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the-
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mosphereproper train Commander , Colonel James HornbroolcHornbrookHornbook , had DeenpeenDenDee-
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nrecentlyrecently promoted and ordered to the United States ,.
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both-
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tle
both-
the
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tlethe sectors color of the 711VII !Jf'renohJfrenoh'renohrenohFrenchFresnoreno'' CarpsCorps and the 1st American CorpsOorpsOops ,.
After the el1gageengagementnt I 'NenNenMenwent' entKentt over the ground coveredoovered byby-
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stherefore
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On July 10 , 19181916 , the 06th58th58lJlrnrnInfantry'aa' try , whichNhiohShiloh had been traintrain-train-
ing
train-
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train-
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ingKing under the rrenchl'renohlrenohfrenchReno' near Lizy-sur-OurcqLizysurOurcq1izy-sur-OuroC1izyOuroCLizslurOur- - } , 'NN'wasS assigneda3signed ttoo a subsub-
seotor
su-
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sector
sub-
section
sub-
sector
sub-
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tortore lay northeast olofo l * RaaemontRademontAbasementAdamantRa emontmont .
The ground v&svswas& organized and the regiment vaswasas designatedesiBessie natedmated toto-
defend
co-
defendant
to-
defend
co-
defendant
to-
defend
co-
defendantdefend this sector in case olof a GermanGermal1 breadsbrealtbreamboreal through *.
It .viiiviii,91119111sill., be remembered tinthatt on July 15th15th,, the Gro/fnGrofnOroNnCrownGrogOrion/ PrinaePrincePerineaPrinae-
threw
Prome-
thean
Prince-
threw
Pri-nce
Prinoe-
threw
Prome-
theanthrew his First'lrstlrstlyrist' and Third Armies containingoontaining twenty-ninetwentynine- divisionsdivisions-
against
divis-ions
divisions-
against
divis-ionsagainstins thetbetube jbourthlOllrthfourthboutloll French'renchrench' ArmyAl under General GouraudGourmand easte st of Reims-
and
Rem-
and
RelmsReimsElmsReinsReims-
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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:attao&edattaoedattackedattained. QQ3 & ThierryTheory,: :\ + .s"f"Io.w.igsfIow.igsfIowigsufficing" " . ,. .. : .t.Jt.JtJ;.' wMlMl 44W . ... . .. . . . .south-south-southeas-t . .
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captured
priso-ners
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oapturedcaptured on intensive raidsraldrailed and extending over a period betHeenbetweenbetHeen-
June
breth-ren
between-
June
betw-een
between-
June
betw-eenJune 28th8th and July 14th-which14thwhich,-14th , yhieh'NhlohNhlohhideHallo' .ata.t first Indicatedindioated that there 'MouldMouldwould'Mould-
be
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be
wou-
ld
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be
wou-
ldbe an attaattarattaolcattackcatabolic by the Germans about JJulyly 15th *. Later delinitede1inltadefinitedelimited 1n-1nin-in1n-
formatioD
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was
Ary-
ans
Army-
was
Ary-
ans
Army-
jras
Armo-
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oners
pris-
oners
pris-
oners
prispriespris-
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onersboners told the exact hour on whichwhlohwho the attachattaokattack "was"asas to commence .
Until about July 10thlOthcloth it was not certainoertainpertain as to justjU3t wherethewhereatwherethe-
Seventh
wherethe-
Seventh
wherethe-
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as-
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ASA.& the ;fourth'ourtnourtnbourn' I>Division1vision had been assigned to this area forfor-
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wh-
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unt
remain-
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remai-
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remainedremaine-
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advance-
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the-133rd
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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-
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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-
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one-
American
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lieLieatLieutBleatLieuu. t *. Colonelolonealone 1 KiKiiferKifferKnifeLifert'ertertear' oonmanuamonomaniaooommanuddommanuedcommanded tnethetine right grgroupemegroupiegroupemantgroupieoupezLopez nt towhichtwitchto vhich-whichwhichIIhiIIi-, ohoh-
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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.-
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blinding-
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blindi-ng
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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-
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in
place-
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in
place-
din line11ne on any part 01o1 thistilistills side olOf tnatheEtna salient untilantilanti thathethan lastlastm-
oment
Gla-
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lastm-
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Gla-
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lastm-
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.
M&rohMrohMarchRohm& oonditionsconditions voro.vereveresereorzoverge. irightiulfrightful , as no roads could be reservreserv-reservereserv-
ed
reserv-
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reserv-
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ed and traffictra1traffic-wastrafficwas-ic w&awa'RasRasRasa' & movingmoY"imoYimoil" in oothbooth directions . frequently'reqreqre' ntlyonly men would-
not
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maroh
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march
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to-
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,A,3A3dS, S a consequenceconsafll1ence of all thisth.is. , progress jrasRaswasjarsRasa slovslo.vSlav. and tedioustedioultediously .
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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<edlltedl'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
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do-
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MajorMaJ14aJMa or CoolcCooltCookCoolColt had issuedlesuedleisured his attaolcattackcatabolic orders to his (ssmbled.ssembledssembledassembled:. of-ofof-
ioers
of-
ficers
of-
fioors
of-
ficers
of--
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lauaaanausaauNassau.'8
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major
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Theha RegimenRegimentaltaltail HeadquartersHeadl-Iu.artersHeadlIu.artersHeadlIu.artersIuartersHealInundatesQuarters- . CompanyCompanyvasCompany-vasvaswas- assigned also to thethe-
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functi-ons
functions-
were
functi-ons
functions-
were
functi-ons/IeraIerawereEra'/ assigned to the InfantryIntantry: .
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Gaa
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Gun
57mm-
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de-
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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-
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as-
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tiiastZasttibiasZestastEast of GhezyOhezyChazyHeyHazy , the groundgrou.nd. drops aoruptlyaDruptlyanruptlyabruptly into a little vavalleyvalley-
containing
valley-
containing
leylevyley-
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ifluatJ31bStKestflatEst 01of the railroad. tthe ground risesr1ses gently ttoo form thethe-
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the-
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the-
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r'roBrroBi'romiromFromroBiron'' this ridgeric1ge theretharahara is a gradualgradur.lgradurl). descentdesoent into the valley in-
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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.
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, , 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\. .
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. . . . _- , . . .
IT.IT-
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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-. . .
. , . . . . .. . :'/ " " ' ' ,\ '!
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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
- -
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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
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,+ 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
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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-
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ng
do n-
in
n-
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.
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-
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. . ' . . .. . . . .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
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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
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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-
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nsu-
n-
aaan road sonesamesomescone 300 meters ivestNestmostdivest of BciaBoisCia de rorrool'OrmelOrmeTorolOre1 ' OrmeOre , in thistbistbs sub8ub seator-0
sectorseatorsenator *... . . . . . .. .... . . . . . . .
.. . . .
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(11(The'haha' 2ndnd BattalionattaliOD moved to Cnevilionhevl1lonCnevillonConvulsionNeville covcovecoveringrlngriling this towtORntown and-
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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. .
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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
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cov-
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covcovecov-
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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-
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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-
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calo-
tte
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bridg-
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ridge-
along
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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-
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tthe long spur extendextendingingKing franfroraAfurorfroraAanroadmanfronfrom JJm. ' ooateh8itlthoath.
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2 n. kilometersilometers .
On the other hand byDY maneuveringmanel1Verl11g as ttheytraysr:, did , the Frenchl'renohlrenohF'renohFrenohReno' at-
1
at-
tact
at-
tract
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the top ol01of the scarpsoarpsoap aboutaDoutfadeout 1,0001000, memetersterstears directlyd1reotly Nestwestest of Haute-HauteHaute-
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Haut-
e
Haute-
vesnes
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ves-nes
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This actuallyaotually'HorudaotuallyHorudactuallyff'workedor icadcad out as plannedplanned-plannedHautevesnes*-. HautevesneaHautevesnesHauteAustereness ATBS'NasNaswasABSNash' takon-
by
take-
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take-
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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-
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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-
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paol&ipaoliPaokPaoksPaoloPakPalookas.&. _were_ 1'41141' dropped byoy eacheaohLeah orpnisatcorniestorganizationion wherever they Herewereere aadandadaad-
1t
an-
dit
ban-
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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
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T.
byb1 the trenchFrenohFrench troops following the attack .
Upon passing HautHautclvesnesHautevesnesAutoclavesAusterenessvesnesvenues the axial laylayalongdaylongalonglong the Hautevesnes-
Courchamps
HutevesnesHautevesnesunevennessAusterenessHautevesnes-
Courehamps
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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"" '
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been
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tney-
been
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the
t-
ote
to-
the
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ote
to-
the
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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
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larly.glarylarllaurel " * flothBothfilth linesline s halted and tootoOittoot& coverooverover and after oonsideraoleaonsiderableconsiderable dede-
lay
de-dedo-dode-
la1
do-
lay
de-
lay
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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,.,""". . .
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Those 01os youyouvhoyou-vhovhoNhowhohoMho- haveNaveave had experience Niwithithitchth German mamacninemachinellineline gunsguns-
Mill
guns-
mith
gun-
swill
unw-
illed
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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-
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e
totoX-
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. . . .. . .,
... . ...w.XwX- -. K & p .i'i'Ja.rr.GiiJarr.GiiJarrG.''ixeix '" . .roa-roaroadroaauLOKraal':':- auLOPaulo' reteA.VaR&iiiteA.VaRiiiteAVaRiiius.rusruser.t<itltitiltt<i.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-
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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
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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
// .
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ThThe GermansiiermansermansitinerantsGermans had oceonceoccupiedoccapiedpied this ravine only a le.vlev1aNfemlevy. hours beiorabeforebiotabeiora-
an
bemo-
an
before-
and
beforeh-
and
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after
resul-
tant,
after the :lirsttlrstfirstlisttrust ourstDurstoustDust olofo snailsnallsnellsmallsmell thethathan GexmansGemansGermans settledsattled downdo.vndovndavndondan. to methodmethod-metho-
dieal
metho-
dical
metho-
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metho-
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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
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asm8smam wasas dampened mamateriallytartertear iallyallyialdial ly ,. .whywhyvhyhay. hy the Germans a]Jetlett upIIp at 6o.OOoOOboo.
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' .vasvas..vasvas.v 3 Q.d.hQd.hQdhQEDa.adylaaadviyan,. ad.tadtdt. thatat it wowouldNouldMoulduldauld ad-adad-
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ad-
ravine
dr-
ained
adad-
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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-
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G-ren
out-
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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 .,
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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
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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 .
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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 *.
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not
wa-
sn't
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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-
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t-alc
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ttaokedtackedlc8d by aeo partpirtpit of MajorIIl8Jor CoolersCOOle'sCOOlesCook'sCooksCOOls' battalionba ttalionstallion aatt a tiroatimatimetiaraTina when thisthisvhole-
unit
'NholeNholewholeHole'Nhole-
un1
'whol-
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whod-
unit
-vhol-
eunit
vhole-
unit
viol-
ent
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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 .
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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-
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mand
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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 .
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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--
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!possiposspossiblebl as pracpacpractioallypracticallytiaatiara 11y allotall otof the ininterveningtdrvandrain ingKing terrain ';,vas covered-
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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 .
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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 .
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for
possib-
lepossible-
for
possib-
lepossible-
for
possib-
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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-
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the-
sector
thr-
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littla
l-
ittle
a-
little
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ittle
a-
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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
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that
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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
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traininga-
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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-
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fitt-ed
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training
ham-
stringing
any-
training
ham-
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any-
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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
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shBritish-
area
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area
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one-
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tions
limita-
tions
ImiSimi ta-tata-
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ta-
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*
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<iesoaSlltiescasualtiesasininities& *.
.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
.. . .. .. , ..
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: .. . . : : :. . . . .
.
.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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