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ebbyby marchinfma.rchinr.marchinrma.rchinr.atmarching. . at 6:006006 : 00 PlPI from !? ontaotaontagny.tagnyontagny.ontagnytangyontogenyny.ny. The companycompan-

ytransportation

compan-

ytransportation

compan-

ytransportationtransportation had just reached the area on July 15 ,

It1L.18L18. ' 18 and had assembledeembledembedas eembledi1with\\i1i1\'\ tr.tr... the animal-drawnanimaldrawnanima.l-drawnanima.l. - transtra.ns-tra.nstrans-trans-

portation

tra.ns-

portation

trans-

portation

trans-

portation

. ¬-

portationpotation of the 26th Infantry.Infantry. It expectedeX ectedacted to arrivearrive-

during

arrive-

derciarrive-

during

arrive-

derciarrive-

during

arrive-

derciduring tnethetine nigntnightninth of July 16-17.1617.1617.1617.-

The

1617-

The

1617.-

The

1617-

The

1617.-

The

1617-

The

- .

The destination or purpose of the move waswas-

unknown.

was-

unknown.

was-

unknown.unknown.unknown. Some trioughtthoughthoughttrought thattl8tt , the divisiondi v i8ion was enroutererouteenroute-

to

rerou-te

enrougenerous tete-

to

tree-

topto Paris but the general belief was that the divisiondivision-

was

divisi-onwas moving to some place in reserve to meet an enemyenem-

yattack.

enem-

yattack.

enem-

yattack.attack.attack. The route , about 65 kilometers in distance ,

had been generallygenera.lly. north.north. Artillery fire had been heardheard-ufa

hea-rd

heard-

to

hardt-

op ufafa**'to the right and thenheardtenderedthenfheardtendered, to the north.northnorth-

the

nor-th

. Att tliii1htl time11m11m-

the' /tAvtvtAv-

thesta-

te *the truck train turned to the east.east. It waswas1knowas1 known thatthat-

a

tha-

ta positionposit1on was to be taken near VillersFillers CotteretsOotteretsCoteriesBootees oror-

Oompiegne.

pr-

ominence

or-

Comp1egne.

or-

Comp1egne

Or-

Compiegne.

R-

ecompenseOompiegne.OompiegneComp1egne.Comp1egneCompiegne.CompiegneComplimentedCampaigned. The day ofo f July 16 was gray and cloudy.cloudycloudy.-

The

clou-dy

.

The truckstruoks transporting the company had entered , atat-

dawn

Ma-

tawan

at-

dawn

Ma-

tawan

at-

dawn

Ma-

tawandawn , the forest they were now in.inin.-

While

pi-

nwale

in.-

While

pi-

nwale

in .,

While waiting that morningmornin the opinion waswas-

1

was-

Iwa-

smorningI/

-1-1- 1-

AWH

1-

b'

1-

b

-

. _ . . . _ ._, , _> AWHAH* uW.iUiJuWiUiJWWII."*' b'btiT' ,", _ _ __ _ , , ,_ . _ . .

formed tluitLucitethJnthth :: i t the divisionvisiondi would relieve aa.,. FrenchFrench-

division.

Reci-divistic

French-

di

Frenc-

hFrench-

division.

Reci-divisticdivision.divisionvision.visiondi .

CharacterChe.racCheracCharacCheerCharacid. tertear of TroopsTroops-

This

Troops-

hips

Troops-

This

Troops-

hips

Troops-

This

Troops-

hipsThis companycomp lY had been organizedorpanizedor ; anizedaniseed fromfrollroll tnethetine 3d3-

dbattalion

3d-

Battalion

3-

dbattalionbattalion 2bth28th InfantryInfanInfant, try in 1917.191719l ? . YhenVi1enhen;'#:' the infantryinfantry-

oripadesinfa-

ntryinfaninfantinfantry-

briinfant-

rytrytry-

bri

tr-ybribrieorip-adesoripadesripHadesradesgrades-ade8 were reorganizedreoru-anizedreoruanizedrerunaniseedre r - anizedaniseed this company with itsits-

entire

dis-

entitle

its-

entire

dis-

entitle

its-

entire

dis-

entitleentire personnelperEonnel had been transferredtra.nsferred. to the 6&6jd3d; & il4ac! acoine.e.c.bineecbinearccosinecabined.acoine-

Gun

aci-ng

.e.c.bine-

Gun

., . .ineinecine. .ine-

Gun

ingu-

inalGun BattalionBattalion.,.., It w-iswisW-JWJwi(;-- S at full strengthstrelgth: , 172 :.nennenlenTienneonTen. and 66-

l6-

officers

6-

officers<l vC-vC-*_ i c 0T 44 % < yLy-

Lofficersl-oftier

>

officers , and had hidhad few lel'epla.cetnenleplacetneneplacemenepiceneplacemeni ' pi a . cementstS1ts , and.and. tholsetho'BethoBethotethosethroetote' werewirew rere-

experienced

re-

appearance77-

experienced'

experienced menmen.*. All officers had been in commcomm'-ndcomm'commndcoinm-ndcoinmcoin'-- : nd ofof-

their

o-

therof-

their

o-

therof-

their

o-

thertheir presentpreseatreseat commandscomffiandscoffins since JanuaryJa.froaryJafroaryAffray. 1 , 1918 with thethe-

exception

tel-

escoping

the-

exception

tel-

escoping

the-

exception

tel-

escopingexception of one officer who had been surplus in thethe-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

company

Et-

hiopiancompany and wnowhowino had replacedreplace\replacereplacethereplace(.\ the platoonjJlatoon leader of thethe-

bd

th-

ethe-

d

te-d

the-

3dbd3dd Platoon.PlatoonPlfJtoon.PlfJtoon. ThatTha.t. platoon leader was evacuatedevacuatedvithevacuated\vithvithwithitch\wi th aa-

Lore

L-

orea-

sore

a-

shore

a-

core

c-

oreLoresorecore toe from yontagnyUontagnyIfontagnyontogenyFontana whenwiienwiener the orders for entruckingKentuckianentrucking-

on

Kentucki-anon July 15IS were receivedreceived.receivedillreceived,. /illill111/ 11 officers knew tnethetine uienwenmenruinuien-

of

Bue-

nos

wen-

of

we-

nmen-

of

Me-

nloof tnethetine company and the men their officers.officersof cers.cersAcers. The companycompany-

had

compa-

nyhad been attacnedattached to tnethetine 2d* d uattalionBattalion , 26th InfantryInfantl'yInfantlyInfantry-

for

Infantl'y-

for

Infantly-

forInfant-

ry'

for two weeks but had had contactcontconst ct uithwithRuth that battalionbattalion-

in

battalio-nin the trenches.trenches., The duties of the officers were , oneone-

company

nec-

romancy

one-

company

nec-

romancy

one-

company

nec-

romancycompany commandercomma.nder. , one 2d-in-command2dincommand2d-in-cOtnmandcOtnmand- - , three platoonplatoon-

leadersplat-

oonplaplanplatoon-

leadersplat-

oonto nn-

leaders

l-

eadersleaders , one transport officer.officer. The company waswas-

equipped

was-

equipped

was-

equippedequipped with the French KotchkissHotchkissKnocksHocks Machine Gun.GunGun-

.Thorough

Gun-

.Thorough

.,

Thorough training had been given in the fire of thethe-

Hotchkiss

the-

osophists

the-

Eotohkiss

the-

osophists

the-

Hotchkiss

the-

osophistsHotchkissEotohkissHocksEthics machine gun and in addition all men hadhad-

learned

ha-

lteredhad-

learned

ha-

lteredhad-

learned

ha-

lteredlearned to fire the German heavy and light machinemaohinemachine-

guns

mach-

inemaohine-

guns.

nothing-

ness

machine-

guns.

mach-

inegunsguns.*. The noncommissionednonoommissioned officersoffioers and runners hadhad-

been

ha-

dean

had-

been

ha-

dean

had-

been

ha-

deanbeen trained to read maps.maps. The entire company hadhad-

been

ha-

dean

had-

been

ha-

dean

had-

been

ha-

deanbeen seasoned in trench warfare , construction andand-

occupation

ant-

icipationand-

oooupation

and-

occupation

ant-

icipationoccupationoooupation of machine-gunmachinegun- emplacementsemplaoements , and in movement.movementmovement-

.Morale

move-ment

movement-

.Morale

move-ment

movement-

.Morale

move-ment

.

Morale was high.high. After the orders for reconnaissancereoonnaissanoereconnaissance-

3

reoonnaissanoe-

2

reconnaissance-

2-3-3-2-2- 3-

formed

2-

formed

-

I

were received the 1stis t sergeant and company clerkclerk-

begpedcl-

erkclerk-

begp'ed

clerk-

begpedcl-

erkclerk-

beggedcl-

erkbegpedbegp'edbeggedbeeped' thetb.etbetube. company commandercommandecommandedr to allowa.llow. triernthemterrier to go intointo-

the

inst-

ate

ininto-

the

inst-

ate

toto-

the

t-otethe line , but iti t W&.BWBW&.SWSwas& . decided by aa.., flip of a coin , tnattreatnattnat-

the

nart-

hex

tnat-

the

nart-

hex

treat-

the

brea-

thethe company clerk mim ijhIHShtt go.gogo-

.OH

g-

oo

go .,

OH} :,' RATIONS:{ATIAI l\SlS\ , HOOKEOOHOOH JULY 16 - 4:00400.1-.14..1U1U- : UuO PLPl.. :

, ,, Jl'LYJlLYJULYJellyJr ': L y 1717-

At

17-

At

17-

AtAt 12:001200: noon all tnetoethetine 26th Infantry uattalicnuattalionattainbattalionuattalicn-

and

uattalion-

and

unattain-

edand company commanderscommnnderscornmcorm ,ndersAnders were directed to reportretJortretort toto-

Reiri.iierital

to-

Ref'i'Jlen

to-

RefiJlen

tr-

efoilto-

RerriiientalReiri.iieritalReiriiieritalRerriiientalRef'i'JlenRefiJlenRefilled:!'.:' ta.ltaltail. headquarters.headquarters.eadQua.rter6.eadQuarter6.eadQuarter6.eadauarters.eadauarters'

:". '

. . . At thisthithin s conference the 2d2d-

Battalion

2d-

Battalion

2d-

BattalionBattalion wacwasac notified tlititthatelitist its oattalionbattalion and companycompanyI-

v'.ap

company-

Ivap

compa-

nycompany-

Y.'ap

company-

Yap

compa-

nycompany-

Yap

compa-

nyIv'.apIvapY.'apYapVampYaplYap'.'

tf-ItfIitlil-ll- commanders would'Would' recon..oiterreconoiterreconnoiterrecon.oireconoirecon._ .;: tel'tel' the front line easte !, st ofof-

Cutry

ol-

factory

of-

autry

fa-

ultyof-

Cutry

ol-

factory .CutryautryCurryautarky , probably preparatory to an attack.attack. Forty-eiFortyeiForty-eigeig.orty-ei.ortyLeigh- ntnt-

riflemen

en-

titlement

nt-

riflemen

en-

titlement

tt-

riflenlen

r-

iflemenriflemenriflenlen were directed: to be attachedattaclJedattacked to ti-etiet'-et't'-:t -: e :.i.acnineiacnine.aci1ineaci1ineaciiineDianne. 'll'.i.acnine-

aun

.< .aci1ine-

gun

aci1ine-

gun

aciiine-

guna-unaungun- companycompa.ny. as ammunitionamrHuniarum tionion carriers.carrierscarrierG.carrierGcarrier. The reconnaissancereconnaissance-

party

reconnaissance-

pa.rty

reconnaissa-ncepartypa.rty. wouldVJouldJoule assembleassert.bleassertble. in tnethetine battalionbatta.lion. areaarea. ., at 2OU2UU2 ;: UU Pi/PiPidPaidPi-

and

Pa-

ined

p v/.;:

and woulaoulciwouldfoulv oee met by a French guide to conduct themthem-

forward.

tem-

porarythem-

forward.

tem-

porarythem-

forward.

tem-

poraryforward.forward.

The machine-machinemachineunma.cline-ma.clinema.cline'unmaclineunmasculinemachine-JunmachineJunJuan. ! - un'un' companycom ) any commander notified thethe-

2dincommand

the-

2dinconmand

the-

2dincommand2d-in-command2dincommand2d-in-conmandconmand- - : of0o f uheheLhe[ reconnaissancereconnaissance&areconnaissanceareconnaireconna.irecon. ssasacsr.ancesrancestance. ce -&a&aaJBdJibed-&!: <d3 entrustedtrusteden nishisanisnis-

personal

dis-

persionhihis-

personal

dis-

persions

>)

personal papers andsand valuables to the 1st sergeantserrreaat , andand-

with

band-

width

and-

with

band-

width

and-

with

band-

widthwith the four rifle-companyriflecompany- commandersconunanderscontainers and the guide ,

proceeded forward on foot at 2:00200: PM.PM. The battalionbattalionc-

ommander

batta-lion

battalionc-

ommander

batta-lion

battalionc-

ommander

batta-lioncommander was sick and unableuna.ble. to go.gogo-

.Enemy

go-

.Enemy

go-

.Enemy

.

Enemy observation of the rear areas was preventedprevented-

due

prevent-

eddue to the weather which permitted the reconnaissancereconnaissanoereconnaissance-

partyreconnaiss-

ancereconnaissanoe-

partyreconnaiss-

ancereconnaissance-

partyreconnaiss-

anceparty to take the most direct route forward.forward.., The partyparty-

arrived

por-

tativeparty-

arrived

por-

tative.

arrived in rear of the position to be reconnoiteredreconnoitered-

before

reconnoit-ered

reconnoitered-

before

reconnoit-ered

reconnoitered-

before

reconnoit-eredbefore dusk.dusk. Reconnaissance at that time could not bebe-

i

beI-

.

b-

i

b-

e

be-

made

be-

adedi

; made sincesinoesine the trenchtrenoh system had been only hastilyhastily-

constructed

hastily-

constructedI '

I.I;"

. constructed and movements on the plateau could bebe-

observed

b-

olstered

be-

observed

b-

olsteredi; ,

\,

observed by the enemy.enemy. At about 100010:00:* PMPM1, four guidesguides-

arrived

gui-des

guides-

arrived

gui-des

\ \

t\ arrived for the rifle-companyriflecompany- commandersoommanders but none forfor-

3

. :

-3-3- 3-

were

3-

were

-

the machine-gunmachinegunmachirrlachimacharrack ne-gunnegunne-rner- gun company cor/r.iander.corr.iander.comc1ander.comc1andercoirgrindercorrlaarcorollary/ ,, . derdeer ., heEe made trietIletietribetrie-

reconnaissance

tIle-

reconnaissance

tie-

reconnaissance

1

reconnaissance by himselfLiwselfhiaiselfPlisse in the dardark±c cutbut thetL.etLetinetale. locationlocationt-

6c

location-

of

locatio-no

locatio-n <t6c 5Hx5H-xofofo f the.thethey. machinemachineunsmachine. ,.-unsunsun8Huns- wasNl."SNlSNulls.;

"" notHot louncL.louncL'ound.oundFound.FoundflounceSound,: '. ., TJIC'lInelIne1'ile1ileTIC' ' nichtnightnicheni : nt wasW t8 soso-

dark

s-

oak

so-

d.ark

s-

oda

so-

dark

s-

oakdarkd.ark. thatthf1.tthf1t. anya.ny. reconnaissancerecon.ja.issancereconjaissancereconiia.isreconiiaisrecognitions. . lance could oe of littleli ttletitle value.valueva.lue.value.-

The

valu-

ate

va.lue.-

The

valu-

ate

value.-

The

valu-

ate

. .

The 2d BattalionBatta.lionatta.lionattalion. companyCOml)2.nyCOml2.nyCOml2nycompariycompare) . , commandeascolym.ImandezqascolymImandezqascommandersOlympiadcor.mmndemasr'enlbledcormmndemasrenlbled. . , assembled', embledembed atit: 1JO1)0101-)01)001JOA-

H.

1JOA-

H

1)0A-

lI

10A-

lI

1)0-

A

10-A

: :,')-)

AH.AHAlIA ._ where they had been met by fiet.betbethetube. guidesuideguide , and thenthen-

moved

hen-

naed

then-

moved

hen-

naed

then-

moved

hen-

naedmoved to the commandcomma.nd. post of the FrenchFrellchFarrell regimentregLIregi.regiregaliaRegis. entKent holdhold-hold-

ing

hold-

ing

hold-

ing

¬-ingKing ; the areaa.rea. thatth8t, had been reconnoitered.reconnoiteredreconl1oireconiioireconditioning tered.teredtermed. ItI twaswastwasI-

ll.tai-lt waswas-

Map

AS-

AP

Ill.Ill/PaPa&/ . rr-located

r-

elocated*",+

located in a chalk mine near Cutry.CutryCurry., On arrival atz t thethe-

command

he-

bdomad

the-

command

he-

bdomad

the-

command

he-

bdomadcommand post informationinfoI'lr.ationinfoIlrationinfozmr.a.tioninfozmrationinfiltration' . . was given by tuetbethetruetube French staffstaff-

thattaff-

etastaff-

tha

taff-eta

staff-

thattaff-

etathatthathant the Tenth ArmyArli1Y under General ,",

..anoinanoinanion.ancancbanc...anan. ; in would attackattack-

on

attac-

kon July IB18 and that the 1st Division would participateparticipate-

in

participa-tein the attack.attack. The 3d2d BattalionEattalion , 2Sth26th28th Infantry wouldwoul-

dattack

wo-uld

woul-

dattack

wo-uld

woul-

dattack

wo-uldattack tromfromtromp the positions reconnoitered.reconnoiteredreconnoitered.-

The

reconnoiter-

ed.

The dispositions oof'of± ' tnethetine French , holding thethe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonhehe-

front

h-

eronfront east of CutryautryCurryautarky , were pointed out on a8.8a.. large-scalelargescalelargescalem-

ap.large-s

-

map.map. InformationInform tionion alsoa.lso. was received that the 3d2d BatBat-ba.t-ba.tBa-

ttalion

Bat-

ta.lion

Ba-

ttalion

ba.t-

ta.lion

bat-

talion

,. ¬-

talionta.liontalon. 26th Infantry was moving forward duringdurindurian ; thethe-fa

thi-ef

the-A"

th-eA

the-ca

th-efir

th-eir//fafaA"Afirfir-

ni.fir-

mfa-

nipbtfr-

angible".

nip-btnipbtnini.. -,bth t to someBomeBiome place near Roy St.St. Nicolas.Nicolas. The reconrecon-recon-

naissance

recon-

naissance

recon-

naissance

¬-

naissancenuisance party started back to rejoin their battalionbattalion-

justbattali-

onbattalion-

justbattali-

onbattalion-

justbattali-

onjust before dawn because of thetbetube darkness and the batbat-bat-

talion

bat-

talion

bat-

talion

¬-

taliontalon moving forward.forward. Dead Moroccans were seen wherewhere-

they

whe-

reat

where-

Map

wher-

eat

where-

they

whe-

reatthey had fallen.fallen. ItI t was realized that this groundground-

had

roundh-

eadhad recently been hard fouphtfoughtfoufoul ;ht for , and dead AmericansAmerican-

salso

Americ-ana

American-

salso

Americ-ana

American-

salso

Americ-anaalso would soongoon be added to the dead already therethere.there.R-

OY

there-

'rethere.-

Roy

there-

're*.

Roy St.St. Nicolas was reached at about 12:001200: noon.noon. AnA-

nAmerican

Pa-

n-American

A-

nAmerican

Pa-

n-American.

American Military Police Company KitchenKitohen was operatingoperating.LoperatingLoperating. UU-

C

.*C - xt/xtxt-

Theti-

the/*> <_ ,

The machine-gunmachinegunmach; 1 a-gunagun-gun companyoompany commander stopped there , got aa-

sandwich

s-

andwich

a-

sandwich

s-

andwich

a-

sandwich

s-

andwichsandwich and a cup of ooffeecoffee and the location of hishis-

Map

chi-

mphis-

maoh1negun

his-

machinegun

mi-

smatchingMap #*1 machine-gunmachinegunmaoh1ne-gunmaoh1ne- company.companyoompany.oompany. The company was found in a smallsmall-

area

mal-

aria

small-

area

mal-

aria

small-

area

mal-

ariai area bivouackedbivouaoked and scatteredsoatteredspattered in the bushes.bushes. CompanyOompanyCompany-

4

lil

i

ii .

f.f.

.

,'

:,

-4-4-4-

the

4-

the

-i

officers weiewelewe.LaweLaweewelledkwela. immediatelyirariediatelyirresistibly notified tnatthatnat an attack waswa.swa-

secneduled

as-

cendible

wa.-

sscneduled

wa-

sscheduled

as-

cendible

.

ecneduledscneduledscheduledendued for July 18 and that the machine-g-unmachinegunmacbine-gunmacbinegunmachine-gun- - companycompany-

would

comp-any

comcompany-

would

comp-any

anyany-

would

ba-youwould support the 2d BattalionBa.ttalion. , 26th IniantryInfantry whichwhich-

was

whi-

chwhich-

was

whi-

chwhich-

was

whi-

chwas the assault battalion.battalionbattalion.-

The

battalion.'-

rhe

battalion-

rhe

battali-on

.

The'rherherhea' machine-gunmachinegun- companycompa.ny. commandercOl1HIJander then wentwent-

to

we-

ntto the 2d BattalionBa.ttalion. Headquarters1-ieadquarters1ieadquarters- and there found thattl1atthat-

no

tl1at-

no

tha-

nno orders had been received and the battalion commandercommanderC-

.6rrjbcommander-

C6rrjbcommander-

had

command-

erc

comman-

derC.6rrjbC6rrjbc. * +* LL-

hadH-

adhad not arrived.arrived. A machine-ccun.runnermachineccun.runnerma.Chine-IUma.ChineIUmachine-iunmachineiunun. - ? . runnerune waswa.s. left at thethe-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

ba

the-

tathe-

battalion

te-

arstain,

battaliontta.lionttalionstallionba . headquartersheadouarters to notifyno tifyiffy tnethetine company commandercommander-

wiien

commander-

wilen

commander-

wren

comman-

derwiienwilenwrenwienerwile orders were receivedreceireceipt vedvend and ne11ehe returnedretul'nedretulned' to his comcom-corn-corncom-

pany.

com-

pany

com-

lJany.

com-

pliancy

corn-

pany.

Co-

nan

¬-pany.panylJany.lJanypankylanky. TheT he company and attacheda.ttac..lattaclattac.ledattacledattackattacked. . . d riflemen were checkedchecked-

aria

checked-

ana

check-

edariaana directed not to lervelepveleaveleveeleper, thettletitle areaal'eaalealea' of tueirleirtheirtruerleit platoonsplatoons-

without

plato-ons

platoons-

wi

platoo-ns

platoons-

without

plato-onswithoutwi thouttout autnorityauthorityautnoriauctorial, ty of an officer.officer. The cartscarte had notnot-

arrived

no-

tarized

not-

arrived

no-

tarized

not-

arrived

no-

tarizedarrived when the company moved forward at about 930a:30a309:30930-

C

a:30-

I

a30-

I

9:30-

r

930-

r

a:301-

uJ.e

a301-

uJe

;:

C L.L. v Ji* 4sf t I,

K/iKi1--uJ.e1uJ.e1uJ.ePL,.-- / . , TheTheunsAthensqOunNounOu-

noatta.lion

Co-

nsonantal

r-unsuns.unsHuns-. n n s andB.ndBndBanda-

d. ammunitionammuniammonia tionion had been left in thethe-

oattalion

th-rottling

the-

oatta.lion

tee-

totalismoattalionoatta.lionbattalion. dump in compliance withwi th orders from thethe-

bripade

he-

rbicide

the-

b

th-e

the-

brigade

he-

rringbripadebrigadeb ifadefade and were to be loaded on the machine gun and&ldldand-

ammunition

ad-

monition

&ld-

ammunition

lda-

mmunition

la-mination

and-

ammunition

ad-

monition&

ammunition carts and to be broughtbrouEhtbroubro ;ht forward late in the

(1)1( ) FF..Q.VfoQVfo. , 170 afternoon of July 17 to join the company.company. (1)1( ) They werewer-

eDivisionwere-

D1viwere-

Divierr-

edDivisionDivision-VolDivisi-onD1viDiviDiv ionion-Vol

inv-olve

ion-Vol

inv-olveVolViol fe,2dfe2d,,,2d2d.2d. Inf.toInftoIntoInf.InfInfo., to come forwardfu rwardreward withwi th the 1stIs t BattalionBat taliontalon , 26th Infantry.InfantryInfantry.-Brig

Infan-try InfanInfantInfantry.-Brig

Infan-try try.trytry.-Brig

.Brig ; OPOFO-PSectNo

O-PEC

OF-

SeOff-

setOP-

Sect.AToOs-

tentationSectNoSect.AToSectAToSectorSpectatorSe ct.ct,. No 170 , TheTh e companycompany commander withdrew fromf rom the company to a16 July

grass area near by to get someBorne sleep but a French tanktank-

approached.

tank-

approached.

tank-

approached.approached.approached. Ke'BeBeB' e narrowly escaped being run over andB.ndBndBandand-

decided

un-

decided

B.n-

ddecided

and-

decided

un-

decided

.

decided to rejoin the company officers.officersofficers.G-

ENERAL

offi-cers

officers.G-

ENERAL

offi-cers

.

GENERAL SITUATION , 4:00400: PM , JulyJulJuly 1717-

At

17-

At/ At 4:00400: PM the battalion commander arrived withwith-

the

withh-

eld

with-

the

withh-

eldJ/

(2)2( ) Divie/ionDivieionDiveDiv1Divi4ionDivi4ion-Vol/ionion-

Volinv-

olvethe orders of the 2d Brigade.Brigade. (2)2( ) A oopyloopy of t'netnethetinet'ne-

Voltne-

Voln-

eothe-

brigade

he-

rringthe-

brigade

he-

rring'

VolViol SB ,,,2d2d,2d-Inf

2dI-nf

2d2d-

Inf2d-

InfInfInfo Brigi3rig ; brigade order and five maps of the area , scale 1/20,000120,00020000120,000-

Op.12000-

0Op

120,000-

were

120000-

were

la/! JOOoJoJOO-

owere

,Op.OpOpeCope. Sect.SectSect.-No

Se-ct

sect.-No

se-ct

Sect.-No

Se-ct

.No 170 , were givengi venSven to the machine-gunmachinegun- company commander.commanderoomma.nder.oommander. . TheTh-

ebattalion

Te-

arstainTh-

ebattalion

Te-

arstain16 July

battalion commander then dictateddiotated to the machine-gunmachinegunmaohine-gunmaohinemachinegunc-

ompany

maohinegunc-

ompany

machinegunc-

ompany

-

company commander the following orderorder-

5

?: W*."

I

III

-5-5- 5-

officers

5-

officers

-i.i.

l.li.l. . . . . . . . .

:

. . _

"TheThe" regiment designates the 2d battalion asas-

assault

as-

sistant

asa-

SS8.u1.

as-

aSS8u1

as-

assault

as-

sistantassaultaSS8.u1.aSS8u1.aSS8u1. . t oattalionbatta.lionbattalion. , tuethetruet e bd3d battalionBa.ttalionsa.ttaliunsattaliunattain. as supportsu port , andand-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

emttapMaptapM ap '

,f222-

n.ap

2-

nap

2-

.aap

2-

aap

the 1st Battalion , reserve.reserve. TneTaeTileTine 2dad Battalion willwill-

attackwi-

lletwill-

attackwi-

lletwill-

attackwi-

lletf2,1/,1,11,/ attack in accordance with orderso rderide r s in its sector , F andand-

E

anod-

e. i \ E CompaniesOOJupa.niOOJupani. es in as ault'ault'aulaulSaultGaul' t , F CompanyCO1panyCotuCot! ! panypanky on the ripTitrig-fitrigfitriptiderig- t ; E andand-

G

an-

d,r IG Companies in support , SE Company on the ripntright.rightprint ,. EE-

Company

C-

ompany

E-

Company

C-

ompany

E-

Company

C-

ompanyI

iIIiIii-

ap

a-

p

Company will consolidate the 1stlstlast objective.objectiveo'bjobjob' ective.ectiveactive. YuurYourYuu-

rnachinegun

You-

rfLachinegun

Ou-

treachingYou-

rriachinegun

Ou-

treachingnachine-gunnachinegunfLachine-gunfLachineriachine-gunriachinemachinefacieRacine- companycOllJpany supportsSUP1)OrtsSUP1Orts) tuethetruet e battalion.battalion. You knowknow"f-rUulL.

knowf-rUulL

know-

how

kn-ow

"frUulL.frUulLfull" . _./

rt > trusTitrusT'. * t jfarfar &JtJt&JtdJtdTd& -dd- ,.

how to do it better tnantrianthannantrain I do.do. Tourour commandcOd.nlandcOdnlandScotland. postlOst) willwill-

be

willa-

ble

will-

be

willa-

ble

will-

be

willa-

blebe withwi th thetl1e oattalionbattalion commandCOHnnandConned post.post. The battalionbattalionf-

ormsbattal-

ionbattalionf-

ormsbattal-

ionbattalionf-

ormsbattal-

ion,

n.apnap.aapaapap. .: ap :-ff-1ff1rtlrattleff1-

Map

rtl-

Map

til-

apia

- 11-

Map

forms on this road ( pointingpointinpointing ) at 7bO7:3U73U: pwPNPiv.Piv. , prepared toto-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmovemove forwardforward.,. " One of tnethetine maps was, markedma.rked. in accordaccord-accord-

ance

accord-

ance

accord-

ance

¬-

anceVance with the battalion'battalion' commandei'scommandeiscommandecommandelcommanderscommandedt' 8s map and then tnethetinetne-

machinegun

te-

achingthe-

machinegun

te-

achingthe-

machinegun

te-

achingmachine-gunmachinegun- company commander returned to his company.companycompany.-

Company

com-pany

company.-

Company

com-pany

.,

Company headquarters , platoonp atoonEaton , section and souadsquadsoua-

dleaders

outl-

anders

squa-

dleaders

squa-

nderers

squa-

dleaders

squa-

nderersleaders were directed to asremoleasembleareoleassemblea8 :, em le immediately.immediatelyilLlLLJediately.ilLlLLJediatelyiiLmiediately.iiLmiediatelyilliterately . MapslV..apslVapslapsMaps-

were

Ma-

serlV..ap-

swere

Maps-

were

Ma-

ser..

were issued to the officers and BarkedrLarkedirLarkedLarkedpillared: , and the brigadebrigade-

order

briga-

dierbrigade-

order

briga-

dierbrigade-

order

briga-

dierorder studied.studied. Verbal orders were issued from thethe-

brigade

he-

rringthe-

brigade

he-

rringthe-

brigade

he-

rringbrigade order showing in detail from the map , tnetilethetine planplan-

of

pla-noof attack of the 1st Division and the object of the atat-

tack

at-atat-

tack

at-

tack

¬-

Map #+3 tack , which wasW8.SW8S. to drive a wedge into the westernwfstern; edgeedge-

ofed-

geof the MarneArne salient to force the enemy to withdraw , andand-

perhaps

ca-

ndelas

and-

perhaps

ca-

ndelas

and-

perhaps

ca-

ndelasperhaps cut tnemthemtem off from their line of communicationsoommunioationscommunications-

to

oommunioations-

to

communicatio-nsto the rear.rear., The regimental zone of action was pointedpointed-

out

point-edout on the map and also pointso1ntB to guide on : RaperieDraperiesRaperie-

on

Aspersi-

onon the left of the zone of action , TilleulTile de la1a GrlauxGlauxRelaxLaxGrlaux-

on

Glaux-

on

Glu-onon the right of the zone of action.action. This latterlatter-place

lat-ter

latter-plaoe

lat-ter

latter-place

lat-terplaceplaoe was on the road which limited the 1st objective.objectiveobjeotive.objeotiveobjective.-

On

objeotive.-

On

objecti-ve

.

On the left of the zone of actionaotionabortion there was a drawdraw-

leading

dra-

wleddraw-

ead1ng

draw-

leading

dra-

wledleadingead1ng to the MissyMissyvauxMissyaux BoisBoieBoise ravine.ravine. On the rightright-U4

right-

there

lighth-

earted

right-

there

lighth-

eartedU\4U4\ VV-

thereT-

herethere was another7leadinganother11eadinganother1leading in the same direction.directiondireotion.direotiondirection.-

Specialdirect-

ionsdireotion.-

Specialdirect-

ionsdirection.-

Specialdirect-

ions.

r

Special emphasisemphas1B was placedplaoed on the spur in the MissyMissy-

aux

Missy-

&ux.

Miss-

yux

Missy-

aux.

Mis-syaux&ux.uxaux.& . BoIsBole ravine.ravinerav1ne.rav1ne.,

-6-6- 6-

Map

6-

M

-

"TheThe" 2d Battalion attacks with the followingfollowing-

foruiationfollo-

wingfollowing-

formationfollo-

wingfollowing-

ffollowin-

gforuiationformationoriaationfruitionorationf : F and KEH CompaniesCompa.nies. assault companies , FF-

Company

C-

ompany

F-

Company

C-

ompany

F-

Company

C-

ompanyCompany on the rignt.rigntriFnt.riFntprintriFtri 'nt.nt' . VE' and 0Gc Companies supportsUPIortsuportsportsupport-

companies

sports-

manlikesUPIort-

companies

sports-

manlike

suportc-

ompanies

sports-

manlike

,!)

companies , SE CompanyCompa.ny. on the riricl1t.ricl1trint.print* nt.nt-nt.- . The assaulta.ssaultassaultc-

ompaniesass-

aulta.ssault-

companies

assaultc-

ompaniesass-

ault.

companies eacneacleachbeaconNeal! attack with two platoonspla.toons. in the assaultassault-

and

assaul-

tedand two in support.support. The platoonspIaApia tOODStoads in tnethetine: assaultas saul teachteach-

attacktea-

carteacheach-

attack

each-

attackattack with one section in the assault and one inin-

support.

d-

isportin-

support.

d-

isportin-

support.

d-

isportsupport.supportsupport.-

SOCIAL

supp-

ortssupport.S-

PECIAL

supp-

ortssupport.S-

PECIAL

supp-

orts.

SOCIALSPECIAL SITUATIONTTUATIONTITIVATIONSI _ , 44:30430;: 30 P.Pp..:.I , JULYJGLYJLLYUGLYJELLY 171 ? ,., 1S181918sl81S18-

This

1918-

This

1 sl8-

ThisThis company supports tnetl1ethetine Sd2d BattalionLattalion , 26th26th-

Infantry

26th-

Infantry

26th-

InfantryInfantry within tnethetine zone of action.actionaction.-

The

acti-on

action.-

The

acti-on

action.-

The

acti-on

.

The 1st J-latoon.-Jlatoon.Platoon.-Platoon.platoonJlatoon.OnePlatoon.OneLawtonPlatoon- . - One section will follow thethe-

center

te-

eterthe-

center

te-

eterthe-

center

te-

etercenter of the riphtriF-'htriF'hthtrightrife- :' assaultassault company.companycompa.ny.. . One section willwill-

follow

wi-llful

will-

follow

wi-llful

will-

follow

wi-llfulfollow the rip-ntripntri .ototrntrant!

-

. flank of the rir'if.lntriflntrightriffling'. rntrant supportsupyort company.companycOn1yany.cOn1yanycompany.-

The

cOn1yany-

.The

cOn1yany-

The

compa-

ny.

The leadingleading.-leading.leadinleadingleading.sectionpleadings.,

- section will engageeilgagemelange targets to its front ,

the othGothotherr section to the rigntrightprint flank.flankflank.-

The

fla-nk

flank.-

The

fla-nk

flank.-

The

fla-nk

.

The 2d Platoon.-Platoon.PlatoonPlatoon.OnePlatoon. - One section will follow thethe-

center

te-

eterthe-

center

te-

eterthe-

center

te-

etercenter of the left assault company.company. One section willwill-

follow

wi-llful

will-

follow

wi-llful

will-

follow

wi-llfulfollow the left flank of the left support company.companycompany.-

The

compa-

ny.

The leading : sectionBectionBecton will engage targets to its front ,

the other sections6ction to the left flank.flankflank.-

The

fla-nk

flank.-

The

fla-nk

flank.-

The

fla-nk

.

The 3d Platoon-r-inPlatoonrinP1atoonT-inP1atoonTPlatoonv-inPlatoonv- - supportBupport)1nBupport1n) in line ofo f squadsquad-

columns

subdo-

cuments

squad-

columns

subdo-

cuments

squad-

columns

subdo-

cumentscolumns , will follow thethe'centerthecenterteeter'

center of the battalion atat-

a

Ba-

taa distance of 200 yards.yardsyards-

.Overlay

yards-

.Positions

yards-

.Overlay

.

OverlayOveOvex r la.ylay. tooho1'J1J' 0 11-

Ma.P

1-

MaPPositions for the assault are shown on the mapmap.map.-

On

m-ap

map-

.Mapm-ap

,.

lapMa.PMaP. No 2On the assault to the 2d objective the 1st andand-

2d

and-

2d

and-

2d2d Platoons will go into firing positions on the edgeedge-

ofed-

ge

edge-

ofed-

ge

edge-

o

edg-

eofo f the MlSBV-aux-BoisMlSBVauxBoisM1eey-aux-BoisM1eeyMissy-aux-BoisMissyMills- - ravineravrave ne and fire overhead firefire-

until

freq-

uently

fire-

until

freq-

uently

fire-

until

freq-

uentlyuntil the leadingle&d1ngled1ng& wave of the rifle companiesoompanies reachreach-

the

react-

edreach-

the

react-

edreach-

the

react-

edthe forward slope of the ridge in the ravine , at whichwhich-

time

wh-ich

which-

time

wh-ich

which-

time

wh-ichtime one sectionseotion from each platoon will move forwardforward-

7

.

i

-7-7- 7-

Ove

-I.I.

. . . . ._ . _ . _ . . n - . . . ' -r-.T-r.T-r.T2irT2i-.

-= '2i---2i2-

i"The

2-

iThe

: . :- ' -:;-

: :. . . . . _ . . . . . . .

I

and occupy the ridge in front andand.. take up firingfiring-

positions.

firing-

posifiri-

ngfiring-

positions.positions.positionsposiposit tlons.tlonstalons. On the capture of thethtthtJthat ridgerid e the refiningre.llainingrellainingre.iiainingreiiainingreclaimingrefrainingrefinings-

ectionrefin-

ingre.llaining-

sectionreclai-

mingre.iiaining-

section

.

section of eacneachbeacon plat on will move forward to the ridge ,

and take up firingfirinv positions.positionsposiposit tions.tionsions. Overhead fire will bebe-

used

be-

mused

be-

used

be-

mused

be-

used

be-

musedused to assist the rifle companies.companies . Immediate stepssteps-

willste-

epssteps-

willste-

epssteps-

willste-

epswill be'be' taken to secure enemy machine guns in thethtthat areaarea-

of

are-

aarea-

of

are-

aarea-

of

are-

aof the platoons.platoons. TrieseTheseTries gunsunsHuns will oebe turned in tneirtiniertneir-

positionsste-

rnposttneir-

posi

neur-

osis

tneir-

positionsste-

rnpostpositionsposiposit tionsions anaand their lirefiretire usedu.sed. to supSUISUFI) ._demerit.lementlementClement., thettJetote firefire-

of

fie-

ffire-

of

fie-

ffire-

of

fie-

fof your gunsZ unsHuns , and when possible90 ssisib bleable , used exclusively.exclusivelyexclusively.-

One

exclusive-ly

excluEexclude : i ve ly.lyly.-

nt

L-

yn

.

Onent=; section of eachea.ch. platoon will cover the rigntprintri gntgent HankflankHank-

and

Than-

ked

flank-

and

flan-ked

flank-

and

flan-kedand one section of each platoon the left flank.flank. TueseTheseTuesTues-

epositions

Test-

osterones

TThes-

epositions

Test-

osterones

eseese-

ositions

res-

olutionspositionsositions will be organized for defense.defensedefense.-

The

defen-se

.

The supportsuportsup.-portsup.port.(-sup( ) platoon will movernoverove forward to trietiletreetribetrie-

1st

tile-

1st

tre-

e1st1st objective andand.. tneretoeretroereTerretree take up defensive positionspositions-

againstposit-

ionsposipositpositions-

againstposit-

ionstionsionstions-

aga.instagainstaga.inst. counterattack until the rifle companies .iaveiavellaveavelavellav-

ecleared

lav-

aliereiave-

cleared

cav-

aliered

. .iav-

ecleared

:

cleared t'uetuethetrue' plateau , at wnichwaichwiichwinchaitchwhich: time it will movem ve forwaidforwardforwaid-

to

forward-

to

forwa-

rdto the edge of the MissyiJissyjoists aux Bois ravine and engageengage-

enemy

engage-

ment

engage-

enemy

engage-

ment

engage-

enemy

engage-

mentenemy targets on tnethetine eastern slope of Missy aux BoieBoisBoiseBoie-

ravine

Bo-

ilerBois-

ravine

Bloo-

dstained

Bois-

ravine

Bloo-

dstainedravine and on the heights beyond.beyond. These positionspositions-

willpositi-

onsposiposit tlonstalonstlons-

will

ton-

silwill be organized for defense.defensedefense.-

Overlaydef-

ensedefense-

.Positions

defense.-

Overlaydef-

ense.

Overlay #+32 , Positions are shown on the map.mapmap.-

Mapm-apmap-

.In

Api-

an

map.-

Mapm-ap

.Map #*+2

In case a leading section becomes engaged itit-

will

t-will

it-

will

t-will

it-

will

t-willwill be leap-froggedleapfroggedfogged- by the following section.section. InIn-

case

In-

case

In-

casecase a leading platoon becomes engaged it will be leapleap-leap-

frogged

leap-

frogged

leap-

frogged

¬-

froggedfogged oy'oyby' the support platoon.platoonplatoon.-

Every

plat-oon

platoon.-

Every

plat-oon

platoon.-

Every

plat-oon

.

Every enemy target will be engaged.engagedengaged.-

Ammunition

engaged.-

Ammunition

engaged.-

Ammunition

.

Ammunition will be used sparingly.sparinglysparingly.-

Squads

sparin-gly

sparingly.-

squads

sparin-gly

sparingly.-

Squads

sparin-gly

.

Squads willw1ll use their guns energetically andand-

boldly.

ha-

ndball

and-

boldly.

ha-

ndball

and-

boldly.

ha-

ndballboldly.boldly.

You know the chain of command.commandoommand.oommand. In oaeecasegoatee ofof-

casualties

f-aculties

of-

oasualties

of-

casualties

f-acultiescasualtiesoasualties each automatically replacesrep aces the next seniorsenior-

and

seni-or

senior-

and

seni-or

senior-

and

seni-orand the junior'WilljuniorWilljuniorjunior .willwill-will'.- be notified.notifiednotified.-

8

notified-

8

.

[

!

-88-8-8- 8-

Overlay

8-

and

-f

. J

'GunsGunsruns' and ammunition will oebe checked upon theirtheir-

arrivalher-

bariatheir-

arrivalher-

bariatheir-

arrivalher-

bariaarrival at this ooint.ooint9oint.9ointpoint.pointjointooint.-

The

joi-nt

9oint.-

The

9oint-

The

point.-

The

poi-nt

.

The 2d in commandc01'Jman:1c01Jman1co 'i! rnannan :1 willwi 11 ueoee at taetiet L-u3Lu3- head11ead of0 f thethe-

support

he-

liportthe-

6UPiJOrt

the-

support

he-

liportsupport6UPiJOrt platoon.platoonplatoon.-

The

plato-on

.

The route to the assaultaShaultasphaltas : aultSault positionsposi'tions' is asa shownshow-

ni.

shown-

on

sho-wni.i.. '., apapIApia//-IIrrlt1rr/ / - on the mao.maomap.maprnaP.rnaPnaP. This companyco panypanky forms at tnethetine realreaxrearrefax of tnethetidetine

,,. (2d2d(2d BattalionttAlionstallionBa , and follows them.them. A guidefS'uidefSuidep-aidepaide,-Susie' will oe'oebe' fur-furfur-t

fr-t

furl-

iBhed.

furl-

oughed

fur-

The

furt-

her

-t L ' '. d' - '

s

. \ .-

". nishednoshednili-Bhed.liBhed.BedliBhed.tl1liBhedtl1-

shed tl1tl1om'tl1omtnethetine companycomanyom'om', ) ,..nyny. a'tlFermeatlFermeat\ermeatermealdermenerneat' \[FermeFemme de Pouy.NPouyNPoundPouy.N-v

pou0PouyPloy .,v'VV' } V_

The company formsformaformeformed here at 6:15615:; PMPal prepared toto-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmovemove out.out. Equipment , light packs.packs., Carts will bebe-

taken

be-

taken

be-

takentaken forward.forwardtOl'ward.tOlwardtOward' . Canteens will be filled.filledfilled.-

The

fill-ed

filled.-

The

fill-ed

filled.-

The

fill-ed

.

The companyoOitlpanyoilcan commandcomm , I.ndIndIndo. post will oebe withwi th the 2d2d-

Battalion

2d-

Battalion

2d-

BattalionBattalion command post.postpost-

.It

po-st

.

It is now 5:30530: PU.nPUnPU.n-

Comments

PM.PMPig: . "

CommentsComments-

The

Commen-

tateThe formationforrriation designa-teddesignateddesignateddesignde signasigma- ted to be.be., used by thethe-

26tri

the-

26tn

the-

26tr126tri26tn26tr1 Infantry , support battalionattalion following the assaultassault-

battalionass-

aultassault-

battalionass-

ault(3)3( ) Division , battalion at a, distance of from 200 to 500 yards , (3)3(3)-Vol

3-Vol

(3)-

required

3r-

equired

(3)-

required

3r-

equired

( )

VolViol VIIIVIII-2d

VIII-2d2d Inf.InfInfoInf.-Dr1g

Inf-Dr1g

. required that the machine-gunmachinegun- company remain directlydirectly-Brig direc-tly

directly-

behinddire-

ctlydirectly-

behinddire-

ctlyBrigDr1g ;

G-p.Syul.Gp.Syul.- . cuL.cuLcullcuL.-w

cur-

l .. behind the battalion to prevent intermingling ofof-

units.

c-

ounts

of-

units.

c-

ounts11w? 170170-

tl.l, ()

* unitsunits.*. This reduced seriously the maneuvering abilityability-

ofabilit-

yp

*, t> VAN' * a\,

**Mof the machine-gunmachinegun- company.company. It was assumed thatthat-

ammunition

tan-

tamountthat-

ammunition

tan-

tamountthat-

ammunition

tan-

tamountammunition carts could not be used during the movementmovemen-

tforward

move-ment

movemen-

tforward

move-ment

movemen-

tforward

move-mentforward since they would interfere with the movementmovemen-

tof

moveme-

ntof the support and reservereSereset ve battalions.battalions. Their use waswas-

not

wa-

sn't

was-

not

wa-

sn't

was-

not

wa-

sn'tnot contemplated except by contact at night or atat-

favorable

af-

fordable

at-

favorable

af-

fordable

at-

favorable

af-

fordablefavorable opportunities.opportunities. The addition of four riflemenriflemen-

perriflem-

enper machine-gunmachinegunmaohine-gunmaohine- squad as ammunition carriers waswa-

sthought

wa-

shoutwa-

sthought

wa-

shoutwa-

sthought

wa-

shoutthought to solve the problem of ammunition supply.supply. TheThe-

ammunition

The-

ammun1tion

The-

ammunitionammunitionammun1tion these men carried was to be used first andand-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

em<

!I the riflemen released.released.. . to their companies.companiesoompanies.oompanies. NoMe provisionprovision-

was

provisi-on

|,I was made to dri'vedrivedrfve' men forward or hold squads togethertogether-

9

\,

_

,

I

w

-9-9- 9-

ap

9-

runs

-

by supervision from in rear.rear. Great pains were tatakentaken-

to

take-

nenen-

to

len-

toto makema.kmak. e certain that all casualties arnonamonarnonianonDamon" *: leaderslea.dersleaders-

would

lead-ers

lea.ders-

would

lead-ers

leaders-

would

lead-ers

.

would be immediately replaced by the next junior , andand-

that

can-

tata

and-

that

can-

tata

and-

that

can-

tatathat constant check amonpainontrDamonanointeramoammo n !,; themtilemtile wouldwoulcl keep the companycompan-

yorganization.

comcompan-

yorganization.

) a.nyanya.n-

yorganization.

.

organization.organization. Bold and energeticenergenergy= eticethic use of machine p'un-

sat

puns-

at

unse-

atp'unspunsunsc"unscunsHunschunksc"un-

sat

cuns-

atunse-

at

'" uns-

at

uns-

eatat all enemyeneRene I1Y targetstart'etstartetstaretstartlets;,' was urgedurg-ed.urged.urseddburgcursed-

. because it was thoughtthough-

tthatthou-

ghtthough-

tthatthou-

ghtthough-

tthatthou-

ghtthat machine-gunmachinegunlachine-gunlachinechine-gunchinena!, - targets would aprlrJa ear.ear.ear.. . It was oelievedelievedbelievedoelieved-

thatbeliev-

ethdelielieved-

tbelieve-

d

evedrevvedeved-

that

rev-

vedthattha tallall officers0 f f ice r s andan d noncommissionednoncoinrnissionednonscientistsno nc 0 irI1!! i B S i 0 ne doffofficers1 c e r 8 knewknew-

the

net-her

knknew-

the

net-her

e ww-

the

t-

hethe missionLuissionElisionLuis : ion of the machine-gunmachinegun- company and the 2d2d-

Battalion

2d-

Battalion

2d-

BattalionBattalion , as well as the mission in generalEeneralKeener of thethe-

attack.

th-

eatric

the-

attack.

th-

eatric

the-

attack.

th-

eatricattack.attack.

The platoon commanders of the 1st and 2d2d-

Platoons

2d-

Platoons

2d-

PlatoonsPlatoons uereV\ereVereguerrev\ excellent machine-gunmachinegun- officers.officers. The 3d3d-

Platoon

3d-

Platoon

3d-

PlatoonPlatoon was commandedcommcorn= nded.ndedended. by an officer of much lessless-

experience.

less-

ex

les-

eless-

experience.experience.experienceex erience.erienceTerence. The.The. Drisvi.deDrisvidebrig-n.debrign.debrigadeDivideN.E.-. orderordeI'ordeIhorde' to organizeorgan.ize. tnetilethetine 1stlet1st-

S

1st-

objective

let-

objective

ret-

rospectiveS1-

Di

11 objective prevented the macnine-eammacnineeammachine-gunmachinegunbeam- company from assist-assistaSBist-aSBistassist-

(4)

assis-

t4aSBist-

ing

assisti-

ngassist-

(4)

assis-

t4-4)1/11/(4)4( 4)4) DivisionDi vi 8ion8ion-

VoingKing the 2d Battalion forward to the 2d objective.objective. (4)4( ) TheThe-

VolTh-

eoTh-

eterrain

Te-

heranThe-

VolTh-

eoVolViolVo I VIIIVI I I ,2dad Inf.InfInfoInf.-Brig

Infe-rring

. terrain selected by the machine-gunmachinegunmachine-unun- company commandercommande-rBrig

comman-der

commande-rBrig

comman-derBrig ; ra&< .)J # c-cccJU.- cJU.cJUcU. G.GG-

.OP.

G-

OP

.tttt-OP.

to-pOP.OP. Sect.SectSect.-No

Se-ct

. offere.xofferexoffereQoffereioffered,.: ideal positions for overhead firef1r , anaaridan thethe-No

th-eo

the-

tacticalhi-

eratical

the-No

th-eoNo 170I 70 11-

tacticaltactical location gave the battalion machine gungun-

defense

und-

efended

gun-

defense.

und-

efended

gun-

defense

und-

efendeddefensedefense.*.,.,, in the valley), to itsit B flanksflanks"," to t\etet : \e frontiront ,

and to the rear , whicnwhichwhine positions on the 1st objectiveobjective-

tsrobjective-

AIobjective-

did

objectiv-

esobjecti-

ve<tsr\tsrtsartsrj&4jLjLrtsrj4jLjLr\ j&4--jLjLr\j&4j4jLjLrjellj&4jLjL-

rdidj4jLjLr-

didAI& -*-"I'I"I'-

didId-

idIo-

dide" ' \ &

did not give.give. One platoon of machine guns.couldgunscouldunsoldgunstguns'gunsgust'. could checkcheck-

a

chec-

ka strong counterattack.counterattack . It was presumed that strong-strongstronge-

nemy

stron-gmen

stronge-

nemy

stron-gmen

stronge-

nemy

stron-gmen

-

enemy forces would be encountered in the Missy auxaux4-

2wXI,I-

Bois

B-

ois42wX? &->- 4ict-4ict4ictr4ict-

Bois* *&- r>

Bois ravine due to its excellent shelter.shelter. The enemyenemy4-

SS9enem-

yterrain

exent-

eratingU L L 4.4.. X4 . < . t drKst-drKstdarkestdrKst4C* < 4C \ ,... .. .. .4SS9+ + sm + & - * j 4-4j&iw-j&iwjiw4j&iw4jiwOjibwa- & - * - & * **- * bftlALbefell*LuC auau4L.au4Lcz.c..c..AczccAcoca:: * -4L.4L.- ,

terrain offered excellent machine-gunmachinegun- defense.defensedefense.O-

PERATIONS.

defense.O-

PERATIONS.

defense.O-

PERATIONS

.

OPERATIONS.OPERATIONS., 6306:30?: PM , JULY 1717--9:00179:0090017-9:00---9:00900: AM , JULY 181-

8It

1-

8It

18-

iIti t was 630830; PM , July 17 , 1918.1918. The 1stlet1st-

Battalion

1st-

Battalion

let-

BattalionBattalion was due to arrive.arrive. All companyoompany liaisonliaison-

men

liais-onmen were sent out to looatelocateloathe the companyoompany transport.transporttransport.-

10

transport-

10

.

-10-10- 10-

4)

1-

04

101-

1

-

The location of the carts enroutererouteen route was not found.found. TneTileTineTn-

ebattalion

Te-

arstainTTil-

ebattalion

ee-

battalion

b-

attalionbattalion commander v/asvaswas/ notified.notifiednotinot ied.ieddied. Tn'eTneTh'eTheThreTineThree' rain ceased andand-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hemthe sky cleared.cleared. . At 77-15715;:- 15 PP"!:" ,

,' the companycomp3IlY formed andand-

moved

An-

dover

and-

moved

An-

dover

and-

moved

An-

dovermoved to the column of the 2d3d Battalionbatta.lion. , anda.nd. thethe-

liaison

the-

orization

the-

liaison

the-

orization

the-

liaison

the-

orizationliaison men were instructed to lengthenlenthenlenF'thenlenFthen[' tneirtheirtinier search.searchsea.rch.search-

.It

sea.rch-

.It

search-

.Isearc-

h. .

ItI t appearedap e lredlured thattl-JattlJatAt- the company , if iti t moved witnwithwinwi tlltall the 2d2d-

Battalion

2d-

BattRlion

2d-

BattalionBattalionBattRlion , wouldwould. . move into position without machinemachine-

puns

mach-ine

machine-

uns

machi-nepuns-unsunsHuns[-!) or ammunition.ammunitionammuniammonia tion.tionion. The battalion commandercOrilmandercol'iLmandercoliLmanderOrlandocalamander' was againagain-

notifiedagain-

notifiedagain-

notifiednotified tuatthattautt at the carts nadhadnada nutnot arrived.arrived. TneTreeTine columncolulunCollincolumn-

was

colulun-

was

colu-mn

Coll-inwas delayed about'tenabouttenabout-tenabouttenabsoluteabout '-, ten minutes but then moved off.off. TheTh-

emachinegun

T-eaching

Th-

emachinegun

T-eaching

Th-

emachinegun

T-eachingmachine-gunmachinegun- company remained in position waitinwaitingtinLTtiLT untiluntil-

the

unstil-

ted

until-

the

unstil-

ted

until-

the

unstil-

tedthe last second for tneirtheirtizeirtiniertier carts.carts. Whenhen the uattalionoattalionbattalionuattalion-

had

oattalion-

had

battali-onhad moved forward about 500 yards the second in commandcommand-

was

comman-

doswas directed by the companycOftJpany commander to move thethe-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

company

Et-

hiopiancompany forward and instructed ththi.tthithit(: .tt. t if thetl1e carts couldcould-

not

coul-

dn't

could-

not

coul-

dn't

could-

not

coul-

dn'tnot join the column they wouldwuuld join the company immeimme-Mmeimm-

ediately

imm-

ediately

imm-

ediately

¬-

diatelyirately in rearr ar of the attack positions.positionspositions.-

As

positio-ns

.

As the company commander neared the crossroadscrossroads-

at

crossroa-dsat Roy St.St., Nicolas , leading elements of the 1st Bat-BatBa-

ttali

Batt-

alion

Ba-

ttalion

Ba-

ttalion

-

talitaitaliontalonon , 26th Infantry appigfbfchedatpJatopappoc-hedappochedapproachheed} )-hedheed and the compa.nycompany. transtrans-trans-

porttrans-

porttrans-

port

¬-port officer was seen comingcoining aciossaClOS8acrossacidosis country.country. CompanyCompan-

yliaison

Camp-

anulasCompan-

yliaison

Camp-

anulasCompan-

yliaison

Camp-

anulasliaison men had found the transporttran8 ort officer and werewer-

edirecting

era-

dicatingwer-

edirecting

era-

dicatingwer-

edirecting

era-

dicatingdirecting him forward.forward. The carts were rushed forwardforward-

to

forwar-

dto join301n the company.company. By rapid marching the company waswa.swa-

sovertaken.

wa.-

sovertaken.

wa-

sovertaken.

.

overtaken.overtaken. EnrouteReroute the transport officer was given thethe-

situation

he-

sitationthe-

situRt10n

the-

situation

he-

sitationsituationsituRt10n and hishiehide direction as to how to supply rationsrations-

and

ratio-ns

rations-

and

ratio-ns

rations-

and

ratio-nsand ammunition.ammunitionammun1 tion.tionion. The machine-gunmachinegun- companyoompany was broken'broken'broke-

ninto

broken-

intobrok-

en'broke-

ninto

broken-

intobrok-

en'

broken-

intobrok-

eninto route column , the 2d in command bringing up thethe-

rear.

the-

reat

the-

ear.

he-

arthe-

rear

the-

reatrear.rearear.ear., His duty there was to frequently check thethe-

column.

the-

column.

the-

column.column.column. TneTheTine mules and mule drivers were badlybadly-

fatigued

badly-

fatigued

badly-

fatiguedfatigued from five daysdays' ', and nights of marching.marchingmarch1ng.march1ng. TheThe-

11

TheI-

'

The-

I

Thei-

r

The-

11I'II'-I'

I-

I' -11-1111-

The

11-

The

I'I' - -II'III

[

I

g-ungung'ungun-' squads were comparativelycomparaticomparative velyely fresh.freshfresl1.fresl1. The companycompany-

commander

comp-

anionate

company-

commander

comp-

anionate

company-

commander

comp-

anionatecommander had been sixty81ty81-81?,- ty hours witnoutwithoutwi thouttout rest.rest. ProgressPro&"fressProfressProcrressProfessProcuressProgress-

was

Pro&"fress-

was

Profress-

was

Procrress-

was

Progres-

sesProfes-

ses

Procures-

ses

&'"

was hindered by a nardhard rain whiohwhihwhichwhiwhim :; h turned to a drizzle ,

akin . -thethe-t-he-the- - " ni± it'ireitirenitret ' *- - *!' . anaandd movemententKentt slow.slow TherrherheaThe-

iT

The-

ist

rrh-

eV"'Frenchrr-

heVFrenchirr-

everenceTh-

erifle

Eth-

erified

" makingmakingthemakingIi ; ,-n1g1rt'--ve-Y--4n1g1rt'n1g1rtveY4then1g1rt'veY4then1g1rtveY4n , it'ire4arkitire4ark--4ark4arky-.dirky.dirkdirk---

_ . .

morno veillenEileenveuvu ow ." ' _ :$ " ' " " " . ..

[ iT /" -' ' - ' -' - " \-

(V"/'FrenchV"V'FrenchFrench< . "- ' French guides were picked up atat'-t'hat'att'hththeuTermetheaterthethe-

akin

tha-

nking

>de PouysoyPiousDYcy thetilethe-

Ythe-

Ithei-

r,

Y -II- J-""tt" *?

< rifle companiescompa.nies. , but there was no guide for the machine-machine'lachine-'lachinelachineriachine-riachineRacinemachine-

gun

machi-

neriachine-

gun

ranchi-

ng'lachine-

gun

lachine-

gun

latchi-ng

' -

gun company.company. As the tailta.il. of0o f thet 1e companycompa.ny. column passedpassed-

the

pass-edthe farm , that area was snelled.snelledshelled.shelledsmelled. . Immediate check waswa.swas-

made

wa-

yside

wa.s-

made

was-

made

wa-

yside

.

made to the rear to find out whatwha.t. had happened.happened. ThereThere-

were

There-

fore

There-

were

There-

fore

There-

were

There-

forewere no casualties.casualtiesca.sualcasual. ti ea.ea., On return to the head of thethe-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

company

Et-

hiopiancompany iti t wasW3.SW3S. found that the columncolulcoluwncoollyn hadhldheld:: turned northnorth-

and

northl-

and

north-

and

northl-

and

north-

and

northl-

andand the route lay across a field.field. There seemed to bebe-

no

b-

en

be-

no

b-

en

be-

no

b-

enno trail , the groundground. . was soft and slippery.slippery. ThisThis-

condition

This-

condition

This-

conditioncondition , ditches and wire entanglementsentanentrain lementsClements impededimpede-

dprogress

imp-eded

impede-

dprogress

imp-eded

impede-

dprogress

imp-ededprogress and especiallyesjeciallye8 ;, ciallycalmly that of the carts.carts. ContactContact-

was

Cont-actwas maintainedmain tainedstained withwi th the next precedingprecedinp; company oybyoy-

company

sy-

cophancy

by-

cQrHpany

by-

company

sy-

cophancycompanycQrHpany headquarters and the cartscartaCharta aideda.ided. forward byby-

trie

b-yre

by-

tne

b-yte

by-

the

b-ytetrietnethetribetine gun crews.crews. A hard surfaced road was reached andand-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hem

and-

the

ant-

hemthe rifle companies moved faster.faster., The interval betweenbetween-

the

betwe-enthe rifle company and the machine-gunmachinegun- company increasedincreased-

while

increa-sed

increased-

while

increa-sed

increased-

while

increa-sedwhile the machine-gunmachinegun- company was still on the softsoft-

field.

Sout-

hfield

soft-

field.

Sout-

hfield

soft-

field.

Sout-

hfieldfield.fieldfield.-

Map

fie-

ld

.

The rain ceasedoeasedeased , the sky was still overcast.overcastovercast.-

Map

overc-ast

ovovercast.-

When

overc-ast

rcast.rcastrecastrcast.-

When

rec-ast

.

Map #1 When the western edge of the CutryCurry ravine was reachedreached-

the

reach-edthe machine-gunmachinegun- company co.nmnnderconmnnderco.umrfndercoumrfndercommanderchurnerco.nmnrconmnrConner. ,

+ nderender decided that furtherfurther-

movement

furth-ermore

further-

movement

furth-ermore

further-

movement

furth-ermoremovement forward of the cartscarte might be heard by thethe-

enemy.

He-

nleythe-

enemy.

He-

nleythe-

enemy.

He-

nleyenemy.enemy. Due to the rattling of the wheels on stones andand-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

em

and-

the

anth-

emthe constant urging of the twenty-fourtwentyfour- cart drivers ,

the notBenoisenote was considerable.considerableoonsiderable.oonsiderable. No chanceohanoeRoanoke could be takentaken-

on

take-

non drawing additional enemy fire so a message was sentsent-

forward

henc-

eforward

sent-

forward

henc-

eforward

sent-

forward

henc-

eforwardforward that the machine-gunmachinegunmaohine-gunmaohine- companyoompany had halted toto-

13

to-

12

to-

12-13-13-12-12- 13-

g'un

13-

gun

12-

Map

-

taketaktack e the punsf'unsfunsruns'; and ammunitiona11ununitionaUlLalL uniZuni tionion off the carts and wouldVJouldJoulewould-

proceed

sound-

proofed

VJoul-

dproceed

would-

proceed

sound-

proofedproceed by 'hand.handhand.' . The oattalionbattalion column movedllloved on.onon-

.The

M-

onte

on-

.The

M-

onte

on-

.The

M-

onte

.

The company liaisonliailiaise on men were sent out toto-

attempt

t-

otemto-

attempt

t-

otemto-

Map

st-

oma

attempt to maintain contact but due to the darknessdarknes-

sit

darknes-

sidarkne-

ssiti t couldcouli notnD t be maintainedmaintained.ma.imaimagi. n tained.tainedstained,. \;n'hilenhilenile;';'hihi' Iele thetlletulle cr-'unscr'unsunsgunsHuns[-.,' unsHuns andand-

ammunition

ad-

monition

and-

amnuni

An-

daman

and-

ammunition

ad-

monitionammunitionamnuniamanuensis! tionion were being unloadednloaded and delayed somewnatsomewhatsomewnat-

by

somewhat-

by

somewh-

atby the attached riflemen , who were totally inexperi-

enced

inexperiinexperi-inexpertinexperi-

enced

inexperi-

enced

¬-

encedfenced , final instructionsinstructionsereinstructions.ere/ereere-.ere.ere/,,-*. repeated to the transtrans-trans-

port

trans-

port

trans-

port

¬-port officer.officer. The platoons reported and the columncolrunncolumn-

then

colu-mn

colrunn-

then

Cori-nth

column-

then

colu-mnthen moved forward in columncolllmn of twos with asa.s. muchmuc-

hdistance

unc-

hristian

muc-

hdistance

unc-

hristian

muc-

hdistance

unc-

hristiandistance between'between' squads (1010( yard intervals ) as thethe-

darkness

ten-

derness

the-

darkness

ten-

derness

the-

darkness

ten-

dernessdarkness permitted.permittedpe mitted.mittedemitted. As the columncolwnncowman progressed thethe-

liaison

the-

orization

the-

liaison

the-

orization

the-

liaison

the-

orizationliaison men were picked up and the final directiondirection-

Ut

direction-

of

directio-n Ut 6u c-ryvcryvrv- ,

of the, column pointed out.out. The roads were unfamiliarunfamiliar-

notunfamil-

iarunfamilEnfamil tartar-

not

ta-rotnot havinghav1n ?; been reconnoiteredreconl.loireconlloireconioirecolorrecon.

, teredtermed , andand.. the locationlaclocjlaceloc:;: ! tionion ofof-

Cutry

olf-

actory

ofl-

v

Vol-

vo

of-

Cutry

olf-

actoryCutryCurry andand. . tiietlleVietietulle 2d Battalion were unknown.unknown. The companycompany-

commander

comp-anionate

company-

comma.nder

company-

commander

comp-anionatecommandercomma.nder. was fearful that he mipntmiphtmightmint: becomeecomebecome a casualtycasualty-

before

casu-alty

ca.sualcasualcasualty-

before

casu-alty

. tyty-

beforebefore being-beingbein/Z'beinZ'Zbeginbeingablebendable/-' able to get his companycompallYcompaiycomply: into position.positionposition.-

Map

positi-on

poSipositposition.-

Following

pos-ition

tion.tioniontion.-

Following

.

Maplv a.pap. #L1 Following the road which was presumedpreewnedpreened to leadlead-

to

lega-

toto CutryautryCurryautarky , the company arrived in a town.town., The surroundsurround-surround-

ings

surround-

inEs

surround-

ings

surround-

ings

¬-

ingsinEsdingsHines were unfamiliar.unfamiliar. The liaison men again were sentsent-

out

set-out

sent-

out

set-out

sent-

out

set-outout to attempt boto locate the battalion and the companycompany-

commander

compa-

nionatecomcompany-

commander

compa-

nionateanyany-

commander

an-

chormancommander and two runners went out.out. They took a roadroad-

which

ro-ad

road-

which

ro-ad

road-

which

ro-adwhich was expected to lead to the position.position. ThisThis-

turned

Tin-

ctured

This-

turned

Tin-

ctured

This-

turned

Tin-

cturedturned out to be correct.correct. When the battalion waswa-

slocated

ass-

ociated

wa-

slocated

ass-

ociated

wa-

slocated

ass-

ociatedlocated it was going into position.position. The liaison menmen-

were

me-

aner

men-

were

me-

aner

men-

were

me-

anerwere sent back to bring up the company.company. The BattalionBattalion-4y

Battalion-1f

Battalionz-,4.

Battalion-z44y1f z,4.z4.z4,4U. *,nWuu, <6v* <.ycyc.y"y" ,,,. C+r t+*'ff' C* *r* *L*L-

Command

C-

ommand* ''Command Post was locatelocalocal tea"tea" and veHf1verification: t10n mademadm that-

the

thatc-

hed

thatthat-

the

thatc-

hed

that-

the

thatc-

hedthe two front line companiesoompanies were in position.position. AA-

hurried

H-

urried

A-

hurried

H-

urried

A-

hurried

H-

urriedhurried reconnaissancereoonnaissanoe was made to ascertainasoertain thethe-

positions

te-

mpestuous

the-

positions

te-

mpestuous

the-

positions

te-

mpestuouspositions of the support companies and whenwren the machinemachine-

gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

negun companyoompany arrivedarx'ivedarxivedar1'iar1i'' vedvend thetile 1stlet and 2d Platoons werewere-

13

were-

13

were-

13-13-13-13-

tak

13-

I

13-

l

-I

I

i

l , . . . _ _ . . .. . .. . __ . ._ _ _ _ _ ._ _ . . . . . ,. ._ . . , .. . _ . , . " ' . . ... - . . _ _ ' _ ' ' ' _ ' ' N'N' _ . ._ . . . __ . -.__ _ . . . - - . _ - . . _ . - - " , . . . . . . - . . " . . .. - -- ._ . . . . ._ -_ . . . . . . . . .- - . . . . . - . . . . . .

"

notified to go0 into ththe positions selectedselectedJ, and shownshown-

the

sho-wn

shown-

the

sho-wn

shown-

the

sho-wnthe approximatealJJroximate[ directions.directions. The supportsupJortsup.ortsuport,

. platoon waswa-

sdirected

as-

piratedwa-

sdirected

as-

piratedwa-

sdirected

as-

pirateddirected to its positions behind a cut andrind report waswas-

made

wa-

yside

was-

made

wa-

yside

was-

made

wa-

ysidemade to tuetaletrue oattalion'oattalionbattalion' command post ata.t. 4:204204 : 20 AALAi*,

. . thatt11at tnetiietinetietne-

machinegun

te-

achingtne-

lJ1acl1inegun

tiie-

iiiachinegunmachine-gunmachinegunlJ1acl1ine-gunlJ1acl1ineiiiachine-guniiiachine- companycompalYcomplY! was in position.positionposiposit tion.tionion. From 4204-:204:20204.4.- ;: 20 AivlAlJAbl-AblAilAlAbelAbltoAlto- to

(5)5( ) DiaryDia.ry. 44:25425;: 25 ALCJf.JfAMALEC. the company commanderCOr1iYlU.nderCOr1iYlUnderco.iuriandercoiuriandercourante:. . restedrested.,. (5)5( ) The oattalionbattalibattalionoattalionc-

ommander

battalionc-

ommander

batta-lion

!ll-

commander

c-

ommandercommander tnenthenteen gaveavea.ve. instructions regardingreea.rdingreeardingReading; . tnetilethetine commandcOIlUm.ndcOIlUmndcouniandcolumnedColumbiancommand-

post.

comma-

ndos

cOIlUm.n-

dpost.

colum-

ned

couniand-

post.

comma-

ndos

! .

post.post. It would remain in the present location untiluntil-

the

unstil-

ted

untilt-

11e

until-

the

unstil-

tedthet11e 1st objective was reached , at whichwhicbvihichvii time it wouldwould-

move

woul-

d've

would-

move

woul-

d've

would-

move

woul-

d'vemove forward.forward. At 4:254254 : 25 the Battalion commandingcoiiiunanciingCO lH1 1.ncting1ncting. officerofficer-

saidoffic-

ersofficer-

saidJ

offic-ers

officer-

saidoffic-

erssaidsaidJsaid, "Let'sLets" ' goeo; up on the plateauplF-"teauplF"teauteaupelfeau-" and watcnwatcllwatchcatcall, tnethetine jump-jumpjllil1P-jllil1Purtip-urtipUrijump-

off.

ju-mp

jllil1P-

off.

jllil1-

Poff

j urti-

poff

cu-

rio

-

off.off. " The sky was gettingettingbetting; lighterlir7rhter11 !,hterhater outbut the ground waswa-

sstill

Ba-

stille

wa-

sstill

Ba-

stille

wa-

sstill

Ba-

stillestill dark ; asa.s. tnethetinet e lirhtflirtli :'hh'htt arewgreware stronger the waitingwaiting-

battalionwa-

itingwaiwaifwaiting-

battalionwa-

itingtingting-

battalioning-

ratiationbattalion beganbega.n. to take form and tnenthenteen single-starredsinglestarredsinglestarred-red

singletr-ee

-

red rockets rose from tnethetine enemy line.line. The enemyenem-

yartillery

enem-

yartillery

enem-

yartilleryartillery S.O.S.SOSS.O.SO. . S ., broke upon the waiting troopstroopsJ, manymany-

were

anyw-

here

many-

were

anyw-

here

many-

were

anyw-

herewere wounded.wounded. The minutesminuminus tee dragdrageddrag-eddrageddragged: :-' :; ed anxiously whenwhe-

nsuddenly

whe-

nsuddenly

whe-

nsuddenlysuddenly the sky to the rear , the west , was lit up atat-

one

at-

one

at-

oneone blast.blast. The barragebarra.ge. had commenced.commenced. When the barragebarrage-

burstbarr-

agebarrage-

burstbarr-

agebarrage-

burstbarr-

ageburst in frontfront.. of the line it was an automatic signalsignal-

to

sign-alto advance.advance. The infantry arose and the front lineline-

moved

inn-

erved

line-

moved

inn-

erved

line-

moved

inn-

ervedmoved forward with a yell to follow closely theirtheir-

barrage.

her-baria

their-

barrage.

her-baria

their-

barrage.

her-bariabarrage.barrage. The machine-gunmachinegun- company commander waited toto-

check

tr-

oche

to-

check

tr-

oche

to-

check

tr-

ochecheck the three platoons ofo f his company and observeobserve-

thatobse-

rveobserve-

thatobse-

rveobserve-

thatobse-

rvethat they were in their proper position.position. Undue casualcasual-casua-

lties

casua-

lties

casua-

lties

¬-

ties had not occurred in anyanyoneone platoon.platoon. The oattalionbattalionoattalionc-

ommander

battalionc-

ommander

batta-lion

battalionc-

ommander

batta-lioncommander was seenBeen moving forward to the left front.frontfront-

.It

fro-nt

.

It was realized then thattha.t. the battalion'battalion' commandcomma.nd. postpost-

was

post-

war

post-

was

post-

war

post-

was

post-

warwas to be a moving one.one. The machine-gunmachinegunmaohine-gunmaohine- company comoom-oomcom-boomcom-

mander

oom-

mander

com-

mander

com-

mander

¬-

mandermaunder then detailed a liaison corporal and one runnerrunner-

to

runn-erto peporteportreportexportdeport, to the battalion commanderoommander as liaison agents.agentsagents.-

He

agen-

ts.

He established his command post with the 3dad2d in command.commandconmand.conmandconuuand.conuuandcoonhoundcommand-

.14

command-

14

conmand.-

14

conmand-

14

conuuand.-

14

conuuand-

14

.

i

-14-14- 14-

(5)

1-

45

14-

notified

-

The 2d3d in coinuiandcOhuiandcoriuiandConfucianchuanCorrigan!: movedmo ve d to the Bideside of the companycompany-

commander

comp-anionate

company-

commander

comp-anionate

company-

commander

comp-anionatecommander for comfortcomfort.,. let e was directedd i l'l' e c t e d to move1110 ve to tiietl1ethetietiie-

flank

th-

ieftl1-

eflank

the-

flank

Te-

flonflank uutGutbutut as he diddid.. so an enemyenertiYenerilyeerily shell knocked himhim-

down.

Shi-

mon

him-

down.

Shi-

mon

him-

down

Shi-

mondown.down., HeFetKe camecarne runningrunninccrunicrunninrunning [ oackbackoak withwi th tnetl1ethetine remark , "YouYou" can'tcantcan't-

get

cant-

get

can-ter

can ItIt-

get

Bi-

ggest

I' tt-

get

g-

etget me awayaViaavvaavianJava y from you arainj"arainjagain!"arraignarainj"-

The

arainjT-

hearra-

nta 'ainain' ! "

The locationioeaIowa t io n of0 f the commandcommendcomm l nd postpo s t gaveave poorpoupoufpoo-

robservation

poo-

robservation

rr-

observa

o-

bserveobservationobservaobserve tionion for macnine-funmacninefunula.chine-p-unula.chinepunma.cnine-crunma.cninecrunmachinelacinessrun. - - targetstFirgetirets dued.ue. to bothbo th thethe-

enemy

He-

nleythee-

nel11Y

the-

enemy

He-

nleyenemyenel11Y b.O.c.bOcc.O.S.cOSbloccobs. . . which seemedseemed. . to oebe thinningthirlninthirnninthinning e: out , and t.ietiethet.ie-

supporting

tthe-

supportin

tel-

eporting

. ee-

suportins-

upportingsupportingsuportinsupportin-supportinsupportinbarrage.supporting) (- ',; barrage.barragebarl'age.barlage' . The company commandercOlllmandercorrirriander withwi th twotw-

orunners

to-

rturers

tw-

orunners

to-

rturers

tw-

orunners

to-

rturersrunners decideddecided. . to move Jorwardforward in thetbetube battalionbattalionf-

ormationbatt-

alionbattbattybattalionf-

ormationbatt-

alionlionlion-

forma.tion

loc-

omotionformationforma.tion. for reconnaisraneereconnaissancere connaiConnie 8s caneccanccan ea andand., . better observation.observationobserva.tion.observation.-

Afterobserva-

tionobserva.tion-

.After

observa-tion

observation.-

Afterobserva-

tion. .

After passingpassinepassincpassim, ;: throughthrou-hthrouhthroucthou- :=:: h tnethetine enen.jenenjE'neuIYEneuIYenezhyJensenEnquirybenzyl: ' . S.O.S.SOS6.0.60.60. . s.s. zone theretrIeretierce waswas-

a

as-aa moment of deathlydea.thly. stillness , ThenTlJenTalent one of thetbetube runnersrunners-

was

runner-

sW

runn-erswasW 'JSJS' , killedkilled. . by aa.., machine-machinemachineunllachine-fllachinefmachine-runrunlaciness{ - un'un' bullet.bulletbullet-

.It

bullet-

.Ibull-

etbullet-

in

.

ItI t was immediatelyimmer3iately observed that bhethe'thehe' center ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

th

o-

ftof-

the

of-

tentheth e battalionbat taltail i on was notno t up withwi th the: barrage.barrageoarrage.oarragecarragecarriage., OneOn e supportsupport-support-

ing

supsupport-

ing

lJOJO r t-tt-ing

¬-

ingKing g-ungungun- , probaolyprobably oalioerca.li'oercalioercaliberColliercaliper.' 105 , was about 30020U yardsya.rdsyards-

behind

ya-rds

ya.rds-

behind

yards-

behind

ya-rds

.

behind the barrage.barrage. This part of the line was followingfollowin-gits

followi-ngits burst.burstburet.buretbret. The units on the flank and in rear werewer-

edirected

we-

ediestwer-

edirected

we-

ediestwer-

edirected

we-

ediestdirected by thetbetube machine-gunmachinegun- company commander to movemov-

earound

ove-

rloud

move-

a.round

overa-

bounding

mov-

earound

ove-

rloudarounda.round. and in frontfronfromt of0 f this , . ?,,un.un. They were led by him.himhim-

.Wearing

shi-

mmering

him-

.Nearing

inn-

ervinghim-

.Nearing

inn-

erving.

WearingNearing the front with this group , a scared rabbitrabbitj-

umpedrab-

bitrabbitj-

umpedrab-

bitrabbitj-

umpedrab-

bitjumped up and ran toward the enemy line.line., The attentionattention-

and

attenti-onand firef1r'ef1re' of almost a section was directed to the rabbitrabbit-

untilrab-

bitrabbit-

untilrab-

bitrabbit-

untilrab-

bituntil stopped by the machine-gunmachinegun- company commander.commandercommande-

r.Groupings

comm-andeer

commande-

r.Groupings

comm-andeer

commande-

r.Groupings

comm-andeer

.

Groupings about the size of sections also began to form.formform-

.These

forem-

others

form-

.These

forem-

others

form-

.These

forem-

others

.

These were dispersed.dispersed. The machine-gunmachinegun- platoons werewer-

estill

terre-

strially

wer-

estill

terre-

strially

wer-

estill

terre-

striallystill proceedingprooeeding in their proper places in the formation ,

and with few casualties.casualtiescasualties.-

A

casualtie-s

.*

A redred.. rocketrook t was sent up from the enemy line.lineline.-

The

lin-net

line.-

The

lin-net

line.-

The

lin-net

.

The machine-gunmachinegunmaohine-gunmaohine- companyoompany commanderoommandercommanders, recognizing this asas-

the

as-

hen

as-

the

as-

hen

as-

the

as-

henthe samelame S.O.SSOSS.O.SOS . O ., S ,:' signalsignals, ranra.n. forward to the edge ofo f thethe-

15

the-

15-15-15-15-

The

- it

.11.-

1The

1-

The

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

I*I-barrage

B-

arragebarrage andand.. when one enenyeneiryenemyemeryeneRene , y appearedpearedpearleda at tnethetine positionposition-a

positiona-

.positiona-

l( aa.. distanced i 8 tanctan e of0 2UO200 yards ) fromf rorJNoraroar whichwl1i eh trietnetreetribetine signalE i gna.lgnalgnarl. waswa-

ssent

ass-

entwawa-

ssent

ass-

ent66-

sentsent , firedf re ata.t. himhinJchin with hishiehide pistol.pistol. HeJe: e fell.fell. TneTineTne-

enemy

Te-

rence

Tne-

enemy

Te-

rence

Tne-

eneriiy

Te-

enierenemyeneriiyeerily oaroarragebarragerage; waswa.s. shortened and t.ietiet.letletale. battalionb8ttalion, aagainagain-

passed

ang-

inasagain-

passed

ang-

inasainain-

passed

im-

passepassed throughthrouthouh the enemyerfniyperfidyerf-erfserf_- niyny barrage.barrageba.rrap-c.ba.rrapc.Barr.- . ' This was thettJetote lastla.stlast-

oarrageloa-

dstarla.st-

oar

las-car

last-

oarrage

loa-

dstar.

oarragebarrageoar rage and tnet.netiletine. lastla.st. red rocket.rocketroc et.et., btoj-infbtojinftoinfostop .JinrJinrAnrJoinerAr-.. : :; ata.t. thisthis-

point

high-

point

this-

point

high-

point

this-

point

high-

pointpoint to drop oackbackoak to aa.. better reconnaissance positionpostionpotionpos-pos-± tionion ,

one of tuetfletaletruefile riflemenriflety.enrifletyen. attachedattached.at tachedached. as an ammunitionammuniammonia tionion carriercarrier-was

carri-erwas observed , covered with bloodbJ.oodbJoodbooed. and in criarsecrierscharge; of sixsix-

orsi-

xsix-

orsi-

xsix-

orsi-

xor seven prisoners , passingpa.ssinpassinpassiricpassimpasser. to thetine rear.rear. rieBrie<- e waswa-

sstopued

as-

toundwas-

Bto

wa-

ste

wa-

sstopped

wa-

stepaperstopuedstoppedstoopedBtoTo :Jed auc1aIlCaacaIlac;

._ nishisanis prisoners were directed toto0too:;-00--oo-;- '- o to thethe-

rear.

the-

reat

the-

rear.

the-

reat

the-

rear

the-

reatrear.rear., Apparently this rifleman had rejoined his companycompan-

ybefore

com-pany

compan-

ybefore

com-pany

compan-

ybefore

com-panybefore hiehishidehi 8 nachine-nachinenachineunmachineJrachine-2unJrachine2unirachine-JunirachineJunRacineJuan: - :un ammunitionamrJUDiamruniArmani!: , tionion had been'been

' usedused.,. ItIt-

was

V-

itas

It-

was

V-

itas

I tt-

was

w-

aswas realized that hisbisbias exampleeXalijple mim i-.Phti.Phtphoto-!.

,ht be typical ofof'' aboutabout-

bU

abo-utbU per cent of these attacnedattached riilemen.riilemenriflemen.riflemenriilemen.-

The

riflemen.-

The

riflem-en

.

The center of the oattalionbattalion was again held up.upup.-

iv.ap

up.-

On

up-

On

up-

.ivap

.

iv.apivapMapSiva.; f#. 2% On investigation aa.. short trench was observed aooutabout 200200-

yards

200-

yarde

200-

yardsyardsyardeyarded to the front.frontfronfrom t.t. The machine-gunmachinegunLIachine-gunLIachineiiachine-guniiachineLacinessniacin, - company con/menderconmendercomm.ndercommndercommanderconmende-

rdirected

comm-ended

C0I1uncomm.nde-

rdirected

comma-

ndeered

/ _1.ndeI'1.ndeI1ndeI1.nde-

I'directed

1nde-

Idirected

,.

'

directed his orderly to move quickly to the flank andand-

The

ant-

hem

and-

come

hand-

some/ come up inln rear.rear. The instruction waswa.s. carried out and

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forward.forward. He and his orderly were thenthen-Charles

he-ctares

then-

on

ten-

on

then-Charles

he-ctaresCharlesCharles-CameronCha-rlesCharles-CameronCha-rlesCharles-CameronCha-rlesCameron, on thethen RaperieDraperiesRaperie--LorientRaperieLorientHaperie--LorientHaperieDraperiesOrientAperies--LorientOrient hoad.hoadRoad.Roadhoard.* It was observed thatthat-Co

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the battalion on the rightrightf, had notn t progressedptogressedogressedogressesp beyondbeyond-f

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2 that road.road. Further observation revealed an enemyenem-

ymachinegun

enem-

ymachinegun

enem-

ymachinegunmachine-gunmachinegun- nest in a covered , hastily-constructedhastilyconstructedhastily-oonstructedoonstructedhastilyconstructede-

mplacement

hastilyoonstructede-

mplacement

hastilyconstructede-

mplacement

-

emplacement , four hundred yards to the front of thth'ththtthatth'-

battalion.

th-

battalion

ha-

bitationtht-

battalion.

*'battalion.battalion. One embrasure facedfaoedfavored toward the northeast.northeastnortheast.-

One

northe-ast

.

r

\ , One gun of the support platoon was directed intointo-

action

inte-

raction

into-

action

inte-

raction

into-

action

inte-

ractiont

'

' ' action on this embrasure.embrasure. One clipolipoxlip (2020( shots ) was fired.firedfired.-

One

firest-

one

fired.-

One

firest-

one

fired.-

One

firest-

one

.tf One shot only hit the lower edge of the aperture.aperture. TheThe-

16

The-

16

Th-

eis

T-

his

ifi

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VI

-

VI1 __" '_ _ . ._ ._ -_ ._ . _ ._ - . . . . , . . -- . . . . . ... . '

.

... . . . . ... . . . . . . . .

.. . . ,io"io"' ; 1'1': :" <

efiecteffectdefect wasV o.8o8. watched.watched. ImmediatelyIm.llediatelyImllediatelyIm.aediatelyImaediately. the enemyenelllY , aoouthboutaboutbout twentytwe..tytwetytvre.tytvretytreatytwenty-

in

twe..ty-

in

tvre.ty-

in

twen-ty

tweeti-

ng

treati-ng

. .,

in number , started pourin-pourinpourilpouringpourpourinoutporno{ - ""' out withwi th theirtheir Handsl1ands heldheld-

up.

hold-

up

held-

up.

hold-

up

held-

up

hold-

upup.up., The 16th Infantry a&ainaainacainainAcadiana &;ain advanced.advanced. Again thethe-

machinepun

te-

achingthe-

machinep'un

the-

machinepun

te-

achingthe-

machineoun

te-

achingmachine-punmachinepunmachine-p'unp'unmachine-o-unoun- '- companycompony, commander moved ahead for reconrecon-recon-

naissance.

recon-

naissance

recon-

naiSLance.

recon-

naissance

recon-

riais"ance.

recon-

riaisance

recon-

naissance

¬-

naissance.naissancenaiSLance.naiSLanceriais"ance.riaisancenuisanceradiance" . As thrthethruth 1st oDjuctiveo'ojtcttveoojtcttveobjectiveadjunctive' ; wacW8Gwasac, reachedreacreach 1ed oy thethe-

leading

he-

edingthe-

leading

he-

edingthe-

leading

he-

edingleading ; wave it wasW iS observed thatttw.tttwttwit. thtl-tltl1st-.. , :; 1st wave waswa-

soverrunning

wa-

soverrunning

wa-

soverrunningover-running-overrunningoverrunningtheover-runningoverrunning- - the line.line. 'IheIhe'I'heTheHe' ' utacnine-gunutacninegunic.acrLine-gunic.acrLinecacnine-guncacnineguaninemicroclinecanine, ., , - companyGonlpanyGolan comcom-com-

mander

COcom-

mander

1-11-

mander

¬-

mandermaunder ran forward, and halted theti.letile. line on triethetribet e immediateirn.ediateirnediateindicateimmediate-

i.ap

irn.ediatel-

.aP

immedi-ate

inebria-te

im..JimJJim. ., diatedilatediate-

flanks

data-

banksi.apiap"apapl.aPlaP." 1;#r222-

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flanks , and issued directions.irectionsirectionsc.irectionscirections. to stop tiatt1.ltt1ltti-titattiextremetexture., -_: extremeextreme-

flanks.

extr-eme

extreme-

flanks.

extr-eme

extreme-

flanks.

extr-emeflanks.flanks. The 1stis t oojectiveobjective was an unimprovedunimUnum ) rove--lrovel-:

- roadroroad-

was

road-

ways

d wnichwriichwinchrichwnich-

was

Nicho-

las

wnich-

was

Nicho-

las

wriich-

The

Rich-

ter

was almost obliteratedobliobi tera.tec"lteratecliterate.

"

, anaa.ndandanti. conseoucntlyeonseouentlyconsequently nardna.rd. toto-

recognize.

to-

recofnize.

to-

recognize.recognize.recognizerecofnize.recofnizerecognize.-

The

recogni-ze

recofnize.r.-

f'he

recofnizer-

fhe

recognize.-

acid

recogni-

zer

recogni-

ze

::: .

Ther.f'herfherhea.

' machine-'runmachine'runrun1I1acl1ine-un1I1acl1ineunmachine--funfun- '?-: platplat.onsplatonsplatoons,. oneonscons were observed naltedhaltedmaltednalted-

and

malt-ed

halhalted-

flanks

hal-

ted

tedted-

aud

ten-

dedandaudacidMaud gogoingin-.yin.yin ;-,.:)

' into firingf'irin17firin17firinfibrin'

? :; positions.positionsposiposit tiOIlS.tiOIlStOIlS. TneTheTine macnine-macninemacnineunmachinemannequinlfJachine-6unlfJachine6uniLAachine-guniLAachinegunolfactionlacinesslfJachine6unc-

ompany

iLAachinegun-

company

- unun-

company

un-

womanlycompany commanderco.r.mandercormandercor.rnandercorrnandercoriander., . estaolishedestaulishedestablishedestaest lishedlashed his commandcouHrw.ndcouHrwndcomm.---u-idcomm.uidcoauthoredcomm.---

.- post in thethe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonfront line , anda.nd. with nieJisirisniceJibs! liaison menwen dug in with messmess-

kits.

wes-

kits

mess-

kits.

wes-

kits

mess-

kits.

wes-

kitskits.kits. Enemy machine-unmachineunmachine-gungun- ?: fire was heavy and grazing.grazinggrazingrazing.-

One

grazi-ng

.

One enemy 77 caliber gun only was firing on the frontfront-

line

front-

line

front-

lineline , moving along the line at regular intervals ofof-

about

fa-

deout

of-

about

fa-

deout

of-

about

fa-

deoutabout fifty yards.yards. His space was calculatedcalc latedelated and movemove-move-

ment

move-

ment

move-

ment

¬-

mentmeant made of a few yards to avoid his fire.fire. AnA-

nAlgerian

A-

nalgesia

A-

nAlgerian

A-

nalgesia

A-

nAlgerian

A-

nalgesiaAlgerian fromf row the French division on the left movedmove-

dacross

mo-ved

moved-

acrOBS

mo-ved

move-

dacross

mo-vedacrossacrOBScarOBS the front with an automatic rifle looking forfor-

the

fo-

rte

for-

the

fo-

rte

for-

the

fo-

rtethe enemy and roamed back again.again. The battalionbattali0nbattalBata i n comcom-com-

mander

com-

ma.nder

com-

mander

com-

mander

¬-manderma.ndermaunder. waswee observed making a reconnaissance along thethe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonfront line , and upon'uponupon ' his approach the machine-gunmachinegunmachinegunc-

ompany

machinegunc-

ompany

machinegunc-

ompany

-

company commandercomma.nder. stepped out of his fox hole andand-

notified

an-

notated

and-

notified

an-

notated

and-

notified

an-

notatednotified him that the machine guns were disposed asas-

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P-

assover

as-

previously

sp-

eciouslyas-

overlay

P-

assoverOverlay #'322-

Mappreviously planned.plannedplanned.Aplanned., A message arrivedarrived--uThearriveduThearrived--"The"TheThe-- "TheThe" PlatoonPlatoon-

MapPlato-

onPlatoonO-

ommander

Pla-toon

Platoon-map

Plato-onMap #*+32

CommanderOommander 1stlet Platoon wounded.wounded. Platoon sergeant ininc-

ommand.

in-

commode

ino-

ommand.

n-

omadinc-

ommand.

in-

commodecommand.commandoommand.oommand. " The platoon sergeantsergea.nt. waswa.s. capableoapa.bleoapable. , and leftleft-

in

letti-

ng

left-

1n

left-

in

letti-

ngin1n command.commandoommand.oommand.

-17-17- 17-

"ap

17-

ap

17"-

U

17-

U

-. . .

,. . . . ' . . . . . . . - - ."- "UU" - - 't't' ' or ."

. ,

'' . .: 'f.f' .

"

,

ithenWhentidhentide the standingsta.ndin6-sta.ndin6sta.ndin6arracestandin6arrace. ;-; oarraarrasarraceoarrageSaracenbarrage: e was, lifted tuetiJ.t-tiJ.tthetruetinttiJ.t1sttiJt1st.

-; 1st1st-

and

1st-

a.nd

1st-

and

1st-

andanda.nd. 3d2d PlatoonsPIaPisa toonstons movedmoved. . forwardorwardf ini accordanceaccol'danceaccoldance' withwivii thrh theirtl1eirtheir-

schedule

He-rschel

tl1eir-

schedule

their-

schedule

He-rschelschedule and entereden teredtermed the v' :'isgy.1ssy1ssy.issyissypiggyMissy. aux Bois ravine.ravine. TheThe-

16th

The-

18th

The-

13th16th18th13th InfantryInfa.ntry. on the riri"htrihtrightrir'rirrr("' ht apppreutlyapprentlyapparently? were progressingprogressing-

on

progressi-ng

propros res8in9.res8in9ressinresinressin-

on

resi-n

.

'

on tneirtheirtinier schedule.schedulescs cliedulcalendulae ule.uleYulee.e. The machine-machinemachineunmachine-nn-: un comoanycom.oanycorcioanycompanycoercion. commanderilimanderIliadcommande-

rwaited

comma-

ndercommande-

rwaited

comma-

nderco ilimande-

rwaitedwaited to move forward with the sup/oitsupoitobitsupBUD lortort'oror/' t platoon.platoon. UponUpo-

narrival

Upro-

ariously

Upo-

narrival

Upro-

ariously

Upo-

narrival

Upro-

ariouslyarrival in re.'irreirrearrehire.' of tjetoeUte road leading south from D'ArlyDArlyDarklyD'Arly-

an

DArly-

an

Arya-

n'

an American battalion was observed to halt and retreatretreatf-

romretr-

eatretreat-

J

retrea-t

retreatf-

romretr-

eatfrom in front of CravaneonCravan4onCavemenJ to a positionposiposit tionion in rearrea.r. of aa-

silent

s-

ilenta-

slic'ht

a-

slicht

g-

aslight

a-

slictht

a-

litsilentslic'htslichtslicthtslightlich': slope.slopesloe.sloe!) . ItI t reorganizedreorg-anizedreorganizedTrevoraniseed- and prepared, to attackattack-

again.

atta-ck

attack-

again.

atta-ck

attack-

again

atta-ckagain.again., TneTheTine support platoon was put into firing-firingfiring-

positionfir-ingfirinfibrinfirin-

posi

firep-

otsf it insins-

positiondis-

position

-

positionposiposit tionion anda.nd. shots registered on Cravaneon.CravaneonCavemencravacravatCravaronCavernon.on., It waswa-

sthought

wa-

shoutwas-

thoUfSht

wa-

shouts

wa-

sthought

wa-

shoutthoughtthoUfSht tnatti.-.Lati..Lathatnat.-

. t an enemyen my counterattackco un teraterra ttacktack from that pointpoint-

mik'ht

point-

mikht

po-int

point-

mivht

po-int

!Join tt-

mif

m-

iffmik'htmikhtmivhtmightmifmiff ':ht be in progress.progress. The oattalionbattalion moved lorwardforwardlorward-

again

blow-hard

foforward-

againforw-

ardrwardrewardrward-

a.gainagaina.gain. and wuenwrenwenw en their attacka.ttack. appeared successfulsuccessuccess sfulfoul , thethe-

support

he-

liportthe-

supJort

he-

liportthe-

support

he-

liportsupportsup-JortsupJortOrt,- platoonpIaApia toantan was directed to move ouicklyquicklyQui ck ly to itsits-

selected

tes-

sellated

its-

6e1e

its-

selected

tes-

sellatedselected6e1e ctedacted positionsposiposit tionsions at the ededeede-eeedgecede-ee- of tnethetine ravine.ravine. ThisThiThaiThis-

platoon

Stip-

ulation

This-

platoon

Stip-

ulation

ss-

platoon

p-

latoonplatoon immediately found targets to the left flank inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthe ravine but none on the plateau east of the luissyMissyissyLuisluissy-

aux

Missy-

aux

lou-sy

Mis-sy

Iv issy-

aux

Bis-sauaux Bois ravine.ravine. The company commander moved into thethe-

ravine

te-

rrainthe-

ravine

te-

rrainravine and to the ridge in front to establish hishisc-

ommand

disc-

ommend

his-

co

Cis-

co

his-

coamand

ch-

icanedcommandcoamandco 'lmandlmandland',, post.postpos t.t. The 1stIs t and 2d PlatoonsPIaPisa toonstons were firing atat-

tarpets

a-

ttiresat-

targets

w-

attages

at-

targets

w-

attagestarpetstargetstappets as they appeared in the valley on both flanksflanks-

and

flan-ks

flanks-

and

flan-ks

flanks-

and

flan-ksand to the front.front. Extra men fromfrom.. the gun crews hadhad-

already

ha-

ndledhad-

already

ha-

ndledhad-

already

ha-

ndledalready seized enemy machine guns and were firing thesethese-

in

there-

inin long bursts.bursts. The positions were being organized.organizedorganized.-

The

organiz-ed

.

The rifle companies masked the machine-gunmachinegun- fire to thethe-

front

the-

reon14*1-

4frontfront as the 2d objectiveobjeotive was apparently taken.taken. TheThe-

j

Th-

e

The-

s1

Th-

esituation

H-

esitationj\ situations1 tuatuba tionion on the immediateimmeMme d.1ad1a. te rightright was obscure due toto-i

toi-

l

to-

trees

t-ortes

to-

trees

t-ortes!(

i

Overlay-MapOverl-ayOverlay #3 trees and bushes , but American riflemen were to thethe-

F

thef-

tthe-

right

he-

ightthe-

right

he-

ightF Map #*25 right flank.flank. The progress of the attackattaok on the leftleft-

18

left-

18-18-18- 18-

When

18t-

idhen

-

flank was confused.confused. CheckOheckHeck olofof' ' tnethetinet e positionsposiposit tionsions revealedl'evealedlevealedleveledrevealed-

thatrevea-

ledl'evealed-

tha

levealed-

thalevel-

edrevealed-

thatrevea-

led'

thatthathant tnethetine guns8'uns8unsruns' were properlyproJpro; rl y placed.placedplaced.-

C

place-d

placed.O-

OlI.Llen

placed.-

Cotr.ments

.

COOlI.LlenOOlILlenCotr.mentsCotrmentsColleenCornetsCotr.ments-

The

Corve-tte

on.on. merit: t s8s-

The

T-

he

8-

TheThe tacticaj.tacticajtactical.tacticaltactack ti caJ.caJca. dispositiondidisposidisposePOS i tionuionunion of tlietilethelie macnirie-&unmacnirie&ununcilacnine-funcilacninefunmanurecelandinemacnirie&un-

company

macnirieunc-

ompany

cilacninefunc-

ompany

la.ClaClace. !1i ne-gunnegunnegunc-

ompany

- &;

company vvaswasvas believed to oe correct consideringconsiderin;:; thethe-

terrainte-

rrainthe-

terrainte-

rrainthe-

terrainte-

rrainterrain , tnetDethetinetide depthepth 01ol: the battalion and tucthetiietucktie positionposition-

of

positio-nof the support oattsliori.oattsliorioattalion.oattalioncattalion.cattalionoatsbattalion. SveryEveryVery enemy target that waswas-

seen

as-

sent

was-

seen

as-

sent

was-

seen

as-

sentseen waswa.s. engagedengaped; andand.. the advance of tnet..1tt.1tt1ttinetri.:. ::: oattalionbattalion , asas-

well

s-well

as-

well

s-well

as-

well

s-wellwell asa.s. t.'tttt.'t't.t-t.tt.tadvanceattendance... ', '- advance of tnethetinet e oattalionsbattalions to oothbothbooth flanks ,

wasVvasVas aidedaid.ed. effectivelyef'ectively.efectivelyYectively.YectivelyHecticallyof ]'

*. It wasW8S, learned tnatnat, the"Lb.E-"Lb.ELbEElbe"Lb.EllLbEllBEll"

. - machine-

un

machi-ne

:machine-machineJchine-JchinenEchine-nEchineChinellnEchine-

gun

inchi-ng

Jchine-

un

Chi-ne

) --

gun,: un companycOTllanyScotland) could not oe effectivelyeffectieffect velyely commandedcormijaiidedcordialitiescomlua.comluacola . deddeed ifi f itsitsc-

ommand

disc-

ommend

its-

c

it-s

itsc-

urntnana

disc-

ountenancecommandcurntnanacurtainc n1inan post were confinedconfine . to tnet1J.8t1J8thetine. DattalionIJa.ttalioflIJattalioflcattalionBattalion. commandcomman-

dpost.

comma-

ndos

comman-

dpost.

comma-

ndos

comman-

dpost.

comma-

ndospost.post. CommandComzinandCombinedCOuirCOir and ofvf thetbetube companyconpany! demanded tnatthatnat targets ueue-

picked

un-

picked

U-

epicked

U-

npicked

ee-

picked

p-

ickedpicked up quickly , missions assistedassiKn6dassigned effectively , aridaadandadari-

dunits

ari-

dness

aad-

uni

adz-

uki

and-

units

ma-

numitsunitsuniZuni ts coordinated.coordinated. A liaison groupp.rvUfJprvUfJ.; at the oattaiionbattalionoattaiionc-

ommand

battbattybattalionc-

ommand

batta-lion

..lionlion..lion-

command

lin-emancommand post waswa.s. sufficient.sufficient. The commandc0111mancLcoiiimanci , post shouldshould-

oe

should-

De

should-

tie

should-

er

shou-ldoeDetie about in the center of tuetIlttnetruetine command duringdUl'ingdUlingd.urinEdurinEdullingurinE.

' the adad-ad-

vance.

ad-

vance

ad-

vance.

ad-

vance

ad-

vance.

ad-

vance

¬-

vance.vance. AmmunitionAmwunitionAmaiuniSamarium tionion carried oyray the squad was sufficientsufficient-

forsufficie-

ntfor missions of directaireothairnet fire in the attack.attack. The prepre-pre-

arranged

pre-

arranged

pre-

arranged

¬-

arranged platoon positions taken up gave to all gunsgun-

sexcellent

une-

xcelledgun-

sexcellent

une-

xcelledgun-

sexcellent

une-

xcelledexcellent fields of fire and a coordinated defense.defensedefense.-

The

defen-se

.

The front of the battalion ann.n. the 2d objectiveobjectiobjectve waswa-

scovered

ab-

solverwa-

scovered

ab-

solverwa-

scovered

ab-

solvercovered as well as the iwissyfuissyiulissykiwisfussyWillis aux Bois ravine to bothboth-

flanks.

outf-

lanks

both-

flanks.

outf-

lanks

both-

flanks.

outf-

lanksflanks.flanks. The rear and both flanks were covered by thethe-

support

he-

liportthe-

support

he-

liportthe-

support

he-

liportsupport platoon.platoon. The use of enemy machine guns ,

twelve , to supplement the company guns gave strongstrong'strong-

machinegun

stro-ngman

strong'-

machinegun

strong-

machinegun

stro-ngman

strong-

machinegun

stro-ngman

'

machine-gunmachinegun- defense and saved ammunition.ammunition., More enemyenemy-

machine

enemy-

machine

enemy-

machinemachine guns were available but'but' could not be manned.mannedmanned.-

So

manned.-

eo

mann-

ed

.

Soeo far as was known there was no straggling.stragglingstraggling.-

A

stragglin-g

.

A hurried checkoheckheck of the personnel revealed fewfew-

casualties

few-

oasualties

few-

casualtiescasualtiesoasualties among the men of the machine-gunmachinegun- companycompan-

ybut

compa-

nycompan-

ybut

compa-

nycompan-

ybut

compa-

nybut only about 'twenty-four'twentytwentyfour"twenty-four"twentytwenty-four'" - of the attached riflemenriflemen-

19

riflemen-

18-19-19-18-18-19-

flank

180-

"

18-

0

-

__ ._ _ . . .. . _ ..... _ . _ ... . .__ . . ... _ . . _ ' . _ . _ _ _ . . _ _ _ ', __ ' . _ __ '-0"0"0-0"7"" . ' . " , . . . . - . . .- . . - ' . :-7"7"7-7".r"" ' :", -.r".r"r- .'. " . ' . . . n.n. . . .JJ..-

Jflank

1'"+

were present.presentIJreseflt.IJresefltIrresolute., All ;,"tmnsNunsmansunsHuns had fired'il'ediledailed' ' and ammunitionammuniammonia tionion waswa-

savailable

wa-

savailable

wa-

savailableavailable iorforIgor a counterattack.counterattackcounterattack.-

C

counterattac-k

.

C :_':' <JttATIOabHATI\HATI411RATI0IHATHATIS'GJHATISGJHATING() :\ .11:. 3::' bOJS'GJSGJbOMSG' ;: CJ AhA2'A2Ai.Ai' :. JULY 1318 - 44:304304:10410;: 30 A.A;:., .;'.:;

"

JULY 1919-

After

19-

After

19-

AfterAfter the 2d objective had been taken the 3d3d-

Battalion

3d-

Battalion

3d-

BattalionBattalion 26th2Cth lnfntryInfantryIlfLf[ ?='flfl' try was notno t ooservedobserved pascinpacing :*:! : to thetinethe-

final

ter-

minal

the-

final

ter-

minal

tin-

efinal

inde-

finablefinal objective asa.s. scheduled.scheduledEcleduled.EcleduledCalendula) . TrooTroop!'roo:1roo1',:;

<) movements forwardforwa.lforwalformalforward-

took

forw-ard

forward-

took

forw-ard

. dd-

took

t-

ooktook place to titLEtetale! , f ririVht.riVhtrightricEric ) ht.ht. This wasW8S found to oeberye triethetribet e bdjd3dbd-

A

D-A

bd-

Battalion.

d-

ebatable

jd.-

La

D.-

A.

3-

dLattalionBattalion.BattalionLattalion.LaLa. :; ttalion.AttalionAstallionA. AReportResortRe JorJour t waswa.s. received from a rifleman tuatteattauttuat-

an

teat-

an

tart-

an

tuatuba tt-

anan enemy machinemachineunmachinec°-unun=-: on ththeshe ri.htrihtrightri .;._;;ht wasW3.SW3S. shootinpshootingshoo tinftinetin ; from aa-

cave

c-

rave

a-

cave

c-

rave

a-

cave

c-

ravecave and firingfil'1nfil1n' r* at troonstroopstrogons as tneytheytanneryt ey passed towardtoward. . thethe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonfront , and causing ; neavyileavyheavynavyilea casualties.casualtiesca.sualties.. . A machine-gunmachinegunmachinegu-

nliaison

machinegu-

nliaison

machinegu-

nliaison

-

liaison manwan reported that he Knew the location , andand-

conducted

and-

conduc

an-

conand-

conductedconductedconducconduce ted the company cocOll.rIlr.ndercOllrIlrndercoii.mr.ndercoiimrndercommandeer.m ,:. . nderender to a , positionposiposit 1i:; on immeiinJlle-iinJlleMmeingleimm-

ediately

iinJll-

eciiA.te1y

iinJll-

eciiAte1y

LwiWi e-ee-

uia.tely

e-

xuviate

¬-

diatelyciiA.te1yciiAte1yuia.telyuiatelyirately. above it.it. Grenades were secured and droppeddropped-

with

drop-ped

dropped-

wi

droppe-

ddropped-

with

drop-pedwithwi th no effect.effect. Two rounds of Stokes mortarmortar' ' ammunitionamiunitionammunition-

were

amiunition-

were

ammunit-

ionaatiluniatrium tioniontion-

were

tow-

eredwere secured fromfromthefrothedthe-the- 23th28th InfantryInfantry.,. These were inin-

effective.

in-

effective

in-inin-

effective.

in-

effective

in-

effective.

in-

effective

¬-

effective.effective. The aid of a paspassinpassin6-passin6passimpassin6Frenchsink -. EreachFrenchBreach tanktllnktall waswa.s. rere-

quested

l'e-l'elere-rel'e-

que

le-

que

lea-

gue

re-

quested

' ¬-

questedquequa stedsteed but it could not reachrea.ch. tiietlletietulle, positionpoelPoe tionion and keepkee-

pits

ke-pis

kee-

pits

ke-pis

kee-

pits

ke-pisits ownovum mission.mission. The runnerrunuerrunierrunnier, was then notified to formform-

at

a guard around this cave , to approach under cover andand-

attempt

an-

danteand-

attempt

an-

danteand-

attempt

an-

danteattempt to keep down their fire.fire. At about 4:00400: PMPM.Pier ., thethe-

occupants

te-acup

the-

occupants

te-acup

the-

occupants

te-acupJ : occupants surrendered after the first six men had beenbee-

nkilled

bed-

eviled

bee-

nkilled

bed-

eviled

bee-

nkilled

bed-

eviledkilled in their attempt to come out.out. The woods andand-

bushes

iam-

buses

and-

bushes

iam-

buses

and-

'bushes

and-

bushes

iam-

busesbushes'bushes' were searched for other enemy emplacementsemplaoements butbut-

the

bu-

ttebut-

the

bu-

ttebut-

the

bu-

ttethe result was heavy loads of souvenirs and much barter.barterbartebaritebarter.-

A

barte-A

barte-r

barit-e

.

A battery of French 75-rnra75rnra75-mmmmrna- guns went into positionposition-

in

positioni-

ngin rear ootheother/thethe/ he 3d2d PlatoonFlatoon and commencedoommenced firing duringduring-

the

duri-ng

during-

the

duri-ngthe morning.morning., A message was reoievedrecievedrelievedreceived that the platoonplatoon-

sergeantplat-

oonsplatoon-

sergeantplat-

oonsplatoon-

sergeantplat-

oonssergeant of the 2d Platoon was killed.killed. A TrenchrrenchfrenchTrench-

cavalry

Trenc-

hantlyrrench-

oavalry

reco-very

french-

cavalryFre-

nchcavalryoavalry squadron was seen moving forward on the rightright-

30

right-

20-30-30-20-20- 30-

t

3-

0J

20-

were

-

and its action we.wew ::,. tonedtclled.tclledtcned.tcnedcalledcaned,. (.nn. n arrivalarriva.larrivalitarrival. -ititgatgait-(- t oneciletheChile front lineline-

itlinn-

etit received heavy fire and turned back.backback.-

At

backd-

ate

back.-

At

backd-

ate

back.-

At

backd-

ate

.

At dusk the machine-funmachinefunmachine-g'ulg'ulgulmachine--unungulf- -, :' ! company cojumnndercomm.ndercommndercoitcn--1ndercoitcn1ndercofoundercommandercoition, :-:- ! ., movedmove-

dforward

over-

flowed

move-

dforward

over-

flowed

move-

dforward

over-

flowedforward to the battalion commandcon mancimanic post.post. HeEe reportedretJortedretortedreported-

uis

retJorted-

ilis

reportedl-

eis

report-ed

retort-eduisilisleisLuisWillis positionspusl'tionspusltionspusitionspulsations' anda.nd. the-thethestatushesitates- status of tiietl1ethetie company.company. LeheL

*

..: e mademade-

a

mad-

e

mad-

ereconnaissancea reconnaissancel'econnaisRanceleconnaisRance' alonalonealonE'alonEalong-alongalongtheelongate'- :; the front line and tnenthenteen to thethe-

co.

Th-

eo

the-

co.

Th-

eo

the-

co.rriond

he-

ctoringco.coco.-rriondco.rriondrind.'- Txajida.ndandStaid: , . post of t.tt ,.ee. e 5d3d BattalionBatlalioI1Ba t ialionilion which was found onon-

tne

ton-

tine

on-

t

on-

the

M-

ontetnethetinet e rirhtrir.L.trirLtrightarilri .:;Lt. of thetLc IdLd= d Jattalion.JattalionSattalion.SattalionJ'atta.lion.Battalion:: '

, . . InformationInforlationInfor.iationInforiationInfuriation,. ;: was receivedreceived-

thatreceiv-

edreceivedt-

hB.t

receiv-

edreceived-

thatreceiv-

edthatthB.tthBt. their attacheda.ttached. machine-gunmachinegunlIJachine-gunlIJachinewachine-gunwachineoligarchies- coraoanyc0n19anycompanycoronary ,, CompanyCom .HH. 'tnytnytiny' A, 3d3d-

UachineHun

3d-

1Ia.ch1neGun

3d-

1Iach1neGunUachine-HunUachineHun1Ia.ch1ne-Gun1Ia.ch1neGun1Ia.ch1ne1Iach1neGun.achine-Oun.achineOunMachineNoun,. . - Battalion , hidbadhad no officers left.left. On returnreturn-

to

retur-nto the company co-nnKindconnKindcOllm1.11dcOllm111dunkindco1rn-

! ! ;' )., nd postostcost tiietileti-ietiietie- 2d in co ruandItlandviandrandIsland, ofof'0 f' ConnanyComanyCotn.anyCotnanyCanaanCompanyConanConnany-

B

Comany-

B

Cotn.any-

B

Canaa-n

Compan-

y

Cona-n

).)

B wasW LG directed to report to ti.ttittuctietuck, . 3d Battalion and assumeasswllehassleassume-

coimand

Asu-ncion

asswlle-

co

assume-

co

hassl-

eassu-

mecoimandcommandco !, mandislandMandy of Company A.A. Thifc'hathatEthic'ltlt'. '. 'tt' companycom any also had no reservereserve-

rations.

reverbe-

rations

reserve-

ra.tions.

reverbe-

rations

reserve-

rations.

reverbe-

rationsrations.rationsra.tions.. .

OrOrE.1ATIOrE1ATIl-llLAElla:- ;.lATIGflSplatefulsLA TI 00H5OXSOS\H5H5\ 4 ;: 303 AHAtcA-AAtoCato!

%

!-' to 10lJ1J ;: 00OO AMA.M. JULY 191019-

vvy110-

At

aa-

J"lya-

Jlya-

llyv/v/yvyJ"lyJlyJuly/"/ I/I-At

F-

iat*

At 4oO4 ;: 30 AJkL aa.. messagernessarepressureme s sarescare::;. : was receivedre ceicetin vedvend fromf rom thethe-

liaison

the-

orization

the-

liaison

the-

orization

the-

liaison

the-

orizationI/

liaison group at the oattalionbattalion command post tnatthatnat thethe-

"battalion

the-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

battalion

te-

arstain"battalionbattalion" was attacking.attackingattackin;' . IheTheHe messenger was directed toto-

return

to-

rturing

to-

return

to-

rturing

to-

return

to-

rturingreturn to find out ifi f the companycom1Jany should move forward.forwardforward.-

The

forwa-

rd.

The let Platoon waswa notified to assemble prepared toto-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmovemove forward.forward. The reserve Rifle CompanyOompaayOmaha , Company E ,

was notifiednot if ieddied thattha.t. the 2d Battalionttalionstallion3a was attackingttackingtackinga andand-

advised

ca-

ddiedand-

advised

ca-

ddiedand-

advised

ca-

ddiedadvised that they should move forward.forward. The liaisonliaison-

group

liais-on

liaison-

group

liais-on

liaison-

group

liais-ongroup Bla-nailedlanailedsignalledsignaled- back with their wiwiwagwig-wagwigwagwigwag<?-wagwag- flag to movemove-

forward.

over-

flowed

move-

forward.

over-

flowed

move-

forward.

over-

flowedforward.forward. The most direct routero te , along a path over thethe-

lefthel-

met

the-

lefthel-

met

the-

lefthel-

metleft face of the ridge , over the bridge and up the trailtraUtaUtrail-

was

traU-

was

railw-

ays

trau-maswas taken.taken. Upon arriving at the plateau , InfantryInfantry-

were

Infan-trywere observed beyond the ParParis-SCissonsParisSCissonsParis-SoissonsSoissonsScissionsOrisonsis-SoisSo- is sons Road.Road. OnO-

napproaching

In-

approachable

O-

napproaohing

U-

nappealing

O-

napproaching

In-

approachableapproachingapproaohing the Paris-SoissonsParisSoissonsParis-SoissoneSoissoneOrisonsPoisson- Road the CommandingCommandin-

gOfficer

Comma-nding

Commandin-

gOffioer

Comma-nding

Commandin-

gOfficer

Comma-ndingOfficerOffioer 26th Infantry was seen.seen. It was thought thatthat-

I

tha-I

that-

the

thatc-

hedI' the RegimentalReg1ment1 commandoommand post was at thdth4thudthdtthud* point.point. TheTh-

efollowing

Th-

eologian

Th-

efollowing

Th-

eologian

Th-

efollowing

Th-

eologianfollowing conversationoonversationconveration® took place : "II" am in commandcommand-

31

command-

21-31-31-21-21- 31-

and

-,

_ _ . . . . _ . ... . .. .. .... _ .hh. _ . . ._ ... .- , . _ . _ . _ . , . _ .... . . , ....JJ..-

Jand

J-

an

of tnethetine machine-punmachinepunlila.ch1ne-lila.ch1nelila.ch1neunlilach1neunnia.chine-nia.chinenia.chineun. - _ :un company supportingsUPJoI't1ngsUPJoIt1ngsup..Jortino-sup..Jortinosup..Jortinothe:..' - the 2d BattalionBattalion-

26th

EatBattalion-

26th

taltail i 0000-

26th26th Infantry"Infantry" ,. "LL" .: .,.oveoveJove.: your companycOICJpany forvaidforwal'dforwaldforwardfervid; ' immediatelyimmediately-

to

immediate-ly

im111tflia.tim111tfliatimmimam :, ciia.telyciiatelyciliateciia.tely-

to

ciliat-e

: . lyly-

to

Lay-

tonto support.supportsUP90r t.t. TneyTheyTannery need you"you" ,. "jherejherewI/herewIhereihereinhere"} +-

/ is16 the 2d BatBat-Ba-

ttalion

BaBa-

ttalion

t-tt-talion

s-

tallion

¬-

taliontalon ? " "StraightStraight"stra.ifstraifI'Stra.iulhtIStraiulhtstratifyDistraught"' . ;ht forward"forwardforw2..l'd"forw2.ldforw2ldforward"illforwardillforward. .' " . " ',;

'/illill/!; youyouiveyou've..iveive-ivedive..-:; meL1ewe! aa-

Uide

a-

idea-

guide

g-

uideUide1)ic1e1ic1eGuide ? " "I'OIO" : "

' o I have no uides.uides'uides.guides'uides-iguide-s . Send8endamend liaison,;guide; ) 0"0," : your :nenenneonnen-

out

me-

nu: en-

out

sn-

out

en-

out

sn-

outout as feelers.feelers. "

The machine-"unmachine"ununma.chine-ma.chinema.chineunmachine-un. - "<,

;un companycOlflpanycellophane commandercoiLaandercolandercOil!: lander desjdestdes9.des9desdeist. _usTIated'natednatedTattedmatedTIated-

one

'nated-

one

nated-

one

Tatt-ed

attenda-

nce

' tedted-

one

red-

oneone runner to regainl'eaw..inleawinremainlain'.. oetiindbehindpetitionedbe hind and explainedeXylained to nimbimhimnmbrim thatthat-

the

thatc-

hed

that-

the

thatc-

hed

that-

the

thatc-

hed

,

the 1stis t Platoon under the commandcornma.ndcornmand,. of the companycOlllpany comCOLl-COLlcoLrm-coLrmCallcormcom-

mander

CO-

Llmander

Cal-

amander

coLr-

mmander

com-

mander

{ ¬-

mandermaunder was movingmovin/movinmovinpmovinfOCWD.l'd.movinfOCWDld/! forward.forwardfOCWD.l'd.fOCWDldfowled: . ' . "SignalSignal"SiSi" 6inal;_;nalnail the otuerot'uel'otuelotherouterhotel' ' twotw-

oplatoons

to-

matoestw-

oplatoons

to-

matoestw-

oplatoons

to-

matoesplatoons to move foiwardfOI'Wc.I'dfOIWcIdforwardfolic'.: , ' and ta.etaeta.retareta.rtar. *.: e positionsp08i tionsions ,.*,, n the plapli1.-pli1.pla-planpla-

teau

pli1-

.teau

pli-

1teau

pla-

teau

. ¬-

teaueau oeriindehinc.iehinciuehinciErinethic. the taris-SoiSBonstarisSoiSBonsFaris-soisEJonsFarissoisEJonsParis-SoisParisSoisParisSoisonstarriesOrisonsFarrissoupspoonsSoilsPrussians- :=-onsonscons,- no-jd.nojd.hoad.hoadhood.hoodhoard- . " TheTile companyCOflJpadYcoriipailyOffloadcorticallycompany-

commander

compa-

nionateCOflJpad-

YOverlay

coriipaily-

coinmiandercommanderconmandercoinmiandercommandeer! started forward leadingleadinE; the platoon which nadhadnadanad-

Overlay

ad-versary

had-

been

ha-

dean

had-

Overlay

ha-

ndoverOverlay 'ifliflfl'ifl-.ap

ifl-ap

fl-ap

#' 1 been formed in line of squad columnscolulr.nscolulrnscollars. upon arrival onon-

LapM-

onaon-

the

M-

onte

on-.ap

M-onaLap\.ap.apap:\ . f/4f4114.1414. /

the plateau.plateau. They moved forward about 100 yards'ardsardsbards,' whenwhen-

enemy

wh-

ence

when-

enemy

wh-

ence

when-

enemy

wh-

enceenemy machine unscunsHunschunks<*:, fired ata t them.them. Rush oy soundssou':1dssou1dssquads' : forfOI'fOIfocifor-

fiftyfo-

rfeitfO-

I'fif

fO-

Ifif

fe-

off

for-

fiftyfo-

rfeit

'

fiftyfiffief ty yards was takenta.ken. up until tnethetine top oiof ti.etietLetl.etale. slopeslo.pe.

waswas-

reached.

abs-

tracted

was-

reached.

abs-

tracted

was-

reached.

abs-

tractedreached.reached. There were a few riflemen on the reverse sideside-

of

sid-

eside-

of

sid-

eside-

of

sid-

eof the slope and also some dead.dead. TneTheTiieTineTie 1st Battalion waswas-

seen

ass-

entwas-

seen

ass-

entwas-

seen

ass-

entseen on the rishtrightgrist; flankflank.,. AS the platoonplaplan on appeared on thethe-r

the.-J

ethe-r

th-e

the-

crestth-

ereat

the-

crestth-

ereat..JJ.-

Jcreatr

crestcreatcreate the enemy machine-gunmachinegun- fire increased.increased. A riperipe-

wheatri-peripe-

wheatri-peripe-

wheatri-pewheat field layla.y. in front.front. Advance was now madema.de. byby-

rushing

br-

ushing

by-

rushing

br-

ushing

by-

rushing

br-

ushingrushing 25 yards , one man at a time.time. This drew enemyenem-

yfire.

ene-my

enem-

yfire.

ene-my

enem-

yfire

ene-myfire.fire., It was decided immediately to advancea.dvanoeadvanoe. by crawlingcrawling-

forward

craw-ling

crawling-

forw8rd

crawling-

forward

craw-lingforwardforw8rd, through the wheat.wheat. One hundred and fifty yardsyards-

were

hard-ware

yards-

were

hard-ware

yards-

were

hard-warewere coveredcoverejcovere.icoverei:. by the platoon crawling together.together. ThisThis-

crawling

Chi-

caning,}

crawling began to draw fire.fire. The company commanderoommandercommande-

rthen

oommande-

rthen

comman-

dercomman-

deerthen , with his two runners and two sergeants who werewere-

not

wer-

en't

were-

not

wer-

en't

were-

not

wer-

en'tnot carryingoarryingparrying machine-gunmachinegun- equipment , went out as scoutsscouts-

followed

schoo-

lfellowscouts-

followed

schoo-

lfellowscouts-

followed

schoo-

lfellowfollowed by the gun squads.squads. Finally no movement couldcould-

be

cou-ldbe made by an Individual without drawing fire whichwhich-

raked

wh-ich

which-

raked

wh-ich

which-

raked

wh-ichraked below the'topthetopTheothe'thethe

' top of the wheatwheat.*. An unoccupied , shortshort-

23

short-

22-23-23-22-22- 23-

of

220-

0

-

__ _ _ . ,__ _

_ _ _ _ _ . .

_____ _ _ _ _. . _ __ _ _ _ -0000- . __ __ _

and hastily-ouilthastilyouilthastily-builtbuiltquilt- trench wasVUiSAvis encountered.encountered . The &unsunsgunsHuns&uns-

were

uns-

were

answ-

ered

guns-

were

gna-

wer

guns-

were

gna-

wer&

were placed in firinfir1nfibrinf i rinrErin, positionspoeitions in tnethetine trench.trench. ThenThe-

nriflemen

Te-nerife

The-

nriflemen

Te-nerife

The-

nriflemen

Te-neriferiflemen who remainedrema.ined. withwi th the platoonplstoon, were seatseltsmelt: tenten-

yards

stee-

lyards

ten-

yards

stee-

lyards

ten-

yards

stee-

lyardsyards to the left flank to prevent a surprise8urjJrise attackattack-

from

atta-ck

attack-

from

atta-ck

attack-

from

atta-ckfrom thatthathan t flank.flank. Visibility" 181 bilbail i ty wiswaswigsW , lS limited1 1mi te d to aboutabouabout-

twenty

abut-

mentabout-

twenty

abut-

menttt-

tWeL1tytwentytWeL1ty feet.feet. ItI twaswaswas resumedpresumed; ) thntthattntthnthan t the bd3d2d BattalionBattalionf-

lightBattal-

ionBaBattalion-

night

Battal-ion

ttaltotal ion! flightnight{ji h t "bebe

" still further to the IrontfrontIron and tiiattattibiat R.tRt. this enemyenemy-

detachment

enemy-

detachment

enemy-

detachmentdetachment had come in oehindbehind their left flank.flank. ItI t waswa-

sapparent

wa-

sapparent

wa-

sapparentapparent that there wwas.ssl.SlS. . aa.., strong ene/nyenenyene.uyeneuyenemyReneKenney/. force withinithinwithin-

aboutwit-

hinwithin-

aboutwit-

hinithina-

.bout

there-

aboutabouta.bout. thirty yardsyards.,. r.iflemenriflemenlflemenfilament. could crawl to tnisthisTunis pointpoint-

and

poin-

ted

point-

8nd

point-

and

poin-

tedand8nd trientnenthenstriventeen rush the trench.trench. A mesoagemessagemesAmes age was sent back.back'back.'.

"... .,

',achine.achinemachine. GunaWlrun CompanyCOLnpa.ny.COLnpanyCompany.ConanCOLnpa.ny-

.bUPtJo1'COLnpany-

bUPtJo1Company-

.buPijoi.'tinCompan-

ybuPijoitin. ,.

buptxntinbuPijoi.'tinbuPijoitinblueprintinguprootingbUPtJo1'bUPtJo1.' tin :s's;' 2d battalion.battalionbattalion.-

To

battalio-n

Ba ttaltotal ion.ionion.-

To

in-to

.

To C.O.COC,0C0., ., 26th InfantryInfantry-

M.

InfantryI-

i.

Infantr-yM.MIi.Ii, . C-CCCompanyCompanyG.G- . Company stopped 800 yardsyardeyarded M.MN.NY.Y. ofo f Paris-ParisParis-

boispons

Pariss-

oiSRons

Pri-ssier

PariParis s-ss-

Soi

a-

ssoil

-

boisponssoiSRonsbosonsorisonsSoiSoil ssonssons Roadhoadhoard by enemy tire.tirefire.fire. Enemy located 60 yardsyards-

to

yar-dsto the left front.front. Send infantry or artillery supportSU1)JortSU1Jortsupport-

and

SU1)Jor-

tand

SU1Jort-

and

suppor-

ted

) !

and can keep on advancing.advancingadvancincr.advancincr.

SignedSiS i .nednedry-nedry.

- ,/ < .

YUYiJ/lYiJlFYIYU-Colndg.

Unc-

oiling// //;

Comdej.MComdejMOomdtS.OomdtSColndg.ColndgCondemnWoodsCoolingComdej.-

MAfter

: . "

After the messenger left fiiendlyfriendlyf artilleryartilleryo-

eganartill-

eryartilleryb-

eganartill-

eryartilleryb-

eganartill-

eryoeganbeganegan falling about twenty yardsyardeyarded in front of thethe-

position.

the-

rmosetting

the-

position.

the-

rmosetting

the-

position.

the-

rmosettingposition.position. Enemy artilleryarti-lleryartilleryMartileery- began falling twentytwenty-

yards

twe-nty

twenty-

ya.rds

twe-nty

twenty-

yards

twe-ntyyardsya.rds. to the rear.rear., OversAversOver anaand shortsshorshore ts from bothboth-

firesbot-

fliesboboth-

firesbot-

fliesthth-

firest-

hirstfires fell on the trench.trenchtrenoh.trenoh. This!his friendly artillery waswa-

snot

wa-

sn't

wa-

snot

wa-

sn't

wa-

snot

wa-

sn'tnot in response to the message because that messagemessage-

could

mess-age

message-

oould

mess-age

message-

could

mess-agecouldoouldGould not have arrived.arrived. The company commander made aa-

short

s-

hort

a-

short

s-

hort

a-

short

s-

hortX

short reconnaissancexeconnaiesance during the firevfiref1refire ; hiAwasyohia4washawshi ( was mademad-

epossible

ade-

nosinemad-

epossible

ade-

nosinemad-

epossible

ade-

nosinepossible by the enemy seeking cover from the artilleryartillery-

fire.

artille-ryfire.fire. The exactexaot location of the enemy could not bebe-

determined.

p-

edestrian

be-

determined.

p-

edestrian

be-

determined.

p-

edestriandetermined.determined.

-33-33-23-23- 33-

and

23-

and

-

. \, - "

The messengermess, engeranger returnedreturnd withwi th thetl1e followingfollowing-I

followin-g

following-

informationfollo-

wingfollowing-

informationfollo-

wing I/information ;: The 2dad Battalion is oehindbehind thehe rarie-rariefaris-farisraris-rarisrareFarrisraidsrarie-

SoisonsPar-

isiansfaris-

8ois

raris-

Sois

rais-ons

-

SoisonsOrisons8oisSoisSoils ;:'on6on6' one Road.Road. Thetletale oattalionbattalion commandercoulmadercolilma.iidercolilmaiidercolandercollative. ! ! wantswaIltswIlts machine.uachineuachineLLLachineLLLachin-

egun

.

/!gun support from, tnattUL1.ttUL1ttiiLttnattilt. position.positionposiposit tion.tionion. The platoon was withwith-with-

drawn

wiwith-

drawn

th-thth-

dr

th-

ru

¬-

drawndr wn to the Paris-soiesonsParissoiesonsaris-soisson8arissoisson8orisonsParis-SoiParisSoiSoil- ssonssons RoadRO d and guns, were placedplaced-

in

place-

din positionposiposit tionion there.there. TheTbeTube location of the 3d2d and 3d3d-

Platoons

3d-

Platoons

3d-

PlatoonsPlatoons was checked , andanGLang reconnaissance made for thethe-

2d

the-

2d

the-

2d2d Battalion commandcomrrwndcornrow post anda.nan. better locations for thet11ethe-JV

th-e t11e-

3ethe-

3dJV3e/3e3d/3dJVJm.3eI'3eI3d10/ /Jm.Jm.I'I10I'-machine

I-machine

M-

achine/*' (&*Jm.-

machine471L471-

Lmachine?; .

machine puns.punsg-uns.guns.guns.gunsHuns- . The battalionba.ttalion. command post waswcas found toto-

the

t-ote

to-

the

t-ote

to-

the

t-otethe left flflanknk and behindbeiJindbeiindBeijing, , the Paris-SoParisSoP1ris-80issons1ris80issonsParis-SoissonsParisSoissonsOrisons- is sons Road.Road, . ItIt4-

sWIt-

was

V-

itas

.

4sW4sW-waswas a shell hole.hole. The 2d BattalionBa.ttalion. apparentlyappa.rently. hadha.dhad-

slipped

he-

adlined

ha.-

dsliyped

he-

adlined

had-

slipped

he-

adlined

.

slippedsliyped , duringdurindurian ' the attack , to tnethetine left flank.flank. The 2dad2d-

and

ad-

a.nd

ad-

man

2d-

overlayOverlay #2.2.2-

Map2-

Mapanda.nd. 3d platoons could support the battalionbatt.1.1ionbatt1.1ionbatt11ion.

' . from taeirtheirstairtaeir-

positions.

trans-

positionsttheiri-

iap her-nia

eiremireir-

positions.

iro-

nstonesMapiiapMia *#4

positions.positions. TheThtThat? let1st PlatoonPlrtoonPoltroonf'lfl' to n wssW8Swaswasps shifted to the left , toto-

the

t-ote

to-

the

t-ote

to-

the

t-otethe right centerceuterceiitercutercither of ti.etieteethe. battalionbattbatty lion , for better positions.positionspositions.C-

omments

posit-ions

positions.O-

ornruents

posit-ions

positions.C-

omments

posit-ions

.

CommentsOornruentsTorrentsComment-

si

Comments-

o

Comment-

si11:0110>.oo.: o orders were receivedreceireceipt vedvend oyby the reserve rifleriflec-

ompanyrif-

fleriflec-

ompanyrif-

flecompany or the machine-gunmachinegunma.chine-gunma.chine. - companyompBny, for the attack.attack. TheTh-

eorder

He-

rderTh-

eorder

He-

rderTh-

eorder

He-

rderorder to attack had been receivedre ceicetin vedvend by tnetn.ethetine. CommandingOOu1wa.ndingOOu1wandingCoii1wa.ndingCoii1wandingCommandin-

gOflicer

Comma-nding

OOu1wa.ndi-

ngQfficer

OOu1wandin-

gQfficer

Coii1wa.nding-

Of

Coii1wanding-

Of

.

! OflicerQfficerFlickerOfficerOf L: icerdicer 26th InfantryInfanInfant try at 3003:003 ;: O AM.AM. The orders receivedreoeivedreceived-

were

reoeived-

were

receiv-

ed(7)7( ) Division1DiViSionDivision1-VolDivision-VolDivisi-on

were to attackttaoktacoa at 4:004004 : 00 AM.AMAM'' . (7)7(77( ) Information of the attackttaclttactattack-

was

atta-ck

a ttaclt-

was

ta-ct

VolViol XVIIXVIVIIXVI-I26th

X VI II-26th

I-

26th26th infinfoinf-July

sin-fully

Inf-July

Sin-fully

Inf-July

Sin-fully

was receivedreoeived through the machine-gunmachinegunhine-gunhineRhinema - liaison group atat-

the

ba-

the

at-

the

ba-

the

at-

the

ba-

theJuly 19

the battalion commandcomma.nd. post.post. The brigade orders toto-

organize

to-

boggan

to-

organize

to-

boggan

to-

organize

to-

bogganorganize and defend the let1st objective had been violatedviolated-

by

violate-

dby the machine-gunmachinegun- company taking forward positions.positionspositions.-

To

positio-ns

.

To again move forward meant to leave the assignedassigned-

mission.

assig-ned

assigned-

mission.

assig-ned

assigned-

mission.

assig-nedmission.mission. Movement forward wasW8.8W88. delayed due to lack ofof-

orders.

co-

founders

of-

orders.

co-

founders

o ff-

orders.

o-

rdersorders.orders. Finally the companyoompany moved in bounds at thethe-

initiativete-

ntativethe-

initiativete-

ntativethe-

initiativete-

ntativeinitiative of the company commander.commander. This provfcdproved toto-

be

t-oe

to-

be

t-oe

to-

be

t-oebe a proper movement.movementmovewent.movewent. Improper directionsdireotions causedcaused-

unnecessary

cus-sedness

caused-

unneoessary

cus-sedness

caused-

unnecessary

cus-sednessunnecessaryunneoessary casualtiesoasualties , and a platoon of machinemaohine gunsguns-

with

guns-

mith

guns-

with

guns-

mith

guns-

with

guns-

mithwith little shock actionaotionabortion was lost to defense becausebeoause itit-

34

it-

24-34-34-24-24- 34-

overlay

24-

The

-

was 800 yardeyardsyarded in front of the front line with non-

ofield

sn-

owfield

n-

ofield

sn-

owfield

n-

ofield

sn-

owfieldfield of lire.lirefire.fire. It was oelievedrelievedbelievedoelieli vedvend that a platoon of infaninfan-infantinfan-

tryinfan-

tryinfan-

try

¬-

try could haveha.ve. movedlJovedwovedlovedwove forward oyray() y infiltrationinfilinfill tratram t ion and takentaken-

the

tak-en

taken-

the

tak-en

taken-

the

tak-enthe enemy trench with few casualties.casualties. It was impossibleimpossible-

for

impossi-blefor tnetreetinet e macl'lne-gunmacl'lnemacllnegunmacLine-g'unmacLineg'uncl.ine-guncl.inenacellemasculineclinema . '

, - ' platoon to captureltJtul'eltJtulelittleCcats tune' the trenuitrenchtranquil withwith-

tiieirwi-

ttierwith-

tueil'

with-

tueilwit-

hheld

with-

theirtw-

ittertiieirtueil'tueiltheirtierTel' piepietolspistolsto is v/itnoutvitnoutwithoutlinocutv.ivi.,/ thouttout. aesertindesertinldesertingassertingdesertion. .

: tneirtueirthheirtiniertruertheir machinemachine-

The

machin-

ate

juris.juris'uns.unsjuriesHunsjuris.-V

jurie-s

-' .

/VV/ <n-AnA- y e oou-uu- <x-xx-

TheT-

he-*

The gung'un' posipositpositionstionsfions1diddid nototof navej-lVejlVeAvelavei:, ;- sufficient oeptho.epthdepth. for tnethetinetne-

most

te-mpos

tne-

most

te-mpos

the-

most

the-

rmosmost efficientfficient defense , but were suitable for an attackattackf-

ormation.

attackf-

Ol"wation.

attack-

fOlwation

attackf-

ormation.formation.formationfOl"wation.fOlwationfoliation", . The enemy terrain was idealidea.l. for macniue-gunmacniuegunachine-gunachinemachine-gunmachinemanicuremacniuegun-

defense.

Jmachinegun-

defense.

achinegun-

defense.

-

defense.defense.

Rolling g-rounogrounogrounoBrunoground- offered excellent positiunsositiun8positions andand-

tne

an-

teand-

t

an-

t

and-

tike

aun-

tietnetiketinet e entiieentir'eentireentities' front couldcuuld be covered by machinenachiueiliachiueoligarchies! uns.uns'uns.Huns' uns.-

OiftftATIOHS

uns.-

0L

uns-

0L

.

O-iftftATIOHSOiftftATIOHSRRATIC-NSRRATICNSdiffractionsERRATIC0"00-LL-"- B,RATIRAT ( - NS 10lU1U:001U00;: 00O AIvfAiWaifA!v;' to 5bO55:0-'050-0;:'

O rkP14?iilil JULY 191819-

Enemy

18-

Eneuy

19-

EnemyEnemyEneuyKenney, targetsta.rgetargetarget. ts were again sought out.outau t.t. One enemy

155 caliber gun which had been snootingnotingsrhooshoo ting down thetIle .faris-.faris.t-aris-.tarisraris-rarisFarrisParisraidsraris-

Soi

narci-

ssi

...taris-

Soissons

trans-

missions

.faris-

Soiseons

- -

SoiseonsSoissonsOrisonsSoiSoil ssonssons Road from the left , was located and one inacninemacninemachineinfantineinacnine-

gun

macnine-

gun

machine-

gun

financi-

ngmanneq-

uin

machi-

negun was directed to the left flankfla.nk. , to attempta.ttempt. to putpu-

tit

pu-

ttpu-

tit

pu-

ttput-

i

pu-

titi t out of action.action. acLaine-gunacLainegunJ.acLJine-gunJ.acLJineL.acLine-gunL.acLineacclaimedJackieLaciness.. , - fire failed to dislodgediglodgedislodge-

it.

diglodge-

it.

dislodg-

eit

dislod-geit.itit ., At tnisttJisti-ListiLis-,TunisatticsLisa time an AmericanericanricanAl artillery battery gallopedgalJ.opedgalJopedgalloped-

acrossgallo-

pedgalJ.oped-

a.cross

galloped-

acrossgallo-

ped, .

acrossa.cross. the Paris-soissonsParissoissonsParis-SoisSoisorisonsSoils- sons Road, on the right , unlimberedunlimbered-

and

unlimber-

edand fired shrapnel to the left flank near the rnacuine-rnacuinerna.ciline-rna.cilinernacnine-rnacnineRacinepractitionerDraconianrnacuine-

gun

rna.ciline-

gun

rnacnine-

gun

raci-ng

crackli-

ngracki-

ng., -

gun target.targetta.rget.. . They then withdrew.withdrew. The machine gun waswas-

brought

wa-

sbrought

wa-

sbroughtbrought backbaokbook to its position.position. Additional direct firefire-

targetsfor-

estagefire-

targetsfor-

estagefire-

targetsfor-

estagetargets could not be found.found. At 4:00400: PM the machine-gunmachinegunmachinegunc-

ompany

machinegunc-

ompany

-.

company commander with two runners , again rejoined thethe-

command

he-

bdomad

the-

oommand

Ta-

homathe-

command

he-

bdomadcommandoommand postpoet of the 2dad BattalionBattalion.*. Occasional intenseintensee-

nemyinte-

nseintensee-

nemyinte-

nseintensee-

nemyinte-

nseenemy machine-gunmachinegunmaohine-gunmaohine- fire from the left front swept thethe-

intrenched

he-

npeckedthe-

intrenched

he-

npeckedthe-

intrenohedintrenchedintrenohedentrenched area.area. Observation of the front from thethe-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

batta110n

the-

battalion

te-

arstainbattalionbatta110n commandoomma.ndoommand. postpoatoat was excellent.excellentexoellent.exoellentexcellent.E-

nemyexcell-

entexoellent.E-

nemyexcell-

entexcellent.E-

nemyexcell-

ent.

Enemy had been seen and reported by riflerifle-

platoon

infe-

station

rifle-

platoon

infe-

station

rifle-

platoon

infe-

stationplatoon commanders organizingorganiz1ng positions , but this waswas-

25

was-

26

wasI-

.

wa-

s . .I.II-

.25

I-

25-25-25-26-26-25-

was

26-

was

-

not reported to the macnine-g-unmacninegunmacnine-gungunmachinemac iine-guniineguncine- - company.companycompany.r'hcsecompanyrhcsecompany. Theser'hcserhcseThosearcs;:' couldcould-

have

coul-

d've

couldl-

1ave

could-

have

coul-

d'vehavel1ave been engagedeng'8gedeng8gedengaedengaeng' --eded--

: and the enemyeneHYeneiiyKenneygenii, ! drivendl i venSven from thesethese-

positions

testo-

steronesthese-

positions

testo-

steronesthese-

positions

testo-

steronespositions either byoyy direct or inuirectin6irectindirectinsurrect fire.firefire.A-

TTACK

fire.I-

i.

fir-e

fire.A-

TTACK

.

ATTACKIi.Ii. TTACIAI 5oO5-0505:30530;: ;:-

; PIP.1-P.1PI-

ItP-

ItPP.-

1It

P-

1It

.\ '-

It was sow:rm: 5:305305 : ;jO PLPL'P 'ii' ' July 1J1313"13," 1918.19181016.1016. TneTheTine situationtuntionunction8i

(8)8( ) Diary was unchanged.unchangedunctwniuncrown ec1.ec1. (6)6(8)8( ) At 5:455455 : 5 r.v.rv.c\.cr.vrv.: .. ..\'._ a messengermesseLlb'ermesseLlberreseller' from tnetletreetinetale! regiregi-Regisregi-

mental

rtregi-

mental

gi-gigi-

menta.l

gu-

nmetal

¬-

mentalmenta.l. commandcomma.nd. post divedived into tnethetine 2d Battalion commandcomrl1andcommand-

post.

comma-

ndos

comrl1and-

POBt.

comrl1and-

POBt

command-

post.

comma-

ndospost.postPOBt.POBtPOt. The messageaessavyeassayedlle88a! , e was ;:

Hq.HqIfHQ.IfHQ"Hq.If" . 26th InfantryInfantry-

To

Infantr-y

InfanInfant trytry-

To

try-

stTo C.O.CO.. . 2d Bn.BnBn-

.Attack

Bn-

.Attack

Bn-

.Attack

.

Attack at 5-305305:305305 ;: 30- HIf : l , capturingca.pturing. PloisyP10isyLois RavineRavine-

and

Ravi-ne

Ravine-

and

Ravi-ne

Ravine-

and

Ravi-neand heif.ntheifntheif'ntheftheinHeinz(.,' t beyond.beyond. ArtilleryArt1ArtiMarti leryiieryleeryfiery lifts at 55:30530;: 30 Piv'PivPlvIvPlP'M.PMP'-

M.Azimuth

PM-

Azimuth

P-

aint% '

_ .

Azimuth of attack 1141140.1140° .

,agd.agd8gd.8gdaged. 11"1-

1TheThe battalionbat taliontalon commendercornmEndercommandercontendercommfcomm nderender asked fcne'thethecane' machineulachineuachinelaciness, gungun-

company

unac-

companied

gun-

co

guan-

aco

gun-

company

unac-

companiedcompanyco 1HP 8 ny commandercof.mma.ndercofmmanderco mm., an. de r , "WhatWhathhathat" Vh! {; a t timet ime isi 6 iti t now.nownow.IInow. II" 115" 5-555 ;: :-. 5"55-

"fifteen

5-

fifteen

5 ,"

fifteen minutes late now.now. " "fthatfthatIPfijhatthat" ?? hat is the direction ? "

"ThatThat"Tha.t" . way ( pointingpoinpoint ting ) . If" "I'IIII""! I'II 11l' l } take the rightright , you taketake-

the

ta-ke

take-

the

ta-ke

take-

the

ta-kethe left.left., Let'sLetsLet 16' go90111I"I1 " The macnine-gunmacninegunL1achine-gunL1achineriiachine-gunriiachinemachineRitchie! - company commandercornruandercomrianderconfoundercoriandercommande-

rsent

comman-

ders

cornruande-

rsent

confoun-

ders

comriander-

.Bent

corian-der

,

.BentBent.sent one runner to the machine-gunmachinegun- platoons and one toto-

the

to-

teto.-

the

to-

teto-

the

to-

tethe.the-the.- left companycompa.ny. withwi th the veroalverbal message , "attackattack"attacki-

mmediately.

attacki-

mmediately

"attacki-

mmediately.

attacki-

mmediately

"attacki-

mmediately

attacki-

mmediately

"

immediately.immediately., " He followed the battalionbattaliun commander toto-

the

t-ote

to-

the

t-ote

to-

the

t-otethe Paris-SoissonsParisSoissonsOrisons- Road , moved to the right to viewview-

the

vie-

wview-

the

vie-

wview-

the

vie-

wthe machine-gunmachinegunmaohine-gunmaohine, - companycompa.ny. , Mdand blew hishiehide whistle and gavegave-

the

gam-

ete

gave-

the

gam-

ete

gave-

the

gam-

etethe arm signal , "Forward"Forward" " . As some men saw ttii.etiiet-tettetie)

-

. e signal ,

OverlayOveOvex :clay #3-

Map3 he turned anda.nd. movedmoved. . slowly toward the left front.front. TheThe-

MapHe-

ap Th-

eroaohinegun

T-hrashing

The-Map

He-apMap #*4

machine-gunmachinegunroaohine-gunroaohinerapine, - companyoompany arose slowly and started forwardforward-

to

forwar-

dto the left oblique.oblique. The squads organized and thethe-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

oompany

the-

osophy

the-

company

Et-

hiopiancompanyoompany formed in a line of squad columns directlydireotlydirectly-

behinddire-

ctlydireotly-

behinddire-

ctlydirectly-

behinddire-

ctlybehind the companyoompany commander.commanderoommander.oommander. Ricochet shell fire waswa-

sreceived

ab-

stractive

wa-

sreoeived

wa-

rehoused

wa-

sreceived

ab-

stractivereceivedreoeived from a battery of heavy artillery to the leftleftf-

lank.

leftf-

lank.

leftf-

lank.flank.flank. Intense'machine-gunIntense'machineIntensemachinegunIntense'maohine-gunIntense'maohineIntensemaohineIntense'machinegunIntensemachinegunIntestaciesIntenseInteneratingIntense'Intense' machine-gunmachinegun- fire cameOBWlecauseNoble from the front.frontfront.-

36

front-

36

front.-

26

front-

26

.

.

-36-36-26-26- 36-

not

26-

not

-

The pace , slow at first , was increasedincreaseaincreasesincrease to aa-

run.

a-

rum

a-

run.

a-

rum

a-

run.

a-

rumrun.run. As the ieftleft.refref. t center of tnethetine battalion sectoiSEctOl'SEctOlsectorsectionSect:' waswa-

sreached

abs-

tracted

wa-

sreactled

abs-

tracted

was-

reached.

abs-

tractedreachedreactledreached.reacted. ttlJt2tinee approximateaap); ); .L'oxijaLoxijaGloxiniairoxidioxin.' (natemate( te azimuthazicuuth directiondirectidirectUClUCLA waswa.s. tacen.tacentaken.takentacen.-

The

accen-

ted

taltailtaken.-

The

tak-en

*<: en.enen-

.The

me-

nthe

.

The comocinycomprJnycommotioncompanycornpcorp .; ny haltedhal ted oehindbehind a slirhtslightslislid ?:'hh' t ridge for a two-twotwo-

minute

Wy-

omingite

two-

minute

Wy-

omingite

two-

minute

Wy-

omingite

-

minute rest , followedfolloweo.followeofollowect . oylYuy) reorganization.reorganizationl'eora.niza.tion.leoranizationreor-a.niza.tionreora.niza.tionrearanimation',;- . . ., The objtctiveObjectiveobjtctive-

of

Objective-

of

objecti-veof the attackt'tackttacktacka ' wasW 1.S1S. stated.statedstated.-

Tnere

stat-ed

stated.-

Tnere

stat-ed

.,

TnereTerre wasWFJ.SWFJS. no infantry in front or on thetine leftleftf-

lank.

leftf-

lank.

leftf-

lank.flank.flank. Infantry were seen movingmovinmoving p forward on the rightright-

flank.

righ-

tfulrightf-

la.nk.

righ-

tfulright-

flank.

righ-

tfulflank.flankfla.nk.. . The platoonpla.toon. cornmcofimcormcoffinCOIJalinderCisalpine! ? , nderriderender of the 3d Platoon waswa-

sreported

wa-

sreporte

wa-

sreportedreportedreporte killed.killedki 1 ied.ieddied. The platoonpIa.toonpIatoon. sergeantsereeallsurreallysereeaserene: t waswa.s. in commind.commindcoiutnnd.coiutnndcommandcontendcommind.-

The

coiutnnd.-

The

commin-

ute

COlruCorfu: !! : t nd.ndnd.-

The

.

The comoanycomo8..nycomo8.nycomo8nycoinoanycompanyConan. . moved forward ata.t. a run.run. ASI s they reachedreacl1ed tuetiietruetietue-

cr

tru-

er

tue-

cr

tru-

er

tiie-

crest

tie-

rcescrcrestst of thetile slopeslo.esloe..) t e 1st Battalion , 6thG6th InfantryInfa.1tryInfa1try. ! waswas-

seen

as-

sent

was-

seen

as-

sent

was-

seen

as-

sentseen cominpcominr-cominrcorningcomingcombinercominrovercontrovert-: over tuethetruet e nillhillmill , movinpmoving ,; across tuetrue front ofof-

the

of-

ten

oft-

11e

of-

the

of-

tenthet11e Jdd2dJuddd Battalion.BattalionBati3at a.lion.alionca.lion.calionlionscallion. . They were oeing-oeingoeinrBoeingcoineroeingrapidlyepigraphicallyceincetin ;-]:;- rapidly thinnedthin, ed outjutout-

out

out-

put

out-

but

out-

put

(

outbut tneytheytannery were not hesitatinghesitating.,. bhoutedShouted directions and tuethetruetue-

arm

te-am

tthe-

arm

the-

rmo

ee-

a.rm

r-

earmarma.rm. signal for their changechanoecanoectJct 1.n3e1n3e. :, of oi/efr/ctionoiefrctionoiENetioneractionorientingoil/( /otionlotion was given byby-

tne

b-yte

by-

the

b-yte

by-

the

b-ytetnethetine machine-gunmachinegunmaCLline-gunmaCLlinemasculine- company commander.commandercouimaander.couimaandercOClJmcolumn ( nder.nderender. This was obeyed.obeyedobeyed.-

The

obey-

ed.

The machine-gunmachinegun- company proceeded on.on. TneyTheyTreyTannery halted inin-

a

Gi-

na

in-

a

Gi-

na

in-

a

Gi-

naa sunken road and reorganized.reorganized. A battery ofuf enemyeaemybeamy lightlight-

artillerynig-

htriderlight-

artillerynig-

htriderlight-

artillerynig-

htriderartillery had commenced firing from the front.front. TheThe-

heavy

T-hee

The-

heavy

T-hee

The-

heavy

T-heeheavy artillery had ceased fire , Casualtieseasualties werewere-

oecoming

were-

oecoming

were-

becomingoecomingbecomingovercoming serious.serious. Two runners only remainedrelnainedreclaimed withwi th thethe-

Company

Et-

hiopian

the-

Company

Et-

hiopian

the-

Company

Et-

hiopianCompany HeadouartersHeadquarters , An aid stationstatistatic n was estaulisnedeataulianedestablisheddatelinedestaulisned-

into

eataulianed-

intoestablis-

hedinto whichw.l1ichwl1ich. wounded riflemen started pouring.pouring. CanteensCanteens-

were

Cante-ens

Canteens-

were

Cante-enswere dry and the wounded left to suffer from thirst.thirstthirst.-

The

thir-st

thirst.-

The

thir-st

thirst.-

The

thir-st

.

The company commander'scommanders' orderly reported , "II" am wounded.woundedwounde-

d.Private

wou-nded

wounde-

d.Private

wou-nded

wounde-

d.Private

wou-nded

.

Private ErskineErskine.ArsineErskine.takesErskinetakesJerkiest. takes my place.place. "

TpTo! decreasedeorease losses it was determined to sendsend-

one

sundo-

wner

send-

one

sundo-

wner

send-

one

sundo-

wner

t

one platoon forward under the remaining officeroffioer and thethe-

two

th-

eft

the-

two

th-

eft

the-

two

th-

efttwo other platoons to follow in support.support. The 2dad PlatoonPlatoon-

officerPlat-

oonPlatoon-

offioerPlat-

oonPlatoon-

officerPlat-

oonofficeroffioer came,

to get his instructions withwi th the remark ,

"HellHell"Hell."., of a DayfDayDay !' EhZh ? " "TakeTake" your platoon acrossaoross to thethe-

27

the-

27

the-

27-27-27- 27-

the

27-

The

-

valley.valley. I will followfollo'/follo'follofollo'vfollovfollowithfollow'/,' \\ithith'itllitllitchit'llv\\' i th trietf.Lt-tf.Lttribetf.LtotlHrtrlctrl. - ' otlit-rotlitrotlHrJolietothero tiiftiff :_- r two platoonsJlatoons} at100 yards.yards. " "TnatTnatIIThat"ThatThatNatImitate" is suici'le.suicilesuicide.11suicide11suicidesuicisuicide ' :le.le. " "StartStartIII'I"' s---tartst-art-

- immediately.immediatelyircwlediately.ircwlediatelyimaiediately.imaiediatelycircled. "

Y'hileYihileChileInhale;: leaninglean1leaninagainstLagainst,

' tntDf-tDfthetDtDfroaddefraud-: road i/u'tcuin-jiu'tcuinutcuinjsuturingw/, .tctc'. tcuincuinglinOlin :,-;: tuetLietruetie platoonplatoon-

leave

plat-oon

platoon-

leave

plat-oon

l itoonpitonitoon-

leave

inter-

leaveleave thethE.. trench aa.., snellshellsmellB ell knocked thetl1e companycomp-riycompriyrimycomp , :- ny commander1mandercommanderd-

own.

commander-

down

comman-

ded

commande-

ered

co 1mander-

down.

1mander-

downdown.down., When"JhenJhenhen"; he arose t'-'et't'eethe'- ' 2d PlatoonPla.toon. hadbad advancedvancedvancea aboutabouabou-

tfiftyab-

outabou-

tfiftyab-

outtt-

fiftyf-

iftyfifty yards.yardsY .rds.rdsreds. . The otntrot.tH'rottHrotric-rotricrotterotherostrich.'- two platoonsla.toonslatoons. uereereguerre\ directeddir ctedacted toto-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmovemove forward.forward. TueTileTheTues energyenlmyenimyenemy:_ artillery was now covering tuetnetietruetinetue-

movement

tne-

movement

tie-

movementmovement with shrapnel.shrapnel6hra nel.nelnoel. After advancing a hundred yardsyards-

tne

yar-

dsyards-

the

yar-

dsyards-

the

yar-

dstnethetine company co.mendercomendercontendercO'.mcOmco ', . Jf1dermender: waswa.s. againafain Knocked down.downdown.Thendowntrenddo , n.n. /ThenThenhen7"hen7hen.tt,./ " hehe-

awoke

he-

adwork

he-

awoke

he-

adwork

he-

awoke

he-

adworkawoke tnethetine companyCOffitJ8UYcompacoma uy wabWi.SWiSswabWigsvoaVA! . naltedHa.ltedHaltediialtedmalteddialed. waitint-waitintwaitinwaitingwaitintforwaitingwaiwaif tine .

-. for orders.orders. TheTh-

eplatoon

Te-

lethon

Th-

eplatoon

Te-

lethon

Th-

eplatoon

Te-

lethonplatoon in frontfronfromtwaswaswas halted.haltedhal ted.ted., The co.nraconracontraco.tJmtndcotJmtndcoim.-indcoim.indcontemnedcoinbind., , :. -< nd "forward"forwardforwal'd"forwaldII" ' " waswas-

given.

was-

g:1

was-

g1

was-

griven.given.givengriven.griveng:1g1: veD.veDvend. TiieTheTileTie companycompa.LycompaLycompLycom ay,. ! commandercOJr.mnndercOJrmnndercommandeer. 1.10ved110vedffiovedovedfivecovedir. forwardforvJardforvfor ardWard rapidlyra idly toto-

make

T-

amae

toI-

l

to-

iiake

ti-

biaemakeakeiiakeJakedialedIl ; a reconnaissancereconna1sa.ncereconna1sancereconnais--ancereconnaisancerecommitsVancereconna1s :,=--a.ncea.nceVance-. , and found tnetreetine 2d PlatoonllatoolriatouriPlatooratorio? [ leaderleaderw-

ounded.

leathe-

rwood

leaderw-

ounded.

leathe-

rwoodleader-

wounded

leathe-

rwoodwounded.wounded., TneTl1eTineTI e platoon leader was notified taattHattat tnethetinetne-

woundea

ne-

wfound

the-

wounded

th-

ronethe-

wounded

th-

ronewoundeawounded would ueoe cared for upon theth , capture of tnetinetne-

objective.

tne-

objective.

tin-

eobjective.

in-

effectiveobjective.objective. TneT1'1eT11eTine' companycompalycomplycompa.compacoma ._ lY was movedIilovedBillowed forward to tnetl.letlletinetulletL. e nextnext-

elope

exte-

mpore

next-

slOie

net-

likenext-

slope

Net-

scapeelopeslOieslopeslOe) v.'iichviichVichyW.' J1chrich overlookedoverlooedoverloooverlook ;:': ed the plaplanpla'teauplateauplaiteau'teaueau , TiHerethere the ploisyposyploisy-

ravine

Ploisy-

ravine

Ploisy-

ravineravine could oebe seen and , tnroutrouttaroug'htaroughtarouLJ-htarouLJhtroughtaro'- h a gapga in the busues'busilesbusilesbusiiesbusesbusies' andand-

trees

An-

dreas

and-

trees

An-

dreas

and-

trees

An-

dreastrees , tuethetrue neiphtsneip.htsneightsneophyteseights,..;; oeyondbeyond were visible.visiblevisi'ble.'

. The enemy werewer-

eleaving

swe-

etening

wer-

eleaving

swe-

etening

wer-

eleaving

swe-

eteningleaving their intrenchments.intrenchmentsentrenchments. "ActionAction" front"front" andand-

"commence

and-

commence

an-

chormen

and-

"commence

and-

commence

an-

chormen

and-

"commence

and-

commence

an-

chormen"commencecommence" firing"firing" was given.given. NoneNope of the enemyenelayenewyeelyrenew escaped.escapedescaped.-

The

escape-

d.f

escap-

ed.

The 3d Platoon was directed to remain in positionposition-

to

positio-

nto cover the PloisyPlo1SyLois ravine anda.nd. the neightsheightseightsheiheir htshats oeyond.oeyondbeyond.beyond. TheTh-

e1st

Th-

elet

Hel-

met

Th-

e1st1stlet and ,3dad2d Platoons were directed to move forward IntotntotntInto-

the

Inst-

ate

tnto-

the

nett-

edInto-

the

Inst-

atethe valley following the company commander.commander. He ranran-

forward

tran-

sformed

ran-

forward

tran-

sformed

ran-

forward

tran-

sformedforward through the valley and on to the heights beyond.beyondbeyonbeyond-

.American

beyon-

American

by-name

beyond-

.American

.

American riflemen were moving into the valley on thethe-

righthe-

ightthe-

righthe-

ightthe-

righthe-

ightright and onto the slope beyond.beyond. When the two platoonsplatoons-

arrivedplat-

oonsplatoons-

arrivedplat-

oonsplatoons-

arrivedplat-

oonsarrived in the shelter of a steep bank the remainingremaining-

sergeantrema-

iningremaining-

sergeantrema-

iningremaining-

sergeantrema-

iningsergeant reorganized them and then reported to thethe-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

oompany

the-

osophy

the-

company

Et-

hiopiancompanyoompany commanderoommander , "II". . I am wounded.wounded. " "YouYou" are the onlyonly-

sergeant

bon-

dservant

only-

sergeant

bon-

dservant

only-

sergeant

bon-

dservantf left.left 'CanCan'OanOanOman' ? " "Yes.Yes"Yes-"Yes"Yes"TakeYesTakeEstate" " "TakeTake" the\ : sergeant . you go on .- gunsguns-

38

guns-

28

iitt

IiI

i -38-38-28-28-38-

valley.

38-

valley

28-

valley.

28-

valley

-

forward.forward., Take firingfirinfirmnfibrinfirm: positionsositions witnwithwin the advance elee1e-e1eele-deleele-

ments

e1e-

mente

ele-

ments

¬-

mentsmenteamentsmenthe of tnethetinet 1E: oattalionbattalion , one section cover to tnethetine leftleft-

flankle-

ftleft-

flankle-

ftleft-

flankle-

ftflank , one section cover to thuthethou rinbrigntribprintri ,;', nt flank.flank. ThrTheThor leftleft-

Hank

leaf-

stalk

left'-

lank

left-

lank

leaf-

stalk

leftt-

'lank

left-

tlankle-

ftHank'lanklankt'lanktlank' appearsapJ.JeareapJJeareappeared. most dangerous.dangerous. " The two sections adad-ad-

vanced.

ad-

vanced

ad-

vanced.

ad-

vanced

ad-

vanced.

ad-

vanced

¬-

vanced.vancedvance. Tut-Tut1ILHTilt'TiltTutuTutcompanyOttoman' :-' companycomiJauycompauycommissary; commandcomma.ndcorrlina.ndcorrlinandCorrigan.. , posts t a.ioaioa.1J.a1J.a1Ja.iJaiJai. . ooservationobservationooservation-

post

observation-

poetobservat-

ion0 bsel'vabselvaselvage' ti unun-

post

im-

postpostpoet were established at tnethetine eastern ededgee of the valley.valleyvalley.-

The

vall-ey

.

The seniorseaiorSavior officer remainingl'euaiainr.leuaiainrEurasianreurue' ,aininaiming .; withithitchr the rifle companiescompanies-

was

compan-

ieswas a 1stlet lieutenant.lieutenantlieutenant.e. Pe-ee- e was notified to organize thethe-

slope

he-

lloed

the-

slope

he-

lloed

the-

slope

he-

lloedslope withwi th the riflemen andand.. told tnattatthatnat} ! lour.ourour. machineu18.chineu18chine. punsun8gunsguns-

were

gna-

wer

puns-

were

pun-

ster

; un8-

Overlay

were movingmovinmovinLrmovingly into the front line.line. Their positions andand-

urfsu

hand-

cuffs

and-

fields

Ma-

nsfield

and-

Overlay

An-

dover urfsu-urfsusurfsurfs-uOverlay

cur-sively -Overlay #4 fieldsolfieldsof tirefirefire.firewets... pointed out.out. The lieutenantlieutenantwaswastwas-

notified

trans-

mogrified

waswa-siap

A-sia

was-ap

as-apiap.apap*:.. ap #4

notified that the machine-gunmachinegun- company commandercOUlmanderouimandercolanderoutlanderc wouldwoul-

dretain

wo-uld

woul-

dretain

wo-uld

woul-

dretain

wo-uldretain commandcomma.nd. of the rnachine-gunrnachinegunmachine-gunmachineRacine- company to supportsUPiJort thethe-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

battalion.

te-

arstainthe-

battalion

te-

arstainbattalionbattalion.,.CommentsCOlmenDolmenComments-

Due

Comme-

nts

{( tsts-

Due

tis-

sueDue to the attack order being received afterafter-

the

afterti-

me

after-

the

afterti-

me

after-

the

afterti-

me .

the time scheduled for triethetribe attack , the battalion.battalion did notnot-

make

int-

ake

not-

make

int-

ake

not-

make

int-

akemake a coordinated attack.attacka.ttack.. . The enemy were not defendingdefending-

closelydefen-

dingdefending-

closelydefen-

dingdefending-

closelydefen-

dingclosely with riflemen and the shock action of riflemenriflemen-

was

riflem-enwas not required for the advance of thettehetote! machine-gunmachinegunmachinegunc-

ompany.

machimachmachinegunc-

ompany.

ne-gunnegunnegunc-

ompany.

-

company.company. Enemy riflemen could have prevented theirtheira-

dvance

theira-

dvanoe.

theira-

dvance.advanceadvanoe.advanoeadvance.*. It was not realized until the first halthal t waswas-

made

wa-

yside

was-

made

wa-

yside

was-

made

wa-

ysidemade that the left rifle company would not advanceadvance-

immediately.

advance1-

mmed1a.tely.

advance-

1mmed1ately

advance-

immediately.immediately.immediately1mmed1a.tely.1mmed1ately.1mmed1ately. . A reorganizationreofganization was intended at thatthat-

halt.

tha-

tchthat-

halt.

tha-

tchthat-

halt.

tha-

tchhalt.halt.It was believed that the machine-gunmachinegunrnachinetigunbrachiatingmaoh1ne -gun oompanycompanyoompan-

yshould

com-pany

oompan-

yshould

com-pany

oompan-

yshould

com-panyshould be well forward to drive out enemy artillery andand-

machine

can-

didacies

and-

maohine

ad-

joinedand-

maohine

ad-

joinedmachinemaohine guns , as machine-gunmachinegun- fire was more effectiveeffeotiveeffectiv-er

effeotivep-

1ft

effective-

ateffecti-

ve,./p1ftp1ft/r* ""

at those targets than rifle fire.fire. At the jump-offjumpoff- thethe-

1st

the-

1st

the-

let

hel-

met1stlet Battalion was facingfaoingfavoring northeast.northeast. The right flank ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe let1st Battalion had been farther advancedadvanoed than the left.leftleft.-

29

left-

29

left.i-

.

lef-t

left.-

29a

left-

29a

.

i.i.

;

-29-29-29-aa- 29-

forward

-

lil

i

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

gf'VvVgfVvVgf'VvVf-

orWArd.

gfVvVf-

orWArd

'. ,

. , " .. . .

This may havel1ave been responsible for their lossloslose ofof-

lf-

lofI-

P"of-

IPfl-

ipof-

direction.

co-

dification lIP"IP?"" *, .,

direction.direction. NTneIntoneTneTine infantry was so exhausted on arrivalarrival-

atarriv-

alat tnethetine objective tnattlatthatnatlat! great difficultyd.ifficulty. was had ininp-

vtl1in-

reorrranizin/pvtl1pvtl1//pvt-

l1reoreanizin?* "

reorganizing.reorganizingreoreanizinreorrranizinreorganizing.Tortunatelyreorganizing; : . Tortunately'ortuna.telyortunatelyFortunately: '. , nothing was, Known of tuetiletiietruetietue-

scheme

tum-

escence

tile-

scheme

ti-

lestiie-

scheme

irid-

escence) scheme of tnethetine division order torfort'ortore' attacK and objectiveobjective.objective.-

The

objecti-ve

,.

( ) DivisionDivision-VolDivisi-on

The advanceadva.ncevance. of tnethetine battalionba.ttalion. would navehave 'oeen'beenbeenomen delayecljdelayed((J )

VolViol IIII-Or3

II-G3

I II-G3Or-3Or3G-3GG--3--- , 1st1st-Div

1st-Di

1st-Div

and more casualtiesc8sualties suffered in conseauenceconsequence of delaydelay-

because

del-ayed

delay-

because

del-ayed

delay-

because

del-ayedDivDi v Iv.emoIvemoLivermoreIL 1., emodemo ,

July 19 , because the 28th Infantry was aided by the enemyenelliYeneuiygenteellyenquiry posipositposi-

tions

posi-posipositposi-

tions

posi-

tions

¬-19181y18

tionsions DeinobeinfSbeingDeignbeings, flamced.flamcedflanked.flankedflamed. TneTileTireTine objective , tnetuetietinetrue neiheineviheirheights:htshats westwest-

of

we-

stwest-

of

we-

stwest-

of

we-

stof i-loisyiloisy.t-'loiSy.t'loiSyrloisyloisrosy.- ' ravine , waswa.s. overrun due to misunderstandingmisunderstarictinRmisunderstandmisunderstanding-

and

misunderstarictinR-

and

misunderstandi-ng

misundersta-nd

misu11derstan ingKinging-

and

inl-

andand tnetiletietine heie-utsheieutshei&ntsheintsheirrutsCheriebutshintsBeirut&:- east of t.tt..ete. . e valley were captured.capturedcalJ'tured.calJturedculturedcaptured.C-

ofiMand

capt-ured

calJ'tured.-

CO

calJtured-

CO

culture-

dcaptured.C-

oriumand

capt-ured

' .

CofiMandCoriumandCommandCoriumCO lfflandoffload of tnetLletuetinetulletrue 2d Battalion was nonotnobknobt assumed oyby thetl1ethe-

machinegun

te-

achingthe-

ciiachinegunmachine-gunmachinegun11achine-gun11achineciiachine-gunciiachineclinician! - companycompa.ny. commandercounnandercontender in spite6)i6i) te of his seniorityseniorisenior ty ,

DecauseCecaU6ebecause there were no otiitrothertiterothGoth r officers left with thethe-

machinegun

te-

achingthe-

ma.chinegun

te-

achingthe-

nmachine-gunmachinegunma.chine-gunma.chineachine-dunachinedunn >

. - company.company. The riflemen were under aa.. capablecapableP-Ar'

capable-PAr

capab-ler

capab-le

capable-

lieutenant./PAr'PAr'PAr/PA-

r'lieutenant.PA-

rlieutenantPa-

lestinian ?* r*'lieutenant.lieutenant. The reorganizationreorganiza.tion. of the gun<nm squads duringdurinfduring-

the

duri-ng

:,'

the advance was remarkable.remarkableremarlable.remarlable: ( . In spiteapiApia te of 50 perjJerjeer, centcen-

tcasualties

enc-

apsulates

cent-

casua.lties

con-

ceptualizes

cen-

tcasualties

enc-

apsulatescasualtiescasua.lties. withinvTithintithing, tnirtytflirtythirtyflirty minutesminu"tes" , eigi.iteigiiteiguteightdigitdegut. out oot'otof± ' twelvetwelve-

squads

twe-lve

twelve-

squads

twe-lve

twelve-

squads

twe-lvesquads arrived with their complete equipmentuipmentequiprnentimpendequipotente andand-

ammunition.

ad-

monition

and-

ammunition.

ad-

monition

and-

ammunition.

ad-

monitionammunition.ammunition. ItI t was especiallya spespec ciallycalmly: noted tnatthatnat the companycompan-

yhorseshoer

compan-

yhorseshoer

compan-

yhorseshoerhorse-shoerhorseshoershower- and a recently relieved mule driverdr1verl, bothboth-

considered

bo-xthorns

both-

considered

bo-xthorns

both-

considered

bo-xthornsconsidered unreliable menmenlMenlo, were present.present. They carriedcarried-

fullcarri-

edcarried-

fu

carrie-

dcarried-

fullcarri-

edfullfu 11 boxes of ammunition.ammunitionamlauniamcaunialumniArmani tion.iontion.tion. One corporalrporalportalco hadbad pickedpi ckedcaked upup-

his

A-

phis

up-

his

A-

phis

up-

his

A-

phishis assembled gun and tripod and was moving forward withwith-fafi

wi-th

with-p.

with-P

wit-hfafifailfafi-

thefa-ith/p.p./!P.*. rr-

thet-

he,.

1 the platoon.platoon. The machine-gunmachinegun- company commandercocou! m ..ndernder.i.nderinderenderbinder. stillstilld-

oestild-

esstilld-

oestild-

esstilld-

oestild-

esdoes not know what action was proper during the attaokattackattaok-

atattack-

atattac-

kat 5:30530: PM , July 19.19. The enemy defense quickly showedshowe-

ditselfsho-

wedshowe-

ditselfsho-

wedshowe-

ditselfsho-

weditself in the sector of his advance to consistoonsist only ofof-

machine

bo-

mbazine

of-

maohine

ho-

mophone

of-

machine

bo-

mbazinemachinemaohine guns and artillery.artilleryartillartily ry.ry. The exact locationlooation of thethe-

light

he-

ightthe-

light

he-

ightthe-

light

he-

ightlight artillery and the machinemaohine guns couldoouldGould not bebe-

determined

b-

eseeming

be-

determined.

p-

edestrian

be-

determined.

p-

edestriandetermineddetermined. *. The , attaokattack was successful.successfulsuooessful.suooessfulsuccessful.-

30

successful-

30

suooessful.-

30

suooessful-

30

.

-30-30- 301-

1"

301-

1

-

'.

' -VV- -> - -

' " ;. VfaFa

,,

fa.

, ' ':

'

'11"11 "

."

, , , "

"

',

' ' ::"

'

:" .

'I"I"

: "

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:

I

; ' ) :'

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', ,, , '_lJi.rflJirfliar.

ISOIDEINSIDEI OID'SOIDSLCIDIDSLID':: a

,

:; TSlrs1'S1S' iOiiLOMliroiOi.LO'j'Ir\GiOi.LO'j'IriOiLOjIrGrGLLO'rGLLOGallo.' '

, T1 \;G TIL3TEE ATTACKA'l'TACKAlTACKAlACKATTACK-

An

A'l'TACK-

An

AlTACK-

An

Attac-

kAlask-

an

' '

An Algerian liaison platoon reported to thethe-

company

Et-

hiopian

thec-

ompallY

the-

rmally

the-

company

Et-

hiopiancompanycompallYcomply commandCOIlHnandcoiiimandColeman post.postpo 8 t.t. The machine-gunmachinegundlachine-gundlachinelaciness- companycomtJa.nycomtJany. commanderllmandercommrnanderallemandecomradecommande-

rdrank

comma-

nded

cOcommrnande-

rdrank

comr-ade

: llmande-

rdrank

allem-andedrank the platoonpIaApia toantan sergeant'ssergeants'8er :ealtdealt[ IS' vinevrinewine:, and tnenteen directed himhim-

to

Shin-

to

him-

to

Shin-

to

him-

to

Shin-

toto report to tnethetine AmericanAhtricanPatrician! ; troops in tnethetine valley to thethe-

left.

hel-

met

the-

left.

hel-

met

the-

left.

hel-

metleft.left. A captainca tainstain of the 28ta28tCl28th InfantryInfanInfant try arrived, alone andand-

showed

san-

dshoe

and-

showed

san-

dshoe

and-

showed

san-

dshoeshowed evidence of , and talkedtRlked aooutabout , his nanownarrowNannariMari ow, escapesescaJesescape-

suntil

esca-pes

escaJes-

until

escap-ees

escape-

suntil

esca-pesuntil told to organize trietnetreetribetine 23th28th Infantry and movemov-

eforward

ove-

rflowed

mov-

eforward

ove-

rflowed

mov-

eforward

ove-

rflowedforward on the slope on the left flank of triethetribe 26th26th-

Infantry.

26th-

Infantry

26th-

Infautry.

26th-

Infautry

26th-

Infantry.

26th-

InfantryInfantry.InfantryInfautry.Infautry. Ah memoerwemoel'wemoelwerrioermemoiremotewarrior' of the 28th Infantry was questionedquestioned-

concerning

quest-ioned

questioned-

concerninf

quest-ioned

questioned-

concerning

quest-ionedconcerningconcerninf:':; the"thth" , locationloealea tionion ofof..

" taetnetietine commandCOIHtlflndconmmnandCoital! post oi01'01of' tnetl1Etictine; 23tn23th23tn-

Infantry

23th-

Infantry

23th-

InfantryInfantry, Battalion on thethftheft; left.left. Later tt..ete. .ee. 28th InfantryInfantry-

regimentalInfa-ntryInfantry-

ree'imental

Infantry-

reeimentalInfa-ntryInfantry-

repimentalInfa-ntryregimentalree'imentalreeimentalrep-imentalrepimentalmental'- cocOumw.ndercOumwndercommandeercouanicouncilm ndera.nderanderenderLander. appearedllieared.lliearedappeared.livered) ) . and askeda.skedaskedynereasked. , \ynereynere"wnerewnere"NnereNnerenervewereInnerve" \ is tnetHetreetinetne-

C

tHe-

C

tin-

e

thec-

a

tree-

C.i.

tr-eeCC.i.Ci,. ?}i.i. of0 f thet 11 e o8th28th28 th InfantryI nf an try Battalionjj at taltail ion ? " TneTreeTine'rr' e locationl c a.a. t io n waswas-

given.

wawas-

given.

88-

given.

8-

givengiven.given. "DoDo"LoLo" you knowknowy'hereknowyherenowherewhere\y'herey'hereyherehere\ ' it is ? " "Yes.Yes" . " "LeadLead" meme-

to

me-

tro

me-

to

me-

tro

me-

to

me-

troto it.itit .,II" "FollowFollow"FollO\'J"FollOFollO'JJ"FolioFolio" \ ' , me,11me11DIe.DIerime.rime,. " The valley intervening ; was intenselyiilteiiselyileitisintensely-

shelledinten-

selyiLlteilliilteiisely-

shelled.

elyely-

8helleshelled8helleshelled.,. ineThecine'! 'hehe' companycompa:1Ycompa1Ycompaiy: commandercOdlmanderco.i.mandercoimandercolander. . ranra.n. directlyc1irectly to thethe-

dugout

thr-

oughout

the-

dugout

thr-

oughout

the-

dugout

thr-

oughoutdugout , followed by the colonel.colonel. The company, commanderJfnandercomanderFinanciercommande-

rimmediately

comma-

ndeeringcOcomander-

immediately

comma-

ndeering;: :Jfnande-

rimmediately

,

immediately turned back and ran to his commandCOLUmandcouwmmandColumnedcowman post.post. ItIt-

was

V-

itas

It-

was

V-

itas

It-

was

V-

itaswas nowno dusk.dusk. On his return a staffetafftaffy car came from thethe-

direction

he-

sitationthe-

d.ireotion

he-

sitationthe-

direction

he-

sitationdirectiond.ireotiondireotion. of Missy aux Bois.Bois. They asked of the companycompany-

commander

compa-

nionate

companyc-

Olrli

compa-

nycompanyc-

oinimiandel.commandercoinimiandel.coinimiandelcontinuancecOlrlicollie landelanded ).'

I, "VlereVlereValerie" ':.ll,. : ('rere' are the Algerians.Algerians. " "OnOn" our left.left. "

"HaveHave" you seen them ? " "Yes.Yes" . " "IsIsII" Is the 1stlet DivisionvisionDi inin-

liaison

in-

clination

in-

liaison

in-

clination

in-

liaison

in-

clinationliaison withwi th them ? " "Yes.Yes"Yee.YeeYe" . One of their platoons waswas-

here.

wa-

sher

was-

here.

wa-

sher

was-

here.

wa-

sherhere.here. They were sent to the 28th Infantry in the valleyvalley-

to

valle-yto our left and directeddireoted to keep contact with them.them. " TheTh-

eplatoon

Te-

lethon

Th-

eplatoon

Te-

lethon

Th-

eplatoon

Te-

lethonplatoon sergeantserge&ltsergeltserge& of the advance platoon returned woundedwounded-

a

wounde-

da second time.time. He gave the location of the guns.gunsguns-

.Request

unfre-

quented

guns-

.Request

unfre-

quented

guns-

.Request

unfre-

quented

.

Request for him to return in the staff caroar was granted.grantedgranted.-

Reconnaissance

granted.-

Reconnaissanoe

granted.-

Reconnaissance

.

ReconnaissanceReconnaissanoe and checkcheokcheek of the infantry and machinemaohine gunsguns-

was

uns-

ays

guns-

was

uns-

ays

guns-

was

uns-

ayswas made.made. Flank protection for the guns was assured.assuredassured.-

31

assured-

31

.

-31-31- 31-

I

-

Assistance in reorganization of the infantry fiontfrontfontf ont lineline-

was

li-ne

line-

v

lin-e

line-

was

li-newasv s given.given., Threehree men weiewereweewezwe e left at each ,;un and allall-

other

bal-

loter

all-

other

bal-

loter

all-

other

bal-

loterother men were sent back to care for wounded and toto-

return

to-

rturing

to-

return

to-

rturing

to-

return

to-

rturingreturn withwi th amunitionammunitiona.triluniatriluniatriuma.rar. , ;!: ,.,uniZuni tionion thattl1atth-t.ttht.t- . hadha.d. been droppeddrop ec1 duringdUl'inr-dUl'inrdUlinrduring.DublinerdUl'inrtiledUlinrtileDubliner' -.; thetilethe-

advance.

he-

adache

tile-

adva.nce.

the-

advance.

he-

adacheadvance.advanceadva.nce.. .

At dusk aa.. Y.L1.C.A.YL1CA.YL1CAY.U.C.A.YUCAY.L.C.AYLCAYUCCAYMCA. : . . ., truck camecainecine to the va.lieyvalieyva.lleyvalleyva.liey-

with

va.lley-

wi

valle-y

valley-

withvall-

ey.

withwi th chocolatechacocacao late, and cookies.cookies. The1"'he1he"' truck was unloaded andand-

left.

ca-

ndle

and-

left.

ca-

ndle

and-

left.

ca-

ndleleft.left. Acditiont.lAcditiontlAdditionAcdiAcadia, tioniontionaltonal[ ., l machine-machinemachineunmachine-gunmachinegun- un ammunitionammuniammonia tionion wasW l.SlS. receivedreceived-

wnen

receivedw-

.tlen

received-

wlien

receiv-

edwnenw.tlenwtlenwlienneonwattlelien. rationsrati0118ration: wereere broughtbrouchiitbronchiCTouCutout <tllttilt forwardfOI'VfOIVfive' l'dld' during the nicatmicanicnice{lieuil :; t ofof-

July

so-

ftlyof-

July

so-

ftlyof-

July

so-

ftlyJuly 19-20.1920.1920.10-201020- ., Ammunition was, distriuuteddistriouteddistributeddi stristrip uutedmuted and tuetl1etrue menme-

nfed

men-

ded

me-

nfed

men-

ded

me-

nfed

men-

dedfed in reliefs.reliefsrelies., InouiryInouil'YInouilYInquiryInaudibly' asHe to'to'to'iJ.toiJToni' vuywi.ywiyvuwily\'iJ.'iJ.iJ\' . :. Y ammunitionacknunitionacquitting8JlILnUni; , tionion had notnot-

been

nobl-

emen

not'-

been

not-

been

nobl-

emen

not-

been

nobl-

emenbeen'been' croucroupGl'ouL.htGlouLhtcrou.htGlobulecrouch' :ht-.ht.ht-

. forwardfOl'wardfOlwardfoulard' on trietfJethetribeFe ni/itniitnil'ltnilltni2ntmilt,;/' : of Julyt.TulytTulyTully,. 18-118118-ll- ;; waswas-

excused

war-

ehoused

was-

e

wast-

e

was-

excused

war-

ehousedexcusede xcuseexcuse on thetretaretheroundsherons: grounds-roundsrounds,- tj9ttJ8..ttJ8.ttJ8ttua.ttuattaut:. ., road congestioncon-estionconestionEastoncon ,"eses"

- tionion in the rearrear-

areas

rear-

wards

rear-

a.reas

rear-

wards

rear-

areas

rear-

wardsareasa.reas. prevented cartecal'tscaltscartscats' beinbegin :: < bjouhtbJOUlbi.ouhtbiouhtboughtJoule,,. __)_ t lorviiard.lorviiardsward.swardLorillardi'oio1'o1o:

'

l'wlw' J.rd.JrdRd. . ItI twaswastwasr-

umored

wa-rlord

t waswas-

rumored

w-arlord

was-

rumored

w-arlordrumored that the 1st DiviuicnDiviuiGnDiviLiicnDiviningCivilizing was to oe lelievedl'e11evedle11evedrelievedbelieved' onon-

July

in-

jury

on-

July

in-

jury

on-

July

in-

juryJuly 20.20.

A company commander from the od3d;)d Battalion tooktook-

over

book-

lover

took-

over

book-

lover

took-

over

book-

loverover the commandcommn.ndcommnnd. of the 2d Battalion.Battaliontta.lion.ttalionstallionBattalion.-

On

Battalio-

nBa tta.lion.-

On

stallio-

n. .,

On the morning of July 20 enemyeneIDYKennedy fire on thethe-

infantry

te-

nantthe-

infantry

te-

nantthe-

infantry

te-

nantinfantry lessened but enemy artillery fire was moremor-

eaccurate

for-ecourt

mor-

eaccurate

for-ecourt

mor-

eaccurate

for-ecourtaccurate in the bottom ofo f PloissyPosyPloiPoi ss y ravine.ravine. The situationsituation-

on

situatio-

non the left in the ravine appeared safe from countercounter-counter-

attack

counter-

attack

counter-

attack

¬-

attack from that direction.direction. Runners were sent out toto-

notify

to-

othily

to-

Overlay

st-

opover

to-

notify

to-

othilynotify the 3d Platoon to move forwardforl/I'ardforlI'ardIardforvardforAired/ ;' to the easterneastern-

slopeeast-

erneastern-

slopeeast-

erneastern-

slopeeast-

ernslope ofo f the ravine.ravine. As the machine-gunmachinegun- company comcom-corn-corncom-

mander

com-

mander

cor-

nmander

com-

mander

¬-

mandermaunder stood waiting in his observation postpoet , enemyenem-

yenell

ene-my

enem-

ysnell

ene-my

enem-

yshell

ene-myenellsnellshellWendellsmell firef1re commenced and repeatedly knocked him down.downdown-

.Overlay

down-

.on

downt-

own

.,

Overlay #*55-

MapOn its cessation the platoonplat on arrived and was conductedconducted-

Mapconducte-

dtoconduct-

edMap 44ri/4ri4/ _ > , .

to its new Posit1ons1ra.Posit1ons1rapositionspositions-positionsx *U...-. c4"UA4UA4"UA-

At

4UA-

At

*,"j J c ** *

<7 UU-

At

A-

tAt about 3:003002:00200: PM the 3d BattalionBatta.lion. , 28th InfantryInfsntryInfantry-

was

Infsntry-

was

Infant-ry

,

was observedoblerved moving forward in approachapproa.ch. formation andand-

being

pan-

dering

and-

being

pan-

dering

and-

being

pan-

deringbeing shelled by enemy artillery.artillery., On inquiry as itit-

33

it-

32

it-

32-33-33-32-32-33-

Assistance

32-

Assistance

-

passed , it W&BWBW8Swas& , found tnattha.tthattllatnattollgate. tneytHeytannerytL ey were rudkinrui'kinruikinriwkinRuskinrisking' :; anaa attackatta.ckattack-

leapfatta-

ckedatta.c-

kleapfro

atta-cked

attack-

leap

attac-

ked

.

leap-fleapfleap-frofroleap-leapfroLinleapfrogging- rowingfro-LinfroLinLing, '-

:;: ingKing; the front line.line. There wssW8.8W88waswasps. to be a generalgenereJlzeneralgeneral-

attack.

gen-eral

zeneral-

attack.J/ attack.attack. Nol o in/ormationinormationinformationformationinfocmainformal/ : tionion had been receivedreceireceipt vedvend concesconceconcerningconcerning-

tills

concernin-

gtIis

concern-ing

rningarming

(10)10( ) DivisionDivision-VolDivisi-on tillstlistIistulipstibias) attack.attack. (10)10( ) TheTiheTithe 2d.2dd. oattalio3a.ttalio3attalioattaliobattalion., :

. . had not movea.moveawove0-wove0tnovea.tnoveamovenovaewove0THe- . TneTHeTireTineTne-

movement

TH-

ewovewent

Tire-

woverttentVolViol IIII-V3

II-

r3V-3V3r-3r( ,. -- Ko.KoBq.BqKo-

.1stK-

o1stBq-

.1stB-

q1st. movementwovewentwoverttentoverate of the bdd BattalionBa.ttalion. wacac uatchea.uatcheawatched.watchedaltheavatchevetches . . ThereTl1ele was aa-

hay

a-

ha

a-

h:1Y

a-

h1Y

a-

h,3y

a-

h3y1st DivD1vDiv-July

Div-ulge

D1v-

JJulyJ ul Y bOGO hayh:1Yh1Yh---,3yh,3-y3-y:-- , shed on the sum.itsumitsUll'L.isUllLisuai..itsuaiitsummitsulliedsuit'. . . t of ttar.tar.Lt.Lt. t .,.. sloueslok-eslokesluelook81o )- e to tuetilethetrue frontfron'tjfrontj' ; as taisthistailstais-

was

taxiw-

ays

tIlitiling ss-

Via.s

v-

isas1.-181.181.181 .:1818:

-

721 wasVia.sViasVials. apuroapronaa.procuedaprocuedprocured,jrujorum) }.) ;;: , CiiedcLledCriedcalled intensein tense enemyenel1Y: fire stoppedstopdeastrodestotstoat) bCibi tietlietinelie* auvynce.auvynceadvance.advanceauvynce.i-

j'o

auvynce-

ijo

advance.-

aio

advan-ce

aUVUV :iace.iaceaceiace..-

L

fiacr-

e

.

ij'oijoaiojoai.LL.

' o ground waswa.s. gained.gainedained.ainedaimedU!SaineSabine .

,; , ordFordol d drifted to the intantryinfa.ntryinfantry. as a weS8a9ewesUa9emesAmes ape: fromfrorufrontfurorfrom-

tue

fron-

ted

froru-

t

rou-

t .tuethetruet ,je, divisiondividiv 8icnsicnsin commandercoumpndercournv-wndercournvwndercornwander:- , "Tu-"TuTu"Tu1stTu1st" -,; 1stlet Division will continuecontinue-

to

continue-

un

continu-

econtinuu-

m

con.JconJ inueinureinue-

to

minu-

etto attack.attacka.ttack.. . The infantry is uuverleVEl'leVEl:1cve1'1cve1usurer: ; ' exhausted.exhaustedeXlausted.eXlausted!,: . . " TheTh : macuirtmacuitmmraccliiLacquitmacuirt-

un

acqu-

it[ ;:

bun;, un compan-

yinfantry

compa-

nionate

company commander'scommanderscomlllCt.nder'scomlllCtnders. ' reactions1ctionsre to this wasWRSWARS , "TheTheliThe"Th-

einiantry

The-

iniantryTe-

nantliTh-

eini'a

liTh-

einia

Lith-

uania

"The-

exnaus

The-

exnaus

Te-

xas"

iniantryinfantryini'ainiaIndia' try isis-

to

it-

o

exhaustedexuausteexnausexhaust tea. andanti I am8./J8.J8.Jaaa.! / exuausted,11exuausted11exuausted,11-

cpiysi

exuausted11-

cpiysi

eXexnausexhaustL8.usted.L8usted.L8usted. ted.ted,. "

cpiysiCPIsC F'LFL' ivuvuivu-

Durin

vul-

turine

I I , ' HH-

Durin

D-

urianDurinDuring'DuringDurian ' - tiiethetie ni1'Iltni1Iltni ;> 'ht of July 20-212021- Informsinformationtionion waswa-

sreceived

ab-

stractive

wa-

sreceived

ab-

stractive

wa-

sreceived

ab-

stractivereceived from the 2d battalionEattalion that the consolidateaconsolidatedconsolidateconsolidatea-

1st

consolidated-

1st

consolidate-

dvi

consolidat-

edvi/ 1st and 2d Battalions as one unit would attack to thethe-

ripht

the-

orist

the-

right

he-

ight(11)11( ) DivisionDivision-VolDivisi-on

riphtright; of BerzyBeery leIe Sec at 8:3083088Z;: ?>0 AkAMAiij , July 21.21. (11)11( ) The 3d-

Battalion

3d3d-

Battalion

3d-

VolVolViol II 0,0-

G30-303G-3G- Ha.HaHa-

.1stH-

a1stHa-

.1stH-

a1st. Battalion would remain in support.support. The 2d2d.. BattalionBattalion-

machinegunBatt-

alionBattalion-

1stBattalion-

machinegunBatt-

alion1st Div-July

Div-ulge

DivDiv-July

Div-ulge

Div-July

Div-ulgeJuly 20 , machine-gunmachinegun- company would remain in reserve.reservereserve.-

Orders

rese-rve

reserve.-

Orders

rese-rve

.1918733723 Orders were issued to the two frontlines-

ections.front-

linefront-linefrontlinefrontlines-

ections.front-

linefrontlines-

ections.front-

line-

sections.sections. The 1stlet and 2d Battalions are to attack at

8:30830: AMAM.AM,. This company is in reserve.reservereserve.-

Left

reser-ve

reserve.-

Left

reser-ve

reserve.-

Left

reser-ve

.

Left section , upon the capture ofo f the hill to youryou-

rdirect

you-

rdirect

you-

rdirectdirect front , move your guns forward to the forward slopeslope-

of

slop-

eof the hill andalldaQQdall to the left of thet.he. hay shed.shed. Assist thethe-

infantry

te-

nantthe-

infa.ntry

te-

nantthe-

infantry

te-

nantinfantryinfa.ntry. advance by fire on the plain southeast of Berzy-BerzyBeeryBerzy-

leSec.Be-

rylBerzy-

leSec.Be-

rylBerzy-

leSec.Be-

ryl-

le-Sec.leSec.Sec- . One section will be on tnethetine right of the hay shed.shedshed.-

The

shea-

the

shed.-

The

shea-

the

shed.-

The

shea-

the

.

The 3d Platoon will remainrema1n in reserve in their presentpresent-

location.

person-

alization

present-

loca

pres-ent

present-

location.

person-

alizationlocation.locationlocalocal ticn.ticntin.

Right section , move forward upon the captureoapturecapture-

of

captu-re

oapture-

Overlay

appr-

overcapture-

Overlay

cap-ture

.

Overlay 46t/IStIS46-

MaptIS-

Mapis-

m#/ 6 of the hill to your direct front , occupyoooupy positionsposit1ons toto-

the

t-

ote

to-

the

t-

ote

to-

2dapMap2dap #*4' the rightr1ght of the hay shed.shed. Assist the Infantry advanceadvanoeadvance-

33

advanoe-

33-33-33- -. . . .

. ... .," - ' ' - - -" "': : cfr.r.rr ;r' ' :; }T-TT-

passed

P-

assed

by fire on the plain southeast ofo f jjerzy-le-bec.jjerzylebec.erzy-le-8ec.erzyle8ec.erzy8ec.8eciserzy-le-beiserzybejerkybecklezzymisery- - c.c. OneOn-

esection

Con-

secution

On-

esection

Con-

secution

Onei-

viap

On-

eida

section will toebe onon-

Platoon

co-

mpellation

the left ofof'' titllethetullee hayha.y. sued.suedshed.shed. The 3d3d-

Platoon

3d-

Platoon

3d-

tlheiPlatoon remainsrenJainsrernainsrefrains in tneirt11eirtlheitiniertheirr presentpreseutpreset location.locationlocatiun.locatiunlocation.-

The

locati-on

.

, The 3d PlatoonPlatoo-nv4ztr.C

Platoo-nv4ztrC

was informedinforl1 ed of the situationtuationsituation.tuition8isituation.t-

wosituati-

ontuation-

zvstatio-n

. -.CA4s/LCA4sLv4ztr.Cv4ztrC/ <l,! Cs&Cs& e/-ee&O./(-

-

&OO-zvzv&OtOt&; /tt/tx'tx--x'x'x--x''t' -'t-'tt-' * - -y\y"-y-

AtA-t > \-.. tsysty* J&J& l CZ r-r"rr"- "

(,

At 8:45845: AI'/AI'AIAllAlAI'theAItheAitches'/ thethe-

theirte-

thertwotVvovivo sections moved forward toto-

their

to-

othier

to-

thei

to-

othier

to-

ri'ht

to-

rihtto-

roththeirtheir positions.positionsposiposit t1ons.t1ons., The rirhtrihri'htrihtrightrich::' t section encounteredencounterodencounecon terctierce : enemyenellJYenelliygenteellyenemy-

on

enellJY-

on

enelliy-

on

enem-

ygentee-

llyon poinE'oin-E'oinEoinp'oin-p'oinpointEosinE'oinintoEoinintop'oinintopoinintoOpinionatepimiento;' ,{- .-

);' into tueirtheirtruert eiremir positionIJositionJointing , but with pistolistol fire killedkill-eokilleokilledt-

hemkill-

edkilleot-

hem

skil-let

killedt-

hemkill-

ed-

them and went into position.positionposition.-

Tre

position.'-

fve

position-

fve

position.-

Tie

positi-on

.

Tre'fvefveTieTarefive' situations1 tU 1tion, in front was confused and no firefire-

could

free-

holdfire-

could

free-

holdfire-

could

free-

holdcould beoe used_ in direct supportsupJort8Ue ) Ol'tOltBolt' of tnetiletiietinetie battalionsbattalions.,. oomeo11JeNomeoom-

efire

com-

fier

;:;, o11-

Jefire

oL ee-

firef-

irefire durindUI'indUIindulrinrduriandinDubliner' :;" thetlletulle first stagesstaes['; of tnetuetoetinetrue attack was delivereddelivered-

on

delivere-

don the designateddesign'itcddesignitcddesign ', tcjetc area.areaarea.-

Comments

prea-

chments

area.-

COl

carac-

ole

area.-

Cotimients

reen-

actments

.

CommentsCotimientsContinentsComments-

The

Cotimients-

The

Commen-

tate

Contine-

nts

COlCole men tsts-

The

ta-

steThe rnachine-nunrnachinenunmachine-p.unmachinep.unmachine-runrun-Racinepun- .:; company was so80 reduced byb-

ycasualties

b-

ycasu.alties

b-

ycasualtiescasualtiescasu.alties. thattLJTel lt an adva.nceadvance. could not bebemadebeadedmade-madema- , e by thethe-

eipht

he-

ightthe-

eif'ht

the-

eifht

he-

ightthe-

eight

he-

ighteiphteif-'hteif'hthteightLeif?-' guns.gunsIeuns.IeunsLiens; . It wouldouldGouldv have toeenbeenteen necessary to reduce tnetilethetinetile-

numbe

il-eum

the-

number

he-

mmertne-

number

une-

ncumberednumbernumbenumbedr of runsfunsguns tuto four at aiostluostMaoistlostIUOIOU E ; t to attack.attackattack.-

The

atta-ck

attack.-

The

atta-ck

.,

The eneiryensu.yensuyenemyemeryensue. terrain was wooded and cutcu t by steepsteepi-

viap

ste-ep

steepi-

vlap

ste-ep

steep-

banks

steen-

boksiviapivlapSivaGila #4 banks and slopes.slopes. CloseOloseFoliose support for the attack could bebe-

of

be-

ef

be-

of

be-

ef

be-

of

be-

efof little value.value. IncreaseIncrea.se. ;::! enemy resistance and firefire-

indicatedirr-

adiatedfire-

indicatedirr-

adiatedfire-

indicatedirr-

adiatedindicated a new line of resistance turoughtnroughthroughtrough Woyant.WoyantNoyant.NoyantWyattMylantaWoyant.-

On

Noyant.-

On

Boynt-

on

.,

On the afternoon of July 20-212021- the 2d inin-

command

in-

commode

in-

command

in-

commode

in-

command

in-

commodecommand returned to the companyoompany , having been relievedrelieved-

by

relieve-

dby the companyoompany commandercomma.nder. of the company to whichwhioh he hadhad-

been

ha-

dean

had-

been

ha-

dean

had-

been

ha-

deanbeen attached.attachedtte.ched.ttecheda . .

ReliefRelief-

On

Reli-efOn July 22 orders were received that the 1st1st-

Division

1st-

D1

1st-

Division.

DivisionvisionD1 wasWB.BWBBWEBB. to be relieved thattha.t. night.night. There would be.bebe-

no

b-

en

be-

no

b-

en

.be-

no

B-

enno replacement relief for the machine-gunmachinegun- company , butbu-

tit

bu-

ttbu-

tit

bu-

ttbu-

tit

bu-

ttit would automatically be relieved at 8:00800: PM.PM. TheTh-

etransport

T-

etrasTh-

etransport

T-

etrastransport would be waiting at CravanoravanCravenMoravianCravanlon.CravanlonCraven*,

> n.n. The companycompany-

was

compa-

nywas assembled prepared to move to the rear , when enemyenemy-

34-34-34- 34-

by

34-

by

-

rockets appearedj.earedjearedearedaaL.aL. .,_: eared fronfrofrom! , oeyondbeyondbeyond-beyond3erzyleoec.beyond3erzyleoec- Jerzy-le-oec.Jerzyleoec.erzyleec.3erzy-le-oec.3erzyleoec.3erzyJewryOPECerzy-le-erzylelezzy- - .::.> ec.ec. It waswas-

LLlieved

was-

l

wa-

s

wa-

sL.lieved

wa-

lleyedLLlievedlievedL.lievedLlievedLillieleavedLinefeedl :. :; thatththe, t a counterattackcountera.ttack. mip'ntmipntmiE'htmiEhtniichtmintmightniche',':, be in progress.progressfrogress.frogressprogress.-

All

frogress.-

All

progre-

ss) .

All guns werevlierelivered sent oackoak to iheirtheirheir positionspoeiposipoiposit cionsuionscoinsunions totoait.Taoist\ait.ait.alithaiThai\ , ait.-

The

Matt-

hew

ait.-

The

Matt-

hew

t.tt.-The

t-

ithe

.

The ammunitionarmiiunitiona.nll.unianllunialumni. ! ., tionion had been left in place, because tuerethereTerretuere-

were

teete-

redtuere-

were

teete-

redthere-

were

there-

forewere only sufficient menflenfallen: to carry tnctiltnct e: uns.unsgUllS.gUllScrulls.crullsHunsculls . Nothing-NothingNothing-

developedNot-

hingNothing-

develoiedNot-

hingNothing-

developedNot-

hing-

developeddeveloied) and thetheunsAthenstL e /unsunsl/unslHunsluns'l'e1'(1lunsle11,,//unsHuns mere\'l'e1'(1'l'e1'(1le11were\' ,' ' ( aa.-a.a.aina-ainaainagain., .

- '* ain withdrawn.withdrawnthdra.wn.thdrawnthrownwi . . ThereThere-

were

There-

fore

TThere-

were

There-

fore

1ere1ere-

werewere tuotVIOtoviolti% o officers andandtant tw/iety-eixtwietyeixtWfletY-8itWfletY8itwnety-sigxtwnetysigxpietyixwaffletwentysix/ - } men remainingreuIFli1in'-JreuIFli1in'reuIFli1inJreaiaregalia inin-inininnininwithinfinity! '-- : withwith-

tne

witt-

edwiwith-

the

withh-

eld

thth-

tne

th-

anetnethetine company.companycompany-

.Elements

com-pany

company-

.Slewents

com-pany

company-

.'leiilents

compan-

yleiilents

com-pany

.

ElementsSlewents'leiilentsleiilentsSleetsliniments' of fciittilethecit relievingrelievinv division were passeda88edpassed-

enroute

asse-verate

passed-

enroute

asse-verate

a88ed-

enrouteenroutereroute to the rear.rear. TheTile ran:, un cartscartserecarter/ereere/,,,"

, picked up.upup.Pruesuppress. Tne'fHefHePrueTineHePrudeTne-

march

T-each

'fHe-

r

fHe-

r

He-

r

Pru-

eriarch

Pr-

etrial

'

marcharchriarchroachr, was slowslclwsallow oecaueeoecaucebecausehoecake of the fatigue: oflf) both officersofficers-

and

office-rsand men andanetantiJanet the columncolull1I1colutulicourtlier arriHariarrivedvedvend at tnethetine assembly.B2emblyB2emblyas. emblypebbly areaa.rea. i-

ntdi-

ntinin-

t

di-

nt

, , ""* ""-" - *vv-

Bois"v-

BoisB-

ois,t.

--

Bois"BoisBois"deBoisdeBoiseS-de-Ret'ltSdeRet'ltRetltBrett"-de RetzRet' att daylDaryldaylight>:ht , July 83233 , Iol8.Iol81,18.118.1181018.1018Iol8.G-

Si'JSSAL

Iol8G-

SiJSSAL

1018.-

GEI

1018-

GEI

;', .

GSi'JSSALGSiJSSALSisalGGEIGIS l ' E3.ALE3ALR.ALALOALPOftPECLublONSftPECLublON-

SLimited

('O-O:- 'CLCLNOL!,'

U I 0i'0iHSH-

SLimited

S-

plinted

' SS-

Limited

L-

imitedLimited objectives gave valuable time forfor-

reorganization

for-

reorganization

for-

reorganizationreorganization , botnbothbon for tnethetinet e attacicinattackingattaining1 and defendingdefending-

troopsdefen-

dingdefendin-

gtroos.defen-

dingdefending-

troops.defen-

dingtroopstroos.troostroops.}) ,. 'ihisihisThisibis' tirietimetireti ! : ; e prooablyl'obablylobablyro'bablyrobablyprobablylovably), ' '

wasW8S, more va.luaolevaluaoleva.lu&.olevaluolevaluable. &. for thethe-

defending

he-

artrending

the-

defending

he-

artrending

the-

defending

he-

artrendingdefending unitsuniZuni ts thant 1an for thethe. . attacking.attacking. It was thethe-

writer's

th-

ewriters

th-

warters

the-

wri

Te-

rrithe-

writer's

th-

ewriters

th-

warterswriter'swriterswriwrit tertear I' 8 opinion formed whenwilenwile one machiue-gunmachiuegunmachinemachimach ue-gunuegun- platuonplatoonplatuon-

advanced

platoon-

advanced

plat-oon

la tuontontuon-

advancedadvanced auoutaooutabout 700 yards in front of the front lineline-

withli-

neline-

withli-

neline-

withli-

newith only one casualty , that organized infiltrationinfiltrations-

houldinfiltrat-

ionsinfiltrations-

houldinfiltrat-

ionsinfiltrations-

houldinfiltrat-

ionsshould be used.used. ItI t was believed for example , that thethe-

entire

th-

eatrethe-

entire

th-

eatrethe-

entire

th-

eatreentire area west of PloisyFloisyLoisFlossy ravine and easteRstest of the Paris-ParisParis-

Soissons

Ars-onists

Paris-

Soissons

Ars-onists

Paris-

Soi

Par-is

-

SoissonsOrisonsSoiSoil ssonssons Road could have been\capturedbeencapturedbeen\cabeencabeen \,,capturedturedtoured by infiltrationinfiltrationf-

rominfiltrati-

onfrom the right flank and with few casualties.casualties. The wheatwhea-

tfield

whea-

tfield

whea-

tfieldfield gave excellent concealment andnd a poor field ofof-

fire

af-

faire

of-

fire

af-

faire

of-

fire

af-

fairefire for defense against infiltration.infiltrationinfiltration.SP-

ECIALinfiltrat-

ionsinfiltration.8-

ECIAL

infiltration8-

ECIAL

infiltration.SP-

ECIALinfiltrat-

ions.

SPECIAL8ECIAL? CPNOLU3IQH8CONOLUSIONSCONCLUSIONSCPNOLU3IQH8-

To

CONOLUSIONS-

To

CONCLUSIONS-

To

Conclusio-nsTo attach riflemen to a machine-gunmachinegun- companyoompany asas-

ammunition

as-

sassination

as-

ammunition

as-

sassination

as-

ammunition

as-

sassinationammunition carriersoarriersbarriers was a waste of man power.power., The riflerifie-rifierifle-riferifle-

man

rifie-

man

rifle-

man

rifle-

man

¬-

man ammunition carrieroarrierhoarier was handicappedhandioapped by carrying aa-

35..-35-3535--. 35-

rockets

35-

rockets

-

rifle andaneAnne ; , moreover , menjflenfallen preferprefertopreferto-to- oerye wichwijhwithwhichwishwi '\jhjh\ tneirtheirtiniert eiremir ownow-

norganizations.

mo-

nopolizations

own-

o

on-

o

own-

or

ow-

nerorganizations.organizationsoorr 2 : ananizations.anizationsanimationsi z a_ t ion s . TneyTreyTannery'I'I' ' il e y rejoinedr e j 01 n e d ata.t:l. t chetheacheta e i'irstiirstfirstfir' s toopportunity.opportunityopportunity.-

Carts

opportu-nity

;> ) 0 r tunstun i t Y .

Carts were improperlyinJproperly used.used. They couldcuuld haveilavelave been heldheld-

in

Sheld-

on

held-

in

Sheld-

on

held-

in

Sheld-

onin readineppreadlneereadinessbreadlinet"t"' in the ravinera.vine. at CutryCurryCu try and broubrobrou-hbrouhbro:;- :; tithtt amarnllU-arnllUaa'muu-aa'muuaamuucarnallyamarnll-

Uni

vanil-

lin

aa'm-

uunition

aamu-

unition

amm-

unition

' >! nu-nun-

unition

m-

unitions

-

nitionnotionni tionion forwardfOrWD.I'dfOrWDIdforded. ' duiindurinduring-duringdindurianduringJulyduringI'I', '- Julyuly 18 to cuetlJethetale; guns'unsunP--unPun-'- positions1)osi1osi) tionsions onon-

the

M-

onte

on-

tile

m-

otile

on-

the

M-

ontethetile 2d2d.. objective.objectiveobjob ec'tiectihectic' ve.ve. "heyheyleyTheylevy'" : alsoa180 could have beenJeenJean ueldHelddueled in tnetl1ethetinetl1-

eissyauxBoisth-

eissyauBoist-

heists,

. issy-auj.-Boisissyauj.Boisissy-aux-Boisauxissy-au-BoisauMissy- ; .- ravinel'DvinelDvineLevine' onoo.nconcconca. n.6n6. furnisnedfurnishedfurnlHfurl ed ammunitionammuniammonia ti n io10forfor-

inairect

or-

dinaries

rr-

inairect

i-

ndirect

r-

inoirect

i-

ncorrectinairectinoirectindirect fire from the Paris-yoissonsParisyoissonsFaris-soissonsFarissoissonsaI'is-SoissonsaI'isaIisorisonsFarrisalibis' - Road.RoadR08d.R08dRod.RodRod.d.Odd-d.d.-, . UponUpo-

narrival

Upro-

ariously

Upo-

naI'rival

Upo-

naIrival

Upo-

narrival

Upro-

ariouslyarrivalaI'rivalaIrival' of triet'nttnttribet '

lt: companycomp8ny at rloisyPloieyPloisyrosyPlosiveLois ravine thetlleMlletulle carts shouldshould-

nave

shoul-

d've

should.-

B.ve

shou-

ldshould-

lave

shoul-

d'venave.B.veBvelaveBe( . . advancedadva.nced. to thetflefile PloizyFloozyPIaPisa i zy ravine.ravinel'a-vine.l'alavine.vineravine.-

The

ravi-ne

l'avine.-

The

lavine-

The

Levi-ne

ravine.-

The

ravi-ne

'- .

The ammunitionammuniammonia tionion probleml'o'blemloblemlobule'' in succeeding8ucceedinsucceedinz?' engagementsen2ementsengagements-

was

engageme-

ntsenten-en-,;Kent:! : gements2-ements2ementsgenetscementsgements-

was

2ements-

was

gene-ts

-

was solved by a transport corporalcortora.lcortoral) . and runner followingfollowing-

the

followingt-

l1e

followi-ngthetl1e company.companycom1Jcomp :.ny.nyk.ny.knyKenny. . TiieT.deTdeT.LieTLieTieTideLie.. ammunitionaW.jlunitionaWjlunitionaw.tunitionawtunitionadjunctioncatenation. , cartsCca 1'ts1tsits', movedcloyed; frofrol.frolfromfroin! . cover toto-

cover

st-

opover

to-

cover

st-

opover

to-

cover

st-

opovercover in rearl'8l8' U> ,. lunen.LlenLlenYLlenunseenAllenEllen. thetbetube machine--'unmachine'ununlilachine-lilachinelilachine'unlilachineunmachine-unlilac- :.- .'unun', companycomp .nyny. went iniL1GOintoiL1G-

Olosi

into-

position

inte-

rposition

GOG-

Oposition

O-

ppositionpositionlosiLos) tionion a companyCOlLJifnyCollin) ), aumunitionaiufiiunitionammunitiona.jaj. : l lunialumni tionion dump waswa.s. iimmediatelyiwr.jediatelyiwrjediatelyiLcuiediatelyimmediatelyirradiateilliteratelyiimmediatel-

yestablishedimme-

diatelyiwr.jediately-

esta.blished

iLcuiediatel-

yestablished

. ;

establishedesta.blished. anaand.and . thetLetale emptyeuptyerupt! cartsca.rtcart. returned for additionaladditionala-

fitf.unition.

addiAddisadditionala-

uLLunitionaddit-

ionaltionaltonaltional-

a

tona-

l .afitf.unition.afitfunitionauLLunitionAllentowna TuniTunis.; tion.tionion., CasualtiesCasual ties werevv'erevvereverge' few andalldall, the.the:. ammunitionarnaiunitionannunciationammunition-

supply

ammuni-tions

amjuniCajunarnaiunition-

supply

annuncia-

tions!! .tiontionion.tion-

supplysupply alwaysalwca.ysalwcays. ample.ampleauiple.auipleaalple.aalpleaudilealley. ImpetusImtetus) ofo f supplysUP.J1ysUPJ1y. must cornecomecornea fromfrolljrollfrom-

the

frot-

hed

frollj-

tlle

folkt-

ale

from-

the

frot-

hedthetlletulle rear anda.nd. fromfl'omflomloom' withinwi thin tneti1ethetine company.company. Casualties, amongawongactionswongamon-

grunners

mou-

rnersawon-

grunners

wron-

gfulness

action-

srunners

act-ionsrunners , lackla.ck. of time and fatigue , prevent a search beingbeing-

made

brig-

ade

being-

made

brig-

ade

being-

made

brig-

ademade for the transport.transport. TheThtThat:; stabilization of a situasitua-situsitua-

tion

situa-

tion

situa-

tion

¬-

tionion allows the transporttra.nsport. to remain fartnerfartherfart er to the rear.rearrear.-

The

eart-

hen

rear.-

The

eart-

hen

rear.-

The

eart-

hen

.

The machine-gunmachinegunme.chine-gunme.chinemedicine. - company command postpos t mustmUBmB t be inin-

a

Gi-

naa tactical locationloc , tionion from which the platoons may bebe-

commanded.

re-

commended

be-

commanded.

re-

commended

be-

commanded.

re-

commendedcommanded.commanded. The locationloealea tionion mayma.y. or0 r may not be'be' the same asas-

that

as-

thma

as-

that

as-

thma

as-

that

as-

thmathat of the battalion command post.post. Close liaison ,

however , must be maintained by a machine-gunmachinegunruaehine-gunruaehinewachine-gunwachineRacine- companycompan-

ydetailcom-

panycompan-

ydetailcom-

panycompan-

ydetailcom-

panydetail at the battalion command post.post. This group mustmus-

tconsist

mo-

utonsmus-

tconsist

mo-

utonsmus-

tconsist

mo-

utonsconsist of an energeticenergetio officer or noncommissionednoncommissione-

dofficer

noncommiss-ioned

noncommissione-

doffioer

noncommiss-ioned

noncommissione-

dofficer

noncommiss-ionedofficeroffioer , and two runners.runners. They must have the confidenceconfidence-

of

confiden-ceof the battalion commander , and in caseoaseoases of lacklaoklao of time ,

be able to analyzeanalanaeana] ze the situation and inform the'the' machinemaohinemachine-

guncompany

maohine-

guncompany

machine-

guncompanygun-companyguncompany- commander.commanderoommander.oommandercommander.-

36

commander-

36

oommander.-

36

oommander-

36

.

-36-36-3-

6rifle

3-

6rifle

- '

All runners mustlt1uSt oee intelligentintelligenintelli-entintellientIntelKent(- t , oeue aulealeau Ie toto-

read

tr-

eadto-

read

tr-

eadto-

read

tr-

eadread mapsreaps[!lap s ioifOl'fOliifoalfo r' cirecbiunsirectionscorrectionsdirectionscirecbiunsmdcorrections:'i, il'eileNile' c tionsions ,--mdmdq.ndqndnd-

+

.,nd deliverdeli vel"velveal" importantimoortanimp or t 1n, tt, rrics-rrics(168-(168168rrces-rrcesbricksarchesrrics-

OCris-

co

rrce-

ssa

rec-

ess

((16-

8l5aies

168-

l5aies

( -O A UfUf-

ap5esap5esl5aiessa ; es .verbally.verballyVe-Ve.(.- . IujoitantruOl'tantruOltantIuortantFijianrotateIota, , ) ' mespa.esmespaesmeSS8eSmessa.,2messa.2messa2mesas, ?.,. es only must'BustBustiiiust' ueoee se"t.-

Two

setT-

wo

sot-

tosenu.senuse"t.setseat.seatseensenu.-

Two

sena-

tor

seat.-

Two

se-at

" .

Two runners noula8lJ.ould.8lJould.8lJouldshouldnodular. . oebe used if oossiblepossible) os ibledibbleible.Jutdibbleuut\.Jut.JututJutuutciiutility\.. uiey'cileycileyquiveryChile-ciiciiii'- y mustLIUStLUStmust-

DC

LIUS-

tue

must-

ue

mu-

st

Lust-

ed

must-

er

!

DCue aepencteadepenC\eCLdepenCeCLdepenclecisapiencedependencldependencies\ uuonupon, on10n: toto0:-00-;', ,; o alone to "GutGuttuetruetiitipi"

(: pro1l'o..er1lo.er1loer,:) ro.erroerroger'

.,. er plucepl.ceplceplacepuce.: ! , eitu&reitureitherdetoureitu&r-

oy

eitur-oy

either-

oy

entro-py

eith-er

ei t erer-

o

Ner-

o

&

oyo y tfd.d.( ; , y or0 r nii : .

1 t.tt-.Miere

t.r-

.

.

Miere'herehereMerer.r'.

, ' virerewerevivre manylliRnyiianyclingyIan opportunitieso.,2)ortunitieso.2ortunitieso2ortunitieso ,. ), Jol.tuniJoltuniJolt) . ties durinjduriaJduringduriandurindurian ,':; tnistJ.listJlisTunisJuliestnis-

attacy

tJ.lis-

attacytnis-

attacr

.

attacyattacrattachattar foiforfo1foci LuetilebileLuke eii-.jloyn.enteii.jloyn.enteLiloynentiienlivenmentelLiloynhellion, :;- .,) .: entKent oiu1'u1u'fufovcrneodoVt.rueo.doVtrueodu1'oVt.rueo.du1oVtrueodovernea.doverneadgovernedobtrudedoverhead''

.

. and iniLl-Lirt'ctiLlLirt'ctLirtctilairyFlirtHilary,-iirii :' ct lirefirelire-

of

lir-e

fire-

offi-

ef

fire-

offi-

efof tLotL2Loti cuppoitsudportuppitysupportSU ) [> OI'tOItObit' andarid reservejesel'vejeselvepreserveEsselte: ' rnncjine-rnncjinernncjineurirancidnessmA.cmAcma.c.iine-gunma.c.iinegunmachine.. Jine-gunJinegunJinnee- ; uri companiesc0l111Janies of ihethehelthe-

brigade.

h-erring

ihe-

origade.

in-

heringlele-

brigade.

L-

eningradorig-ade.origade.brigade.brigadebrigade.rrigSadebrigadier- . Thisr, hi ffiPi: i t-eteLe- e vvabW8LvivaWE , ;, notno t, utilized.utilized. lucreTaereTerreII--nIIn- re vwasas alsoalso-

no

Alis-

onno coordinationcool'cool' inaGina tionion of lLeti-.eti.eMlletr-.e uachine-junuachinejunIachine-bunIachinebuni'achine-duni'achinedunmachinejunk! , ,' - defense of thethe-

lo

th-eo

the-

bl'igade.

the-

bligade

te-

llingthe-

brigade.

he-

rring( lo12 ) DiviLionDivisionD i vi l.l. ion biigade.(12)biigade.12biigade12bl'igade.bligadebrigade.brigade' . (12)12( ) TheTheal'ThealHealViar\al'al'alVicar',.\' ; ar' Diary 01of01'' tuct-hhuthhutuckhubt'l.tl'- . () bd/acainc-junacaincjunbdacaincjun/.act11nt-Q.unact11ntQ.un.act11ntact11ntQ.und.act11ntQ.undact11ntQunacriine-gunacriinegunarchaicjunkQuinnRacined ... .//. acaincjun-

voi.act11ntQ.u-

nBattalion

act11ntQu-

nBattalion

acriinegun-

battalion

: - .

voivoid xvi :

. _battalion revoltsrreiol'reiolredial), o.LtsoLtsbolts. :' is onOl! July 2u , Ijl31j18J1181 :-j18Jj18J-; , "UsualUsual" routineruutiueruutineruttierroutine-

duties.

rotun-dities

ruutiue-

duties.rutt-

iestruutine-

duties.

rout-ineduties.dutiesduties.IIduties.-

I

dutie-s

. II11

I Oipaili20tionBOI'S'anizG.tionsOISanizGtionsOrganizationsInstantiations';' . must oemaintainedfi8intained-iaintainediaintainedoeiaintainedorientated!;- until theythey-

disappear

they-

disappear1 /disappeardisappear/ disaplJeardisappear, andanlanIanalanis,( tneir.leirleirtheirtinierleit . location mastmust oe known at all timestimes-i

time-s

times-

by

tim-es

times'-

by

times-

by

tim-es

i III

I by'by' the next higherhi , ;herer unit.unitunit.-

Orders

Un-

icode

unit.-

Orders

Un-

icode

unit.-

Orders

Un-

icode

.11-

The

Orders should reach a machine-gunmachinegun- company asas-

soon

ba-

ssoon

as-

soon

ba-

ssoon

as-

soon

ba-

ssoonsoon as possible.possible. TineTiT onee isiAi s reouiredrequired to giveivedive data forfor-

their

far-

therfor-

their

far-

therfor-

their

far-

thertheir fire and to take up suitable firing positions.positionspositions.-

Attached

posit-ions

positions.-

Attached

posit-ions

positions.-

Attached

posit-ions

.

Attached unitsuniZuni ts freauentlyfrequently areB.reBreBret. forgotten in the exciteexcite-excite-

ment

exeexecexcite-

ment

i te-tete-

ment

ce-

ment

¬-

mentmeant of action , or01'01' the commandercorranandercraned fails to realize thatthat-

this

hea-

thsthat-

thiha-

ththat-

this

hea-

thsthisthithins unituniZuni t may reouirereQuire moreworemo re time to ;move'novenove' than a rifleriflec-

ompany.

rifle-co

riffl-e

riflec-

ompany.company.companyco mpanymany .

The efficiency of a unit varies withithitch the amountamount-

of

amou-

ntof information.informationinforLnation.inforLnationinforLriation.inforLriationinfiltration. The'The' situationtuationtuitionai must be'be' known by two oror-

more

ar-

moire

or-

more

ar-

moire

or-

more

ar-

moiremore personspe sons of the unit.unit. There were occasions when allalli-

nformation

all-

iterationalli-

nformation

all-

iterationalli-

nformation

all-

iterationinformation of the action to be taken was known in thethe-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

battalion

te-

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