make the attack.attackattaok.attaok.

64.64. It was not att all necessaryneoe8sa i tot send troops int.intintudintintuit.,. :: Gir IUM1ONTIVI0ITIVI0I-

Ton

IUM-

1on

!ON-

Ton

ON-

Toon Sept.Sept. 2th.2th29th.29th?, . It is18 poor policypol1oy and bad tacticstaotiosstations to send troopstroops-

into

troop-

ing

troops-

into

troop-

ing

troops-

into

troop-

inginto a8 bfcsinbasinfocusingb sin where they canoenomen be shot up fromtromtromp the surroundings rronnCronin ingKing hills.hills.

. . .._ ._ . ._

, ..._. n ,. ' . ,. . . _ , .. ., .. ,_. M.. .1J1J.Jtoaauwr-gainstJtoaauwrgainstgains; uuul'uuulx u ' ar-againstagainstaragainst-marginsr.ArA-:. a1nat tfc.9-4&0sip.patfc940sip.patfc.9tfc94&0sip.pa40sippat-.l1&lI\Y..po..it.-o.nsl1lIYpoito.ns.l1&lIl1lIY..po..it.o.nst.l1&lIY..po..it.o.nstl1lIYpoitons.l1&lIY..po..it.o.ns00.l1lIYpoitons00thesz14.p.ositlcansthesz14positlcansconsthe--sz14thesz14...--.-. & & \ .- .-.p.ositl-cans.p.ositlcans.p.ositlcans4positlcans4. . . itiQai-itiQaiLithiaitiQaindvitiation.,,'- . -00.00.-44--&' ndnci'ncinci'thencithecither.' the.the.-the-.-thecapture'thecapturetheatre.- cspturecapture'capturect.ptctptcatty. :re.re.' ofGf.Gff-ft-hora-.wothora.wofthora.wohooraythorax.- t&ora-t&oratoratoraht&orawouldtorawouldtfiom--.wo.i14.-tfiomwoi14.tfiom.wo.i14.woi14torchwoodTimtfiom.wo.i14.o-

r.

tfiomwoi14o-

r

&- -- .-_. . would.! lt.lt. -. . ., . . .-_ . . . . .- . . .- . . . . . .

_.k.>_*st .. . *_'tt\.i'K'tttt.i'KiK'

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\....'."..'."

,

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M"M.,..."

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it.ditdit'd. .

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iuiniuthe.lithe. . .n.... ...---the.the.the,- , . .

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tIJtiiitaciss\

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-29-29.29-.29-.29-

without

29-

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LEooONtf.LEooONtfLEJJONd.LEJJONdLEa3ONLookoutEnjoined$ .

65.65. Ai.i.ii. . Knowledge of human nature isjs necessary to strong leadership.leadershipleadership.-

Leadership

leade-rship

leadership.-

Lead.ership

leade-rship

leadership.-

Leadership

leade-rship

.

LeadershipLead.ership. is closely associated withwi th the exercise of corrjnthd.corrjnthdcorr.mljd.corrmljdcorrmnd.corrmndCorinthcorm. [, .

66.66. After forty-eightfortyeight- hours in action units must be reorganizedreorganized-

and

reorganiz-

edand sooner if opportunityoPlortunityortunityfortuityop.op., permits.permitspermits.lipermits. Withdrawalthdrawalthrall\lili\ of troopstrotaro opaopal is miremuremoremurexmire-

likely

irrecl-

aimably

mur-

elikely

M-uriel

mor-

elikely

mon-

keylikelikely tot become necessary through failure to reorganize thantJanJan] froirfroInfromfriargroinfroir-

exhaustion.

froIn-

exhaustion.

from-

exhaustion.exhaustion.exhaustion.

67.67. Personalersonal: reconnaissancerecunnaissance of positions of readiness should bebe-

made

be-

aded

be-

made

be-

aded

be-

made

be-

adedmade prior to going into action.action. This is especially true beforebefore-

entering

enfor-

cement

before-

entering

enfor-

cement

before-

entering

enfor-

cemententering a big battle.battle. This is a factor in preventing confusionnfusjoninfusionconfusi-

oni

confusion-

sid

nfusjona-

ud

confusion-

and

confusi-

on

confusio-

nsinfusi-

on

ci

sidaudandMaud, loss of control.controlcontrol.-t

contro-l

." .. . "

, . . . , . . ' " t#11,ftf\1"f1"1\i ::': v? " 1.1'"

.. . . . ". . i', , ' . . .J.wJw. . >. <. ,. . r.1J.1.1J1.1J1' . 't.t' f . . .VMIwhL..rVMIwhLr. *.. WR.... "' ... . . .... . . , . -. . .. . . . k. , ..: Yt.Yt. '. . *. .-.. - ...-. -.w.w. - . '. .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

6"

"' "aa" " " o'o' TI"TI"' '' '. '' T\T\ ''' ' -a"\a"aa"r"' :\ "

. . r-r . " _.

J:. .... ., . . . .II. rI -. .. 1.1... ' , " _

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Supports

S-

upports

'"' ' " .

14.1-

4n.

1-

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