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. Arthur W . Page DvubledaYP868DoubledayPageDoubledayDoubledayPagedrayage, New York , M.YMYN.YNY.YY. . 1920 .lightingFightinglightingJ-

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ional1 ZATlZealZ A T 1 010 111-

1MelHimeographM1meograph(1)Mimeograph1Mimeographlithograph(11( ) on-

theM-

onteon TheMe 35th36th DiviDivDivisionion was organized at CamrDoniI'hanCampCamr-CamrCamry- DonirhanDoniI'hanDoniIhanDoniphanDownrangeDominicanDonnish' , Oklahom-

alate

Oklaho-

maOklahomaOklahoma-

theOklaho-

ma.

the 36th35th DivisionDlvl.lonDlvllonDillonDlvl.lon-by

Division-by

Divisio-n

Division-by

Divisio-n

.by HistoricalHlltorlealHellholeHistorical-Branch

Histor-ical

late in September , 1917 fromtromtromp unitsunIte ofot the nationalatlona1 Guard ofotof-Branch

Do-

bermanot-

Branchou-

treachof-

Missouri

o-

missionBranch , W.P.DWP.DWPDPD. . .General StaffStattStat , MissouriMi.ourlMiourlAmour. . and KanaaslKansaslKansasKansas(1)Kansas1Kansas(1)-U.S.A

Kansas . (1)1(1-

)It

( )

UU.S.AUS.AUSA. S.ASA. .IItt IBi8is unlikelyunllkely thattbatbat any&n1n1& divisiondIvi.londIvilon. organized during the WorldWorld-

War

Wo-

rld

World-

War

Wo-

rld

World-

War

Wo-

rldWar could be laldsaidladaid to be more typioallytyploallytypically American than this oneone-

coming

onc-

oming

,

oocomingng , asaa it did , largely fromtromtromp the medium sized.1zed1zed. towns ofot Kansas-

and

Kans-

asKanIaKansasKantianKansas-

and

Kans-

as.

and Missouri1I11.0url1I110url. . In manyII8.ZWII8ZW. instancesInstance. companies had been maintainedmaintained-

in

maintain-

edIn the oollegecollege townstOWD8 and their personnelperlonnel largely recruitedrecrulted tromfromtrompfrom-

these

fro-

thsfrom-

these

fro-

ths(22(2)Author's2Authors( ) JuthorAuthor,Author's-observation

Authors-observation

' ee-

ob.ervatlono-

bservationtheaethesethecae 0011egea(2)0011egea2oolleges(2)oolleges2oolleges(2)T-

he

colcool legesledges . (2)2(2)'-

She

( )(2)Author'sobservationob.ervatlonobervatlonobservation. *.

'SheSheThe' e infantryIntantry unitsunitlunit were formedtormedstormed by consolidationconiolidation ofot NatIonalNatIonal-

Guard

Natio-

nalNational-

Guard

Natio-

nalhation&l-

Guard

hationlG-

uardhati-

ng&

Guard infantryintantrJinstant regimentsreg1meDta , mostmoat ofot which had back ofot them recordsrecords-

extend1Dg

records-

extending

rec-ords

records-

extending

rec-ordsextend1Dgextending over manymaDJmaD ,yearsears ofot meritoriousmer1torioua serviceaervice , both to the1rtheirthe1r-

reapective

their-

respective

their-

respectivereapectiverespective states.tateltateltate. and to the nation . AJ, militaryDd11 unitun1t , suchuchmuch as-

a

asas-

a

& 11-

aa regiment mayID&1ID1& be divided into two or moreIDJreAdjure partspartaSparta fortortore the pur-purpourpur-

po

purp-

ort

pur-

pose

purpourpur-

pose

¬-

popose.. ofot organizingorsaniziDg additionaladdlt10mal regimentsregimentaregimental , and each part willwill-

take

w-

iltwill-

take

w-

iltwillt-

aice

Wal-

lacetake w1withth 1itt the ,BpiritppiritBirgitspiritpIriPirie t ofot the parent organisationorganl.at10norganlat10norganization. . But thethe-

oon.o11dat10D

the-

consolidation

the-

consolidationoon.o11dat10Doono11dat10Dconsolidation. ofat two old014 regimentsrlglmentregiment. , particularlypartloularl, in1n thisthIITahiti emeremer-emmeremer-

gency

emer-

genor

em-

erge

emer-

gency

¬-

gencygenoragencyGenCorp .uu.theuu.theuuthewhetheLutherwhetherwhewhen.wh otheother.-thethe*.- D&nationt10'At10A' eras..& . in1n .e4.ete4.ete4etneedofneed.need. of-of.- .every.v'l7.vl7vl7' millmilitarytaZ7 resource atat-

its

ti-

ts. .

1itst. coaaand00-4004comand-.& , "'was1 , to tthe personnelperloDDelerode ofot thetbetube unlununitst8 malcingak1ngmakingmailing up thethe-

41Yl.1oD

the-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evision41Yl.1oD41Yl1oDdivision. thetbetube initiallDltlalDella "slapslap"IlapIlapLap" in the facet.oetoe. " . 1heThe! e nec.ltnecltkneltnecessity, . . , otofot-

or.tlng

m-

otorcycling

of-

creating

fa-

ceting

of-

creating

fa-

cetingor.tlngortlngcreatingforting,. aaaDan sprit.prltprltespritpelt.. de oorpcorpcorps. iaIn thethese.. newlmewlnewly, organizedorganldorgandy., unitsgaltlgall wl11willwl11-

b

will-

be

willa-

ble

will-

be

willa-

blebbe, appar.nt(2)appar.nt2apparnt2apparent(2)apparent2apparent. *. (2)2(2)-

Almost

( )

apparent(2)Almost.&Almost.1.t1.t1t. . 1411isi_ediatelysdiatelysedately." , followingtollo.iDetolloiDecollide. this1 . consolidationoonlo11d&t1onoonlo11dt1on& .was.. b.gabgabegunGAb.gat-

he

beg-

at

begun-

the

beg-

un

begun-

the

beg-

un

.

the deeding"weedingweeding"" .'41118 outO\1tO1t\ '"* processproopromo... . Officersott1cir. rangingr&II81111rII81111& inb gradecra4e fromtrOIDtrODfrom-

lieutenant

trOI-

Dl1eut.1W1

from-

lieutenantlieutenantl1eut.1W1l1eut1W1. t to oolonelooloDelcoloneloolongcolloidal facedtaoedtoed the firing.tlrlzactlrlzac"firing'". squadIqua4 "** imownkIloDmownkIlo]Known. .as.11 the1 .

"BBr'BrB"' Board" . Otherether f1fieldel d, officersofflcers were sent to a school fromfrom-

which

Ro-

maic

from-

which

Ro-

maic

from-

which

Ro-

maicwhich manymaD1 never returned ,. ThusU8 ,. thesetheaethecae citizen soldiers watohedwatchedwatohed-

and

swath-

edwatched-

and

watchb-

and

watched-

and

watchb-

andand wondered at the return to civil lifeliteelite of officersottlcersbottlers who hadhad-

spent

ha-

ndset

had-

spent

ha-

ndset

had-

spent

ha-

ndsetspent years1e&l's1els&' of studystud1 thathanthatt they mightmlght be prepared fortortore such8uch .ervloeervloeserviceearlobe.service-

as

servic-

es.11as. thithinthis. . Many of these officers were known to have beenbee-

nlucoe.tul

been-

successful

been-

successfullucoe.tullucoetulsuccessfullucent. . to a marked degree in civilolvilBovril undertakingsundertak1ngs ofot no smallsmall-

magnl

mail-

man

small-

magnitude

salm-

agundismall-

magnitude

salm-

agundimagnlmanglemagnitudetudeetude *. IheyTheyHeyel were known to be men of charactercharaoter and sufficientsufficient-

qualltie

suffic-ient

sufficient-

qualitiessuffi-

cientsufficient-

qualitiessuffi-

cientqualltiequalities. ofot leadershipleadershlp to maintainma1ntain theirthe1r variousvar10ue activitiesaotivitlesnativities inin-

addition

in-

anition

in-

addition

in-

anition

in-

addition

in-

anitionaddition to the organizationsorganisations whichwhioh largely made up the d1v1s10ndivisiondivision.-

Naturally

division-

Naturally

divis-ional

.

aturallybaturallynaturally the many changes inln commissionedoommllsioned personnel incident1ncident toto-

th1a

to-

this

to-

othiest

to-

this

to-

othiestth1athis '"weedingweeding'Weeding"' out " processprocelsparcels was not conduciveconduc1ve to upbuildingupbu1ld1ngupbraiding of-

morale

fe-

moral

of-

morale

fe-

moral

ofof-

(3Author's(3Author's3Authors( 3 {) A.uAu. thothou l' ' II-oblervatlon

O-

bservationmorale withinw1th1n the anits(3)anits3unitsunits(3)o-

bservation. (33(3)-

observation3o-

bservation( )

oblervatlonobservation *.

TRAIN1NGi aR A i1 i1 N G .

UnfortunatelyUDtortunatelyDeterminately fortortore the divisiond1vi810n , 1tits. commanderoommander , Li&JLiJMaJAliMa& ,. GeDGenGeedGen-

Wm.M

Gen-

WmM

G-

en*.

Wm . M*. WrightWrightandWrlghtandWright, and hihis. chief of staffataftabaft ., ColCool . Robert McCleaveCochleaeUcCleave-

were

Cochl-eae

,.

were in trancelrancefrancslance duringdurlng the earlytar17 months ofot itsltslets training per10dperiodperiod.-

Both

period-

Both

peri-od

.

Both thesethelethee officersotticerdottier. were permanently taken fromtromtromp the d1v1s10ndivisiond1v1s10n-

.hortly

division-

shortly

divis-ions

division-

shortly

divis-ions.hortlyhortlyshortly. after its1tl arrivalarr1val in France(3)France3lrance(3)lrance3lrance(3)-

General

France(3)-

General

France(3)-

General

. ( )

General WrightWright'sWrights'" successorlucoelsorlicensor during his temporarytemporarJ absenoeabsenceabsenoe-

in

absenti-

ng

absence-

in

absen-

ce

absence-

in

absen-

cein EuropeBDropeDropped , alalmostlt immediately followingfollow1Dg the orsan11&tlonorsan11tlonorganizationorgan ! cationcaption& of thethe-

41.1.10n

the-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evision41.1.10n411.10n41110ndivision. . , wwas.. a ",typicalpicalapical example ofot the old time "hardhard" bolledboiledballedboiled1-

school

"*

.ohoolohoolschooloho. *. He practicedpractloedprattled and passedpa.I.4paI.4paI4. . , on to hish11 .subordinates.ubord1nateubord1nate. thethe-

th.ol7

the-

theory

he-

athery

the-

theory

he-

atheryth.ol7thol7theory. that discipline411clpllDe wawas. bestbelt instilled1n.t11led1nt11led. bybJ tearfearfearifear; that theth-

eottlc.r

th-

rottle

the-

officer

th-

eorizer

the-

officer

th-

eorizerottlc.rottlcrofficerbottler. who ftwas. thoroughlythoroUlhllthorough hated bybJ h1his. .subordinates.ubordlnatubordlnatsubordinate.. wawas. on thethe-

h1gb

the-

high

he-

ight

the-

high

he-

ighth1gbhigh road to .11001100.success... . IItt 1is. perhapsp.rhapprhap. . uselfuseluseless.. . to record the-

pl'1t111

the-

pitiful

th-

eistic

thethe-

pitiful

th-

eisticpitifulpl'1t111pl1t111' failurefallurallure. ofot holaollahonest.. t .effort.ttortttorttort in .00.some. quartersqaarterquarter. to carryoarl7carry-Z

carr-yZ2 .

out this tbeotubetheory(4)theory4theory(4)-

The

theory . (4)-

The

(4)4(4)-

The

( )

The division was given some six months training prior toto-

its

ti-

tsto-

its

ti-

tsto-

its

ti-

tsits departure for FranceiirancemiracleranceFrance *. lbMstjOstjoist) s t ofot thisthi8 training , in ssoo fartar asas-

the

as-

hen

as-

the

as-

hen

as-

the

as-

henthe infantry wasW&8W8& concerned . , waswaaWada devoted to close order drill andand-

baronet

sa-

ndbar

and-

(4)Author's

and-

bayonet(4)Authorsobservation4Authorsobservation(4)Author4Author(4)Author's4Authors( ) *' 88-

obaronetbayonet training(4jtraining4jtraining(4)training4training(4j-

A

trainingtraining(4)o-bservation

. (4)4(4)-

A

( )

oobservationbeerYabeerY tionion .A trench area of sufficient magnimagimagnitudetudeetude to accomodateaccOlDJdateaccommodateacclimate aa-

regiment

r-

egiment

a-

regiment

r-

egiment

a-

regiment

r-

egimentregiment was constructedcon.tructedcontructed. *. EachFachAche regiment was trained at leastleast-

once

loads-

tone

least-

once

loads-

tone

least-

once

loads-

toneonce in occupation of a trench sector at night ,. only a fewfew-

maneuvers

fre-

ewoman

few-

maneuvers

fre-

ewoman

few-

maneuvers

fre-

ewomanmaneuvers , including one at night , by uniZuniunitsta as large &as8 aa-

regiment

r-

egiment

a-

regiment

r-

egiment

a-

regiment

r-

egimentregiment were carried outout(4)out4out(4)-

A

. (44( )

A target range was constructed and some time devoted toto-

rifle

tr-

ifleto-

rifle

tr-

ifleto-

rifle

tr-

iflerifle marksmanshipmarklman.hipmarklmanhip. *. KoNo record isi8 found of any training inin-

IDUket17

in-

musketry

i-

nfuser

in-

musketry

i-

nfuserIDUket17musketry nor combatcOllibatcelibate exercilea(4)exercilea4exeroises(4)exeroises4exercilea(4)-

ibe

exeroises(4)-

The

exercises *. (4)4(4)-

The

( )

Theibegibe division left CampCamrCamry DoniphanDonlphanDonnishDolphin thetbetube middle of April , 19161918 .

!SheheThe infantryiDt&Dt17iDtDt17& reached Le1.e1e. HavreHare .MayMl.1Ml1 11 . The artilleryart11le17 followedfollowed-

a

followe-

da. month later , but diddi4 not joinJOiDJoni the .divisiond.1Yisiond1Yision untilUDtilUtile the middlemiddle-

of

midd-

le

middle-

of

midd-

le

middle-

of

midd-

leof I.QBuaIQBuaFibula.Augustt *. Trainingfra1ning continuedoontinue4 in France until JulJulyJuly, 1stlot11 t whenwhen-

the

whet-

her

when-

the

whet-

her

when-

the

whet-

herthe infantryintantl7 took over their firstfir8t sector fromtromtromp the Frenchi'renchirenchirenic' 1nin1n-

the

in-

(8)Heroes

in-

the

in-

ter(5)Heroes5Heroes(8)Heroes8Heroes( 5! ) Hero'lHerolHero' pp40.d4040.d-40.d40.dthe. '" - the TosgesVOI.IVOIIVosgesTossesVIIVogues,. UountainsMOant&lnlMOantlnlFountainsMantillaMountainsbMountains& . (5)5(5)'-

Cbe

( )

'CbeCbeTheCube' . division41v1.10D41v110D. remainedre.lnedrelnedrelined. . in thithlthinhlthis. area untilunt1l .AugustI.uguatIuguatZiggurat 31st-

when

3l.t3lt31st. ,

wheDwhenweD 1itt wwas.. fartedltariedstartedtarried, toward Stat .MihielJd.hlelJdhlelMibielMichelDhalMobil , where it .aa.was. held inin-

N

in-

"arai"z'iserve

in'-

Arily-rfc

in-

'Arily

in-

Arilyr-

fcli-

nearly

r-c. .. . . , . ._ . _ . . , _. .. ,._. .nn N"' " " ' '"' -"arai"z'iserve-"arai"z'iservearaiziserve"arai"z'iserveTieI: "ii"{- serve". . miTieIneCine. 'VosgesVogues0 .... 'sector'fetorfetor wwas.. knownDown as. a qfuietquiet areaarea-

and

rem-

and

,

8dand .while.hilehileChile .several.everaleveral raidsr.1dlr1dl. onOD bobothth sides114.11141. .served.ne4ne4. to breakbr.akbrakbrake. thetheI-

IODO

ethe-

rified

the-

monotony

ter-

mination

the-

monotony

ter-

minationIIODOIBIDmonotony'OlllOlll' , asal oocomparedar.dardWard.. to the ArgonneUBODDJargonedBODED' opelopaloperation'. t10D whichwi11ch wasW&SWS& toto-

tollow

o-

utflow

to-

follow

to-

mfool

to-

follow

to-

mfooltollowfollowtallow , it mustmaatmat be admittedaa-dttedaadtteddotted- the VaTosgesVosgesTossesVogues... 'trenches'renoherenoheReno. .were.rere. a yerltableveritableheritableveritable3yerltablezheritable

z3 .

(6)Heroc6Heroc(6)Heroel6Heroel(6)Heroes6Heroes( ) p 5553 . rerest8 t areaarea(6)area6. ( )

area(6)September.SeSeptembertemberember 218121st the division reached the .-

woodsw-oodswoods in thethe-

Auzeville

the-

AuzevilleuzevilleAuzevillepuerileVaudeville area , some twenty ftilometerskilometersfathometerlometersohmmeters in rear of the lineline-

then

line-

men

line-

then

line-

men

line-

then

line-

menthen held by the French and fromtromtromp which iitt was to attack fivefivec-

lays

firec-

lays

five-

days

fi-ve

five-

days

fi-veclaysdays later . Thee artilleryartlllery and animalan1DBl transportation had marchedmarched-

trom

marc-

hed

marched-

from

marc-

hed

marched-

from

marc-

hedtromfromtromp the Stat MihielJ41h1e1Michel area while the infantryintantry movedJmved by truckltruckstruckletrucks.-

On

trucks-

On

truc-ks

.

On this same daydaJdJ both infantryintantry brigade commanders were relievedrelieved-

(7)

relieve-

d7

.

(7)Heroes7Heroes( ) p 66 . (7)7( ) In the OfficialOttlola1 AruArumAmy BeelBterRegisterBegetter fortortore 1922 , the followingfollowing-

appears

follo-wing

following-

appears

follo-wing

following-

appears

follo-wingappears afteratterLatter the name ofot one ofot these Brigadier Generals .

Distinguished"Distinguished" grad.ArmygradArmygrad.ArmfgradArmfgrad.ArnygradArnygrader. Ich.otIchotPicot$oh.ofohofoho. the Linelnelane , 09 . Grad.ArGradArRadArGrad.ArnrGradArnrRadarGrad.Arn-

r(8)Offieial

Grad.Arm-

yStaff

GradArm-

yStaff

.

(8)Ott101&18Ott1011(8)Offieial8Offieial( ) & StatfStaffStat CollCoolly . 10 . Armyr'llllrllll' War CollCallCoolly . 17 . "" (6)6(8)8( ) The other BrlgadierBrigadierBrigadier-Arnr

Brigad-ier

Brigadier-

General

Briga-dier

(8)0ffioialAmy80ffioialAmyIJTArnr Regl.terReglterRegisterRelaterRegister,-1922

Register1-922

. ,1922 . p 393393.-

McClureNathanielP

393-

McClureNathanielP

., General relievedre11eved had served with distinctiond18tlnction as8S a fieldtieldtied officerofficer-MCCluret5a

officer-McClure

offi-cer officer-

in

officeri-

ngMCCluret5aMcClure ,Nathaniel1el1el-

INathanielFNathanielIF ., in thetbetube 20th KansasKansaKansan. Volunteers during the Spanish Americanericanrican warWar-

and

War-

ned

,

and has recently been appointed a& BrigadierBrigad1er General ,. O.R.C(9)OR.C9ORC9U.R.C(9)UR.C9URC9O.R.C(9)-

fhree

U.R.C(9)-

Three

O.R.C(9)-

Three

OR.C9T-

hree

ORC9T-

hree

. . . ( )

fhreeThreefree infantrylnfantr.ylnfantry. regimentalreglmental commanderscommander8 had been replaced withlnwithinwithin-

a

withi-

n(99( ) uthor'luthorlAuthor'sAuthorsauthorAuthoruthor'l-eb.enatien

' a weeksgweeksweek . (9)9(9)-

September

( 9 )

observationeb.enatienebenatienemblematize. .September 22d the artilleryartiller, reached , theirthelr positions andand-

8hortl1

and-

shortly

san-

dshoe

and-

shortly

san-

dshoe8hortl1shortly afteratterLatter dark on SeptemberSettember 25th the lntaDtintactinfantry began ltsitsletslts-

archt-

sarits-

march

Bis-

marck

its-

march

Bis-

marckarchmarch to the front line . Thefhehe cocongestione.tionetioneton. on the road wasW&IWI& .uchuchsuchmuchsuch-

that

su-

ch.such-

that

su-

ch.uc-

hthatthat the term "marchmarch"larohlarohlargo" " shouldIhuuldHauled not be used here . Inf1ltrationInfiltrationInf1ltration-

would

Infiltrationw-

ould

Infiltrat-ion

Infiltrationw-

ould

Infiltrat-ionwould very accuratelaccuratelyaccurately, describede.cribdecrib. , thlhlthis. move which broughtbroubrobt thethe-

troops

tre-

etops

the-

troops

tre-

etopstrooptroops. to the front linellne barelbarrelbarely, in time fortortore thetheJumprheum-JumpJump"Jump-" off(9)off9ott(9)ott9oft(9)oft9" . ( )

.-- -

4 .

SSEPTEMBERE P T E 14 B E R 26th .

lOReport(10)Report10Reporttorpor( ) otofof-Commander

The 35th36th Division , as the right element ofot the 1stlet CorpsCorp-

sattached

Cor-posant

,COJllDUlderCommander inin-Chlef

pi-nochle

in-Chief

in-

chedChlefChiefClef , A.E.IAE.IAEIA.E.FAE.FAEFAIABE. . . attacked on the loomingmorning ofot 5eSeptembertemberember 26th with the 91st9l8t DivisionDivision,-

5th

Division-

5th

,lov.20,1918lov.201918lov201918Nov.20,1918Nov.201918Nov201918. ,lov.20,1918pNov.20,1918pp 16 . 6th5th CorpsCorpeCope , on Its right and the 26th28th Division on itsitlil 1.ttlO(11)1.ttlO111ttlO11lbfbflift(10)(11)-

Line

lift1011L-ine

. t . (10)10( ) (11)11(11)-

Line

( )

(11)'le111le1(11)Field11Field( )' 10rderl< OrdersOrders-No

Orde-rs

Line ofot departure ., Allied trenches , (6706)6706(6705)16670516(6705)t46705t4( ) (3600)3600(3800)3800( ) . The attaokattackattao-kNo,8

attack-

was

atta-ck

attack-

was

atta-ck

No,8No8No: ." ,. 36thth Div .24Septl918, , walwaswail made bybl the 69th InfantryIntant17' Brigade wiwitwittwittyt1a* one battalion ofat thethe-

70th

the-

70th61005100 P.KPKP.MPM...

70th Infantry Brigade and one companyoompany ofot 110thllOthcloth Engineers ( to cutcut-

wiree

C-

utie

cut-

wires

C-

utie

cut-

wires

C-

utiewireewireswire ) attached . The attack order provided fortortore one battery, otofof-

light

fl-

ight

of-

light

fl-

ight(12)12( ) Author'sAuthorsAuthor's-obsenation

Author's-observation

' light artilleryartillel'1artillel1' to be attached to the ""firstfirst" line to be useduaedquaked 8as&8t-

orward

as-

forward

af-

terward

as-

forward

af-

terwardobsenationobservation .

torwardforwardtoward gunlllgunsllguns " . (11)11( ) Theseese guns did not materialize(12)materialize12_materializeterializsterilize . (12)12( ) TheTh-

eplan

The-

spian

Th-

eplan

The-

spian

ee-

plan

p-

lanplan provided that the attached battalion ofat the 70th Infantryinfantry-

Brigade

infa-ntry

Infantry-

Brigade

Infa-ntry ':

I

Brigade would mop up VauquolsVauquoisVanquish Hill and BolsBoisBolls du Ro8IkL.tRo8IkLtRossiRossRosRios wrqtwartrat. ) , therethere-there-

after

there-

after

there-

after

-¬-

after rejoiningreJoinlng itsitaKita brigade ( the division reserverelerYerealer ) which was toto-

tallow

t-

otalto-

follow

to-

mfool

to-

follow

to-

mfooltallowfollow the leading brigade at not more than two kllometerlllkilometersllkilometers . (11)11(11)-

The

( )

Thefhehe Division ConuanderCommanderCommandeer , in issuingilsulng his attack order on thethe-

atternoon

the-

atergoing

the-

afternoon

the-

atergoing

the-

afternoon

the-

atergoingatternoonafternoon ofot September 25th , ordered verballyverballl thatt his BrigadeBrigade-

Regimental

Bri-gadier

,

Regimental and Battalion CommandersCommanderlCommander LEAD the attack , explainingexplaining-

that

explain-

ing

explaining-

that

explain-

ing

explaining-

that

explain-

ingthat hhe. wanted them wiwithth the advancedadvanoed , elements ofot theirthelr relpeotiveO-

Ollllanc1l

respectivec-

ommands(12)

respectiverelpeotivereflectiverespectiveO-

OBDBndS

respe-ctivecommands(12)commands12OOBDBndSOOllllanc1lRobbins . (12)12(12)-

The

( )

commands(12)The

Thehe attackattaok .aa.was. made at 61306005s 30 "'A.MAM.1414. . proceededprloeeded. bybl a mostmolt effecetteo-etteoeffec-effectmeteoretteot-

1YI

effec-

tive

effec-

tive

¬-

tivet1YItie artilleryut1l1e17 bombardmentbOllbardment lastinglaltlnglolling three hourshourIhorI . .AtA.t H hour , thethe-

artillery

h-eartily

the-

artillery

h-eartilyartl11.17artl1117artillery. plaoedplaoldplacedplod beforeb.torebtoretore. the advancingadYaDo1Dg infantryIDtantrJTitan, a rolling barragebarrage-

which

barr-age

barrage-

which

barr-agewhlohwhichwho moved110,41104",, forward at the rate of 100 .meters.terlterltel in fourtour minutesm1nute8 . (11)11(11)-

The

(11)-

The

11T-

he

( )

Thee 3d Group , 317th RegimentBeglntBelt_ and 219th R.A.CyrenchRA.CyrenchRACyrenchR.J.CrreDchRJ.CrreDchRJCrreDchR.A.CFrenohRA.CFrenohRACFrenohBrachycranicAcre... . ( ArtilleryUtl11.rUtl11r., )

.erer.were. atattachedtach,4tach4, andaD4 supportedlupported the._ataattack

. .t. taolaoltack

, . . .!. llljAll.lJ.) . . ... . . . The' 344344th340thth TanktmkTank-

one

An-

on

Tan-

klBtUUon

..,., , --.- .- . - ._ . .

. . ,. .,.< ",. .,.. ."-_" ". ' - "''*" " "" ow

. . .,.. .._ ._ _ .- - ' . . ._-lBtUUonlBtUUonlibation- tW.l1tWl1;. ii ( l.illilliltl.iloneLionelless. -oneone-"-

oneo-

ne"one companyoolllpUl ) had beenbe.nben. .assigned.lllgnedlllgned to the divisiondlvll1oJdivisidivision on).

65 .' " . . . ._ ok . . .ww.. _.. .. ., _. . .. . .Jw.1Jw.1Jw1.ii.. _... .u.Lu.LuL...u.L.a.. .aa. . . ., ... . ... . Mw rr"'_hh.h.. '.

_. .. .w.rw.rwr. ". .nn.. . . . .ii.. -.h.h-..._......rr. r.rrr... _ . . .... ., _ . .1i1i.. .rr_. . ... a. . '".. . . . . . _ . _ . . . .

(13)Pield13Pield(13)Field13Field( ) OrdersOrders-No.44,35th

Orders-No.44,36th

Orders-No.4436th

Order-sNo4436th

and . throughout the entire engagement rendered valuable assistanoeassistanceassistance-

(13)(14)(15)

assistan-

ce131415

.HO.44,35thHO.4435thHO4435thNo.44,35thNo.4435thNo4435th. , DivDiv.2-

4.Sept.l9185(00

Div2-

4Sept.l918500

Div2-

4Septl918500

.24Sept.191824Sept191824,3ept.1918243ept.1918243ept1918., . (13)(14)(16)131416(13)(14)(15)131415( ) ( ) ( ) Thee 1stlot Aero Squadron watwaewasswatwade attachedattaohed to the divisiondivision-

for

divisi-on

division-

for

divisi-on

51005:00500(: r.MrMPolioPoli-

o(14)Author's

P . l.torfortore all aviation duties . The attackattaok order provided that one planeplane-

(14rA.uthorplane-

be

plan-

eplane-

be

plan-

e(14rA.uthor14rA.uthor14rAuthor(14)Author's14Authors( ).Author's-observation

Authors-observation

' .(14)Author'sobservation

oblenationobservationobligation . be kept constantly over the division sector duringdurilJg day-lightdaylighta1-lighta1- hourihourshorihouri-

keeping

house-

keeping

hours-

keeping

house-

keeping

hours-

keeping

house-

keeping(15)Statementof15Statementof(16)Statementot(16)Statement16Statement(15)Statement15Statement( ) keeping in constant radio communicationoommunioation with the Division P.OPOP.CPC. ., and-

the

anth-

em

andand-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

emotof Lt.Col.CLtCol.CLtColCL.Col.OLCol.OLColOL.Col.CLCol.CLColCLoloCoolColic.*. . . E.-

DelaplaneE-

DelaplaneEl-

ecampane1B: .

DelaplaneDeadpanned , InfIntInfoDint . the artilleryartillerJ, battalion assigned fortortore fugitive targets(13)targets13targets(13)T-

he

targetstarget. . (13)-

The

(13)13(13)-

The

( )

The assaulta.aultaaultSault.. brigade was disposed asal followstollowitallow :. - RegimentsRegiment-

sabreast

Regim-

entsRegiment-

sabreast

Regim-

entsRegiment-

sabreast

Regim-

entsabreast , 138th Infantrylntantryentrant, on the right , 137th InfantryIntantry on the leftlettlet :

Regiments in column of battalions , one company , 129th iaachine-

Gun

inarch-

ing

MachineMachine-

Gun

Machi-

ne

Machine-

Gun

Machi-

neGun BattalionBattalioD attachedattaohed to each regiment . The Brigade Reserv-

econsisted

Deser-

vedness

RelerveReserveRelieveRelerv-

eoonsilted

Reserv-

econsisted

Deser-

vednessoonsiltedconsistedconsulted ofat two battalionsbattalioDIbattalion , one fromtromtromp eacheaohLeah regiment , plus thethe-

129th

the-

129th

the-

129th129th M&chineMchineMaohineMachine& Gun Battalion ( lessle8s two companies ) . This lettleftletlette-

aoh

let-

terleft-

each

le-

ftleft-

each

le-

ft(16)ield16ield(16)rield16rield(16)Field16Field( ) ? OrdersOrders-N

Order-s

Ordera-Hio.29

Ordera-Hio29

eaoheachLeah regimental commanderoommander two battalions and two machine gungun-

oompaniel(16)

gun-

oompanies(16)

gun-

companies(16)

gu-

ncompanies16)10.2910.291029N)o929. ., HqHq.69thHq69thHq.69th-Inf

Hq.69thInf.Br-

igade,25Sept.19163t00

Hq69thInfBr-

igade25Sept.19163t00

Hq69thInfBr-

igade25Sept19163t00

. 69 thth-

Inth-

IntIntInfDintInfo . Brigade , oompaniel(16)oompaniel16oompanies(16)oompanies16. ( ) Thee brigade reserve was to followtallow the suppor-

tbattalions

supportsuppor-

tbattalionl

suppor-

tbattalions25,5ept.l9l8255ept.l9l8255eptl9l825Sept.191825Sept1918, .3.003003:00.: A.MAMA.MeAMeAMEXA.Me-

(17)VOD

. . battalionlbattalionsbattalion at about 700 metersmeterameter . (16)16(16)-

The

(16)-

ale

(16)-

The

( )

(17)Von17Von(17)VOD17VOD( ) G1ehr1GiehrlGiverG1ehr-1Intantry

Giehrl-Infantry

Glehrl-Infantry !Theale divisiondivilion coveredoovered a fronttronttrot ofot something8Ometh1r.l88Ometh1rl8.' over threethree-

kilometere

three-

kilometers

three-

kilometersIntantryInfantry J01U'l1&lJ01Ul1lJournalJournal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-August

Jou-rnal '&ug\UltugUltAugustCult\ , 19211921-

P

1921-

p1921-

pkilometerekilometerskilometer . A heavy fogtog , whiohwhich did not liftlittitt until .abouta.bout 10:00100010:00-

A.M

10:00-

A.Ms

10:00-

A.M

1000-

A.M

1000-

AM

:

P 133 .A.MAMA.MsAMsAmesA.Mscovered. . coveredoovered the area(14)(1area141area(14)(17)area1417area . (14)14( ) (17)17( ? ) Some confusioncontu.ioncontuioncontusion. and interDdnglinginterminglingintermingling-

of

intermingli-

ng(16)16(18)18( ) War Diary-140tli

1)1&171117DiaryDiary-140th

) & oof unitsunitlunit resultedrelulted . (16)16(18)18( ) Both the DivisionDivilion and Brigade Reserve-

pushed

Res-erve

R.r"eR.reRreReserveErredRareR.r"el-40th

Reserve-

pushed

Res-erve

. .. "l40th140th InfantryIDt&J1tl7IDtJ1tl7& .@

pushed forwardtorwardtoward on the heels ofot the support battalionsbattalion. oft the-

assault

he-

adsail

the

(19)19( ) HeroesHeroeHere. p 6080 .,. a.awaawassaultaw. . . t resiresinregiments. t. . (14)14( ) Some fewtewstew calualcaudalcasualtiesti'ltiltail' r'lulrlullullresulted' ted in thethe-

re"rYe

the-

reserve

th-

erefore

the-

reserve

th-

ereforere"rYererYereserverefry" unitsunit. fromtromtromp .especially.peoiallypeoiallypoetically. .well.ellell concealedconoealed enemyenearenexrendearender machine sungunsu-

nn.t

Su-

nnite

gun-

nests

Gui-

nness

gun-

nests

Gui-

nnessn.tntnests. . . which had notDot been located , by'b7b7' .assault..ww.. t uniZuniunitstl in the dendensedense-

fog

den-

sedens-

efog(19)

dens-

efog19

..

to(18)to18fog,. (19)19( ) On the whole , prior to the liftinglittiflitting ofot the fogtOBtomb , the ad-adad-

vanoe

ad-

vance

ad-

1'aDO

ad-

vance

-

. vanoevancevane1'aDO1aDO' ' hadhaelheal beenb.enben. rapid and&DelDel& casualtiesoa._ t1.. comparitivelyoomparitivelycomparativelycoapariCapri t1 'VelVelVela' , light11811light(14)(15)(18)light141518t . (14)14( 14)14) (16)16( 16 ) (16)16( 18 )

6 .

(20)20( ) War D18.17D1817DiaryDiary-140th

Diary-140th

. The first serious resistance was encountered abouaboutaboutabuutabut 1110011:00110011100-

A.M

11:00-

A.k

11:00-

A

1100-

A

:140140thth 1InfantryntaNT t17 .

A.MAMA.kAk. ., when the line had . reached, a position before CheChenCheppyChoppyRY andand-

Varennes

adv-

erseness

and-

Varennes(20)(21)(22)

and-

Varemie8(20)(21)(22)

an-

dVaremie8202122

and-

Varemie8(20)(21)(22)On

(21)Author21Author(21)Author's21Authors( ZDAuthor's-observationZDAuthors-

observation) ' .

(21)Author'sobservationoblervationobservation . VarennesArdennesVarennes(20)(21)(22)Varennes202122. (20)20( ) (21)21( ) (22)22(22)-

(22)Heroes

( )

Varennes(20)(21)(22)On(22)Heroee22Heroee(22)Heroes22Heroes( ) p 79 . On the right the 136th138th InfantryIntantry Was held up by enemyeneurender machinemachine-

gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

negun firetire beforebetorebettor CheppyChoppy , but Wi.withth the assistance ofot six tanks tromfromtromptrom-

the

tro-

thfrom-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hedthe 344th Tank Battalion , succeeded , shortlyahortly after noon , in over-overover-

coming

over-

coming

overover-

coming

¬-

coming the resistance , and by 1.00.JWJli001.001001:00.: !-P.MPM-.JWJ.JWJP.kPk' . .., were in possession ofof-

(23)Heroe

of-

Choppy

so-

ftcopy

of-

Cheppy(20)(22)

o-

fCheppy2022(23)Heroes23Heroes(23)Heroe23Heroe( ) . p 79 . Ch.pChpChapChoppy. . (20)(22)2022(20)20( ) (22)22( ) A portion ofot the 137thl37th InfantryIntantry , partFart ofot thethe-

Brigade

he-

rringthe-

Brigade

he-

rringthe-

Brigade

he-

rringBrigade ReserveRelerveRelieve , had , during the fog , worked over into the zonezone-

of

zo-ne

zone-

of

zo-ne

zone-

of

zo-neof the 136thl38th InfantryIntantry, and assisted in the capture ofot CheChenCheppyChoppyCheppy(23)-

Bven

Cheppy23-

Bven

py(23)py23. (23)23(23)-

Even

( )

Evenen with the assistanceaSli.tanceaSlitancealliance. of the tanks , casualties sufferedsutteredshuttered byby-

the

b-

yte

by-

the

b-

yte

by-

the

b-

ytethe 136th138th Infantry and the ununits! ts ofot the 137th IntanInstantInfantrytry in cap-capcap(-

24)Heroe

cap-

ture

capcap-

ture

-¬-

(24)Heroes24Heroes(24)Heroe24Heroe( ) . p 60eo80 . tureturret ofot CheppyChepFrChoppyCheep had been heavy(24)heavy24heaV1(24)heaV124. ( ) Thee 136th138th Infantry pushedpushed-

on

pushdo-

wnon through VeryVertAvert under1mder heavy artillery and _machinech1ne gun firetire andand-

at

anda-

nte

and-

at

anda-

nte

and-

at

anda-

nteat about 4(004004,00(, P.MPMF.MFM. . dug in1n fortortore the night about one kilometerkilometer(-

25)War

kilometer-

north

kilom-eter

kilometer-

north

kilom-eter(26)War26War(25)War25War( ) D1aJ7DiaryDiary-

140thDiary-

140thnorth ofot Ve17Very(24)(26)Very2426Very(24)(2bVery242bVery(24)(26)-

On

. (24)24( ) (25)25(25)-

On

( )

140140thth IntDintInfantry. tl7 .On the left , as8& the assaulta.auaauau. . ! t battalion ofot the 137th InfantryInfantrya-

pproached

Infa-ntry

Infantrya-

pproabhed

Infa-ntry

Infantrya-

pproached

Infa-ntryapproachedapproabhed YarennesVarennesArdennesVarel'lDVarellDFarrell'" , it was .stoppedtopped by heavyheav1 enenyeneDlJenenWenemydennedrenew' _machineoh1ne gungun-

(86)Heroe

gu-

nfire

gu-

nfire(26)Heroes26Heroes(86)Heroe86Heroe(26)Herces26Herces( ) . p 74 . tirefire fromtroll buildingsbuilding. in1n that villageY111age , whichwh1ch enfiladedeDt11aded 1itsts linesI1nea .

(27)Authoreobservation27Authoreobservation(27)Author'sobservation(27)27(27)Author's27Authors( ) l1thor *"' (26)26(26)(27)2627( ) (27)27( ) Thee divisiondivl.londivllondillon. on011 the leftlettlet had not yet takentak8D VarennesVareDDeArdennesVaried. .ob.n'atlonob.natlonobnatlonobservationoblationconation'.' .

(27)27(27)(26)2726(27)(28)2728( )() (28)28( ) IndividualIndlY14ual soldiers801dlerl creptoreptrepot intolntolento the town and w1withth grenadegrenadesgrenades-

stopped

gren-

adesgrenades-

stopped

gren-

ades

.

(2eHi.to2eHi.to2eHito(2828(26)Hietory26Hietory( )History. L.E.tLE.tLEtA.EAE.EE. . ' .-

ShipleyS-

hipleyS-

hirley. ltoppedstoppedtopped the machine gun firetire and captured , a considerable number otofot-

ShlpleR-

oselleof-

prisoners(27)

of-

prisonersShlpleShipleyShellerShirley, 11aosomasIhoBaa-

psomas-

psoma-

s.

p 2462'626' . prilonerprisonerprisoners(27)prisoners27. . (27)27( ) '!'ChatChathatThat' partp.rtprt. ofot the town lyingl11ng eastI.tIt.. ofot the AirejjreLireAiresjarred RlverRiverRiver-

was

Riv-

era

River-

was

Riv-

era.aawas. . captured about noon(26)noon26noon . (26)26( ) Immediatelyl.dlatellldlatelldilate. north ofot VarezmAreVarennesArdennes.. 114andand-

on

an-

on

&and-

on

an-

onon the .east.ItIt. .side.1de1de ofot the AireLireAires1re BiverRiverBier1ver ie11is a horseshoehor.hoehorhoehormone... shaped hillhill,-

7

hill-7

,

7 .

_ . ._r___

wooded and . rising abruptly some fifty meters . This hill waswas-

studded

las-

situde

was-

studded

las-

situde

was-

studded

las-

situdestudded with enewreneweneRene y machine gun nestsneltsmelts and artillery(29)artillery29artillery(29)A-

lthough

artillery(29)A-

lthough

artillery29A-

lthough

, . ( )

(29)29( ) AuthorAuthor'sAuthorsAuthor's-observation

Author's-observation

Authors-observation

' 88-

oblervationAlthough several machine gun nests and enemyenemrender artilleryartillery-

post

artille-ry

artillery-

positionsartil-

leryartillery-

positionsartil-

leryoblervationobservation .postpositionstionsions had been located on this "HorseshoeHorseshoe" " immediatelyimmediately-

north

immedia-tely

immediately-

north

immedia-tely

immediately-

north

immedia-telynorth ofot VarennesArdennes , artillery fire onun these rpositionssit1ons waswa-

srequested

wa-

srequested

wa-

srequestedrequested. , but unfortunately , due to conditions of roads andanaand-

terrain

und-

errating

ana-

terrain

ant-

edating

and-

terrain

und-

erratingterrain , the artillery had been unable to advance ,. and nono-

assi8tanc

no-

assistance

no-

nresistance

no-

assistance

no-

nresistanceassi8tancassistance could be givengiven(30)given30. (30)30( ) Tanks came forward and renderedrendered-

valuable

rend-ered

rendered-

valuable

rend-ered

rendered-

valuable

rend-eredvaluable assistance in cleaning machinemaohine gun nests out of lowlow-

(30)Heroes

low-

ground

lo-

gonlow-

ground

lo-

gon(30)Heroes30Heroes( ) p 74 ,. ground aboutabvutabut VarennesArdennesVarennes(30)(29)Varennes3029Varennes(30)(29)-

About

. (30)(29)3029(30)(29)-

About

( ) ( )

About this time , the ConioandingCODlD8.ndingCODlD8ndingCommandingConfounding. Officer , 139thl39th InfantryInfantr-

ylett

Infan-try

Infantry-

leftInfan-

tryInfantry-

leftInfan-

try( lettleftlet regiment of the Division Reserve ) pushed his regimentregiment-

forward

regi-ment

regiment-

forward

regi-ment

regiment-

forward

regi-mentforward pastpaltalt the commandcOllll8nd post ofot the 137thl37th Infantry and tooktook-

u

too-

k

took-

up

look-

up

.

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No.46

rationale-

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rationale-

Uo4610.461046No.46No46. with the VarennesArdennes - ChepCheepCheppyChoppy road and thusthUBthumb placed itit-

approximately

in-

appropriately

iit-

approximately

in-

appropriately

tt-

approximately

a-

pproximatelyapproximately between the two assault regiments . ThisThilThinly movemove-

was

nove-

nas

move-

was

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nas(31)31( ) message-from

mess-age

MessageMealageMalagaMessage-from

Mess-agewas made shortlyIhortly after noonnoon(29)(30)noon2930noon(29)(30-

)It

noon(29)(30-

)I

. (29)29( ) (30)30(30)-

trom( )

fromtromtromp Capt.Hud8onCaptHud8onCapt.BudsonCaptBudsonCatbirdsCaptCaput . Budfio,-137th

Budfio-137th

& ,137th IntdatedInfdatedInstatedInflatedInfdatedS-ept.26,1918

Infdated.Sep-

t.26,1916from

InfdatedSep-

t.261916from

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. , . IItt wasW&IWI& not until nearnearly 4t004s004:00400: P.MPM. ., that the 137thl37th InfantryInfantry-

advancing

Infa-ntry

,Sept.26,19lBSept.2619lBSept2619lBSept.26,1918Sept.261918Sept261918Sept.26,19lBtromSept.26,1918from

. ,tromfromtromp HeightHeightsHeights-north

Heig-hts

Heights-north

Heig-hts

. advancing in the face ofot terrific direct fire fromtromtromp machine gunsguns-

northgun-

smithguns-

and

unso-

und

guns-

and

unso-

undnorth otofot-V&1'ezmel

of-

Varennesgo-

vernancesof-

Varenneago-

vernanceV&1'ezmelV1ezmelVarennesArdennes&' . and artillery firetire fromtromtromp concrete "pillpill" boxesbODSbodes " and preparedprepared-

posl

prepa-

red

prepared-

positions

prep-

ared:prepared-

positions

prep-

aredposlpospositionstiODStriodes .succeededceed.dceeddceded. in taking this ""HorseshoeHorseshoe" HillHill(31)Hill31Hill(31)-

After

Hill(31)-

After

Hill31A-

fter

" . (31)31( )

UterAfterUtter the fogtog of the morning , the eneReneenemyeneayenema , fromtromtromp Hill 263 , hadhad-

used

adj-

usted

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used

adj-

usted(82)Hi.to82Hi.to82Hito(32)History32History( ) . A.S.FAS.FASFASA.B.F.-Shipley

ABF.-Shipley

ABFS-hipley

. .rr. . used hihis, artilleryartillerv, mos-tmostmo.tmotmoat.- effectivelyetteotivel1 on our advancing 11n'I(32)11nI32lines' . (32)32(32)-

This

(32)-

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Shiple1ShipleyShirley 1'homal1homalThomas'Thomas-

p1'homal-

pThoma-

sp 246 . Thi1This hill , iniD the sectorlector ofot the divisiond1vi.1oDd1vi1oD. on the leftlettlet , waswalwail not-

taken

int-

ake

not-

taken

int-

ake

notnot-

taken

int-

aketaken untilat1! late in the afternoon . Thee firsttirstthirst .alaulalaulPalau.assaultingt1Dg waves_yelyellwares8

8 .

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(33)History33History( ) A.B.FAB.FABFA.E.EAE.EAEEA.E.FAE.FAEFABBFALEEABE. . . had been practioallypractically wlwipeded out(33)out33out . (33)33( ) The support battalionbattalion-Shipley

battal-ions

,ShipleyShirley ThomasThomas-

pThoma-

sp 246 . by 4:004004aOO4:00.M: :±r.iiriiii-- .M.- M- .MM. . had become intermingledinterBdngled with the assault-

battalion

ass-ault

assault

(34)34( ) MessageMessage-from

Mess-agebattalion . (34)34(34)-

from(34)-

from(34)-

About

( )

from Capt.HudsonCaptHudsonCathouse. ,137th IntDintInfdatedS-ept.26,1918

InfdatedInflated. , dated About 3tl531153:15315: P.MPMP.biPbiBpi. ., the CommandingCorrmanding Officer , 139thl39th Infantry ,Sept.26,1916Sept.261916Sept261916Sept.26,191SSept.26191SSept26191SSept.26,1918Sept.261918Sept261918. ,Sept.26,1916fromSept.26,191StromSept.26,1918fromfromtromtromp Heights-north

Heig-hts

Heights seeing8eeing the 137th Infantry held up in the low grgrjundgroundgerundund before-north

bef-orebefore-

"Horseshoe

beforebefore-north

bef-orenorth ofotot'-

Varennesof-

Varennesgo-

vernances'VarennesVarennesArdennes'arennesArdennes . "HorseshoeHorseshoettHorseshoethreesome" HillHillttHilt" , advanced along the ridge northeastnorthea.st. ofot Route-

(35)Heroes

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(36)Mes8age

of-

Charpentry

co-

chairmen.

(36)Mes8age36Mes8age(36)J4eslage36J4eslage(36)Message36Message( ) from-Commanding

fromtromtromp CharpentryCharpent17Carpentry , where the regiment was forced by enenyenenwenemyrenew machine gun-

Commandingun-

demandinggun-

and

gun-

man

gungun-

Conmandingun-

demandingConmandingCommanding Officer-l39th

Officer-139th

OfficerOfficer-139th139thl39th Infantry-dated

Infan-try InfantryIntant17 and artillery firetire fromtromtromp both front and left flank to "digdig" in" .

dated 7i007.007007s00. A.MAMA.MeAMeAMEXA.M-eSept.27,19lS

. . .Sept.27,1916Sept.271916Sept271916Sept.27,19lSSept.2719lSSept2719lS. , . (35)(36)3536(36)(36)3636( ) ( )

(35)(36)On(36)(36)On

On reaching and capturing the high ground north ofot thethe-

"Norseshoe

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"Horseshoe

the-

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Author's-observation

,Author's-observation

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'observation . "IorseshoettIorseshoett"NorseshoeNorseshoeHorseshoe"" " , and observing elementselement! ofat the 139th Infantry toto-

its

ti-

tsto-

its

ti-

tsto-

its

ti-

tsits right front , the 137thl37th Infantry ( lessle8s 1st Battalion inin-

Brigade

in-

ebriate

in-

Brigade

in-

ebriate

in-

Brigade

in-

ebriateBrigade Reserve ) reorganized and advancedadvanoed a short distance-

north

dista-nce

distancedistance-

north

dista-nce

distance-

north

dista-ncenorth , connecting with the 139th Infantry to its right frontfront-

(37)

fron-

t37

.

(37)37(37)-

'lhree

(37)-

Three

( )

Three'lhreelhree' milesm1lel had been the net advanceadvanoe fortortore the day . AtAt-

(8SHeroel

A-

tBoureilles

L-

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aboritesBourell1BoureillesBordellos.. , VauquoicVauquoiVauquoisVanquish. Hill , CheppyChoppy ,,, YarennesVar8zmelVarennesArdennesVar8zmeltVar8zmelVert, VeryVerVeer, and "Horse--

(36)Heroes

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(8SHeroel8SHeroel(38)Heroes38Heroes( ) p 6282 . shoe8hoe HillHlll " guns , supplies8uppliel and prisonerspr1sours were takentaken(38)-

Prisoners

taken(36)taken36taken(38)taken38taken(36)-

Prisoners

. (38)38(38-

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( )

PrisonersPrisonerlPrisoner taken were ofot the 15th LandsLandstrumlAndstrwaSandstormlandstrumstrum Battalion and theth-

elirlt

th-

eirthe-

First

th-

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the-

First

th-

eirslirltFirstlilt Guard Division(38)Division38DiviI1oD(38)DiviI1oD38. ( ) VonYon GiehrlG1ehrlGiver , in his Battle ofot thethe-

lieu

hel-

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the-

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east

lat-

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ait

lay-

out

.,ealteastdealtaitalit of the ArgonneAl'gozmeAlgozmeJargonedSalome' . aThe. 77th and 26th28th AmericanJJDer1cu DivisionsDiv1110nl inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

ter

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the

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9

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the attack , won only an insignificantimountinsignificantinsignificant :.amount.LD1ountLD1ountimountmount ofot terrain , whichwhich-

was

whi-

ch

which-

was

whi-

ch

which-

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whi-

chwas , for the mostIJXst) part voluntarily ceded by the 2d LandwehrLanderLandweh-

rDivision

Landweh-

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Landweh-

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first

at-

hirst

at-

first

at-

hirst

at-

first

at-

hirstfirst quickly flattened , out and the entire division thenthen-

forced

the-

refore

then-

forced

the-

refore

then-

forced

the-

reforeforced back against the eastern edge of the ArgonneJargoned . Varennes-

and

Arden-nes

VarennesArdennesVarennes-

and

Arden-nes

Varennes-

and

Arden-nesand GheppyCheppyChoppyHeap were lost *. During the eveningeveni1g% , the eneReneenenyeneuvenemyGeneva pushedpushed-

through

pus-

hedpushed-

through

pus-

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hedthrough as far &as&ss BaulBaulkBaulnyBalmy but was driven out by the 4th GuardsGuards-

Regiment

Gu-ards

Guards-

Regiment

Gu-ards

Guards-

Regiment

Gu-ardsRegiment . Eighteen tanksB , disabled by firetire , remained , strandedstranded-

near

strand-

edstranded-

near

strand-

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near

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ednear CharpentryCharpentrJCarpentryCarpenter, alone ., In the evening the 1stlot Guards DivisionDivision-

which

Divis-ion

,

which had suffered extremely heavily ,. held the lihelinelithe runningrunning-

(39)Von

running-

approximately

running-

approximately(39)Von39Von( ) Glehr1GiehrlGiverGiehr-lInfantry

Glehr-lInfantry

approximately throughthrothrob ugh Argonne-Charpentry-KplnonvlArgonneCharpentryKplnonvlArgonne-Charpentry-Epinonvil1eEpinonvil1eJargonedCarpentryPlanoArgonne-Charpentry-Epinonville(39)ArgonneCharpentryEpinonville(39)Epinonville39JargonedCarpentryArgonneCharpentryEpinonville(39)-

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ageIntant17Infantry JOurDalJournalJOurDal-August

Journal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-August

Jou-rnalAugust 19211921-

pp1921-

ppPage , In Our 110 Days Fighting , states the First GuardsGuards-

ppGuar-

dsGuard-

sDivision

Gu-ards

Guard-

sDivision

Gu-ards

pp 133 , 134 .,Division was the only first classclaS8 German division in thethe-

line

he-

mline

the-

line

he-

mline(40)40( ) Our 110110-

Dal110-

Days110-

Daysline on SeSeptembertemberember 2,6th26th26th(40)26th4026th(40)-

Unfortunately

26th(40)-

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( )

DalDahlDays. 11ghtlqFighting11ghtlq-Pase

Fighting-Page

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That

availa-ble

.PasepPagepPassePagep 90 .

Thatt losseslo.esloesleos. . afteratterLatter the fogtog raisedrailed were extremely heavy in thethe-

assault

he-

adsail

the-

assault

he-

adsailassault. .aulaulGaul. t regimentsregllDeDtrefolded. would. be evidentevident to anyarqar oneODe familiar wiwithwith-

the

withh-

eld

with-

the

withh-

eld

thth-

the

thi-

therthe terrain coveredoovered and the fightingtlghtiuglighting accomplishmentsaccomplllhment. of theth-

el.t

Et-

hel

the-

1st

the-

1stl.tlt1st. German Guards DivisionDivisioD . Thee machinemach1ne gunnersgunner. ofot the lItletlIt-

Guard

life-

guard

let-

Guards

left-

wards

1st-

GuardsGuardGuards.. DivisionDivi8ioD had a habiDhabihabitt ofot holding their _machineohinehinge gunBUD ne.tnetnestsnests-

until

iness-

ential

nests-

until

iness-

ential

. .

1D1tlluntil our scouts were nearlynearlJ upon them . Then one of the crewcrew-

would

rew-

ound

crew-

would

rew-

ound

crew-

would

rew-

oundwould orawlcrawloral out ,. put up hishiehide hands andKameradand"lCameradandNKameradendangeredand --"lCamerad"lCameradlCamerad--NKameradNKameradcameraKramer--"-KameradKameradAmerada- " . hereuponThereuponThereupon-

our

Thereup-

on

hereupon-

our

hereup-

onour _menn wouldwoul4 riaariarise, andaDd advancead.anoadanoadman. , . ThehI'! Kamerad"ICamlraclICamlracl"KameradAmeradaBicameral" " boohebochbooedbotch, would thenthend-

UOk

te-nd

then-

duck

te-nd

then-

duck

te-nddUOkduckdUO backbaokbook tDtointoOttola to hihis. pill box and hihis. teaaaaateBteammates wwjuldwoulduldauld againasa1n openopen-

up

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up

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open-

up

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enup onOD the advancingYUlcimgUnlacing line ., 1iItt took our menIIIID quiquitete a while to

10 .

realize this scheme ofat thingsthlngs . IItt was very effective duringduring-

most

duri-ng

during-

most

duri-ng

during-

most

duri-ngmost ofot the dayda.JdaJ.'dJ . Finally , ofat course , .alla.ll of these machinemach.ine. gungun-

crews

uns-

crews

gun-

crews

uns-

crews

gun-

crews

uns-

crewscrews were captured . SheThe enemysenemy'senenr'senenrsenemyenders*' defensivedefenslve tactics was thethe-

sUbJect

the-

subject

the-

subjectsUbJect ofot conferencesconterences that night in various shell holes andan-

dit

ban-

dit

an-

dit

ban-

dit

and-

It

ban-

ditit is a curious facttaottarot that afteratterLatter thee first daydJ$ , few prisonersprisoners-

(41)Author's

prisoners-

could

prison-ers

prisoners-

could

prison-ers(41)Author'sobservation41Authorsobservation(41)Author'soblenation

(41)Author's41Authors( ) ' could be seen going toward the rearrear(41)rear41. (41)41( ) VonVODOD GiehrlGlehrlGiverGerald Ssays-sayssays-

"The

saysr"-

The

saysr-

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syst-em

s-ss-

e

&: -oblenationobservationobligation .

"TheThe" e 1stlot Guards Division suffered extremely heavily(42)heavily42heavily.tt(42)heavily.tt42heavilytt42heavily(42)B-

eyond

heavily(42)B-

eyond

. " ( )

(44(42)Yon42Yon(42)Von42Von( ) Von GiehrlGiverGiehrl-Infantry

Glehrl-Infantry

Beyond the excellent barrage proceedingpreceedingpreceding and during thethe-Intant17

the-

initial

te-

ntacle

the-

initial

te-

ntacleIntant17Infantry JournalJournal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-August

Jou-rnalugustAugust 19211921-

p1921-

pinitial stage ofot the attack ,. the artillery had been unable toto-

plaitto-

pologistto-

assist

ta-

nsies

to-

assist

ta-

nsiesplaitp 134 .

as.istasistassistFascist. in the daysdalsdales work(43)work43work . (43)43( ) Thishis was due to the blowing upup-

at

p-

at

up-

of

po-

of

up-

of

po-

ofatof the roads by the enear'senearseneiW'seneiWsendearsrenewsenemy *' s minesadneaAndean , the condition ofot the terrainterrain(-

43)Heroes

terrain-

and

terra-

interrain-

and

terra-

in(43)Heroea43Heroea(43)Heroes43Heroes( ) p 91-

(44)Report

9191-

(44)Report

and the veryverlveer weakenedweakene conditionoondition ofot the animalsanlmals , of which thethe-

(44)Report

the-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

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Lt.Co1.RofL-

t.Col.H.G.PeckInspector

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division was shortahort somelame fifteentifteen hundredhundred(44)hundred44hundred(44)-

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Lt.Col.RLtCol.RLtColRLt.Co1.RLtCo1.RLtCo1R. . . GPeckG.PeckPeck., ,ID8peotorInspector , litlotlot-grata

liti-gate

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.Thef.hefhehe InfantryIntantrJInstant, brigades foundtoundpound themselves at the eendd of thethe-Arzqv

h-ear

the-

day

hey-

day

the-

day

hey-

dayArzqvgratarata CorpsCorplCorp dateddated-oct.12,1918

dated-00t.12,1918

dated-Oct.1

dated-Oct1oct.12,1918oct.121918oct12191800t.12,191800t.12191800t121918. ,19161916, . day in a sort ofot diagonal formationtormation , thua-

e

than-

e

thuss-

140th

thus-thusthua-thuathuss-thusshulathus-

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:& -

140th infinfo .

IheTheHee 136fhIS8tQ138th.. InfantryIntantqInstant had loslostt 1Itsta commandingcODlD&l1dingcODlDl1ding& officerofticer asEl8 a reresult-

of

resu-

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of

resu-

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ofot machinemachice: gun wound. The 136th13Btb138th InfantryIntantry and the 139th Infantry-

had

Infant-ry

InfantryIntantqInstantInfantryiha-

d

Infantr-y,i-

hadj-

ihadhad. tacheachteach lost one major killed . one ofot theJorstheoristthe -majors-JorsJorsOrs of the 137th-

(45)AutMr

137th-

Infantry

137th137th-

Infantry(46)Author46Author(45)AutMr45AutMr(45)Autkor's45Autkors( ) ' . InfantryIntantrvInstant, had been seriouslyserlousl1 wounded bybl a sDiper(46)sDiper46sniper(45)sniper45sniper . (46)46( ) .TheT.he 140th140th-

Intant

140th-

Infantry

140th-

Infantry

(45)Autkor'sobservationobservationoblervatlon .

IntantInstantInfantry appearsappear. to have kept in the relative positionpo Bill on aS8ignedassignedassigned-

It

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assigne-

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Diary-140th

Diary-140th

& iti t and to havehayehayed sufferedsuftered no oalualt1casualties. . onaD this first daydaJdJ . (4646(46)46( )

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eryartillery,

.

support couldLcould be given earlier than 6:306308:308306 : 30 AA.LIALI. . the 27th ,. thethe-

Divia10n

the-

Division

tel-

evision

the-

Division

tel-

evisionDivia10nDivision Commander ordered , an attack to begin at that hourhour(47)-

Later

hour47-

Later

. (47)47(47)-

Later

(4747( )

Later during the night 26-27262726-2'12'121- ' ,. orders from the 1stlet ArnyU1l13Army CorpsCorp-

sdirected

Con-

stricted

Corp-

sdirected

Con-

stricted

Corp-

sdirected

Con-

stricteddirected thathan attack be launched1aunche at 6&306305005 & 30 AA.mAm.,". Thish18 necessitatednecessitated-

a

necessitate-

da changechang$ in the Division Commander'sCommanders' plan and communication ofof-

inform

o-

viform

of-

information

fi-

gurationof-

information

fi-

gurationinforminformationtiODtied as to suchs14ch changes to all concerned wiwithouttboutbout delay(47)delay47delay(47)-

The

delay . (47)-

The

(47)47(47)-

The

( )

The new plan included a passage atofof linesI1nes by the 140th Inf-InfInfoInf-

antl7

Inf-

antry

infinfoinf-

antry

¬-

antryantl7gantry through the 156thl36th138th Infantry , placing the 70th InfantryInfantry-

Brigade

Infa-ntry

Infantry-

Brigade

Infa-ntry

Infantry-

Brigade

Infa-ntryBrigade in the front line11ne with two battalionsbattalioDs of each rregimentregiment-

in

regimenti-

ng

imentpimentoiment-

in

menti-

on(46)Heroes46Heroes(48)Heroes48Heroes( ) p 6484. . in assault echelon(46)echelon46echeloD(4SecheloD4Sechelon(48)echelon48echelon(46)-

The

echelon(48)-

The

. ( )

Thee order was nnott received by the 140th InfantryInfantrrInfant, until aa-

half

a-

haa-

half

a-

haa-

half

a-

hahalf hour before the attack was scheduledsoheduled . (49)49( ) Att least oneone-

of

ne-

oone-

of

ne-

oone-

of

ne-

o(49)War49War( ) Di&l7Dil7DiaryDi&l7-140th

Diary-140th

Diary-140tli

& of the Infantry regiments did not receive the attack orderorder-

until

fore-

runorder-

until

fore-

runorder-

until

fore-

run140th InfantryIntant17 .

until after 6i006&006006:00&: A.MAMA.1A1A . . and that consisted of a message directidirectdirectingdirecting-

the

directi-ngthe attack " 6.306306s306 . 30 .A.MAMA1. & ., and prescribingpre.cribingprecribing. a combat liaison groupgroup-

of

gro-up

group-

of

gro-up

group-

of

grou-

pof two companies wiwithth two platoonsplatoon. ofot machine guns to connectconnect-

with

conn-

ectconnect-

with

conn-

ectconnect-

with

conn-

ect(5050(8080(50)Uessage50Uessage( ) lIellageMessageLeila trollfromtroll-C.O.61th

from-C.0.69th

from-C.0.69th

from-

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C069thwith the divisiondivilioDdevilwood on the leftleft(60)left60lett(60)lett60. ( b0)b0) Thisi8 wasW&SWS& twicetwioe the 8izesize8ize-

at

size-

of

siz-

esize-

of

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InfBrig-to

Inferrin-g. ..

to C.0.157thC0.157thC0157thC.O.1S'1thCO.1S1thCO1S1thC.0.137thC0.137thC0137th. . ' IDlInfIdleInfoInf.-dated

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. atof the connectingoozmect1Dg group useduaedquaked the proceedingprece.dingpreceding. daydq , and would in-inin-

410ate

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dioate

in-

dicate

inin-

dicate

¬-ciadatedted 6il561156:15615: A.A.MAM.1414. M .27 Sept.1916Sept1916Sept.1918Sept1918Sept.l918Septl918. . dicate410atedioatedilatedonate the gap between the two divisions wawas. somewhatloWhatflowchart_ greatergreatert-

haD

grea-

tergreater-

than

grea-

tergreater-

than

grea-

terthaDthan.haD had bebeen. anticipatedantlo1Pated , and than could be coveredoovered by thethe-

or181D&l

the-

original

the-

orizing

the-

original

the-

orizing(61)Author'loblery.tion(51)Author'sobservation(61)Author'l61Authorl(51)Author's51Authors( ) *' or181D&lor181Dloriginal& group . (51)-

The

(61)61(51)51(61)-

The

( )

oblery.tionoblerytionobservationtoleration(51)Authorsobservation(62)51Authorsobservation62. .(52)52( 51 J) War D1al7DiaryD1al7-140th

Diary-140th

Diary-140th

The8 artilleryartille17 barrage , asa8as -was-a8a8 known would be the caseca.ecaecafe. ,.140th InfantryIDtantl7InfantryoInfantry-

oSEPTEMBER

Inf-

antry

. failedtailed to materialize(52)materialize52materlal1(62)materlal162materialize(62)materialize62.. . ( )

12 .

- - - - " ' "

But little progress was madeaside_de . Several messages askingaskil1g for-

artilleryfo-

retellerforfor-

artilleryfo-

retellerartillery sUlsoulsupportport were answered by'by'' thetr.etretare. Brigade CommanderComander ,.

70th Infantry Brigade at 10:351035: , 104010:40;: and 11:321132: A.MAMA.udAudAudi. . s8iing-

he

saying-

he

sayin-

gsayings8iingsaying-

he

sayin-

ghe was attempting to get artillery support from the battery west-

at

esta-

te

west-

of

we-

st

westwest-

of

we-

st(53)War53War( ) DiaryDiary-140th

Diary-140th

Diary-140th140th Infantry ._ ofat CheppyChepwChoppyChew ._ At 1:50150: PP.MPMPr1. ; ., the Brigade CommanderComnander sent word that-

the

thatc-

hed

that-

the

thatc-

hed

thatthat-

the

thatc-

hed(54)Heroee54Heroee(54)Heroes54Heroes( ) the Division Commander had taken up the matter ofot artillerys-

upportartill-

eryartillerys-

upportartill-

eryartilleryartillerys-

upportartill-

ery(54)Heroespp54Heroespp(54)Heroeepppp 6585 and 86 .

support and that it could-couldoouldGouldcouldbecould- be promised within a short time(53)(54)time5354time(53)(54)S-

ome

time . (55)55( ) (54)54(54)-

Some

( )

Some tanks came forward and a second attempt realized aa-

slight

g-

aslight

a-

slight

g-

aslight

a-

slight

g-

aslightslight advance . However , artillery fire was so severe that thethe-

tanka

th-

etathe-

tanks

te-

aksthe-

tanks

te-

akstankatankstank withdrew and the Infantry , facingfaoingfavoring a thick wire entanglemententanglement-

and

entanglem-

entand under a storm ofot machine gungUDgaud andaDd artillery fire from trontonfrontfront-

and

fron-

ted

front-

and

fron-

ted

tt-

aDd

a-

DdaDdand flanks were compelled to take advantage ofot suchsuohsough coverooverover aasas-

the

as-

hen

as-

the

as-

hen

.

(55)Heroes55Heroes(56)Heroe56Heroe( ) . p 6686 . the shell holesholeahole &f'fordedffordedaffordedforded&'afforded(55)afforded55afforded(55)-

Another

. (56)56(56)-

Another

(5555( )

Another order to attack at 5:305305130: P?P.k(55)P.k55Pk55. M(56)M56. (55)55( ) was reoeivedreceivedreoeived-

ahortl

recei-ved

received-

shortly

recei-ved

received-

shortly

recei-vedahortlaortalshortly, after 5:005005100: P.MPMPoll. ., It was directed in this division orderorder-

that

ord-

erorder-

that

ord-

erorder-

that

ord-

er(56Heroes56Heroes(56)Heroee56Heroee(5656( ()Heroes p 91-

(57)Author

9191B-

TiAuthor'senervation

that the attack would followtollowtallow a barrage :)movingJDvingJading one hundredh\mdredhmdreddared\ metermetersmeters-

in

meteri-

ng

meters-

in

meteri-

ng

.(6767(57)Author57Author( BTiAuthor'-senervationBTiAuthor-

senervation) AutborAuthor 'aa'a-

observation' aa-

ob.ervationo-

bservationob.ervationobervationobservation. . in fourtour minutesDdnuteDante. . .TheT.beTbeTube artillery firetire waswaaWada negl1gible\56)(57)negl1gible56)(57)5657negligible.i56)(57)negligible.i5657negligiblei5657negligible.i56)(57)-

Despite

negligible.156)(57)-

Despite

negligible.15657-

Despite

negligible15657D-

espite

. \ ) ( )

D.piteDpiteDespiteSpite.. the inabilitylnabilltllambkill oof the artlllerartillery to plow itsltaAlta way throughthrough-

the

thoug-

htthrough-

the

thoug-

htthrough-

the

thoug-

htthe hub-deephubdeephub--deep andmad to a positionpo.itioDpoitioDpitied. in1n 8usupportort ,. the infantry , afterafter-

ita

aft-er

after-

its

afterbi-

rths

after-

its

afterbi-

rths(68)Von68Von(68)VOD68VOD(58)Von58Von( ) G1ehrlGlehriGloriaG1ehr-lIntaDt

Glehr-iInfantry

Ger-minate

Giehr-lInfantry

itaitsKita checkoheckheck of the morningImmingDimming ,. and after withstandingwith.tandingwithtanding. .several.veralveralverbal. countercounter-counter-

a

counte-

r

counter-

attacks

counter-

attacks

¬-IntaDtIntactInfantry JournalJournal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-August

Jou-rnalAugustuguaungula t 19211921-

P

1921-

p1921-

paattackst tacks bybl the "4th"thth GuardsG&W'claGWcla'& andaDd 2020thth Int&l1Intl1Infantry& try RegimenRegimentsBegiments(66)(59)-

advanced

Begiments6659a-

dvanced

ts ,. (58)58( 58 ) (5959( 69 )

P 1541M134 .advanced. with the assistancea.1ataDcea1ataDce. . of thetbetube tankstankatank , captured Charpentl'JCharpentlJCharpentryCarpetCarpentryCharpentry-

Baulny

Carpe-ntry ' ,.

(59)59( 5i ) final11Dal ReporReportReport-Gea.John

Rep-ortage

Report-Gen.John

Report-GenJohn

Rep-ortage

tt-GeI1.JohJLGeI1.JohJLGeI1JohJLGea.JohnGeaJohnGabon. JJ-

Pershing.p

P-

erishing. Baulll1BaulnyBalmy and the high ground , north ofot that village .

PerahlngPershingPealingPerishing .Pershing.pPershingpPerishingp 446' . 1Itt wawas. "gettingt tlDStildes duskduakdual aas. the 139139thth lntulentInfantryt17 approached-

Charpent17

approached-

Charpentry

appro-

achedapproachedapproached-

Charpentry

appro-

achedCharpentryCharpent17Charpent17tCarpentryCharpent17whloht, whichwhlohwho 1itt succeededauoc.4edauoc4ed.. inlD tak1taking before &dark4&rk4rk . IheTheHe.13 .

137thl37th Infantry , finding the 139thl39th Infantrylnfantry occupied wiwithwith-

Charpentry

with-

Charpentry

thth-

CharpentryCharpentryCarpentry and a. considerable gapgal' leftlettlet openpen to its lmmediaimmediacyimmediateimmediat-

efront

immed-

iateimmediat-

efront

immed-

iatetete-

tront

T-

extrontrontfronttrot , advancedadvanoed on toward BaulnyBaulDyBalmyBalDy , capturedcaIJtured 1iitt and occa.liedoccaliedoccupiedfocalizedocca.lied-

the

focaliz-

ed

occupied-

the

occupi-

ed

occupied-

the

occupi-

ed

}.the heightsheightlheight about fivetivetie hundred yards northwest where it reorganreorgan-reorganizereorgan-

i.ed

reorgan-

ized

reorgan-

(60)Author's

reorgan-

ized

¬-

(60)Authorsobservation60Authorsobservation(60)60(60)Author's60Authors( ) uthor'suthorsauthorsuthor's-oblervation

*' izedi.ediedsizeddied. and dug in about midnight(60)midnight60midnight . (60)60( ) 'TWOTWO' companiesoompan1es ofot machinemachine-

gun

machi-

ne

machin-eobservation

machine-

gun

machi-

neoblervationobservation .

gun troopstroop. belonging to the 139thl39th Infantry , lost fromtram theirtheirr-

egimen

the-

reintheir-

regiment

the-

reintheir-

regiment

the-

reinregimenregimentt durdourduringiDgID the nlnight'snightsgh t ' 8 advance , relreelreportedor te d. and were placeplacedplaced-

on

plac-

ed

dd-

onon eitherelthErrether flanktlanklank of the assault battalion of the 137thl37th lnfantryinfantryinfantry-

(60)

infantr-

y60

infantry(6-

0)On

._

(60)60(60)-

on

(60)-

On

( )

On the rightrig it , the 140thl40th Infantry had reached a positionposition(-

61)War

position(-

3472)

position-

3472(61)War61War(61)\\'ar(61)61'arar( )\' DiaryDiary-140th

(3472)3472( ) to (4274)4274( ) . (6lJ-

Night

(61)-

140th(61J61J(6lJ6lJ(61)61(61J-

Mght

( )

140140thth 1111&11111111Infantry& t17 .:MghtNightMight found the division two and one half kilometerskilometers-

nearer

kilome-

terskilometers-

nearer

kilome-

terskilometers-

nearer

kilome-

tersnearer GermanyGerD8n1 . 'Thei'heihehe tototaltaltail gain for the two days beingbeizagIbizabeibi sevenseven-

(62)Heroes

seven-

(62)Heroes

seven-

and

evenha-

nded(62)Heroee62Heroee(62)Heroes62Heroes( ) p 90 ., and onene half kilometers . (62)-

Again

(62)-

Again

(62)62(62)-

Again

( )

Again no record of the day'sdays' casualties is1s availableavailable.-

The

available-

The

availab-

le.

The ExecutiveLxecutive Officervfficer ,, 69th Infantry Brigade was killed ,. ;on-

ebattalion

N-

embutal

JneJaneJn-

ebattalion

N-

embutal

ee-

battalion

b-

attalionbattalion commander and the adjutant , 139thl39th Infantry had be-beb-

ea.ualtle

e-

paulette

be-

come

bebe-

come

¬-

- come casualtiesa.ualtleaualtleoasualtiesfaultless. . . The Lieutenant Colonel , 137thl37th InfantryIntantrJInstant, hadhad-

beeD

ha-

nded

had-

been

ha-

dean

had-

been

ha-

deanbeeDbeenbeD evacuated earlyear11 in the morningJmrn1Dg . 2heThe Colonel , 137thl37th Infantryinfantry-

a

infantr-

ya manmaD well advanced in1n years7ears , was unableanableusableenable , from exhaustion , toto-

a4vance

to-

advance

T-

orrance

to-

advance

T-

orrancea4vanceadvance with hihis. regimentreg1ment . Thee .second.econdecond battalionbattallon commander , 137th137th-

Intant17

137th-

Infantry

137th-

InfantryIntant17Infantry was woundedwODdedwadded and evacuated . Both the ConmandingCOlllDandingConwndingCommanding ottloerofficerbottlerofficer-

137th

officer-

137th187137thth InfeInferInfantryt17 and the CoomndingCOJIIIILDd1J1fCommandingCrooning: Officerottioerdottier 139139thth InfantryIDtaDt17 , 1nin1n-

the1r

in-

their

i-nter

In-

their

I-

nterthe1rtheir zeal to carryoarrr out the DivisionD1y1.1oDD1y11oD. Coaaander'sCoaaandersCQmm&Dder'sCQmmDdersCommander'sCommanders& ' vrbalverbal orders-

to

orde-

rs

ordersorderorders-

to

orde-

rs

.

to IXAJl&AJlAJLZID&)IAlALID) , beoBelobecamebeaamsbeams_ .separated.par&te4.parte4parte4. & frofroafromfro. theirthe1r oooonn&ndsoonnndscommands&'dd"' . during the ad-adad-

VULO

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ad-

vane

ad-

vance

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vancevaneVULOOVULE. la111in ththe. 1late&t. 'eveninge'f.1qef.1qef1q. ,. and&DeiDei&Deli Inill 0case..' ofot the C oonandingo-.nd1Dgo.nd1Dgo.nd1Dgnd1Dgcommanding-.' ndingending officer0 tt1olrffiofifo r ,. __. .. .. ,.. . . " 11A,. _._....-A-AAJ-... .. . _ ._ .__ _ . ....__ .....- . . . .: . J ., _

(63)Heroes1'P(6363(63)Heroe863Heroe8(63)Heroes63Heroes( )Heroes 139th Infantry , did not retreturn until the 29th ofot September(63)September63SeptemberSeptember(63)-pp

. (6363(63)-pp

63-pp

( )

1'P1Ppp' 89 and 90 .1Itt is1s surprising to note that during the dayd.ay. the heaviest-

casualtieshea-

viestheaviest-

casualtieshea-

viestheaviestheaviest-

casual

heav-iestcasualtiescasual ties were sufferedsuftered by the units of the reserve brigadebrigade.-

Both

brigade-

Both

briga-

de.

Both these regiments , lying on the high ground north of) f CheppyChoppyCheppy-

and

Chop-

pyCheppy-

and

Chop-

pyCheppy-

and

Chop-

pyand VarennesArdennes with little or no protection , sufferedsutteredshuttered heavily-

(64)Beroes

heavily-

(64)Heroes

heavilyheavily-

(64)Heroes(64)Heroes64Heroes(64)Beroes64Beroes( ) p 91 . fromtromtromp eneReneenemy artillery fire from front and flank . (64)-

The

(64)-

The

(64)64(64)-

The

( )

The enemyenerireerier had found iitt necessary to push in anoCanoanothertherether ofot hishis(-

65)Vol1

his-

(65)Von

his-

firstin-

sist(65)Von65Von(65)Vol165Vol1( ) G1ehrlGiehrlGiverGlehr-lInfantry

tirstfirstthirst class divisions , the 6th5th Guards Div18ion(65)Div18ion65Division(65)Division65Div18ion(65-)Intantry

Division(65)-Infantry

Division(65)-

The

Division65T-

he

. ( )

IntantryInfantry JournalJournal-Augus

Jour-nal

Journal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-August

Jou-rnalAugusAugustAugustt 19211921-

pThe 35th was shooting upul' one division a day ofot the eneReneeneteneSgenetgenesene-

pRen-

eenenW'senenWsrenewsenenW's-

penemy's-

best

enemys-

best

ene-my

t' S

p 134 ,.

best divisions , entrenched in the elaborate defensesdefensis ofot tbethetubetbe-

Hlndenburg

be-

holdenthe-

Hindenburg

H-

eidelberg

the-

Hindenburg

H-

eidelbergHlndenburgHindenburgHindenberg line , wiwithth their wire entanglements and conoreteconcreteconoret-

e"pill

concret-

e"pill

concret-

e"pill

concret-

epill

concr-

ete"pillpill" boxes " . But more destructivedestruotive thann all elseelsiElsie combinedcombined-

was

combin-

ed

,

.alalwas. the incessantince.antinceantVincent. . high explosiveexplosiye enfiladingenfllading artillery tirefiretire-

troll

terres-

trially

firef-

rom

fore-

front(66)66(6666(66)Author66Author( )uthor'luthorlAuthor'sAuthorsauthoruthor'l-obl.nation

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obl.nationoblnationobservationoblation. .VonVOI1 GiehrlG1ehrlGiver lsaysi-saysisays-sayssaysi"Ihesays"Thela-lala1be: - "IheIhe"TheTheHe"1be en8eneoyenemyKenney intaDinsteadinfantrytry sufferedsutteredshuttered particularparticular-particular-

ly

¬-

ly fromtromtromp the flankingtlankiDitanked fire ofot thirteen German field batteriesbatteries-

whioh

batter-ies

batteries-

which

batter-ies

batteries-

which

batter-ieswhiohwhich fromtromtromp their polipoliopositiontionion on the eastern.uteI'D.uteIDuteIDuntied. ' edge ofot the ugoDlLeArgonnegodlessJargonedArgonn-

econstantly

,

oonstantlconstantlyconstantly, held. up the advanceadYaDoeadvanosdyadadvances . The _mainIn attackattaok , supported-

by

supported-

bl

support-

ed

supported

blby tankstaDDaDD .was.alal launched. on both sisides.ss. ofot the yallallvallwyvalhyvalleyVal., ofot the .i1ri1rAirsAirs-

against

Ar-

abians

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against

Irrel-

igionist

.

88&lnlt88lnltagainst& NontblainvilleIfontblainvl1leMontblainville and Charpentry(65)Charpentry65Charpat17(66)Charpat1766Charpentry(65. " ( )

16lb .

SSEP8EPE P TEMBE-RTEMBERTREMBLET E M B E-IiEIiE.RER-. 2Bth28th26th.-

At

26th-

At

.

At 3,303303:303 ,: 30 A.U.SeptemberAU.SeptemberAUSeptemberSusceptibleA.M.5eM.5eM5e... Septembertemberember 282B the 140thl40th Infantry receivedreceived-

orders

recei-ved

received-

orders

recei-ved

received-

orders

recei-vedorders to push forwardtorwardtoward and . protect the right flanktlanklank oft troopstroops-

on

troops-

OD

troo-psODon their left . The advance was begun at 5t3051305:30530: as ordered andand-

oontinued

an-

dantino

and-

continued

ran-

domized

and-

continued

ran-

domizedoontinuedcontinued until 6:006008:00800: A.MAM. . when machine gun fire fromtr m the direcdirec-directdirec-

tion

direct-

iOD

direc-

tion

direc-

tion

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tiontiODiontied ofot A-PremJntAPremJntAprernontPreemptPregnant-A remontFremont , :ZxermontBxermontExermontZeroBelmontExperiment and LesLees FountaineFountain temporarily halhaltedhalted(-

67)War

halted-

the

halt-ed

tedted-

(67)War(67)War67War( ) DiaryDiary-140th

Diary-140th

the progress(67)progress67progrel(67)progrel67. . ( ) Att 9i4591459:45945: A.MAMA . M. , preceded at 150 meters by thethe-

tanks

te-

aksthe-

140ththe-

tanks

te-

aks140th InfantryIntantry ._

tanks , a second attack was made in1n the face ofot terrific machinemachine-

gun

machi-

ne

machine-

gun

machi-

ne

machine-

gun

machi-

negun and artillery firetire . Thee 140thl40th Infantry paid heavily forfor-

the

fo-

rte

for-

the

fo-

rte

for-

the

fo-

rtethe ground gained but succeededsuooeeded in reaching the crest ofot hlllhillhill-

east

hill-

iest

hill-

east

hill-

ieste.ltelteastCelt. ofot MontrebeauMountebank aoodsBroodsWoodsV oodeode at (2996)2996( ) and held this position dur-

(68

dur-

(68)War

dur-durdourdur-

(67)War

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(6868(66)War66War(68)War68War( ) War Dla17-140th

DiaryDla17 inglugKing the remainderremalnder ofot the daJ(68)daJ68day(68)day68daJ(68)-

Cn

day(68)-140th

day . (66)-

140th661-

40th( )

140th InfantryIntant17 .OnCn the leftlettlet ofot the line , preceded by a heavy preparato17-

concentration

preparatory(-69)Heroes

preparatorypreparato17preparatory(-69)Heroes(69)Heroes69Heroes(69)Beroel69Beroel( ) p 92 .

concentration , the Germans at 61306:306306 <: 30 A.MAM. . counterattacked the-(70)Flnal

thethe-(70)Final(70)Final70Final(70)Flnal70Flnal( ?0)Final0Final) Report-Gen.John

Rep-ortage

Report-Gen.John

Rep-ortage

ReportReport-GenJohn

Rep-ortageGenJohnGen.JohnGuenon*. J.PerahingpoaitionJPerahingpoaitionJ.PerahlngpolitlonJPerahlngpolitlonJ.PershingpositionJPershingpositionPredisposition. held by the 137th Infantry and 139th Intantrl(69)Intantrl69Infantry(69)Infantry69Infantry(69)-

pInfantry69-

pIntantrl(69)-

p. ( )

p 46-

(71)History

46(70)(71)7071( 70)70) ( 71)71) Thish18 was the hour Iesett fortortore the advance ofot these reg-

(71)H1Itorreg-

iments

reg-regGregreg-(71)Hi

-(71)H1Itor71H1Itor(71)History71History(71)Hi71Hi( ) tory, A.E.FAE.FAEFA.E.lAE.lAElABEAbel. . .ShipleyShipleShirleySimple, Thomas-

pThoma-

sThomasO8_ Incuts1mentlimentsLinocutspimentos on thisthilthinly date . (72)72( ) Thehe counterattackCOQDterattaok waswaaWada succesltul11successfullysuccessfully-

repulsed

success-fully

successfully-p

succesltul11-p

successfull-yp 253 .

repulsedrepulledrepelled , and in the instant1nltant pursuitpur.uitpuruit. ofot the enemyenemrenenqenderenema , dieorgan-dieorgandisorgan-disorgandivergentdisorganizedisorgan-IBeroel

disorg-anize

disorgan-

ization

dieorgan-(72)Beroes

-(72)Beroes72Beroes(72)Heroes72Heroes( ?IBeroelLiberal) p 93 .

ization1satioDinaction , alreadyalreadr considerablecons1derable aas. a result ofot the previous-

Digbt

previ-ous

previou-

snight's

previousprevious-(73)Author(73)Author73Author(73)Author's73Authors(7373( ) Author <,' II-o'b"Z'Yat1oll(73)Author'sobservationobservationo'b"Z'Yat1ollobZYat1oll'" ' ,. DigbtDingbatnight'snights' . advance , became auohmuohmuchautomouth greatergreater(73)greater73. (73)73( ) IItt will be noted ,

(74)Verbal74Verbal(74)Vorbal74Vorbal( ) reportsreport. however , that while this pursuitpurluipurlt re.ulreulirefulresulted. teelTel. lain further dil-at

dil-ate

dis-of

dis-co

dis-disdil-dildaisdialdis-of

dis-co

-ofat officersotficerofficer. with-purluit

with-pursuit

wi-thers

withwith-pursuit

wi-therspursuitpurluit at time . orgaaliationorsanilatloDorganizationmoralizationoscillator ofot elementselement. ofot the 35th DivisionDivilioDDevilwood , It alsoa180 resultedrelultedresulted-

in

resulte-

d.

In the completeoomplete annihilationaanihl1atloD ofot the eneReneenemy'senemysenellW'senellWsenemyentellus., ' . cOQDterattackimgcounterattackingcOQDterattackim-

gpartr

counterattac-king

counterattacking-

party

counterattac-king

counterattacking-

party(73)(74)

counterattacki-

ngparty7374

counterattackingp-

arty(73)(74)Aspartrpartyparr . (7aH7aH(73)73( ) (74)74(74)-

As

( 74)74)

AsI the advancea4vuoe CODcontinuedtiDue4 acrossaorolamoralI the L'Bsperanoe-ChauAronL'BsperanoeLBsperanoeChauAron'B8peranoe-Chau4roD'B8peranoeB8peranoeChau4roDL'Esperanoe-ChaudronL'EsperanoeLEsperanoeChaudronObservanceChurnEsperantoCauldronL ' --- - . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 .

'Farm'armarm Road , through the open fields , sloping upu to tnethetine northnorth-

and

northl-

and

north-

and

northl-

and

north-

and

northl-

andand IfiontrebeauJIontrebeauL6ontrebeauInfiniteJointure WoodsqWoodsWoodsiWoodsWoods q, iitt was again met wiwithth a torrentialtorrentiald-

ownpour

torre-ntial

torrentiald-

ownpour

torre-ntial

torrentiald-

ownpour

torre-ntialdownpour ofot eneReneenenyenemy machine gun and artillery fire from thethe-

(76)Von

the-

direction

he-

sitation

the-

direction

he-

sitation(75)Von75Von(76)Von76Von( ) GiehrlGiverGiehrl-Infantry

Giehrl-Infantry

direotiondirection ofot KzermontBzermontIzermontKermitBelmontPiedmont and fromtrvmterm the thirteen German fieldfield-Intant17

field-

batteries

feud-

atoriesfield-

batteries

feud-

atoriesIntant17Infantry JournalJournal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-August

Jou-rnalAugust 19211921-

p1921-

pbatteries locatedlooatedlooted in the eastern edge of the Argonne(75)Argonne75Argonne(75)-

From

ArgonneJargoned . (75)-p

(75)75(75)-

From

( )

p 135 .From the shelshelfsheltertertear ofot MontrebeauIIontrebeauntrebeauMountebankEntebbe1, Woods , tilethe eneReneeneuvenueenenyenemyvr machinemachine-

gunners

mac-

hinemachine-

gunners

mac-

hinemachine-

gunners

mac-

hinegunners , confidentoontidentnoontide in the advantage ofot their positionspositionss-

eemingly

posi-tions

,

aeeudnglyseeminglyseeding covered eveevery foottoot ofot space over which our trtrjopstroopstrjops-

must

tropi-

sms

troops-

must

tropi-

sms

opsoopsops-

(76)Heroe(76)Heroee76Heroee(76)Heroe76Heroe(76)Heroes76Heroes( ) . p 94 . must pa.I(76)pa.I76paI76pass. . (76)76( ) In their stand in IJUontrebeauMOntrebeauontrebeauJointureMountebankEntebbe Woods , thethe-

(77)Heroel

the-

enemy

He-

nley

the-

enemy

He-

nleyenearenemyendear made useUleYule ofot defensivedetensive tacticstaotiostation. similar to thosethoae ofot thethe-

early

eth-

ereally

the-

early

eth-

ereally

the-

early

eth-

ereallyearly daydq AmericanAJDerioanAdrian Indian . They were behind trees , and inin-

lmall

mi-

nimally

in-

small

in-

stall

in-

small

in-

stall(77)Heroes77Heroes(77)Heroel77Heroel( ) p 97 . lmallsmallmall ravinesravine. . Their pill boxes were in clusters . (77)77( ) OurOur-

men

Or-

en

our-

men

Or-

en

our-

men

Or-

enmen were able to forcetorcetore them out only by crawling up on themthem-

and

thr-

ead

them-

and

thr-

ead

them-

and

thr-

eadand U8using grenades and ritles(77)ritles77rifles(77)rifles77rifles . (77)77( ) ByBf, evening the woods andand-

(78)Von

and-

heights

can-

dlelight

and-

heights

can-

dlelight(78)Von78Von( ) G1ehrlGiehrlGiverGiehr-lInfantry

Giehr-lInfantry

heIghts ofot liontrebeaujbntrebeauMontrebeaulimoniteMountebank had been taken(7Btaken7Btaken(78)taken78taken(78)-

Von

taken . (76)76(76)-

Von

( )

IntatrlInfantryIntact JournalJournal-Augaat

Jou-rnal

Journal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-Auguet

Jou-rnalAugaatAugustAgate 19211921-

p1921-

pVonVan GiehrlGiver says1818 in1n his Battle ofot the MouselleuseMeuseleseMuse ArgQ1\IleArgQ1IleArgonneIsleJargonedArgocn-

edescribing\ ,

p 136116135 .delcriblogdescribingdecibel: September 26th28th26thThe28thThe: -TheThe"The-" .AmericanA.mer1canAmer1can losses10s8.s10s8s. were heavierheavier-

on

heavi-

er

heavier-

on

heavi-

eron thisthilthinly day t,tbutbutbut the German troops had also sufferedsutteredshuttered leverelJseverelyleveretseverely.-

In

severely-

In

severe-

ly

.

(79)Von79Von(79)'on79on( )' l1ehrlGiehrlGiverl1ehrl-Int

Giehr-linfantry

(Qiehr-lInfantry

In the 5th German DivisionDlvilioDLivelihood the battalionsbattalioDS musteredmuateredmattered no more-

than

north-

land

mare-

than

Ma-

rtha

moremaremore-

than

north-

landIntDintinfantry.tl7 JoJournalJournal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-Auguet

Jou-rnal

urnalurinalurnal-AUSU

uri-nalAUSUANUSAugustt 19211921-

P1921-

p1921-

pthan 5060 to 60.D60 -.men-.D.D , and thetbetube total effectivesoff olives ofot the 1stlot GuardsGuards-

Reglment

Gu-ards

Guards-

Regiment

Gu-ards

Guards-

Regiment

Gu-ardsP 136 .ReglmentRegiment amounted to scarcelyIcaroelJCarol )moreIJkreIkea than 300 _menn . The 62d52d DIv-DIvDIv-

illoD

Dev-

ilwood

Div-

ision

DivDiv-

ision

¬-

(80)Author80Author(80)AuthoZ't80AuthoZt(80)AuthoZ'tI(80)Author's80Authors( ) ' *' I isionilloDvisionmilord , however , had. not yetJet taken up itits. petition(79)petition79polltlon(79)polltlon79position(79position79petition(79)-

As

polltlon(79)-

AI

. " ( )

(80)AuthoZ'tQ(80)Author'sobservationQobservationbleable"_ tiolltoll .

AsAI a .mattert tertear ofot tactackfactt the condlcondoleconditiontioDtied ofot the lDtandittanyinfantryt17 ofot the-

16th

the-

35th

thethe-

35th(81)81(81)Statement81Statement( ) Statement otofot-

L.Col.C.Delaof-

Lt.Co1.C.E.Delaof-

Lt.Col.C.l.Dela-plane

of-

LtColCl.Delaplane

of-

Lt.Col.C.l.Dela

o-

fLtColClDelap-

laneL.Col.C.Dela-LColC.DelaL.Col.C.DelaLColCDelaLt.Co1.C.E.Dela-LtCo1CE.DelaLt.Co1.C.E.DelaLtCo1CEDelaCold' . . .. . - 35th16th DivisionDivilion onOD the night ofot SeptemberSiptember 26th28th did not differditterdieterdiffer-greatly

diver-gently

differ-greatly

diver-gently

L.Col.C.DelaplaetLt.Co1.C.E.DelaplaneplaetplanepleatplaetIntpatient, InfoInfotoInfoInfIntInfoDint . toto-

&u

to-

authorco-

authorto-

authorco-

author.. fromtrOll1I.t11It1 Chatthat ofot the'greatly, eneoyenlzqyenemyKenneybenzyl &as1 described4elcrlbed bybJ Von Glehr1GiehrlGiverGiehrl-

e0)(81)Gieh-

rle081.

&uuauthor& thOIhOI' In llaJ'ohllaJohLao'Xaroh-1923

rob1'211211923' (80)(81)8081( 80)80) ( 81 )

., 17 .

At 31253s253s 25 PLLP.MPMPL a rather,. ., reorganization , or a reassignmentreassignment-

had

reassignm-

enthad takenen placeplace(62)place62. (82)82( B2)B2) IItt will be remembered that late in thethe-

evening

thr-

eatening

the-

evening

thr-

eatening

the-

evening

thr-

eateningevening of the 27th , the 137th Infantry ( then left regiment-

ot

regime-

nt

regiment-

(82)Heroes

regimentregiment-

(82)Heroes(82)Heroes82HeroesB2)HeroesB2Heroes( ) p 97 . ofot reservere8erve brigade ) had been obliged to filltill a gap in thethe-

front

the-

reon

the-

front

the-

reon

the-

front

the-

reonfront line on the extreme left of the division . During thethe-

2Bth

the-

28th

the-

28th2Bth28th the 138thl38th Infantrylntantryentrant had pushed in on tnethetine right ofot the-

140th

thethe-

(83)Heroes(8383(83)Heroes83HeroesB3)Heroe8B3Heroe8( ) Heroes p 97 . 140th InfantryInfantry(83)Infantry83Intantry(83)Intantry83. (83)83( ) Thus the orderurdermurder of battle on the afterafter-after-

n

afte-

r

aftern-

oon

aftern-

oon

¬-

nnoonon ofot the 28th was , right to left-leftlett-lettletleft138thlettl38th: - 138thl38th Infantry (69th69th(69th-

Brigade

(69th-

Brigade

(69th-

Brigade

69th-

Brigade

(

Brigade ) , 140th Infantry (70th70th( Brigade ) , 139th InfantryInfantry-

(70th

Infantry-

(70th

Infantry-

(70th

Infantry-

70th(70th70th( Brigade ) , 137thl37th InfantryIntantry, (69th69th( Brigade ) . The Command-Command-Command-

1ng

Command-

ing

Command-

-ing

Comma-

ndin-gKin-

g-

1ngingKing Officer , 69th InfantryIntantrJInstant Brigade was yiYenGiven the left of thethe-

l1ne

the-

line

he-

mline

the-

line

he-

mlinel1neline , while the Commanding OfficerJff1cerifficer , 70th Infantry Br1gadeBrigadeBr1gade-

was

Brigade-

was

Briga-

de

Brigade-

was

Briga-

dewas given the right ofot the llneB3)T-

he

lineline(83)line83llneB3)llneB3line(83)-

The

. (8383( )

The Colonel , 137th Infantrylntantryentrant , who fromtromtromp fatigue had. beenbeen-

unable

ben-

dable

been-

unable

ben-

dable

been-

unable

ben-

dableunable to advance the night ofot the 27th , had pushedushedbushed forwardforwar-

dearli

forwa-

rder

forward-

early

forwa-

rder

forward-

early

forwa-

rderearliearlyearl: in the day and again taken over commandcoamand ofot h1his. regimentregiment.-

The

regiment-

The

regime-

nt.

The major who had been in cooaandcODllaJldcommandcoolantcollard during the greater part ofof-

hi

O-

hio

of-

his

oa-

fish

of-

his

oa-

fishhihis. absenceab.noeabnoeabode.. waswalwail evacuated8Yaoaated . The Lieutenant Colonel ofot the 138th138th-

Intan

138th-

Infantry

138th-

InfantryIntanInstantInfantrytry , who hadhsdsd been in commandoODlDalldoddball Isincen.oenoenode. September 2626thwhen26thwhen-

his

26th.when-

his

26thwhen-

his

th .,whenwhen-

h1h1his. Colonel wawas. woundedwODdedwadded , ftwas. killedk1lled .:. The. Colonel ofot the l39th139thl39th-

Intantr7

139th-

Infantry

139th-

InfantryIntantr7Infantry whwho had beooboobecome. lostlo.tlot. the night of the 27th-28th27th28th27th-26th26th- wawa-

sstill

Ba-

stille

waswa-

still

Bas-

tille

.

.tilltillstill. till absentabientambient . Anotherjaother colonelooloneloolong , .assigned. .1gD8d1gD8d. prior to the battle , aasas-

a

as-

a

.

a resultrelulellt ofot removal ofot brigadebr1rad.ebr1rade. commandersoOlllDl.DderloOlllDlDderl. at thathanthatt time , 1latelate-

in

lati-

nlate-

in

lati-

n. tete-

in

St-

einin reportireportreporting. , reachedreaohed CharpeDHarpeDCbarpentryCharpentryCarpentrytl7 duringduriDg the lalatete .evening.8n1ns8n1ns. .ek1DBek1DBseeking.seeking-

the

seeki-ng

. .ek1D-

Bthe_ the COCO9I41C auandiagUganda9I41ding. Officerotticerdottier , 69th lJInfantryfDtl7 BrlpBurlapBrigade.. , but failedta11.4ta114. to

1618 .

(84)Heroea84Heroea(84)Heroes84Heroes( ) p 969S98 . find him during the night . (64)64(84)84( ) Excepting the l40th140thl40th-

I

140th-

Infantry

140th-

InfantryIInfantryntantrentrant , , commanders had changed so rapidly that , while thethe-

units

te-

nnis

the-

units

te-

nnis

the-

units

te-

nnisunits were aacusabacusaacustomedaacuatomedaccustomedtomedtoned to frequenttrequent changes to meet the vagariesvagaries-

of

vagaries-

ot

vagari-

esotof thosetholehole in authoriauthorauthorityty , iitt was difficultdifticult to knowlalowallow who and wherewhere-

the

wher-

eat

where-

the

wher-

eat

where-

the

wher-

eatthe various unit commanders werewere(84)were84. ( S4)S4) it later developed thatthat-B5)Statement

that-(85)Statement

that-

the

thatc-

hed(65)Statement65StatementB5)StatementB5Statement(85)Statement85Statement( ) otofot-Maj.Bruce

of-

Maj.BruoeofM-

aj.BruoeUagruder

ofM-

ajBruoeUagruderMaj.BruceMajBruceMaj.BruoeMajBruoeMajorcaMarjorie. the Division Chief of otaffcltattStafftaffycleat and his assistant , 6G . 2 had beenbeen-I4agruder

been-Magruder

Be-rnard

been-

relievedI4agruderMagruderMarauder , 1InfInfoInf.-to

Inft-o

Int-o

nt .to author inin-

Marchin-

archingrelieved about this time . (86)-

i4arch(85)-

March(65)65(86)86(85)85(65)-

The

( )

i4archMarch , 1923 .The Division Commander had made long tours ofot pers\nalpersnalpersonalpeersnailpersnalr-

econna1ssance

personal-

reconnaissance

personal-

reconnaissance

\)

reconna1ssancereconnaissance which , under the conditions existing , enabledenabled-

him

enabl-

edenabled-

him

enabl-

edenabled-

him

enabl-

edhim to keep well informed on the progress of such small unitsunits-

as

uni-

ts

units-

as

uni-

ts

units-

as

uni-

tsas he could reach , but naturally prevented any control on hishis-

(86)Heroes

his-

part

wh-

isper(66)Heroes66Heroes(86)Heroes86Heroes(8686( )Heroes p 101 . part ofot h1Lhhis command *. (86)-

MOre

(86)-

More

(66)66(86)86(66)-

More

( )

More of the artillery had succeeded in getting forwardforward.-

One

forward-

One

forwardn-

ess

.

one battery ofat the 129thl29th Field Artillery was near CheppyChoppyChepp-

yanother

Hept-

ameter

.,

another ofat the 126th12Bth128th Field Artillery waswaaWada west ofot Very . TheTh-

e(87)Heroel

The-

(87)Heroes

The-

130th(67)Heroes67Heroes(87)Heroel87Heroel(87)Heroes87Heroes( ) p 93130th93 . .130tb130tb-130th130th.- Field ArtilleryArtillerl (155155(165165( mmman ) was in place at Varennes(87)Varennes87Varennea(87)Varennea87Varennes(87)-

A

Varennea(87)-

A

VarennesArdennes . ( S ? )

A steadysteadlsteal pour ofot rain had setlet in at 5:005006.00600:. I-Ir1.i1iI(88)- . . (88)88( ) TheTh-

eaid

Thr-

ead

ee-

BBHeroeaW-

ebber(8888(66)Heroes66Heroes( BBHeroea)Heroes p 97 .,aid stationsatationlactuation ofot the 137th Infantry , established in GermanGerma-

ntrenches

Germ-

antown

Germa-n(89)Author's

Germa-

ntrenches

Germ-

antown(69)Author69Author(89)Author's89Authors(8989( ) uthorauthor >' 11-

oblervations-

observationo-

bservation(89)Author'sobservationoblervationobservation ., trenches north ofot BaulnyBaul121Balmy , were liliterallyterallthrall , packed wiwithth woundedwounded-

.It

wounde-

dIt

wound-

ed

.

1I t became necessaryn.ce.l&17nce.l17ncel17. . & to lift11ft these wounded men out ofat thethe-

trenches

T-

erence

.-

trenches to preventpreTentpreteen their drowningdrown1Dg , which again exposed themthem-

to

ther-

mo

them-

to

ther-

mo

them-

to

ther-

moto severeS'TereSTereStereo' machine gun and artillery firetire . This cond1ticonditionn waswa-

sreported

wa-

sreported

wa-

sreportedreported to the DivisionDivi810D ComnanderCommander who immediately orderedordered-

evacuation

ordered-

evacuation

ordered-

evacuationevacuation ofot thethese.. men(69)men69men(89)men89*. ( )

. ' " . . ," .. . . ._ v.v.0. . . . ._ . __ ... . ' . : . . . . . ,.. . .-.0-.0-. .-

019

.-" _ .

19 .

SSE-fTLMBERSEfTLMBERfilbertE r"- i' EL M9 B E R 2929thth .

Orders for renewal of the attack at 5:505505:30530: A . . ., had beenbeen-

issued

be-nnies

been-

issued

be-nnies

been-

Issued

be-nniesissued during the nightni it Septembereptember 2829hese28-292829- . '-,Aese-heseheseEasethese orders reached(-

90)War

reached-

the

reach-

ed

reachedreached(-

90)War(90)War90War( ) Diary-l40th

Diary-140th

Diary the 140thl40th Infantry at 51255:255255 <: 25 A.MAMA.MeAMeAMEXA.lAl. . (90)90( ) The 138thl38th Infantry was toto-

pa.ss

to-

pmasts

to-

pass

to-

pmasts

to-

140thl40th140th InfantryIntantry .passpa.ss. through the 140th Infantry anaanand. continue the attack to-

(91)iieldto-

Exermont(91)

to(91)iield91iield(91)Field91Field(91)91( ) leldled Orders-1o.48,35th

Orders-Lo.48,35th

OrdersOrders-Lo.48.35thLo.48.35thLo48.35thLo4835th1o.48,35th1o.4835th1o4835thLo.48,35thLo.4835th. ., Div . fixermont(91)fixermont91Exermont(9lExermont9lExermont(91)Exermont91. ( ) The ISSthl38th138thSt Infantry did not receive Its attack-

order

attac-

kedattackattack(-

92)Message(92)92(92)Message92Message(92)1lessage921lessage( ) ssagesage R.I.ORI.ORIO. . . order until 6s4661456:45645: A.M(92)A.M92AM92AA.IAI. M. (92)92( ) The CommandingComroanding Officer , 140th Inf-InfInfoInf-138th

Inf-

antry

Inf--138th I-nf 13-8th

In-fo-

138th Inf.datedInfdatedlnt.datedlntdatedInflatedantedated.9:00900: AA.A1.29thAA1.29thAA129th. x.29x29: .29th29th. thth-

Septth-

etaantrygantry, ordered formationsfvrmations in column ofvt battalions with staggeredstaggered-

Septstagge-

redstaggered-

columns

stagg-ered

staggered-Sept

stagge-redSept . 1918 .

columnsCOlumnlCOlumn , scouts and connecting filestiles to "bebe" jn3nan frontfl'uJ.ltfluJ.ltfluJltfruitflufault' . of leading-

battalionlea-

dingleading-

battalionlea-

dingleadingleading-

battalionlea-

dingbattalion . While the formatiformatformatjnformationformat! n was beingbeiDgbeige taken up , peremptoryperemptory-

orders

peremp-

toryperemptory-

orders

peremp-

toryperemptory-

orders

peremp-

toryorders were received tlfisinfimfissionfilm, .mm., tr-trtrCornrnandingt--. .? CommandingCornrnandingContaining Officer , left brigadebrigade-

and

briga-

de

brigade-

and

briga-

de

brigade-

and

briga-

deand the officer lately relieved as chief ofot staff of the divisiondivision-

to

divisio-

n,

to advance . At this time the CommandineCommanding Officer , 140thl40th InfantryInfantryi-

nformed

Infa-ntry

Infantryi-

nformed

Infa-ntry

InfantryI-

nformed

Infa-ntryinformed hiehidehis brigade commander ( right brigade ) that thetl l38th138thl38th-

Infantry

138th-

Infantry

138th-

InfantryInfantry was approaching .anda.nd requested Instructions as to whether-

to

whetlJer-

to

wheth-

er

whittl-

er

whetlJerwhetherwhittler

to proceedroceedproceed as ordered by the Commanding Officer left brigade andand-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

emthe former chief of staff , or allow the 138thl36th136th Infantry to followfollow-

out

follo-

wfollow-

out

follo-

wfollow-

out

follo-

wout the division order , and make thetbetube attack . Thee rereplyly was toto-

go

to-

go

to-

gogo ahead . Before deploymentdeployrr.entdeployrrent. ofot the leading battalion couldcuuld. bebe-

accomplished

be-

accomplished

be-

accomplishedaccomplished the CoomandingCommanding OfficerOft1cer , left brigade , or the formerformer-

chief

for-mer

former-

chief

for-mer

former-

chief

for-merchief of staffstalf , ordered the battalion commander to advance w1th-

93

with-

out

with-withw1th-w1thwith-

(93)Wor

-

(93)Wor93Wor(93)War93War( 93 )War D1&1'-J140th

Diary-140th

DiaryD1&1'JD11J&' out further delay which he did in column . (93)93( ) TroopsTrvopaTrop ofot the 91891st-

Division

91st91st-140th

tt-

D1vision140th InfantryIntantZ7 .

DivisionD1vision onOD the rrightghtht statedltatedtatted at 9:409409140: A.MAMJ.lI4JlI4L.. IL.. thethey, had noDO ordersorder. to-

advance(94)

toto-

(94)Message(94)118119411811(94)M94M(94)Message94Message( ) ssagesage. trom-

C.O.70thfrom-

C.0.70thfromtromtrompfrom-

C

fro-mC.O.70thCO.70thCO70thC.0.70thC0.70thC070thC <. 0.70th070th. Inf.BrigInfBrigIDt.Br1gIDtBr1gInfringe. . aadvance(94)advance94vanoe(94)vanoe94. ( )

9(4094091409840( 4.3.2943.294329A.M.29thAM.29thAM29th.14.29th14.29th1429thA.M.29th-Sept.1916

. .14.29t-hSept.19l8

.[. thth-

Sept.l918Sept.1916Sept1916Sept.19l8Sept19l8Sept.l918Septl918Sept.l918-

S

.

20 .

The advance , which was made under heavy artillery firetire fromfrom-

three

fro-

thed

from-

three

fro-

thed

from-

three

fro-

thedthree directidirectdirectjusdirectionsdirect! ns and machine gun fire frjnntrumfromfernstrum ravines and woodswood-

scontinued

woo-

dcutting

,

cJntlnuedcontinued to fzermontExermontfermentExperiment where the remnants of the 2d and 3d3d-

Battalions

3d-

Battalions

3d-

BattalionsBattalions , 140th Infantry were consolidated at 9:409409140: A.MAMA.M-

(95)

A.-

M95

A-M95

. .

(9595(95)War95War( ) War DiaryDiary-140th

Diary-140th

(95)95( ) Our troops were to tnethetine west but owing to the severity-

of

severity-

ot

severi-ty

severityseverity-140th140th lntanlantanaInfantrytry .

otof the action no ccontactntactintact was made . Part ofot a battalion ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe 139139thth IntanInstantInfantrytry reached ExermontExermonExperimentExertiontatat 1010:001000: 00 A.MAMA . M"";: ,. and extendextend-extend-

ed

extend-

ed

extend-

ed

¬-

ed the line to the east . This positionpositlQnposit was maintained underunder-

inoreasing11

unde-

rincreasingly

und-

erinsures

unde-

rincreasingly

und-

erinsuresinoreasing11increasingly heavy firetire until 1:001001100: PP.MPM. . when an order fromfrom-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hedthe Brigade Commander directed withdrawalwithdrawal(95)withdrawal95. (95)95( ) IntDintInformationInformation-

was

Informati-

on

rmationrationrmation-

was

rati-onwas received that a position running nnortheastrtheastrheas fromtromtromp BaulnyBalmy toto-

.clisfontaine

to-

Ecliefontaine4.premunt

to-

Xclisfontaine-Apremont

t-

oXclisfontaineA-

premontP-

remonition.clisfontaine-.clisfontaineCalifornianEcliefontaine-4.premuntEcliefontaine4.premuntEcliefontaine4.premunt4premuntElementariness..clisfontaineremont- . remontFremont road , to the south and east of ChaudronCauldronChaudron-

Farmwas

Caul-dron

Chaudron-

Farmwas

Caul-dron

Chaudron-

Farmwas

Caul-dronFarmwasFairways, being prepared by the engineers and it was to thisthis-

line

hip-

line

this-

line

hip-

line

this-

line

hip-

lineline they were ordered to retire . The positionositlQnfossil was maintainedmaintained-

during

mainta-ined

maintained-

during

mainta-ined

maintained-

during

mainta-inedduring the remainder of the day . (95)-

OIl

(95)-

On

(95)95(95)-

(95)War

( )

OnOIl thehe leftlettlet oft1leof-t-he

o-fth-eof .-. _ the: line thee CorCoraCommandingnandingbanding Officer , 137thl37th Inf-InfInfoInf-

antry

Inf-

(96)Operations

InfInfoInf-

antry

-¬

(9696(96)Operations96Operations( ) Operat1oJ1sOperat1oJ1-sreport

antryentrygantry received the attack order at 4:204204120: AA.MAM. . (96)96( ) Findinglindingblinding manyman-

ytroops

mai-

ntops

man-yreport

ma-nrope

man-

ytroops

mai-

ntops(96)Operationsreport96Operationsreportreport l37th137thl37th-Infantry

137th-infantryP

137th-InfantryInfantryinfantryPinfantryPtroopsinfantry._ troops ofot the 139th Infantry intermingled with thosetholehole ofor thethe-

137th

the-

137th

the-

137th137th InfantryIntantrJInstant, , thethey, were formedtormedstormed up together &as8 etfeotivelyeffectivelyetfeotively(-

97)Hero

effectively(-

97)Heroes

effectively(-

97)Heroes

effectively-

97Heroes(97)Hero97Hero(97)Heroes97Heroes( ) .. p 103 asa8 was rpossible8s1ble in the darknessdarkne.sdarknes. of itontrebeauMOntrebeauIfontrebeauintonateMountebankLifetree Wooda(97)Wooda97Woods(97)Woods97Wooda(97)-

There

Woods(97)-

There

Woods . (97)97(97)(-

96)Operationsreport

( )

There was noDO evidence ofot the promisedpromd.edpromdedpomaded. artilleryartiller.y. barragebarrage-

At

barra-geat 5t305.105105s30. . "TheThe" 'hehe' barrage ordered bybl the division order forfor-

th11

for-

this

for-

ties

for-

this

for-

tiesth11this attackattaok. t taoktao: appearsaPFe&raPFerafter&' totu havebavebrave been fifiredred, by the 2d BaBattalionBattalion-

of

Battalio-

nt taltail ion

of the 126th128th Fieldl1eld ArtilleryArtl11er, preciselypreo1.elypreo1ely. at the hour orderedordered.-

The

ordered-

The

order-

ed

.

'bebeThe' barragebarrapBarr farted.tarte4tarte4started. on XI coordinateooord1ute 80.680680 . 6 and between YT co-coco-

(95)War

-co.alcoal

. " . . . ,.- . . . . . . .- . . .. . . . . _ . -. . . - - . - -. . .al---.al.al-

The

alt-

hea

.-.- - _ . .

(9BCol.Conrad9BCol.Conrad9BColConrad(98)Col.Conrad98Col.Conrad98ColConrad(96)Co96Co( ) I.ConradIConradConrad. . HH.-

LanzaH-

LanzaL-

ana. ordLlnatesord1natesordinates 01.501501.6016. and 03.0030. , giving a frontage ofot 500 meters forfor-

Lanzaorg-

anzafor-

each

fo-

refor-

each

fo-

reLanzaLana , F.AFA1.414. ., 1nin1n-

paperin-

paperdi-

pperin-

paperdi-

pperpaper on "TheThe"The-

35th""The-

35thThe-

35th" each battery(98)battery98batte17(9Bbatte179B. ( )

35th DivisionDiv1.ionDiv1ion. onon-

Septembero-

netimeon-

Septembero-

netimeon-

Septembero-

netimebattery(98)The

September 29th29th,-1918

29th1-918

, The advance under heavy firetire continued to a point northnorth1-

91Bnorth-

of

Nor-

th

north-

of

Nor-

th191B1918 :'

of MontrebeauMountebankntrebeauEntebbe Woods overlooking ExermontExperiment , where enfiladeenfilade-

machine

enfil-ade

enfilade-

machine

enfil-ade

enfilade-

machine

enfil-ademachine gun firetire tforcedrcedarced the detachmentdetaohment into cover of aa-

(99)Heroes

a-

ravine

A-

rvina-

ravine

A-

rvin(99Heroes99Heroes(99)Heroes( {) p 105 . ravine leading out of ExermontExperiment toward the wewest(99)west99t(99)t99. ( ) FindingFindin-

ghs

Findin-

gsFinding-

his

Findi-ng

Finding-

his

Findi-nghshis) detachment isolated and sufferingsutteringshuttering increasingly heavyheav-

ycasualties

heav-

ycasualties

heav-

ycasualtiescasualties , the detachment cocomaandercommander=auderlauder ordered his men to tallfalltall-

baok

tail-

back

fall-

back

fall-

backbaokbackbook on HontrebeauMbntrebeauMontrebeauHonoreeMountebank Woods . AnAD enemy counterattack againstagainst-

Ibntrebeau

against-

Montrebeau

against-

UontrebeauIbntrebeauMontrebeauInbreedMountebank Woods was repulsed during the morning . Early inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthe .afternoonai.fternoonaifternoon a 8ecJJsecizseizesec iididd eneReneenemyenerrrj counterattack in greater strengthstrength-

was

streng-

thstrength-

was

streng-

thwas launched *. With the assistance of the Division ArtilleryArtillery-

this

Artill-ery

,

this secsecondnd counterattackcvunterattack was beaten offoft by the remnants stillstillh-

olding

stock-

holding

stillh-

olding

stock-

holding

stillh-

olding

stock-

holdingholding ItontrebeauMOntrebeauIntonateMountebank Woods . The eneReneenemy counterattackouunterattack from thethe-

eaet

the-

reat

the-

east

the-

reat

the-

east

the-

reateaeteasteat had been more successfulsucceslful in that they succeeded in takingtaking-

a

takin-

ga number ofot prisonersr180nerl ., IncreasingInarea81ng enenyenemyeneRene forcestoro88 &appearedpearedpearled inin-

lOOHero.1

in-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

ter(100)Heroes100Heroes( lOOHero.1lOOHero1lOOHero.1-p

) . the ealt(100)ealt100east . (100)100( ) A4 messagemee.agemeeagemeager. from the Brigade CommanderCOlD'l8J1derCOlDl8J1der' directeddirected(-

101)Heroe

directed-

that

direct-

eddirected-

that

direct-

ed(100)Heroeip100Heroeip(100)Heroespp 109101 .

that the 137th and 139th InfantryIntantry falltall back on the posipositpositionposition-

being

posit-ion

position-

being

posit-ion

tionion(101)Heroe101Heroe(101)Heroes101Heroes( ) . belDgbeingbed prepared by ththee engineers on BaulnyBaullJ1Balmy RidgeRidge(101)Ridge101Ridge(101)-

The

. (101)101(101)-

The

( )(101)Heroeip101Heroeip(101)Heroespp 110 .

Thehe 110th110tn Engineer Regiment which , sincelinoeline Septembereptember 28th28th-

had

28th-

had

26th-

hadhad constitutedoonltltuted the DivisionDivi.1onDivi1on. ReserveRe.rveRerveReprove.. ,. worked in the open andand-

(102)Heroe

and-

under

land-

owner

and-

under

land-

owner(102)Hero102Hero(102)Heroe102Heroe(102)Heross102Heross( ) ®. under heavyhe.vlhevlCheval. firetire prepared a temporarytemporar1 defensivedefeneive positionposition(102)position102polit1on(102)polit1on102position(102)-

At

polit1on(102)-

At

. (102102( )

(102)Herosspp 111 .

At 1213012,30123012 , 30 P.MPM.,P.MPM. . our artillery had put a barrage on a Ger-GerGearGer-

maD

Ge-

rald

Ger-

man

GerGearGer-

man

¬-

manmaD counterattackoounterattaok threateningthreateniZ1l the detachmentdetaohment ofot the 139thl39th Int-IntInf-InfDintInfoInt-

ant17

Inf-

antry

infinfoinf-

antry

¬-

antryant17gantry .tilltillstill. till holdingholdiJJlhold KxermontIxermontExermontKermitPiedmontExperiment . ShortlyShort11 after thisthiethief ,. .seeing.eeiJ1geeiJ1g22 .

< enemyenemweneayenema troops in increasing numbers forming to his front andand-

flanks

san-

dbanks

and-

flanks

san-

dbanks

and-

flan

An-

deanflanksB , the officerfficer in conxnandcommandconned requested reinforcements , but-

was

be-

tas

butbut-

(103)Heroes(103103(103)Heroes103Heroes( ) Heroes was directed to fall back tto the line being preparedprepared(103)-p

prepared103-p

. (103)103(103( )

(103)Heroespp 112 .

As8 evening drew on it fjundfund the division entrenching along-

the

elong-

ate

along-

the

elong-

ate

alongalong-

the

elong-

atethe heights of BaulnyBaulryBalmyBurly Ridge , with small groups still holdingholding-

Mbntrebeau

holding-

liontrebeau

holding-

UontrebeauMbntrebeauliontrebeaulimonite Woods *.

Let us examine matters from the standpoint of thethe-

"Higher

the-

"Higher

the-

"Higher

the-

Higher

he-

ighten"HigherHigher" ConnandUoamandUomandCommandOakland " that we may get'Ingetingettingget 'InIn-in'- in idea of what was goinggoing-

on

goin-

ggoing-

on

goin-

ggoing-

on

goin-

gon and what was its effectetfect upon tnethetine infantry soldier in thethe-

Exermont

T-

extron

the-

Exermont

T-

extron

the-

EzermontExermontExperiment neighborhneighborneighborhoodod . "AfterAfter"AtterAtterLatter" the battle of September 26th26th-

and

,

and attempts to advance jninn the two succeesucceedsucceedingingKing days , whichwhich-

met

whi-

ch

which-

met

whi-

ch

which-

met

whi-

chmet with but little success , the First ArmyArmfArm , at 11x501115011:501150: P.MPMP.M-

.September

PM.-

September

PM-

September

Mis-

remember

. .

September 28th , issued Field ordersarderscarders No.2No2Ho.27Ho27No.27No27. ? , directidirectdirecting thethe-

continuance

the-

continuance

the-

continuancecontinuance ofot the attack by the Hidllld111d ,. VthwithVt andaDdaryl 1stlot CorpsCorps-

to

Cor-ps

,

to be made at hours to be designated by corps commandersconnianders-

but

command-

ers

,

but not to be later thrthFthrutheft ''' :0000;: 00OO A.MAM4.M4Mb.MbM. ., on the 29th . The 1stlot1st-

Corps

lot-

Corps

out-

crops

1st-

CorpsCorps , in which was the 35th Division , was given the missionmission-

to

missio-

nto drive the enemy through an east and westweatsweat line throughthrough-

jpremont

thro-ugh

through-

Apremont

thoro-

ughfare

through-

Apreaont

thoro-

ughfarejpremontApremontparamountPremonition . The ArmyArDrArmorArdor artillery was ordered nott to firetire south ofof-

a

so-

fa

of-

a

so-

fa

of-

a

so-

faa line throughthroQgh Dun-sur-MeuseiDunsurMeuseiDun-sur-MeulelMeulelDun-sur-MeuseMeuseslurMuseMule- - ; BanthevilleBathe :; and LaDdres-et-StLaDdresetStLandres-et-StLandresLaddersLandersLandres-et-St.-

Georges

LandresetSt.G-

eorgesLand-

res e-t St.Geor-ges

StGeor-ges

Laundre-sses

Land-ers

Steera-ges

- - .

GeorgelGeorgesGeorge , except afteratterLatter agreemenagreementagreementt with corpsCOrplCOrp commanderscOJllJlU1derl . "

"ThisThis"'!hilPhil arayuawarmyarrayaw fieldtieldtied order was-basedwasbasedwal.baledwalbaledwarbled-. on information I8rtlypartlyI8rtlyt-

rom

partlyf-

rom

par-tly

partlyf-

rom

par-tlytromfromtromp corps and divisionsdivisionldivisional as to the positionsolltionlcollation ofot fronttronttrot lineelineslinelines-

which

lin-

es,

which information waswaaWada in part incorrect , and raswrawresultedted in an-

erronloUI

ae-

rologist

an-

erroneous

ae-

ronauts

anan-

erroneous

ae-

ronautserroneouserronloUI estimatealtimateultimate ofot the 11situationtuatlontalon . 1Itt appears to have-

been

ha-

vehavehave-

been

ha-

vebebeen. tnethetine Intention to punueFluepursueprune , not to attackattaok , and the pro-23

pro-23

pro-propro-23

-23 .

. . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . _ . . _" ' _ ' 1.w1w,. . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . .AA. . _ . . . . _ . , . . ,

hibiibidhibitionhabitingtionion as to the use oofotf the artillearticleartillery was intended toto-

facilitate

to-

facilitate

to-

facilitatefacilitate the infantry advance by njtnotnt requiring iitt to bebe-

contineQ

be-

aconing

be-

confines

be-

aconing

be-

confined

be-

aconingcontineQconfinescontinue by slow accompanying fires of heavy artilleryartilleryl-

eavingartill-

ery,

leaving necessary artilleryartiller.y. support to the corpscJrpscraps and div-divdiv-

isiQns

div-

isions

div-

isions

divdiv-

isions

¬-

isionsisiQnsvisionsfissions . This seems8eems to have been a serious tactical errorerror-

as

erro-

rs

,

as will appear later , explainedexlainedexi.lainedexilained}. by acceptingaccetingaccenting} as true anan-

incorrect

m-

anicure

an-

incorrect

m-

anicure

an-

incorrect

m-

anicureincorrect idea that the Germans were retreating . ""

,"ThatThatt'l'hattlhat" '' ti.etietIJetzeUte:. troops of the 35th DivisionDivislvn , inirl their attackattack-

ot

attac-

kattack-

of

attac-

kattack-

of

attac-

kotof this date on ExermontExperiment , would be exposed to destructive frvntalfrontalfrvntal-

and

front-

alfrontal-

and

front-

alfrontal-

and

front-

aland enfilading fire fromtromtromp tnethetine German lines , had been foreseenforeseen-

at

forese-enat ArArmy Artillery Headquarters before the campaignoampaign started onon-

September

o-

netime

on-

September

o-

netime

on-

September

o-

netimeSeptember 26th ,. ;jnInn the 23d3d instant a letter jfvtof instructioDSinstructionsinstructioDS-

had

instructio-

nsinstructions-

had

instructio-

nsinstructions-

had

instructio-

nshad been sent to the Railway Brigade , directing preparationpreparation-

of

preparation-

ot

preparati-

onotof firetire fortortore use at the proper time , on German positions tacingfacingtackingtacing-

Exermont

facing-

Exermunt

fac-ing

facing-

Exermont

fac-ingExermontExermuntExperiment , and particularly Hill 160180 , and adjacent heightsheights-

which

heig-

hts,

which , as long as they remained in hostile hands would permitpermi-

tenfilading

permi-

tenfilading

permi-

tenfiladingenfilading firetire being broughtbroQght on American troops east of thethe-

Aire

the-

atre

the-

Aire

the-

atre

the-

Aire

the-

atreAireAires River . "

."AtAt.tAttAt" 1x3011301:30130: A.MAM. . September 29th Colonels Ward and WatkinsWatkins-

Corps

Wat-kins

,

Corps ofot Engineers , on duty with 03G3 ofot the First Armyrm1 ,. vieitedvisitedvieite-

dlirst

vett-ed

visited-

First

visi-ted

visited-

firstvisi-

tedlirstFirstlist jrArmy Artillery HeadquartersHeadquarter8 to discussdiscU8S the necessity-

of

necessity-

ot

necessi-ty

necessity

otof destroying enemyenemenema, observation statistaticstationsn. . TheseThe8e two officersofficers-

stated

offic-ers

officers-

stated

offic-ers

officers-

stated

offic-ersstated that the Commander in Chief had verballyyerbally directed thethe-

Corps

he-

ctors

the-

Corps

he-

ctors

the-

Corps

he-

ctorsCorps to attack on September 29th without regard to obJectiobJectobjectivesobjectives-

but

objectiv-

esee ,

but that G3 ofot the thirstHirstFirst Army had required in the viwrittenttenten order

24 .

issued , that the 1stlet Corps attack , tnethetine ForetFloret d'ArgonnedArgonnedrone' , toto-

include

c-

oincide

to-

include

c-

oincide

to-

include

c-

oincideinclude the BolsBoisBolls de ChatelChattel . lTheseese officers stated that ourour-

lossel

To-

ulouse

our-

losses

hou-

rglasses

our-

losses

hou-

rglasseslossellossesloosely on beptembereptemberSeptember 26th28th from hostile shell fire were overover-

500060005000 and thathanthattitit was imperative to have )morelZkre artilleryartillery-

assistanceartil-

leryartillery-

assistanceartil-

leryartillery-

assistanceartil-

leryassistance *. "

"ActingActing" upon the message received above , the First ArmyArm-

yArtillery

A-marillo

Arm-

yArtillery

A-marillo

Arm-

yArtillery

A-marilloArtillery at li401&401401x40& A.MAMAD1., ., and 1:55155: A.MAM. . , notified by telephonetelephone-

the

telepho-

ne

telephone-

the

telepho-

ne

telephone-

the

telepho-

nethe ChiefsChietsChits of artilleryartiller.y. of the VthVt and 1stlet Corps to makemak-

earrangements

mak-

earrangements

mak-

earrangementsarrangements for ararmy artillery assistance for attack thatthats-

ame

state-

smen

thats-

ame

state-

smen

thats-

ame

state-

smensame morningmorniDg , which could not be given them under14nder the writtenwritten-

field

writ-ten

written-

field

writ-ten

written-

field

writ-tenfield orders issued unless their corps requested it . TheTh-

echief

Te-

tchier

Th-

echief

Te-

tchier

Th-

echief

Te-

tchierchief of artillery , 1stlot Corps , replied that he lenewknewLeone nothing-

of

nothing-

ot

nothin-

gnothing

otof the proposed attackatta.ck. but would start on the work required . "

"AtAt" 11:001100: P.MPMP.MePMeMe: . . on the 28th of September , the is1stt A.rtDyArtDyArmy.ArtyA.rtD-

yCorps

Party-

goers

Army-

Corps

Ar-mco

Army-

Corps

Ar-mcoCorps issued their Field Orders Lo.60Lo60No.GONoGONo.60No60Nook. , directingdireoting all divisions-

tj

division-

st

divisions-

to

divisio-ns

divisions

tto advance at 5:305306:30630: A.MAM..*. on September 29th . Nothingoth1ng is saidsaid-

as

sai-

dsaid-

as

sai-

dsaid-

as

sai-

das to objectivesobJeotives and in this respect the order oorrespondscorrespondscorresponds-

to

oorresponds-

to

correspon-

dsto tnetiletriotine verbal directions attributed to the ConnanderCOllmUlderContenderCommanderColluder in ChiefChief-

by

Chi-

ef

Chief-

by

Chi-

ef

Chief-

by

Chi-

efby Colonels Ward and WatkinsWatkini . This same order directs thethe-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evisiondivision artilleryartiller.1artiller1. to support the infantry advance and specifiesspecifies-

that

specif-ies

specifies-

that

specif-ies

specifies-

that

specif-iesthat two gunsgunlgun will accoaccaccompany each leading infantry battalionbattalion.-

The

battalionT-

he

battali-on

.

heThe! corps artillery is directed to concentrate on hostilehostile-

batteriesho-

stilehostile-

batteriesho-

stilehostile-

batteriesho-

stilebatteries , and later to advanceadvaDce by echelon . It should be notednoted-

that

not-

ednoted-

that

not-

ednoted-

that

not-

edthat the advance ordered in the corps field order does notnot-

correspond

ant-

icorrosion

not-

correspond

ant-

icorrosion

not-

correspond

ant-

icorrosioncorrespond with the attack specified in the ararmy field orderjrder-

which

rderorder ,

which waswalwail issuedlsluedslued apparentlyapparentl1 later than the corps order ,. "

25 .

"InIn" all , the arnyarmy had . about 95 heavheaveheavyheavyrunschevrons)' :/runsrunsfUDSfeuds/ avaiavailavailablela.blelablelabile. toto-

support

t-

ossup

to-

support

t-

ossup

to-

support

t-

ossupsupport the attack in the general sector of the 35th DivisiDivisionDivisionDivision.-

Due

Division-

Due

Divisi-on

n .

Due to ArArnyArmy Fieldieldfield Orderirderbirderrderorder , they ccoulduldauld , notnvtvt be used unlessunless-

specifically

unless-

specifically

unless-

specificallyspecifically asked for by the corps . The ArArmy chief of art(-

104)Col.Conrad

art-

illery

art-artart-

illery

-

(104)Col.Conrad104Col.Conrad104ColConrad( ) . H ., illeryMiller, offeredotfered their use to the corps chief of artilleryartillery.T-

here

artilleryT-

hereartill-

ery.

LanzaLana , liA., ., inin-

paperdi-

pperin-

paperdi-

pperpaper on "TheThe"The-

35th" e 'l'herelhereTherehere'' is nonu record of any request for the use of thithinthiss art-artart-

35thart-

illery

artart-

illery

¬-35th Division onon-

Septembero-

netimeon-

Septembero-

netimeSeptember 29th , illeryMiller 'being'being received , frumfromforum thetbetube C01.IuntilcorpsC01.I-\C01.I.-\ .. until late or.., the afterafter-after1-916

after-

noon

after-

noon

¬-191619161916(-

105)Von

;'

nnoonon of the 29th . The battle waswa.s. fought wiwithouttlJout the aid ofof-

this

O-

tisof-

this

O-

tisof-

this

O-

tisthis artillery , due apparentlyapparexltlyapparel to mistakenmista.ken. belibeliebelieff at arntfarmyantarnt-

fheadquarters

arm-

yheadquarters

arny-

headquartersheadquarters that its useUS6 was not needed.ltneededltneededneeded . " (104)-

The

(104)-

The

(104)104(104)-

The

( )

The day hadJrovenandrogenhad !provenJrovenProven mostrDJstmastDJs disastrous . Von GehrlGerald says-sayssays-

"The

says-

"The

says-"-

The

sa-ys

"T-he

T-he

: -

"TheThe" main blowbloVibovid of thetbetube Americans was this time directeddire-cteddirectedacted- atat-

Exermont

T-

extron

at-

Exermont

T-

extron

at-

Exermont

T-

extronExermontExperiment and the Valley of the QesnesleanesGesnesQueasinessleanestGenes , running thence eastwardeastward.-

At

eastward-

At

eastwa-

rd

.

At 1m:001m00l1 :tOO00 A . . the enecyenemyeneuWKenneyrenew , assassisted1 stedsteed by tan.cstancstanstan ..ss<. s , had broken throughthrough-

at

through-

outat ExermontExperiment anand beyond , but was flung back again on to andand-

(105)Von

and-

past

ana-

paest

and-

past

ana-

paestpast ExermontExperiment by the entrance into the struggle of the reg-regGregreg-

imenta

regi-

mental

reg-

iments

regGregreg-

iments

¬-(105)Von105Von( ) GiehrlGiverGiehrl-Infantry

Giehrl-InfantryInfantry JournalJournal-August

Jou-rnal

Journal-August

Jou-rnal imentsimentapimentosmental ofot the 52d Division *. Thehe German counterattack waswas-

then

was-

hmen

was-

then

was-

hmen

was-

then

was-

hmen

August 19211921-

P1921-

p 135 .P then -pushedI-ushedIushedbushed forward upuF to EsperanoeEsperanceEsperanto Farm and I&Atontrcbeauli&JntrebeauliJntrebeauntrebeauEntebbe WoodsWood-

sand

Woods-

man

,

and TronsolTonsil .Farm.Farm was retaken . ThisTldlTall attack of the 52d DivisionDivision-

supported

Divi-sions

,

supported on 1itsts right and left by the remainder of the GuardsGuards-

Dlv1.i0J1s

Guard-

sDivisions

Guard-

sDivisionsDlv1.i0J1sDlv1i0J1sDivisions. , temporarily , but seriously , shook the American trontfronttrotfront-

until

fron-

ton,

until'until.' the GermanGerlI8Zl attack was stoppedstoFPed by the br1nbringingiDgID up ofot strongstrong-

American

Trans-

america

strong-

American

Trans-

america

strong-

American

Trans-

americaAmerican reserves , together with fightingtight1ng and bombing squadronssquadrons.-

The

squadrons-

The

squadro-

ns.

The 26th28th and . 35th .AA.AmericanJerloanJerboa DivisionsDivision8 'bore'bore the brunt ofot the-

t1gb

the-

fighting

he-

ighten

thethe-

fighting

he-

ightent1gbfightingt1ng here and Bufferedsutteredsufferedshuttered exceedingly heavheaveheavy)' losses10s8e. ,. partly duedue-

to

du-

et

due-

to

du-

etto flanking firetire fromtram artillery In the ArgonnewArgonaeeAgnewArgonrgoDD8 , (105)105( 06)06)26o . .

. . _ _ _ _ . . . ._ _ _ .. . , .. . ' _ MwMMw __ . . _ . . _ . . _ . , _ _ A ' ._ .. , _ . . . ' - ,

"TheThetiThe" orders of the division commander to SetlSetsend.. forwardforwa.rd. 7brmD75mn7brm-

Dguns

75mn-

guns

7 m-

mguns

m-

agusguns , and corpscorFsCoors orders directing that two guns accompany eacheach-

leadinc

dead-

heading

each-

leading

dead-

heading

each-

leading

dead-

headingleadincleading infantry battalion , were nut carried out(106)out106. " ( ) "TheThe"The-

Germans

"The-

Germans

"The-

Germans

The-

Germans

Ste-

ersman

"

Germans used accompanying gunsun8 on this date as on other occasionsoccasions-

with

occasi-ons

occasions-

with

occasi-ons

occasions-

with

occasi-onswith infantry on the defensive . The guns were placed in lineline-

previous

imp-

ervious

line-

previous

imp-

ervious

line-

previous

imp-

erviousprevious to the fight ,; no RttRattyatteacptattemptattractmptempt was made to move them therethere-there-

after

there-

after

there-

after

-¬-

after ; and if the attack against them succeeded , they werewere-

abandoned

were-

abandoned

were-

(106)

wer-

e106(106)Col.Conrad106Col.Conrad106ColConrad(106)Col.Cunrad106Col.Cunrad106ColCunrad( ) ColCool . Conrad H .abandoned . Thishisg is quite different from placing them in the-

attack

he-

artache

the-

attack

he-

artache

thethe-

JS

the-

seLanzaLana , F.AFA. . inin-

paperdi-

pperin-

paperdi-

pper ononliThemonolithliThe"TheTheliTh-e15th

"The-

35th"paperJS Division on attack to advance against similar concealedconcea.led. guns sujportedsUIIortedsulportedsupported, by-

the

b-

yte

by-

the

b-

yte

byby-

September15th35th Division on-

Septembero-

netimeon-

Septembero-

netimeSeptember 29th29th,-1916

29th1-

916,

', the infantry and machine gunsguns(106)guns106gunsl06)gunsl06guns(106)-

"It

gunsl06)-

"It

. " (106106( )

19181918.111918111918.1-

1"The

.;

"ItIt" would appear frjmfr.Jmfrimfarmrim. the records of messages sent withinwithin-

the

with-

inwithin-

the

with-

inwithin-

the

with-

inthe 35th Division that the relations between the divlsijnd1vis1JDdivision commancomman-Commandcomma-

nder

comma-

nder

comma-

nder

¬-

derdeer and the cOcommandingindingbinding general of his artillery brigade were ofof-

a

so-

fa

of-

a

so-

fa

of-

a

so-

faa formal anand unsatisfactory nature , and that written communicommuni-communecommu-

nications

commu-

nications

commu-

nications

¬-

cationscaptions were exchanged between officers at the same place whenwhe-

napparently

whe-

napparently

whe-

napparentlyapparently verbal conversations would have securedlecuredlectured , better resultsresults-

had

resu-

lts

,

,,p n[\ rAr f(f-

goodg-

ood' "

had the officersofticers been on-n

Bon-n

on good terms wiwithth oac-oacoa-oaaztie-aztie.-acKatieoacanooa&JIgoceanaztieaaotbwr.11(106)-- ano&JIgJIg&Canoaaotbwr.11(106)aaotbwr.11106aaotbwr11106aaotbwr.11(106)-

"in

thertberethertuber . " (106)106(106-

)'In

( )

"'InIn"in' n addition to the ababoveve correspondencecorre8pondence between the divisiondivisionc-

ommander

divi-sion

divisionc-

ommander

divi-sion

divisionc-

ommander

divi-sioncommander and his artillearticleartillery brigade cjmiiandercumDandercommandercommandeer , the divi8iondivisiondivi8ionoO-

DlD&J1der

divisiono-

ommander

divi-sion

divisionc-

ommander

divi-sionoODlD&J1deroODlDJ1deroommandercommander& appears to have made a reportre'ortreort}.' , nonott foundtoundpound on filetile , toto-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

otethe corps commandercODllaJ1der , to which the corps commanderoommander replied atat-

6:40

at-

6408:40840: A.MAM4.M4M.MM. . on the 29th ofot September : 'IfIf'ItIt' yyourur artillearticleartillery brbrigadebrigadec-

ommander

bri-gade

brigadec-

ommander

bri-gade

gadegladegadec-

OlIDD&DdercOlIDD&DdercOlIDDDdercommander& Is nnotnutt giving full support8upport and is not to you a satissatis-satinssatis-

tac

artis-

tic

satis-

factory

satis-

factory

¬-

tactackfactorytory and loyal commandercODlDanderoommandercolander ,. you are authorized to relieve him,. '

AnAD examinationexam1nationezamination ofot the tilefiles. ofot the 35th DivisionDivilion fortortore the 29th29th87

2'12127' .

of September does not show any further cooimmicatiunscommunicationscodifications between-

the

betwe-

en

between-

the

betwe-

en

betweenbetween-

the

betwe-

enthe divisiondivisivn commander and the artillery commander until 12:0012001 :00-(107)

00-107

:

(107)107( ) Col.ConradColConradColorado. H .LanzaLana , F.AFAi.AiA. ., in noon , onaD the d9th29tb29th< of eltemberSeptembertelemetrybe} ! tember , which message is given belowbelow.-paper

below-paper

blow-pipe

.paper on "The-

35th"The-

35th"TheThe"The-

35th"

35th Division on Apparently confidence between the division commander and hishis-September

ins-usceptible

his-September

ins-usceptible

his-September

ins-usceptibleSeptember 29th29th,-1916

29th1-916

,1918 . " field artillery commander did not exist , and naturally liaison-

was

liais-on

liaison-

was

liais-on

liaisonliaison-

was

liais-onwas bad1107)bad1107ba.d(107)ba.d107bad107bad(107). . " ( ) ( KoteNoteKate ) Message referredreferre, to is not availablea.vailable. .

2628260,.

5SEPTEMBERE P T E M B E R 30th .

The flanking fire of the proceedingpreceedingpreceding days was less severesevere.-

Units

severe-

Units

reve-rent

.(106)Heroes106Heroes(108)Heroes108Heroes( ) p 114114-

(109)Heroes

11-

4109Heroes

.Ul'litsUllitsUnitsUplifts' on the flanks njwnw occupied ApremontAIremontPremonitionAgreement, and EClistonta.ine(106)EClistonta.ine106EClistontaine106Eclistontaine(106)EClistonta.ine(106)(-

109)Heroes

Eclistontaine(106)-

The

Eclistontaine106T-

he

. . ( )

(109)Heroes109Heroes( ) p 115 . The 136thl38th138th InfantryInfa.ntry. reported a tototaltaaltalc strength of 053853 men(109)men109men(109)-

The

menmen(109)-

The

men109T-

he

. (109109( )

The 129th Machine Gun Battalion reported ., abouta.bout. 150 men and 1919-

(110)Heroes

19-

guns(110)

19-

guns(110)Heroes110Heroes( HOHeroesShoetrees) p 116 . gunsguns(110)guns110. (110)110( llOlO ) Detachments were still holding out in MOntrebeauMountebankMOntrebea-

ulllHeroes

Montrebeau-

Woods

iibntrebeau-

Woods(111)Heroes111Heroes( lllHeroes) p 119 . Woods and ChaudronGhaudronChaudrunCauldronHadrianChurn Farm , covering evacuation of the woundedwounded(111)wounded111wounded(111)T-

wo

woundedIllwounded. ( Ill )

Two counterattacks were repulsed wiwithoutthouttout losslos of groundground-

during

grou-

nded

.

(112)112( ) Our Greatest-Battles

Grea-test GreatestGreatest-Battles

Grea-testduring tnethetine day(112)"Aday112Adq(112)"Adq112A. ( ) " battalion of the 62d82d Division brought ulupup-

to

upto-

wn

up-

to

upto-

wn

'

Battles .Palmer p 192 . to renew the attackattaok on the 30th met a killing barrage wbichwhichwhich-

warned

wire-

haired

which-

warned

wire-

hairedtll3)tll3M3)M3113)113) Our Greatest-Battles

Grea-testGreatestGreatest-

BattlesGrea-test

warned comianderscommanderscorianders that advancing one freshtreshthresh battalion was onlyonly-

throwing

only-

throwing

nlyonlynly-

Battlesm-

yrtlesBattles .Palmer p 191 . throwing more cannonoannon fodderflJdderfolder into the ravine . " (113)-

Late

(113)-

Late

(113)113(113)-

Late

( )

Late in the afternjonatternJonafternoon of S8temberSeptember, 30th orders were re-rere-

oeived

re-

ceived

re-

ceived

rere-

ceived

¬-

ceivedoeivedcleavedoeuvre that the division was to be relieved the nightnjght of Sept-SeptSept-

ember

aept--

ember

ae-pt

em-

berad-

epteIt-eItediteIt(-

114)Her08s, -

(114)Her08s114Her08s(114)Heroes114Heroes( )(114)Heroespp114Heroespp(114)Her08spppp 119 and 120 . ember 30thOctober30thOotober30th-30th- OctoberOotober 1stlot by the 1st DivisionDivi8ion ,. the artillery re-rere-

maining

re-

maining

rere-

maining

¬-

mainingmaiming until the 2d of JcJctjberJotvberOctoberJobbertobtomb er and the Sanitary Train two daysdays-

longer

day-

longdays-

longer

day-

long

days-

longer

day-

longlonger . (114)-

The

(114)-

The

(114)114(114)-

The

( )

The division had advanced twelve and onevnevane half kilometers-

(116)

kilometer-

s116

kilometers .

(116)116(115)115( ) A.mer1oanAmer1oanAmericanAmerican-Army

Americ-ana

.American-Arny

Americ-ana

(115)115( ) Its casualtiescasualt1es during the battle amounted to thirty-thirtythirty-

three

thi-rty

thirty-

three

thi-rty

thirty--

three

thir-ty

thr-ee

-Armytl/8tl8/ la121in thethe-World

othe-

rworldlythe-

Worldothe-

rworldlythe-

Worldothe-

rworldlyWorld Wariiiter.B-rowne

terB-rowne

ter-rene

' . three and 77/10077100/ per centoentont ofIJt its strength . But two AmericanAmerican-

divi810ns

America-

ndivisions

Americ-

anization

America-

ndivisions

Americ-

anizationBrowne - p 143i143143-

i(116)0ur

.divi810nsdivisions engaged in this battle sufferedsuftered casualties so heavyhaavy-

and

Shav-

ian

,

(116116(116)0ur1160ur(116)Our116Our( Jour) 11011-0D

110-

Days110-

DaysDDayss FightingFighting-Page

Fight-ing 'Fighting-Page

Fight-ing

1gb tingting-Page

tinp-

lateand one of these , after being withdrawn , was again sent intointo-

the

inst-

ate

into-

the

inst-

ate

into-

the

inst-

atePage - p 275276 .

the battlebattle(116)battle116. (116)116(116( )

29 .

NANALYSISLYSISLYSES AUDBDAND!AUDI CRlCarlCRITICISM-

The

Criticis-

m

CRITICISMCRITICISM-

The

Criticis-

m

ICISKICSICISK-

The

Icie-

stThe methods of instillinginltilling disciplinedilcipline by meansmeanamean ofot tearfeartear-

and

ear-

ned

fear-

and

far-

adfear-

and

far-

adand hate , asaa employedemploled during the early part ofot the trainingtraining-

periodtrain-

ingtraining-

periodtrain-

ingtraining-

periodtrain-

ingperiod naymay have their place . Certainly they are not eftectiveeffectiveeffective-

In

eftective-

in

effectiv-

edefecti-

vein handling Intelligent Americans ofot theyoung anti-conscien-anticonscienanti-oonscien-oonscienconscienceanticonscien-

tioueobJector

antioonscien-

tiousobjector

anti-oonsoien--

tiouB-objector a-nti oons-oien tio-uB obje-ctor ons-ide IO-U - -

tioue-obJectortioueobJectortious-objectortioustoqueious- typet7pe In time ofot war . 'Their'lheirlheirheir! respectreapect mustmuatmat bebe-

gained

re-

gained

be-

gained

re-

gained

be-

gained

re-

gainedgained by a demonstrated knowledge ofat the militarymdlltar.ymdlltarymedullar. protessionprofessionprocessionprotession-

and

processi-

onprofession-

and

professi-

onprofession-

and

professi-

onand abiliabilityabilitytJ to lead them . Shortcomings cannotoannot be concealed blbyby-

bluff

b-

blby-

bluff

b-

blbluff and blusterbluaterbloater ., The youndyond men who will maicemakemalice up our tuturefuturetuture-

armie

future-

armies

furri-

eries

future-

armies

furri-

eriesarmiearmies. , thoughtho\JghthoJghthouJag\ lackinglackiDg , as did the 36th35th Division , much thatthat-

might

ham-

ming

that-

might

ham-

ming

that-

might

ham-

mingmight be deilredde.1redde1reddesireddefiled. In millmilitaryt&17t17& training , will be men who livelive-

under

liv-

ener

live-

under

liv-

ener

live-

under

liv-

enerunder the .competitiver.ompetitiverompetitive systemslltemsullen -- ththey are keen observersoblerverobserver. ., Ju4gesjudgesJu4ges-

ot

judges-

of

judg-

es

Judges-

of

Judg-

esotof men , and they will recognizerecogni.erecognie. the blufferblufter the minute he i8isis-

so

is-

oIs-

so

Is-

o80so unfortunateUDtortuDateDetruncate as to appear among them , while they will tallowfollowtallow-

the

tallo-

wfollow-

the

follo-

wfollow-

the

follo-

wthe real leader unhesitatingly .

Thee all too frequenttrequent changesChangelChange , particularly iDlD8d1atelyimmediatelyiDlD8d1atel-

ypreoedins

immediately-

preceding

immed-iately

immediately-

preceding

immed-iatelypreoedinsprecedingpreordains a major engagementencasement ., In officersofticerlloftier commanding higherhigher-

1mi

higher-

units

hig-her

higher-

units

hig-her1miunitst. - brigadesbrigaulburial and r.gimenrgimenregimenregiments. ts - doedoes. DOnott tend to increasincreaseincrease-

the

increa-

seIncrease-

the

Increa-

se

.

the efficiencyetticlenoyreticently ofat the forcetorcetore as a whole . Theihehe commandcODlalldcommendcola ofat twotwo-

lntaD

wo-

nted

tw-

oinfantry

tw-

oInfantrylntaDltdinfantrytry brigadesbrigade. and three iDtusituInfantrytry regimenregimentstl was changedchanged-

within

chan-ged

changed-

within

chan-gedwithin a week precedingpr.oedingproedingprodding. the battle . Without exception , thethe-

I

thei-r

the-

officers

th-

eorizers

the-

officers

th-

eorizersII-

otticerlB-

ittierotticerlofficersdottier relievedreliev.drelievd. hadbad been subjectlubJeotlube to observationob.ervatioDobervatioD. bybl the Div-DivDi-

vilion

Div-

ision

Div-

ision

DivDiv-

ision

¬-

isionilionvision CommanderCOlllll8Dder severalI.yeralIyeralSierra. monthsmonth. prior to their reliefrelietrelit , and itifit-

their

pi-

thier

if-

their

it-

chier

if-

their

it-

chiertheir reliefrelit, wawas. justifiedUltitiedtMultipliedUltitiedtoertaiD11, certainlyoertaiD11 there Is18 noDO justificationJUlt1tioatlonjustification-

la

JUlt1tioatlon-

in

justification-

in

justificatio-

nlain puttingputtiDlputtied It offottOtto untilUDti1 thisthilthinly laflateleaf datdaftdate. .

30 .

Shei'heihehel' e same is true jfoff the general staffstattstat officers of thethe-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evisiondivision , two jfiff whom were relieved during the battleattleRattle .

.furtheriurther.eurthereurther 1itt appearsapears} the relief of the artillery brigadebrigadec-

ommander

bri-gade

brigadec-

ommander

bri-gade

brigadec-

ommander

bri-gadecommander was contemplated during the battle , due to lack ofof-

cooperation

v-

ociferation

of-

cooperation

v-

ociferation

of-

cooperation

v-

ociferationcooperation withandwithed, layaltylaaltyloyaltylaity, to the division commandercommande-

r.Picture

commande-

rPicture

comm-ander

.

icturepicture} the Division CommanderGommander , in the midst ofot battle , ono-

nofficial

u-

nofficial

o-

nofficial

u-

nofficial

o-

nofficial

u-

nofficialofficial terms with his artillery, commander , obliged toto-

communicate

to-

cozm

T-

osco

to-

communicatecommunicatecozmcom unicatetunicate his wiwishessheasheaf in wriwritwritingtiJJgting and to add. the word "im-"imim"im-

peratively

"im-

peratively

"imim"im-

peratively

" -¬-

perativelyoperatively " to his instructions . 1Itt was the .dutyd.uty of thisthis-

art11le

this-

artillery

this-

artilleryart11leartillery commander to render fulltulltulle and complete obedience toto-

and

to-

ad

,

and cooperation with the planslanBlamb ofot the Division CommanderCommander-

.In

Commande-

rIn

Commandeer-

ing

.

In the facetacetrace of thithinthis. situatlsituatesituationn , the Division Commander , feel-feelfeel-

ing

feel-

ing

feel--

ing

fe-el

in-g

Ki-ng

-

ingKing as he did , should not have hesitated . He did go so tarfartar-

as

tiar-

as

far-

as

fara-

ds

far-

as

fara-

dsas to ask permission to relieve his artillery commander , butbut-

having

but-

chering

,

having obtained it , did not act .

Thefnefane Division Commander'sCommanders' verbal order , prior to thethe-

battle

he-

atless

the-

battle

he-

atless

the-

battle

he-

atlessbattle , that his uniZuniunitt conmanderscorrmanderscommanders UJLDI-.JI.JI.JJLs.DLsD.-)AULD. - that they accompa.l1Jaccompal1Jaccompanyaccompa.l1-

Jthe

accompany-

the

accompa-

ny

accompany-

the

accompa-

ny.

the advanced elementselementeelement ofot their respective commandscommandacommand , made otofott-

hem

go-

tten

of-

them

of-

ten

of-

them

of-

tenthem squad andud pIaApiaplatoontoantan ooonandersCODlD8Dderlcommanders , and in some insinstancestlulcestulles ,

ooutsaeoutlscoutsoutsSeoul within the .nene.enemy'senemysenema'senemasenemy' 1 lines11ne8 , rather than brigade and reg-regGregreg-

imental

reg-

imental

regGregreg-

imental

¬-

imentalmental ooniBandersoommanderacon'andersconanderswoodlanderscommandercommanders' .

'SheShe1111eThe' requirement in1n the division'sdivisions' iniminiinitialtialtail attack orderorder-

that

ord-

erorder-

that

ord-

erorder-

that

ord-

erthat the division reservereserYe followtollowtallow the assaultalsault units at notnot-

JWI

nit-

wit

not-

'e

not-

more

mo-

toredJWI:.WI'ee' taDtjiantiantitan) two kilometerskilo.terskiloterskilter. , shouldIhould have peclfiedapecif'ieapecifiespecified' . that 1itt follow-

at

follo-

w

followtollowtallowfollow-

at

follo-

wat not .toto!.less than one kilometer , thus conservingoODserYiJJgwoodsier man power.Ipowerpower -.I.I-.-A31

31 .

and. really conformingcontorUlingcontouring to the principle ofvt formationforllntiunFlorentine in depthdepth.-

Had

depth-

Had

dep-

th.

Had this provision been Included , one ofot the most disastrousdisastrous-

blunders

disastr-ously

disastrous-

blunders

disastr-ously

disastrous-

blunders

disastr-ouslyblunders of the engagement , and a large perlJerleer centageentangle ofot thethe-

10s8

the-

losses

he-

llosthe-

losees

the-

rmoses10s8lossess wouldwoul.d:. , have been avoided. .

The action of the CojcmandengCommanding Officer of a regiment ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

tt-the

t-

hethe division reserve in committingcommUting his commandcomriandcoriander , to the engageengage-engage-

ment

engage-

ment

engage-

ment

¬-

mentmeant without cause , wiwithoutthouttout !permissionJermisslJnEriksson ofooflaiowledge':" k110wledgeknowledge ofot 81eithereither-

his

eith-er

either-

his

eith-er

theretherther-

his

theo-

rieshis Brigade or Division Commander , proves the grave responsiresponsi-responserespons-

ibility

respons-

ibility

respons-

ibility

¬-

bilityability which our nation assumes when it entrusts the lives ofof-

a

so-

fa

of-

a

so-

fa

of-

a

sof-

aa war strength regiment to an individual , no matter how brilliantbrilliant-

or

brillia-ntor giftedgittedgritted , but whose education in matters military, , is limitedlimited.-

to

limited-

to

limite-

d

.

to a three months course at a training camp . AnJ1 appreciableappreciablen-

umber

appreci-able

appreciablen-

umber

appreci-able

appreciablen-

umber

appreci-ablenumber ofot the oasualcasualcasualtiesties in the 139139thth lntanlantanaInfantrytry on September 2626th26th-

must

26th-

must

thth-

mult

tu-

multmultmustmulct be charged , to lack ofot judgment on the part oofatf its commandercommander.-

The

commander-

The

comman-

der

.

Thee ind.lvid.ualindlvid.ualindlvidualindividual. . shouldshQuld not be criticisedcriticized , but rather the PQlicypolicyPQlicy-

requiring

policy-

requiring

policy-

requiringrequiring him to accept such a responsibility without preparationpreparation.-

Doubtless

preparation-

Doubtless

prepar-ation

.

DoubtlelsDoubtless thisthi8 temporarytemporarr officer , a lawyer by profession , handledhandled-

thi8

handled-

this

handbrea-

dths

handled-

.this

handled-

this

handbrea-

dths

.

thi8this tacticaltactioal situation8ituation &as8 .well.ellell asa8 a ,similarlytdlarlJdollar Important legallegal-

queltion

lega-

lization

legal-

question

lega-

lization

legal-

question

lega-

lizationqueltionquestion would , be handled bybJ, a professionalprofe.lionalprofelional. ararmyarray officer inin-

practice

un-

practiced

in-

practice

un-

practiced

in-

practioe

im-

pactionpractice before the supreme court .

1Itt is11 difficultdltt1cult to ooaoeiveconoelveconceivecoactiveconvolve what line ofot reasoningrea80ning 1IIQwouldwould-

permit

wond-

erment

would-

permit

wond-

erment

uldaulduld-

perDdt

gu-

lperperDdtpermitpeered a brigade of 1Dtantinfantry ,. in divisiondivi8ion reservere8erve , to llelielelle-

UDprotected

lie-

unprotected

lie-

unprotectedUDprotectedunprotected , all day4aJ September 27th underUDder heavyheavlheal shellahellhell tirefirefire-

suffering

,

lutteringsufferingcluttering casualtiesoalualtie8 even greater than the assaulta8sault brigade-

when

briga-

debrlgadebrigade ,

when a shelteredIheltered positionpOlitlonspoliation , occupation ofot which would have savedlaved

32 *.,.

a veryverveer large per cent of these casualties , was available . It-

would

T-

wofold

ItIt-

would

T-

wofold

I tt-

would

w-

ouldwould seemleemlee that the whole theory ofot the engagemenengagementengagementt was attacka-

dvance

atta-cked

attack -

aadvancevance , without regard , to losses . This Is1s bournebornebo e out iIn thethe-

corps

he-

ctors

the-

corps

he-

ctors

the-

corps

he-

ctorscorps attack order for the morning ofot SeptemberSeFtember 27th when aa-

renewal

r-

enewal

a-

renewal

r-

enewal

a-

renewal

r-

enewalrenewal of the attack was ordered without artillery suppsupsupportsupport.-

The

support-

The

supp-ort

rt .

fheThehe most charitable cconstructionnstructiinstruct n possible In this Instance 1sIs1s-

the

Is-

the

Li-

the

Is-

the

Li-

thethe assumption that the corpsoorpsoops: was Ignorant of the sisituationsituation-

with

situati-on

situation-

with

situati-on

tuationtuitiontuation-

with

stati-onwith respect to the division artillery . This conclusion mustmus-

tcarry

mis-

carry

mus-

tcarry

mis-

carry

mus-

tcarry

mis-

carrycarry with it the admissiondssionsessionad that the corps 'informatijninformatijn'informationinformation''intormatiintormatiinformation' n of our-

own

bou-

rbon

ourour-

own

bou-

rbon

our-

own

bou-

rbonown troops ' was at least incomplete , and that possibly aa-

breakdown

b-

reakdown

a-

breakdown

b-

reakdown

a-

breakdown

b-

reakdownbreakdown In liaison in other units than the 35th DivisionDivision-

was

Divisi-on

Division-

was

Divisi-on

Division-

was

Divisi-onwas responsiblereepon8ible ..Thisr.hisrhishis lack of information both of our own troops and thethe-

enemr

tee-

nier

the-

enemy

He-

nley

the-

enemy

He-

nleyenemrenemyender is admitted by the formertormerstormier chief ofot staffltatttatty ofot our 1stlot1st-

Ar

lot-

Army

loa-

my1st-

ArmyArArmy to ColCool *. Conrad H . LanzaLana , Field Artillery , in a statementstatement-

made

statem-

ent

statement-

made

statem-

ent

statement-

made

statem-

entmade In October , 1919 , discussingdl1cU8sing the 1stlot Army'sArmysArmr'sArmrsAraW'sAraWsArmsArras' order for-

employment

fo-

replayforfor-

employment

fo-

replayfor-

employment

fo-

replayemployment ofot its artillery on the 29th , when thithinthis weaponweapon-

wal

weap-

on

weapon-

was

weap-

on

weapo-

nvai

weap-

onwalwaswail useduI.duIdIud. to fire on a position sevenlevenleaven kilometers north otofot-

the

ot-

her

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe position held by the IntaDtIntactinfantry . AsS late asaa 11561051 66 A.MAMAA.M-

.September

AM.-

September

AM-

September

Mis-

remember

. M .

September 29th , the chiefchietchit ofot artillearticleartillery ofot the corpscorplcorp statedstated-

he

state-

dstated-

he

state-

dstated-

he

state-

dhe knew nothingDothi11&' ofot the proposedpropoaed attack fortortore the follfollyfollowing-

morning

follo-wing

followingfollowing-

morning

follo-wing

wingwing-

JDrning

inte-

rning)morningJDrningDarning .

There,ere waswaaWada a complete breakdown in liaison within the-

division

tel-

evision

thethe-

41v11IoD

the-

division

tel-

evision41v11IoDdivision after the secondlecond daydar . Thehe only explanation is-

lack

sl-

ack

i8isi8-

lack

is-

lack

sl-

acklack ofot training in tb1this. phase .

33033 .

hoTeoI o opportunity for reorganization was affurdedaffordedafforded-

.Insufficient

afforded-

Insufficient

. .

InRufticientInsufficient , at times , nonu reserve was held out by higherhigherc-

ommanders

higherc-

ommanders

higherc-

ommanderscommanders . The critical moment ffoundund the Division CommanderCommande-

rwith

Comma-

nder

Commande-

rwith

Comma-

nder

Commande-

rwith

Comma-

nderwith his engineer regiment the only troops with which to in-inin-

fluence

in-

fluence

inin-

fluence

¬-

fluencefluencies the engagement .

1'he1hel1e}' artillery was unable to advance rapidly .dued.ue to thethe-

shortage

th-

resher

the-

shortage

th-

resher

the-

shortage

th-

reshershortage of animals and poor condition of the few they hadhad.-

Colonel

had-

Colonel

cha-

conne

.

Colonel ConrlidConradConrad H . LanzaLana , :i.AiA.AA. . ., U.S.AUS.AUSA. . ., says-sayssays"Five: - "FiveFive" hundredhundred-

meters

hun-dred

hundred-

meters

hun-dred

hundred-

meters

hun-dredmeters is too extensive a front for a battery to cover 1nin1n-

barrage

in-

barrage

un-

barring

in-

barrage

un-

barringbarrage . It is1s about fourtour times that allowed for in operoper-doperoper-

ations

oper-

ations

oper-

ations

¬-

ationsactions controlled by the 1stlot ArArmy Artillery . FheTheHe barragebarrage-

ordered

barr-age

barrage-

ordered

barr-age

barrage-

ordered

barr-ageordered fortortore the attack of the morningmorniDg of September 2929th29th-

was

9th-

was

thth-

was

th-

awswas placed 1000 meters north of the starting point of ourour-

lntantr

ori-

entate

our-

infantry

ur-

inateour-

infantry

ur-

inatelntantrentrantinfantry" , and &as&ss shown laterla.ter. waswa.s. beyond the German positionspositions-

which

positi-ons

positions-

which

positi-ons

positions-

which

positi-onswhich were actuallyaotually attacked . An investigation ofot thethe-

attempted

th-

reatenthe-

attempted

th-

reatenthe-

attempted

th-

reatenattempted use of 767b ammm horse artillery .rias.88Wasarias aocomp&n1ingaocompn1ingaccompanyingaocomp&n1ing-

guns

accompanying-

guns

accompany-

ing

accompanying-

guns

accompany-

ing&

guns in our 1stlot ArmyUT118 showed that ofot the 143 attempts mademad-

ein

madd-

en

,

in notDot one singleliDgleidle instance had the guns ever accompaniedaccompanie-

dinfantry

accomp-

aniedaccompanie-

dinfantry

accomp-

aniedaccompanie-

dInfantry

accomp-

aniedinfantry in1n such8uch a manner as to enable them to fire andan-

dassist

land-

masses

an-

dassist

land-

massesassI.tassItassist. the infantry1ntantr, during the advanceadvanced.:"'

334" .

LESSOLESSLELESSORSLESSORSO-

neLesso-

rsS SON SS-

One

S-

tone

S-

One

S-

toneOne ofot the mostDlCstIdlest Important essentialse8sentlals to the successsucoelsstuccoes ofof-

any

fa-

nny

of-

any

fa-

nny

of-

any

fa-

nnyany millmilitarytarytarry commander Is a thorough ImowledgeknowledgeMowed of the huma.nhumanhuma.-

nelement

hu-mane

huma-

nelement

hu-mane

huma-

nelement

hu-mane

.element , and the abiliabilityabilityty to so80 handle and conserve that moltmostmolt-

important

mul-

tipartite

mos-

timportant

pos-

tmortem

moB-

timportantimportant portion ofot the fightingfightlng machine asa8 to realize thethe-

maximum

the-

maximum

the-

maximummaximum from 1itt . 1 refer to the policypolleypolly of a temporary colD'D8colDD8comman-commanCommandcomma-

nder

commanCommandcomma-

nder '.¬-

derdeldeer' of the division duringdurlng a considerable portionportioDportico of its traintrain-train-

ing

train-

ing

train-

ing

-¬

ingKing period , and to the continuouscontinuoua changeschange. in officers commandcommand-commend-commendcomman-

diug

comman-

ding

commen-

ding

comman-

ding

¬-

ingiugKingbig larger unitsunit. .

Thehe importance of personal reconnaissancereconnaia.ancereconnaiaance. preceding theth-

einitial

te-

ntacle

th-

einitial

te-

ntacle

th-

einitial

te-

ntacleinitial attachattack *. 1 refer to the advance of the division toto-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

otethe assaultas.aulasaul. t line the nighnightt precedingprecedlng the aattackt tack , and alalthoughalthough-

the

althou-

gh

although-

the

althou-

gh

thoughthough-

the

thou-ghtthe divisiondlvision had been in camp some80me twenty kilometers fromfrom-

this

fro-

ths

from-

this

fro-

ths

from-

this

fro-

thsthis line severalaeveral dayss prior to the attackattaok , only a vevery fewfew-

of

feo-

ff

few-

of

feo-

ff

few-

of

feo-

ffof even the field officers were afforded an opportopportuneopportunityitycity torfortoretorr-

eoorma18aanoe

for-

reconnaissance

for-

reconnaissancereoorma18aanoereconnaissance .

IItt iis. impracticable to continue an attack againstagainst.-

troDg

agai-nst

against-

strong

aga-inst

against-

strong

aga-inst.troDgtroDgstrongtroD. oppositionoppoeition fortortore periodsperiodeperiod greater than tortr-elghttortrelghtforty-eightfortyeighttorttortrelghth-

our

fortyeighth-

oursfortni-

ghtforty-eight-

hoursfort-y eightho-

urslightho-

use,-

hourhours. wiwithoutthouttout an opportunityopportuniopportunetJ fortortore reorganizationreorganisation . 1I reteIreferretIerefer-

to

ref-er

refer-

to

ref-er

'to the repeated orderst-orderstorder.a-order.aorders-ordersorderorderst"Theorder.a"Theorders"The. : - "TheThe" attack will be renewedrenewed"S-

ome

renewedS-

ome

renew-

ed. II"I-

ISome

I-

somerSome one should have known that ouchmohmuchmoth better results oouldcouldGouldoould-

have

coul-

d've

could-

have

coul-

d've

could-

have

coul-

d'vehave bebeen_ obtained had an opportunityopportuniopportunetJ been given torfortoretor-

reorp.D1aat1on

for-

reorganization

for-

reorgani2ationreorp.D1aat1onreorpD1aat1onreorganization. .

Thee 'failure'ailureailure to observeob.rveobrvebrave.. the principle ofot formationtormatlontomato inin-

depth

i-

nept

in-

depth

i-

nept

in-

depth

i-

neptdepth 1is. .well.ellell illustrated1l1ulwate4 in1n the heavy ca.ualcaualcasualcasualties. ti.. result-resultr.ult-r.ultrutresult-

LESSO

resi-

stless

.. -r.ultzfrunletresultaresult

zfa.

insinglugKing fromtromtromp orowd.ingorowdingcrowding. ofot the reserve upon the assaultallaultablaut unitsunits-

and

uni-

tsunits-

and

uni-

tsunits-

and

uni-

tsand. later in the lack ofot penetrating force due to interinter-inter-

mingling

inter-

mingling

inter-

mingling

¬-

mingling ofot reserve uniZuniunitsts wiwithth assaultaalaulalgalt uniZuniunitsts .

'SheShefheThehe' effectivenessettectivene8s of flankingtlankingtanking firetire isi8 forcibly illusillus-illus-

trated

illus-

trated

illus-

trated

¬-

tratedtreated in the resultsresult8 obtained , by the thirteen German batteries-

firingbatte-

riesbatteriesbatteries-

tiringbatte-

riesbatteries-

firingbatte-

riestiringfiring fromtromtromp concealed positionspo8itionl in the ArgonneJargoned Forest on thethe-

lett

He-

wlett

the-

left

hel-

met

the-

left

hel-

metlettleftlet flanktlanklank ofot the division ,. and later by enfilading machinemachine-

gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

negun firetire of the enemyenemrenezqenderBenz in the vicinity ofot EzermontExermontElementExperiment .

Premature employment ofot the reservereaerve is brought out inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthe action of a regimental commanderoommander in conmitingcomm1tingcommitingcommitting hishisc-

ommand

disc-

ommend

hisc-

ommand

disc-

ommend

hisc-

ommand

disc-

ommendcommand to the action during the first daydaJdJ .

Thee difficultdifficulty, ofot exercising control of unitaunitsunitunits-

particularly

,.

particularly asa8 large asal regimentsregiment8 and brigades , tromfromtromptrom-

po8ition8

from-

positions

pro-

positions

from-

positions

pro-

positionspo8ition8positions in advanceadYaDcedyadic ofot such8uch unitsunitlunit . I referreterrenter to the DivilionDivisionDivilionC-

OlllDaJ1der

DivisionC-

onmaander's

Division-

Commander's

Division-

Commanders

Div-isionCOlllDaJ1derConmaander'sConmaandersCommanders' I yerAyerverbalbal order th&thatt hishi8 higher unlununitt cOlDlDUlderscommanderscellulescOlDlDUlders-

acoolllp&Dl

commanders-

accompany

comma-

ndeers

commanders-

accompany

comma-

ndeersacoolllp&DlacoolllpDlaccompany& their leadingleadiug elementsele.ntlelentlrelent. .

Thee importanceimportaDce ofot liaisonliai80D , and the d1ftlculdifficultytJ ofot mainmain-mai-

ntaining

_mai-

ntaining

in-inin-

tainlzas

in-

itializes

¬-

tainingtainlzasstainingstanzas 1itt la1Din a. severeleyereleered actionactioD , cannotcazmotazoth be overestimatedovere.titedoveretitedovertired. _ .

ZbefileTheBe costOOltBolt ofot attacking prepared polipoliopositionstion8 ,. 8tubborn11stubbornly8tubborn11-

held

stubbornly-

held

stubbor-nly

stubbornly-

held

stubbor-nlyheld by an eDecedeenemy .well.ellell equipped with artilleryartillerartillery , andaDd machine-

guns

mach-

ine

machinemachine-

guns

mach-

ineguns.. ,. wiwithoutthouttout effectiveetteotivedetective artilleryartille17 .support.upportupport .

DifficultyDlttlculty ofot neutralizingneutrallsimgneutralism artilleryartillerJ, firetire fromtromtromp ooncealedconcealedooncealed-

po.ltioD

conc-ealed

concealed-

positions

conc-ealed

concealed-

positions

conc-ealedpo.ltioDpoltioDpositionspolio. ' wiwithoutUloutLout cooperationoooperation fromtrOll the air .service.enioeenioeGenie .

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