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3.3. Cantigny-CantignyCantigay-CantigayCantingAntiguaCantignyFileCantignyileCantigayFileCantingAntigua- FileileNile of Field Orders and Memorandumsemorandums of FirstirstPirstPairs Division ,

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tail-boneBennett , and CaptainUaptain C.R.CRG.R.GR. . Huebner.HuebnerRaebner.RaebnerHerbertBrenner. on file in Fourthiourthb'ourthbourth' SectioniSeotionTheSectionEmotioneotiontTheemotion, he InfantryInfantryb-

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advancea Y811Ce duringdu.ring. : thet e offensiveof'fensoffensoffends' ivoiv of .....arch.al.chalch.archBacharch1,1918arch11918. -1,19181,191811918-..,1,111, , ':J18 ana3uCJ.3uCJan.LanLanal(. . tnetilethetine suusequentsuusequel1subsequentt(9)9( ) 1stDivision1st.J)1vision1st.J1vision1stJ1visionlst.vivisionlstvivision,. ) routeJ.'outeJouteJute.' of0'1.01.01' .' the British.0ritish0ritishritish. ) . , . ' . (9)9) Jhe1hetheHe '

, oth.Army.othArmyth.d.l'my.thdlmyRotarythinlybth.drmy.(9)bthdrmy.9bthdrmy9( sSeCtOl'SeCtOlsectorSectctoractor *was"'aa' as aiaLa Uiis"hishisthisLuis" time stillstill-History sil-liest still-history sil-liest still-history sil-liestHistory t,t-page

p-

agepage 69.69. very'Very' active especially iniuis artiilury.JheartiiluryJhearti.LleJ..y.\hearti.LleJ..y.hearti.ileryeeartiileryeeartilleryarti.LleJ..y.he.re.L'JIl811artiLleJyhereLJIl811. .. . ...

\ he aerman\.re.L'JIl811re.LJIl811.re.L'JIl811reLJIl811airmanaermanArtilleryseem\. . ' I1 /ArtilleryArtillery.1.'tille.L'Y1tille.LY1tilleLYsrtilleeysortilege/,. . .( ' .' bentent.entsentKent. overover-

an

overr-

an

over-

an

overr-

an

over-

ail

over-

allanail averagenv rage of 3,40034003,434, O rounasroundsrotundasl'ounlounlon' s aailyu.ailyuailydailyquail. anaaiidaida u.u. the American.w.mericaZlwmericaZlumerieanmetricalMercian. . artillerya.i.'ti.J..lel'JaitiJlelJanti-LlerjantiLlerjAttilaLeer. .' .-.. ' returneuceturneu.ceturneureturnedreturneecreaturereturneu-

tne

ceturneu-

.tnreturned-

the

return-ee

creatu-re

return-ed

: .

tnethetinetn compliment with approximatelyAPiroximately) threethl'eathleatheca' timebtimetimes tnatthatnatt st amount.amount. JuaoneJuan': .LJ.tjLJtj. . puak.f.lakflakpakpuak-

of

Pa-k

..f.lak-

of

.) ;

of this Artillery,:. ,L"tLt" il1ery fire was reached.l.'eacI.ledleacIledemailed. .' . on tLotheLo nightnijthtninth; oflit'lit' iay3tiyi8L.ay3,1918Lay31918L.ayLayay.ay. 2.-2.&. -3tiyi83tiyi8-3,19183,191831918-; t, 1918 whenwhen-

ohe

whe-

nce

when-

une

wh-en

when-

uhe

wh-enoheuneuheheJune JrermansGermansRemainsermansGermans sentseutsuet over more than It,000It00010,00010000lb,000lb000) , mustard gas and nighhigh exp.osiveexposiveeX'p-osiveeX'peXposiveexplosivecostiveexp.osive-

shells

explos-ives

eX'posive-

shells

eXposive-

shells

explos-ives

exposive-

shells

explos-ives

'.-_

shells within a periodJel'iodJeliodJellied! ' of 3g3-33hours- hours on the 16th.Infantry16thInfantrylbth.lllfslltr-ylbth.lllfslltrylothcloth ., infantry- initl the vicinity(10)10( ) Ist.DivisioIstDivisiolst.Divisio.oflstDivisioofist.Divisio.ofistDivisioof. . .ofof._ VillersVillers-FillersVillers-ournelleVillersournelleVillersournelleFillersCornell-:':'ournelleournelleCornell' causing LomeOl11GwoiileLonewile:.; SbO660Bo6 ::> 0 casualties.casualtiesoasuslties.oasuslties. (10)10(10-

)History10-

History((10-

)History10-

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)History10-

History)

History ,pagetsgesage? 74.74r/4.r4.r4./ . Jno1.hu1huyixuJunoix'

. uermanu-ermanuermanueimranHermanBermanemigrant- lines oppositeoP1Josite thothethou 1st.Division1stDivisionlst.jivisionlstjivisionlst.livisionlstlivision. ) v/ereverewere/ garrisoned byby-

the

b-yte

by-

the

b-yte

by-

the

b-ytethe 271st and ii72nd272nd..egiments272nd.egiments272ndegiments? 2nd.2nd. . .egimentsegimentsgimentsregimentsgimlets. of the 82nd82nd.Reserve82ndReserve.HeserHester e Division.Division.Division.. . Jho1ho'mhomhoHo;'

<i72nd.i72nd72nd.72nd72ndei72nd-

.held

i72nd-

held

; 72nd-

.held

72nd-

held

72nd-

eheld

.

held the high ground to the north of the vijlagevi.1.1agevi1.1agevi11agevillage. . and the 2--171st21-71st- 71st held thethe-

villageS-

heilathe-

villageS-

heilathe-

villageS-

heilavillage and theth.e. area to the immediateiJ.mediateiJmediateiiimediate., ! souuh.souuhsouijh.souijhsouth.southsough. j achBachoh regimentregiment'lasregimentlasregimentalswas\'las'laslas\' disposeddisposed-

with

dispo-sed

disposed-

with

dispo-sed

..

withwi th one battalionbat ta lion in the front linesoneliuesonelimestonebluestonelines , one in support and the thirdthil'dthildchild' inin-

reserve

un-

reserved

inl-

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in-

lO

infl-

ow

in-

roorve.

m-

irrorreserveroorve.roorvegroovel'OlOroorve.'heroorvehegroove' $ Ol'va.OlvaOva' ,. '-'he'hehe.-:'heha supportsu'ppertsuppertsupper' battalions'uaua' t talionstalons were locatedlees.lees. teelTel in thothethou vicinityvie inimini ty ofof'' j3oisDoisBoisDorisj3ois-

do

Dois-

do

Did-

oBois-

do

Bo-

isdo flramicourtramicourtYramicourtflameoutrancor and oisDoisBoisLoisDoris de laivalfwithlalvalwithinlvalwithLavalinvalid, the reserve oattalionsbattalionbattalions aooutauoutabout I'dId12ll-

lllst.Division

1-

2(11)lst.Division

1-

211lstDivision

' ,

(11)1st.Division111st.Division111stDivisionlllst.DivisionlllstDivision(11)lst.Division11lst.Division11lstDivision( )} . kilometers to the rear.rear. (11)11(11-)History

11-History

(11-)History

11-History

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11-History

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History ,page 77.77. SHUTH1T&TSHUNT&-

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To.JoJo'lolo'. ! the men of the divisionwhodivisiondivision ,who had spents.IentsIentsent. ? thet : .ee. coldrainyoOldrainycolorationmoldering, winterwinter-

inthe

winte-

ringwinter-

inthe

winte-

ringwinter-

inthe

winte-

ringintheinter training areaar a and in tnothenot G mud of0'1.01.01' .' the AnsauvilleAllsauvi11eAsheville sectorthesectorseatoI'seatoIseato' , the warmwarm-

sun

war-

ms

warm-

sun

war-

ms

warm-

sun

war-

mssun and dry ground of ficardyicardyIlicardyfriarycardBilliard came as thetr realizationreslizresize tionion of a beautifulbeautifuld-

ream.

beaut-iful

beautifuld-

ream.

beaut-iful

beautifuld-

ream.

beaut-ifuldream.dream. 4hethe! he country side was dotted with numerous small villagesvillages-

nestled

villa-ges

villages-

nestled

villa-ges

villages-

nestled

villa-gesnestled in the low groundgl'OunU.glOunUgluon' . betweynbetwef.tnbetweftnbetween.: the fcentlyentlycentgentlyi e tlytally rolling hilishills covered withwith-

unharvested

with-

unharvested

with-

unharvestedunharvestedunattested crops and8lld with herehe.LheLheel. e and there small patches of well keptkept-

orchards

ep-

ochalkept-

o

kep-

t

kept-

orchards

ep-

ochalorchardso chardscards and woods ailall laden with tnethetine fullfu11 green foiagefoliagefo lge of Spring.Springipriug.ipriugprigSpring.-A

ipriug.-A

Sprin-g irrigat-e .A

A veritable network of improved roads simplified the problem ofof-

transportation

of-

transportation

of-

transportationtransportation although those roads near the front lines hadhad.. at thethe-

time

tea-

time

the-

time

tea-

time

the-

time

tea-

timetime ofthethe Battle of dantignyOantignyCantignydauntinglyAntigenCanting become badly torn upup-byupbyby"by"- the intenseintens-

eartillery

incon-

vertible

intens-

eartillery

incon-

vertibleartillery firetire'tiretire'sotiresofire'sofiresotiresfires' so that it was hard fortortore even a one mule ration cartcarlcard toto-

pas.

to-

ps<12)12112)112 ) Personal.PersonalP.er8onal.Per8onal.Per8onal.., Pafipas.pasAffilpass.pass. -. I1(12)12( * ) Thee suteoilsubeoilsubsoilsterol of the entire area was of chalk so that allall-

the

alt-

hea

all-

the

alt-

hea

all-

the

alt-

heathe trenches in the sectorlector had parapets of white ( 12)12)

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fa.fafe.fefe.turefeturefeature... ture'tu.L'etuLeturrettulle':. ' of thattllattollgate section of the line uiaaidia,.. *..clcl. aiVordeuapivorousafof :'oJ'dec.i.oJdeci'ordeciordeciodehorde'

:' . . excellente-k..ollentek..ollenteiCcepic-.. llelltleally ouservationousel'vltionouselvltionobservationoutsellingouservation-

as

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observatio-ns

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asaseiiASCII/eiieiiiellyell,iiell, / as cover for1'01'101' ' a concentrationcOJ..centratinncOJcentratinncol.eentrtinncoleentrtinn. . , of troopstl'OOptlOOplOOp' andawl artilleryaJ."tilleryaJtillery." ; in casecase-

itscask-

ets

case-

itscask-

ets

case-

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ets ,.its defenders contemplatedcontemlJlatedconstellated an attack.Jh.attackJhattack.'h.attackhattack.'h.8attackh8attack.lh.attacklhattackattach. ...' . oanti0nyUaatinyAbating\/88\/ tinNtinny, :.; plateau91J.tGSU91JtGSU1).Latoau1.Latoau1Latoau) . : . is bounueubou.nu.eLLbounueLLbounaeuBournebounueu-

on

bou.nu.eL-

Lon

bounaeu-

on

Bour-ne

. .

on tnetHetine immediateinnnedial.einnnediale. southsoutllsoul anaandan eabtGas\GaseasteatGasoyGasify\, uyoy fait-lyfaitlyiaiclyai..LyaiLylaicallydaily,.. -' . u.eepueepU.6tJtJU6tJtJuetLjjeepduet. ; ; .ravines.caviwJs.caviwJsaviaes.aviaescaviesaviates; ,. 0.000..' 0o UtiGtheting:.ee. nortn-nortnL10l'tn-L10l'tnL10ltniaortn-iaortnNortonabortnortn-

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north-

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L10l't-

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L10lt-

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dior-

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east of tjiethetie villagevilla.-evilla.e.,-;villa on anotherarhothurearshotauotauto; l0J:' piece'piece' of hihinhislJ.hislJhurlchinhis-nn- . Aroundgl'ouudglouuderouudloudproud' is> the ;:ois)015015Lois) detiede-

j

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.- e.e. Jo1o":00: tntiJ.0tiJ0thothou. - jestvestwest- ; of thetlletulle vixiaixiasviJ.viJvi.vi.,. LLn s'eseJe,

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i;; h,-

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features

hous-

efathers

those-

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'JheJheHe' he front lines of tnothothlonothouhallo two regiments of the firstti st DivisionDivision-

occapying

Div-ision

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Divis-ion

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Divis-ionoccapyingoccupyingoccaBocaoccapBoca yingdyingin thisthithin sectorseatorsenator prior9rior to the oattleattlebattleRattle wv/t-svts/ )- s from rirightht to leftloft cisLasCPIscis-

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foll07s iII'IIII-'.Degining

II-DeginingS-idelining*'followsfoll0\7sfoll07sfollo.isfolloisfollies\. ;: ae.DeginingDeginingDeigningbeginingbegriming. iningdining at the uois.ooisooisquoinsLois. OelettinElectingele0eledele tin the1i e line rai.raira.LraLraidUral. ., in a northerlynortherly-

directionnort-

herlynortherly-

directionnort-

herlynortherly-

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herlydirection throughtthought the boisGoisLoisEgoism UQdoe FountainetarouidFountainearow.dFountainearowdiountainearouwdFountainheadmountaineer, ,. the eastern tip ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe UoisBoisQuoins de CantiAntiantitnyCantinyentityCantina(,; ;;ny v/nichvnichwhichnichewhichaswhich/ vas8S-asas.- ',.' the uoundryboundryfoundryboundary betweenbetvleen regiraents.i'ToinregiraentsiToinregiments.mregimentsmregimentationregimentsre iments.J.l"omimentsJlomdimension. .'

; rom" herehere-

the

hea-

rth

here-

the

hea-

rth

here-

the

hea-

rththe line turned directly west and ran along-alonglongalongtheelongate- the northern edge of thethe-

0is

tthe-

Bois

the-

ories

lele-

Dois

L-

eos0isDoisBoisDoris ueciede OantignyUantignyAntigenUalltAlt ignypigmy to uois.DaisDais.ioisioisquoinsIOUs. OarreUarJ.'eUarJe4arreOaredAre.' ata ti which point it again turned northnorth.north.-

and

northl-

and

,,.

and parsedi)8i8)asseilassie;jSeJose (. throughthl'oughthloughthough' oisDoisBoisLoisDoris biiste1iisbe'jIisbejIisbebistreibises&' and tnenthenteenti en up over thetile wusteruwesternWisterWUSUS lierLlliberally slope ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe Canti&nyCantinyCantignyCantinaCantingCant ignypigmy& Plateau.ilateauilateau.? atdta t a point approximately 60060U yards to the w4a.tw4atV/Qz.tVQz.tvftft/; . ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

t.he

ot-

her

of-

the

of-

tenthet.he. village.villagevillage.-

The

villa-ge

.

The sectorsseotors to eithereitlJ.ereitlJerepistler. flank were occupied.cupiedcupiedcupido. by Frenchirenchr'renchrrenchirenic' troops.troopstroops.-

Only

troo-ps

troops.-

Only

troo-ps

troops.-

Only

troo-ps

.

Only that portion of the line to thehe north of the aois.1)01s.101s101sbossDaoism. ) dede-

uantigny

da-

untingly

de-

uantigny

da-

untinglyuantignyantigen was directlydlreot1y involved in the battle , althoughalthdugalthalt ugh sowesomesowed of thethe-

reactions

ite-

rationsthe-

reactions

ite-

rationsthe-

reactions

ite-

rationsreactions of the Germanserr s after the attack was felt by the J6th.InfantryJ6thInfantry6th.lnfantry6thlnfantry16th.Infantry16thInfantry. ,

which occupied that part of the sector to the south of the BoisoisLois dede-

Cant(14)14( ) Personal.Personal2eraonal.2eraonalPersonal.-F.0.14Persona-lF014

. Cantigny.CantignyOantigny.OantignyCantingAntigenCant igny.ignypigmy. (14)14(14-)f.0.14

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ee-

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in

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contin-

ental

oontinu-

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contin-

ental

continu-

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contin-

entaluntil zero hour plus 1 hour and 15 minutes.minutes. The heavy artillery waswas-

to

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to

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elength

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and were to preoeedpreenedpreoepekoe the assault wave of the units whose sectorsseotorsseotors-

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top

flat-

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toptop of the plateau.plateau. 'i'heihe'JheJhehe' !' cellars andand.. dugoutsd.ugouts. whicnwhicwhiciiwhinewhich had not been completelycompletely-

destroyed

comp-letely

completely-

destroyed

comp-letely

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comp-letelydestroyed were to be occupiedoooupied and to form the line of redoubtsredoubts.,. jneTheJaneThe-

accompanying

'jne-

accompanying

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cromancy? hehe-

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he-

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the-

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he-

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the-

line

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no writtenvvritten orders prepared9repared below the division and that the divisiondivision-

order

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order

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order

divis-ionorder with its numerous annexes and operations maps was as voluminousvoluminous-

as

volumino-

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more

inoluded-

more

inclu-ded

infold-

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regimental

tem-

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the-

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the-

regimental

tem-

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by

oarried-

by

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as

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not

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not

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following

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reserve

the-

reforeft# 393,1st.3931st.3931st393lst.393lst393,1st.-DiT.May

3931st-DiTMay

393lst.-Dlv.J4ay

393lst-DlvJ4ay

393,1st.-Div.May

3931st-DivMay

, .DiT.MayDiTMayDlv.J4ayDlvJ4ayDiv.MayDivMayDismayDiva. 19 , reservereslrveresolve area in thethlhl rioinityvicinityproximityTioln1 ty of MaisonoeUplMlsonoelJ.llMlsonoelJlkaisonoel3sMadisonmillstone. for training for thethe-

19X8

the-

attack.

th-

eatric19X81918.1918 . :! , .

attmok.attmokattaGk.attaGkattack.attackmattock. HereHire a pieoepiloepekoepilepiece of terraint.rraintrraintrain. veryvertavert similiarsimilar to that upon whichwhiohwhioh-

sevln

wh-

ose----sevlnsevlnseven"----seven--sevenseven-

le

seve-

n

-_-__ff-

hee

, . .

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

CsntignyCantignyCastingCanting stood twaswas, was selected for the training.training. JhesheHehe impending attackattack-was

attac-kas

attacke-

rasatta-

ckattac-

ksattack-

erswaserasas rehearsed threetbu'eetbueetutee' timesthetrimester, first time with only tnethetine officers taking-takingtaking-

parttaki-

ngtaking-

parttaki-

ngtakin-

gpartihetak-ing

-

partpartihepartied; JheHehe second time with the officers and non-commissionednoncommissionednon-commis-conedcommisconedcommiesnon-commisnoncommiscommies- - ionedironed officersofficers-

walkingoffi-

cersofficers-

walkingoffi-

cersofficers-

walkingoffi-

cerswalking through it and the last time with all troops G'oinjGoinjGoinG'GoinGUoin-UoinQuoinUointhrough' -' throughtbu'ouShtbuouShbuyoutsthrough-

the

tbu'ouSh-

the

tbuouSh-

the

thoug-

ht'

the manoever.manoevermaneuver. Ai'terAiterAfterGaiter' each rehearsal detailed critiuaescritiquesoriHori tiLl.lestiLllestillers{ . were held andand-

errorsban-

derols

and-

e

anod-

e

and-

errorsban-

derolserrors'rorsrorsroarse ' pointed out.outout ., A.d.d. .. huge sandtablesandaled was constructedconstruoted depictin0del1ictindepicting allall-

the

alt-

hea

all-

the

alt-

hea

all-

the

alt-

heathe knownknovmnom featuresfeaturos orof'of' the fortifications of the villagevillvilla ge .InIn. InInA.ddiNadirAdditionidditionAddition-

All

Additio-nAl

-A.ddiA.ddiAddis-_ iddition-

All

addition-

ally

. t ionion-

All

fin-

allyAll, Officers and ion-CommissionedionCommissionedj.on-Commissionedj.oniion-CormnissionediionCormnissionedjon,.*. - Officers were shown lantern slidesslides-

ofslid-

esof Aerial phonographshojographsphotographshomographs of the area over which the attack was to bebe-

madetat

b-

eadiest

be-

madest

b-

eadiest

be-

madeat

b-

eadiestmadetatmadestmadeatmaddest, which time a0.0. detailed interpretation ofcff eaea"11ea11earnea"11asea11as"':' n was/asasbias/ made oyby a

(29)29( 9)9) Personal.Personal.eersonal.eersonalersonal.ersonal. . Frenchironch4'rench4renchironic' Officer #$ ) . .

uljJUl'41UAUl41UA) ', iA'ncwb.iAncwbinciA'ncwb.-

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Ihe

incu-bi

T' IO.l.lli.IOllli10m'3.10m3.10m3'.IO.l.lli-

.e

10m'3.-

The

10m3-

The

. . .

I'heIheTheHe' e relief of the Ifath.InfantryIfathInfantry16th.Infantry16thInfantryl8th.Infantryl8thInfantry. by the 2tith.2tith26th.26th28th.Infantry28thInfantry. Infantry beganbegan-

on

bega-

non the night of kayluaylay 2o,19182o191826,19182619182 tl, 18 wnenwilenwhenneonwile the 2nd.saltalion2ndsaltalion2nd..D3ttalion2nd.D3ttalion2ndD3ttalion2nd..attalion2nd.attalion2ndattalion. .. entlent.ventventKent.:.; into positionposition-

in

positioni-

ngin the Bois tttisse.tttissetisse.tisse6tfisse.6tfisse. i'heiheThe1ihehe!' remainder of the regiment moved in and werewer-

eall

whe-

re'll

wer-

eall

whe-

re'll

/all reported in position for the attac.attacattacJattach., .. at 3:903903:1031030: # A.k.AkA.Li.ALiA.LAL. . Laylliayhayallay 28,1918/In28,1918281918In28,1918Ini-

ncident

281918Ini-

ncident28,19lS.2819lS.2819lS2891918.28919182891918.n2891918n, ,./;/nn/nn-

incident

i-

ncident

n-

incident

i-

ncidentincident occuredocouredoccurred on the night of ilaylayinlayy 26-27,19162627,191627191626-27,191827,1918271918- , which caused considonsid-onsidconsid-consideronsideconsid-

erable

consid-

erable

onsid-

erable

consi-

derable

¬-

erablearable anxiety on the partportp rt of the entire divisionJhedivlsion.divlsiondivision.division,. + he 2nd..battalion2nd.battalion2ndbattalion2nd..battalion-

had

2ndbattalion-

had

2nd.Battalion-

had

2nd.2nd. . attalionbattalionattalion-

had

battali-onhad no sooner relieved a battalion of the 16th.Infantry16thInfantry18th.Infantry18thInfantry18th.18th. Infantry than a heavyheavy-

barrage

harb-orage

heavy-

barrage

harb-orage

heavy-

barrage

harb-oragebarrage was put down by the GrermansGermans and this was followed by a strongstrong-

raid

stron-ger

strong-

raid

stron-ger

strong-

raid

stron-gerraid on the 2ndBattalion2nd.Lattalion2ndLattalion2nd.2nd*. attalionbattalion 28th.Infantry28thInfantry26th.26th. Infantry as well as on the let1st BattalionBattalion-

26th.Infantry

Battalion-

26thInfantry

Battalion2-

6th.

Battalion-

26th

Battalion-

26th.Infantry

Battalion-

26thInfantry26th.Infantry26thInfantry26th.26th. Infantry in the Bois tfountaine.tfountaineiountaine.iountainefountain. Fortunatelyortunately no prisionereprisionersprisonerprisoners werewere-

lostwh-

eels

were-

lostwh-

eels

were-

lostwh-

eelslost by the 28th.Infantry28thInfantry28th.28th. Infantry but the enemy did succeedsuooeedsoloed in making a slightslight-

penetration

lig-htener

slight-

penetration

lig-htener

slight-

penetration

lig-htenerpenetration of the line held by the 26th6th.Intantry6thIntantry26th.Infantry26thInfantry*. Infantry and took prisionerprls10nerprisonerprisionert-

wo

prls10nert-

wo

prison-ertwo members of the'the' 26th.Infantry.26thInfantry.26thInfantry26th.26th. Infantry.Infantry. It was so vitallyvit.9.l1yt9.l1yt9l1y. . irnoortantir:19ortantir19ortantimportantignorant: that tLatheLatLa-

enemy

ta-

ndem

tt-

nemy

e-

nemy

the-

enemy

He-

nleyenemynemyEmmy obtain no informationinfinfo rmationration of the impending attack that kajorhajormajorkajor-

Theodore

hajor-

Theodore

JorJourJor-

Theodore

Or-

thodoxTheodore Itooseveljjilooseveliiooseveltfilose in commandoommand of the 1stlot Battalion 26th.Infantry26thInfantry26th.Infantry-

made

26thInfantry-

made

26th.26th. InfantryInfantry-

made

Infantry-

manmade an immediate counteroounter raid in an attempt to recapturereoapture the twotwo-

jtaerican

two-

merlcan

wo-

nderland

two-

AmericanjtaericanmerlcanAmericantarrianceMercian prieioners.prieionersprislonera.prisloneraprisioners.prisionersprisonersprisoner. In this heliee was uneaooesafulune.ooessfuluneooessfuluneaooessfulunremorsefuluneasiness. but did succeed inin-

taking

in-

itialing

in-

taking

in-

itialing

in-

taking

in-

itialingtaking prisionerpri810nerprisoner three ofot tfcetheface germane.germanegermans.germansr.mans.rmansmans. . The loss1081lose of these two prisonersris'onerlrisonerlprisionersprisonerprisoners-

was

ris'onerl-

was

risonerl-was

prisioners-

was

prisone-

rsprison-

er'

was serious as it waswaBswab notnot knownkn tm nowhow muchmuohmouth theyth8yla1ewknew of the impendingimpending-

attack.

impen-ding

impending-

attack.

impen-ding

I

II

I

attack.attack. However tnatheEtna fact that the attackattaok waswaaWada a complete suprise8upr11'8upr11supervise' waswas1I0I-

o.

was1I0-

Io

1

I

1I

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.Personal.

jT8ph-

Personal

reph.phph-

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. .LL.A:itI/ItIo:4oIo4o/ o:4oo4o0:4:5045$ :4S4S: : A.A.LL.ae.L.46aeL.46aeL46. !. , .. . i.ayiay.D.yDyi..ayay. ... . ,..; u,1916u1916L,191bL191bv , 191b tiiethetie -!: ...c-rtiilerv.crtiilerv..till'el"YtillelYtillertile.tiller' "

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nal

, . I'I1\1"11"fr'\*, . ', r"" aujusui'QntaujusuiQntaljus'C611taljusC611taciacid( jusjugs ': ]: .ententKent'!. . nW'W< '._ ooD"CoDCoo f" 4.44.4'-4.44.4'444.4'L.44Lb.b. G'- A;_L.L. . . ihi&ihithlsthisii: & firfire-fire-,ffireiJfire"II" < .; croasediJ'crJlsediJcrJlsedcreasedincrustediJu ' cr != )asedasked( i.iisin. ;

. intensityintensity-

ana

intensity-

and

intensi-tyanaand all artillerya.ctilleryactillery. rifiea101'ified.101ified.101ifiedverifiedrife/' ' . adjustment.adjustment. At o:4jo4j64o;) :44:; : A.AA.A. . .:_. . ,. cilaiicoiliill artillery3J'tillery3Jtillery' ,

including calibrescalibL'escalibLescalibers: ' of 75ram75mm , 1561b5155 nnn.nnnmm.mm. , .ibOnra.ibOnra,50rmi.50rmi.50rmibonadj.:., rnm.rnmnm! . andnd JoOrjm.JoOrjmbOr.nn.bOrnnJorumbOnn2 0r.0r. . , and tnethetinetne-

heavy

Te-

heran

the-

heavy

t-hee

the-

heavy

t-heeheavy trench raortorsmortorsrotorsmotors startedst rtedrated inan intense conrtercounterCOD tertear batteryinterdictionbatteryil1tcrdictionbattery , interdiction ,

preparation fire .AtAt. Att 6:43643: the preparation fire ceasedc sedseed andDudcad theth(31)31( ) ool.li.-ool.li.ljol.ll.ljollluol.Ii.uolIipolloiool.li.lydollishly. . -_ . lyly-

"eoortly-

eoortfle-

awortrollingrollongprolongrol1 ng barrageba.rrage. was outputbut down according to scheduleschedule.schedule.-

At

schedu-

le

,. ( j rr-ar

ra-

re. "Deporteort"e-oort"eeoortort<a-rar-,-> nv f1.f1. ofof-j

o-f

n-PnP- >

j2:: JunoJune 1918.19181918-.Im'o.jj'ile

191-8Imojjile

1918-.Ini

1918-Ini

. At exactly 6-i56i5o:45o45: J5- A.u.AuA.41-A.41A.AA.41theA41the. ! .- the barragebRrrage lii'tetftholiitetftholifteIthelibrettofiftiethliftelifted' ( , th tankst nksinks limberedlumberedlimbered-

forvvard

limb-ered

Ivlumbered-

forward

lumb-ered

beredbaredbere-dlnlo.iileIm'o.jj'ileImojjilelnlo.iilelnloiileImmobilelinaloollnlo.iileO-b5lnloiileO-b5IniMini'o.ror. ' ileNileile-055L4.

ile-055L4055-13-4.055134.055134.Ob54.Ob54055-L-4.055L4.L055134.-

t

055134-

t

Ob5-Ob5- -4.4.- . forvvardfor8ardforward andan4 wore immediately followed by the first wave of Infantry ,

whichwhieh advanced uncter'WlcisrWlcisrunderGunterLacier' perfectperf"ect" ccntrolcentrolcontrolcentrol1iwithin\1i1i\ thin oObO yards 01ofO thotbethethoutube barragebarrage-

tailingbarr-

agebsrlburlbarrage-

takingbarr-

ageageage-

talting

agi-

tatingtailingtaltingtakingtatting advantage ofof'' all possible1.Jossible1Jossibleossible,

.) cover while waiting'HaiHaiHari' ting for the barragebaj"ragebajragebarrage-

to

baj"rage-

to

bajrage-

to

barra-ge

, ,"

to move on.on. ContraryUontrary to most OAofo the nistoriansllistorianshistorianslittorals thothethou men diadiddialdi notnot-

aavance

not-

advance

int-

endance

not-

advance

int-

endanceaavanceadvance iniii perfect jlignmentolignmentalignment outlJutbutJut rather by small staggered groups ,

advancing from cover to cover.cover. All IrnownknownRenown dugouts and cellars hadhad-

x

ha-d

had-

been

ha-

dean

aclACLUac-

lbeen

ba-

leenx

been plotted on eacheacllleally platoon commandersoOlimanderaooimandersoleandergoosander! , ; map and small groups ofof'of-

men

o-

men

of'-

men

of-

men

o-

men

of-

men

o-

men

'

men had been assigned the task of policing eachsoeach, mhenJlhenhenJohn the villagevillage-

was

villa-gewas reachedreaohed each group moved directly to its task and without thethe-

least

tel-

ecast

the-

least

tel-

ecast(33(32)32( ) PersonaliPersonal.Personal. least confusion proceeded to feopmoplopfop up.(32)up.32up32ug.(32)ug.32ug32. ( ) .

'xhe'sheshehehe attackattaak canoanDoan best be described bpbyb, treating eacheaohLeah companycompan-

yseparate

com-pany

compan-

yseparate

com-pany

compan-

yseparate

com-panyseparate as each had somewhat diferentdlferentdifferent conditionsonditions under which toto-

operate.

co-

operate

to-

operate.

co-

operate

to-

operate.

co-

operateoperate.operate.

Company 'A'A'A ' on the extremeextol"emeextolemeextol" right flangeflank had perhaps thethe-

hardest

he-

adrest

the-

hardest

he-

adrest

the-

hardest

he-

adresthardest task of all.all. Two1'wo1wo' platoons of this company swungvungbung out acrossaorossacross-

the

acro-ss

aoross-

the

aori-st

across-

the

acro-ssthe ravine from the old front line in the northernDorthernnortern edge of the BoisBois-

de

Boi-

se

Bois-

de

Boi-

se

Bois-

de

Boi-

sede CantignyOant1g'nJOant1gnJCanting' and sincesinoesine this line was parafel\parafelparafeltopara11paradeparapetpara ]* l\ to the direction of thethe-

attaokthe

the-

attao

th-

reatthe-

attaorthe

te-

acartattaoktheattaortheattaintedattarattaocattalo ] he companyoompanyootnpanyhootenanny hadba to pivot on its right flank and describe anan-

arc

ana-

rchy

an-

arc

ana-

rchy

an-

arc

ana-

rchyarc of approximately 90 degreesdegree.degree. to take itsitaKita objectiveobJeotive facingfaoingfavoring to thethe-

east.

the-

reat

the-

eaat.

the-

reat

the-

east.

the-

reateast.easteaat.eaateat. In making this swing the left of the company had to extendextend-

into

exten-

ding

exten-

duto

extenu-

ator

extend-

into

exten-

dingintoutoauto the ravinravmravineramraving?, to the south ofot the village which was under thethe-

enfilade

te-

nfoldthe-

enfilade

te-

nfoldthe-

enfilade

te-

nfoldenfilade fireti , of'otot' enemy. machinemaohiueMathieu gunssuns locatedloo.telootelooted. in the vicinityv1oinit1vioinity ofof-

nine

co-

nfine

of-I

o-fI _ , . LI.LI! .. _ : . . .

-

: ;; ;,

; :i[{'

.., _

, ,<*tj

. AWAW-f

A-W

/ ' * i: ,

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, .J.J. . ", ,

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r.5-

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... .

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" .cucu." u.u. ittIt-ItIt10"tHnelltIt10tHnelltit :::-, _,:iovt"ientiovtient10"tHnellt10tHnelltiovtmentbiotinmovementiovt"ient-

than

iovtient-

than

10"tHnell-

ttllnn

10tHnellt-

tllnn

iovtmen-

ttan" } ."

thantllnntanTallinn itit"lasitlasAtlaswas\"las"laslasvas\"; s./es.eS-i'leSi'leileNiles:1e.s1e.s1e-:.'/ ., jtt uyUij a storm of leadleadilichgladioli.nichnichlJ.ichlJich-ilichilichnichelichfilch'-.;.; . ini'lictodinilictodinflicted' suvoroSUVCl'OSUVClOsworesavorSuckle' casualtcasealc-casealccasualtycasualcasualt-

ies

casealc-

ies

cJ.sucJsuJesus: . l-c-lclc-

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li-

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Qx'rix'iL

thist-

QxrixiLhis-

toricalthis-

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' ' kerkernaeroantarrogantel"el" ;;oantantan OAoiof tuytHestudy com.comGOmi.n-GOmi.ncom.z.ncomznGamincozenGOmi.nCOli.._ ,. , . nj;:,,.;- COLACOli./COli.LodiColinCOli.commarld./(, commandcommarldeomniandcommaEtonian GndNdr.r< . > , nd byby"by-

heroicb-

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by-

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b-ye

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; "

heroiche.'oicheoiche.he...:' .icic. efforte1'fo.L'e1fo.Le1foLefforisefforts'. ' s marr.a..a-rr.a..arr.a..afjrr.3a.rr3a.rr3a. .,. .,. a ,.-. f-jfjfeufeud- u(. . to svtvt,jtA thtl1tJth'ithithin' ; remnantl'6Illilantl6Illilantrenziantsreanimates' ::. ofofhooho-hohothe:,-; companycOHlLKlnycomianychillily) to itbitstbitb-

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it(3333( i> 3 ( aptoapt", CJ.CJU.l.Ul,. . objectiveobjC:1ctive.objC1ctive.objC1ctiveobjective.objC:1ctive.3objC1ctive3: ,. \33(3(\ bojboboj-

benay)

benaySenaybeadySiena,:; enaynay ;;:,88, 8 Inf.Inflnf.lnfIlif.IlifInfolfVilify.CompanyUompany "aaIfb'Ifb"ii-"iiii"-If"iioniionion" ' on tnwtbEJthenwtube left of CompanyUompanycompanya"companyacompany"A"A-a"a""'-.l'-.l'l..l'a'-

" atLackedtackedattackeda t due easteast-

ana

East-

man

east-

an

Eastm-

an

east-

and

heads-

tandanaandan . joined up wituwithwitwi tiJ.tiJtai. the left ofof'' companyom1JanyUomuanyRomanyUomuanynr'UomuanynrRumrunner-nr'nr'nr'- A. ," ' . Jhis1hisphisHisAphis oOrpanyvOallYoTanyorphanvocallybotany, !:;,)!)?) sufferedsuffered-

heavy

suffe-red

suffered-

heavy

suffe-red

suffered-

heavy

suffe-redheavy casualtiescasualtiesiI\iIiI\.nile.milemile;

< le crossing-crossingcrossingthecrossing- the ravine fro.afroaf'rOjTIfrOjTIfromfrofrothier' . the same nacnjnemachinenanniesnacnjne-

G'un

nacnjne-

Gun

mach tE:

G'unGunn:,;' firefirevhichfirefight\vhichvhichwhich\ rakedralcedraced CompanyCom9duyOompiuyComply 'AA' ; ' . Jhe1hesheHe' two platoons in thetlJ.etlJetale. secondsecoudsecond-

vave

seco-

ndsecoud-

vave

seco-

ndsecond-

wave

seco-

ndv/avevavewave/ sufferedsui'ferasuiferasierra' most as itsitspositiondispositionpositionJosition-position- loOl5Ulobo1 O yardsyaryard s inin-i.l'l'eal'illealinrearillegallinear.( '- rear' ' of the asas:3a'as3aasaultassault::; aaltalt' .ltlt. wavwav.wavewa-

vleft

wa-

lletwav-

.left

wa-

velet

wav-

.left

wa-

velet

.

left it in the ravine wheievVhel'9vVhel9whei.ewheel.' the men tried to didi\didi.VdiVdiilldill\

.':,' inill under tnethetine heavyl1eavyheavy-

fire.

hay-wire

l1eav-

yfire.

l1eav-

yfire

heavy-

fire.

hay-wirefire.fire. CasualtiesUasualties '. ere.eceeceace,. : so heavy that these platoons soon moved forwardforward-

ana

forward-

and.

forward-

and

forwa-

rdforwar-

dedanaand.and. mergedmel'gadmelgadeland' with thth.t L. , a&saultasaultassault& watfowaWewarewaftwave on the line of surveillance makingmakin-

git

makin-

g(34)34( ) CaptCaapt.c.raaptcrCaputadaptert/apt.C.l.tapt.C.l.tapt.C.l.-Senay/ *. . rJ . it voryveryIvory densely held instead ofof'' tnethetine tnintilinthintenpintiling line planned.plannedplarmed.plarmedpillared. (04)04(54)54(34)34( ) .benaySenaybeadySiena;;' ellayella 28 LI..f.IfL.f.LfI..f.-Personal.

L.f-.Personal.

. . f.ff-.Personal..

Personal.Personal. CompanyompanyUompany 'CCiU'U'U'' r' "dasdaswas"< ;as in battalion reserve i, nddldaid didlid< not receivere..eivereeivere.eivereceive-

many

rece-ive

re..eive-

many

re.eive-

many

rece-ive

.,.. .

many casualties althoughalthoualthough l it moved one platoon forwardforvvard to the southsouth-south-

eastern

south-

eastern

south-

eastern

¬-

eastern ededgeedecede[;e of the village near thetlletulle Chateau where it nelpednielpedhelpedsniveled toto-

organize

to-

boggan

to-

organize

to-

boggan

to-

organize

to-

bogganorganize a strong point inilliii conjunctionoonjunction with the; batialionbattalion machinemaohinemachine-

gun

machi-

nemaohine-

gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

negun company..2hecompany.2hecompany2heoJmpD.ny.roJmpDnyrcompanycompany.company( . . '.+ he remainderltemainderoleander of the Company took position in the Bois

(35)35( ) Capt.C.'J.CaptCJCapt.C.2.CaptC2.CaptC2Caputapt.OaptOapt. .r,2.r2.r2. ', . buisse.buisseuisse.uisseSuisse.Suissebruise. (3535( ( ) .

SenayBenaySienaBuena 288 Inf.InfInfoIn! .CompanyOompany "D11D11liD"liD"D"D" " the left assault company of the 1st.battalion1stbattalionlst.BattalionlstBattalionlst.iiattalionlstiiattalionstigmatization1st.battalionj-

umpted

1stbattalionj-

umpted

lst.Battalionj-

umpted

lst.iiattalionj-

umpted

.

jumptedjumped off from a position in the Bois buisseuisaeSuissebruiseguise on tnethetine western slopeslope-

of

slop-

eof the OantignyCantignyCantiguyAntigenCanting Plateaulateau/andlateauandplateau/ and as it did not have to cross the ravineravine-

it

ravin-

eit escapedesoapedsoaped the machinemaohine gun fire encounteredenoountered by the other companies.companiescompanies-

.This

companies-

.'rhis

companie-

srhis

compa-

nies

companion-

ships

.

This'rhisrhishis' companyoompany did not comeoomeNome under serious fire untiuntiluntil.untie] . it hadhD.dhDdhided. passedp ssedseed throughthrough-

the

thoug-

htthe southern part of the village and reached the geographical orestcrestforestorest-

near

fore-

ster

orest-

near

fore-

ster

crest-

near

creto-

nnenear itiititsziti objectivewhereobjective.whereobjective,. the assault wave walked into heavy grazinggrazing-

fire

grazi-ng

\

fire fromframframe its right frontfroatfrostfrat in the directiondireotion ofot FountaineFountain soussouaeonssoulsSouza MontidiertMontidierfMortifierMontidiert-

This

Montidierf-

ThisThis company encountered very little resistenceresisteneeresistance as all enemy werewere-

keeping

wee-

kending

were-

keeping

wee-

kending

were-

keeping

wee-

kendingkeeping to tnethetine dugouts and deep cellars.cellarsoellars.oellars. Thehe platoons in the secondseoondsecond-

wave

seco-

ndseoond-

wave

seco-

ndsecond-

wave

seco-

ndwave did41d mostmolt of the mopping up in the sector which consistedoonsiltedconsultedconsisted-

principally

con-sisted

oonsilted-

pr1no1pal17

consisted-

prinetpally

con-sistedprincipallypr1no1pal17prinetpally ofot driving the enemy out of hidhi'hihill' dugouts bybl means ofotof-

ro-

f, , - . ' . -5

, " . .. .

. . . . , . .. . . . r*.... 'TT' T.

" . . ,, . . . . .-- tenten---ten--- I

\._ . "'

_'" ,1.1.1, . :...jjijjijib. ; '

:

': ,.':;:, .

;" 'JJJJ' "L.L" . , f , '. vivi-

1'71

vi-

171

,: J

_....___.._.._.. _ _... "' __._.

...... ___..._ ___ _ __ "' _ ,.. .. .. .. h.h... " . .. .. , ..... ... . . . .., , . . . . . ,, \. .... , . . .. . .. . .... . ,. - . , . ' ' " . . . ' " . . .M.M. ... . '

hand ,jrenades'ren2.desren2.desren2des'renadesrenadesgrenades:;:' . andJndand.Nd: . automatic3utomaticauto-autoticautotic-=autistic pistols.pistolspistols.LL. iLl-LLLL*-n one dugoutd.udu. __ out aloneJ.10n8J10n8. two n'euneumenhenne! ' of thethe-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

company

Et-

hiopiancompany foundfOJllfoandfollyfond 47 01or'orof' the enemy nndlndendndland: after KillingKillille'KillilleliilliihzMillvilleLillie;' ui) of01 themtllomtalon the remaindereiaindermeanderremainder-

(36)Jersonal.remainde-

r36Jersonali..... eiainder-

(36)iersonaleeiainde-

r36iersonale

main .erer.

(36)Jersonal.36Jersonal.36Jersonal)2ersonal.2ersonal.2ersonal(36)iersonale36iersonale(33( ) * . walked out and surrendered.surrenderedsurl'endQred.surlendQred' . ( (6666S6)S6S6)-

company

S6-

company

6)66)-

vompany

6-

vompany

])

,"li'liI'll"Ill'iiii"' ' "' on the left ofof'' "D'Dl'lY'llY'W'Wally"' ' ' (' nudshadnude, . . to . . 'Companyvompany CompanyomsnyRomany!? Ll.\I.Ll.I.\; passp3.Sp3S( throurjithl'OUilthlOUilthrouthou,:)h thethe-

centerte-

eterthe-

Genter

te-

eterthe-

center

te-

etercenterGenterGentler of thetLJ.otLJotalon:. villagevillaje: andaudaidMaud had practically9racticalJ.r9racticalJrpracticalhrpractical.; thuthothethou same experienceex-oeriencoexoeriencoobediencee - ) AriencoDarien as diddido-

ornpGny

dis-

coloring

didl-

.or'pcny

did-

lorpcny

did-

uonoany

dis-

union. ' "D1'D1I'Di'IDiMidi"DD"' ; ' in ..' itoornpGnyl.or'pcnylorpcnyuonoanymooringlarcenyuncanny thatth.3tth3t, encountered very littlelittlo resistenceresistance and311Q itsits-

principal

his-

trionically

its-

principal

his-

trionically

its-

principal

his-

trionicallyprincipal task was to mop up the dugoutsQugoutso.ugoutsougouts. endandn cellarscellar v/nerevnerewheremerew/ e e it tooktook-

many

book-

man

took-

many

book-

man

took-

manly

book-

manmanymanly prisioners.prisionersprisoners. This'rhisrhishis'...oraoony.om.9.nyom9.nyom9nyonpanyracooncompany. .om.9.nyotom9nyot]

.

:;... got-otot[-; slislidsli11tly,;.nn.iitlyfitlyly out ofot its sector in gassingJlssiugLosinggassing-

through

gas-sing

Jlssiugt-

hroU

gassing-

through

gas-sing

: :

throughthroUthoU ;;h the ruins ofoi'oi' the villagevilla5e :. nd.nd. _ fallenfaileu.faileufaille,. to clcl\JclJclQcal\ n out the heaRheahedG'GhedGGhedohedgeedo;;'e inill itsits-

leftis-

letits-

leftis-

letits-

leftis-

let . .leftleft11ic11nhioh/11ic1111ic11vhichShilohwhich.,/ concealed a fev/fevi'ewiewfewfeviewfevmacninefeminine' / macninemachinem3cl ne Gtui61.U161U1gunGui. nests whichwhiLwhile: l firedI'iL'edIiLedIvied' ' into the rightright-

(37)Capt..C.

righ-

t37CaptCright(-

37)Ga

right-

37Ga(37)Capt..C.37CaptC.37CaptC(37)Ga37Ga(37)37( ) Capt.CaptCaputt..w.. ..;. , . C-CCflareFlare.- fJLaru.fJLaruflaDi.flaDiflare,flairflail..::. of CompanyUOffi..9anyUOffi.9anyUOffi9any.."jVjV1/1"/ 1'1' which was onOil the left ofof'' CompanyUOlnlonyBullionCome};ny "h"h'"'iJ1.iJ1.iJ1' " " . i37)i37(37)37i37)-

Johnsoni37-

Johnson(37)-

Johnson37J-

ohnson(37)-

Johnson37J-

ohnson( )

Johnson .:;.bvbv., cwucucwu-

Inf.cu-

min.b-

vInf.V'1lV1lV'-

1llnf.V-

1llnf'

Inf.Inflnf.lnfInfolf. CompanyUOIDgsuy "Jfi"Jfi"s"sJim",, u" on uietheui left of Companyompany "h-1"hh1"h""hh" -" ' encounteredencoLUltel"edencoLUlteled" tnet.uetuethetinetrue. mostmos-

tresistence

mi-

stressmos-

tresistance

mi-

stressmos-

tresistence

mi-

stressresistenceresistance from the garrison of the village duedU0duce partly to the gapgag leftleft-

by

lef-ty

left-R

lef-t

left-

by

lef-ty R\RR-by R-obby

\

by Companyom.anyomanyRomany.!?j'j' 'I.I' . I' andanJ.anJnJ. partlyartlyartily.

.) to the fact that the prepatorypl'epatoryplepatorypredatoryplacatoryprepatorypredatory' artillerye.rtilleryertilleryartillery-

fire

e.rtillery-

fireartille-

ryferti-

le.

fire had nonopnope$ beenboonb en directed at the cemetary.cemetarycemeta.ry.cemeterycemeta.ry.hiscemetery. : . Jhis\hishisphisAphis:"\ Companyvonpo.nyvonponyonipanyonion, ;: . encounteredencountered-

heavy

encount-ered

encountered-

heavy

encount-ered

encountered-

heavy

encount-eredheavy fire from thothethou raacninemachineGracie gun nests aloiigalongalign the CemeteryCemetl.ryCemetlryCemeChemed t&t&. y anda.nd. along thethe-

hedge

thr-

eshed

the-

hedge

thr-

eshed

the-

hedge

thr-

eshedhedge alonalon.alone._ ),, its right flank.flank. LaterialteJ'ialteJialhaterialLateralTajimaarteriall:. :' assistance v/asvaswas/ given the Companyom'panyompanyCompany-

in

Companyi-

ng

om'pan-

yin

ompany-

in

company-

ing

'

in overcomingoverooming these machine gun nests by the initiative 'ofof' of ca:::. sergeantsergeant-

in

sergea-

nt .in commandconrnandconanandConradConan ofat a platoon of the second wave of Companyorn'panyornpanyorphan'"rrIt"rv2 which was onon-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

ontethe left of CompanyOompaQyCompaq; "L"L" JI.JI" . 2heThe SergeantSargtte.ntSargttentSmarten: . observing that Company : 'K"K'H'H'! .I'I. "' hadhad-

left

ch-

alet

had-

left

ch-

alet

had-

left

ch-

aletleft a gapS"8.pS8.pS8p". on its left that was holding up the advanceadvQ.1lceadvQ1lce. of CompanyCompan-

ytook

Comp-

any

"" " ' ,

took his platoon around behind Company "H"H" "" and filled in the gap and byby-

a

b-

ya flanking movement helped to overcome the nests.nests. This action was practpraotpract4pactprate*1.1,. 1'

ially.

iallyally the only organizedganizedaniseedo resistenceresistenoeresistance offered in the capture of the

(38)38( ) oapt.ii.C.oaptiiCopticapt.apt.apt.. . : .C.C.CC. .* villagefandvillageandvillage, it was fdujhtfeuhtfbuhtdoughtyfoughtbut;;.;; to a finish.veryfinishveryfinisherfinish/veryfinishveryfinishIII/I-IIJohnson. very little quarter being given.given. (36)36(38)38(36)-

Johnson36J-

ohnson(38)-

Johnson38J-

ohnson(38)I-

II38II-

I( )

Johnson ,' " ""' ' 'WWI'I"' ' ;' I' encounteredenoountered littlelittler-

esistence

littl-eness

littler-

esistenoe

littl-eness

28th.Inf.28thInf.28thInf28th.lnf'28th.lnf28thlnf. . companyompany JV"JVJtitt"r"rTit on the leftle t ofOf' Company very

resistenceresistenoeresistance in its advance and reached its objectiveobjeotivGobjecting withw th fewgw casualties.casualtiescasualties.H-

owever

casua-lties

casualties.H-

owever

casua-lties

casualties.H-

owever

casua-lties

.

However the slope of the CantignyOantignyCantiguyCantingAntigen PlateauPlatePlate--.uPlat-e.-u-. u in its sectorseotor was muchmuohmouth fartherfarther-

to

farth-erto the eastlast than was shownshawn by the map and when it tried to move out pastpast-

the

pa-

thpast-

the

pa-

ththe geographical crest it came under heavy directdireot fire of machinemaohine gunfcgunsgungunf-

cand

uncha-

ined

guns-

and

unso-

und

guns-

and

unso-

undand light artillery from the vicinity of BoisHoieHoe LalvalLaval and suffered heavilyfheavily.heavilyheavily.-

attempting

.,

!

/ - . . attempting to overcomeoverCQMovercame this fire by rifle fire.fire. (37)37( )i' '

,189)189(19)1939)39( ) OaptAptCapt..C.CaptCOapts.G.OaptsGCaputOatsCapt..C.-

I

Oapts.-G.loon.

..c.c. '\ .

. ---eleven---eleven---eleven---eleven-eleveneleven-Jotaifon.

---I " Jotaifon.Jotaifonloon.loonNotationo .

,... . ,

. .

. ,', .

. , . . .." ! \ : : ' 1.1 ' " rr ' " 71 "

" ' .7'I".7I7I.7'-

I"hand

7-

Ihand

' "

" -. . . -..w..wr.wwrww..-... -..-.. .w..nw..wwnwwwww-..w..nw..-

wCompany

..-. .-....-.- - . . . . . . . . .. . . .-.... -.. .- - . rn.rn- . . . -.. -_.. ..........r.w.rw-. . .._. ... ... . .. ._ - . . . . ._ '_

, .__. + ww.ww. . . . .. . ..--.w..w..- . . .. . . . .,-.....ww-. w.v.wv-... . ., ,. ,. . . . ,.-..-. . .ww-. .._.++.. ..

CompanyC myanymany_ "uuJ'l.j"' ., '/asas8.S8Swas,; /; . UiethetaleUi reservel'eserveleservedeserve' companyl.'OJIlla-'lYl.'OJIllalOJIlla'lYlYommpanyflotilla. ' }r oA

-' 010--0oA-theoAthe---;- ' .oneline"

....nu.-.nu..nu.-Ualionnu.UalionAlbion.nu.OliO.nu.nu. . -..:.,.- :attalioribattalion,.; t..

OliO.OliO. 1i 011 but nadleadnadanad-

tvo

NA-

TO

lead-

two

leg-

ato

nclenclncl-

t.10

nc-

lt10tv/otvot.10t10two. / piatoonboiatoonspitonoxidationspiaApia tOOlltOll detacnedetacileddetacheddetailed: to followfollovv in rearl'earlear' of CompanyCom-JanyComJanyAny0om.0om0om.j0omj.-j n 7 ',-._... " withwi th thethe-

mission

th-

eiststhe-

mission

th-

eiststhe-

mission

th-

eistsmission of"moppingofmoppingrompingOf"moOfmoComo" ling? up'upup"'"'; thotthJtthathot: portion) OrtlOlPorto! ofof..' the village which iav.lavlavivSlav. ay, to thethe-

north

te-

northe-

north

te-

northe-

north

te-

nornorth of thetIle Chateau.ChateauvMteau.vMteauMata. Onene Platoonlatoon...) n advancedvanCf3d.vanCf3dadvancedda ,. until it was on tuetUjtrlctrueTsujitlctue-

northeast

thu-

nderheads

tUj-

nOl..theast

(;:

northeastnOl..theastnOltheast. . of cornerOL'ne.1.OLne1.OLne1<.; ' . . ' of the villovillavillosevilloofiloseiglooo.oJ,. mentHenCaenCan oyby an encirclencircleencir'cli.asencircliasencircloiagencirclesencircling' _ injnj. movementmovement-

from

movem-

entmovement-

fl'om

movemen-

tflom

movem-

entmovement-

from

movem-

entfromfl'omflomloom' the easteast; workedViOl'kedViOlkedtirorkedEvokedstirred' JDC.rlJDCrlbuckJCLO A. : through thehe vivi.lavila.laee.laeelee. la ;oo.o,. Jjw'haha.'.: 8 otnerot.i1el"ot.i1eloti1elothertoner." xlatoon.latoonlatoonl-latoonlplatoonxlatoon-

entered

lacto-meter

llatoon-

entered

lacto-meter

....- .latoon-

entered

lacto-

meterentered the viJiageVil.lageVillagevii.lageviilagevicinage. fromfl'omflomloom' the north1l0l'th1l0lth' andlndland: 'v/crkeuvcrkeuorkeu.orkeurclrkeucrakeoreClarke,:'/: . outnouthsouthout*> until it metmet-

firvsTme-

atiestme-

tfn5me-

tfInsime-

etingsfirvsT-nhw fir-st firvsTfInsifirsTfinsfn5fn5-h

fInsit-he fini-te

,nhwthenwh obhetotherRobert flatoon.LJlatoonLJlatoonPlatoonIllation. iniiiJl tuotheto Public.Ju'blicJublicublic. ! ' square.squareJquare.Jquare6quare.6quareJuarez' ; . .'piepie' nee remarkableremu'kableremukable: ' teaturefeature ofof-

this

O-

tisof-

this

O-

tisof-

this

O-

tisthis movement was thatthuthut; uiehegaleui; plrtoonpoltroonl.lllply.) toOltooatoo! v/hionvhionhiclJ.hiclJ'vihicAivihicAiionhickvindicating'. ./; . enuredeirerec'eirerecenduredEireOllMoll ;; p.reCpreCpre. :' the villagevil.J.aeevilJaeevil-.agevil.ageVilaevilage.- . ; fromfrom-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hedthe east cAidcudaidlldld worked bac.bacback.* encounteredeucountereuencounter the neaviestheaviest fittingfigb.tingfigbtingfightingfi ;iitingfitting. ,,

notv/ithstandL.notvithstandL.not\vithstandLnotvithstandLnotwithstandi.i.notwithstandiinovwithstandnotwithstanding\ / . .:.. ..;, the fact uhathD.thDtchathatHDTV. CompaniesOornpaniesHootenanniesGomiGnomic >anieAnnie :° ._a"a... n" endandl1d n1.1L/LLithLithe.."/ ' :; ithitch a platoon ofof'of-

Company

H-

offman

of'-

9mpany

of-

9mpany

of-

Company

H-

offman

'

Company9mpany "ii"r'r",b'b?' II" had only a short tinetiJ.JetiJJetLetiketale. , before : ovancedci.vancedcivanceddvanceddVancechicanedadvanced. : throuyithroUbilthroughthoutrouble this aroa.aroaarea.areaaromaaroa-

.Tnis

arom-

atics

area.-

This

Mar-

athi

. .

TnisTideThisTunis tasKtask... of "moppingmopping"mopJ.JiugmopJJiug'mopping"'. up : ' orovod.9roved9rovedprovedProvo. to oebe a0.0c. rxard.LnrdLnrdhardramrodLund. one as patrols woriceaworKedworkceuworrieswokeworice-

aat

wordie-

st

worKe-

dat

workce-

uat

work-

ed

worko-

utat it constantlyconstant iy uurin01.t.rin1t.rin1trindurindurian' . . (; thothou tlireethreelire uaysclaysdaysquays the 6th6th.l6thl26th.26th. Infantryfantl'YfantlYLxfantryfaintlyOlfactory' occupiedoccupied-

the

occupi-

edthe village a.dada.a. ,. ._ cl ttHet.ete;:. e 16th16th.16th.lnfantry16thlnfantry. Infantry too-ictooictook- somesomrsornrisomerscorner:;: prisionersprisonersj,1rlsj1rls, ionersironers after it nadbadhadnada

(40)40( ) CaptCapt.Caput0apt.C.0aptC.0aptC. CC.C. .i.i. . relieved the .ittn.InfantryittnInfantry4c.( lttitetiter.lnfantl'YlnfantlYlnfantryinfantinfantry. ' on Ijay.laylayJay. 30J30J.916.30J916.30J91630,1916.301916.301916, . 916.916. (40)40(40)o40o(40)o-Hueoner

40o-Hueoner

( ) .HueHueonerHeroineonerboner01 er 6Inf.6Infdlnf.dlnfdelftIuf'IufIf' .

CompanyUonrponyUncrownomgmg ,ny "uu"C1'C1" (.11'.1111.' , less two platoonspla.toons. moveumovedmove forwardforNal'dforNaldforrwlardformal: ' .wltnlithithWaltonlitheitch, ,Company.OJrl9311YOJrl9311Y.oinpanyoinpanypoignancy..... .II. 'o"o'o"-

nu

o-

nu

on-

us

' II"

;:.;nunnci.achinenciachineniacin. . .;. ,. .,achine.achilleachillemachineAchilles ". ."iu.iu.iuiiuiiion. , iiattalion1Jattalloiiattalioubiathlonl and organizedo.callizedocallizedoranizedfocalized. , ; . . strong pointi.ointiointjoint.) aooutuooutabouthoot .0000600*.00 yards

(41)41( ) OaptAptGapt.U.GaptUOapt.O..LoOaptOLoAptApollo. C . .i.i... . east of the Cernetary.CernetaryOemetary.OemetaryCentauryCommentarycernetaicarnet y.y. ((41)41(41)o41o(41)o-IIIuebner

41oI-IIuebner

) ,.iiuebnerHuebnerIIIuebnerHerbert 26 L.fLfIuf'IufInf.InfIfInfo. '

*.Therlherhea: ! 3ra.3ra3rd.3rd. Battalionattallonattalion. ..,) onOIl the left of the regimental bectorsect02'sect02sectorbettor' hadhad-

Companies

hy-

droplanes

had-

Comyanies

han-

dsomenessCompaniesComyaniesUomoanieHumanizes I'MIM11211"L"11211L"' ' ' "L11L11"' '1'1' ' and "A'A"hIhIto"" 1iir'! inill the assaultassa.ult. from right to left withwithc-

ompeny

swit-

chmen(42)42( ) CaptainUsptainSpain wn.C.wnCm.C.mCnCarm.arm. C.CC-

.Livesay,28th.C-

Livesay28th. Companyompanycompeny "I"IItI"ItIZiti" " in reserve.reserve. ((44 ,:;: )

Livesay,28Livesay281ivesay,28th.1ivesay28th.1ivesay28thLivesay,28th.Livesay28th.Livesay28th1ivesay,28th.-Inf.1ivesay28th-InfLivesay,28th.-InfoLivesay28thI-nfo

, th.thth.-

Inf.th-

in.

Inf.InfInfo. CompanyUomiJSnyJompanyKumis( "Li"Li"ia"ia"1 "" on the left of CompanyoITla.nyoITlanyoutlayCoiupaCoup(;,:} . ly "tf"tf"t"t"b'b" '""" ' encountered very littlelittler-

esistence

littl-eness(43)43(43( ) CCt.Ct: : pt.pt9t.9t: ) . . '.l.C.lC.C.C. . insistenceresistenoeresistenceresistance andal1daid tooictookstoic its objectiveobjoctive wUhwishUhwi h only slight casualties.casualties. (43)43( ) .

Johnson.JohnsonJohnson.-26th.Johnson-26thJohnson-.28th.Inf.Johnso-n28thInfJohnson.-26th.Johnson-26th

.

26th.26th28th.Inf.28thInf.28thInf. InfInf.Info. Companiesompanies "L"L"" 1"1" and "K"KIlK"IlKI'X""' " . ever.cve.cve.cveecveecavecuvee..!.' il.iBdliBdhadlid. au a chanceohance to advance beyondbeyoJldbeholdbeyond-

tho

beyoJld-

tho

beyond-

the

beyo-

nd

beho-

ldthothethou old front line-duolineduoline - (f.nofnoInn(no. tot o ththAthethan* mirderous11Urderousmurderous' machine gun, fire from thethe-

left

hel-

met

the-

left

hel-

met

the-

left

hel-

met

,

left flank whe-rewherewherewhen- the stronglystl.ong1ystlong1y. uitrsjichidllti'eHchdlltieHchdn-trenchedntrenched(-( : ' :) positions of the enemy on thethe-

high

he-

ight

the-

high

he-

ight

the-

high

he-

ighthigh ground west ofat Bois.Bois. LalvalLaval had not been reducodredueedasreducedl'eduoleduoLeduc' d/asdas/, s they werewere-

out

wher-

eat

were-

out

wher-

eat,

out of the zone of advance intn fronfoffrownfrontfronfromof"of the Frenchfrenohk'renehkrenehFresnoKenneth' lines.lines. 2hesohesoTheseHenson2heso-

Companies

These-

Companies

heso-

I

hessonit-

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CompaniesCompanie8 suffered heavy casualtiesca8ualties in the attempt to move forwardforward-

but

forwa-

rd

fOlfoal ardWardard-

but

arb-

utus. but were forcedfOrcod to remain in the oldol front line.line11ne.11ne. ThisThis.ThisThis.leftThistle.

left the leftleft-

flank

le-

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laDk

left-

field

left-

flank

le-

ftI

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. flankflaDkflak of Company, IWI"W"WKIWI"KitKit"" " exposed so80 that it had 'toto'

to fall backb ck slightlys11ghtl1slightly-st

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oOJInSOilOlLLSOilOldsmobile,: ohllsbolls: : o ,fiit/uh.Ini'fiituh.Ini'uhInifitHindikO'uhekOuheouchest/'h.rnt'hrnthornet. lnflf:

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ind

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and

mHicat-

and

mortic-

ianMica-

tin'ericail-

and

Ricel-and

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andnd irencii.I.'enchIenchi'renchirenchencliticInchirenic'. .' Artillery.rtilieryrtilieryArt. i lleryleery obtainedobtainoobtain<l coicoifcoi.oletecoioletecoolest,

, oletelatecolleted , -' - -COill.JCOillJCoil:.. siuruinoCysu-u1noejsuu1noejSilurianSU )H'H ! n over the ejemyenemyejem-

yArtillery

eeemdeem: ) em-emem-

.d.ctillary

; ,

Artillery.d.ctillarydctillarytillerydictionarytillerfisfibs. . andand.. maintainedrnaintainerlmailitainerilbrainteasermaintainer itcitsitchi ts : aavantaicLvanta&ecLvantaeadvantaginglevanteruvantaquanta &;e so v/ellvellwallwell/ tnattiJ.attiJatthatnattwinjet:. , oryOl'YOlYcryCoryHoly' fof'O"few' " vJI if.ifif-

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Tif-

fany

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constructed.

' ;

(461461(44(4646( IZ Personal.Personalorsonal.orsonal2orsonal.2orsonalcoronalPersonal.-

U

orsonal.-

1)

orsonal-

1

Person-

al

. ? : . constructed.constructed. (46)0460(46)0-

r'lamo

460r-

lamo

( 6)6) ,

i'lamoilamor'lamorlamoAlamoRambo' .'JhroxversJhroxversehrO\vershrOvers'hrowershrowersHyraxesheroveersthrowers.'..: \ .;/eeeo.160160zero/ :" -oo-' of materialmaterialassistancematerialsassistanceassista.nce-assistance- . in inducinginduoinginducing-

the

induoing-

the

induci-ngU( <:/1)1)1/- V ) orsonai.orsonailorsonal.lorsonalOrsoncoronall"orsolorsotorso?" al.al. the iel'111.lniel111.lniel111ln&e1'mane1man§&Qj.7nanQj7nan.' .: garx'isongarxisongarj'isongarjisongarrison,' to leave theirthe i1'i1' dugouts.dugoutsdu outs.outs. ( 4rr447)47? ) .

Insofar as could be ooservedobserved.observed. by the writerwriwrit tar the taiutawtautanks: s v/ertvertwerGwereBerterGwerG-

of

erg-

owere-

of

wher-

eof

/ ,

of very little assistancea.SSlstaSSlstassist. lcelace since the resistanceresistroceresistor: was nea'ii0able.neaii0able.neaii0ablenegligable.negligablenegligiblenea'ii0abl-

e.l1

neaii0abl-

el1

negligable.-

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negligi-ble

' .

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As

SA-

Ts.../''-

Ass vrt.vrtevt' '/tt,/ .; have alreau/alreaualreadyareaalreauseenwarehousemeno.lraiolraiLorain. : 'YY/' seenseeJ.seeJseedsee. , some ofof'' the CompaniesUomlcniesComplacencies) rercnodrecordI'8rI8rrep' > cb.cdcbcdchodbcdchord. thethe-

Objective

th-

eoreticthe-

bjective

the-

Objective

th-

eoreticObjectivebjectivebjectivevithobjectivev/itrivitri\vithvithwithtriitch\ / oiuyonJlIOUonlyoniJoni jr s.igiitsigiits..lglltslgllts.i&1ts.i1tsi1tdigitslight.._ & : casualties anaand.andal.al.. . on the vmoieVl.iloleVlilolewholemoireLillie. the b'ToundbToundgroundbound' oundSound waewaswadewae-

tat.eu

ac-

etate(46)46(48)48( ) Col.K.ColKol.H.olHCol.Re-eCol.ReeCooloHColored. . .-.,..., . ;4YYY-

reportR-

eporttat-.eutat.eutaienalienta.ttat. -.; el1 v/ithvithwithitch/ oxcoptionallyexceptionallyexcoptexcept ionallyfinally low losses.losseslosbes.losbeslobes. ( iblb...11. : & ) . Hov/everHoveverHoweverHove/ v/nerivnerivluenwhenNerolumen/ most of thethe-

Companies

the-

osophies

the-l'eport

the-leport

tel-eport

the-report

tel-eportreportl'eportleportexport' ofot'ot'

2 June 1916.19161918.19181916-.Capt.tm.G.

191-6CapttmG

. Companiesompanies reacnedreaclJ.edreaclJedreachedreactedreaclJ.edche. uho-chechethehoache- uojectiveU'ojectiveubjectiveobjectivesubjective' tneytheytannery pabsedpassed over the geographicalgeographica-

lcrest

geograph-ical

geogeolgeographicalC-apt.,1im.L

geographical-Capt1imL

raphicalgraphicalraphical-Ua

graphic-alCapt.t/m.G.Capt.tm.G.Capt.,1im.LCapt1im.LCapt1imLCaputCapt.tm.G.-Livesay.Uapt.pt. ',

,'Im.li.ImliMali'Im.l-i.ivesay.

Imli-ivesay

Imp-losives

'/ . .Livesay.Livesayivesay.ivesayLivesayeLivesoverstay. crest and started to dig in they camecome under withering machine gung1Ulgu-

nfire

g1Ul-

r

g1Ul-

I

gu-

nfirefire which justj st grazed the crest andtandantan! causedcpusedceusedcussed severe casualties beforebefore-

they

before-

time

before-

they

before-

time(49)49( ) PersonalPersonal-Capt

Perso-nal

Personal-lapt.

Perso-nal

they oouldcouldGould intrencn.intrencnintrench.intrenchIntecentrench. (49)49( ) . However all posiiblepossiblepos ibledibble use was made ofof-

shell

R-

oselle

of-

shell

R-

oselle

of-Capt.L'.C.

of-CaptLC

S-ocraticCaptlapt.laptCaputleaptCapt.L'.C.CaptLCCapitalCapt.L'.C-.JohnsonCaptLCJ-ohnson

: . L' .0.0.0. C.CC-

.Johnson.-

0.Johnson0-

Johnson.

Johnson , shell holes which were deepened and later connectedcOllnec1edcolulectedcollected; up b.bb.-b.thebatheb .;- : the menmen-

in

mean-

ing

men-

in

mean-

ing

men-

in

mean-

ing28th.28theth.Inf.ethInfthin. Inf.InfInfo.

in the holes digging toward eacheaChteaChotherot ier.heedlessierheedlesstieredere,. i-eealessieealess8dleSSearlessJ.jJj. - toto-

of

to-

osay that the workwodcwoodwork-

of

wo-

rk

wodc-

All

odd-

ball

:

(50)50( ) Personal1ersonal.1ersonalPersonal.? *. of digging in progressedprogrossed rapidly.rapidlyrapidly.(50)rapidly50rapidly./(50)0rapidly.500rapidly.(50)0500./()rapidlyrapidly.(50)0-

I

rapidly500-

I

}. /(50)(50)50/(50)50( ) .

rr 'AllA11 of the Companies of the 1st.Battalion1stBattalionlst.jattalionlstjattalionlst.lstlast. , attalionbattalion reached thethe-

objective

th-

eoreticthe-

objeotive

th-

eoreticthe-

objective

th-

eoreticobjectiveobjeotive and guggaggung$ug in.in. HoweverIlo-HeverIloHever11ameverMiloEver- Company "A"AilA"ilAGila" " was.

in such aiuauantan4 untenableuntenable-

position

unten-able

untenable-

position

unten-ableposition in the ravineravinethatravine, that it had to "bebe" withdrawnwithd"'awnwithdawnwithL-awnwithLawnwith"

, '- to its old lineline-

in

lin-en

line-

in

lin-en

line-

in

lin-en

ravine/ravine/in the .50is50isB01sBois. de OantignytoOant1g.ay.Oant1gay.Oant1gayAntigen. ,. to escapeesoape annihalation.annihalationann1halat10n.ann1halat10nannihilation. ThisThisompanyEthiopianCompany\ompanyompany\.

: shouldshou-ldl

shouldM-

JL.shou-

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neverv'been

should-

nevervbeenlwuMJL.MJLMJ-

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nerve.

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the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hedthe old positp081t10n.p081t10nposition.AtterpositionAtterpositionalion.ion.Alteriterbiter this Company was pulled backbaokbook the ravine waswas-

covered

ab-

solver

was-

covered

ab-

solverr

I

I , (51)51( ) CaptainsLapteinsLatinosCaptains-O.lt.Hu.ebner

Lapteins-d.H.Latin-os

covered bybl cross-firecrossfirecross-fire'fire'ccrossfire'ofcrossfireofcrossfireos8-f1os8f1- e'ofeofof'

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eoreticoujoctiveo'u-iectio'uouiectiobjectivevictimoujoctiveasobjectiveso'l.IolIolio''

.-icetice i VOre+ /asaswas'.'1D/ S reached ,: ;: il11 sevensevenL'I.'icorssevenLIicorsseven1v.i.vi'\L'I.'icorsL'I.'icorsLIicorsElicitors\..--11. : .:' icorsZicorsCoorsVictors.

' ofof'' tnethetine Goraany0om8.ny0om8nyUormanyGrannyNormandyGoraanyero0om8.nyero0om8nyeroUormanyereGranterNormandy:; .,; . . /eroero/ereereNero/ ero-

casualties

ero-

ca.sualties.

ere-

casualties.

de-

escalatescasualtiesca.sualties.casualties.. ,. . :.G'ainGain.lainlain-!.. 'ain tnet.i'l6t.il6til6taletine.' hiji11i&1111i11highhajji& calibrecalilJl'ecalilJlecaliberCamille' of triotil0the noii-OoimrissionednoiiOoimrissionednon-C3olmmissionfdnonC3olmmissionfdnisinOll-tSolImnOlltSolImknolltolling- ssionedsinned ui'j'icoA-sui'j'icoAuijicoAs'l'iCOj'SliCOjSUfj.iceesUfjiceeslocosSufficesui'j'icoAs-

vas

uijicoAs-

vas

lJUfj.icees-

was

'l'iCOj'S-

VI

liCOjS-

VI

loco-s

' .',-'

v/asvaswasVI/ S provenpro'vallprovallprovedprovablepro'vallhanprovallhanpropellant' vaien\/hanhanwhenvain\'/ a picjJlcploepicjJlcioonjillion, toon\ioonioongoontonion\ su/susi-,1'si,1'1sueantSiJi.'ceantSiJiceantsecantSilicate-, /: . ' eanteastleant ttJOt-o-toJOtocoliimad(, - , o , --: coinoandcomr.c.DudcomrcDudcol-ii-madcoliimad-Conancordedcool. . 0101'ox' tlietheliet e Comjauy00In.tQjiY00IntQjiYUo1QaianyCamay.) , anu31W.31Wa11uManuanu-

completed

31-

W.completed

31-

Wcompleted

a11-

ucompleted

.

completed tnet.t1ett1ethetine. organization of the position.loEitiollloEitiolllentillos.}) tionion jndI1nind,111111, <1.1. held nishisanis brooadb'l'OUlldblOUlldgroundbroadboulder' ' dnrindu.ciducidurildrainduidrill.

_._-,,

( j5)j5)3)3;) ) Personal.Personalel'sonal.elsonalIersonal.IersonaldelusionalPersonal.hoPersonal..?- ' . -hoho"hh-" firstfi.stfist: . countercountr, ; attacxattacK.attacKattacx.attach*. b3)b3(5-3)(553)3(53)-

I.

53-

I

( bbb3)-

I"

b3-

I

- )

1I"II.". , UieLaeUiLacet G seconasecond.second . Battalion.uattaliolluattaliolliattalion. all of thetb.etbetube. uooml.&niasomlniasUo.q-sniesUo.qsniescolonialssnipes? . paniespansies,.)- & reacneareachedrefacereacreach led tneirtheirtiniertneir-

uo

their-

uo

Teru-

mo

the-ir

t.i.1eti.1eti1e. . l'll'-vOJ6ctives

l-

vOJ6ctives

'

uovOJ6ctivesectivesactives on01.01of.. scheuulSChElu.lllSChElulllscheuul'ascheuulaschedule.,' ,;, d<.ll. time 'jvhichjvhichwhich' was zeroeroNero hour pluspius tibeu> minutes.OnminutesOnminutes.minutesminutes.UnminutesUnminutes.On-

the

minutes.Un-

the

minut-es

. unun-

the

un-

itethe right, OLOI'OIo.i. ' the ..:,., .jttalionjttalionattaliontotalingbattalion. : tJ alionlion Companyompany "H"H"HitHit"R"R" " hridhrldbadhorridherald aijnostlJnosta.UnostaUnostvainestjingoistannoysQ . the same conditionsconditions-

under

conditi-ons

conditions-

under

conditi-ons

conditions-

under

conditi-onsunder which to consolidate as did toimanyom.JanyomJanyoilmanRomanyCorn

.ianyany "D'D"il'il"1)1) ' on its ririghl.l'righllrigihvrightpriggishho. ,' andundand-

(54)Perion

an-

d54Perion(54)Perion54Perion(5454({'

54 )} JerJeer. ? ersonP-ersonPpersonersonP1.ersonP1, on2l.on2l-il.il1.1. suffered heavily v/hilevhilewhileChile/ didiggingv ingKing in.in. (1541.1541.1541054X(1541-

.00nJpany

1541-

00nJpany

054X-

Company

( 4l4l-

Oomoany

.,Oomoany00nJpanyCompanyRomany 'j-'jj'jwasjwaswas', - : was more fortunatefortWlateformulate in the terraintel'raintelrain' it had toto-

consolidate

co-

conspirator

to-

consolidate

co-

conspiratorconsolidateconsolidateasconsolidatesconsolidate/consolidateconsolidateasconsolidates/, as it did not move across tnetilethetine geographical crestCl'estClestLest' andand-

had

hand-

held

and-

had

hand-

held

and-

had

hand-

heldhad thereforeometherefol'uometherefoluomethereforLsomethereforeTherafluHerefords' protectionprotoction to the front while diggingd.diggineddigginedAggingdragging. ; inuutinputin , uutbutut stillstill-

had

sti-ll

still-

had

sti-ll

still-

had

sti-llhad a goodgOudgouda fielafield.field. of fire for two hundredhuadred yards to the front due toto-

the

t-ote

t-of

to-

futo-

the

t-otef the fact that the geographipalgeographical crestorestforest vaswas; much farther out than was atesite_site-

shown

sid-

eshow(55)55(65)65(55( ) testimonyestimonyestimony-oftestimo-

nyyy-

ofo-f

shownshm'VnshmVnhymn' by ohotheI.hIh. map.map. (55)55(55)o55o(55)o-

found

55of-

ound

( ) .of Capt.CaptClpt.ClptCaputClotClpt..-B.

Cap-t..i.

Ca-put: . ii-

L.u.JohnsonL.u.JohnsonLuJohnson.JohnsonJohnsonGluons.B.B.i.i.(;. . . Johnson , s\ssCompanyCompany\ Company "'VflVflFlIli'IliIi' 'IfIf'' If followed the letter of the order and when it-

found

in-

toned

itit-28th.Inf.

it-28thInf28th.Inf.28thInf.28thInf28th.28th. Int.IntDint. \found that the slope of the CantignyGantignyCantingAntigen Plateau.Plateau.L'lateauLlateau. ' was, muchIpuchPouch further outout-

than

Sou-

thland

out-

than

Sou-

thland

out-

than

Sou-

thlandthan had been thought tried to establish its front line on the veryvery-

edge

vee-

red

very-

edge

vee-

red

very-

edge

vee-

rededge off the ravine between 'thethe$' he village and Bois lalvalbut1BlvalbutialvalbutLavalAlva, due to thethe-

heavy

t-hee

the-

heavy

t-hee

,

heavy fire itit'receivedit'reoeiveditreoeivedinterpretive' it had to be drawndl.swndlswndisown. badebaCk to the left of tnetuethetinetrue linlineOlinlin-

established

in-

itializedlin-

establ

ins-

table

]

establishedestabltestable,

8hed by CompanyCOmf&nlCOmfnlConnell) & tfa"tfafa"A119A119"#;%" , v/herevherewhere/ JtojheJohethe supportSUpfOrtSport) Platoons were alreadyalreadyi-

1gg1ng

already-

gigging

alre-ady, giggingi1gg1ng in1n .ThisThis.1iJ.i81iJ.i81iJi8. ] . left the entireent1re companycompany.crowdedcompanycrowdedcompanycrowded.crowded. into1nto aa-

b.

single line ,

: (66)66(b.b. ) CaptainCap'.inCapinCainCaptainaonCaptain. '. underundlrbundler aimed fire from the .Boie.B018B018BoisBoise. lalval.lalvallBlval.lBlvallavalalluvial. (j&jfit&NJ.NJNJ.-

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N-J

) .. BUC.JohneonBUCJohneonBUC.Johneo-

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itsi-

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its c: :_ olj.ial1ljial1u.iaileuiaileunivalve. < an :: cO asawa :.;; oovO'.FanyvOFanyOxfam'

.pan./pan.panpan.Vpan./ V". . . ' was ththe<, :; onilyonlyoily onuo.iuoiuonusiou. to aavonce3u.V'once3u.Vonce3uVonceauvcnceavocetadvance.' p;:) :.: t> t tnethetinetne-

Ola

St-

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ldOla01.1.011.011oldOlla:. . frontf.contfcontfont. ifcinednediineicinessdine Wet ,'e'e' © ', cnos.cnoscihcs.cihcscooschecksC 0S.0S; . Jhishis+hisoiso..,01'01-oo,- o '-

.).) "' ny"nJnJ-nornor- i'uunuiuunufoununfound'! .!. it-ititsitleftlittlestit -:., left fii.mtfiimtfihhitfinitefishilyfii.mt-

exposed

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,:. lll{

exposedxlosedposedloosed(; ) LO.oo, . tnrtntn.-tn..-tn.ttntt nitiL; hh.dhd:,:-dd- '. d to tckotcketkotackedt : kG 'ao.11a.a. . ) a:11: .iiuo.LillOLillOiii-LeiiiLeidiomLolo- xUiuiin.cUJ.J..Llill'cUJJLlillruluhiflxiiitruthful. . ..

'

_,' nearlynearlyestearliestlltj81'1lltj811' :{ /estest-est'-

. /; toto-

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to-

ewst

t-esteewstest, sttjt fro1'1'0:11101fro.-fro.fro..oui' ' :._:-:i:-ouijaiiyouijaiiyiouijaiiyOuija,OIJl.ouiouiOIlui-;. , ) Ql1Yany "x.xIIl.111IIl1111L"1L"' . . " to COILIOCLCOID1CCtcouLhectCOILcouplet up111upp111'it1l111it1l! \: .ititititITT,.uit\'it1l'it1lit1lquit' iioraira-oraoraCora-.... .omDnomDnoman-romanromni))cnycanny- r "'*'"I.I" " ., J.HJH.I.nIn.nn... cLcincoinclinedoill8'doill8;;' tuistHistnisetuisTunistHis-

itsthei-

ststnis-

i

nis-

i

tnis-

iLs

ni-si

,

'iiitsiLsails>; s i'ron/linoi'ronironlinolimofrfroniinofronting' nlli118/( wasV/D.SVD.Sviasvials/ . urownurawnHuronDuran- uO'C.OCo.c.'.: c . . [ainosulJ.JOSwlJJOSwalmosurainoutAlamos. ! ) to tnetiLetine strongstl'OnstlOnstilton' [., point at tnothothenothoutno-

oorm.tHry

tho-

lOmut

ho-

ldout

the-

Lojrntcnry

th-

eoreticoorm.tHryoormtHryL-ojrntcnryLojrntcnryworthylOmutlOut,- (., Jl'YJlYJuly' o.o;..J.dJd., ._ :, d ass a resultr0sult this strongstl'onstlonStilton' ' pointjJointjoint, wnichil.t1ic.hilt1ic.hilt1ichrhliehwinchRhine-

. .; IndhadIrldIndoBird ocenboenb-DenbDenoceanBowenboe-

ncnstr'"tcteJ.

boe-

ncnstrtcteJ

bDe-

ne.nstrac1od

bDe-

nenstrac1od

ocen-

Construe

oce-

anfront

,-

Construec-nstr'"tcteJ.cnstr'"tcteJ.nstrtcteJe.nstrac1odenstrac1odinstruct,.-, '" todtoad. in the LhUhht'ehtehate:.':. je) e of a.11:. cromcrOGScrosscaromcOGS ,. ac,8G8G.asas., acorycory"/oryoryJl'JJlJioryCoryJCLivory/{ > ' prominentprornihhentprovidentPl'or.1iPlor.1iPlor1i' . entKent and.and2nd. aruwciruwarumcirrusaruw-

neavy

run-

waydrciruw-

heavy

<

..: ww-

heavy

h-

eavyneavyheavynavy artillery fi.fifLf.IfLfIfiefulfil. e. w'iuchwiuchwhichwinch' ':' J.J. clJ.clJcal. pddedaddedpadded::: ' (leclAlec to thutihothout : w heavy buraenburdenbur .enen. alreadyalreadyi-

mposedalre-

adynlre3.dnlre3d. r

(57)57( ) testimony.testimonytestimony-oftestimon-y..: imposedimuosedirnuosedinfused uonuponU _); ll it uy'uyby' JLiviulinYiJl1vavinLividflintily(; to covercovl3r triotilt-tilttiletilttel'j'aintiltteljaintoilette-:) terraintel'j'ainteljainElaine' , ,' in tt''lOtlOtolO':. ';; o directions.directionsdiJ.'Ectious.diJEctiousdejections. ' ; . ( L' #ofofLout.flout-/Lout.Lout.1icut.1icutiout.ioutLoutout-/Lout-

.icKnolly. )'

:a,icKnollyKu.ol1yKuol1yLcriaollyhickoryCordially. iblnfiblnf.blnf2bInf.2bInfVilniusbbl. On trieti1ethetribe: ninightht oi1Oi'Oiof' . ,. ,.:/yyay/ 8th.8th28th.28th . aivectiLectnaivetyelectdi,., : ectsect o.oo ., aerstiersearsaersoretiersloreFaeroetiers\/oreore\lorelorewere\'\ / givenivengiven totCI tnethetinetne-

Oonranders

New-

foundlanders

the-

on'l'nlders

the-

onlnlders

th-

rillersthe-

Cor.TandersOonranderson'l'nldersonlnldersCor.T-andersCor.TandersNonreaderscolandersCourt. ' '-., of "ii-1"iiii111.L:111.L111L1" .-: and8ud 'K.KilK"XX"' .

;! ; : CompaniesOompanies to move up and organiseorgQnizeorganize thethe-

original

the-

orizingthe-

original

the-

orizingthe-

original

the-

orizing ,original objectiveoujeotive assignedSSig11CassiLnodcasino; *., Althoughlthough everye'leryelerycelery' effort v/asvaswas/ made to dodo-

this

dh-

otis

do-

this

dh-

otis

d-

othis

d-

hotis

i

thisthis/, it Via\ < nsasS founat'OU:1CJ.tOU1CJ.tOU1CJfounufaunafound' :: . impossibleimpossimposes ib 1e to occapyOCC'l.l.lYOCClllYoccupy'.

. ? thethepositionthermosettingposition-position:9os9os:- i tiOJltoil after it vasNasasNash;,vas-

reached

ab-

stracted

=;as-

reached

sc-

reechedreachedceachedcached, duo to the deadly flank: firefief ii'eiieii:&:' from thothethou leftleft.,. .ufcerufcerfGEJl'fGEJlfacergel"ff." LerLeer' thethothouthe-

Sth.Infantry

tho-

2&th.lllfa

th-

o2thlllfa

the-

26th.Infa

the-

26thInfa2&th.lllfa2th.lllfa2thlllfa26th.Infa26thInfaSth.InfantrySthInfantrySth.InfantryasEstimator& . + Jtryitry, /asaswas/ relievedl'61ievadl61ievad' tjiethetiet : e 16th.Infantry16thInfantryl6th.Infantryl6thInfantry16th.16th. Infantry madem3de furtherfurthel'furthel' effortsefforts-

to

effor-tsto straistrainstraitennten'ntenten' out this sectionsec t iOllill ofot'ot' the line but it was nevernever-

accomplishedup

never-

aooomplishad.ug

never-

accomplished.upaccomplishedupaooomplishad.ugaooomplishadugaccomplished.upaccomplished,. to the timetlme the divisionaivision was relieved from thethe-

itector

he-

sitator(58)58( ) CaptainCJaptain C.t.Ctc..t.C.4.C4.C4C.t.-Huebner

. *... . itectorJectoi'JectoisectorIntercoJetfoil' in July 1318.13181918.1918. b8)b8(58)58( ) . It would appear from thetIle aerialaerialp-

hotographs

aerial-Huebner

ae-rial aerial-Huebner

ae-rialHuebnerHerbert ZQ28 Inf.InfInf'Info' .,photographsphotographotogra'ihsphotograihsphotograph:' hs orof thetlletulle trenches that this nreau'eaueaareaunreadurea: ' could not be occupiedoccupied-

without

occu-pied

occupied-

wi

occupi-

ed

occupied-

without

occu-pied

;

withoutwi thouttout an advanceadvauce uyby the French'renohrenohr'renchrrenchreno' unit on the L.ftLftIIJftliftLeft. to clean outout-

the

mou-

thed

out-

the

mou-

thed

out-

the

mou-

thedthe enemy positions on the flank.flankflank.-

i'he

flank-

ihe

flak-

ier

flank.-

'rhe

flank-

rhe

flan-

ker

flank.-

The

fla-nk

.

i'heihe'rherheTheherhea' ' newnew.1IJrIna.nnew1IJrInanuurmsn\.1IJrIna.n1IJrIna.n.1IJrIna.n1IJrInanuoorrna.nuoorrnanurnsunornamented\. . drivedoL-ivedoLivedoledive- on the oheminiJheminhereinBohemianinhuming' desJesJens l&meslmeslJamesLamesJames& on iay.2.y2.y2y.ay..ay-

27tn.1916

ay-

27tn1916

..2.-

y7tn.191

2y-

7tn191

ay-

7tn.l9it

ay-

7tnl9it

.

7tn.l9it7tnl9it7tn.1917tn19127tn.191627tn1916. iiadhadIliadad boenboeubeenBowenbeau thethothou causec use foror orders being issued withdrawingwithdrawin-

gall

withdrawi-ngall the Corps Artillery from behind the 1stlet Division as soon asas-

the

as-

hen

as-

the

as-

hen

as-

the

as-

henthe attackattaok v/asvaswas/ completedcompleted.. ConsequentlyOonsequently within an hour after thethe-

attack

hea-

rtache

the-

attaok

hea-

tstroke

the-

attack

hea-

rtacheattackattaok sllallsell Artillery exceptingexoepting organic v/asvaswas/ withdrawnwithdrwithdraw from thethe-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evisiondivision areaarea.,. i'hisihishlsThisibishalls' left the troops in the new position with allall-

counter

Fa-

lconer

all-

counter

Fa-

lconerllll-

I

Ell-

i

. .- - . . " . . . . . . " . . - . - . .

. . . . . . .I . . . . . . . . . - .

counteroounter batteryb tti7"wotti7wo; "work:k stoppedstopp'ed

,

' BOeo thattbatbat theththe'enemytheenemyHenley"-enemyntimy-'enemy'enemyTimmy' imrairmaimraydiaceiyir&AbdiaicelyrirAbdiaicelyrirradiateirradiative& d1a ely putp\.ttp.ttput-

down

p.tt-

down.

put-

down

put-

down

\.

down-downdown.downadown-. a heavy retalatoryretaliatoryret'retret'latoryretlatoryretalatoryregulatoryretaliatory' latorylater firetire which.waswhichwaswhichwhioh.whiohwhich., was very affectiveeffeotiveeffective and thethe-

American

th-

eatricthe-

erican

te-

rtianthe-

f4mericanAmericanf4mericanericanrican casualties'casualties'

began to mountmowltmolt especially where the frontfront-

lines

fron-

tline

front-

linea

fron-

tline

front-

lines

fron-

tline(39)39( ) OolJ4arflhalOolJ4arflhal-Col

, lineslinealineal,hadbd_d been: overcrowded.overcrowded. (69)69( ) .

ColCool &LyLy& & "..

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e

fiftee-

n

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bSttew

r'- AJ.AJAJ-

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-.

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Stew-art / /-.aero.aero.iaE1'.iaE1iaE1aero-....'

..aeroereaerobe01'1j011j' : '//ereerelAreClare// a4ec count-TcountTCOWlt'l'COWltlcounterCowl; '-.; ' attacksattcck'3attcck3' icu.cheaicuchea1.u.chea1u.chea1ucheacouchesl _.u..cuc. _.:: . le\.lle.l\. jyly tiwthdthotowthudthou aorminisJorrm.11lSJorrm11lS4ormansharmonics?: . inin-

the

in-

ter

In-

tiIn-

to

in-

the

in-

tertheti .ee. three aoy&aoydaysahoy. JYsJays; & of thetiJ.etiJetie. oattieJattlebattleattireRattle in tintlLlthloll :,; attemptatteate ! ) t to'; O arivocivl3erivuarriveceriumc: -ivl3ivl3- tn&tnthe& 4meicanAmericanIr.eJ.'iC3.nIreJiC3.nIreJiC3n. . ' . outout-

of

out-

do

out-

of

out-

do

out-

of

out-

doof theix'theixtheil'theiltieiihelixEtheltie' iiardl.LarcllLarclIliadlilac., ( earnedeal'1ledeal1led' positionstositions.tositionsaositions.aositionstositions.O'tositionsOpositions) ,. .='.c./ev.c.ev-O'O'O.-_ oever'. / VEirEirer uhrfjethceothecurfewtheo: 01ofO :: :' tnesetHesetense wei'6wei6werwerewear' r.io.-0rio.0r.io.0riovRioTO.;! .:_:- a ororI-

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160-

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Info.,. .

Info-InfoInfo.Infoiie.InfiniteInfo.fo,. ..:.-. iie.iieile.ileiiNile. 2nQ2h'©' :ilOMilo first counter cttacrcttackcottartack1[, jabrah, I :':' .a.u.au.aa.aa. au.c-.eaau.c.eaamuck. .... cc.eciceciCecil-. ._ ed.ed. ?:jo:1t1t..!"

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601.

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.

. -601.601.-..bb. J.J. .' audadai.daidMaudaudasaoudads! :. \asaswusus\'; s airecuourectou.rectouuirectoibarbecuerectodirectionI.I.. . at3.pinstt3pinst. :_ ,;iustainstoustvainest? uhethehe\; le ririShrushiil1Lil of oriel1etheoriel' firsttirstthirst .... rttaiionttalionattaiionrotationstallionbattalionattaiion-

ever

battal-ion

[! .low-.low.2.Jw-2.Jw.2.Jw2Jwlow. .low-

ever

Lo-

we.2.J-

wever

2Jw-

ever

." ( -

ever thisthisV2.SthisV2Swas\V2.SV2.S\ . a ._ oorly.JoorlrJoorlrpoorlyJoel) : organizeaoL''anizeoLanizeorr-anizedorranizedorganizecolonizerraniseed, '[-)' . attack anaandandaspandaswas.

,.as-as-;: quicklyqu.ickly. brokenbrol\.enbrol.enbroil\. upup-

lr

supp-

ler(61)61( ) Ast.Jiv.AstJiv1st.Div.1stDiv.1stDivist.iivoistiivoAestivatesativaAst.Jiv.-History.

1st.Div.-Eistol'Y

1stDiv-EistolY

. ) . lr;/, thothuthethou Artillery'l'ti.Llel'YltiLlelYLillie' ' ' . ' andand.. &raollraollsrtlDllrollstallsr& : 11 arrasarmsrmsarms fire (61)61( el ) .,History.HistoryEistol'YEistolYDistallyHistory.-pa0eHistory-pa0ehistory.-patehisto-ry ' .,

pa0epate..ca. C

,',.) e 65.65b5.b5. At.dotdot. obOijbOgoboibO\) : O J*- . *: ,. . . oJoro the sanesame dryday, tnatheEtnat <;3 seconuseconsecondSecom( counter attacica.ttackattackataxic. cameca.1eca1e."! outbutbu-

tit

bu-

tt

ou-

tit

out-

fitit naa11llcJ.11llcJhadnada. hardly left.l.el'tleltpeltlet. .' the .ooisooisDoisloisDoris. ; jjrarnicourtiramicou.L'tiramicouLtr'rarnicouetrrarnicouetrainoutgrandiloquent'

. ' beforeLefore it1 ttcsticswas\/cscs\ / cauaucauc.ltcaucltcau"iitcauiitcultaudit")iitit. unaerunderUIlIl er J.l8Jl8*:. ioioyironyieuvKievieu-

vartillery

ine-

vasible:=. /yyV''jVj/''y-

artillerya-

rtillery'

62)62(62)([ ) 1st Jiv.JivlJiv.lJivDiv.DivJiveliveJiv-.History

lJiv-.llistory

liv-eliest

Div-.history

. artillery a.idaidadda"a." .. . inao.1inao1.mallmallLmal1:,.. . arms:? rmsarms fire aCJW.CJWalluJEWallia. r/asras'v'laSvlaSwaslaS'> ' / quickly crocenbl'o.enbloenbronconcernblownbaron' . '(en up.up. (6Zj.6Zj.6Zj(62)62(6Z-

j.iOllowing

6Zj-

iOllowing

( b 2)22-

)ollowing

2-

ollowing

) .Historyllistoryblistery ,paPQ - o 6u8 *. /ollowingollowingiOllowing2ollowingfollowingbillowing/ tkethetake seconuSeCOllu.SeCOlluSecomScholl. counterattackcounterautackcounteracounterajcounter: \jj\ tack thetnetine: ene-nyenenyen8':17/en8':17en817Reneen8':17nten817ntene".1ene.1ene1-'":. / artillery[n-tnt- illeryMiller output') ut dov/ndovndowndovedovn-

a

down-

a

Donn-

a

dow-

n

.o'o. .o'non' '/nn/n-

aa hea/yheayhea'lihealiheavyRheaheal'/ prejorationpreparationperorationpcejyn'apcejyna: ' tionion on011ou thetl1e nmericaullel'icanllelicanmericannumericallelicAmerican' lines andalldaiidallaid at o4.oo4o64.6646;: /i.oi.o/ .. ) AJ.AJ.) . ... . . camecarob: one ofof-

tne

of-

ten

oft-

JJ.e

o-

ftof-

tree

oft-

enertnetJJ.etJJetreetinetneelltJJ.eelltell. ;:.'/ellell/, organizedorJ'anizeddtterl1inedorJanizeddtterl1inedor , 'anizeddeterrrined, determined; countcounteror attacksa.ttacks. behind a roj.j.ina-roj.j.inacoJ..I.in.gcoJIingcoifingroj.j.inaLarraroibarrbriar: . .. .. : .- LarralJ3J.caelJ3JcaeLaralJ3J.cae-

li

lJ3Jcae-

li

.' : ,;;;ee-

with

w-

ithe-

viith

K-

eithwithviithvisitli th the Infantry in several waves.waves. ''Jnc2AeNc.L1GL1G. .Q..711Q.711Q711. ..oyricanricmlmericauCorsicanrimAmerica barrageoJl'rageoJlragevoltage: ' kvaswaskvass outgut dadandowndow-

npromptly

dow-

nrightly

dow-

npromptly

dow-

nrightly

//nn//n-

promptly

p-

romptlypromptly "butbut" in Ljites.JitesJiteElitesitea :.:, itebite of it tnjthinjthintl1 :, ; firstI'i.L'stIiLstVilest'. ' wave of the :.,

;j'o"1jo1.-oo'.OiijanOuija":'1zan"nn" InfantryInfInfo ) ntryentry camecame-

tc

cam-

e:?

tc . */, ithinithillwithinthrillthithin a f3/f3f'/f'ff3jf'IIN') :/', jI .::::\uu\c1.c1c?. . . cfof'of('i'i' ' tietl.etlethetale*.: mericaz.iunel'icerliunelicerlitmericarAmericaunderlieinterior. ' , *

,. frontfroatfrati'roirobiro' t linelineit.J.enlinnetwnen\it.J.enit.J.enwhenneon\ . . thot110thethou AmericanmerioanatnericanmerionAngelicaAmerican-

xroops

Amer-ican

atnerican-

Troops

alterca-

tionsmerioan-

1roopsxroops1roopsTroopsdroops stood upu.9u9uo. in tneirtheil'theiltheirtinierEthel' shPilo.vshPilovshpllo/shpllospillovershiploadshpllot.encl..essh,? 1low.,'/ trencl.estrenclest.encl..estenclesti.fenchestifenchestrenchesstencilstierces...: ..:. anda.Lld.aLldathdaLlbathed. . v/itnvitn'lithlithwithinlithe....'/ aeiiberatolyu.eliberatolyueliberatolyueiiberatelydeliberatelyreiterate. aimedaime-

dfire

aim-

edaimed-

fLee

aim-

edaime-

dfire

aim-

edfirefLee pickedickeice . off all tnethetine enemyelleerLeibelleMerle who had.ladlad{. managedmanaradmansard; to yetget'8t insideinsilleinsole the uarrageuaJraeearrangehuarache:' : ;

(63)63( ) testimonyestimonv'estimonyestimonytestimony-of'estimony-

ofestimony-

oftestimon-yr:' : ( (65)65(63)63( ) . :ihishis'hisibis.'! rttackttackattacktack[: waswa.s. also launchedls1.U1chedls1U1ched. fromf'l'omflomloom' ' the BoisBoie.BoisBoise. de tframioourt'ramioourtramioourtr'ramioourtrramioourtfrogmouthrainout' andand-

was

pan-

das

and-of

an-do

and-

was

pan-

dasof .Lieut.LieutLieut.Lieu.l.JifjulJifjuLieut.-

John...Lieut-

.John. t.tt-

.Jor.

JohnJorJour: K.Chu.chKChuchH.Ohu.'chHOhuchOhu-chOhuchChurchHoughOahuK.Chu.chi-.

he. Ohuch-Lieut

Touc-hline

..:_ '- was directed.iirl.ctediirlctedcircled< . .:: a0aiustagainst the positionsLJositionsLocutions heldeldgeld by "dd"B"B"B"B"" ""' , "D'D"D"" " ' andrlndRoland "HlHl"h'h"h""" '"}: companiesompaniescompanies-

and

compan-

iesi.i;;;. LieutLieut oorenJ01'enJ01enjorenorenooren-C.Soreneen

J01'en-a.Sorensen.

J01en-aSorensen

joren-U.Soreneen.

'

C.SoreneenCSoreneena.Sorensen.aSorensenU.Soreneen.USoreneenSorensenU.Soreneen.-28Inf.

USoreneen-28Inf. ,. and v/asvaswas/ completelycomLJlete1y, repulsed withwi th heavy casualtiesc , st'talsttalstale' ties inflicted on thethe-

enemy

He-

nley

the-28Inf'

the-28Inf

the-

enemy

He-

nley28Inf.28Inf28Inf'' .

(64)64( ) LieutLientLieuLentLieut-John

Linea-tion

Lient-John

Clin-ton

enemysr.-emysr.emyEmmy.- most of which vverewereverge reported as "killed"killedJ'killed"Jkilled"' "" (64)64( ) ,.John KVOhurchVouchHOjHOH ? <(';:hurchchurch& Capt.JE.o.CaptJEoOapt.E.G.OaptEGCapoteOrateCapt.JE.o-

.JohnsonCapt.CaptCaput. . . . Two More counter attacks were reported ro2lreciiyW'W' isdISDNd betweenbe veenSven 6006:00600-

A.M

600-

AM

6:00-JOMSor

600J-

OMSor6:00-

A.ks

600-

Aks

;:

JohnsonJOMSorJonas! 8Inf.8Inf28Inf.28Inf288Inf-

.(66)lst.Div.

8In-

f66lstDiv

InfInfo .A.MAMA.M.A.ksAksArks. ,. and 5:005001:001003:00300: AA.M.AM.M ,. on MayLay 29,1916.291916.291916, . but v/ereverewere/ half heartedheartod attempts andand-

failed

san-

daled

and-

failed

san-

daled(66)lst.Div.66lstDiv.66lstDiv(6b)1st.Div.6b1stDiv.6b1stDiv(66)lst.Div.-History

66lstDiv-History

(65)65(6b)1st.Div-.History

6b1stDiv-History

( ) lst.Div.lstDivsativalst.Div.-History

. . failed (65)65( )

HistoryHistory-page

Hist-oryHistory-

pageHist-oryHistory-

pageHist-orypage 66.66.

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.

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At.EitEit. t t.IuOtIuOtrio. : joOuOjO: i'i' . . ". . . ._ ., .ayay.. :.v9tn.v9tn9t.u.9tu.9tu;; . . tuiostudiotr.trt ,.... © ' j-j.jr1.r.n'rrnrrr- . r1i 'r: 'ann artilleryn.tillel'jntilleljNileai: . t i i lc r' ;;, a aiiii: ii ::. jutput iCv.'niCvnIvando: 'nn'.:' anJonan-

intensive

an-

ointments

::Jo-

niute

O-

nsiteintensiveinteisiveiuteute , siveskive jre-jejreje)1eU21eU2reJl'eJleLe) ,' - 2.i2i..: toryoryatoryCory; lire.t'iretirefire.

' wnicnwidenawningWI CllCall stoppedstop.f.stopfstop..> sd t/ucutucumucustuducalyjudicially/ u .u.cuc. . nlyonlyl without an/ananyanfurtheraflutterlll,:/ furtherfurtherd-

evelopment

furtherl-

evefurth-

erfurtherc-

ievefurt-

herdevelopmentlevecieveleavesieve( lopmuntelopement forfooL'fooL' aL1 time exceptexcegt forfor'forfor'tHefortHeforte'

CuetHe firef ire ofofiof:-ii.11-. i germriifH'rr.rJ.lfHrrrJlgeriri.iigeririiiGemini! ( ' . : ,. . 7Vrmrl'lrrr'lrllrrrl7'lmri7lmri' ' bUll;an'uiiuii' inin-

tno

in-

toin-

tile

in-

utile

in-

Zile

si-

miletnotileZilenoIdle directionil'ecilecileac' t ion 01'01or'orof01'j01jor'J.JoiorJJoirejoin' joisioisLoisIOUsJ.JoiJJoiJoni., 5 iaivnl/iaivnlniaciniaivnlosediagnoseJ.J. 1lvv.l1vl1. l/llose, ,. 'll/' oseOSGJoseOS firet'il'etile' ' tvaswa5wasvas osLiVeinOsloI.jIj.) ( ingKingg, directeddil'ecdilecdialect' ted b/bbyba/ a3 lov/lovlowlovelo-

vflying

lo-

ftinglow-

flyingbl-

owfly

low-

flying

bl-owfly

/

flying, planeglaneglance on tnet.LlfJtLlfJtivtinetalliv. ;) ieftofleltoi'leltoileftofliftoffdeltoidleft' Company"ompanyompany.omppunyomppunyoppugn".. ,, , L' "' , '::JllJill,nuiwnudielul'lullullre' (; a3 n? nrcninol1cbirwMercian:, chino GUllLun hadh.\d.h.d.had..:\ . ueeiiuee.dueedbee-beeemeriticueduee.-

drlaced

bee-

rlaced

be-

ratedueei-

ioiaced

.,, -,

,oiacedrlacedvoicedlaced}) in tnethetine frontfroutfroiitroutfritz lineline.linenolinen,. -nono-":':1111: ae< 3 fire of tnitthisnit juni'U1liU1ljunkjunsjunks:;,.un' '''jj' -ss- : 5s so5050CCUl"50CCUlrecur-CCUl"CCUl"CCUlccur-ccurOccultcur::- ccurtocurt" ,<-: teto ti.attiattl''J.ttlJtthattattiltti.at-

the

tripa-

rtite

tl''J.t-

the

tlJtt-

hethat-

the

thatc-

hed

'.;..' .

the :. ommandint.ommandingommandingcommandantcommanding:; officerUfl'icerUflicerFlicker' of tnetiletine Comjany0omnnyCompanyOomBoom :; ) ,ny L; _, "veve:"veJve> ohothAthethan oroerord.erorderorci.erorcierborrowerforcer. forfor.forfor.theforte. tnethetine men toto-

nove

to-

wnie

to-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmovenovemove to the rijhtright, ofat'at' tnethetine OO'iipanyOOiipanyJomganyOonipanyRomanyIonian' suctorsoctorsector to ebcapeI3scapeescape tnethetine fire.firefire.ui.firefire.-

order

fore-

boder

. -ui.ui.-....111i111i. ui.-

orcter

.:..:

orcterocuel"ocuelorderforcercruel:" uocaraeocamabecamelucrecamas oo.iusodooiusodLO.i.'uSGdLOiuSGdL.o..fusodLofusodnoisedLouisLoused. . . .;. : .

' andnd tnetilethetine nonmonPionPiton thougntthoug'ntthought' tiicitti18tthattricot iui.iit. meant to rovemove outout-

of

out-

do

out-

of

out-

do

out-

of

out-

doof the trench to ohei..heiheshehe.. rl'lr-rrht.ht' .-.ght.ghtht. ? ht.ht. OoJOl.se'-lu8ltlyJOl.selu8ltlyJOl.se'JOlselu8ltlyOo.seueiitlyOoseueiitlyJOse: . se ',-;montlymonthly! tnothothenothou menmGllmollMllemGll'lentmGlllentv/entvent\'lent'lentlentKent\ '/; out ... nu.nu.netnetna., . \.antant.j11tj11trtnttnt. (,; DiorD'lCYDlCY.ciscisDirDulyCPIsD'lC-

Yalome

DlCY-

alome

Loc-

alism

bDior-

alOB

Do-

ral'. .ci-

salong

ch-

iselingalOBlOBalomealongalone the hodhoodhode'hodehodg.hodgRhodehog'. .; and some crowaeacowagecl'owclowcroclowncero' idedaided.ecec. into the front line of CompanyLomf1anyOompany; 'II' ' .u11.u11.u11..u1-

1.'Jhis

u1-

1Jhis

II.III-

I.his

" .

'JhisJhishisphisAphis' was#as not a stampedestamlede) howe/erhoweerhowever11ov/e11ove/ 'ferferfear'/ and tnethetine men were soon L-ounaedLounaedL'oufuedLoufuedunnamedLoafedL'ounLounLon-' ed upUl) aidal'daldauldaid-

readily

ja-dedly

':

(66)66( ) GapGaptDGatedCa ptcpcttoil.toili1ii-ii-.i1-

E.U.Johnsoni1-

EUJohnsonii-

E.O.Johnson. readilyceadilybeadily: returned to their trench.trench. (66)66( ) .xollowinsxollowinsllowing.l'ollowinlollowinfollowingslowinghollowing.J.J. .

' this nterludo"nterludointerlude". _ atati-

S.O.at-

ticsat-

ti:4b

at-

ti4b

at-

another

pa-

ternosteriS.O.iSOE.U.JohnsonEUJohnsonE.O.JohnsonEOJohnson. . John sonson-

Sth.Inf.slo-

shing...;Sth.Inf.SthInfThinSth.SthSeth8 th.th. InInfInfo! . Ii4bti:4bti4b) : .2.2.2. . . ,1.1.1,. . . aioLhoranotherPaolo:) : o horThor neavyheavynavy artilleryrtillery concentrationconcenconcern l'ationlationelation' 'I'SIS'a.-s'a.as'.-:'.,'/:':' s placed1Jl, c (; . on tnetl.letllethetinetulletne-

ijnerican

St-

einertl.le-

.t.me.t'ican

tlle-

tmetican

tel-

emetric

the-

imerican

the-

oretician

.

ijnerican.t.me.t'icantmeticanimericaninebrianttertianAmerican. . . ' positiontposition1)os11os1) t iou: andalldacidall thithisthin was soon followed by a::Jo oairauaJ.'l'auaJlaairKualauairrageairbrake. ' ' e in tiireetlJXeet1ireetiretiire-

eaves.iirst

t1ire-

e'Iaves.i'irst

t1ire-

eIavesiirst,'/aves.iirstaves.iirst'Iaves.i'irstIavesiirstversifiersDiversifiers.laveslaves,. /; . ..: 'il'StilStills' ' came; aaaeaa/aeaeviaevitae' 1D.1D/ .. , e of super-neaviesnextsuperneaviesnextsuper-heaviesheaviessuper-heaviesnextheaviesnextnavies- , next aatavestavevave-tavetavewavevalvestave;-: of heaviestJ.6P-viestJ.6PviestJ.6PtJ6Pvies. - andand-

next

an-

nexand-

next

an-

nexand-

next

an-

nexnext a thick i.JaiJaiabarrageuarraaura. 'rara' e'e' of01'01' 77fs.77fs77's.77s.77s77'77' s.s. ihishis.phisphisibisAphis. triple barrage .vasvaswasviasvials. followed byby-

the

b-yte

by-

the

b-yte

by-

the

b-ytethe enemy Infantry in force oentllentiwentontlentil on anotherJ.notherJnother! . counter attackattack.,. his1hisphisAphis' oneoueoglemoueone-

was

ne-

ws

oue-

was

out-

wears

ogle-

was

gle-

amswas well preparedprepal'edprepaled' and was launched.Launchediaunched. from the ravine in the directiondi'rection' ofof-

Bois

o-

boist

of-

.801s

of-

801s

of-

Bois

o-

boistBois.801s801s. LalvalIalvaLavalAlva andand.. was directed against CompaniesUomlJaniesUompanies 1t""L"L.d1d1.11"* ,. "tf"tf"Y"Y1f" 111" andand.and.I'LandILdandily. "LLI'LIL"' j, towardtoward-

the

towa-

rdtoward-

the

towa-

rdtoward-

the

towa-

rdthe spot where the incident related abovea.bove. Concerningoncerning(; companyompanyOompanyompanyJcompany'VlfVlfIlk"IlkLf'VlfhichVlfhichValhi'" \JJ\ \hichhich-hichJhichvihichhitchvii": vihich-

explained

\,,-.;hich-

explained

hich-

explainedexplained why so , uch'uchmuch' trouble was, takentalcentalent to ioioclcknockmockionic! out a lone machinemaohine gun.gungun.-

The

Gu-

nter

gun.-

The

Gu-

nter

gun.-

The

Gu-

nter

.

The American barrage again came downdawn promptly and it together withwith-

accurate

with-

accurate

with-

accurateaccurate small'small' arms fire completely repulsed the attachattack with heavyheavy-

b7)Capt

heavy-

b7Capt

heavy-

(67)Uapt

heavy-

67Uapt141-

4Ei7b7)Captb7Capt(67)Uapt67Uapt( Ei7 ) CaptCaput EE.EE.OeEOeLeone. C . losses to-thetothetothetote-, Ge(iermanfl.iermanflGermansairman8.8.* ( 67)67) . Jhe1heiheHe strength of this counter attacattacrattachattar: waswas-

JohnsonW-

atsonwas-

JohnsonW-

atsonwas-

JohnsonW-

atsonJohnson 26Inf.26Inf28Inf.28Inf2binf.2binf26Inf.-(66)Col

26In-f66Col

.(66)Col66Col(68)00168001(68)68( ) ColCool KLyElyWkly about one battalion(66)battalion66battalion.battalion*. (68)68( ) *.

report of2 June 19181918.,. The last counter attack came at 5:30530: JUUA.M.AMLelaJUJULeila. *. MayI-layIlay}- y 30th.30th. from thethe-

Boie

the-

ories

the.-

Bois

Th-

ebesBoie.BoisBoisBoise. lalval.lalvalIalval.IalvallavalAlva. A rolling barrage wasViasVials put down and two waves of InfantryInfantry-

followed

Infa-ntry

Infantry-

followed

Infa-ntry

. . . - . . . - . . _ . , . _ . , ._ 'HH'-

Hfollowed.

H-

followedF-

ollowed'

followedfollowed. . at 150 to 200 yards.yards. The American troops took coverooverover until thethe-i

thei-r

the-

barrage

he-

arable

the-

barrage

he-

arablei,

barragebarrasearrases passedpalsed.palsedpalsied . over thenth8n cameoamefoamed up before theenemyHenleythe enemy InfantryInfaDiryUnfairly got too closeclose-

beventten

clo-

seable

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rthat'iMtiMtvihptthatMt',' pl'oveU.ploveUprovenploveroroveuprove' . to beUE: tnetiJethetinetie v-enmnt.venmnt.uernnnstenement- erlnBerlin: nb. :; lostl st attempt3t'3t' empt to turn the ..rflericantAJaerican.4znericans4znericansFlorissantMajorca.4znericans-

ci9)0apt..L

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sci90aptL

.: rflericant(-

69)Gapt.

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by

jellev6t-

by

relieved-

by

relieve-

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oyby the 16thloth.lothclothl tll.tlltall,. InfentryinfantryllfGntl'llfGntl' v and jasjabsJased.JasedaseiJessedcasein) :::;, ed( . to .hehe.aleale.. J.eJe. ._esurve'esurveresurvey'eses' l'velvelave' areaal"enalenAllen" forfojfro,' a .veil-earned.veilearnedlell-earn'lellearn'earnveilloll.,:.veilearned(-

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n

5-n

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11

S-

11

: * .

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t.ie

reduct-

ive

rOreducet-

ale

predicta-

ble

'uceuceduce'uce-

t

uce-

t

buck-

et

'

t.ietietalet . le salients31ient iniuill l''W1eW1eoc line and tar.etareta.ta..!'.: e fromf.comfcomcom. the ltXorriansTories; onrianbIJrrlanbDorianIreland! uuelJeGleeSuele boatbootb0 :: t observationobservtionobservation-

ost

observatio-

nsobservobserve ;%, tioniontion'-

Jost

tion-

Jost

tini-

est', ost'JostJostcostJoist) inill thotIltthethou) immediateirmiudiateimmt.immtimam.: .iateiateirate. viciuityv/ithviciuityvithvicildtyvlithvicinityitchviscidityvicihVichy itywithnitwit, / only sxiXIsii.g-htsii.ghtsidingsi ig4ht.-ht losses.HoweverlossesHowever10sses.I1owever10ssesI1oweverlosseslosses .lolo. weverweaver It tooktook-

three

too-

thed

took-

three

too-

thed

took-

three

too-

thedthree daysclDysclays to convinceOllvincecol.vincecolvinceOlivine. him thatthet ho110 could not retakeJ'etakeJetakeBetake: ' thetIle posj90sliposoosXition..oreoosXitionorepositionoosXition..orei-

mportant

ition.itionIliont ion..I..oreionIoreomnivoreion..I..or-

eimportant

. .., ., .oreore-

important

pr-

ecipitantimportant than any local tacticaltocticl:) gain wasV/USVUS/ the fact that at lalastlastthelathelastthet-

mericanaesth-

eticiant.thetthe"thethet.thef-

enerican

"the-

tmericau

thet-

mericauth-

eater.",

fenericantmericautmericanentericAmericaAmerican ArrayArmy' 'rmyrmyarmy' v/csvcsW.SWS/: .ss. readyl'oadyloadyroadyladyroad' andancian-anncianableenable,:- able to take a portion off the burden fromf'l.omflomloomfrom-

the

frot-

hed

f'l.om-

tho

flom-

tho

flameth-

rower

from-

the

frot-

hed

' .

thethothou shoulders of the Allied.iI.1liediI.1liediI1lied. . Armies.o.rr.l1esheorr.l1esheorrl1esheArmiesheArmies. ). . !,,/-hehe/-,he total/mericantotalmericanAmericantotaltotal4meriean+/mericanAmerican casualtiescasualtiec in-

the

in-

ter

inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthe battle were 1,0771077l , rrlrr dividedd.ivided. as follows killedkjJLled 13 officersuf'ficersufficers' audaidMauda d 18olSb185lBs18o-

men

lSb-

men

albu-

men

185-

menmen .BoundedBounded"doundeddoundedeoundedfoundedrounded."', anaand missing 322 Officers and 637b37 men.men. 2he'lhelheThehe' uermanl.iermanliermanHermanliveryman. losseslosses-

were

elsew-

here

losses-

were

elsew-

here

losses-

were

elsew-

herewere estimated at 1555 divided as follows.follows. PrisionersPrisoners 4<t Officers andand-

2bl2512bl men.men. Killed bOOb00 and BoundedI'woundedIwoundedfoundedWounded;' 500.500500-

.AMitolS

500-

AMitolS

500.-

Ali

500-

Ali

500-

.d6iY5IS

50-

0d6iY5IS

.

AMitolSd6iY5ISAmitosesAli_ LY IS ANDAUDAIUAUDIAU) GBKIUiaUAIAIO Ii IrIO(; I5:aa-

This

T-

his..

This attack::lttack'llaSlttackllaSwasarras' conceived anda.nd. planned with the pyschologicalpsychologicalpyschological-

and

psychologi-

caland political resultsresuRees ts to fcebeface gainedgainerd as the missionmissiollratherdistillate, rather thantl anyan-

ytactical

An-

tarctica

an-

ytactical

An-

tarctica

an-

ytactical

An-

tarcticatactical or strategicalstrategically advantages .iiuchiiuch.SuchSuch. considerations are of coursecourse-

more

course-

ware

courseI-

nore

cou-rse

course-

more

course-

waremoreInoreIgnore importantimportso tanttaint.tt. than the many errors made from a purelyurely military pointpoint-

of

Pint-

oof view.view. There is no question that the operation v/asvaswas/ a completeconrgletecourgette andan-

dbrillient

ha-

ndbilland-

I

an-an-

dbrilliant

ha-

ndbillI

'\brillientbrilliantbrilliant success when the real mission is considered.considered. However if thethe-

operation

the-

orization

the-

operation

the-

orization

the-

operation

the-

orizationoperation were to hebe criticisedoriticisedcriticized from the military point of view it isis-

questionable

di-

spensational

is-

questionable

di-

spensational

is-

questionable

di-

spensationalquestionable whether the Americans.Americans. could oebe credited with victory.victory. InIn-

the

In-

tec

In-

the

In-

tec

In-

the

In-

tecthe first place the claim that this was the first purely AmericanAmerican-

V

America-

n

American-

Offensive

Ameri-

canizes*.

OffensiveOffeuaive would seem to be inaccurateinaocurate when it is considered that moremore-

than

north-

land

more-

than

north-

land

more-

than

north-

landthan halfhalf of the supporting Artillery was tfrenohilhattreenailrenchb'renohbrenohFrenchReno' ; . hat the supportingsupporting-

Panics

suppor-

ting

supporting'-

ranks

supporting-

ranks

suppor-

ting

supporting-

Tanks

suppor-

tingV

' ' AirA1r Serviceerv1ce wcsV8csV/Vw/ 8s 'renchrenchdrenchFrench' ;Panics'ranksranksTanks ' 5; 2hatr2hat tnethetine "WortingWortingupport1ngsupportingOrating" .were i'rnchirnchi'r.nchFrenchinch; *.. ---iightaen---iightaenlighten---, igb.t8.n-igbt8.nigb.t8.nigbt8nigb.t8.nf-

J"

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1'hat1hatThat' tiiethetie heavy Frenchr11'enchr11ench' uortors1ortarsportcarsoratorsportersuortorsereorators! \/ereereierewereeire\':/ branchirencho'renchorenchirenicwrench' anaaHaaiidaid uiatquit1t, 13t.atat13the. wie\hehethewide\; ilaGilaJ.lameJlamelamel.:: e Jhrowors'h.1'oworsh.1oworsh1oworshrowersThrowersJhrowors-

were

.

...'h.1'owors-

Welte

h1owors-

Welte

' hrowers-

were

throw-

ers. '

wereWelteWelt irtmch.irtmch"rtjnch.rtjnchr"runeh.rrunehitchretrenchrune;,:"" . in the &econaeconasecondecon& place at least threetJu'eetJueetutee' timestimos as mauymanymaymaJ.maJma. y troopstroops-

were

troo-ps

troops-

were

troo-ps

troops-

were

troo-pswere crowded into a bmailma.llmallsmallmail. auacKaacJattaclquackacattacka \acJacJac\; (( as were needeaneecleu.neecleuneedeuneededneedle. orOJ.OJ.' justifiedjLlbtifiedjustified/resultingjustifiedresulting/justifiedresulting-in

justifier-s

II-

inI-

nresultingJ.'asu.1tingJasu.1tingJasu1tingresulting-

in

resultin-g

.' .

in excessiveexcexcl ssiVdsieved casualtiescasu81ties ; andan in the third oiaca91acsplaceoatcake it is douotfuldoubtful if tnethetinetne-

attack

n-

eattne-

att

ne-

atattackattMattat 1t..cktcktackt..ckabs.4. ck as-absabs-i1e carriedca.rriedCa.k.CakCake. . . . 1t3Q outo % .&, v/asvaswas.JASJASv. /n tacticallytactictactn cn.. ,.lly.llyally. soiudsouud.souudsolidsoundsouud.vhenshould've%

o0 4

µ-. l (.i. whewhen\unen\vhenvhen4.a.vn4a.vn4avnunseenhen. . iti is rememberedrememberedvhstrememberedremomlil3rr'9r9' 1 ?7l 9rAci(_ -vhstvhst'ilhatilhatwhatvhsPilate'ilhat-

h3Pi.ened

ilhat-

h3Piened

wha-

thadened

hardh-

eadedness

'-vhst-

hap

vis-

tahaph3Pi.enedh3Pienedhadenedhardened;.

) eneddenned to CompanyLiomgQnyLogan, "A'AlCA:1lCA1"A"" :"' on011 ti.otioti--otiotriot.ltl. .-- e right'ightightbight' I'ianKIianKflanKfarucIanfarce' ! : and: to ooinpaniwb1panltJbL.ompaniubLompaniubPlowmanvOlviol. "ju'1ju1"L"L" ':"J andand-

on

an-

on

'*. . "

on the left flameflank a..dadaLda.dauld.: . tnetl.LetlLethetinetulle. face1'8C18Cfact' t thatth2t the advance wasva.svas. so slight as toto-

leave

to-

lerate

to-

leave

to-

lerate

to-

leave

to-

lerateleave tnethetine enemye emyEmmy with his supportSUppOl'tSUppOlt,

' and reserve unitstogetherunitstogetherithunits , tOGothertofuothertogetherstouter /ithithwithitch<'lili'/ th hishis-

Artilleryinhis-

rtillel.yinh-

ostilehis-

artilleryin-

satiableArtilleryinrtillel.yinrtillelyinartilleryriley. , in position readyre dy tocountertaconite attackattacko"lithattackolithattackwith\o"lith\", as much power asas-

vas

av-

gas

as-

Vias

As-

ians

as-

was

aw-

ashv/asvasViaswasVials/ e , uployeo.uployeoployec.LployecLuoloyeuployurology. . in tnethetine attackttack.ttackattack.tackD.D. ,. i.owevoriowevorloweve.t'lowevethoweverfloweret._ . ' those purelyl.Jul.'elylJulelylull.: .' militarymi 1i taltail ;:t factorsfacto.L'sfactoLs. ' :!navelavenave-

very

na-

venave-

vel'.v

nave-

velv

na-ve

lave-

very

lave-

nderveryvel'.vvelvvelvet'.. littlelittleeilittle'/eiei.reireirein.,./ htl1tlit in anin[ action3ction such as thisthis/, werev:7ere7ere: r'ere' the primaryorooJ.'YorooJYhorology. .'L considerconsider-consider-

ation

consiconsconsider-

ation

er-erer-L

ear-l er-

ation

ae-

ration

¬-

ationaction v/asvaswas/ to make victoryvicto.L'YvictoLY. ' as curtain asa.s. it v/asvaswas/ humanly possiblepos.ibleposibleposLible:.. roret=;ara-

less

air-

less

'B.r-

dless

Brd-

less

Bra-

less

'ara-ara'B.rd-'B.rdBrdard-ardHaraByrdWardard-

less

art-

less

. -

less of thethothou cost.costcost.-

On

crossto-

wn

cost.-

Ln

coastl-

ine

.

OnLn(",1111, thethothou other handhand.. the scnemeschemesc emeemmer of ;.anoever.J8noeverJ8noevermaneuver; forfOl'fOlfoal' moppingmoppingupup.up-up.- thethe-

village

S-heila

the-

village

S-heila

the-

village

S-heilavillage v/asvasViaswasVials/ c.ncnan[;..nn. excellentAxceAce llentlent one anaanc.l.anclalitencl, . . v/orkedvorkedNorkedworkedcorkedSnored/ out very satisfactorilysatisfactorilyhenisfactorilysatisfactorilywhenpiscatorialsa.sa. t "-/henhen"lhenlhen-whenwhenwhe-

nit

henb-

it

,_"lhe-

nit

lhen-

ithen-

bit

"/hen-

it

hen-

bitit is consideredcdlnsicierednsideredclassifierinsidero how many deepdea.deadead.'? cellarscallarscallas anaand dugoutsdugoutseredugouts/ereeree'eeewere- / :,, ' occupiedoccu.foccufoccur.

> ieddied byby-

the

b-yte

by-

the

b-yte

by-

the

b-ytethe enemy.enemy. Althoughthough.thoughAl . it took seveialseveJ.'alseveJalseveral. ' days to thorouyulythoroug.hlythoroughly. clean upuyuu, allall-

the

alt-

hea

all-

the

alt-

hea

all-

the

alt-

heathe enemy in the town this was auedueague solely to the fact tnatthatnat the rtillerl..tilleL'ltilleLartillertillertileartillery, rtillerp-

reparation

.. : '., ,

preparation was so violentviC6'1lantviC61lant' thatt J.8.tJ8.tJ8t. . it was iposibleJ'posibleJposibleiuposiblepossibleimpossibleil :,' totq locate10c&10c& te all thethe-

dugouts

te-

dious

the-

dugouts

te-

dious

the-

dugouts

te-

diousdugouts or for thvthetv enemy to dig his way out for .severalseverale"e.L'aleeLalell. " . ' daysdays..days.idaysdays..-

he

day-

s.ays.aysHays. *.

I/

Jhe1he.hehe. manner in which the troops quickly consolidated the positposit-posit-

ions

posit-

ions

posit-positpositi-

ons

\)¬--

ions and held their groundgrowldgrowled against determined counterattacks isis-

undoubtedly

is-

undoubtedly

is-

undoubtedlyundoubtedly deserving of the highest praisepraise.praised*. 'Thehe initiativeinimini tiattat lvelave and.andand-

leadership

ba-

ndleaders

and-

leadership

ba-

ndleaders

..an-

dleadership

ba-

ndleadersleadership shown by the Non-OoramissionedNonOoramissionedNon-Oomn1issionedOomn1issionedNon-CommissionedCommissioned- Officers was one of the'the'the-

outstanding

the-

outstanding

th-

ousand'the-

outstanding

the-

outstanding

th-

ousand

' the-

outstanding

th-

ousandoutstanding featuresfeaturfeatures of the engagement . The11e value of accurateaccUl'ateaccUlateaciculateaccurate-

small

accur-

ateaccUl'ate-

small

accUlate-

small

macul-

atesaccurate-

small

accur-

ate'

small arms fire was never more strikinglystriltingly illustrated thant J n when th.thtlLtietallth-

.entire

th-

eatre

tlL-

entire

ta-

lent.,

entire fifiststt wave of one counteroounter attack was destroyed by this means.meansmeans.-

The

mean-

est

means-

.fhe

mea-

nsmeans.-

The

mean-

est

.

Thefhehe fact that the T.2.iT2.iT2iT.2.asT2.asT2as*..P.P. . &;) . andand.. C.bCbT.Ij.TIjTaji . a .d1'used1used at regimental.L'egimel1tal.Legimel1talLegimel1tal. ' P.O.PO2.Ce2CeP.O.-

wab

P.-

O.

2.Ce-

was

2Ce-

was

. ..

wabwasswab continually drawing heavy artilleryart11le fire is16 proofJroofRoof that the runnerrunner-

is

runner-

1s

runne-

rsis1s still the"firstthefirsttha"firstthafirsttheirsheadfirst"" line"lineIf" means of communicationoommunication.oommunicationcommunication.*.

--- nineteen-

That

ninetee-

nth

1J1a nineteen-nineteenineteGu---ineteGudinetteineteGu-

That

dine-

tte

inetedinette Ln---Ln---

. . . .-:.. - !. :: . . . .

. . -. . . . . . . . . . - . . , . . . . . " . . . -. : w. -: ?: fnt-font *.>.. M.. ,.'. ... *. *, . , . . . .. . . . . . . ,. . ...

P>I!

LiiSSOi'IS.LiiSSOiISLiaisonssOl'rsOlrsolarSO1rS.SO1rS' .

1.1. v/henvhendhen/ it it1.1is. decided to attachattackattMatt ck a position which is stronglystrongly-

defendedstro-

nglystrongly-

defendedstro-

nglystrongly-

defendedstro-

nglydefended in depththedepthdepth , the advanceadvanseadvanadvance,. should be made of sufficient depth toto-

defeat

to-

defeat

to-

defeatI defeat and, dislodge the enemy support and reserve units as well asas-

his

as-

hiest

as-

his

as-

hiest

as-

his

as-

hiesthis artilleryartillery.artillery.-

Itartiller-

y*.

, It isI a wastewaUewaitswane of men to crowdorowdborrowed more unitsunitBunitunits-intounitsintointo'into'- the assaulta5aultabsaultassault-

than

assa-ult

a5aultt-

hanabsault-

than

assa-ult

;;

than is 7eS61117necsesssjrynecneck

.

esserlesser to accomplishaocomplbh the assignedall1gned miBBiYminifymissionmission.mission.-

Def

missi-on

*.

DefilatedDef1latedDeflatedDef ilateddilated epaoeslpaveaspacesepodeslava whichwhioh are subjectsubjeot to enfilade fire of enemyenemy-

machine

enen-

machine

e-maciate

enemy-

machinemachine guns should never be occupied when they can be rdequateiyedequatetyadequatelyrdequateiy-

covered

edequatety-

oovered

adequ-ately

edequatety-

covered

adequ-atelycoveredoovered byb firef1rfire.*.

. 4.4. WhenwbenThenben an .,ttack.ttackattacktack. on a strongly fortified positionosit10ncoscoos it ion is planned ,

it should8hould bebebs made 00Of sufficientsuffioient br&thbrthbrlathbridthberthbreathBrit& to insure that the flank strongstrong-

points

stand-

points

strong-

points

stand-

points

strong-

points

stand-

pointspoints are included in the zonezo e of advance so thatthathanJ\iJi\ your flank isi8 notnot-

offered

int-

erfered

not-

offered

int-

erfered

not-

offered

int-

erferedoffered to the flank fire of such a strong.tt. angLang pointpoint.point.-

When

po-int

point.-

hen

poi-nt

*.

&rWhQarWhQawham& Whenhen timetime permitspe 1tl all Field Orders should written ratherrather-

than

rath-er

rather-

than

rath-er

rather-

than

rath-erthan verbal to insure1nsure that the smallest unit is fully informed ofo-

fall

f-

allo-

fall

f-

all, alla l essential.ent1alent1al.. facts/factsfacts-

6

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