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On July 10 , 19181916 , the 06th58th58lJlrnrnInfantry'aa' try , whichNhiohShiloh had been traintrain-train-

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sub-

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tortore lay northeast olofo l * RaaemontRademontAbasementAdamantRa emontmont .

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defend

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threw

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divisions-

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and

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and

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and the timetfmefame the Seventh GermanGer.man. of taenttalenttaentoneStanton-oneone dl/is-dlisdlv13-dlv13divis-divisdivviesdlv13-

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oapturedcaptured on intensive raidsraldrailed and extending over a period betHeenbetweenbetHeen-

June

breth-ren

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June

betw-een

between-

June

betw-eenJune 28th8th and July 14th-which14thwhich,-14th , yhieh'NhlohNhlohhideHallo' .ata.t first Indicatedindioated that there 'MouldMouldwould'Mould-

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onersboners told the exact hour on whichwhlohwho the attachattaokattack "was"asas to commence .

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Seventh

wherethe-

Seventh

wherethe-

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as-

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On July loth15thcloth thathethan 58th Infantry moved to RademontAdamant from which-

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FrenchiTenohKitano', renohreno lnfantryoomRiandedInfantryoommandedInfantryIn ntry.aommandedntryaommandedtrainman,. uy Lieut.ColonelLieutColonelLi cut . Colonel MeilhanMellhanMilanMellon atat-

10(50at-

105010,301030(, P . M . , at BraumeUBraumetzBrumeBrunetBraumeBrume tz .

Battalion and CompanyCompaay Commanders went ahead to the oommandcommandoomman-

dposts

comma-

ndos

comman-

dposts

comma-

ndos

oomman-

dposts

comma-

ndosposts ofot' the various FrenchFrenoh CoianandorsCoumandersCommandersCoronado: at 1(001001,001$00(,$ P.MPMP . M. , July 17th toto-

receive

co-

rrective

to-

reoeive

t-

orero

to-

receive

co-

rrectivereceivereoeive the orders forfar attachattaoattaoxcattalo and to reoonnoiterreconnoiter if possibleposslble .

The attackattaoK., orders were of01: courseooursebourse writtenrl ttenten in Frenchi'renohirenohReno' and oneone-

oopl

neo-

plasm

one-

copy

nec-

ropsy

one-

copy

nec-

ropsyooplcopyopal was lurnishedfurnishedburnished eacheaohLeah Battalion ConacanderCommanderConceder . These officersoffioers inin-

tUrD

in-

ured

in-

turn

in-

urn

in-

turn

in-

urntUrDturnsturdy hadbad ttoo translate the order and explainexplaln same ttoo the OompanyCompanyOompany-

OommandaJ'S

Company-

Ctm

Compa-

ny

Compan-

yCorner

Comp-

anionOommandaJ'SOommandaJSCommandosCtmTmandel'sandelsandesdordoor' a inU1 &aa& ; lilishlushshsh..

ThisThiaThai ttookoak time and in consequenceoonse'luenoeoonseluenoeoonsequenoe' the reconnaissancereoonna1sssnoe was de-dede-

'J

dede-

layed

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layed-

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lay-ette

layedclayed,and whenh r"UlJdertrUlJdertrudder'

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The plan of battle as drdrawnRn by General GaucherGauoherGauche , ccommandingcommanding-

the

commandi-

ngndingendingnding-

the

nin-ththe l164th4th :French'rr' nchinch InfInfoInlantryInfantryol.ntryolntryvoluntary. .Division.Division wasNasNash orieflyoloieflybrieflypolitely as tf:loilo.73loilo730110'l90110l9olloasolla.'. ;: TheTh-

eDivision

Te-

levision

Th-

eDivision

Te-

levision

Th-

eDivision

Te-

levisionDivision wasRasRasa divideddivide into three groups -- one right groupementgroupie --

one left groupeinentgroupementgrapevinegroupie , unand onone reservereserve groupensntgroupam9ntgroupementgroupiesgroupie .

between.detNeeDdetNeeD.3etween3etweendented.. the right and leitleftlegit groupemdntsgroupamntsgroupedgroupingsgroupegroupedgroupamntsvasntsants .vasvas-vas.,- placedplaoed a liaison-

oattalion

liai-son

liaisonliaison-

oattalion

liai-son

liaison-

oattalion

liai-sonoattalionbattalion NhiohwhichShilohhlohhallo wasNasNash to coverooverover the interval . This battalionbattalionvase-

chelonedbatta-

lion-va-

secheloned

vas-

echeloned

NaswasNashNa-

seoheloned

-wa-

sechelonedeohelonedechelonedechelon to the rear *.

4aohaohaehoheh groupementgroupamentgroupie oonsistedconsisted of three i'renohirenohl'renchlrenchi'renchirenchRenotrenchirenic;' dattaiionsBattalions andnd oneone-

Amerioan

co-

ndemner

one-

American

gon-

iometrical

one-

American

gon-

iometricalAmerioanAmerican ibattalionattaliNataliettalionstallionon .

lieLieatLieutBleatLieuu. t *. Colonelolonealone 1 KiKiiferKifferKnifeLifert'ertertear' oonmanuamonomaniaooommanuddommanuedcommanded tnethetine right grgroupemegroupiegroupemantgroupieoupezLopez nt towhichtwitchto vhich-whichwhichIIhiIIi-, ohoh-

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>? Qdnd . B3a'tt3attSattal-icnA-

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ra' ttetl-1onttetl1onteatttetl1on-

was

:l-lcnllcnlcmllcn-

eras

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waseras assigned , NhllewhileMllehileChile the 5rd3rd battalionrlattalionrattling joined the reserve groupementgroupemantgroupie .

TheThelEthel1e-ll- th luaohineLachinefluorineMachineohinehinge GunC an battalion8ttalion attaGhedattachecattached CompanyompanycompanyompanyItC.tcompanyItC.tItCtItt"CC" ." to the 1st1st-

Battalion

1st-

Battalion

1st-

BattalionBattalion and CompanyOompanyOompanyItACompany"AAItA" " to the 3rd Battalion *. The 2nd BattalionBattalion-

bad

Battali-on

Battalion-

had

Battali-on

Battalion-

had

Battali-onbadhad RithwithRothithitch it the HeginontalRegimentallieg1D ntalentail MachineKachine GonG\1nG1nGunGoon\ Company .

The 59th InfanInfantInfantrytry was heldbaldld as DivisionalDivisiona.l. Reserve and fourfour-

Oompanies

for-

ewoman

four-

Companies

for-

ewoman

four-

Companies

for-

ewomanOompaniesCompanies of01' the 4th 'engineers'ngineersngineers wereweraera attachedattaohed to the l164th104th4th DivisionDivision-

to

Divisio-

nto oonsoboonsconsolidatelidaLinda te oapsoapoapturedcapturedturedtoured terrain *.

The marchmarohmacro tot o various points in the FrenchIt'renohItrenohwenchTrench' line as previously-

assigned

previo-usly

previouslypreviously-

assigned

previo-usly

previously-

assigned

previo-uslyassigned began shortly after daricdarkDoric on the 17thl7th *. The rain starteds-

imultaneously

startedstarteds-

imultaneously

starteds-

imultaneouslysimultaneously as I1S.alusualusI1S -.ijal-.al.aldial andandva3nd -va3va3.V33V33.vasvas.-. y>Qrtl'J1tlarQrtlJ1tlarparti-s'iklrpartis'iklrsiklrpartsticklerpartipart '-j'llarjllarJolla' 1l.ylylr:;. , hauvyheavyh:3.tv3.tv3tv>: :.iv? andanllall, b11nHnbliniinblindingblinding.-

The

blinding-

The

blindi-ng

(, ,; .

Thehe nighttasnightcapsnight \was\tastastabs pitchpitohpith daricdarkDoric andaDd the roads were.verevereverge. littered "ii."withth wagonswagons-

truotca

wag-

ons--

truotca

t-

ruotca

t-

rout-

truakatruckstrack - mountedmOttatedmotivated menmea - troops , etceta .

Auoh1'uch1uchAuto; 'JohJohn( hadnadnada madmade. his dealsdecisionion to issue hisAiaaisAidaaids attaoxattaokattackcattalo fromf'rom' this sal-sals81-s81s81-

four

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iil1tIdnti\il1tiil1tcantDint\ , and everythingeverithing nadhadnada ttoo move . Troops ttoo attack , 'ereerewere"'ere not placedplaced-

in

place-

dplaced-

in

place-

din line11ne on any part 01o1 thistilistills side olOf tnatheEtna salient untilantilanti thathethan lastlastm-

oment

Gla-

dstone

lastm-

oment

Gla-

dstone

lastm-

oment

Gla-

dstonemoment in ordarorder thattbatbat the JermansCTarlDinsGarnminsGermansCarlinesGarnish: vouldNou.ldNouldwouldcouldMould< . oat> completely surprisedsu.rprised..

.

M&rohMrohMarchRohm& oonditionsconditions voro.vereveresereorzoverge. irightiulfrightful , as no roads could be reservreserv-reservereserv-

ed

reserv-

ed

reserv-

ed

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ed and traffictra1traffic-wastrafficwas-ic w&awa'RasRasRasa' & movingmoY"imoYimoil" in oothbooth directions . frequently'reqreqre' ntlyonly men would-

not

woul-

dn't

NouldmouldNould-

not

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uld

mould-

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atruoA

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s

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maroh

to-

mato

to-

march

st-

omach

to-

march

st-

omachmarohmarchmacro 01olfoffRolf! the roads .

,A,3A3dS, S a consequenceconsafll1ence of all thisth.is. , progress jrasRaswasjarsRasa slovslo.vSlav. and tedioustedioultediously .

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o' 5irtigSnTigny--

j&nualau

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j&nu-

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-:.:: :GanEganclanualauclausal( & lalauPalau< road by t'rtrrrflnchk'renahkrenahreach'

. .gulgulfguides

,

.

,. . .and irontrpmrpmom)

.1 p.la) &9 ., t.1"mQt.1mQt1mQt4zet. JDQ_JED . ", rrorra% eaoatwmmtseacoastmgmtwmm-wmmmmwmmcasmamas&'.AOBt-r.AOBtr.AOBtAOBtrAbet.- t". --c-ascas- '-cas-

more

cash-

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as-

hore

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

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

o.ho-.h

o-hmore easy , but the regimentregiment did not reaohreach its ' various posipositpositionspositions-

in

positioni-

ng

tionsionstions-

in

toni-

ngin line until 1lessessHess than one hour bebefore:f'orefore' the atattacicattackataxictack sstartedtar ted .

The is1stt . BattalionBattal.ion. moved to GandalauGondola and tOO1ttooktoo& position inin-

support

un-

supported

in-

support

un-

supported

in-

support

un-

supportedsupport ol01of ', tthehj( Frenchl'renohlrenohReno' BaBattalionttaltotal ion 'RRwhich' hioOhiohichhitchh 'RasRaswasRasa' as desldeldesignatedg. tad to attachattacka ttacktack inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthe direotdirectdirectiondire oil! on of HautevasnHauteHautevHauteHautevesnesAusterenessesnen es .

The 2nd . Battalion moved throughtl1rough BraumetzBrunet , passed thrthruthroughthrough-

Chezy

thro-ugh

through-

Ghezy

thro-ugh

oughHoughough-

Chezy

roug-

hhewChezyChez to the reverse slope east of01' tcwntORntowntwin and tooictoolsstoictoo pospositionltionlotion there .

TheTbtTb 3rdrd . Battalion 'l&ltedlltedl'BltedlBltedhiltedliltedbeltedjilted& in the ffoods"RoodsRoodsgoodsfoods" of CnateConnateChateauu BraumetzraumetzdraumetzBrunetramjetdrumbeat .

The 2ndgnunu ., Battalion was the only unit of the 56th58th58 th InfantryIn1'AIn1A' ntryentry de--

si

d-e

s-i

de-dedo-dode-

si

d-

es

do-

si&mated

-

sisi&matedsimatedsummated& atedacted as papar': t olOf the attachingattaotlngattackingattainting! line .

MajorMaJ14aJMa or CoolcCooltCookCoolColt had issuedlesuedleisured his attaolcattackcatabolic orders to his (ssmbled.ssembledssembledassembled:. of-ofof-

ioers

of-

ficers

of-

fioors

of-

ficers

of--

fioera

o-f fi-oera

fl-

ora-

ioersfioorsironersfiords onOD UiotbetheUitube evening before fromframframe the command post of Lt . ColonelColonel-

lauaaanausaauNassau.'8

, .,",ayyTheseThese. These .had1w.d1wd bbeen.

e 1sissuedis3uoduedcued verbally and had dtdesignateduasldualsignasigmanatddNat. tad Com-Com-Co-

mpaales

Com-

parable

Com-

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the

accompa-

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the

accompa-

nyaccompany-

the

accompa-

nythe assaulting IinInline -- one section to eeachch company . The remainderremainder-

of

remaind-

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major

unde-

rageunderunddrudderunde-

rajor

under-

takermajorajormajorjorjour GooCOOK'3COOK3Cook'sCooks'ss' orders .

Theha RegimenRegimentaltaltail HeadquartersHeadl-Iu.artersHeadlIu.artersHeadlIu.artersIuartersHealInundatesQuarters- . CompanyCompanyvasCompany-vasvaswas- assigned also to thethe-

Resarve

T-

heresa

the-

Reserve

th-

erefore

the-

Reserve

th-

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Iera

functi-ons

functions-

were

functi-ons

functions-

were

functi-ons/IeraIerawereEra'/ assigned to the InfantryIntantry: .

Thehe remainder of the Reserve so called , consistedoonsisted of the 37mm37mm-

Gaa

37mm-

Gun

57mm-

GunGaaGunGaza PIaPisaPlatoontOOl1 and a dedetachmenttachmenttachometer 01oi'' the OutnostOutnosOutpostOutmostt Company ,. 88thth 1-'ia1'iaia-Field' Id SSigWr-

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stroying

de-

stroying

dede-

stroying

¬-

stroyingstraying machinemaohine gun nests .

The 5tSto&esStoesStovesStokes& e8 MortarDiortarDotardortarmortar Platoon had as yet not received its materielmateriel.-

The

materiel-

The

materi-

el.

The Band wasrasGras assigned to tnethetine surgeon as stretcherstretoher bearers .

The topograptopographytopography and features of the sectoreotorrotor of penetration as-asas-

signed

as-

signed

as-

signed

*-

signed the 2ndnd dattalionBattalion are about as :1'0110-81:1'01101011081follows:l'oliololioLolo'' -"V8 ;=

tiiastZasttibiasZestastEast of GhezyOhezyChazyHeyHazy , the groundgrou.nd. drops aoruptlyaDruptlyanruptlyabruptly into a little vavalleyvalley-

containing

valley-

containing

leylevyley-

oont.inlagoont.inlagoontinlagcontainingsonatina&. a railroadmUroadMaura leading ttoo GandalauGondola fromfran Neuilly-StNeuillyStNeuilly-5t5tUnequally- . Fronti'rantirantrant' .

ifluatJ31bStKestflatEst 01of the railroad. tthe ground risesr1ses gently ttoo form thethe-

northern

eth-

nographer

the-

northern

eth-

nographer

the-

northern

eth-

nographernorthern nosnodsnose, of the riridgeridgevhiohridgege -vhiohvhiohwhiohwhichShiloh- encirclesenoiroleRenoirs ChezyOhezyChazyChezHeyHazy from the South .

r'roBrroBi'romiromFromroBiron'' this ridgeric1ge theretharahara is a gradualgradur.lgradurl). descentdesoent into the valley in-

Nhioh

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and

ris-

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and

ris-

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ris-

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eavyHeavy groNtn5growtnsgrowthsgrogrog tnstans ol01of ' trees .were.verevereverge lound10undsoundlund in the valley near Chev1llonChevillonChervilChev1llon-

and

Chevillon-

and

Cherv-

ilGhevillon-

andand on the high ground nortnorthnortheastastEast olof Hill 172i ? are NoodNodwoodedd patchespatohes atat-

Stjpt

att-

empt

at-

Sopt

a-

topat-

3yptStjptSoptOpt ijoiadoiseIoniadosedoiseliddispel015 . lididtfayidNayItalyinlay+vayvary IromfromIron SepteptSept dotsdoisBoisDoris aodandad ourchampsCourehampstoucansCourtesans lies the BolsBoisBolls de-

Lilld-

elidede-

luUd-

elLillLillyLill-I

Lilli-e

luU/luUluau/IrOrroeI'QrmeIQrmecorrodeIreluUrOrroe' OrmeOre 51sisituatedtu.atetuatetuatedtatetatted. . on a cconxnandingoomnandingcannonadingcommandingo mmandingmaddingmmandingridgemadding944t'iti-ridgeridge'- ge9-and9and- arIdand destined torettoo be the centercenter-

Of

cent-er

center-

of

cent-er

center-

ol

centerfo-

ldOf very hhdavyheavydavyvy lightingiightinSfightinglightings .

AllotAll otof' the roodsNoodsmoodsNods menmentionedtionadtoad wereRare strongly dedelendeddefendedended by machInemachIne-

guns

mach-

ine

machine-

guns

mach-

ine

machine-

guns

mach-

ineguns and in addiAddisadditiontionion the open lieldsfieldslibels *, planted vithwithitch.vivi.< th grain , had rlpad-rlpadriped-ripedreloadrippedrlpad-

ed

reload-

ed

riped-

ed

imped-

ed

riped--

Qd

ripe-

dQ-

drippe-

d-

ed and Heremereere aooutabout to be harvested oy the GermansGezmans .

ChevillonChervil rosNaSsasErosNASAsacs defended by twotIIotrio lines of trenchestrenohes and an outpoatoutpostoutpost-

zone

outp-

ost

outpost-

zone

outp-

ostzone . The outpost zonezonazonal lay about halfhalfwaywa'-y

wa-y

way' eeoetAreenoat-aeenoataeenPetersenamentweenteen- GhezyChezyHeyChez and Chevillonr-

yas

Cher-

vil

ChevillonChew.IlloDChewIlloDChervilChenille.

,.u: .

, ., ', . _ ' ' . .1-.1,..1A-; s-, :.j .'AMAS-AMASAMAAMAStteafieLambaste-' tteafieteatime PStfPSt.

s a ' A. . ' :% lB y-9CTy9CTJ'- , . .;.,AAss *ffi' .trtr.>. -ii-"' '_'.- .'_y. '".'.' .. , . "'i-. 'nn',: .". _ .

.'..

vasryasryesNa>

., s.JtsJtst.ajtnated.J.tuutedJ.tuutedJtuutedLatinateTouted.. _.; on ththe reversereverse, _ !. . slopeslopaslops of

. .thehe ridge and paralleled;naralleledparalleled thethe-

ou

th-

ou

the-

outpost

Ste-

notypes

the-

outpost

Ste-

notypesououtposttpostypos t line *.

The secondIloondLoon line trenonestrenooestenonstremolos urerewerepuree 1000locatedted on00 Hill 172 .

All trenohestrenoblitrenohotrenchestremblingtremolo> 8s veremoreverge_> N 0cleverly!YerlyYearly concealedoonoealed in the grain fields andand-

pro

and-

roid

and-

protected

ha-

ndwrote

and-

pro

and-

roidproprotectedtootedteatedtreated by interlockinginterlooking fire olof machine gunsgtmsgets .

It.asVitasIt -.as.aswas-.as 44(004004s00(= OO .A.I4A.I4AI4A.LALA. . M[ . t,tDeforedeforestbeloreDeforebeforeDeforest final orders reached all unit commandcommand-comman-

ders

comman-

ders

comman-

ders

¬-

ers , torfortore thet1.8t18'. attaoAattaoitattackcattaloattaint . ZhesZeesThesehesethesea orders ArereoNerewereParterreboner a reiteration of those givengiveno-

omp8Zl1

given-

company

given-

oompacyoomp8Zl1company 0ooooroandersODma.nderaODmanderaoxmanders. the evening bebeforefore byDyoy Major CoolcCookCool and in addiAddisadditionaddition-

the

additi-on

addition-

the

additi-on

tiODtiedtiOD-

the

to-tethe plan ot01of 1liaisoniaiii son , the barrage line , anandd H . hour wereere given .

The .branchrtlnohFrdnohratlineFranco barrage opened at 4504.304304a30|. AIkrAelsAIrGaelsA *. . and the &dvdv&advanceinoeInoue start6dstartedstart6d-

at

started-

at

starte-

d

started-

at

starte-

dat 4(554554,354354135(, A.1.lA1.lA1lA.biAbiRabbiA . M.. TheT.beTbeTube. attachattaaltattackfatal was a completeoomplete surprise *.

On July 15thlath the FrenchFrenoh artilleryartiller.y. had beenbean very active along-

the

elong-

ate

along. ..

the whole front because"beoausebeoause" of thethathan German drivedr1ve betweenbet.geenbetgeen. Chateau Thierry-

a.nd

Tier-ra

Thierry-

and

Tier-ra

ThierryTheoryThierry-

and

Tier-raanda.nd. .. the Ardr.eArdreArdenArdraArdor. RlBiverRiverBierveriVerdi.

.. . . . . . . . -.. ., . . <' .: . , . , . ,.. . , . - '' '' ' ' -' ' ' . . . . . , /' ,. . . . ., . . . ,., . . ' ' , CoC-

osevenC-

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

" , . ." . . . . .

. 1.Y1Y. ... 7. . ... n.. . -... ...- . . ---seven---seven---SevenSeven- -- seve-

nI

seve-

n

seven-

Heavy

sev-

enth

seven- - -

TT-

On

!

On thethttthat night of July lb-llbllo-ldloldli-loli-:; - this fire had oeenueenomenQueen purticlllarlyparticularlypurticlllarly-

intense

particularly-

intense

particul-arly

particularlyi-

ntense

particul-arlyintense but on thethdthud nightni ht of July 1-17117Ib.17Ib1716-1716& -. artillartilyartillerycry firtirofiretiref3 had been re-rere-

duced

re-

duced

rere-

duced

¬-

duceddeuced to less than normal and the GeGermansansHans vereHerewereverge lulled into a sensesense-

of

sen-

se

sense-

0101of talse1'alse1alsefalsetale' saoursavoursecurityi ty ,.

On the night ol01of July 16-171617l17l -1717- the 1'rench1renchrenohtrenchreno' installed their Corps-

and

Corps-

man

GorIgorCorpsCorps-

and

Corps-

man

ss-

andand ArrayArrrr; ArtilleryArtilltry:! Groups in positionpoopogo itionIlion and readjusted their DivisionDivision-Division-

al

Division-

a.l

¬-

ala.l. Artil1Artilleryry Groups . On this night all rOroadaroadsroadl.dsldslads. forfar manynanynanny miles in rearrear-

of

re-ar

rear-

of

re-ar

pear-

ol

pea-

rlof thethathan lines .verevereHeravergeHerat. reserved for artillery movementmovarrent from 11:00110011 ;: 00 P.tPtP.LPLP.L.-

to

PL.-

to

PL-

to

Pla-

to

. . .

to da-vndavndaRndaNnDanny- , and .verevereMereNaravergeMara. !packedBckedBackedpackedithpackedN//ithithitch// ithitch moving ununits! ts .

Firei; irelrelire on ththe night of July 17-181718- HasNasNashas normal and restrictedretricte, to a.

. . . . . . . _. . ' . . . ..i.Mi.MiM. ..'' . - 1I1-

Ivi

., . . . ...1' '+ -:. . . VI .y1\Nf.y1Nf.y1y1Nf\ : ' V r : :'; '; :

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:;". 1Y.yIMn1YyIMn1Y.yIMn'n::r.: ' ';'nn'n.N' .NN: r :" {tH'!Nr {: vi: , ththetl

:

5'JerroansltdZ'f9sltdZf9sErrands'h : . '. '.:"I '

';? ' ' ;

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

. . ..,:' ., .. .. .,:. ' ; _; . , . .' . " '. . 4 ' . . , ' : ' '

, , iialVnenVennen: n. thrtLhHthirstHRHihfi.tihfitgift.. ta7Kberrberry>ta7Kcpec) *r., . <' ( ' . .-cpeccpeccape-."Pjr'l'jPjrljPurlfib,9fib9" , { . ' ' .theJtheJthe. tt2i 3d3z3. . . w" aat-t-oiidsattoiidsatHllvoidsanthill.$-tHlltHllHull-- v3i133'SIv3i133SI,- : ;) .' .' .sereeT.e.1(1.Lt\.BeTe11Lt.BeT.e.1(1.LteTe11Lt.BB'dd'. . .nwiy.Qftnwiy.QftnwiyQft. (.nwiy.Qftforvard1.S1S'. !\(!.FF.. -for-vardforvardfox--arafoxaraWardHara-. -..o.ror.--y.a.rd.vit.hyardvit.hyardvithyard..... .viUsviUs.vitthvitthviruswith. . thethe-

result

the-

reunto

the-

result

the-

reunto

'

rl3sultresult that the German oOW1ter-oOW1tercounter-oatterycounteroatteryoOW1teratterycounter-batterybatteryoater- atterybattery fire failedfu.lledfulledfilled. to get mmanyny ofof-

tmm

o-

ftof-

them

o-

ften

of-

them

o-

ftentmmthemmm *.

TTAl'TA\JKAl'TAAlTAJKATUAT' TAX\ sl.QQ.of 201.12011JndNdjxM. _BATTALBATTLE.flATTAHQWflattishATTALIONBATTALIONO *.

There s&asaR8Swas& no artillery preparationpraparat10n precedingpL'lJoadlngpLlJoadlng' .haha.hehe;:. he barragebarl'agebarlage' .

Thehe GeroanGermanGroan oaoutposttpostpost iionezoneionone ATBS'MasMas'waawaaABSMacsWada' easilytt&s11ytts11y& overrunovarrWloverdraw and taitentaxentautentaxmenta en . GermanGerman-

S.O.S

Germ-

ansGerman-

S.O.3e

Germa-

n3.0.3

Germa-

n30.3

Germa-

n303S.O.SSO.SSOSS.O.3eSO.3eSO3eS.O.3ebarrage. . . barrage :lell:1'el11el1fellloll' on GhezyChezyOhezyHeyChez then on the slopealopeaslope eastea3t of townto\9nto9n\ , but inin-

eaoh

ci-

nema

in-

each

in-

exact

in-

each

in-

exacteaoheachLeah oaseoaS8caseoases MQ.SMQSwasMS*as. too late to havhavehave muohmuchmouth effecteffeot .

The 2ndnd Battalion , 58th Infantry moved from its initial lineline-

ith

lin-

net

lIne-

vi

lin-

eline-

with

li-ne-viviwith- ithitchth great dashdash,, outdistanoingoutdistancing the battalion8attalion oi01of' GhaasieursOhassieursChassieursGassierHashersChastisers a PiedPied-

on

Piedm-

ont

Pied-

on

Piedm-

ont

pied-

on

piedm-

onton Usits leftlliftlift .

SeveralSevera1 isolated GennanGemanGelmanGunmanGermanGilman nBOhinemachinebovinenB ohinaChina guns :fromf'rom' the leleftft flameflank en-enen-

fl1aded

en-

filaded

en--

filaded

e-n fil-

adedfi-

elded

-

fl1adedfiladedfielded our lines but the assault Raveseavesavesavers IcoptkeptCopt ODeODeTheGoetheon . The GermanGer.man. trooptroopstroops-

ocoupying

troops-

occupying

.

oooupyingocoupying theth.e. outpost zonzonezone clearedclaaroQClare taairt.balrtbalrtheirstairbaler. 'liratl'irstlirstfirstliralist .lineJ.ll1sJll1s and droppedaroppedroped baokbackbookbaok-

to

botto-

m

back-

to

backs-

top

baolc-

to

bo-

ltto the secondeaondeland liceline on Hill172cHill 172c17217 *.

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

. . ' . , .. , , . ._ .' '"' ' .rrr-r-" ' t1<' . r\rr.1\. .

.11. _ _.. , ... . . . . . .. . . . . rQ'- tQ .LeULeUBleu')Q- 'tQ- t"'

. . . . _- , . . .

IT.IT-

Our

T-

Our

.

Our troops overran the GennarGarmaGermanGnarlGamma :. first linOlinlinelint) on the reverse slopeslope-

the

slo-pe

,

the heviilonChevillonCheviilonenvisionChervil waaliaswasWadaElias tcucentaatentakenTuscanStaten: after a snarpSharpsnaresnap 'ipltipltfightgiltfi' )ht at 0.300305130o <. 30 A.iLAiLA.lAl.i. . About 7575-

pI

75-

prisoners

75-

prisonerspI"prisonersisonersisomers NarMarjverewareverge ocapturedpturedpurred up to this poinpointpointt and in ObevBevyOhevillonChavillonChervilCarillon1110n larRlargeLarrylarge-

quantities

larlair'e-

quantities

q-

uantitiesquanqueanquantitiestitiesthirties oiOf .AmmunitionAmmunition. and ua.a numbernumbtJr of machinema.JhinemaJhinemazhine. gunsgunsvereunversed-verevere.veresereverge-. tattenta4enStatenta en .

The 2ndnd i3aUdlionatt.alionattalion3atuulionbattalion. novnONnom changedohi.i.ngedohii.ngedohiingedhidinghinged.: directiondireotion slightly , attaokingattackingattaoking-

Hill

attacki-ng

attacking-

iii

attaching-

dill

attachi-ngHilliii l l 1172,16172161727 2, .

Jay'amyamy2' ay had sLsufferedferedfeared rrathertherether severely .anda.nd the battalionDattulion3attalion onOIl theirtheir-

left

ther-

eof

their-

left

ther-

eof

their-

lelt

ther-

etoleft vasRaswasRasa< still MQllNellwellMall behind witnwithwin their attdclcattuokattackbattedmattock .

34jAiajorAviatorJorJouror JooilGoofsJoelookok deoiaeddecideddefoliatedeoieosin d not to reorganlreorganizereorganizee out to attaorfattacattaciattarattachantacid,. iimmediatelyinaLediately.-

It

inaLediately-

It

inordinatel-

yadiatelYeadmittedlyadiatelYe-

It

admitted-

ly

.

It is tt7tryytry:' .tthatt hisbisbias lettleftletaft fflanflAnKwasflankn.itwasnitwasnitwits.kwaswas oadi.yoadiytoadyoa a .lyexposedlyexposedflexors.ly. exposed , but HillHiill72172 coniman-

di

command-

be

comma-

nd

command-

ed

comma-

nd't'l

conimand-conimandcommand-command-. . .

. , . . . . .. . :'/ " " ' ' ,\ '!

'': . J;,. ;,'" l1i"."> . - .'-'0 , . , .:'yy' . tQ) "'' : y," ' l:ll:..' " ' AH:'JKKJKK' ' "''.

" "

:lur.rl-.tJ.idlurrltJ.idlur.rllurrl.tJ.idtJidblurrilytideysrJriPyrrhic.:-..: a tt/uvtuv.,'/ ; . ' :'! " " ;. jS-"(;d t:i'lil' 6'fut"CJ6futCJ'r't'ortoto' "' " 3tri.tl-'i.tli.tltl'iitulip'-' dd 'Cl1Cl1',

16 .l1l1*.0..tt.': 411;?.

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bbfoa

b-

bfoa

b-

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

" . ,

cbe fvrvr:LreLire. theitheytheirthe Lod'La.dLa.dLadimzuLodiKimura'. tim.toimtotiffia-totiffiatointotifftintointo;.;, ,-. to ' orgianiaaorgo.nizeorgonizeorgandieorganizeor .n1n1. a ttnathEtna hilPhilhillhlll1 "° 'Z1iiZ1ii' laortiimvreaorticmove)N ' ' 3dti-ouglydtiouglytl-Jl1glytlJl1glytrouglydtuglyroughly-"

In oeonsequonoeconsequencecon sequencefJeq1.ScoefJeq1Scoe. he moved rapirapidrapidlyly up the hillAillIll , echeloningeoheloningchelonianechelon hishis-

support

insu-

pportable

his-

support

insu-

pportable

his-

support

insu-

pportablesupport companiesoompanies to overlap andWIdWide protectproteatprotest hishigWhig 'llanics1'lanlts1lanltsflankslanais . Hill 17-3173172- NaswasNashNas-

taken

Uns-

haken

was-

taken

wa-

stage

.va-

staken

vas-

taken

astr-

akhan

.

taken after a severe fight.*.

The Battalion TIQ.STIQS'RasRaswasIQSRasa' . herehare reorganisedreorfJ'nizedreorfJnizedreorganized' and orders jrereRerewererearedRare reoeivedreceivedreoeived-

from

receiv-

edreceived-

from

receiv-

edreceived-

from

receiv-

edfrom the ,drench'renahrenahFrenchIrena' to 8plisplitt the Battalion . One part to attachattaokattack thethe-

Sept

th-

ese

the-

Sept

th-

ese

the-

Sept

th-

eseSept .dois'hich.j3ols.doisdois3oisDoris , rfhich-'hich'hichhichwhichhitch-' lay properly in their zonezonazonal and the ototherr part toto-

att

to-

ast

to-

attaax

st-

omata

to-

attaca

st-

omataatt/attattCjattaaxMattatticataxiaCj/:[: ttovardtowardovardboard QolsnoisColsnoirsoisLois de 1I'OrnieIOrniel'OnnelOnneIonialOne' 0rme whichhiohShiloh lay ttoo the right of01' the sectorseatorsenator .

VhonNhendhenHonHen< the attaattarattachingattackingingKing group noarednearedoared the SapSeptt Bois the Germans oonn-oonncoun-counBonncountoon-

ntar.ttaoked

cou-

nterattacked

ooun--

terattacAed

o-oun

tera-

ttacAedn-

ounstra-

itlaced-

tar.ttaokedtarttaokedterattackedpartakestraitlaced&. capturing oneonaMona oiiioero11'loero11loerolfioer' "ndndGndand" ten umanmsnmnn *. This counter attaokattackattaok-

ooming

attackc-

oming

att-ack

attacho-

oming

att-achoomingcomingbooming from an angle to the fliJ.nktfliJnktflancFlintflanfl.n& drove our troops bacHbaokbackbook. ttoo Hill 172172-

where

172-

where

172-

wherewhere theytheyverethey've-verevereMerewereverge- reorganizedreorganize *.

Later duringllringalluring the'hehe' afternoonafternooD: they &again&g.ing.ingin&. attachedatta.o1tedattao1tedattaoaedattained.; gaining a portionportion-

of

portio-

no

portio-

n0:101o t:'' thethesese roodswoodsIV oo s and rretainingetata in.in-g

inin-g

dinin-

gnJ. g same3wnagamesame-

nine

Arm-

enian

.. .__ 'C-'CC'-

Cnlne

' " '----nlne-nlneinline-- -ninenine-nlneI-

T

linn-

et

- -

.A.A-

The

B-

atheTheTIle right group olojof the oattalionbattalion consistingoonsisting of ComnaniosCompanionsCompaniesCOlY111a.niosCOlY111anios. ""HHvH" "

Of0o VI/IV-

anI-

andV-

iand!//'

anandanuManu""GG" "" moved on JoisJoins de l1'Orme1Orme' OrmaOrmeNormaOre . ThiThaiThissNood..voodvood.HoodHoodvoid. as shoNnshownshornshoshod n before isi3 warnearnear-

anea-

ra<z HdHdt-hlOi

Chth-

onic

91Rill-tho

Ria-lto

,+ 111-

1andthlOithalami' opoot'FestFestbootFeast' 01at ' a8. riuseria86ruse anandana as IlSUIllsusual .vasvasNa3was. da:1dnda1dndeludeddeiandeddemanded: ed by machinermchine guns n-jarnjarntJarnearnotaryntJar-

tha

Antar-

ctica

near-

the

unear-

thed

njar-

the

nart-

hex

-

thethathan udgeedgebudge ol01 thethdthud NoodsmoodsNodsooasoas anandd IromfromIron plplatformspi-itpiit- t 1lormsglomsormscorms in treetreestreesbantreess ,. /banban.VhenVhendhenHen./ thethesese oom-oomcom-comboomoom-

PQni

com-

panied

com-

punid

com-

pound

comcom-

panies

¬-

PQniPanicpunidPunicpaniespansiess reachedra hedheed the sunkensun1ten road about 300 metersmetersvestdetersives.vestvest-vest.- of thatmthethantmoodsmoods/oodsoodsgoodsoddsgoods-

they

good-

ish

.'/.voodvoodvoid. oods-

t

odd-

s

3-

thayttheyy reorganisedrdorgcl.nizadrdorgclnizadreorganized. anujnuandManuJanus(, rasteuresteurasterrestedr 3te for1 or aI. ifijNfuNfiNn iiiinutesminutes . Upon resuming thethe-

attack

hea-

rtache

the-

attack

hea-

rtache

the-

attac&f

th-

eattacf

th-

eatricattack& , thathethan lines hadnadnada no aoramordmoreagoramod than r'dillhrdillhdillraaehedabashedr-drd'- ;,hedheedci the open NhenwhenHenhen theyth9y '.veraverawere.vera-

met

verd-

ant

were-

met

cere-

ment

.,vere-

met

cere-

ment.met by01 a h&iihiihailii& otof outletsoulletsbullets from the Hoodswoodsoodsodds and thathethan attacicattadkataxicattack oroiceorokeurokemoronicCookeBurke dONndownDonnadON-

niu

donni-

ng

down-

in

downi-

ng

do n-

in

n-

ineiuin varyvery feNlovlovelo v mlnmnminjtesminutestastabs .. . _ . ' -. . , _

'oWoW' _ . ._ ._ , " . Mw . *. . . ..V. .* * " y ._*w w.. .r. A. ..x . tr MWIWI " . .

.

doth130thiiothidiot compancompanycompaniesie s fell oaolcbaokoxalicbook to the sunsunkenten roadroad.wroadroad .ww:.vv..vheravheravera. torere tthey remainruirain-ruirainBritainrruirain-

ed

unimagi-

ned

remain-

ed

ftG.l1-ftG.l1ftG.l1-

ed

. % ¬-

. .. . " . , . . . . . . .. . .pracy.A.7.,. .. . ., .. ed. .until relievedrellevEtrelevant *. It may oaceoe axplappleexplainedineddined here that tharettsrethereharetsar was prac'-

Jprac-pracpacprac-

s.wvvw-- ., . . . . ." . . . .. . .. .; -- . . ,.. . . . . . . . . .'JJ,' - .y.A-.7yA.7y.AyA.77y.A.7r136T.r3iJGL'L- -.-- ,'- "'4 -," >

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11'iQ

.. .. . . ...

. . ' . . .. . . . .lioajLlytioaiiylocallystorability\'iQ'iQiQ\' j:17j17,: nuno chciauucicaduceiOi-tOit- Ao <.> &"i to trlactrlmansuvQrmanouvermaneuver. IlVIV

. .the

.GerrmGermGerm6in3Germans out of this positronpositionposition-

which

posit-ion

position-

yhioh

posit-ionahiohwhichOhio JVBSNQSwasVIBESNS highly organized and very strong *. The position of thethe-

woods

She-

rwood

tha-

yoods

thy-

roidswoodsoodsodds allowedal10Ne ailallll around observationooservation andnd .vasvasNasNash. provided 8ithwithithitch all a-aa-

round

a-

round

a--

round

aro-

und

-

round delenaedefenseElena . The attackattaak had progressed so s'RiftlysRiftlyswiftlys ' iltlyBilly that the renohtrenchrenotrenc-

hartillery

tren-

chanttrenc-

hartillery

tren-

chantreno-

ha.rtillerya.rtilleryartillery. Rareworeere in no pospositionitionIlion to assist thisth.is. 1D0vamovemententKent .anda.nd as uniZuniunitsunits-

on

unis-

on

units-

on

unis-

on

tsts-

OD

s-

ODODon the right and left had not come up the GermanGermn position in thesethese-

woods

th-ese

these-

woods

th-ese

these-

woods

th-esewoods .louldlould.1ould1ouldzouldloudcould.. not be 1sisolatedolatedcollated *.

TbaThsTheTubaThis 3rd Battalion , supporting ththdthethud 152nd if.I.RifI.RifIRr.I.RrI.RrIRinfirmRIrR' .l.Rl.RlR. . ., until this timetime-

DON

tim-

ed

time-

now

Tim-

ken

time-

now

Tim-

kenDONnow toOgtogttooooitoboist& position on Hill 172 at 3(303303,303S30(, P.MPMP.KPK. . in support of the 2nd2n-

dBattalion

2n-

dbattalionBattalion.attalionbattalion .

ThoTbeTheTheoTube end- nd Battalion iffasNasadsbiffsNash rerelievedievadevade by the 3rd Battalionattallon 59th In1an-In1anInfan-InfanInfantIn1an-

try

Infan-

try

Inlan--

try

Inl-an

tr-y

Inla-

nd

-

try by 7007,007 |,= 00 A.kAkAeksAlecksA .Air. JulyJu.l.yJul.y. 19tn19t1l19tH , the OrdFord.:>rd oaLtolionaLta.lionaLtalionBattalionoratorio. 558th56 ihth lrHi.rttrylrHirttryiri--ntryirintryirisentryIriiIii: .:- :- ritryretry 3UppOzot-3UppOzot.3upport-.3upport3UppOzo-

tIng

.juppoupon.3uppor-

ting

: t"-

ing

ti-

ng

"-

IngKing this organization .

OttTOurOarOtto line11ne HOMnowHOMOno extendedxtenten ad fromiromiron, 3eptSept 3oisBois to a point along the SUDK-SUDKsunK-sunKSCUDSUD-

Kaa

Sud-

an

sunK-

an

sunk-

en

sunx--

On

sun-

xO-

nsu-

n-

aaan road sonesamesomescone 300 meters ivestNestmostdivest of BciaBoisCia de rorrool'OrmelOrmeTorolOre1 ' OrmeOre , in thistbistbs sub8ub seator-0

sectorseatorsenator *... . . . . . .. .... . . . . . . .

.. . . .

. ., . . . . . . .u..+ .'-+ rw AN."ANn.r.w-n.r.wnr.wn.r.wnrwN.E.nw.- \00'\> .; : : a.:arr.. *,: ' 1 , " r " " 1.r1r/ " .' .,' . . . . . . , . 'oo' ;.rr..r.v." ,. . . . ' . ." , ' .. . ' , . . . .---.v.v---.. .. . . _ .. .. . . . ' . . . . . , t . ' . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . ,: :iten-tenten-

TIle

ent-

itle

:- :

w.

(11(The'haha' 2ndnd BattalionattaliOD moved to Cnevilionhevl1lonCnevillonConvulsionNeville covcovecoveringrlngriling this towtORntown and-

Lit

ban-

dit

andand-

t

an-

tLitt Gen*. GengoulphEngulfgoulphgulp *.

dothlothclothothGoth the 2nd and 3rd BattalionsDattalions 'ware'NeraNeraEra relieved and ordered toto-

Dois

to-

adies

to-

Bois

o-

boist

to-

Bois

o-

boistDoisBoisDoris de BrujnedraamaBruneidramra-lrralr"- tz aatt 1111(001100l.LsOOlLsOOalls. (= 00 PP.LPL. . July 20thOthGoth .

DuringDaring the engagementengageroontengager thethendtend4n<-ndnd-ndd DattAttndatdaftBattalionliontaliontalon - MachineachineBaachineBacchante Gun JompanyCompanyJompany-

and

Compa-

nyCompany-

and

Compa-

nycompany-

and

compa-

nyand HeadquartersHeadl1l.lartersHeadl1llarters. Company 58th IniantryIn:1antryIn1antryinfantry: xost.l.ostl.ostlostcost. 118 milledkilleKilled , 10 died ofof-

Hounds

of-

fhand

of-

mounds

co-

mpounds

of-

rounds

fr-

ondsHoundsmounds and .540540340. roundedNoundadmounded withNithNinth 1 offioerofficer aadaaiandadai 10 enlistedalilistedallotted roanm3nman capturedcaptured-

a

capture-

d

,

a total of01' 479 casualties , or 37 per centoentont .

ACACTIONSIONS of 1st J3ATTALIOIlBATTALION ..

. . - . .. . , . . . . . .

._. - . . .... . - - . .

At about midnightmidDight J\JJulyJy\y 17th the 1stlot Battalion moved to a posi-posipositposi.-1

posi.-a

podi-a

posiposit ¬-. .. . . ..11. .

. . . . , . ". . .aa. .a.IV.If.Nr". . .. . . /.IV.If.NrIVIf.Nr.IV.If.NrIVIfNrDiviner"/. ,, . .. .. ... r. t. . ... . ./ . ,\' Il4-1Il41. . .-. . .a.r.r1ar.r1arr1". . ' ... .. N" '( . MI.aMr1\MMI.aMr1MMI.aMr1MIaMr1M. .. <_

\_. ., .IWIW. '.L1'aL1a' . .' .rr. I.raIra. " . . .rr. ' . . . . . . . . ,. ,. . . . . .. . . . . M. . . . .FF. ,.. . . . . . ..wrwrawrap.. . ". . ,. .. . .,/",.. . . . ,. _ .-..". . , . . -aa.-. a. . . .. . 4.4NV. N-NN-

tionN-

ation-. . /NVNV-./ . . r'. .ww.. .. . . . . .

tionion JusJugsJustt ffest'RestRestwestfeast' of Vllny111nyfilnyVilelyfilmy ...... . . \ . . _ .; . . .('I , 'I . . | 1IH1| |

_>* (H . <.;UIHHUI llf.lllfllf.

.

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. . . '.<t .. "''" ' ."' . :;' '

;: ' ; : " . , ; ;:r " ',.- ' - -' . ":". . .."wriwrit ' .'rr'ir <.

."i| :*i') ':! <.:.; .' , ,; . .

At C.; r;sO4vKl.AKlAKlan<J. j .!.: .*. . J-ulyJulyJiclyJulyJuicily'\.- ll1cth.iGtL-th'QfiGtLth'QfthQfdigitalt'h.tll'CIth.tllCIthtllCIthat'll' . -. tertear'' 'a't.tat.tattMatt'aa'ttACAattACAAttica''ttacctack. cit, ordel'iWordeliWordealordarorderordarKA'S. ' -K-A'SKA'SASwas'- - 'S rlrraora'C'etv&dCetvdeovivedCeltrevived'' iv&divdid& iromfromiron LtLt.-

Colonel

Lt-

Colonel

T-ycoon

.

Oolone.LOoloneLOolongColCool one 1. KiKifl'erKiflerKillerft'erfterfferafteroffer:'' .

His plan of attacKatta.cKattacxattach. suosumosubdividedivideddivided his sector, eachachBach 'haltfl'BlcflBlcfheldhalf' being OOV-OOVcov-covOVEXcoveOO-

VereG

Ho-

over

cov-

ered

covcovecov-

ered

¬-

eredereGerredeeG by atrenohtrencha -wrench-trenohtrenohTrench Battalionattalion . The 3rd rrrench'renchrenchrenohFrenchreno' battalionbattalicm and the 1stlot1stl-

3attal1011

lot-

Battalion

ist-

battalion

ins-

tantiationl3attal1011Battalion 58th ln1nfIniantryInfantry'antrygantryntryentry actlutact1Y1Lactuateactjjacct ; ;; asal 8supportsportlportal andaadad Xolioa/ingXolioaingJfollolngollowingOlioKingFollowingt .,/ at 800800-

me

800-

meters

800-

lootersmemeterstara *.

Major HoustonHOUltODShouted assembled&lsemblctdlsemblctdalembic& his officersat'fioersatfioersdaffier' and disposed his battaloattal-oattalbattal-Batacoattailoattal-

ion

battal-

ion

battal-

ion

battal-

ion

¬-

ion muchmuohmouth aa81as hadba4 MajorKajarAjar CookOook .

CoapanfsCompaniesCaponsOOIlp8D1 . . "AA" "" andaDd "cc"" 0 "" leading 8ithwith' ithitch "BItBIt"B19B19""flfl" " and "DD"1)1) "" Companies inin-

support

un-

supported

in-

support

un-

supported

in-

support

un-

supportedsupport .

CompanyOompany ""CC" 0 "" 12thl th L.G.BattallonLG.BattallonLGBattallonMd.G.BattalionMdG.BattalionMdGBattalion),M.GMG. . Battalion coveringoovering thetiBtB advanceadvanoe soosseasamesos 200200-

meters

200-

meters

200-

matersmeters lain rear of' the second8800n4 .aveavenave.ave In 11.111111line. ofat' s8sectionstloDIloDI .

At a.ooaoo6100Paolo6 <. 00 A.kAkAsk,A .M . , JulyJ\JJ11\ 18th18th,, the BattalionBatt&llonBattllon& moved ab-outaboutab.outabout.- ODeoneon lCllo-lClloIcilo-IcilocelloIciclelCllo-

.ter

calo-

tte

Icilo-

ester

Inclin-

ometer

Icilo--

Rater

Ic-ilo

Ra-ter

Ici-cle

-

ester..tertertear. northDortbOrb., oor01f' 7ilnyVllnyVilnyVilelyVainly ., thonoethdllOthencethronethrall eastward&StNarStNarStar& aioundal'oWldaloWldaroundaboundallow' the oosenosegoose120S . of the ridgeridge-

alODg

bridg-

eable

ridge-

along

side-

long

ridge-

along

side-

longalODgalongaloud "which"i1.tohi1.tohi1toh. runs the rairaidrailroadlrolo ad from Neull1NeuiliyNeuillyNullifyUnequally, .., _ , . , . . .. . .. . ,, .,_ .

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

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

. ...

. . . . . .. ... ,. . .., ..." " K" - - - '' ' ' ' '. > ' " '. " '' "', ''. .

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' "' 'JY1 ( iiCLiiiiC-

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.

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ff1f "nini" ' i /11/1-

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IT.IT-

The

TI-

The

ITJITJ

Thehe battalionbR.ttalionbRttalion. Hva3aa3 lollo-vinlollovinfollo.vinfollovinlolovainfollowingPoll o.inoincoin-.. ;, the drench'renohrenohrrenchrenoFrench', battalion as support-

in

supporti-

ng

support

in trace and was to sstrUetrUetrtriceiK.6iK6. HaHautevesnesAusterenessutevute esnescenses to the north flacAicgflunltiDgflanxinglaconicflauntingflaming itit-

slightly

in-

telligently

it-

slightly

in-

telligently

it-

slightly

in-

telligentlyslightly to the south..This movement to the north is expl&lnexpllnexpellingexplained& d by the lactfactact thatthat-

Ha.ltevesnes

that-

Hautevesnes

talk-

ativeness

that-

Hautevesnes

talk-

ativenessHa\.ltevesnesHa.ltevesnesHa.ltevesnesltevesnesHautevesnesWhaleboneslateenelevensesAustereness\. was prepared lort'ortorforlordtore;' directd iI'dOtiIdOtiDiOt' action irorofrombiro the southeastsouthNastsouthwest and-

had

hand-

held

andand-

had

hand-

held

and-

had

hand-

heldhad the French'renchrench' attachedattaaltedattackedtotaled frciniranfrcfarcingrc 71inyVilnyVainly tnsthetanst axial ArouldNouldvouldArnoldMouldcould haveh ve run alongalongn-

tOCUaalo-ngalong1-

1r.wktJtnv.JalongJ-

IauI0LK.0ru.fiIIL1t11r.wktJt-nv.J11rwktJtnv.J11r.wktJt11rwktJtnv.JnvJJIauI0LK.0ruJIauI0LK0ruNVnJntOCU/antOCUainto. / (X,. ru-3ru3-.-. Intv6! ' JJJw.3oi'n-f

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(JuJujoinl/joinljoinljoin/{'J. ,

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1the[{ S/J'UTSJ'UTJUTSJ'UT-

the\.fiIIL1.fiIIL1\./ !

'

tthe long spur extendextendingingKing franfroraAfurorfroraAanroadmanfronfrom JJm. ' ooateh8itlthoath.

oiiafii "yilcyyilcyidly" '," 11ni11nirmdanandrmdmdd couldcouJ.dcouJdcloude ouJ.douJdloud.. be-

ITIOl

Br-

itoilbaoebeba1-

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/

ttrr(\ IC4IC4r1'tftiir-T-tftiirTattiretftiir-Teasily

att-ires.tt(,. /-

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1/

n3n3-aas

r1-easily

- -}

aasaseasilyilyidly covered Niwithth long ra.ngerangerange'firerangefirerangefinderranges. 'fireire lorforlord ssomeorneHorne.'

2 n. kilometersilometers .

On the other hand byDY maneuveringmanel1Verl11g as ttheytraysr:, did , the Frenchl'renohlrenohF'renohFrenohReno' at-

1

at-

tact

at-

tract

at-atat-

liinctat-

taint-

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

taoA

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. . .- -

- ..[ "liinct-liinctlintliinct-

taoAlino-

cut1

; let--letlet-ta.Oit

le-pta -- - --- '

ta.OittaOittactTaoist. bagacbeganbaa sa_a a ridge '7hioh.vhiohvhiohShiloh*., gavegavgave coveroovarovaryo over tot o thet lorrnationformationordinationtormatitomato, on . The at-atatt-

aQK.ing

at-

tacking

at-

r

ar-

t

at-

tacking

-

taQK.ingtaQKingjckingtackingtaKingjackingt, . lines yroppeddroppedroped into a little.little. valleyvallall y and NlthwithNthithitch any artilleryartillery-s

artiller-y

ar l r. . . . .. , . . . . . . , .,. .,. . . . . . . ' '. .., . . :mYrY.LmYrYLmyrtle.' . .' ' .. ._ 71.

,\ a: . ., . rS. ,*+J r. rwMlwm" "..:. .11. .-

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. .uu. . . . _ . . . andfind. ..

maQhinemachinea 1.

gunfanf . pnepanepppl' .

pe-ratlooperatloorattle:. .rzrz-.rrstisnarrestingt.iti. on tthattAthanEtta, . .

lofantryinfantryloanerfaD.

.

.could.dcoulddcouldoo'? iI.IiIIaid.: . . #

approachp.ppp...-

aqa-q. '- siths- iths- ixth.'

.vJvJ.vjLt-tijBaa-

ethe

.vjLttijBaae-

the

.vj-Lt

vjL-t

tijBaaet-

hejil-ttibia-

e. t.hth.-

._, OASeOAS.aa. ! e . .. . .. . _

the top ol01of the scarpsoarpsoap aboutaDoutfadeout 1,0001000, memetersterstears directlyd1reotly Nestwestest of Haute-HauteHaute-

v

Haut-

e

Haute-

vesnes

Auste-

reness

Haute--

vesnes

Ha-ute

ves-nes

ven-

ues-

vvesnesvenuessnasnag s *.

This actuallyaotually'HorudaotuallyHorudactuallyff'workedor icadcad out as plannedplanned-plannedHautevesnes*-. HautevesneaHautevesnesHauteAustereness ATBS'NasNaswasABSNash' takon-

by

take-

ntakentaken-

by

take-

ntaken-

by

take-

nby the IfTenohInfernokhan'renrenOren' onoh at 7t507.307307130. AA&rA.I.iAI.iAIiA.kAkAIIi.&rr&-

rHall

&. .

HallBaliHalf olof0 :( "UU" .unun.,U " CompanyOompany 56th InfuntryInfWltryinfantryInflator hadlad been designated in ordersorders-

to

orde-rs

orders-

to

orde-rs

orders-

to

orde-rsto mopmpppp up the torfntONntowntorntonne ,. NhiohwhichShilohhiohShiloh theylidheldthey did\lidlid\ without'wV1tho1.1twV1tho1.1twV1tho11t' . difficultydiffioulty on their ar-arar-

ri

H-

ari

ar-

rival

arar-

rival

¬-

ririvalal about8j00about 8(008008,008j00(, A.1riA1riA .M .

Theb.ebe. 1stletlot BattalionHattalion had started actiona.otionaotionabortion. in full equipmentequlpnent and it-

soon

bi-

son

ititS-

OOD

is-

opod

it-

soon

bi-

sonSOODsoonSOD beoamebecame apparentapparenapparent t thattl'BtlBlB' t thist .illsills. vuaMaswasvaMacs tellingt ell in g unnecessarilyunneoeunease saarsarisearisari111ly on the men-

Major

en-

amor

men *.

MaJarMajorAJar HoustonHO\1ltaaHO1ltaa\ sent word to drop the paoicspackspatois butbat thisthisvordthrived-vordvordwordFord'wVorwVorword'- failedfaileclfaille toto-

J&oh

to-

reach

T-

orah

to-

reach

T-

orahJ&ohJohreachJohn'.& aXlallaxle l1lJunitsitaKita .

paol&ipaoliPaokPaoksPaoloPakPalookas.&. _were_ 1'41141' dropped byoy eacheaohLeah orpnisatcorniestorganizationion wherever they Herewereere aadandadaad-

1t

an-

dit

ban-

dit

an-

dit

ban-

dit1tit is supposedsapposedapposed a8 guardar was left . However , on being01108 relieved fromfrom-

this

fro-

ths

from-

I

fro-

m

from-

this

fro-

thsthisth1s actionaotlODApollo it was found that all pao-cspaocs180KSpacksPalo- hadbad beenDeeD thoroughly rifled. . . . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . ,..,. . , . .- .'. ". .

.. . .. r'' , " . .: . . ' . ( <(' "" : <',. ..i-.i., /.i'trf,. -. u< >. .

.,. 'trftrfturfc', I\'fI'ff\',' \ . . . ' . . .. . ." . " . ' . . .. 'tt'.

.. . . ..:

I " . .. . . . " . 1'" .,. .. . .. . . ., . , / ,... . . ' . , ' . . , , . ; .. . .1.11.111', .; . , . : ... ... . . . . , ' . '" " ,11, , " " " - " -, "l ",rt-rtrtUart-. C.IIICIII' > Y : : '. U - .

.. . . . . ..._+ .. .trvetrvetrove.twelve-twelvetwelve-

he

twel-

ve

"elV'8---"elV'8elV8"elV'8-

IT

" 1ve--1ve' ---..

T.

byb1 the trenchFrenohFrench troops following the attack .

Upon passing HautHautclvesnesHautevesnesAutoclavesAusterenessvesnesvenues the axial laylayalongdaylongalonglong the Hautevesnes-

Courchamps

HutevesnesHautevesnesunevennessAusterenessHautevesnes-

Courehamps

utevesnes-

CourohampsCourohampsCourehampsCourtshipsCourtesans road .

ThaThsTheThaiThis trench'rdnchrdnchFrenchranch' attaoat.taCltattaCltattacrccattaloattractattar. hahad oeenneenbeenomennee fcdriyfairlycodify rapid , outbut becausebeoause of thethe-

gaps

he-

aps

the-

gaps

he-

aps

the-

gaps

he-

apsgaps on both flanksflSlutSfallouts , small hostile units and machine guns had OD-

-filade

O-

Dfi-

ladefie-

lded6n-6nen-en6-

nfilade

en-

filade

-

filadefielded lirefire frequently ."at1OnAICWIOnAction(tiKXtick"at1at1AICWIALICIA" (On the crestorestforest aooutabout baa000& 00 meters oastcastCoast of HautevesnesiHautevesnes1HautevesnesjAutogenesisAustereness fireIvasfirebasefire IvasvasDivasIva-

sopened

Inva-

siveness

,vas-

opened

as-

penvas-

opened

as-

penopened 'fromf'rom the left IrontfrontIron and flu.nflunflungflantcflanitflauntFulani. }(. by GrennanGe11l13.nGe11l13nGelmanGardenaGilman. machine guns on thethe-

1st

the-

1st

the-

1st1st JJat:Battaliontallontalon .

Losses jvereNeramerevergeEra InxnediateimmediateInundate .

. -.--- - . These guns'

couiuooulucoulucoitusfoulcould cot bebbd'

IcGateSCognatesloclocated"defnitelylocateddefnitelylocatedt " d'eilnitelydeilnitelydefinitely' ilnitelyfinitely, and as Major1f j"Or'HouJtjOrHouJt"" '

Houstonn. . ... . . . .

: :: .. ; ; . ' . . : .:. :. . ;,.:.-; . ..'. .= ,' o':.:" . :if; : i' .

: '; : ' . ':'ii' ': " . .; " .' , .:, ' .*. . ,.IMWW-IMWWMWIMWWmImam._...- . m_ i . 44IP. ' ._ - uK.,.r-w < .<.. . ". . . .4. hMUiMaui *A -.* ' '.'W-W/IPIP/WW-_ . :.<!,;<W l l" '.- . ' : >, <'.,i\llill"I.trI.trItrSitarIt"\ . . -.

HoustonhadHouston.r. .wWwW-

had.np

._., . . . '. . . ' . . :. :. .w.,; ; . ,

.

hahaP9had- .npha- dnpHa- ydn.. . -P9P9- . .

OllMollone . .PQltD.QersPQltD.QersPQltDQersPolders.pflpflfl.> vectors. b.bn.d.lbbnd.lbbndlbindleh ??..h.iah.iahiaChibaia..

.. ..'ioiov3? . .AtaAtaAlta. -v-3v3- - . .JJJJ-...ff. . . ooKoKnr uCttbutttiab-tiabtabtiab&shiciii5gH- ma&shiciishiciiSicilian& ' in" . g-amsgamsg-rmsrmsaimsarms-- nadhadnadah,theythey-

been

The-

bes

tney-

been

. .VV..-

Vbeenbeen locatedlooatedlooted , exceptoxoeptfoxhole by laooriouslylaboriously NorMr&ingMringNorringRingSnoring& ingKing smalismallmali Hanging11anKlngflanking groups toto-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

otethe flanlcsflanks *.

Companies "AA"ArrArr"AllAllBarr"Arra.n"Alland"" " anda.nan. "CC"" 0 "" in the forwardforNform rd echelon sufleredsLlfferesufferedsillier particuparticu--pareticparticu-

larly

particu-

larl

partic-

ular

particu-

larly

¬-

larly.glarylarllaurel " * flothBothfilth linesline s halted and tootoOittoot& coverooverover and after oonsideraoleaonsiderableconsiderable dede-

lay

de-dedo-dode-

la1

do-

lay

de-

lay

¬-

layla1 Major Houston directeddireoted them ttoo move for.vardforvardfor.yardforyardforwardfarmyard.,. .

Thehe Battalion , losing men at every step moved to Ravine de lala-

j'olia

la-

Folio

a-

foul

la-

i'olle

la-

iolle

la-

bilej'oliajoliaFolioJolla' , arriving theretharahara aboutaboambo ' t 3.003003:003 .: 00 P.MPMP.DMPDMDM. . Here they werewerswears met by anan-

enemy

a-

nnoy

an-

enemy

a-

nnoy

an-

enemy

a-

nnoyenemy artillery concentrationconoentration of suchsuohsough intensity that tteytinyttyt y verewerevergewere-

forced

whe-

refore

'vere-

forced

per-

force

,vere-

1'oroed1'oroed1oroedforced' to dig In OBon the east slopesJ.opesJopesopped. of the ravine *.

':Theha machinemaohine \gunsg\1Dsg1Ds from the left :flankt'lanktlanklank' , ..veravera.vereveresereverge. still playing havoohavochavoc-

so

havo-

cs

,.

so in shearsheer desperationdes1Smtian Houston directeddireoted a reconnaissancereoonnalsaa.noereoonnalsaanoe. to dater-daterdater-

mini

determ-

ining

dater-

mine

deter-

mine

datar--

min

dat-ar

mi-n

data-ry

-

minimine their looatilootlocationloaationon , intending ttoo taketaltetate themtl18JD at all oostooatcostboostoat iifi1f' they iVereweredivergeiVere-

NithiD

dive-

rgent

were-

within

whe-

rewith

Trere-

Aritnin

Refr-

ainingNithiDwithinNinth a reasonablyreasoDresold ly short.

distancei a.

andtrod. _ to. ,.

try ..O.hootO.hootOhoottq.hoottqhootOhoShootthroatt.- ot- o. ., . ..shoot,

. It.it. onitantcutomit withRl.thRlthLathwith-

them

wri-

tten

Rl.th-

them

with-

them

wri-

tten

.

them Ifit they 'IIereIIereverePierreverge'ere some distancedisialloedisallowed aaNayagayanyAgwayay .. . . . . . . .. . . . , . . . . . .. . . . .

, ,. . . . .. . .. . ,. ,. . . . . .,,. ": , . ' . . . ,,. ,. ' " ,' " , .II,. r( ' .t"1.t1t1,.,""". . .

l' .11.,< /ttK./ ., :. ,. . .. . , .. . .. . .n.wnw... .< . .. .' ,. .AA. .-

Atbi

a-

ntin . .

-. . . . . . .. .. ' , . . , ' . . . . . . ' " .a.Aa.AaA. . < . .< ...- >. - . .ww_. - . ., -'. -. . -. .

. ., . .11...t.It.ItI,11,. ... . . .. ; ..00. .< . .,. rrkrr<. ,. .t . ..Il-IlIl-l

I-lt

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ilt

tw-"..., wn. .< .a.nva.nvanvannv... ',. <> ',., " . " " r. y*.y-

thim-

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---tbitbi---thithibithin- -- thirteenl'tEJ8Z1--l'tEJ8Z1ltEJ8Z1rteen--rteenteenl'tEJ8Z-

1T

l'tEJ8Z-

1by

' , !" - -

Those 01os youyouvhoyou-vhovhoNhowhohoMho- haveNaveave had experience Niwithithitchth German mamacninemachinellineline gunsguns-

Mill

guns-

mith

gun-

swill

unw-

illed

gun-

sfrill

unfi-

lledMillwill ramanudrrememuerremamwrRamanrememberfreeman that altarafter theyt y arejI"tjItjilt(") moved OacAcbackoaQAaqua some j00600 or 800 meter-

sit

mete-

rs

metersmeter-

sit

mete-

rs

meter-

sit

mete-

rsit iais very nardlW"dlWdHardlewd" to judge their distance by sound .

The reconnaissancereoonnaissanoeraaounaissanoereconnaissancevasreconnaissance-vasvasNaswasNash- carriedoarriedparried oatout oy the attachedattuohedattuned ach1neLachineMachineLachine-

Gun

Latchi-

ngMachine-

Gun

Machi-

ne

ach1ne-

GunGun ComCompanyny andanan the aoealoeenemy Machineaohineanointed GunsUunsHunsGunsvoroUnsavory-vorovoroMeresereorzo- locatealocatelocated in the 3ols301sBois dede-

l'Orme

O-

Ql

AO-

Ll'OrmelOrmelOre1 ' 0rme aooutabout 900 nmatersterstears a.vayavayawayaviary. , almost dueailecueagile north and in position toto-

e

to-

eLfilade

to-

CLtilaae

t-

ortillaeeLfiladedefilade1'1lade11lade' thetlletulle reivineravinerelivingr vine *.

'T.voTvo'i1.yOi1.yOi1yOTwoTo. plplatoonstoonstons ot01of machinena! chine guns NarMarwordwerjwear,: ordoreuorderedordure to taxetaxedt e position onon-

t

on-

the

M-

onte

on-

th9tthe northwestnorthN9st slope ol01of the ravine acaboveoveJove the point Nwhereherlerleer j. thothethou last-

ravine

ast-

atine

lastlast-

ravine

ast-

atine

lastVrf-

M10rNl

ravine uranchesranchesururanDuran othe s .

Theyhey Herewere'> ere.

directed. , ..-. , .. . . . ttoo onanonenConanomenop n .firef.ire on011 thesehese .yy.Y .QQUQUA.44.tz.andtzandstand( 4; . . . =andd ttoo try,

to-

r

tor-

e

totoX-

JW

. . . . . . . . . , .

. . . . . , . . . . . . ,. . . .. ,. ...,. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . _.. . .. . ,. ... . . . . .. . . .. .... , . . . . . . .. " "' Vr/fM10rNlVrfM10rNl-/ XJWJEW--'* .>AMV. r-rri-. "' ,.,- ,. ,) , . . , . . . "< <. .rr . . . ar.rrarrr.. ..> -. -. . r.,.w.wVwwVwV-i-. < .(y'.-.yy. ,. " - - " .'._yr "'.tt. ., .WW_..Wri.rwrier--ri.rri.rRI-ri.r.vy. "< .,W'' T-Oo !''"j/'f\"jj'ff"j'fw" '/' \ .vv. w .,. '. 1., '. . :. ;. :.. rwrwAWA.;, ;.: :.

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

. . . .. . .,

... . ...w.XwX- -. K & p .i'i'Ja.rr.GiiJarr.GiiJarrG.''ixeix '" . .roa-roaroadroaauLOKraal':':- auLOPaulo' reteA.VaR&iiiteA.VaRiiiteAVaRiiius.rusruser.t&ltitltitiltt&lti.j..&&: i ;<i <. - . .- , . -_ . . . .'- -_ - . . : '. ;a : '.-.j.j-_ . - -., ' ". ., ' -'. ' .:T,. .' .. . . . .:,-: - ;

.

TheThoyTheyToy. did as dirsdiredirks<? tt3dautrtedtt3dtad .. ,. -autrautr3utracuter-' s-sfluoceajdusfluoceajduflounce- .. sfluoceajdujniy'I1-ooe'I1I1ooeoboeu'-esamesa ih-\iihi,leuvinlevin-) .\.' '\jni-yjniynl'ynlyJonionly\ ! l-yly'- . ini11 dra-g-mg'lmmadiatedragmg'lmmadiatemglmmadiatedrabmegalomaniadragmg'lmmadiate-

r

drysPdraysdrudrub -;<-rlsgrillsIngKing '- finnedImmddiat-

eresponse

Imme-

diateis toto-

response

co-

rrespondsrresponsesponsespoons from German one poundersponders on themselves andd increasedinoraased activacttv-acttvactiv-activeacctacttv-

Ities

activ-

ities

activ-

ities

activ-

ities

¬-

itiescities on ththe part of maohinamachineMolina guns , whoho didntdidn't*' replyrep11 to them , butbut-

opened

bet-

okened

but-

opened

bet-

okened

but-

opened

bet-

okenedopened a heavyhaaHara vy fire through the ravine .

A f9fffe'NfeNfew' minutes later a. German battery shot our machinenaohineNadine guns out-

ol

outp-

oll

outout-

ot

outm-

ost

out-

of

out-

dootof' popositions i ti on .

laIn the meantimeantmeantime the iyrenohj'renohjrenohReno'renohreno advanoeadvunosadvancearduous had beenbean halted on a ridgeridge-

about

rid-ge

ridge-

about

rid-ge

ridge-

about

rid-geabout 600BOO800 meters east oof GourohampsCourohampsCourchampsGunroomsCourtshipsCouchant and were unabieUllablunableHullabaloo to advanceadvancesadvadvances-

The

advan-ces

i1Joe .

The GennanGEtmanGermanGunman line11ne novnONnow extended from doisBoisDorisdo is de l'OrmeNhl0hlOrmeNhl0h1'Ormewhioh1Ormewhiohl'0rmel0rme' ., ( hiohShiloh hadhad-

been

had-

ean

had-

been

had-

eanbeen unsuooQSslUllyUDs\JJoe8s1UllyUDsJJoe8s1UllyunsuaoessfallyunsuccessfullyIUDs\ atta3iattaajtattaintattaoicedattainededd "by"by part of our 2ndnd Battalion ) throughthrough-

PEttret

throu-ghput

through-

petret

throu-ghput

through-

Petrot

throu-

ghputPEttretpetretPetrel FarzcFarmFarceFarzcxndFarced-xndxndandnd- d inolnolincludedu d tnethetine. hill ssouthwGuthGutth olof lAior.thiAiorthiLonthiAnorthicClothr.. thlhlthlrthru, -rr-rsJ..AtA.t. this timatlatimeTinala the 1stlot Battalion reported its positionT'ositlonTositlon' tot o the-

yrenoh

the-

reunto

thethe-

hrenoh

the-

reunto'renohrenohhrenohreno' NhowhoMhoho orderedor erederred it tot. 0o dig in whereflhareflare ititasvitas1 twaswastwas'-

i'O

//asaswaswa-

sfourteen

ass-

ortment

// .

--'i'O'i'OiO---fourteen---fourteen-- "'-"fourteen-"fourteenfourteen"fourteen-

Those

" fourteen-w

fourtee-n

' urteen---urteentureenurteen.-

r

burthe-

n

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

. . . .. .. . ." ,. \ ,. . ."

. . . . . . '" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' " .. . . . . . ,. . . . .' .w... . . . " . ' .rr -. '. " .- t.1t1' .11 H.rr " ' : r, .r.rr.rrr " RtiTri- '. ". v

ThThe GermansiiermansermansitinerantsGermans had oceonceoccupiedoccapiedpied this ravine only a le.vlev1aNfemlevy. hours beiorabeforebiotabeiora-

an

bemo-

an

before-

and

beforeh-

and

belore-

ana

Beliz-

eananand ot01of coursecoarse its location vasNasNashvasailassailNellicno.vn//ailailNell// Anovnitno.vnitnovnicno.vnicnovnAnonHintoncannon. to them . A3As a resultresult-

after

resul-

tant,

after the :lirsttlrstfirstlisttrust ourstDurstoustDust olofo snailsnallsnellsmallsmell thethathan GexmansGemansGermans settledsattled downdo.vndovndavndondan. to methodmethod-metho-

dieal

metho-

dical

metho-

dical

metho-

dical

¬-

icaliealcalideal interdiction fire hichNhichwhichhitchUnhitch llastedstedsteed until 61006 IOOISO00 d.h.AhAA.AAA. :. . the Ollovlngfollo.vingfollovingFollowingfollo.ving-

morning

lolloping-

morning

lollo-ping

Ollovlng-

morn

,.

mornmorningingKing *.

This methodical shelling 'NasNaswasNash' as varied from time to time vithNlthv1thitchNth> anan-

intensive

an-

ointments

an-

intensive

an-

ointments

an-

intensive

an-

ointmentsintensive burstblU'stblUstlUst' of high eacplosiveexplosivereclusive iromfromiron presumablypresumubly onuoneonus battery ,vhichr-

fould

vhlchvhichwhichvhlch-

Nould

vhich-

mouldNouldmould kListLstLasts t :fort'ortortore' aeverdiseveralever minutes .

As a result this oattalionoattaiionbattalionoat talitai on suf1sullerddsufferedsculledrt.trttratty;. heavilym3vily, and ththeirtheirir enthusienthus1renthuseenthusi--enthusienthuseenthusi.-

l

enthus-

e

enthusi-

asm

-¬:-

asm8smam wasas dampened mamateriallytartertear iallyallyialdial ly ,. .whywhyvhyhay. hy the Germans a]Jetlett upIIp at 6o.OOoOOboo.

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IlJIlliIi ,. thel hee .T-orc-ijagTorcijag'I'1r.n.1.ngI1rn1.ngI1rn1ngmorn.i.ng-morni.ngmorn.i.ngmorningorjagmorn.i.ngthe1st'.)- ..- .. .- ththlstthe-1stthe1st-thirstthathan. 1st-lstlstlast- aattalionbatta'lionbattalion't : 1Ibl1

' .vasvas..vasvas.v 3 Q.d.hQd.hQdhQEDa.adylaaadviyan,. ad.tadtdt. thatat it wowouldNouldMoulduldauld ad-adad-

VQQoe

ad-

ravine

dr-

ained

adad-

vance

¬-

vanceVQQoe to GourohampsCourohwnpsCourohampsGunroomsCourtships about noon . On accouctaoeourtaccourtaccount of losses Major HoustonHousto-

nraorf

Hou-ston

Housto-

nreor&nized

Housto-

nreorginizadraorfrazorreor&nizedreornizedrecognized& nizednixed his companies into threewas plaplanplatoonstOODStoads each andCilldChild at 12l-di30ldi30- := 30 noonnoon-

on

nonc-

om

,

on rreceiptce iptit oiof orcidrorchidorderss , movedmovad to CourchampsCouchant in supporsupportsupportt of OaptainCaptainOaptain-

Blanc's

Captain-

Blano's

Captain-

Blanos

Cap-

tainBlanc'sBlancsBlano'sBlanosBlancBlanco*' BattalionBattaliCll atcd'' the 155133 B.lBlR.IRIR.I.rRI.rRIrRIRr. . ' . whichNhlchUnhitch hadbad not moved from itaitsKitaita-

position

int-

erposition

its-

position

dis-

position

it3-

positionposition 800 meters to the east of tovnto.vnton. aadWldandadWeld heldhold theretherthere sincesinaesine thethe-

night

he-

ight

the-

night

he-

ight

the-

night

he-

ightnight bebeforefore .

This oattalicoattailoau&ttalionuttalionoutstation& ttalitainnN8.Son vasN8.SN8Seras< . flankflanlcadflankedlancedd. by lirefire from the jroodsNoodsgoodsroodsNods at La Gren-GrenGreenGren-

oulJ.lers

Gre-

nouillers

Gr-

anules

Gren-

-outliers

G-ren

out-

liersGr-

een-

oulJ.lersoulJlersouillerspullersboilers. . i'armiarmj'armjarmFarmarm'' and La BaalseRam1seBamiseBaleAnise and oou.looulfoulcould. not move .

"" "" and "" ) "" is iin UotNOtwotNO-

fa.ves

two-

waves

wo-

lves

Uo-

avaa

Gu-

ava

Thehe 1st Battalion moved ,forwardforNard ,. "AA "DD1)1)J OompaniOompanDCompanCompaniedOmanCompany? a8s n

\fa.vesfa.veswavesfavors\.avaaaaa from rlghrelightrightt to leitleftlegit ,. follo.vodfollovodfollo.vadfollovadfollo.vedfollovedfollowed. by "'"Q1Q1"? 0C ""* CoirpaayCompanyCorpora in support atat-

200200 yards and the JachlJCL.:Machinene GanGunEgan CompanyQCompanyatCompanycompany., Q.01at* t 400 yardsyurds ,. mo/edmoedmOl/edmOlmoved/ to thethe-

ravine

te-

rrain

tha-

ravine

ch-

aracinravine east8.st8st&. of toxrntORntown .

CompanyCOmpBDYCombed ""flfl"BB" "" as a mobile reserve moved to CourchampsCourchamplCouchant .,

. . ," "tt" , , ' .,9t9t, . . ' . . .., . " ' " . . " , . . . . , . , . " .". "

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

" " :<- : : . ,.

. . . ' . . "i . k,kL.. -..,< .. "- . ':';. ':;',:;-LL- .Yi'y.t.eYiyt.eYiyte*.tit' 1-11it-' .;teen-teenteen-

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ten-

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.... it'ii'' " .;-*.

.:':w:". , <( "' ","' 'OO' *. "" . '. . . " . iI"' '. ' . . .

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r

The 1st BattalionBat taltail ion WcsN-.SN.SN.SSwasCs(-).* rdlievedrelievedr dl i eyed ata t J30o:3Oo3Ob ;: 30 A.MAMA.MAM.,. . ,. July 2ist21st andand-

marched

ham-

merhead

and-

marched

ham-

merhead

and-

marched

ham-

merheadmarched to riraiwtzprioritizebraumebrumera tzt z .

Their casualties amountedountedcounted to 200O enlisted menman milledkilled andan 60 ofof-

ficers

01-01of-of01-

fieers

of-

fivers

of-

ficers

'¬-

ficersfieersfiversfilchersfibers and 212 enlisted menman voundedmoundedfoundedNOW1 ed and missing , a totaltotLl of 25-

8casualties

23823-

8casualties

23-

8casualtiescasualties out oiof 9o79679 7 alfectivesaffectiveseffectivesaffective of 244 per oentcentont .

GpiUGPigCR1'rCR1rCh IT' 10IC ISJ.iSISJiSISkSISiSDisks.§ .

The sun-divisionsundivisionsuo-diY'islC1lsuodiY'islC1ldiYislC1lsup-divisionsupsumo- ' olof ' the ijivisionai.i1V'isional.i1Visionali1Visionalivisionaldivisional.; ' sectorseatorsenator of attachattack into ttHOtwothoutw-

osubsectors

o-

sub-sectors

o-

subs-

ectorss-

ubsub-sectorssubsectors- separatedsepara.ted. by over a itilometarltilomatarkilometertoilsometailcoat at the oeginningbeginningooginnoeginnlogin ingKing oiof thethe-

l

the-

r

Ethe-

l

ethe-

r

theL-

.I

Eth-

el

the-

attack

hea-

rtachelL\.IL.IL.II\. CGv.l.1Gvl.1Gvl1. rII-

attasAA-

ttarsattasAattackattarstt&IJtttIJttint& !.-

cc.

couldld only be9.justifiedjjusjugs ti liedfiedfield tfherawheretherapy

_

one.

group ffogfog a. a31b"11aa31b11adesignsdesignated" .teaed as-

the

as-

hen

as-

the

as-

hen

as

. . the hold.-i

hold-i

hol-d

holding. .

g. .aUaoattackaqua

. ; .tftf.& .andanddadd ,. _tthe

.

sdcondsecond.Sl.P,? . . .poupgrouppup?*

\l.Pl.P\.

attacKQdattackedat tacked.

enveloping.. . .. . . .

the-

an

th-

an

the.. . . .

. . . . ' " .., ,.: " . ' . , " .v.: . . . . . . ".' : ' . ;.: A'K-A'KAKA'KfA'Kft, ' - f"* .'-* . >, . . " , 'JJ''/ff/ ' ,. nft* .. ..-t-t- ' . .-" . ' . ' .

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casecasesomecasesoaseoases' " " souesousesonssome 'ilnilnkiln' line

'-

m\l'-

mml'

must\ t"

oa desdesignatedi8'

ted bbybeyondy n- 'dn-dn-'dNhicii'

NhiciiwhichNicosiahiohShiloh'

thethe-

holding

he-

ralding

the-

holding

he-

ralding, . . . . ." - hol'd1Dghold1Dgholding' ' attaoKattaogattachattackcatalog: , musVnemusmu- s't'notmu- stnotmu- stn'tmust' ' notof advanoQadvanoaadvanceavianHavana and'amam' the ariaaxialsaxlalsaxilsalasis o0:10102f:' attacnattaOKattackattach . shouldshould-

meet

shoul-

der

shshould-

meet

shoul-

der

uldaulduld-

meat

Ju-

deameatmeet at SOBBSODsomaSOB poinpointpointt veilNellwell in rearrl3br of the enemy pospositionitionIlion *.

iromrromironromrom the ddireotiondirectioni reefree tionion ot01of' attachattack asslgnassignassignedd to eaoheachLeah group ,. this was-

not

wa-

sn't

..vasvaswas..vas-

'rlLI

.vas-

raov-

asrao'rlLIrlLIrarill'rao-

notrai-

nout

)

not the oasecaseoases and as a resulteaohresultedresult ), eaoheachLeah .vasvasNasNash. attachingattacking on an axiaaxialaxial" parallelparallalparallal-

to

parall-

el

parallel-

to

parall-

elto thetnetine ototterotherr *.

Theba gap jvas'NasNaswasvasNash' coveredcoverec by aliaalaia liaisonlS0D battalionbattallon aechelonedohelonedahelonedechelonhelloed to thethe-

rear

the-

reat

the-

rear

the-

reat

the-

rear

the-

reatrear , NhicbwhichNibhiohShiloh does not seem to be good taotiostacticsstationsta oliosfolios .

The result aass seen was , that the 4oisoisLois ddee 1I'OrroeIOrroel'OrmelOrmeAirdromelOre' 0rme had to be at-atat-

t

Ma-

tt

at-

taoked

at-

tacked

at-t-

aolcad

a-t ta-

olcad

t-alc

-

ttaokedtackedlc8d by aeo partpirtpit of MajorIIl8Jor CoolersCOOle'sCOOlesCook'sCooksCOOls' battalionba ttalionstallion aatt a tiroatimatimetiaraTina when thisthisvhole-

unit

'NholeNholewholeHole'Nhole-

un1

'whol-

eunit

whod-

unit

-vhol-

eunit

vhole-

unit

viol-

ent

-

un1unittwaswaswas uadlycuddly nneeded.daddad. in the aattachattackttaoktaco on Sept BoisBoiseBoisewithBoiseoisLois ,. .vithvithwithitch'H1H1'. th the resulresultresult-

that

res-ult

result-

that

res-ult

tt-

that

t-

hatthat neitherneithar pi&capicaplacep & ca Rawasaa carried .

When it became necessaryneoessary to split his battalion Mailer14a11arAasjorAstor Coo-

kturned

Oro-

tund

CookCoo-

kturned

Oro-

tund

Coo-

kturned

Oro-

tundturned over the partlBrtAlbert attachingattaoKlngattacking thet 3eptSept AolaBoleBoisAla to his secondseoond in comcom-

mand

oom-oomcom-comboomoom-

manc1

com-

mand

¬-.

mandmanc1Mandy 6ad&ndndread& oondootedhoodooedoononoondbond wtedwittedao ted ththQthenth attachattaoltattackcattail againsta.gainst. JJo18JoolsSolsis ded e l0rmel'OrmelOrmelOre110*' = o . OnoeOnceOne CQEnmit.ta-

dneithar

CQEnmitta-

dneithar

cnnl.ttednnlttedcommittedannulated. ,.. . . ., . . . . . . . . -

,"R.rrR.rrRrrErrorRr." .....- ,. . . rarorare,M " . , ' ,.pe

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,

. . .. .thathethan

. .

.aa.. 1.111111.11r. . battalionba?8

r; t taltaila

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. .ii.or.

I,

QoundPoundc.oundSound

. . . . . render!Y1. : 1-11Ill- Ill, ' . < wV.hwVhwVwV.h9i.r."aid/9i.r9i.r/ . . .. ,.. ..rr. !-?to. t . n.nr.nnnr.nnnrninnerNunn..

the. . . . . ,.

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thesethese"-R.rr vt'I--vt'IvtIvIvt'-

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The

seventeen-

Th

Sa1l:3nteen-

r

Sa1l:3nteen-

The

: --

.

At 9i009.009009100. PP.MPMP.J.iPJ.iPJiPi.., . t,.t- "A""AA" "" Company rrelievedlidvedlived the Idldla ft companyoompany of thethe-

ranoh

the-

reunto

the-

irenoh

the-

reunto

the-

branch

He-

braicranohirenohDranoReno, battalionbattallan In the fruntfrontrunt line .

At 3.303303S30350{. AA.LALA-IAI.- : . ,. July k Oth0thGoth ,. the attacattackattachattacvasattacks& -vasvasNaswasNash- resumeuresumedresumere sumedsummed after 3030-

minutes

30-

minutes

50-

minutesminutes of artilleryartilldry preparation . ComCompanyny ""CC" "" and one platoon ofof-

"B

of-

"B

of-

B

o-

f"BB"" 13 "" . to the attachatta.ckattack. line . to extendextondGonipanyCompanyGentianGonipanycro/crocrolardrarecero:: / aassigned51gne so as3.939 samesamasamba .

TneTheTine aadvanceYJ.DceYJDceJude(. continuedoontinued staaul1yteauilysteadilyas tea ally to the line olof La RRemiseRi11Jisa'!un is a - BoilBoisBoil-

Petret

Bo-

ilerBois-

Petret

Bio-

sphere

BO la-

Petret

ap-

petentPetretPetrel whenhen a wellNell organized GerGearGerman(rerniAnrenninn countorcounter attaattarattactiattackattract toofctooktoo the riGhtriGht-

assault

rig-htists

right-

assault

rig-

htsright-

assault

rig-

htsassault oompanycompany onan the flanAflaMflanklanAflan causing a hasty retirement of the .;>vhol-

eoattalion

holetholethole-

battalion

,hole-

II

hol-

eII)..ttalionttalionbattalionstallion to their formerformdr .lineIl.ineIlineInline 600800 meters eastl3Q.stl3QstoastCoast. olotof' CourchampsCourehampsCouchantCourtesansGourchamp-

s--

Gourcham-

ps

Gourchamps-

An

Grouc-h

.: .EE. .. . . " "I\"II"\"I-

An

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

. d.4-8d.48d.4d48.. .. - 4.b4b.!". . . . \ . ., <( . - . .: .. . '

, .I/,,

.. .

. . -.-. . ', . , Anyin. .axax. ; . .tt. * < upt'tvupttvbuttptpt.rwasptrwasprams',. .UtUt.

<t'a-n'0rt-t'atan'0rtn0rtt'an'0rt.Lis&lfut&d'$ ' - tf\tf\tf3t' .-, . ' .Lis&lfut&d.LislfutdLislfutd3ItsLeci. 3t;'&; 1 tu t6&' lJiAliby{> y'

t'rJttrJttriotartt ' hj'renc-nhj'renchjrencnchronicVkencKen:' ' eacilCecil-±i ,, 'o0 iniiltrateiniilLrateinfiltratefill i 1 t.1'at.et1at.et1ate.' . toto-

a

toa-

d

to-

a

toa-

d

to-

a

toa-

da poii3tpoint from;t'rotrotaro''romrom' 'll' RwYhic.hwYhichwhichJiioAbio.QbioQbio, .. thatnethethantine Q.Qmu.vQQmu.vQQmuvGaXD.u.H'JGaXDu.HJGaXDuHJG.axmunGaxmunGamin.. . . . '. . p.oa.jtjo.cpoajtjo.cpoajtjocp.oaj.tinnpoaj.tinnpoajtinnpotatopotation.DS.jtj.nDSjtj.nDSjtjnDustinDST. ..,

. . ().. oai3.Ldoai3Lda.nvldanvldanvilo .{'). .ldld. .. bbei-rnanjad-beirnanjadba.ruab.adbaruab.adbaruabadbinanasarabandArabiabeirnanjadTbJa. . -.rushadrushed. .-.. .. . TbJaTli1sTubaTbiBi a.loaxedaloaxedallocateda.loaxed-

possible

. .1o1o.loflire-

dpossibia

JedJed-

possi

Red-

eposit

!possiposspossiblebl as pracpacpractioallypracticallytiaatiara 11y allotall otof the ininterveningtdrvandrain ingKing terrain ';,vas covered-

Nith

cove-

red

covered-

with

cove-

red

coveredcovere-

dith

cover-

edNithwithNinthithitch ripe grain , standinglluitstandingstanding lluitglutquiteuitequite high .

As t&ististJhisthisOtis& moveroontmovementovercoat was inauguratedinaugu.rateinaugurate. long 'iung9l'WlgalWlgarangeElla machine gung\1l1g1l1\ firefire-

was

free-

ways

fire-

was

free-

ways

fire-

was

free-

wayswas broughtbrol.lghtbrollght. to bear on the edges of BoisolsSols PetretPetrel and ototharotherr knavnknOllnknownKonanknOll posi-posipositposi-

tions

posi-

tions

posipositposi-

tions

¬-

tionsions ofot:'' the somawhatsODBwhatsomewhat exposexposeded enemy line .

ThaTbTheThai& artillery concentratedonoentrated wiwithth high explosive and gas on .BotaBotaBoisBiota.Bota-

pe

boota-

ble

.,JBolB-

pa

Jol-

la

Boi-

sPetret

Bio-

spherepePetretPetrelfrettrettreat .

In forming for the ne,7ne7adwawDQ ''", aattaolcattackcatabolict-taalcttaalctalc- thetbatuba right'right' flanicflankFulani was echelonedeohelonedechelon toto-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

otethe rear .anda.nd at 44i004.00400.= 00 P.MPMP.KPKP.hPh. *.# the line movedmovad fofoiwardforwardWard! . AfterAtterLatter stubbornstubbor-

nrasistaroe

stubb-ornness

stubborn-

resi

stubb-orn

stubborn-

resistaBO

stubb-ornnessrasistaroetransistorizeresiresin star,] oe® this attackattaoltcattail went home andMd aatt 5iTO5.305305:30.: P.MPM. . l'reachedahedached PetrelPetret farm--farmfarm-

Bois

arm-

ories

Farm-

Bois

Arm-

ories

yarm--

Bois

ya-rm

Bo-

isya-

rn-- -

Bois PetrelPetret and thathethan crestorestforest to the east , hichRhichwhichhitchRich was"asas" 1mmedimmeddimmedliomeciiatolyiatolylatelyirately ococcupiedoccupied-

and

occupi-

ed

occupied-

and

occupi-

ed

u.pledupledpledu.pled-

and

upen-

ded

.and ororganizedpnizedprized .

ThisTi'isTiisOtis' crest domizwdoomdominated. tad the to.vntovntownton. of01' AenthiersAnthers.ikcnthivictiml1thiarsrs andn !%madeadeSade it possitllepossiblepossitlle-

for

possib-

lepossible-

for

possib-

lepossible-

for

possib-

lefor thathethan isist1stKistt AmericanAm8riaac CorpsOorpsOops to aadvancevanoevane its left through this towntoWlitowstowline withRlth-Rlthwith-LathRlth.-o

with.-w

Lith-o

wit-h

with-

out

-¬'; : '

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.inin.. . vr. . . , ,. . . vil.rrwvilrrwviler, . ,. . ,. .'.+ . . w. .r _.. . .rr.. ..+ . . .

outoutoppooutdoout oppoopposeoppositionsit1'otlsit1otl' tbthethathan., next dd6y-

Sixteendayd-6yd6yday-

sixteen

- yy-

sixteeas-

ixteen.

-sixteen-sixteen---Sixteen----sixteea--sixteeasixteen-- - sixteea-

At

sixteen-

th

sixteen-

At

sixteen-

th

-. -.

.

posipositpositionstionsions wereNareMereMare separated by about oneana .Icilomuterk.ilorroterkilorroterkilomuterInclinometerkilometer .

It \'Arilli\'illi'illillwillRill babe remembered thattmtTNT doisBoisDorisdot 3 dade I'OrmeIOrmel'OrmalOrma1'Orme1OrmeBiomelOra' controlledoor.trolledoortrolledcorralled. thethe-

sector

thr-

eescore

the-

sector

thr-

eescore

the-

sector

thr-

eescoresector in vhiohNhiohwhichShiloh the is1stt Battalion M&SMSNasNash& operating , from a point aa-

littla

l-

ittle

a-

little

l-

ittle

a-

little

l-

ittlelittlalittle oasteastCoast ot01of HautevescesHautevesnasHautevesnesAdulteressesAustereness to and includinginoluding Ravine dedo la l'olieloliekolieLilliecollieIf'olie-

and

Ifolie-

and

Rifle-

man

'' ,

and that a rrbJoriArbormajorityty of casualtiesoasaaltias sulferadsut'1'arcdsut1arcdsuffered. : ' ' ;, by the 1st Battalion-

more

Battal-ion

BattalionattallonBattalion-

are

Battali-

on

attallon-

Rare

Catalo-

niaRaremoreare causedoaasedabased by machinemaohil1e gun 1'111lirefire' re 1fromom thasejvoodsstatehoodsthesethase .voodsvoodsjvoodswoodsvoids. .

ThaTheThai t'atafailure' il ur a oiOf the 43143rd' fiatBattaliont tu.liontulionToulontaltail. ion o0 jf ChasseursChassaarsChasersCaesars a PiaPisaPiedsPiesds toto-

kaep

t-

oke

to-

kaep

t-

oke

to-

icaap

to-

ecapkaepkeep aureasta/JraastaJraastaureateRoast/ olof the 2ndnd FiatHattcLLionattalionHatchlingbattaliontaltail i on vasNa.SNaSNASA< . not110t dued\.Sd.Sd.SS\. to any IciultfaultIcily ofof-

that

soft-

hearted

of-

that

soft-

hearted

'that ororganizationorgpnizatinizationanimationon , but ratnerrattlerratherrater to thethfJ costlyoostly rrapidityp dityditty ol01of our c.d-c.dad-adc.d-

V

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'oi'tiijoitiijcoition'. d PT"' ',,ttte,})' *.' Zh<2'n2nif' ,&'' BitTMBritt]AatTaTionAttractiont'ttt' i 6nn aass ""BeingBeing" accomplisDdaccomplishedaccomplislBdaccomplishedaccomplish!'

with' splendidsplandid dashdash"-

but

dashb-

utdas-

h, "

but he might havohavehavoc added'tadded"andadded 'tt""andand' nand nothingnothirJg alsallselsea "" *.

No one is to be 8severelyverelyaversely crtcriticisedcriticizedt ioisednoised for ththisIs however.hoaverhoaver.hover.# .

The troops and ollioarsoffioersofficersobligors nadnadad cotflotnotfloat receivedreoeived sufficientsuf1'loiel1tsuf1loiel1t' trainingtraininga-

nd

traini-ng

traininga-

nd

traini-ng

traininga-

nd

traini-ngand all officersoffioersoff ioarsoars exceptaxoeptadopt the oattalionBattalion connanderoorm.a.nderoorma.nderoormandereomr.andereomrandercommandercorianderdemander.. wereere green *.

Thehe 4th divisionJ)1vis1onJ1vis1on) hadiadaid receivedreoeived no training at home RhlohwhichHallohiohShiloh fittedfittedt-

hem

fitt-ed

fittedt-

hem

fitt-ed

fittedt-

hem

fitt-edthem for open canary'Nar1arNar1arwarfare' . SuchSuohSouth 01ofolfioersofficersfloarsfiversfloors andaniaWanis menman aass had raoaRamonareceivedIvedDived anyany-

training

ham-

stringing

any-

training

ham-

stringing

any-

training

ham-

stringingtraining .verevereferewerevergeferret'., hastily assigned to the .3rd3rd. DiviaionDivisionDivination on thathethan eve ofof-

its

fi-

tsof-

its

fi-

tsof-

its

fi-

tsits departure from Camp GreenaGreeneGreen and the DivisionJJivisionJimson had to be rebuiltrebuilt-

prior

reb-uilt

rebuilt-

prior

reb-uilt

rebuilt-

prior

reb-uiltprior to its sailingsail ingKing some sixs 1.x1x. .vae&s.vaesvaesNeettSNeesvalesNetsKnees. & lilatertertear .

Afterfterafter arriHariarrivalval inra.noeinanein France\ra.noera.noeRoanoke\:. waRQwe spent a fewfe days in the BritishBritish-

area

Briti-

shBritish-

area

Briti-

shBritish-

area

Briti-

sharea and werewarwerwear e® hashastilysenthastilyhastilytllytallytllystallyssentant to the ChaChadChateautaautau ThierryTheory seosegosectortortore afterafter-

the

afterti-

me

after-

the

afterti-

me

after-

the

afterti-

methe HermanGerman attuolcattliokattxaltactualcatlikeattaint through OheainOheminCheminHeadingBohemianScheming de SaniesDeemsZaniesDame s . SinceSlnaeSlake arrival in thisthis-

area

tia-

rathis-

area

tia-

rathis-

area

tia-

raarea on JuneJUDe lthlathl <-thth- th the (divisionUvislonVision. - . . . .had receivedreoeived. . . . . .goodoodod insinstructiontructionruction ,. bu-

tit

bu-

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,.,. . .

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positions

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-- - -

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.wOewOe-wewe,.- e nadhadnada not receivedreoeived enoughenouenough i training in1.11111. nditfntjNnewdifNJ lormationsformations . rrheTherhearrhe-

meohanism

The-

mechanism

W-

heelchairs

The-

mechanism

W-

heelchairsmeohanismmechanism of same wasNaaNana f:fairlyfairlyf9llirlygirly \f/9llf9lll'IelllIellwelllibel\'/ unll61'stunll61stunuarstsunburstunderstood' oOdfood , but the applioappliedapplicationapplication-

was

applicati-on

.tlontlontalon. .tlon-

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owWas not *. OfficersOffioers and manmen ltneaknewalthea]s.nwsnwsnow. little olof thet assistanceassistunoe NhiohwhichShilohwhich-

could

wh-ich

which-

co

whic-

h00couldLllLollaiuau be expectedexpeoted from our o.vnovnONnownovenBonn. roachiroachmachineae gungunss - auautomaticsautomattOrr1L: ticlega - oneon-

epou

on-

erous

one-

pounders

con-

founders

one-

pounders

con-

founderspoupoufpounderspondersers , or arartillerytill eryvery , neinevineitherthathan r did veN9we lullyfullylull appreolaapparelappreciatet e thet limitalimita-limit1limita-

tions

limita-

tions

ImiSimi ta-tata-

tians

ta-

rtans

¬-.tionstiansionstitans ofot these arms *.

The men hoveverhcweverhowever , yera'N61'tJN61tJwardera' . ' ; .vavawell.ell11 CJ1uidisciplinedsclscsoiplsoilp11lleinecine ao aandXl% the poor Ofoflicers-

had

flicke-

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had

Mar-

sha

cars-

had

cas-

hedhad beanbaenbeen ialrlyvellfairlywellMillvillefairlylairlyfairlyairily .veilveilwell'., elim1naeliminaeliminateeliminatedt8tea . OfficersOffioers and manDan had little opporoppor-copperoppor-

t

opportun-

e

oppo-

rti.nity

oppo-

rtunity

oppo-

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. . . . . . . . . .. . ." . ' "

. . . \.. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ' .

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aoughboydoughboyughbOYrugby.-

11.liffuredfiguredClifford

.tthat

.

t.heha wouldNouldmould depend on himselfhlmst3lf .

*

AuAutomatictomtiotrio r1riflesflefile s had Deanoeenbeanomen reoeCreolereceivediv ed only a snoshDsnobshadShortl'tlt' t time bebeforebefore-

going

befog-

ging

before-

going

befog-

ging

forefore-

goinggoing into action *. No practicepraotloeprattle couldoouldGould beba held , and the autonautoautomaticautomatic-

squads

autom-

atics

automatic-

squads

autom-

atics

tictics-

qa8Csqa8Csquadss nardlyhardly knewlcnecane y howho to operate their weaponReaponReappoint .

Machine gun compdoiescompClZJiescompdmiescompositescompulsivescompanies per forceforoefore had to tr1li.lntr1lilntraintr. in in separate areasareas.-

About

areas-

About

are-as

.

About $allEll that couldoouldGould be accomplished in the time allavedallo/edalloedallwedallayedGalloallowedallavedvaaAlameda."/ -vaavaaHaswasaa- to-

teach

ou-

treach

toto-

teach

ou-

treach

to-

teach

ou-

treachteach the machinemaohine gunnargunnergunngunny r somethingsometh1Jg! olof the techniqueteohnique of01' his armarm-

.Infantry

arm-

Infantry

ru-minant

.

In1'antIn1antInfantry' Battalion and MachineMaohine GunGW'JGWJ' Company CommandersOomrrandarsComrades did not ltDO'RltDORkpowTudorpowltDO'-

Rmuch

kpow-

much

kj oo-

muoh

C-

omo

'

muohmuchmouth of the proper tacticaltactioal handling of these weaponsNeaponsmeapons in an offenoffen-offendoffen-

sive

offen-

sive

offen-

sive

¬-

siveskive actionaotionabortion . They'I'myImyLimy' did not seem to rrealiserealizeall e that i&chineichineJlBohinemachinechine& guns .area.re ofoo-

flittle

fl-

ittedff-

little

l-

ittle11littlet tl e valvalue untilWlt1l opposopposeopposition1 ti on slowsslaReslate up the attaoxattackcattaloa ttaoitTaoist andnd then theythey-

ueth-

ey

they-

are

thea-

tre

they-

are

thea-

treueare Oolof parciffioimtparamountpacifismpar l.noWltlnoWltlowly. .. iaportunceimportooceimportanceimportune notDot only0:11y011y: lorforlord flanlsflanktflansflankfl t. proteotiprotectprotectionon , butkiutkit inin-

laving

in-

laying

in-

saving

tim-

esaving

in-

saving

tim-

esavinglavingsaving mainmanD po.vdrpovdrpONdrproviderpONdpop. r min t.tnetine iirst1it'st1itstfirst: ' lines .

OneODe ppounderspunderspondersplundersunderssunders h&dhdhad& just ueenueanuaanQueenqueanJuan issaedlss11edissued and StoicesStoltesStoicsStoles Jf10rtarsfereMortarsJf10rtars rere\fereferewererareferret\ not-

yet

mo-

tet

not-

yet

mo-

tet

not

.-ytyet receivedreoeived *.-

. . ' t . . . . . .. . . . , . . ., . . . .,: : ' If "\ I' d'' "Tl1'tr\jfb"Tl1'trTl1trjfbfib"'TbyA'o'wthaTbyAowthaToyota' rb' ')iddid\:&' b.

'. crl.tcrltcrtY.tnaYtnaTuna., , . . a. l'iiliirigiirIa'La-wapaniafirIa'LarIaLawapaniafirail' ' l1 "- eompan.ieeompaniecompaniedsampan .ie , ncno ';, 4realryalizicfe. ilung1ng'

,. tltht3th ., pr.opropr.cprcprocprotection.. t co szonsonszon-

nineteen

sto-

niest

o . ,. .. .vyvy,. ' . ' , , . . ' . . . . . : .IiIi. .-

Iinlneteen

: ' ' . ; \ ! ,

---nlneteen---nlneteen---nineteen---nineteen- - -nlneteen-

we

ninetee-

n

nineteen - --

tainingstaining forceforaeflorae only , ffo.3ffo3was. leftIela :itt'ttt' fronting suchsuohsough positions .

AilAll of01' this toojitooktoo time out NaswasNashas the correctoorreotforefoot procedure and thethe-

French

th-

erein

the-

French

th-

erein'renohrenohFrenchreno;' saved thetheirir ,renH.enHenienOrenlien. . AnothAnotherAnotherer angle to all olof this musemusmustt alsoalso-

be

als-

o

also-

be

als-

o

also-

be

als-

obe tfigured11guredigured . A.A. division ordinarily jylll'RillRillwill' operate Nlwithth BrigadesBriga.ciesBrigaciesBrigadiers. a-aa-

oraast

a-

goras

a-

oreast

a-

breast

a--

oreast

ao-

reast

fo-

recast

-

oraastoreastCoastforecast exceptexoept NharewhereHarehere very deep penetration is eexpoexpectedotedeteddotedfeted . It meansmean-

sthat

mea-

nest

mean-

sthat

mea-

nest

mean-

sthat

mea-

nestthat normally four battalions Rillmill111 attachattack . This is about thethe-

minimum

te-

rmini

the-

minimum

te-

rmini

the-

minimum

te-

rminiminimum frontage *. Supposing that a battalionba.ttalion. has to be relievedrelievede-

a.a

reliev-

ed

relieved-

each

reliev-

edrelieved-

each

reliev-

edea.aeaaaaeach. secondseoond daydajdj . It Afillbe'Nl111JeNl111JewilloeFailleWillie' seen that the DivisionDivls10n willRill probablyprobably-

have

proba-

bly

probably-

have

proba-

bly

probably-

have

proba-

blyhave to be 1&en1entaken&& out within'NlthlnNlthlnLethal' four or livefive ddayss , .particularlyy.artioularlyyartioularly as-

V

a-

s

as

. . .."." ". ' not be 0committedi t t d except itin extrextraextremexJrjar , r;'CUJLSRSLOCULARS. ",'. ft . ..xlOiii"" "tTrstTrsattars"tb.lilVtb.lilVtblilVBolivar'" ,. ;divisionAV 1s1is : on rra5erverayarveDaycarerverave

_will_111

, . . , ., .'. . , ii.juf.i. . -.juf.ijuf.i.juf.ijufiunfitSufi.*< . *. . nw"rrrr"..rrrr'. * . ..*-"exceptexceptitexcept. * "'''".'""JJ"rPJ.J.irPJJ.irPJJi"JrPJ.J.i*-i1 irflfrtairlift._* . ___> << www_ j k bw

) -l'lTy- ' "'y.*. .. ... .. . . . .. ._,. .;-.;,.:--.;, ' ". ".- < <*-ltrttart l'lT-l'lTllTlilt' ,".- '. ":

.

. ._ _ . . .. . ... . . > .r-.r.:-.r.- rr

*>:--> - - r .ir--r.irr.irirrirrupt-. .,, . . ., . . ,' . . ' *.

* 1. "\J..* > * } ':.) . -.M. . wV" 'HIHI', It ! " J. ;

.> M'riIriI'iI> 'll' >" ,. . . " , .. . ' .

' a visioinvision1 i o.n.Nl1aJ'J.ionNl1aJJ.ionNl1aJJi. aajgTaj'.. .extext..axtreaxtreate. .t.r.8.mtr8.mtr8m...ameDameam-

esit

gam-

est

ae' Qoy <s-ss-

sit

s-

it- "i'ouriouri'oizioizouriodize'

.

'OurOur. . , - ,

or. . , . .

five. . . . .

- days... . . . .ia1ais. .- .

enoughdnouanoudourAnjou. . . ' . .

i. ..- iuri-ur

i-

nure. .loriorlordIgor. . . . . .aLJ_ !vi! ,

,.. '.

sit ion10n 6xisexiststs , but in a normalnormcl.lnormcllnormally. actionRation suchsuohsough as occurredooourred on thlhlthiss partpart-

of

pa-

rt

part-

of

pa-

rt

part-

of

pa-

rtof the 11nlinee , a DivisDivviesDivisionion sshouldrouldroulade have lalastedstedsteed for several 'jreeics'ReeksReeksseeksrelics atat-

least

A-

tlas

at-

least

A-

tlas

at-

least

A-

tlasleast *.

It is interesting to note at this point thattltitattaint this same DivisDivls-DivlsDivis-DivviesDillsDivls-

ion

Divis-

ion

Divis-

ion

Divis-

ion

¬-

ion remained continuouslyoontinaously in the ArgonneJargoned OflensiveOffensive withoutaithout reliefrelief1-

'rom

relieff-

rom

reli-

efrelieff-

rom

reli-

ef1'rom1romfrom' September 26th until OctoberOotober 19th *.

Another mista.k8mistak8mistakemismils .tales in thistb.lstblstbs. actionaatioDpatio 'MasMaswasMacs'as the assigmIassignassignmentnt of the Reg-

imental

Reg-RegGregReg-

imactal

Reg-

imental

Rag--

in

Ra-

gi-

n

-

imactalimentalimpactmentalan taltail Headquarters Company to a B8Battaliontaliontalon *. It iis. probalmatioalprobelmatioalproblematicalprobalmatioal-

Rhather

problem-

atical

probelmatioal-

mhe

problemati-

cal

prooelmatioal-

whetherRhatherRathermhehe therether they did any good andaDd they did suffersaffersafer casifiiltiesoaSl&ltiesoaSlltiescasualtiesasininities& *.

.ll. ,ilheTheNilehe alsallsassignmentignmentfigment of the holeNholewhole one po\1po1pounderponder1\ er seotisepticsectionon to the 2nd2nd-

Dat

2n-

ddt

2nd-

j' turned out they-

were

he-

wer

theythey-

were

he-

wer

they-

were

he-

wer

DatdtDaft>atUkllonToulontallllonlonon N"SNSwas"us an error orojof judgmentJudgmEl'1tlJudgmEl1tl' <. ASA.s. things

were of01' very little assistance to this batta.lioDNhl1ebattalioDNhl1ebattalionwhilebattalionbattalion. , hileChile hadbad oneone-

Q

on-

e

one-

or

bon-

er

one-

or

bon-

er. . . . . .

Qor. _ moremQromore-Moromoregmore.- . ,g n8.Jeann8Jeanns ._ . _ beanftttAchadhesa"sitachadhesasitachadbean) .-ftttAchadftttAchad-" att1* a.h9dah9d. ttoo tl1a.lstl1alsthe1stAQtheETA Is-1s1s.- t-.B3-t.B3t.B3B3ttt.B3al.l"1tt-tt.--..J, tU-ai-iUaii-alal.l"1tal.l1tall1t.-i on"ozror ttthetbt;tb machin-

elocated

mac-

hine

maoninemaohinemachinemainline gwJ"SgwJSgawks"gwrr-

located

' -

de I'OrmQIOrmQl'OrmalOrma1'0rms10rmsIrmalOra' couldoou.ldoouldGould. andaruiendHari probably.b11b11. would have baeabeanbaabean-

silenoed

Eva-

nsville

been-

silenoed

in BoisBo Is prolooatecilocatedloathe. . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . , ... ' ; , . ", . .- .

. . . .. ."

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

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

firef-

ire'

8fie'li8fielisilenoedsilencedsilenoedbysilenced' i'-byby- by1'

frei'romfirefrefare 'romrom-i'romi'romiromiron'-lro!'lo' the vioiniviolinvicinityty of Courohampst-

'wen

GourohampSjCourohampIICourohampsCourtshipsGourohamp-

Sjtwentyone

. ,..

.,

... . . , .

'

. , . .. . . . . . " , . . . _ . ...11> .-.-- '

, . . . . . . ,44,- 4twentyone, . ' - . . , . . , . . ..

---twenty-one---twentyone---t'went'wentwenwen-- -twenty-onetwentyone- twentyone-

taining

' ty-one---tyone- -' --

olleredofferedhollered anda.nd. being '.-skeptical

s-keptical.skeptical of tnd3dthd3dtnosanose caponsNdaponsweaponsDampens did .vhatvhatwhathat.hat will be done-

in

doma-

in

donedone-

in

doma-

in

done-

in

doma-

inin the next warRarRare *.

'eel1ngeel1ngFeelingreal' ingKing that tnerytheretannerythartar '.was.vasvas no protectiCl1protectionpro tact ion offered against bulletsbulletso-

an1ng

bulletst-

aming

bul-lets

bulletsc-

oming

bul-letsoan1ngtaming from plplacesoesdoes traythey couldoouldGould not seseesea , theirthe1r ideaideavashideaways-vasvasNaSwasNASA- to closeolosefoliose asas-

qu.ialtly

aq-

uatically

as-

quickly

sq-

ueakily

as-

quickly

sq-

ueakilyqu.ialtlyquialtlyquicklyequally. as ponspeonspossiulepossiolepossibleiuleNile on ttheirir objectiveobJeative , 'oo'fondlyly hoping that iVhanNhanwreniVanHan it-

was

vi-

tas

it-

was

vi-

tas

itit-

VU3VU3was-was- onceonaeone taxentakentaxmen , all their troubletroublesa would be over *.

.It Is1s 'well'RellRellEll theytneytannery did so afterat.teratterLatter all , becausebeoause certainlyoertainly theirtheirl-

e.sses

heir-

esses

their-

losses

heir-

esses

their-

losses

heir-

essesle-.ssesle-ssesle-sseeslosses.though bad enoughenoughveroenough, -verovero.vereverewareversoverge.- probaolyprobably less than nadnada there beenbeen-

oonfusion

B-enson

been-

confusion

be-

echnuts

been-

confusion

be-

echnutsoonfusionconfusion orcc 'a.lter1ngj.naalter1ngj.naalter1ngjnafalter'lalla. ferineserineingqKingingqxna&.anaxnaXmas the lirstfirstlistirstfirst rrestresiresin8i8tastazstanzastancetje , ddidue totQ the elementelemant". N"A'". .. . . . . .. . .. .

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

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

... - . .

.IotIot.Iota.Iotcbiotic'.

". . . . \\cc\. nofof , .

. {J. r. i Q

.. . .. .. , ..

'flIflI'flip". . .9Qws

..., .

9.y'r-9.yr9.y'r9yr9.y'r.tit..' .-

. . ."'' 'aa'. . . ,.tittit.' wf.lJflJfl.)> .. - . . , . , ." ' ,Y. . ... .

."

r,77r77,. ,. .. ..1-.1..1r- . . ..

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

_ . ..,."' ,' . .. . ..-oIUIoU

. .. .'

. ,. . . . .. . .: . : , . '., ' . . .. '' - 1 ) ; .; ;.; . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . .

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

: .. . . : : :. . . . .

.

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

. . 411en(hen-realhenrealhecheck . .- roHlrealrole, rareireinre '

ai's1s1 ststanastanzastanceii10 d " dtlVHDTVc3f3idaVei'OpBd'thadaVeiOpBdtha# l'oped-th8opedth8opbd'1.heopbd1.heopbd1hecoped.' -' . ' mCirMirmoral.ll..lga.ia'6dtMGughagaiasc1'4cxgh-

quickly

d-'gaiasd'gaiasgaiasgalasd'gaiasthrooghqu-

iCiCly

--" -ga.ia'6d--t-M-Gughga.ia6dtMGughga.ia'6dgaia6dtMGugha-gaiasc1'4cxghagaiasc1'4cxghgaiasc14cxghGogh'- . ' .--thr-oogh-

quiCiClyt-hrooghqu-

iCiClyth-ru- '--

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

quioklyquickly overrunning the first positionspoaitlons carriedoarriedparried them on and 1tit1t-

was

it-

was

vi-

tas

It-

was

V-

itaswas not until they had suffered a high11gh percentageparoentaparental of casualtiescasualties-

tha

casualti-es

casualties-

that

casualt-

ies

casualties-

that

casualt-

iesthathanthatt ththeytheyverathey'vey .veve.-veraverawere- reststoppedoppiHopi *.

The FrenchFrenoh on the otreNotreotharotherr handram mustmint not be orcriticisedcriticizedcritic! tic iisedisledsedseed for notnot-

keeping

ant-

eceding

not-

seeping

ant-

eceding&eeplngeeplngkeepingbeeping:& aoreastaureastabreastaureate 01Of our att.aakattaakattackattaocattalo. . TheyTbsyTbs .ver'j.verjverjwereveer'NerNerNero'. ' veterans and had lea.rnedlearnedlearned-

better

lear-ned

learned-

better

lear-ned

.''

bebettertt ar :fromt'romtromtromp' past experittexperieexpertexpertiseexperiencemnc e.$ *. We',Ve musemusmustt renOrenremaniberremamberememberrenamembebe r tb'-

t

tb-tt- bthattha'-t

tha-t

& ttotheto 1frenchFrench1french-

lIere

French-

were

Tren-

cher

French-

were

Trenc-

herlIerewerelivered low in man powerpo arer . That for c/ercerc1erever'/' a& year tbibitheyy had been conaerv-

ing

conserv-

ing

conserv-

ing

conserv-conservconaerv-conaerv-conserveconservw-

fCvrconse-

rve-

wfCvr, vJv-

Jing

ji-

ngoingKing biaste s and by forcingforoingforgoing the lierroanslermansGermansLiberians} to attaolcattsokattackcatabolicfatso.. on J.arJar.,large frontsfrol1ts NerewereMereNer-

etrying

Mar-

tyring

wer-

etrying

perv-

erting

wer-

etrying

perv-

ertingtrying to 'wear'MaarMaarMar them down .tot.o a. point where there wouldNouldMould not be suchsuch-

di

suc-

h

suc-

hdisparity

suc-

hdisparitydidisparityspar1ty in111 numuarsnumfersnumuersnummularnumbers,) .

As a consequenceconsaq119noe the ,wrenchkI'renchkIrenchr'renohrrenohirenicReno' weruNertiwereecruInertia quicicquiuatquickiequiet'lulululu' &( to racognaDraconianrjriJ ognL.aognLaCognacognlogle . a amarnaarenasznaiisnail; .ll. l area3areasarea3-

where

areas-

where

ar-eas

areas-

where

ar-easwhere naohioeaohinemachinenoisomeanointed gun reresistancesistanoeSistine .vouldvouldwouldcould,. beDe expected or whereNhereHere strong pointsM-

9TQ

polnjJapointspolentapolnjJ-

aiera

points-

were

poin-

tieri/eraierawere/ i1azaro.tecltecltel".atwiantited . 'r1r1They'TbTbyproperly'r1y.properly> -y-properlyyproperly-y.properlyy.properly--; .-,properly 4.id.Dt.att4idDt.att4idDtattdid. ., )not. attaoKattackjt theseese lrontaiiy1'rontally1rontallyfrontally,' , Ot1ba9ba9-

maneuvered

ou;;.maneuvered tthamthemthanm oatou.tout. e1either--byeitherbyeithertht3rtht3r'by; --'by'byby- -'by lm"attacklmattackan-attack-anattack-mattockanattackinantitoxinan ". attach . in flanit.f'laM.flaMflaMflankFulaniflameflan.

' or by pushing oy.-

011

byU-

11.1

byoy. . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .., . .. . . , , . . , . . ." : . . .

, . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ,. . . . . . . . . . .,- - ,

. ' , . . .. U-11.1U11.1U11.1111, ..- . . . , . .' " , ,". It .. ,' .

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

. . . . , , . . . . . . -.011.011.-... ..oaoa.onon... eeither.ee. r flankflankanflankandLankaflankedfl nk anand' taitingtakingtaintingt ak. ingKing tAemthemtEamt.netnetine. m in revreversereversee ralUral . InIn e.oheohoheaceacheacU11.1QUO.U11.1hh casecase a c"tctcon-concon-

twenty

con-

tently

onItonri.orriorprior;.- ' : "

--- tNentl---tNentltwenty---twentytangenttNentl-

offered

twenty ---

)Majorajor Houston trltrictrltriadad to11encato \Silence\11enca11encatilence machinemachineinsmachinationsgt.1l1Sgt1l1Sguns.©-insins- in position andand-

prov

An-

dre

and-

provided

an-

droidand-

provided

an-

droidprovproveprovidedidedaided wiwithth A.rtiArtiMarti.artificialic ialdial coverCOY'drCOYdrCod' Hiwitht h machine guns *. This iiss im-imim-

possible

im-

possible

imim-

possible

¬-

possible .anda.nd is well .vovo.worthrthRoth remembering..

The mannermlilJnermilliner: in whichNhichUnhitch the 2nd .riattalion.ttalionttalionhattalionrattlingstallionbattalion ..vasvas1as.' conducted is not-

open

mot-

ormen

notnot-

open

mot-

ormen

not-

open

mot-

ormenopen to much critioismcriticism in viviu.vviuvviesAviv.vv.. of the facttactact that thethathan troopstroopgtroop .verevereverge..vere-

new

vere-

new

verb-

ena

.'ll'.vere-

new

verb-

ena

r

n&llnllnewnull& *.

It is most difficult to mmaneuvereuverever troops to anyunypuny extentaxtent YhanyhenHanhenyhen-

they

heat-

hery

,.vhe-

nthey

vhen-

they

heat-

hery

.

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

thetheyyareare in ca.ocao.capodotionactionadoptionti on lorforlord the firstfrstfirst time . . . . . .-. . . . . . .. .- . .

..." , ' , ; , ,: .., . .. . . . .. . . _ . . . .'. "" '".-'..oo-(. +- ' . , ., . .Had'M&JHadMJHadiliWwilliwaw w.&.JJ "'t '\:. ; WWtriedTried'O'erltOerlt'Overt "-triedtried- t ie t ,._ ' awi!ibo" y"bouiKiybouiKiyou. ".-bobo- mi s, t,tortoreor hfufu1l'U1lUho' . uaeDuane;'. .haha.l'1.el1.el1e..!'. . ,, .attjmptedattemptedattjmpted-

fattempte-

d

,. "tJ.mptedtJ.mptedtJmptedtempted"t -,

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