Field Intel Report Part 20

8/8/2019 Field Intel Report Part 20

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# fS from y f ofq m o&aiigis i-n front ISJIO iitmtifiestion Si &B

to&ortor 0 K U I oo&fir&s orfttr of fc&ttl*.

Aothlag «int«iiAl to report*in v l e i

r m l t I n Bo is? ae DCMMABfXl^ O ur a i r

for tha past f«w1 aad r«t ir ing

on the narrow

told, thfit this material was going t o %oagt> lie was a t

7 ^ d the 3?^r» Hs goos m fsr iasay that the- (kummia® s,re retiring fit)is tke l i

to IM tolX i t I X % 4 H !M to

t f i

tlom of attaok

aetive along wlaole sector* two comfeat

to 8*30* Qtiiof a l



at l l # 4 0 AM*

f © f3*efeui 4m tbe

ar t e i a i tp of H$# JOTX1* Qm

E U C ^ B L &plan©"as.

had one {succe ssful photo mis sio n? 36

had o«e m i s G i o n , 24 exposures made* Orx©^ -airpldiwa. at $•©& <rr«r1D#.SO# On© of

E87,5« 3000 pro pa ga M a 3&6@ts» wore dropped. Anothermission of th© 60th squadron reports sectormovements seen as f ar as £ive k l l owe tors k&ck of

Heeormaiss&oe© mission a t 10.46 fail©a on account ofmotor A reeoimalssanc© nlmtOTi ltj the 284th French Squadron

to report except on© shel l seen to fa l l in region of Hil l

S»etiost .Ai

Ifth at

calss. ®HQB?y a rl at ion fa'irly aetiT« in thanot eross our lines • letkiisg «la« to

Corps received Octofear 29, 1918 at 1S«U F»K*

One Allied plau j pro'ba ly hit fejt ant i-aircr af t wae seen to ors«Ji

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BOXS *4#*&G6£S«, L io ut * 3&# t0* waa t&ia p i l o t a n tComu»r the

F i r s t Corps: At 9#00t &n grommd* Dm m&n w©nat@aa At iUOa fiT« Spats &®& fhm '

in ^©m%at without m«ttlt» t in B&am Xee&llt^* At i t i#i m Sff#$two flights of four Foicktrs ©aoh aee.n one kileiueter north 0f

t &$g §mm$ group hma whita noses, white r&i£*2? andwh i t e s t r i p s s OB t a i l a n i on TLMQT imxfm® of p la ae , Wfcita s ffasela ge (side a Of) prhoge Fokkers reir^.i B^6. in t h i s T l c i n i t y f i r 4 Bmitmto s* At 10»S3 fou r FalOcaya oir#rh«®tf Black and wh ite # t t i f « s $&t a l l with whit* $i*&$#@ on fus ela ge . IM s is f i r s t t ime tM sh

frm. le t M IS a t

a repor t that am }ust g® mof iito seM Wtvraan S l

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that at. JB rtfciia p | ^

Ca nte r ana t h a t from on© of thes e a paraei i t i to wit h a nan in i t wag' t . % « a : a M * a a f t . * t t i a|f-fai?#m t% 2 ^ ^ i f e '

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a t 1 1 * 4 5 , . G i t fo rr t i mmf&lli&g

H i l l 2 9 9 . Three i t

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in flmsfca InMessage from 11th Bal loon

Front Armjr Group of Crown rinceattacks near Olsame, in the low greund along, th© 1^ ^

l Str on g hoatd. 1© do tae te» »ta whicli at temp tea tc c r o s s t ok of thxt $CM%M I f of Cond« were tiirewis Tâek

i i f h o s t i l e a t t a ck s s o u th of the BCIHXX^ m a rIn teiapor&rily penetrat ing our l i n e s , th e 176t3h.

7th B ttery 71st Fie 10 Artill ery tyn f a n t r y g t u i s c o n t r i f e u t e d m a t e r i a l l y to th« s u o e s s s f B a s t of Al

l o c a l h o s t i l e a t t a c k s w e r e r e p t J l s e d . 1'he en®mv i s cOBI i n k gs t r u c t i o n o f v i l l a g e s i n ana o a s t of the 3CHSII)rf v a l l a jr. TAXSSCIBHIgS s

mider hea? y h o s t i l e f i r e . A3?my Group of i&$ Oaxsaan Crown f r i a e o ,a t t a c k s on th© Ois© a x a l ^©tw©«n BfEB^X and MB QIH|*£lj$up hf tmT c o n ce n tr e t e d a r t i l l e r y SIB&II py f i r ® .

across the ccoial were thrown liaolt ¥y eotmtexattael:, w«st of

th e 3Q[;tIlTE BlOfOH on b o t h s i d e s of the L/ Oli-HARLS Hosd s tr o n g h o a t i l oattacks early in the morning were repulsed fcy f d i i i a*nt West PrussianE sg ian ts . ArEjy Group of Ton (Jalli^tg )»©tw«on the Airs and tli* Htmaoartillery activity inersasea interBiaently. Aviation Snaring t^« l a r l

shot down i f hostile airplaaos and S oaptir© Walloon®.

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American T&allGon l o f brought ftown in fle sies l»j ©aaisy plan© a t

at 16*10.

for to

a i r^ etc tor* Our pTiinntii t patrols are ^mt in t o

his incrâsod ae rial ac tiv ity» 'xhere have feesnl I aircraft s t il lno

j mlmiom arewur i t H h t

various oorpsu Om of otir is laakljâ s p e c i a l s o r t i e i n fore© to a t t a c k in the

D i r , At S.SO PM a Boche plajas f e l l aliout 100 ynt l i n e s |tt0%.*&$£& of Marcq* A party im be ing sea t ost

CH&ftgr"tatailB w i l l %e fi^ en l a t e r .t thre e frie ndl y plajaes,

I I S * B«©^ pinna ^ ra i a t $H*<* *

fxm Ootofeer 29, 1918 a t

^ 3 ^

t f e l l nesar Slrxy^ Tô pla nes of# of HfSB.I€O!llf a t i d * l i i Ifee'f

1©

ta ' tlie :ire ljei*iW. ^t e BOI.I de.KSA^f*, A l i t t l efir© on the r<*ar areas of th© g61 i D*I.U»S. and on th©

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aerial activity on sector of right diYisiom Eothlag

October at 4«B0 !M>

$©

3 g s inIn @îtls®rm «ft«t« y* BO1S -4# f

STi'mmd CABXI£&$$£ BaTrim liairas©#a, w ith g ^"During the nigfet f i r t OB aaranced line© with large 6allfc$r

l l l X lAtRIIXB B f e i & t h %ito 0 hre*

7 ? l | ishells OB the full wing points. From 2E hrs

KiKCHOVlIUSl t ^K IB i ft$m 0 hm feHm 16 to t te*t. lshells $fg the r e g i o n \%% OUT a r t i l l e r y Beams to give tka

of a ver y eloe© att^ ok on t h i s f r o n t. Ate©uhi l T D U J^ Some s h e l l s on tfee KHUn««JM f^ r t&e A3Msr C^r^s tOOO s h e l l s .a t o t l th® aft er no on • A}tm©rotLa coaâts. Towards

15 hra a. French, of 7 pla ne s latmehea an att ack on anforoed i t to re tr ea t . Bur ing th« for enw ap l quadron ana a fi ve plane sfâ aroa '

the tl 14 uore $i®mn i n d u c i n g a f i r e p l a n * p a t r o l ware repo rted * Se ve ra l ©s©Ey plaia ie »ad« a

V l l Netting to r<5|>ort.

: 'i'he S7 th B1T« which wa« report«fl in theof the 10gna sector according to $#immT* stat«Ba«Dts toe %**&. £&»$$**

f le d on the B r it is h f r o n t. (Inf orm ation SusHa&rj Octofc«r S81 i# l e t A

to ho ia t&* advanced po si ti on * lief or© southern wi eterw i t h s e a t t e r s d u n i t s . Out patro ls 8Ucoc«a«a in #r t*r iag *mm&p r e t t y w e l l Tbaok. On© hae c r o s s e s tk« BOIS CH/)BATHS and tfc« B0I3ae GH1 MAC OUR T H i l l # fK fl f BOUHBDAY wi tho ut isfteting with r s e i o t a a c e . Th*

Ois© i n ^H SBTI IIH . Ane 'feer p a t r o l w« at t o ABA0GOllHf v s t i l©nesiy lia na s. 1 t li lr 4 on* has raached a poi nt SOO raetera nor î o f - .'~ wi tho ut ab at in g tli© en»2ay»

rt i l l ar y: A ct iv i ty in th i s sec tor do©® aot iBQicate th«t io n of r ^t raa t on tfce ©nesgr sia «* !Th© ar t i l l ary a c t i v i t y of ^ s

•r m vi ll© grouping do«» not 4©©r«aa«. I t therdfor© app«ara tka tw i l l ho ld th e ir pr in c ipa l po s i t i on s . I t i a however po«s l¥ l© that

I t lia s witfadrawn i t s aavsno©4 positioias fnuving an atta«3E* '



. Lowell - M*4I« Qm of our te»llcons northeast offtt M#4I aftd'a&otfe** n»r%H of'MHBIOJBS was ffcreal t©U s

f *£.#4tk Mf*. «* M*4t BB«^"sîstti0B uimsix aLly &etlY*« fn© ofjust ¥urn©a* $®s& of our planes in aifrht.

at 4.45.

; harp* w« w«re a t t a ^0 t ^y 18f i l o t a a -blatirrir f ire i approximately 50 iroaaia. a i

fJ?planes wars seen to go down appareotly out of

i X k t tet %2 t@ get Ua lE to

our kan^s 1 w<mn&®d offloer t 1 I«C« off ieor and a w@mst«t pri va te .Emmj B^tillQTfi MQ&$m in northern ©ector - Sortkern sector; !activ® îan previous day during tho afternoon. $&m art i l l eryf f Mm #» 10SM0if# Hil3L»fd%" MAW WOO© and MSOJSmd, Sfe«ll

lnf tlMi' ii ip.t* fr m B Sirs* to S tec* to ^Ligkwith large and Tuiddl© cal iber shel ls on the BOIS dee

OIS des Troin ©#ma&« A'feout 150 gas skella on mVAm^MmSouthexn Sector: Knoiay arti l lery a l i t t l e more aetire^ E&rasBliag on oart ^ # 4 J i ^ f f lXn 1002411711^ ®^ J099.JS r#M* Wrm %M k

on VKHDUB* ©rafid total for t&e Army Corps

_ . . .. .,.,„, , v &HH i vetfUg* ***•»#*•• W m .. .. .. ...

northern sector iatauaing one who dropp«d propafasda tracts, # pls3ft®ep

$ t t ^

Q lianaous: Our planeo have fceen fir «a urn

fe J & $BB aa^ 30IS lM



was seen to

i f

t rac ts in the,„ Arti l le ry: General J®w@9Si©nI .'Decreasing 8n@my ar t i l l« :

* Kind of fire: fes atoU* fttturartsrattra fir© on th© COSlBfof oui? ooae#ut«mti@ii fiart of 0 o ^ l i t k oa tb» BOIS

In | p %noticed* A presmseci German plane1T

to aa li*C«O# of the SOftfe B#s#3eri Ktgiassiat Sawag fowna near the point Qff£g« I t i s in tM s region tha t athe 17th Jaeger Bm« waa k i l led . I t appears that th© 207th H#a©n%Hill 1« la Mm at OBB (3t*£«Bte3»w - • • -» - - — - • »-^—sli on a t RV&t* A

" , I th©r©for«

Bat1»igr iiaDate ftm

Officer with the 3d fat 1?,15 G-S rtf@rt#I from O.P. that sl ie ll s

©B thft BOIStJxat th&j mm coming fry® BG1S

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faro* A#I«&« tttimr witfc

a t 14*40 One

g the ffl«iia aetlon

&«y# Ou r

• ^ r e t o r t :l i gh t . Judg i ng

3.8 •

© fa fe&tt#s?gr mm

O k a tetttrar

*15 4 wagousfee i e v© a to

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t 19XS

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on O c t .

@ f41 fltdepot yexy

l i g h t s on mOfXST

li iaes, 7*

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imp mm ion of tfce

t however, did not equal th a violene© of &i@ fir on tfee

Enemy order of %&tt&*£ I ©thing to pl ^^ i r i a ik a t sT t Haek im pm f i r * OM BOIS 4© B&ffHiTOH fromtioaa of atAID OiBBl Farm* Flaree a,?m machine gt?.n firs wer© fr#in g the night; Gtfe«mda© the #:ÎE^ y i ^l e f t a l v l s i o u a t fw$fif reeeiG oi Baehlm imn fir© from a gsm a t

e^Ttar of maeliiiii® gam® ani samt mp a r#^ roefe®t ulileh ^&^

•allg tb© praeedlng period*

77s on LA i'UILERIl Farm.out tii© # E J « ' I l ie r igkt aivl tsion reports fot irt o 1a@ duds explode In alsout ©Igfet m inu tes a ft e rassect our 11ms 1 B the 3d f t d iv i s io n * #

en r i ro n a of 30M.y[MiiMCB aM EX^BIO^ wer@ also harass®a»hours ant 21 hours 46 & fearraga, ¥mt tfce

1©

f ix ing f t f«n Hi l l

5to haze prevented good o^servet ios ©f r e e d t r a f f i c .

p a t r o l l l a g offeallooas? Sev<&s jyj j jp te^MJPwMy •B f 'w^BF'jPlfP' • 9f4Vl ' i l lRiV 'SlF 'Sfc _ ^sPr^^W^

14 hours 56 Fo)ck«r 13-7 atta ck ed ai«6 femrne^ B a l l ^ a Ho- 7

4© one

the algfet* A p a t r o l of tB© 3d f t"

us©t 1 B this instance.



BtBttlts #f mt a irwere

from 0-8f Sri t vtealrtft Oetofeer 89, 1918 a t 19*^0

l a eneny ae ti T lt y . Hostll© aviatlGH. has "feeena@tiT©t eoastaatly patrolling 0v«r o^r «mtlrt s#et©r»war© nfom3rm& during the nightfee hind the enemy's line* Visibility

orier of battle: 1© changeInfantry: She ale rtn ess of the enemy increases. Any 3psrt of our troops i s ian&4tat©ly eomfcated ^y maefeiB© fir©.

Snemy arti l lery: rjChe y yfront from B/KTEEVILLH to BOIS IH RAPPS;-, was shell ed feara t 6«10 o'cloc k^ and th e BOIS de BAHSSTAUX was gassed jbrtBi 17•117.3 5* Our fro nt are as aiu6 li n e s of comiaumieation were l i ^ i t l yaseefi witl i a o s , lgO f s f 100*8 ana n * s * f i f t y jprâmt #£ %fing has hmn g as . The CUHSL-BRIEULXIS and th« cn sg l- M Sflroads were harasse d as usua l* B at te ri es i n a ct io n : §*&»&*&-B686-9165-938^H-1578;8,iU0.(i1. - A^6960-H7771-?563^7565% t l S ^ 4 ^ S U B O e ^ g S i O f I 0 ^

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Emmy aoY6m@iit: At 1S.S5 hours three men w«re e«©ii walking a t88*S5 and eight m«m a t IS.2 0 walking from o6»65-88•SC t© 0 6 8At IS hours two men were observed a t JUPILIS farm* Fifteen ytroops going north at O7,0-69»8 f aôut 15-15 hours. At 15»gO hoursenemy groups of twof@ ana throe's wera ofes#rr«a just west of

, poor to fair* 5?he eneayfeomved our

Since Hint o'clo ck the enemy's av ia tio n has feeaa ^ffc t l ©ur iSrât ^î»0»al |r . a a. mad©

At 9»50 o*clock eight large enemyt f l id ^ f ^ M

MlfflLLClS ant. re tu rn .. At 10 .80 eigfct p lan es comingand flaw over CUSE1 and disepp©ared 1B the di ra ot io n of



; At It hour® m fit* was r@port«a in a ir«eti im «£18 hottrs to 3 &$w* a f ire m« ©bserrea In the

tnUfct |«, PETIT. At 18,SO hon*s f ir s a In the direc tio n of* At 10*$5 hours fire was reported Inrtvttm

Taat-I)0B# Aaoth^r l&r§* fire In direct io n of MOWS SASWSfcAt one hour flareg war« ©l»serT«a tm airtfet ion of KBM0lf7IlIB # which a**feld to "fee ssmll ftmnoltidtt anap#» i t 4*30 hours a large *:sg&Qglf§t

Activity of OUT mm trmpu** Outposts have keen estafellshod south tf. t3*Constant patrolling during tho night and tj

of mv air ofeserration: Photographs have hmn

t 1st

Impression of the Mmfi Tim period was characterised Ijr thetumsual se r ial ©©tiTitjf that has Veen prevalent a ir ing th« la i t ftw

and the decrease in artillery fire*

front l ine: Sorth of FXJM4Y, then©« eouth«ast fro© tha BOIS *•IK; i s BB>ILB JOTSUSS farafôeupatioB aou"btful)t t&a Fajca i »the southern edg« of th« B013 &« IOGES and th« Tillage afiSBLJ j theme9 the l i m rtuas along th© tAVIJ north ef Ifam '

itmyin anx F1BBIB0 iato th© âall wooeL u% Sft#f*0$f#X. wh«r* i t titr»«south, grossing th« Sf • JOYIB-Sf * SB OH SB 3 aroad at £111 816*

order &t bot tle ; A prisoi3«r of th© 76tk Res .^ptmred 021 the SStiij. eonfijîs tfc» ©rfi&r ofthat the strength (troneh) of h is cQBspaay wa» IMH% SS

Infantry: fis» activi ty ©f the «&*agy patrol s 1B the l* £thas praetleally e$&a*i» Xmt«TO&tt*&t Baachin© gun fire from t&§lag points; Tieinity Of CHAMFIGH3Ui.LSB ant the aonthexia «dg* ofBOX 8 IS LO0BS. from tho Slrection of l^COtllf an4 from MOIIK500 saotars southaagt of W,EP:e:i> also from tho hi#i gartsst aaâa ofthe f i t l f atis P1KHHES, Machine gune have ^©en looatad a t th* fo llow ing points: Crossroads at g90,g-S88,6 t at poiat in wooQs 289* "tarn in road at g90»l~S88»@r read fork at S89»80-fi88*06 anfi f'" 6-288*0t whor© roa^ »©©ts edge of wcofta, at a t S91*O0-288*4 and

? aitfi g96»3-2e7, l. ^raach mortar located at l e f t of

during the precaaing |>«riod» h@ ®a»»y artill«»^ la id down tw^

y y

at 21 hours 40 in the region of MAROQ-aS'* J0VlHt the ©thor





mwmw®&m &»& infantry contact &M mm& mmmmtmmmn

^mm? a e r i a l a c t i v i t y i n c r e a s e d from mi id ay to #TOmimg • f o u r &mm& aia>

Report from Headquarters Layfayatte to G-Ht l e t

not iced i sca i id ing S reônaajais^guae©© at X©uf d i s t a n t towards or«r

on the r e g i e a s . An «IMHB^ pi*me w

1 B

W* *9P S ^ M K ^ V P F W K Tî)Pk- i^^l pii i|pffAwflBP ^H ^W ^H ^

CHAMP;

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t&thing t©

Sttl ofin tts# ztgion

a a i t a c k a

ity

In iht PABCGMIFOHTSLLE region©.

yS l ig h t

fa c t i v -

Av iatio n: Medium a ct iv i ty

& worn Xl %©

and BEHTRIX

m&% of OfSSESS,* An mmmitim

*P«J,««*tJ**S

.r-40^0* faroa i l $«*? le«,

no ®ml\* • .high wind a&d * garound m itt- -»d© n ig h t;



mm a&$ll&: **ftt or;

hours 4§*

f i r * em fk# of lSltBIOIT*I»0ffIMOirf

sin tto*. f H

-Mo. MM*

10

Our t ro op s l a s t ni gh t e nt ar sd AXKGKE7ILLE w ith ou t fimoh op po si t i o n * f$ o^ ptu red t iro Boo ha pr if tGri^ra and 'f r om them %t ajt h a t tiie booh© Uru* I s now 500 mater® n o rt h of AIHCREYILI*!^ thena lo n g .t h e i*o\i1»hem ed ge of t h e BO I S HI BABIKMONT, t h a n soutfeWWti t f o l l w n . th# oa#^ t ©f th * Hi l l and i n o l u ^ t CI»IHT IiE 0H4lf% tfcaa

through CL1RY Li PETXf•

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Coi^pa: . Two prisoner® oapt\i^@d by one of our Regimanta fro®



: t?sa*X mmy

& 20

H&&. 00,1, •pat ro l* *«at ou t j ©»•" oaf teiftd §' pri@©n^^t t$t-m S la t

f• t . of i t I&LJ&HX«

two

« 3 3 5 1 *

L» I# 0#

of

on th^ ravineioms at

of wooda ofLA REIKE* fl it

6 6 p l a n e s

f oar night of

harassing fire by the nightiite off lê by

Of MOLLEYILLE, LA fTUXont o g th® day of t he S9t h our artillery flra a series of



Wttm 0*3* It*

A f I* S» §ffiot? wit& 1st Gfc*p», R#e*d* 10 fc s '

aotiv© than i t h&a

ual ta rge ts by t i t ©naaayc A t o t a l oi ?oc; to 800 rotands,

reoonnaiaaana© mi^îoxi this motmiiig tried to conduct anadjustment witb one of the fu g it iv e t ar get battalion©t» Was mm*s t a n t l y dyivan back by siwsmy pat rol® who pr©dominated f^ iand who êr© v^ry aggr^âivs,* Pa tr ols from fir© to fi ft e e n *mmmf pla&$» were siioo^mte^dt, l ^ r y time our plane* G3ro»«9the li n e a the #&#»? anti-a iôir af t would f i r e owe buret ofsh ra pn el ahead of th@& and. then a bur^t o f Mg b <s xploH v«8jthen th#y would ato p. Soon af te r a pa tro l of tmmy pl^ aes would

and ohaa® our plana s tmoko Two photo m iss ion s o u t.

Ra por t from H AE F-O ffioial Comirmniqu© I#» 17 3 Re c ta. Morningfel 30 191 v

Horth of VraDU! our troops have oooupied AIMGHEYIIiLE, andhave ast^blis laed tte#i»-lim## |u st north of th© vil lag e« Liv el y a r t i l l e r y f l g l i t i a f # ^ m i t « S d ur in g t3i« i l | i f i n wm$mmpo in ts a long the front* In tlm WGimE our pa tr ols s uo oe ts - . .f u l l y engaged h o st il e d<staohia©nta and oapturad pri son ers * '



Division has* found tfe* IT tk

b a tt er y empiao0m«nt po in t. * f 38*73* Onir av ia to r wound©dt the

^0-^J-0-0-0-0-0

10* • '

,€bifp«:f- ' ftom 7*80 to 9*00 .Xnfant*? oomt&ot mission

\ i i t 1& act ion * ?l«w noytk t o S ^ff#«i t t a t ^]L^#^ At 8*§0 Sa il^ oii H^#. i f

p a t 309*.I * $ ? t* t. -tMi*©nemy pi&nee and mm forced t o land .

3rd C orps: - Raoo anaissan oe from 7:OS t o 9:15* Se at t t veryEnemy patrols inuoh i n «^4#m0#. 0ns of our pXan«B

p i s from tha 284tfe Fran oh Sq uadron .Squadron plans from 8535 t o fHO ov^r ?9thtitude 4§0 tt»t«y«t - t | i©t : t !»%• flilt« f lb i l l t y f a i t * Aifesrioan tro op s âir# mow ®.fgs&i«*£ahQ ll hole© and $&#3X tran aliea *l on g w^st^rn ®dg^ of K)IS*WATHIXLE ana woQda pmt north of th«re* RôoBnaisaaGGe of 90th Dv i s i o n s ec t o r , a l t i t u d e 4 8 0 0 m®%®r&* Y ia ib l l i t y fa ir * TiraeJ7:30 t o 8:5 :.O B#dt0t un usu ally qui«t» Our mm a p p a ren t l y o r -

a l o n g l i n e of October ZBth* Ant i -a iroraf t f i re<l on m

: Exports xa sul t of photgraplilo nrdaalon.

1st fûrûit Group:

H«alay, 14?th Stuatron . wblle on pa tro l , at taok^d aabout four m ftv@ kilomet^r^ north of QRANDPRE a t

11 :10 a lt it u d e 600 m#teta% San Bald tirttadt a t S00cUmbod t o that li«ight« t^ got s evera l food burs t s a t 100yards and tti# l^t/borstawlt dro^* towards th«* ground,

ut of ' co nt ro l . Request oonfIrm .t ion* While th is oombaton, two f®k&m® at^- akad* S t . Kâly maao<»Y^red fo r po~



r

s i t i on - ted got in m. ooupl© of good fe$r*$ft a t one ofF#$fa»*.« aaul.tia©' fOfefct* tarc^n $@it&*i*i$ t&» .gpraund im $f o GRAHDPRf, This eegfea t took plu-oe ^»bout 11 :1 5 « Lt« He aiyt in ' tu t 'of i

Wtm CM* Vflu 3359,

R* * « 1 Y* & G.0tol»0'g H0# 1 M $ - . -05 40 fit

Salmaon Plan© a were out t i l s morning on . plioto mi, a s i on \anderpxoteotion«j They w«r» att ao ka d ^f 18 Boom planes (te

li v in g tak^n 36 sxp osu ros . The othar i w@re ^ r o g

Location of lanoing at pv&%vnt un3mown« fh eo Boc h©

be given as soon m

Albany 8 x@ ports: From on# of i t s brigadâ that U offi«r«y» oftho IB Aero Squadron landed wit hin t he ir l in e s ttd a morning, l itEaYiciôn pil#l # and Lt* Ho ^sli^ 0% i$ff4»« They w©r@ in op er a^ti n g plan© no* 9, L5 Bo a ha plan«a got on the ir t^ il drove th *down, and tlaair plan e was destoy« d« Reque st tt e t Squadron

n o t if ie d and tran ep ort atio n b@ sen t for them to SXETIILi

Tjem fiWJ* **•• $SS§*

prisoner 2nd Co. , 13th Bav M Reserve 9tglm#ii% 5th BavarianD i v i s io n , ii©ar CLERY LE

k i l l e d , 10 9tn Qren^di^r Rssg t,, n or th of SAMTKEflLLEc

from 1st Day Boaibard««jnt Group, H«o fd October 30,

- l l : 4 5 . A l t i t u d e

fan p lanes Idft f l a id s t i l raa oi i sd obêot iv^ , a l l retu rned,S C 5 kilo® Domba dropped. :'- . > ' '



$iur*f4t- ummim I* 2» p t t i . o f t o r n * . A l t o o u t 3f©is4©ii

\S#tt$*j>od. t w fce*ib». l a town crit

t o 1$M&B I n • • • '

«&*

nor th of t-be KOUAHT - BEAtJOLAIRI road. One obêrvs^ fired100 ro-unds Into this formation. .

th<i ooxmtty feetwosft IX)ULOON and

10 : to 11:45 Dropped. hm%® mt X0:58o Aliiltud© 13000 f e e tb}! £ l i B i O C ^ R t t©naa ©f B*RRi;dbt!it¥# mii4 mitt

f p l a n « a l e f t f i w l d ; 0 r ^ a o h ^ d o b j e o t i v a a * D r oo p adl o Isomb© 600 k i lo i s* Bur s t© ae^n In BOIS M BAHBICOURf, a l a o

I n a ouf c i i e m pa r t of th© town of BAHRIOOURT and a f i r © a n d • * p l o s i o n i n towm of SASSEY H0H MEUSE* 11:0 0 1 Foteker saen n e a rB A 3 r # d nQ%&* blu© body « ad wiiit© t a i l * A & t i ~ £

u in.

Ob n e r v a t i o n 3 11:0 3 f i r e and a & p l o ^ i o n I n tos?n of11540 saw an a l r d r o m w i t h 3 p l a n e s on g r o u n d mt IMSCOURT,

woods- te©tw#m Il fl T , Mf®mtl*m m i i

nusrsroud barra ak s and path a lea din g to ba rra ck s, evidently

th© map &t HU1 S78, b«tw##B road R a t i o n aoutli of



tit to

on bo th t l t o s of woods,,

1 6 6 t h ' S a u a d r o n :

bombs m% 11:00*

Squadron re po r t s th a t

Utm A, A. cattery .at N I4g@ of torn L3 out to bomb town of 8ILLIEVX£LLE«sujr^BAR» At

IMECOUBT* .. B a t t e r ie s OB bo th s i da s of woods koundQd oy SITJlf-SAlUB02AHCY* ©port nua er( ;us bar rack © in woods and p at h s lea.t o t he& a t ^ l i : 0 2 6 Tra in o f twen ty oa rs go ing e a s t out of

AinitktJr tfmlfit of•.• fpx*r #^tt Im tfe# ynirda of372 and 378 , a t road junc t ion hnlm MJZAMOY, saw toatt*ry off i g t i t g i m i f i r i n g south a t 1H0 0* At lo :5 8 & column of t ro op sha l f mi le Imng going north on &QURT-BARRICOUHT aad 1000 k i l o sof boafes on MOUART, 600 k i l o s on BAHRIGDUBT an d 100 k i l o s on

g to news reoeivtd fromof confiding to fount

It Is report*d fro© BAkE

l2aaaatoai have

to oossrnitte at



3©,

a r t i l le r y has b@#n fa ir ly ao tiva on tfeeo f 30IP D'HAUMONT And on fck# BOIB BIS KE s h e l l s on

ra il r o a d s ta ti o n of VERDUK ana i t

p two men of th e In f. Uft

posts la the BOI^ MhWof them wa© k i l le d and oth^r taken prisoner by

3rd Oorp» Attem pted on® gprotôtiGfn at 1U 00 * On rsao hing l ia s m%

of- Fok kers nea r BRIMJLLES* l a t he f i g k t th® llost i ta ptfoteotion and oaise back to l ine,

for an hour, trying twice to get ov&r buti t baok aach time. R d f l d X 3X S

5 th Oorps, Delayed rep ort of photographic miss ion , owing t©

f & l a d i n g a t CLERMONT, Lef t f ir ld %t 9T10 *nd i m t l i a*at 11:30, Reportft f ie l d bat ta l io n of anemy troop sg from A 48<.01 * A 3 1 .0 6 , Our pla ne fia?«d S00 tfi^ ilii'

i n t o $n#m and b a tt a li o n was dis û rsa d. Wera af%H0k#€ yFokkers and sbot one dona at &*T * f*i* Aaotli*r Fokk0ff wantdown but r ig ht ed i t o e l f And tttrasd up on no»# wh«n i ti n th# v i c i n i t y of liAIDRES I f ST G1T0RGK* Enamy aix o if afta ct iv eo Raoonxiaiaaane* ffiission from l i : 3 S tQ X3:4S» Bfou r tho usand sbdetg propAgaada* Lawege f i r e obae rved atZ -l , ln#%y an ti -a ir er a ft xax^xMitiuw in motion at tt-O-MPfeotographio mX&»ion from 11^40 to 13 :4 0* Expo- ad tw«lv©

l whioia have n ot f&% been developed.



m

Enamy a r t il le ry : Blight ftetiflty in norther sector* Baringnight very aotir® Immthmfk. i®#taar* BDIS DE' FOSSES, WB$*ht

^ oalifere sh^llci , IXirlng tb@ Bigfctwith lS7g« oalib&r shells ^speoially on M'

S3cploalve »h#lls &n& gaa shel l s on theFrom BB hra 30 to 0 lift 50, BOO s h e l l s on the

„ From 33 hra S$ to 0$ hrs 55# 3CCHlYILLE x*$ia&x Wood. From © hra IS t oon tb© Eux ragion but our artillajy seems to giv^ tlif i ito th e ©E9roy of a very oloao attack on this ft iait .high axploaiTî $&#11$ on ?£RBUN* Soti

total for

Avi at ion: Y«r y he^vy ao tivi tj r OB tii« Ar»y Corps frontat on the neighboring Ariay Corps ftmt* On bt w fe i t i t l 4 * fe^ 1

j?on of 7 plantsq I t o r s t t r e a t s f a r i n g t h e f o x

i n c l u d i n g a four pl^me «f4^fcdron d f ig ou th »* rn a e a t o x * f e u t t t m more fp a t r o l and n f o u r p la n « p a t r o l mm® X&PQ$%&&*

l & V l l *

t o

Tht» 37tb Divis ion tM dl i nscoter of tint ng to pri aone**

Front, (Oct* 0% l at Army U, S* )

y seams to Hold tihs »*0*

tor only with $®&$t$ti& ^ nits 0 Oux3tlm#f prdtty well

E g •

inotber patrol w®nt to



in t h i * &m%®r mot Indloatie ta©i a t s n t i o n of retreat on artillery aottvity

n o t &&mm&** t%therefore that oarey n i l too!d th#ir prinoiple positions,,It is*

Ittt

enemy patrols south oth e of * patxol two privates belongiag to the

Div) outpost® in the region of

of

Kind of it S &$$ oono^ntration fir® Qia BH.LEU andwoods« iiarasslngs paxuloul&rly on

LOUV1NAUX region, About 100 ahalielooatad in action: §«

in,the afaternoon.

y down in theconfirmed*) it IB ôura IS Oot

set on fit# by allied plants* Our lining of

Dtvlslono X deserter of the 48th Regiment capturâ tti® GRANDE MONTAGNE, D iv isional b a t t l e

west to



on-a ***«fgtgi$&I*lli&t did m#$ *ts&$*«&«.

|4tS p. ;•* X i t t i .Aîtmî-IVOOO f t

BELLEVILLE 3im Bm> 11 planes? 10 t0a®ltiid objeottv*gO"30-kilo "bombs 1000 ki los i IB Imv^t® observed In to^n and $«nmwa& burning » IS id e nt if ie d plmm m®ni no combats* A. A#

al ight lyx but ia ir ly

A l&att^ry threa kilometer?! northwest ofTILLS ©aat of thtj woods aad wast of tho road lead ing into

• 1 Itfo

13:40 * imi® AXtitud* 10f 500 ft « Bombed %t 10:30 08oloo)to

Ob je ot iv e: BELLEVILLE. f#n pl&naa l e f t j mine reached ^t iv e « 13 SO-ki.o bombs droppsd- 000 kilo B burs t saftn i n&ome ou tsid e of town.

< A« a##nt # i s of th@m ^r © Fokkers wi l^ blaok and wh it0

l t« On© of the ae plswi6© wa a» Si@maa-^SIi^k#xt,

A* 1

flo&ded araa between VAUBll3lg and BHXQUflAY



j p y #0tt&n*$& tat «3>f# $co un ted fo r, l AMtSXd boafes w@r# dropp ed — 000 k il os *

bursts *«•& in «#&*•* of town; 0 Jurats In woods west oInto IS £• i»

e 5 #ou t lla# #« fli#t0 pla na r oo m els ttd of t&e tfere© form a

t i o n s | one 'of Si on© of fo ur &n& ®&t of sim * Two of tsfcee®form at ion® ??ere f0&k#«#t whi te ^ i t h bXaok taMll#« f&$?$ wexsi x uiae n-S chu kar ts, b laok and white a t r ippe d* They at ta ok ed•a ry viôroussly fro® t^he $l di and $©&?« 0n^ Fokker b hden**. This plane in a is ts d on aid in g in th s isiadl« of&ti©fu 'S lat apaUlii nv iit with tfe&m to ?OHIXffl0 Imt l # f t

Ao . A» l i g h t

had saotorthat iw * f&»by,«&«taJc«.-xellew#d Mm &mn *&4 formation

From

* I f X0

of th» f enemy «rton our fi g h t, The

Oua? mttt>lu *

ata of



Increa sed number of f Xarss 'and rockat^*

t*tw&t%m% Sit* teing tl « i i i i ^ i w4t&. Harass ing f ir e on LA TUILIRIE^ BSIS

OE ana EXIHMONT. At BO hours ga s 3ha 1 Xing on so \itbeof B0I8 Dl BAHTHilVILLEo Between nim hours ana ni»@

1111 t f l *

y Enemy t r a f f ic w&a a ct iv e throug houti o d , p a r t i c u l a r l y on th e KEMOKVILLE-BAYOMVILLI ro ad an d th er o a d s b e tw ee n HEMOHYILLE a ad t h e BOIS DE BAHRICOURTe

l 1 wor king pa rty of atg&$- men was ob se rv ad a t

o f; s i x m®a o a I&.X3L 88 3 , * f F 3 *"""

y Ensmy pla nes wer© very a c ti v elines and bombing our rear areas on the night of th©dropped propaganda ovar our li u tt * At 10 hou^s 50 $n the 30thon© of our plan a« was brought down, by snamy r: l anes , . _ •_ .

Enemy observation poet© are reported onf9 «n4 iv i8 ii « . In#«ir wiart im fro nt ^f S

y damaged by ar ti l l er y f ir e .

A ct iv ity of our 01m troops? Chit f» $ to lt c ontinued tfoeir r e ©omai©eanoea and during th e n igh t developed more re al sta nc ethan haa lately been offered by the ©m»y6 In addition toX t & ftfi#

f fphotographic m in io n s , 1200 sh ee ts of prpaganda. w«re droppedand No Balloons in aso.ensioa*

i t

g t i l l t



fro® Bad ^ f r -

f r o t » l mm*?- Mortal aarifctity '<tm%%im0&* JtartV i£

1918 - 80 hours 13.

Otner&l lar*tt»lott« of tfceg\xt troops «&•*•*«& no* feold*

piaar© has bên oonxtn©dchiefly to our forward gyr$&t with gun© of layge oal ibê. Oae

^bort oonoentaratlon of 7? H« !<» took plaoe on H)IS M MIS0IIImproved Ti©ibility was tme occasion of oonalderable aeriali

Enemy fron t limes of a l ine as fo ll ow s: Just $$&£& ofCLEHT LE PETIT, naar rivsx to a point Just aoutk of GKIif OBAID. than in a northerly dixsdtion to «outh «%#BOI!

:' IE BA3IEM0HT, and then to a pos iti on 300 t

I C I Y I f to 10.0 ®I 0 08

two pYifton*** of tb« 13th QompMiy, 3SSnd I* H* 8$pturad just south of AI&0R!?ILI*I« tae prisoner (Taouat«d) of tfei 3nd dompam^ 13th lav* res , l&f»B v* Has©rv@ Bivisionj oaptured near CI»2Ry PSTIf•

the lOith Grenadier Regiment, BSth Div ision , k il ledCABBI fiyrm» flie :i$2n& t» H*# r@*«nt@red tli« l ineof October 38-39, rslieirlng th& 44Sth I*

' line 0i:# fu XQ7tb JPivlsioa

owing to $ts @3Ehaueted oon di tio^ , due to tfeet%B m®%®t during the period. The regiment res tedwith the

;f

exemption of onewhen i t returned

%&tk t ripto line*

to SflKAT,

: 13 Co,f Battle ttom west;** 3^3na Io B* The^y between AllORE

The flt#t batmlien ia to be i n

•to a



* l lawmtf of

I n t e n t i o n s J On© of ^ha .pjtIsom^rt mm told by a maohlne-pmnairtte% an Amerloan attack was expected on the right of the a«#«to r # Ii\ whioh avgn t tHe outp ost l i n o Aould b© îtMr awn be hind thci heavy aaohino gun» 40 of wMch were in p o si ti on no rth

pi m pm«wm%. mtummmi ot- #f m v ls i ip i in

i n a i?^ Inf an try $ f ae «a«ay Ittifantryoontiin'us® al« t»t.p a tr o l i n at te m pt in g to app roac h our Xiao a n<$ar GRANDl dr iven b&ok with on oaa ua ity* ~

A rt i l l e ry : The anomy a t t i l l e r y ft&n be on Xiglatoedge of tlit* 301S DI BRIE0LLSS was he av il y ih « il « d wit h

?? o&libro gwi£* from I d : 13 to 16:36* 1|E* forward bat ter!e«rec e iv ed 300 phosgebs she i la , from four to six ©•clook* ajlpttsome pi io»g #n a' © h e l ls f d l l on SEPtSARGES, IANTXLLOIS &ad OtTJIEJU, -Th© BOIS DE FOEET waa bswfaiaad fro© 30:1 6 te 2 Q foloofc andi'ro^ f our to fi v « -t h ir ty * AIKCREVILLE m « e h el lo d a t 1G :35The ou31oroary ro ad s, towns and woods were l i g h t l y fes$M$##,Ba tt er ie s in ac t io n • 0* B» S, * C-3300; Av iat ion - JM&3S, *

TAILLT road and a ls o *f 0 8•3 -91 *3 . Ind ivid ua ls war* observedin th a ra gi on ©£ CHASSOGHE $&£% g o ia g n o r t h * . Hine m»n. iSQsn. in l i t M sld « a aat of AIlMAfIS north of road at 10and a ls o 16 men in ompl&oea^nt a t !&«$& - 8?«?7o .

y work»: Aaimuniti.m dump a t 13«8-*89«1, Ta lkin g and sound sof w orking war© hoard a t o?o5«8S«Sj al »o ta lk in g at nortk ern

% & MIX B to

At 4f40 #«»1X f i f^f «#*# obaarvad in direoana BAMTHEVXLLI* At 1 4:3 0 ho ur s t i f f i

g of BO IS M AlBEVAIJlfl, At IB -ISi n M 1 0 i i S « At I S -3 0 h ou rs , f i r # d a t



from %&%

able decoaase ia tti# afe9my*s artillery firs*

nottl i of t l i t JUNTplit

EE#^T ®r&&t of iai%l#5 ?fom im«t %® «a#t*8 th Jaeg er^ @tlat Ja^ gsr , 14t h Jaa ger , 76thR R i msatf B54tk54tk Etg* Regiment,i t 3 S 3 d Kes, Rafgiaaaat, 103S3n

* ? l s t Regiffiotit (shotild ar st ra p noytiiw est of mthtARU $ a i t | R i « t t ' ( ? ) 1 4 4 th R »giffi«nt f f a ^ ( ? ) , 3 4 0

h fteearva D iv ia io a, 21Sth Rg § Ragiment, SlOtfe

Bavarian Div is io n, 33nd Bavarian Regiment,

ahoulOer str ap of tlit? ? l$ t R©giment# 103rd Division,to confirm st&tamoit of priso ner s tliat the 103rd D ivis ion I s inli n e . I t i® mot po ssib le to determine the «xaot lim its of th isdi vi sio n tout i t may be assumed t&at it has rel iev ed tfe© i MDi vis ion ?? hi oh w&$ la s f idd nti f iad October 18 th and wasexpeotlng r al ie f * It ia al so ?e$y probabl* that the

to be an attack div isio n but i t now fate d as & thir d cla asOne of i t s reglsients waa recently dieaolved and it s

by the 144th Ragimant «rM@h formerly belonged tothe a35rd Div ialo n, The 103rd Div ision d id not take part laany of the German offdnsiv© ^ o i th is year but was put in to lon the 00MME and on the iAB II a ft ar the attao ka had btem

In fa nt ry : El f 1# and loachine gun fi r « txom, nstth of if ,> Ou jpatrola were fi r e d on from th e BOIS IE WOW and tkewoods we at of if* &EGRGES, Maobin© gu m looftttd at 391*

S*3Sa.8t 398«S~ 38?*3#B98,0-S8?.8j probable trenoli ssortar at



a r t i l l e r y : M ore. f# ^ b l # th a n d u r i n g p re ced i n g p a r l o ci * Ha*g f i r e w i t h s m a l l and m&dimiB a a l l b y g r l n o rea a t ]a g In. h

d u r i n g tbe n i g h t I n regioas ®IUUrB£tB# C ^MARTIN CO UKT FARM, 101$ m NEGREMOHT, CORN AY, SSARG BO ISYACIIE, roaas MKCQ-BT0 JUYIi^ B0M^RANGE«8To JUVIH, SOMMS-FLS YIL LE * F i f ty l o n g -r a n g e s h e l l s d u r i n g & iF 13 &ou#» to IB &OUJ*H O a t » t t t o Oat -30

XOS1! aad 300 I S O ' s on the aorp®

t ruok and six wagons mm

y

o ova ring suep0ot«d macblne

©f i o n ffi'.ifiWM*: fk# enemy* acti vity oontiau<i9 to be

vary »^r&$d* At IS hour1® two of our pla nes were l 4 %IS FokV^ra juat north of GRANDPRPby mi* T®)&k®tw iti t lwn Tleimity of fol lowings u i t ^Xanda a r t sX#© 3r«p03?t«4| 13 30

wm n CIUMPIGNEULLE and 14 0plane© at 15oo 19

BflTO Efj XO liati^s 30, f o u r Sf«

to 'hisj g g

altitucts of our places, or ahead of them alongof flight. At 14 hour® 37, oa® Fokk«r kd

of our balloonat Anotbsr balloon wasOba@r^«rs of both balloons

enemy bal lôna i n

A papar Walloon wa© put LA SOUS1© 00Q by at X$"towp 05 and miaut^fi later



th « y a re u r i o o o u pi ed . On th e x l g h t * w t 0 * o u rand l l

o f a i r o b s e r v a t i o n : f o u r o n^ f iT» adûstm^nt m iss ion s (one

om m i ^ )

Ou a«Y ial a o t i n t y * A^ 15 laouts SB, on® of otitof

planes reports having b$ m driv en baqk yQm the f i r s t oooasicn by a plsa@s9 on theand om tb-i 3rd by two planes*

4t 14 Hours 30 i nf an try re port a0? i 18 9D tott % aotioa at

•f *

15 tQ 20 >ic*8e cira^n vehiclaa movingto ?AUX to HARFvICOURT, fo ur 4-h ors

30, pass ing point IBft«O fol lowed more at 14

30 se ver al man on fo otfour ho rises, drag oisjeot at If f *§ *14 hours 30 road. b ^ sight wag

i b , it ho\ixs BAR fO TitfX

I f 2i ISat mm*? m%

30, 1918* U;30PM

in frontS 10

l



hW t Biv a l confirm order ®t b a t t l e . S a c r a lwmM&® g m f i t * b e i n g a s p e o i a l l y h e a v y $&$t of Lak®U Dec id ed <&&«#&$# in a n e m y a r t i l l e r y otivity

# * • * of LAO: LACHAUSBfi;, a l t ho MO0SSOH was site lid.«a lVi l i ty fa ir , 0 iro u la t lo n apparent ly belowm o t l a e f b l y ^ i e t enemy a v i a t i o n w r y aot ive over

of Lktt

A few shallow

our Mi ll . '

Srsatas Dlv* a 4#§#r$$? of the ISth of f aapturod soutfeof The 16tfe Res* 1® s a i d to hav relieved & Regt* of

Guard Div« The 14th Re@. D i v i s i o n i s in normal

Less aotive than th<3g f cm ttie wholes f ron

t l o a s f i r e on tho l ines betwa^n * Bay8om@ h«avy lia ra as ing towa rds * ua8 «t in thet ies ul ar ly ac tiv e mtiitd at AMAGHI LECQUY? Y NEUTXLLS andM * a l AbiiiCUA-s&^T 01

Boult Fr«>t: A 150 Mm Batterie® Rang©) in t i t r< ofshooting on ;. another aouth of

Av iat i on: Medium a ct iv i t y (Pursu i t and on

during th© day*f i r s t on© by OLIZY BOGLT AtTX

and ^#^drm#t by SEM^T , north of th eMEUSS north of CARIGMAH n o r t h stm n n« of

ofFHAH0HIYAL, towards ILL! no r tto of «r f



ofOf LAUHOIS (a abed*)

In

f t

On day was marked toy a r t i l l e r y f i

of vMd on out @aat of BlAtJS

Our pursui t aquadrons operat ing on front of thoArmy ohoe down 31 «0.&jftt&iti o n bal loo ns* fwo of our and two obaerva*



f lift

t Ifo* 91 9130 HI, from Second Vnicrloaa

©t ®xmin front i d e n t i f i c a t i o n s , Mw. BIT*of pTinormT of 01ist Idw*p a t r o l s in the B.01S DB«of ho s t i l e a r t i lX ^r^ f i re p

1013 $& OMMJ ami. BOIS DS BOPHSAU1 werel l t

#Btir# ©©©tor* Oar t roops fe l t out the witfe^ the ®ut i r# f ront mit a i r ae r r i ue a niaafe^r of «

- 00 " -0 •

?>ort Oolonel Howell {American Official Coiswaiique)» Heoeived Oetober 8L$t9 1918f t

Borth of Y3BDOT OUT troops dro^ve the ^ T O ^ fro^ the "rilltXTOOTS' on the w@st ba A of th# MidSl* A r ti l le r y fig ht in g ooii

i s tbo whole fr ont tfer<m#h mt ttie day^ reaehiitg perM.0tjlarfiXIOBITIX;^ and the B01$ M BAaffSBIXUiS*

night Freneh l>o^feiB^ itnlt« attaclked to the '1stL 2I.iaHB and VQIX^HSRWR and d r o ^ ^ t a'early .IS t»a« ^the importan t r a l l i e s in tha t rîtm t b l s m om li ^ csar

tObree tou^ of %iotgi»s oaa- the sfosi&s ^nd d^^@ In theand 1flL3*BH8~I>KA]l$. DOT and ^tolxiae §mi3ft@d © I ^ J ^

* Jja tis^ &QUT&® of "fch# da ^®ifi0ii etiessy ©Irplaisss i§#r@ shot

All omr

from

Buster-6« l %. at

t&e le f t tomwm® e f



a t 8 ; 20 to®*A r t i l l e r y of m is sy f a i r l y

sai s l ight on the

5r&. GOTpBi Oet« ^ l 1918

firm CORPS 0BS



took: placend i t oat of oontvelntib

out

trm &"®tk Corpa f 1918 $ &t S|4I &*$•

f i re in the roads in back

ITth Corps*

^ act!INK 0m th * * o l # ofill on depot exploded between

iteportt ffcotfX&Sff PURSUI5

xtorth of ««aii«jc

%ao^ and for th



• < * * . <Sfc • • * » : .

October a.fit, 1918» a 9jSO A«

So i&eatifie&tloas* eulm* Aviation st i l l ae tireAerial reconnaissance orer CTT/>335AU SA&2JT3

,Beportt from CORPS :IHS: Received Dot* 51 , 1918* a t

Cor'is reconnaissance mission fiem to f im wm * $M$mm&&troc^8 in Bhell &0I0S four or fit©l i l , B© ta@ ^ troops ^ i ^

no rth of fljv^f as & AUfGBUTIL B a 10*f - 90*1 firoma t 7 ;00*

ri%© i T

to 8110 »&w ma ©uemy she l l faa t 15«6 •* Sd*4 a t 6j30» ttaaole to draw maofein® jprrt f i r eat a l t i t u d e of 100 » t e r ® no r^ i ef 0MH3T U tMV.e»#i^ pl.«ne ®een over TILTHS DlHfAif WM f*X$£M$6t seven m®m& planes m®n o/ver S1TOT SIB

(

» 19181

Oal» C s* 1

Usnelon 30X0 JX

Tth

: Quiet migKt* Hotiaim to



- Cloot l i i1 'baXloaa i a * I t was tu rned a t 16 |X§

A via t io nt JBtaeoy a v ia t i o n ve ry aot i vuu A&out 49 $&&&©« of whtoh g?0 war© ©v tr ©tar Xi n« s*

fl?e ©erne p r i s o m r c l#ola r©8 t h a t b@. ro ad BOTB1L.SB SEikOS FOHfAISieosiJlet^l^ cut up te$ oar fir©* fMs rostd i s aL\m^s used t© iand 0U.p$Xle« to tb® frdnt Lin^s* ' ,

$he slitXtâ^ of M££O:pffl&AB&i§B 300 i n t e r s sou th ofi

an d a t th« p o s i t i o nof

f aside f rom f ITBB âadt* ' .

Brt ^ a t XX$45

to 8- hr»* Oet

Artillery: areas* Concent ra t ion

on.ilrfcilXtrf s i a£hxiu, $+9* S e o t t a r&ti©

^t

a ir ta tl o a: fs© 'Tejqr a<rfeiT0 .t e ri a ^ lit® ni gh t *4ff&IBIAKl a t 6



©ett* 21 f 19181. a t l t

.northi n fm'. £i«n;t*

v* Banrood*

t%he[ morHla^* Buacossfal

over -the ©xitir©

i i t u t * Hwrwood*

f 3br#14 0

a l lf u l l

aeotor betweon

11 t r a i ns ©een a t jun ct ion 31S&S and 3TSBAY goin g Sf.



mm of theBmmtnaa«l

Stept&ttloa of I t t Objoetire

j fm f iams le f t

©bjeetitf«# .Propped t o t e of TOO fcilas ©f # ^

in center and northern part of tOwtu Saw four en©m7 airp lf tt»6*Al»e import m$ijag oa# t r a in with ©team-up- ]fc»&ad#d aortJi a t I B H

le ft f iel d ©f §j of 600 kHo«» of pf

la central and northern edgQ of town* Saw oight Fokkers B-6i t l l snd ^ray ta il e* 0p« of ^l

^ was M t fey * p&osjpfior&g #i«ill* fht pls as did ikotfeum mi tl l I t landed 03a our 6im alrdr os^ i i t i l o w ? irlu^ &m$i

l a ^#46 In moots no rth of o1jj#etlT» a t 9|00 Alt o i i vt of th© #b|#ntlT#» Qno aoAor t ra in

Sû&toont Boml>©d otjj sotly* a t 0*50 brgu fe» pianos loft field of ^reac'ned ob ject iro* 756 Id los . of boajbs dropedU Burste

on r^d® and in wood® oa soutdxiiaetor© edê of fcora* (^f i r t in MOIfiaSlT af 8j5B* An ta -a lrer sf t bat tery la BOIS IB

%n&dr0iu Bid not $ro.t bombed BARHIOOMf rtpi a toWL of 900 k i loe of * Burs ts ol>®^nr«t i a

ef tow* Mlm eut romd betw©«tt BiMIdOTOf and lOUABf* ycraft enooTintered orer BiHBIOOTJBf« Observer saw six nm hang«r* ossi dee of rc sd s b#tw##il HtfMTXUW M® HEIOOJ^

plamew loft fltld f of whi^bt tw*ii*|r ninej t f k l las of ¥oi&« dropp*^ im mKSST aad 900 kl lo« os

COUI?f« Total of eigh teen enemy planes obaerrod* . ..S«otiont Air Serrloe*



t 31»t 444* ditoutt lon o i t

toa l l

Sfopwrt, fvm 1st

more hmtmBBiMg f i r e thma to t&e seetoraslxfemaf® of

aerial last

m *

trto tig ht down n e a r f&TMfES fimB@l a t

from -to

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