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THJSTHETHIS 140TH.140TH14OTH.14OTH . INFANTRY IN THE MUSB-AHGQME.MUSBAHGQME.MEUSE-ARGONNE.MEUSEARGONNE.EMUSMUSEARGONMUSBAHGQME.I-
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1.1. The 140th.140thl40th.l40th. U.U. a.aS.S. Infantry was made by the consolidationconsolidation-
of
consolidatio-
nof the 3rd.3rd. and 6th.6th. MissourissourisourMissoMiss14i i National GuardG ardWard regimentsreBiments at CampOampAmpCam-
pDoniphan
Cla-
mpdown
Oam-
pDoniphan
Cam-
pDoniphan
Cla-
mpdownDoniphanDonnish , OklahomaUklahoIDa on October 1 , 1917.1917. The 3rd.3rdrd.rdsrd.srdsurd. MissouriMissoMiss ri InfantryInfantry-
was
Infant-rywas the old Third of Kansas City , Mo.Mo. The 6th.6th. MissouriMissoMiss ri InfantryInfantry-
was
Infant-rywas a8 new regiment raised in the smallsmalsmall towns of centraloentral endand southernsouthern-
Missouri.
southe-
rnisms
sosouthern-
Mlissuari.
sout-hern
thernternMissouri.MissouriMlissuari.Mlissuari1116 sOl1ri.sOl1ri.
2.2. More tnanthannan one-halfonehalf- of the officersoff ieersbiers andan henL.enLen11.en11en. of the 140th140th.,. Inf.InfInf'InfoInf'III-
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InfIII-
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Inf.rs-
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thorough andend comprehensive.comprehensive. It had embraced open warfare , trenchtrench-
warfare
tren-
chertrench-
.Irlere
tre-nch
trenchtrench-
warfare
tren-
cherwarfare.IrlereIrlereMiller. undernderender FrenchFrenoh instructorsinstrInkster ctorsactors , bayonet fighting undernderender expertexpert-
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ex-pert
expert-
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ex-pert
expert-
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ex-pertBritish instructorsinetrinert otorlmotor , and finally , after the returnret rn from Francerencerene ofof-
Major
co-
factor
of-
MaJor
co-
factor
of-
Major
co-
factorMajor General William MM.M. WrightWritlhtWraith , the commandingoommcomm ndinBdin generalgenerel of thethe-
35th.
the-
35th
the-
36th.
the-
36th
the-
35th.
the-
35th35th.35th36th.36th. Division , the new methods of attackattaok: in wave formations.formations. ThisThis-
training
His-
torian
This-
training
His-
torian
This-
training
His-
toriantraining at Camp DoniphanDon.iph8nDoniph8nDontphanDonnishJonathan.,had been pushed so strenouslystrenouelystrenuously and unrenre-nreunre-unreadreunre-
mittingly
unre-
mittingly
nre-
mlttingly
unr-
emittingly
¬-
mittinglymlttinglywittinglymeltingly that the soldiers of this regiment and thetbetube others as wellwell-
reached
bell-
yached
well-
reached
bell-
yached
well-
reached
bell-
yachedreached their highest pinnaclepinnaole of training , went stalestele and slid back-
not
back-
most
back-
not
back-
most
backback-
not
back-
mostnot lossles8less than three times.timestimea.timeatime. Fortunatelyiortunately , atIt the time the regimentregimen-
tleft
regime-
ntedleft CampCemp DoniphanDonnish on April 12 , 1916for19lBfor1918, for the port of embarkation ,
, the traiiiingtrainingtra1n DB wasw s on the upliftplift againElgalnEgan end"ndndand" the moralemormoor le wasW exceedinglyoxceedinglyexceedinglexceeding;; high.high.
3.3. Upon arrival in FrsncFranceFrancFr nc.nc*. , the 35th36th Division wasW8S not held inin-
the
in-
ter
in-
the
in-
ter
in-
the
in-
terthe 3.033038.,011918.011918011918.080... ,' * 2 ,> > batou.toutbut. ventwent.went,. immediatelyimmdiimmix, telyely intoILtoIto the British zone backbaok"fbaokfbook.ofof., " ,the Sommt.SommtSomml.SommlSomme.SommeSomm-
t.1
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At konchcuxMonchauxKochManchuMonchMunch ax , France'rsnoersnoeVranoesnoreVane'% Col.ColCool. William H.H. ColleyCooley with six officers endandend-
twenty
end-
owment
end-
twenty
end-
owment
and-
twenty
ca-
nteentwenty noncommissionednoncomndssioned officers ofot the 16th.16th. Manchester RegimentReginlent ,
B.E.JBEJB.E.I.BEIB.E.FBEFBEBIBF. . ? ., joined the regiment and intensiveintemsive training went on in methodsnethodsmethods-
which
meth-
odsmethods-
which
meth-
odsnethods-
which
meth-
odswhich the British had foundfo nd to be right.right. This trainingtr lningLansing includedincluded-
bayonet
inclu-
dedino1included-
bayonet
inclu-
deddeddeedded-
bayonet
deb-
asementbayonet fighting , trench rr-idsrridsrrc[ -. idsds , the overcoming of centers of resistanceresistenceresistance-
and
resistence-
end
resistence-
and
resistan-ceandend combat groups , all intendedintende to prepare tnethetine regiment to enter thethe-
front
the-
reon
the-
front
the-
reon
the-
front
the-
reonfront on the new G.H.GHG.H.i4GH.i4GHi4. . ., line bacicbackbasic of the SorameSommeForamenoDmleoodles end probably withwith-
the
with-
held
wiwith-
the
with-
held
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4.4. DuringDaringD ring the latterletter partpert of July and all of Augustg st , 1CJ181)181181 ) 18 for-
nearly
for-
merly
for-
nearly
for-
merly
forfor-
nearly
for-
merlynearly six v/eeitsveeitsweeksreedits/ , the 140th uccupiedcou.piedcoupiedoccupiedcopied. the front UnainAlingLunaGina1 trenches, inin-
l
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5.5. The regiment with the 35tl:35t1.35t1.35t1: 5tL. Division was in reserve during thethe-
St.
the-
ist
the-
st.
the-
ist
the-
St.
the-
istSt.St. MihielMichel Offensive.Offensive. Its orders were to be roadyreedyreadyroad to move from thethe-
Foret
the-
oretic
the-
Foret
the-
oretic
the-
Foret
the-
oreticForetFloret de HayeHayes on fifteen minutesmin testees noticenotioe butb t the advance went so wellwell-
that
we-
alth
well-
that
we-
alth
well-
that
we-
alththat it was not necessary to order this reserve division into the action.action.
66.6,. The men who made up the 140th.140thl40th.l40th. Infantry were practically ellallell-
Missouri
El-
lisonell-
Mi8s0
all-
Missouri
A-
llisonMissouriMi8s0 ri men.men. They were volunteersvolviol teerssteers who hadhsdsd been ready to serve theirtheir-
country
her-onry
theiro-
OlUltry
hier-
olatry
their-
country
her-onrycountryoOlUltryzoolatry even before we enteredeLJteredwelterede L teredtermed the YorldWorld> vYar.vYarWar.War'War.vary' . TheyThe ; had not beenbeen-
drafted
eme-
ndated
been-
drafted
eme-
ndated
been-
drafted
eme-
ndateddrafted into the servioaservioeserviceservo nor had they enlisted for paypayorpayeror for bonus.bonusbonus.-
Thay
bon-
usbonbonus.-
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bon-
us8.88-
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8-
They
.
ThayTheyHay had in months andend years before the war given of themselves freelyfreely-
both
fre-ely
freely-
both
fre-ely
freely-
both
fre-elyboth physicallyphysioally , mentally , and financially.financially. They were ready and fitfit-
when
fif-
teen
fit-
when
fif-
teen
fit-
when
fif-
teenwhen calledoalledcoaled uponuuonquoinvon to take pertpart in the world'sworlds' grectestgreatest bettlebettIebattlebeetlebetties , thethe-
KeuseArgonne.
the-
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somethingsamethingscanethingscanting better.better. That is easy oynicism.oynicismcynicism.cynicism. The MasterMesterNester BuilderB ildergilder tooktook-
people
town-
speople
took-
people
town-
speople
took-
people
town-
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M-
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in-
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7.7. From ForetFloret de HayeHoyeHayesHoyed back of St.St. LihielihielMihielLithelychiselMichel the regiment along withwith-
the
with-
held
with-
the
withh-
eld
with-
the
withh-
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marched
terr-
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marched
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marched
terr-
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case
the-
cae
the-
case
the-
cae
the-
case
the-
caecase of being woundedwoanded cleancleencolleen instead of dirty patches of cothcJothclothcouth] wouldwould-
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come
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combecome in contactcontaot with the wound , was.1.1.1. ., ' outl l1t on down to the men.men. Further'artherartherfartherFurther-
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along
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position
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9.99 ., Ab day or two before the day of goingBoingBooing into the battle , a copycopy-
of
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srepresented
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her boy asS beingbe ingKing wounded and a Red Cross nurse hoveriiighoverL1ghovering over him , adad-
ministering
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ministering to his needs and binding upp his wound.wound. The sister hadhad-
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tethe vision that her brother was standingstenSteen .iI1BiI1B. in front of tr.etretJ-etJetl-etltare-., assembledesembleda.sembledasembledresembledassembled-
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assem-
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regiment andGndNd the colonelooloneloolong was pinning ae D.3.C.D3C.D3CD.S.C.DSCSC. . . on his breast.breast. TheTh-
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her-
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village
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French-
village
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village
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hiladavillage , surroundeds rrorr ndedended by a bevy ofot mademoiselles.mademoiselles . I waswes impressed withwith-
the
withh-
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with-
the
withh-
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the
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eldthe facttact that none ofot them was right because there he was in the n.udtnudtnutn.ud-
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sleeping in the open under a tree , simply doingdulngdung hish1s plainplein straightstraight-
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people ereareerellsposedkeelsonsdisposed-llsposedllsposeduisposedallspice'- totu ask too much creditcredit for doirvdoirdoingdir:;; their duty.dutydllty.dlltydallyduty.-
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Sept.20,1918.Sept201918.Sept201918Sept.20l9l8.Sept20l9l8.Sept20l9l8. , .the ArgonneJargoned forestloresteorestFloresErnest WESWtswasWatts the III Corps withwi tb the 33rd , QOth80thBothOath , endand 4th4th-
divisions
4th-
divisions
4th-
divisionsdivisions in line aixLBinandaiL the 3rd Division in reserve : the V CorpsOorpsOops in thethe-
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by Major General Hunter Liggett.LiggettLigBett.LigBettLeggettLibretti. The 35th Division was commanded byby-
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MajorMajor General Peterl'eterleterletter' E.E. Traub.Traub1'rau.b.1raub.1raubTab'. . TheLe 91st9lst Division on the rirightht of thethe-
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(5)5(6)6( ) The Histo-HistoHistoryHistoonHilton- on the left , the 28th , was commandedco ndedended by Major General CharlesOharles H.H. Muir.(5)Muir.5Muir5Mair.(5)Mair.5Mair5Muir.(5)-ry
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three daysdeyadead j.riorjrior.irioririorpriorjurorairier).., tuto the battle.battleluattle.luattlePlatte. Col.ColCool. KlrbyKlroyKirbyLeroy talker1y'alker1yalker.VV. ' lkerleer waswes assigned8 8ligl ed toto-
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as follows : iirstiirsteirstfirstdeist , Major Fred L.L1.1. LenimonLemmonLeninLemon ; Second , Kejor1ejorMajorKenmore: V/arrenVarrenWarrenDarren/ L.LL-
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O-
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LabreyMabreyAubrey ; and Third'third' , M&jorMjorMajorM& jorjour Murraylllrreyl\l\ llrreyallure Davis.Davis. It just; ustbust happened UstttJstt.attatBustattest! . thethe-
seniority
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west
floss-
iest
flows-
west
floss-
iest
flows-
west
floss-
iestwest into the Aisne.AisneAlane.AlaneMaineAlan. The principal featurefeetllrefeel in this region is thethe-
high
he-
ight
the-
high
he-
ight
the-
high
he-
ighthigh hill of Veuquois.VeuquoisVal1ql1oia.Val1ql1oiaVauquois.VauquoisEuphuismVanquish. The ArgonneJargoned Ridge separates the AireAires andand-
the
ant-
hem
and-
the
ant-
hem
and-
the
ant-
hemthe AisneAianeMaineDiane valleys ; it is heavilyheavd1y wooded.woodedwood8dwood8-
dHill
. The GrermanGermanReran front line onon-
Hill
O'-
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on-
move
co-
mmove
on-
Hill
O'-
NeillHill 263 with VauquoisVal1ql1oisVanquish Hill made anen exceedinglyexceedinBly strong barrier to anysnySonyany-
move
any-
more
sny-
The
scy-
the
any-
move
any-
moremove down the AireAires valley.valley. In the sector of the 35th Division therethere-
was
Hebr-
ews
there-
was
Hebr-
ews
there-
was
Hebr-
ewswas a& series of important wooded areas , among whichwhioh are the Bois dede-
Rosslgnol
de-
pressingly
de-
Rossignol
de-
pressingly
de-
Rossignol
de-
pressinglyRosslgnolRossignolRossini nearne.rner. VauquoisV811ql1oisVanquish Hill andend the Bois de MontrebeauMontrebe8Mountebank justjl1at southaOl1thsouth-
of
aOl1th-
of
Sou-
thof Sxermc/nt.Sxermcnt.Ehermont.EhermontSerumVehementEXeltmExalt / !lt.lt. The hills and ridges in this arearea run generallygenargear llyally inin-
east
fi-
nest
tnrntn-
east
ta-
nnest
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esst
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rnesteastesstest andend west directiondireotion and makem8ke a rollingrolllns countryco try eastesstest and southaoathazoth ofof-
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16.16. In the field of operations for tttriatheatriae 140th Int'antryIntantryInt'sntryIntsntryInxfantryInfantryInsanity' the villegeavillegesvillagesvillagevilleg-
eatvillege-
stot
village-
statvilla-
gevillag-
esttottat: , ot figured thetbetube moatmost ';. 'ere'lerelere'seresere; CheiCheIJChiChoppyuytut)Y , Very , CharpentryCarpentry , BaulnyBS111nyBalmy , endandend-
Exemiont.
red-
eeming
and-
xermont.
end-
earment
and-
Lxermont.
ha-
ndlerExemiont.Exemiontxermont.xermontLxermont.LxermontExtensionVermontLemon. ChauaronChaudronChurnCauldronChsuChas <iron Farm slsolsoalso played aienas important pert.pertpart.part. AJ1AJlA1Al] of thesetheset-
owns
telet-
hons
theset-
owns
telet-
hons
theset-
owns
telet-
honstowns were in rains beforebef'ore' thisthithin s offensiveof'fensoffensoffends' i ve siardandWard: d were practically oblitoblioblit-obitobioblit-
erated
oblit-
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t-tt-ar
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DIof0JITDldFUjITDI.DI. iU3ITIONS.iU3ITIONSIONS.IONSION .
17.17. The American First rmyArmyrlrnloran was opposed by General von Jellwitz'sJellwitzsIal1witz'sIal1witzsJelliesJellwitz'sG-
roup.
JellwitzsG-
roup
Jellwitz'sG-
roup.
JellwitzsG-
roup
Ial1witz'sG-
roup.
Ial1witzsG-
roup
'
Group.Group. He had eleven divisions in line and five in reserve at the
(8)8( ) Military1 iliii teryterry outsetontsetonset of the lleuse-ArgonnelleuseArgonne.i\lel1se-Argonne.ilel1seArgonne.ilel1seleseJargoned. \ - Offensive.OffensiveUffensive.Uffensiveuffensioffensive ve.ve. (8)8(88( ) Two German divisionsdivision-s'ftTroiptf'ti
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exceedingly bitter and stiff defense , particularlyparticalarl on the frontfro t of thethe-
28th
the-
28th
the-
28th28th endand 35th Divisions , with machinemechine gunsgl1ne and with artillery.artillery. TheThe-
Germans
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arhol,. 18.18. The first hostile position in front of tietl.etlethetale. 35th36th Division waswas-
Howlendwa-
shbowlwas-
known
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ako
was-
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shbowlHowlendHowlandHowledHolland , Pg.PgFa.Fa.386386.385.385*. known as the HegenHagen StellungStelluDgiTellingSecluding ; the old front line had been modified andand-
now
An-
do
and-
now
An-
do
and-
now
An-
donow served as an intermediate line and waswes know-knowknowasknowsknOkeno :1-, as the HagHegenHagenen Stellung5tellungTellingSteSate hung ,
(10)10( ) The Ma-Ma1141-1141MaNord.Manor114-
1or
- Nord.NordNod. (10)10(1010( ) The hostile positions againstegainst which the regiments ofof-
oroxf-
ord
of-
the
of-
ten
of-
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. . . the 35th36th Division had to go are shown on the mapp attached asa8 Plate I.II-.in
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in Franceb'ranoebranoeF'ranoeFranoeBrando' ,pg.92.pg92.pg92. . The wooded areasaresscaress across the wholewhulewhile front were carefully organized as8Sas-
artillery
s-
tartle8-
Sartillery
as-
artillery
s-
tartleartillery positions , permitting cross fire everywhere.everywhere. The German arar-
tillery
ar-aror-orar-
tiJ.lery
ar-
tillery
or-
tiller
ar-
tillery
¬-
tillerytiJ.lerytiJlerytillertiller. injn the ArgonneJargoned .Forest'ore8tore8t' andend on the heights east of the lueuseI\el1seIel1seMeuseleseMuselueuse-
were
less-
eeIel1se-
were
Meuse-
were
Messe-
nger
\':
were in position to enfiladeenfilede the lines of any attack.attackatteck.atteck. The\TheTheyThealsoHealsThe ,\i alsoalso-
possessed
also-
possessed
also-
possessedpossessed excellent observationODaer"ODaerDater " TetjonTrenton ende.ded!'. esas ae result theirtl\eirtleiremir\ fire was veryvery-
accurate.
ver-
miculate
very-
eco
ve-ry
very-
accurate.
ver-
miculateaccurate.accurateeco rate.rate.,TheTh GermanGerm ArmyAraiAriar
,
waswes at its highestB t.fiBhtingtfiBhtingfightingfighting efficiencyefflcienoy... .. .. . . . .. . . . .
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and the moralemormoor le was still good , especially in the best of its divisions.divisionsdivisions.-
The
divisio-ns
.
The enerryenemyemery fought withwi t l great courage endand tactical efficiency.efficiency.
19.19. The 140thl40th Infantry was in the villagevillage. . EclaireClaire endand surroundingsurrounding-
woods
surroun-dingwoods on Sept.Sept. 19th and 20th.20th. During the night of Sept.Sept. 21st , thethe-
entire
th-
eatre
the-
entire
th-
eatre
the-
entire
th-
eatreentire brigade marched northwardnorthwerd to CampCaraCarla MarqaetteMarql1etteMarquette in the ArgonneJargoned forest.foresti'orest.iorestsorest.sorestdirestforest.-
The
fore-
stsorest.-
The
sore-
sti'orest.-
The
iorest-
The
dire-
st' .
The regiment was in thethesupportheliport, support brigade and remained in thatt Jet camp untiluntil-
the
unstil-
ted
until-
the
unstil-
ted
until-
the
unstil-
tedthe night of J3ept.J3eptSept.Septpt.pt. 2bth with the exception of the Machine Gunun CompanyCompany-
which
Comp-
anyConCompany-
which
Comp-
anyanyany-
which
San-
dwichwhich was ordered to the front line to supportsl1pport the attack of the 69th69th-
Brigade.
69th-
Brigade
69th-
Briga
69th-
BrigadeBrigade.BrigadeBrigaRiga .e.e. ., Aboutbp t 8 p.m.pmp.m. ., on Sept.Sept. 25th , the regiment lesslea8 the LiechineMachineMachine-
Gun
Machi-
ne
chinei-
ziin
chi-ne
chine-
a
chin-
aiziinGunsizinga Co.Co. marchedmar hedheed from GampUampCampAmp Marquette to a position about 1000 yardsyards-
northwest
yards-
northwast
yards-
northwestnorthwestnorthwast of Aubreville.ubrevilleubrevilleVaudevilleBraille.:: so as to be in its position by four hours beforebefore-k
befor-e
before-
huur.
bef-ore
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . ., . . .. . . . . .1".11* " *-** v. >.
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ofot a hill immediatelyiT.medistelyiTmedistely! . beckb ck : of thetbetube line where it was to start its adad-
vance
ed-edad-aded-
venae
ed-
entate
ad-
vance
¬-
vancevenaevena , with the battalions in the order in which they were to move out ,
namely , irstlirstfirstlist , Second ,, andend Third.Third. Sea3eeSee map , showing dailydeilydewily advanceedvence ,
attachedettEtta cLedclued asss Plate II.II. The TrenchTrenoh LortorMortar.MortarMortorOratorMotor., andend One PounderPonder sectionssections-
were
secti-ons
sections-
were
secti-ons
sections-
were
secti-onswere to follow the Third Battalion.Battalion. Tl.eTleT.eTeTale; . Machine GunGilnGin Co.Co. had orders toto-
join
to-
oling
to-
join
to-
oling
to-
join
to-
olingjoin the regiment as it cameceme upIIp following the attack of the 69th Brigade.BrigadeBriBede.BriBedeBriBedBrigade.-
The
BriBede.-
The
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deBrib-
ed
.
The 70th Brigade was the reserve brigade in the initial attack.attack.,
20.20. The enemyen8q'en8q' doubtlessdOllbtless knew that there was movement of troopstroops-
and
troops-
end
troo-ps
troop-
edandend his artillery placedplaoed fire of interdiction along the roadroedrobed while thethe-
regiment
th-
ereinthe-
regiment
th-
ereinthe-
regiment
th-
ereinregiment was marchingmaroh1ns to position.position. Shells exploded on the roadroedrobed InIn-
front
In-
fant
in-
frunt
in-
fluent
in-
front
in-
fantfrontfruntrunt of the troopatroopstroop anaana.. back of themtllemtulle and on eithere1 therether side but only onoaonceonoonoa-
wara
cook-
ware
once-
were
some-
where
once-
were
some-
wherewarawerewar there anyenydeny casualties and that was when threet reefree manmen in Co.Co. B werawereerawer-
ahit
wra-
ith
were-
hi
we-
re
wer-
ehit
we-
rehithi t withw1 th fragments.fragments. Later during the fore pertpart of the night , the enemyenemy-
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21.21. The chief plan of thetlJetale combinedoombined attackattaok was as GeneralGenerel PershingPerishingPershingr.-
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GovernmentGovernmellt Pub-PubPllb-PllbLbPubRailroadPllbRailroadPubertal- Railroad whichwhioh gave a means of lateral communicationcummunicetion along the enemy'senemysenemyenemy'-sllcationPg.
enemy-sllcationPg
enemy'-slicationPg
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gener-alization
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gener-alization
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nishing
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n
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nishingi.shintJishintJ1shintnoshingshinn . , of suppliessllppllessdppliessleepless to the German Army in France.France4'rance.4rance.4rancer'rance.rrance' . The talcingt8kingtakingtalking of thisthis-
railroad
this-
railroad
this-
railroadrailroad wouldwo ld close the entrances to France and would make possiblepossible-
the
possib-
lethe capturec8ptu.rec8pture. of the German Army whichwhioh remainedremsreams ineddined as8S theretr.eretreretree. wouldwUllld be no '
(12)12( ) The His-HisHls-HlsHallsHiswayHlswayHighwayHalfway- way to get them out.outOl1t.Ol1t. (12)12(12)-tory
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(12)-tory
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tory of the A.AA-
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EE.i'.tThomasEitThomasE.i'ThomasEiThomasDethronesEpitomesE.E. ' . , Thom8s , 22.22. The general/generalgeneralthegeneralhegenerategeneral/?%fe?! thehe 36th3bth35th Division was to attack with 91st91st-Pg.
91st-Pg
91st-Pe.
91st-Pe
91st-Pg.
91st-PgPg.PgPe.Pe. 234.234.
Division of the 5th6th Corps on the right endand the 28th Division on thethe-
left
hel-
met
the-
left
hel-
met
the-
left
hel-
metleft on "D"D" " day atet "H"H"HttHttHttp" " hour.hour. It developed tt-attattl-sttlst!}- at "D"D" " clayd.ayday. waswes Sept.26Sept26. ,
19161918 andend "H"H" " hour waswes 5:30530: a.m.am. . The boundariesbOl1ndsries of the zone of actioneotionemotionaction-
of
eotion-
of
actio-
nemoti-
onof the 36th3bth3 tb DiviaionDivisionDivinationJHviHi ioDoD were :,;
Right ( eastesstest ) boundarybowndary&bowndary :& VAUAUVVAUvUU13U UUISUOlaUIOlla ( inclusive )
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23.23. The order stated that thetbetube 3bthbthbath DivisionDivisionouldDivisional,/ouldouldcouldGould,/, attackatteck in columncolumn-
of
colum-
nof brigadesbrigades.,. regiments side uy side , eschwjthescheweeachch wjthwith one battalion in theth-
efirst
th-
eirsth-
efirst
th-
eirsth-
efirst
th-
eirsfirst linelice , one in support , tiidtrdtimidtrodnd; onaoneMona in reserve.reserve. TheTLeTale 69th BrigadeBrigade-
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reserve andend the division order directed tltLatLatt at.at. it follow uetLE'tLEthe, ' leadingleading-
brigade
lead-ing
leading-
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leading-
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were
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were
battali-onswere to pvoidf\voidfvoidAvoid\ VAUAUVAU"UVAUUVAVAU,4UUISVAU4UUIS",UOISQUOINSld and the Bois de HOSSI&NOLHOSSINOLROSSIGNOL.ROSSIGNOLRGSSIGNOLHESSIANROSSINIGASSING& ,. passing themtbemtem by thethe-
flank.
Te-
flon
the-
flank.
Te-
flon
the-
flank.
Te-
flonflank.flank. The 140th Infantry thusth s became the right regiment of thethe-
reserve
the-
refore
the-
reserve
the-
refore
the-
reserve
the-
reforereserve andend followed the 138th Infantry.Infantry. TheTbeTube 139th Infantry was onon-
the
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on-
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M-
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ontethe left of the 140th.140th. Thehe 137thl37th Infantry waswsswasps the left regiment ofof-
the
of-
ten
of-
the
of-
ten
of-
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of-
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were
reBiment-
were
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regime-
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and SOUMB&tttCJi.SOUMBtttCJiOMI4E&nCJl.OMI4EnCJl.OMI4EnCJlSODJIDiE&SODJIDiESordid&+ NC.NC. .
24.24. The objectivesobjeotives for this oftenaiveottensiveoftensiveoffensiveostensive esBSas givengj.vengjven. in the division orderorder-
were
bord-
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were&
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dera.No.deraNodersNo.dersNodraNodearsdersdears .,No.No. 44 ,Hq.Hq. 35th Div.Div. 25.25. The division order went to Brigade Commanders and the brigadebriBadebrigade-Sept.24,1918.
brigad-eSept241918
briBade-Sept.24.l918.
briBad-eSept24l918
brigade-Sept.24,1918.
brigad-eSept241918Sept.24,1918.Sept241918.Sept241918Sept.24.l918.Sept24l918.Sept24l918. ,. .
order based uponl1 on it weawasweak issuedissl1ed in the early morning ofot Sept.Sept. 2bth2bth-
and
2bth-
and
2bth-
andand delivereduelivered to the regiment in the fore part of that ay.ayvay.vayoay.oayvaryokay- . TheThe-
brigade
H-
erring
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brigad.e
H-
erring
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brigade
H-
erringbrigadebrigad.e. order carried all the essential factorsfectors of the division orderorder-
arid
borde-
rer
ordera-
Dd
orde-
red
order-
and
border-
landaridaDdand provided thatthe t the troops wouldwOl1lci be in positionposiposit ti on at H-4H4- hours.hourshOl1rs.hOl1rshOl1rs.I-
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Headquarters at GrangeGrenseGreene le1e ComteComate FermeFemme in the lateleteLethe afternoon of Sept.SeptSept.2bth.Sept2bth.Sept2bthSept.2bth.-
General
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General TraubTral1bTab had his Chief of Staff read the oruerorderborer for the attackattack-
and
attack-
ed
attack-
end
attack-
ed
attack-
and
attack-
edandend he announceda11nOlmced thatthe t the attacksttackstack: wouldwOl1ld start at 5:305305 :3030: the followingfollowing-
morning
follo-wing
following-
morning
follo-wing
following-
morning
follo-wingmorning , thusthl1s giving noticenot ioebiome of0 f "D"D'D""' ' " deydaydefy endand "H"H" " hour.hourhOl1r.hOl1r. The generalgeneral-
went
gene-
ralBgeneral-
went
gene-
ralenarelenamelenarel-
went
enrol-
mentwent over the plans/madeplansmadeplansiplans/PnadePnadePaddedplans/plans/ i e an exhprtationexhQrtationexhprtatiexhortationon for loyal andend faithful actionaction-
upon
acti-on
actionI-
1pon
action-
upon
acti-onuponI1pon the battle field.field. He gave outOl1t th6the informationinformstion that his oldold-
friend
gol-
dfield
old-
friend
gol-
dfield
old-
friend
gol-
dfieldfriend and classmatecleSslcess te wouldwOl1ld have a squadronsql1adron of the 2nd.2nd. Cavalry on thethe-
field
She-
ffield
the-
field
She-
ffield
the-
field
She-
ffieldfield to "expediteexpedite" your movemntmovem'antmovemantmovementmovemmove ,'?=,nt forward.forward. " He urgedI1rged his unitI1nit comcom-com-
manders
com-
manders
com-
manders
¬-
mandersmaunders to lead their organizations and tot o accompany their advancedadvanced-
elements.
adva-nced
advanced-
elements.
adva-nced
advanced-
elements.
adva-ncedelements.elements. He gave the positive direction that anyone who gave an orderorder-
to
ord-erto retreatretroat , no matter who , shouldshol1ld be shot uponI1pon the spot.spot. All officersoffioersofficerss-
howed
offic-ers
offioerss-
howed
offic-ers
officerss-
howed
offic-ersshowed deep.epep. seriousnessseriou.sneslseriousnesl. in theirtlirlairtl\tl\ ir feceafeces and6nd I antsms , sureS llr&llrAll& tbetthatTibetth at all realizedrealized-
the
realiz-ed
reefree Ii.Ii. z3dz3d-
thethe fullfllll significanceslsniflolnoesignificenoe of the responsibilitiesrespon81 illtle8 restingrestlrest uponponpeon themthem.*.
2727.27*. It weawasweakW e dark by the time the officersoffioers of the 140thl40th InfantryInfantry-
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totbotgotboot, backbaokbook to tnethetine regiment.regimentregGreg imenmen t.t. Finalin81 preparations had to be madede as thethe-
march
te-
achthe-
maroh
th-
eatre
the-
march
te-
achmarchmarohmacro to positionpositiposit on mustIDlIStIdlest be made that night.night. Officers'Officers ' bedding endandend-
clothing
en-
closing
and-
clothing
ad-
ulating
and-
clothing
ad-
ulatingclothing rolls and enlisted men'smensmeans' packspecks andEitndFeinted every thing surplussllrplus hadhad-
to
hard-
top
had-
to
hard-
top
had-
to
hard-
topto be stored.stored. All thisthithin s equipmente'i1lipmentei1lipment' waswe S placed in one ofuf ttie}; e barracksbarracks-
at
barrac-
ksat Cen.pCenptJeml--tJemlChentemtJeml11BrqlIetteCaniCan.} -,- ilsrquette11BrqlIetteMlsrduettedisquietedMisdirected to ue left there untillIntillentil the regiment shouldShOlIldSolid returnreturnf-
rom
retu-
rnreturnf-
rom
retu-
rnreturnf-
rom
retu-
rnfrom the battle.battle. The men were going into action withwitwl tlJTel) , strippedstripped-
packs
strip-ped
stripped-
r
strippe-
r
stripped-
packs
strip-pedpacksr ckBkB and two days'days' emergency rationsrations.*. The hand and rifle grenadesgrenades-
had
grenad-
eshad been delivered latelataPlata that afternoonsfternoon out hadbed not been issuedisslIedisled to thethe-
men.
the-
me
the-
men.
the-
me
the-
men.
the-
memen.men. That had totu Debe donedune andend wasW S accomplishedaccomiJlished ;.,;'ustustbust' prior to marchingrchinBurchinmarchingjV-
.tfcmarchin-
gv.marchi-
ngm
.
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immedictely
i-
mmediatelyimmediatelyimmedictelyimmedidimmed telyely back of where it would move out in the morning , thethe-
regimental
tem-
peramental
the-
regimental
tem-
peramental
the-
regimental
tem-
peramentalregimental orderurdermurder waswsswasps delivereddelivared orally by Col.ColCool. DelaleneDela:1sneDela1sneDelapleneHelleneDeadened;:.: to hishi8 batbat-bat-
talion
bat-
talion
bat-
talion
¬-
taliontalon commanders who had been assembled in a dug-outdugoutdUB-odUBo- t on the side ofotof-
the
of-
ten
ot-
the
ot-
her
of-
the
of-
tenthe hillhill.*. The situationsltaationstation was well understood by all81 ] the majors butbatbut-
the
bu-
tte
bat-
the
ba-
the
but-
the
bu-
ttethe issuance of the formaltormeltrammel order toyby the regimentalresimental commandercon ender gavegivegave-
exactly
give-
exactly
inve-
terately
gave-
exactlyexactly the rightriBht touch.touchto oh.oh. The colonelooloneloolong knew the seriousnessseriuasness of thethe-
forthcoming
the-
forthooming
the-
forthcomingforthcomingforthooming battle andend atIt the conclusionconclLlsion of his order he said.said., "AndAnd.And"And-
I
And-
I
An-
d
"..And-
I
2n-
dI wish youYOLlYell success.successsLlooesl.sLlooeslsloes. "
29.29. The battalion commandersoOlTmBnderseorraaandersoleanders made whatwhet reconnaissancereoonnsissance the , ,.' couldcOLlldcollide ofof-
the
of-
ten
of-
the
of-
ten
of-
the
of-
tenthe position where the marchmarohmacro wouldwoaldweald start and issuediS8Lled their orders toto-
their
to-
othier
to-
their
to-
othier
to-
their
to-
othiertheir company contenders.contenderscorim&nders.corimnderscoriandersco m & nders.ndersAnders. The main thingthlhl tut u deturminedetorminedetermine waswes properproper-
position
presup-
position
proper-
position
presup-
position
proper-
position
presup-
positionposition , sector , andend direction.directiondireotion.direotion . The approachapproaapproach oh marchm2 rcharch hudhvdhadhived to be mrdemf\demfdemodemurdermrde-
by
More-
sby
mfde-
by
fad-
emode-
by
mo-
de
\
by confesscom--'SS8com'SS8SS8corlsss!- -' bearingbeLLringbeLLingbeE.rbeEr. ) .ngng. as there wereware woods'loodsloodsbloods' to GOO throughthrotlthrottle: h 8aridaid>
, d it1 t developeddevelop-
edi
developedn-
w.cla
develo-ped, .-..- - . . i . . .
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OPERATIONOPERATIONS.OPERATIONS.OP.8OP8. AT ION 3.3S.S.
30.30. The artillery beganbegenbeen its fire of preparationpreparetion for the Meuse-ArgonneMeuseArgonneQse-ArgonneQseease-ArgonneeaseMuseJargonedSeMeuseArgonne-
Offensive
? . :easeArgonne-
Offensive
QseArgonne-
Offensive
-
Offensive etotof 11 p.m.pm. . on Sept.Sept. 25th , when 3,9283928, gunsgWQsgawks of all calibersliberslibberscalibersf-
rom
calib-ers
ccalibersf-
rom
calib-ers
libersf-
rom
libb-ersfrom the 75's75s' to the 14 inchinohKino railroad gunsJDpenedgQnsppenedgunsopenedunsharpenedunopened upQIJ on the enemylemyeviemyEmmyevenlye defenses.defensesdefenses.-
This
defen-ses
defenses.-
This
defen-ses
defenses.-
This
defen-ses
.
This waswes a terrificterrifio bombardment endand during the succeedingsQcoeedingseceding six hourshOQrshOrs thethe-
barbed
th-
eatre
the-
barbed
th-
eatre
the-
barbed
th-
eatrebarbed wire , the trenches , the concrete emlacementsemlacementsplacementsemplacements, , and enemyenenwrenew positionsrosltionsTositionsresolutions
(14)14( ) The His-HisHisvereHis'vereHis--vereHisvereShiveredverge- vere'vereverge'- torn to pieces.pieces. (14)14( ) ThisThlsHalls artillerysrtillery fire to destroy thethe-tory
the-ory
the-tory
the-ory
the-tory
the-orytory of the A.AA-
.E.F.ThomasA-
.E.F.ThoroasA-
.L.F.ThomasH-
alftones.
E.F.ThomasEFThomasE.F.ThoroasEFThoroasL.F.ThomasLFThomasFathomsNethermost. . , , UermanGermanHermanGeruGerund n defenses and toW preptreprepreprepare[ for the attack of the infantry at 5:305305:30-Pg.244.
530-Pg244
5:30-Pg.244.
530-Pg244
5:30-Pg.244.
530-Pg244
:
Pg.244.Pg244.Pg244. .in the morning was t, of coursecOQrsecoarse , elongEilongalongbelong t'netnetrJethetinetree' entire merlcmillI1ericf.nillI1ericfni.mericnimericnmerleAmerican. ,., front.front.
31.31. At 4:204204:2U42U: a.m.am. . , Jept.Jeptaept.aeptSept.SeptJetadept. 26th the divisionaldivjsional artillery cpenedpenedopenedpenned( up.up..
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\+ I.I. ." , , ' . . . ..c.c. . '( rI' . . "FsfoiaFsfoiaSofia" 5t, eVoDevone'e' f5r'nrn'nTilnTiluntil' r ':e/icieiciiirb/ . .
f'tpro.ftproftQDtFTPf'tpro.vftprovFTP: . .6.YA6.YA6YA.?.v cj_ easier! e.rer. . r'. * . "G.G" c-ficfi. -:... . z.z* . .tktk. ., &jrjr.tJ:1'.tJ1tJ1. & : ' '& 'wr&wr') \ !" $&
<"MflrttFlirtll1.1t'J:1tif.ll11tJ1tif.ll11tJ1tifyi\rffiryirffiraffair. \' 1: M.MM-
.forth.
.
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4wire
4-
wire.10'.4forth.forth. AtA_ .Ut_ 5:20520.5-.205.20.5.20. .5.20211:-.
. ,
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10'
d1-
0
". . . .. . ,.. . .. . . .
-. .
* l*" ' ' f f, .r.rrr % .77"-;> I11-
wire
"T1 'JrJr' * * V. . . . ' * ***".> '
..._ ..... -.10'--.10.10'10- . . . . . ' . ' . . . ...-. . - . ' .
<.*. /-WP '. *.*it
wire and position targets , and at 5:30530: , "Ii"Ii"H"H" 11"11" hour , thejthej'theythe' opened upQP onon-
(15)Tha
o-
n15Tha
o-
nlbThe
co-
nglobated(15)Tha15Tha( 16lbThebathe) The .rtheArtherteEarthenJir-JirAr-ArIreJir-
ti1lerymen.r-.r. - the rollingrollin barrcgebsrrsgebarragebarr ge which waswes to precedepreoede the infantry.infantry. (15)15(1616( ) TheTh-
etillerymenT-etleyThe-
boom
T-
heo
Th-etillerymen
T-etleytillerymenti1lerymentiller ,L6ePg.94.L6ePg94.L6ePg94LeePg.94.LeePg94.LeePg94, . . boom of the big gunsg s some distance in ourOQrOr rear andend those to the easteest-eesteast-esteast-
ward
eest-
ward
east-
ward
east-
ward
¬-
ward toward VerdunVerdQn continued until the time forfur the attack.attack.
32.32. At precisely 5:30530: a.m.theamthea.n'l.theanltheanthemalthea. ' . , battalion commandercOtr.mlndercOtrmlndercostermonger. : of the FirstFirst-
Battalion
First-
Battalion
First-
BattalionBattalion which weswas to lead the 140th Infantry grvegEvegivegraveEve the command"MovecommandMoveoommandHAloveoommnand"gloveoommnandglovecommandoesCommand, " out"outcut"cut" ,
and the ticoutdcot1tScouttricot Platoon of the First Battalion started the marchrcharch towardstowards-
the
towar-
dsthe enemy'senemysenemy' linesfollowedLongfellow, at 200 yards by the battalionbetteljonbetel , CompaniesCompsnies A endand BB-
in
B-
in
B-
inin th-ththr'thrthruthfirstthirstth -'< first line and C endIndandIndo D in the second line , allIII companies advancingedvanclnBadvancing-
in
edvanclnB-
in
advanci-ngin platoon columnscoll1m11scolunmacolumnar or what was then ceiledcelledcalled "ArtilleryArtillery.i.rtilloryirtillory"
. . Formation"FormationFornutionH.FornutionHrr"ormstion"rrormstionpromotion" ; " . TheThe-
second
Th-
ereon
The-
ecolld
Thr-
eefold
The-
second
Th-
ereonsecondecolldcold line or as68 then celledcflledculledfled, "wave11wave11"wave"wave" " followed the first t-ttl.tlti.i.-. t 1001UO1Ur.UO1UrUO..
,ardsrard.srardsbardsramrods, :. ,.
Thefhehe battalion commander , his staffstafttaft and headquartersheedqQsrters , marched mid-waymidwaymidway-
between
mid-way
midway-
between
mid-way
midway-
between
mid-way
-
between the two lines and oppositeopposiopposingtlJTel the centerce.terceter. , with'widewithwidewith"\vldewith"withvldewith"wyldewithwyldewidthwiseValdezwithywith"vldeintwithvldeintwithholdingwith"with"" 'wyldeWilde\ -intintdint-intervalsinterval.sinterval-
si
intervals-
IS
interva-
ls
interval.sOM-
1301
intervalsOM-
1301
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T.W
1-
TW
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;. . .
.. . .. . ... . . . . . . . . . .Y.Y '
. . . ... ',. . .', , 4 ' <. .' ", ' IV", . ... , . ., '0.-0.0.'c.. - . <.. . .. " ' T.WTW-...*,, t''c.c1R.1R. mtr'.MmtrMterm. .*. .. .' ". ' w.w-" .'+ w++M r, r ,(
and somewhatsOJrJewhatshoreward staggered.staggeredstsBBered.stsBBeredstabber. The march was hied.ahiedamadehiked. on itc composscornpDs3compasscomposes bearing of
35036003500°
throughthrothrob h a thick fog.fog. The orders were totu follow the 138th Inf.InfInfoInf-
.at
Inf-
ant
Inf-
.at
Inf-
ant
Inf-
.at
Inf-
ant
.
at 1000lUUUl O meters , keepingkaellingkeeling contact with the 91st9lst DivisJonivisjonDivisionl> on the rijjjtrigJ'JtrigJJtriti-JtritiJtrijjjt-
and
rigJ'Jt-
and
rigJJt-
and
brighte-
ned
ritiJt-
and
intui-
ted
;'-
and tietLeti..etale. . l39thl39th139th Ini.IniInf.InfMiniInfo. on thothethou left.left. The1'he1he' dense fog andendsaid the smoke frozrfroIl.froIlfrog.frogfrozeroIl . tietJetheJedtie-
artillorj
in-
ertialtJe-
srtilL1r
the-
srtillor.y
ter-
atology
!
artillorjsrtilL-1rsrtilL1rsrtillor.ysrtilloryartillerystilL- ;., fire nicderLlfderidenice the u.archinguarchingerchinBmarchingarchingperchingll . veryverveer / difficult.difficultdifficL11t.difficL11t. The other two batbat-bat-
talions
bbat-
talions
t-tt-talions
s-
tallions
¬-
talionstalons snaandsnagJJd.JJd. other units of thothethou 140th14Uth followed tuetllethetruetulle irstlirstr'irstrirstfirstlistgrist' 3ettolion13Bttolion3attalion inin-
siiui
ins-
idious
in-
siru
ins-
pire
in-
sinilar
di-
ssimilarsiiuisiruiiisirsinilarsimilari tararI, foriuotion.foriuotionfruitionforn.LtifornLtifontform:. tion.tionionon.on. There was considerable hostile &rtrtartillery& rt lleryleery firefrefare} ,
apparently comingeominiGemini; from the 3uisBulsBulls de CHJPPYCHlPPYCHIRPYChoppyC1l :;PPYPP , threetlJree kilometers to thethe-
south
T-
heo
the-
south
T-
heo
the-
south
T-
heosouth of the villagevilJvi1Jevil tgergegerage, of OHEPPY.OHEPPYGHEPPj.GHEPPjOHEPPY.voweverC1 PY.PY. voweveroweverhowever: ow verveer , thnretltoretherethanetutored "ereerewere,."'! surprisinglysurprisiJsurprisingsurprisinglyf-
ew
surprising-
ly! lyly-
few
l-ye
ly-
few
l-yefew casualties.casualties. One woods hLdhEdheldhe'dh d totu oeDeue f.onefonetonegoneone. tnroutroutthrouuhthroughh whichwhtchhatch had been
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fightingfiChtinGfilchingti htinghating at VAJVAUVAAUVA ..tUUtUUtutu. UOTdOutdoUU T13d HILL andSId) other parts of the enemy'senemysenemy' first position.positionrosition.rositionposition.-
The
rosition.-
The
positi-on
.
The map attachedttached as Plate I shows the first , intermediateintermeaiate , second ,
and part of the thirdtbirdbird hostile positions.positions.
33.333.3. During the approachSIpr080h) marchmarohmacro , the regiment had nf\fafshortshort\ short delaydaleydale causedcal1sedcaused-
by
cal1sed-
by
caus-
edby Companies A andend 0a of thetbetube 137th Inf.InfInfo. occupyingocccc pylngplying a& position in thethe-
woods
She-
rwood
the-
woods
She-
rwood
the-
woods
She-
rwoodwoods directlydirect ly in ourol1r routerourout te of march.marchnlsrch.nlsrchnulls. Upon reconnaissancerecQnD6isSLncerecornnaissLnce , thethe-
Battalion
te-
arstain
the-
Battalion
te-
arstain
the-
Battalion
te-
arstainBattalion CommanderOommander of the u'irstuirst'iratiratFirstHurstirate'' Battalion learnedlecrned thctthcthe t these two comcom-com-
panies
com-
panies
com-
panies
-¬-
paniespansies were ptrtpLrtputtpelt of the reservere3erve of the 69th9th Brigade andend were holdingholding-
there
hold-ing
holding-
there
hold-ing
holding-
there
hold-ingthere , awaiting8wtitin8 orders.orders. He furtherfl1rther learnedlelrned that the mainrnsinrinsing attack hadhedheedhad-
progressed
an-
drogens
hed-
progressed
hea-
dstrongness
had-
progressed
an-
drogensprogressed beyond the hostile first position and hence he attachedattached-
these
attac-hed
attached-
these
attac-hed
attached-
these
attac-hedthese two cotnCOtnJconCOnJcom.nioscomnioscommies, :. . niosnioBanionsniB of the 137thl37tb Inf.InfInfo. to his commendcornmsnclcommandcorms endand proceeded onon-
the
M-
onte
on-
the
M-
onte
on-
the
M-
ontethe marchmerch with six companies.companieseomplnies.eomplniescomplies. Later these twoiwo companies were putpput-
14
tt-
1414.14-14--14t-
.
14-
t
.-: . . .. _ . .._---_ .. . , . . . . ..- ''' . .... , . .. ,
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. .. ; , ... . r.r.. .. . . . , .. . ... " . ... . . . . . . ,_ .. .. . .. . . . . . .
: : : : t.\t.. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . .-. . ' ". ' " - , , . . . . . . .. . . . ..4.4.4. . .. ... . . . . . *t " w" .o.o....
. . w_> . *.+..*... t.*.., <.j_ . u..,. : .fc" >"" .,.1-1'1.1-...... *.*..*....*. *"' *. V.,. .*..".*. .'.*** 4 ** H".oj.C.> * %"< . ., ,... . ... , ., , M. . /. . . I, . it.it"c'c" . ' ,.r. . .. . . . *..-. ,. . ' . . .. ..v..,. ' ' ,.. , " * " - ' , *
IlrIl h.h.. .... "- 'w.w' . . JIRIRA -- - .... , . ... " .. - .--.-+wwrMwarm-- 1'11'.a' ..... . . .., -.a.a-. .... ... _ .....__ ---< ....<._. ..rr. AA-
into
I-
ntointo the attackatteck on VARENNJB8VARE1VARAR 'NESNESNESS' ES whanwhenwham word caracamecarat back : that support wcscsW S neededneeded-
there.
nee-ded
needed-
there.
nee-ded
needed-
there.
nee-dedthere.there. After they had been committedCOnIDJjConnie ttedted to ttr*} att action , thetLoLotLo.-tLo.totLo.camelocale:.-;," came underunder-
th
unear-
th
and rr-
th
R-
othth i iri r ownuwnun commanders.commanderscon enders.enders.
34.34. The 140th Infantry crossed the original front linesljnes at aboutaboatboatabout-
8OU8OU8:00800: a.m.am. . , pertpartp rt of the regiment passingpassllpassel! tctc.. the right of VAUAUVAU-lUOISVAUlUOISAUlOUIS- UOISQUOINS FILLHILLFILL-
tnd
Fil-
let
HILL-
nd.
Holla-
nd
HILL-
end
HIL-
Ledtndendtendnd.nd. all but one companycomJany! of the remainder'rswsinderrswsinderrei'uainderreiuainderswindler'' to thethgthugth left.left. Co.Co. D wentVlentLent overover-
the
overth-
rew
over-
the
overth-
rew
over-
the
overth-
rewthe hill to n.&kenkemDkemakenukeDuke. & cerUcereuscerttineertLincetinBerlin,( in ibuutboutbut: b ut itsitJit: completecor..p1etecor.p1etecorp1etecor..vcorvcoir. . late snaandsnagnd thoroughthorOL1/-thorOL1thorOL1hthorourh/- ; h nappingmopping up.upIIp.IIpIIup-
.From
IIp-
.From
up-
.t
p-
t
.
From this point our first prisoners of this engagement were sentsent-
rear.
ent-
reat
tot o thethe-
rear.
the-
reat
the-
rear.
the-
reat
th-
etr
the-
aterrear.rear. ContactCont&otContotContsotContortConsort& with the Slat1st' DivisionDivDivi tonion was ') : aintained.eintDinedeintDined.einteinedeinteinedmaintainedentwined. throu.outthrououtthereaboutthrouthroe.throethou!.Lout-V
Lou-t
Lout-
by
Lo-ut
: lout! . thutrthoutJ} , , ', day-
by
day-
boy
dayday-
by
day-
boy
day-
patrol
aya-
tollah
V
;
by p&trolsptrolspatrolsp & trolstrolls from the ririlarilrightht f unkllk.nknkbunkelki [. : companies.companiesco Panies.PaniesPansies. Towaras'rowarClsrowarClsTowarnsTowardsrewards' eveningev ingKing , ta patrolpatrol-l
patrol.1.1-1.
patrol11-1
patro-l
patrol-
From
pat-
rol
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Co.Co00.00.
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.
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- -; -- :- -. " - - - " " ' " .' '" "" "" ' -C&TOrtffM1WGfiCTOrtffM1WGfimr-ormror . ' 'hh "tt .to"to t& .r-r * s-aa .n-gh..ngh./ . on ff !f JWJD"jDjJEW( , "f.1f.1f1 c , n.nandBIJdBId went on to a ridyeridgeride nearly west of VERY when it was haltedhslted by ap-apep-epap-
whichSa-
pphicap-
whichSa-
pphicep-
whichbe-
witch-
whichwhich-pro&ching
whic-hproching
which-pr06chinB
which-proachingpro&chingprochingpr06chinBproachingparchingpoaching& the 138thl38th Inf./hadInf.hadIMF. / stopped its advance.advance2dvance.2dvance. The ninihtnight! ht ofot riept.26thriept26th3ept.26th3ept26thriept.26th-
was
riept26th-
was
3ept.26th-
was
3ept26th-
was
dept.2dept2. thth-
was
th-
awswas spent on the reverse slopes of the hills at this point.point.
35.35. The orders fortortore the secondseoond day were fortortore the 140thl40tb Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint., to passpesspesospass-
through
pla-
stronpess-
thro
pest-
hole
pass-
through
pla-
stronthroughthrothrob 8h , or leap-frogleapfrogleap-trogtrogtog- as it w&swswasW & 8 calledcelled , the 138thl38th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint., which regiment hadhad-
stood
har-
dwood
had-
stood
har-
dwood
had-
stood
har-
dwoodstood the bruntbrlU1t of the fightingtiebti11B duringduri'lgdurilg:' the first day.day. This was ththe dayday-
when
das-
heen
day-
when
das-
heen
day-
when
das-
heenwhen the orders for the attackattaok got mixed atst Division Headquarters.HeadquartersHeed uf.rtars.ufrtarshurters. . TheTh-
efirst
Th-
eirsTh-
efirst
Th-
eirsTh-
efirst
Th-
eirsfirst orders provided that the attack for the morning would start atIt8:30830: after a& three hours'hourshoars'hoarshoards' artillery firetire of preparation.preparation. The divisiondivision-
ohief
divis-ion
division-
ohief
divis-ion
division-
chief
divis-ionohiefchief ofot staffstattstat issuediseaeddiseased orders to that effect.effect. Then when the CommandingCommendingCommandin-
gGeneral
Comma-
ndingCommendin-
gGeneral
Comme-
ndingCommandin-
gGeneral
Comma-
ndingGeneral studied ttetIlethetote CorpsOorpsOops orderorder. ,. ., he foundfoandfond thatthettheft the attackattaok wasWFJS scheduledsohedllledscheduled-
to
sohedllled-
to
schedul-
edto be made atIt 5:30530b:30b305a: O a.m.am. . He endeavored to get the first orders changedchanged-
but
changed-
oat
chang-
edbutoat there waswalwail muchDiL10h confusioncOnfcOn SiODSOD and uncertainty.uncertaintyullcertainty.ullcertaintyulceration. The compromise planplenpollenplan-
lb
plen-
15
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was to advance at 6:306306:3U63U: a.m.am. . but the regimentalregimentslregiments commendercommfndercommrndercommander received ordersorders-
at
orde-rsat 5.05505. a.m.am. . to attack at 5:30530: after fz five minates'minatesminutes'minutesrninRankin tes'testees' barregebarrageb8rr 8e on thethe-
hostile
te-
nsilethe-
'hostile
the-
hostile
te-
nsilethe-
hostile
te-
nsilehostile'hostile' machinemechimerci ne gun nests.nests. The barrage failed to comecornecornea , due to the
(16)16( ) r'romrromiromromironi ' rom Don-DonDonmixtureDormitories- mixture of orders setting the time.time. (16)16(16)-iphan
16i-phan
(16)-iphan
16i-phan
(16)-iphan
16i-phan
( )
iphansiphon to VerVer-VeerVer-
dunVer-
dunEdwardsV-
erdunVer-
dunEdwerdsV-
erdun¬-
dundunEdwardsdunEdwerdsdunnedunneeded, Edwards , 36.36. tforb'orborforboor?'or this attackattaok two battalions were putplltpelt on thetLetale line , the SeconddecondSecon-dig.9
Secon-dig9
decondl-
'Bdecond-
lBSecond-
kgdeaco-
nSeco-
ndig.9ig9l'BlBkg' ., fb9l&) 9 ,.taking positionpo ::> it ion on thothethou right of thetbetube r'irstrirstgrist1"1" ' irs t andskida d the Third1'hird1hird' BattalionBat t Ii on followedfollowed-
in
follow-
edin support.supportPIJort.PIJortPriors . Both leedinglevdingleadingbleedingevading battalions advanced in skirmish line withwith-
two
withs-
tood
with-
two
withs-
tood
with-
two
withs-
toodtwo waves , preceded by theirt ! eiremir scout pletoonsepletoons.pletoonsplatoons. The order of companiescvmpeniesc.mpaniescmpaniescompanies-
in
cvmpenies-
in
c.mpanies-
in
compani-
es
.,
in the lines waswes reversed fromfro what it hhtdtdd oeeneenbeenomenen the deydsydaydefydusky before.before. TheThe-
136th
Th-
el38th
The-
138th136thl38th138th Inf.InfInfo. and its outpostsOl1tposts were passedpj{ ssedseed andaid theth 140th advancedadvtncea.advtnceaadvcneedadvance. ebuutablJl4taboutdebutebuut-
one
butto-
ned
about-
one
abo-
ut. . .. ... ' " .-' , ,. , .' " " . ' . . . V"V" , I'I' , .
. .'oneoneone kilometerkilometer"'whenkilometerwhenkilometer.kiki. lometerlamenter"
"whenwhen'wrienwrienwren"' i/fteiftet'li6tli6fatet'li6'-
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tli6-
AAA
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byb.. ,, +
firetirefire..vAi.tfLfltr'vAitfLfltr.'t't' ': . .:.iIIiII.
fromfrom-
our
frogm-
outh
;; .' gu'L'guLgulf' '
MauwvwMauve_; . ,,
. .
.scsc.; ,.
our gunsBuns , German machine guns in great numbersnun ers laidleidlied a8 withering firefire-
across
fire-
arms
fire-
across
fire-
arms
fire-
across
fire-
armsacross the flattlatlat top of HillHilPhil 218 while ouro r men werewore pushing through thethe-
thick
ath-
letic
the-
thick
ath-
letic
the-
thick
ath-
leticthick wire entanglements.entanglements. BnemyXnennyBeamyNeonemyEmmy machine guns in CHnRPSNTRYRPENTRY'IRPENTRYIRPENTRYChristyREENTRYDIRECTORYCH.t'CHtCHChit<.'
' and sursur-slursur-
rounding
sur-
ro
sur-
er
sur-
rounding
¬-
roundingro dl that town and along the road running northeast couldco ld place aa-
deadly
d-
eadly
a-
deadly
d-
eadly
a-
deadly
d-
eadlydeadly grazing firetire on any8ZY) Advancing&dvanoingdvanoing& troops.troops. It seemed as though thethe-
whole
hel-
lhole
the-
whole
hel-
lhole
the-
whdle
hea-
dlesswholewhdlewhale countrycOlmtrycomity was alive with machine guns.gunsSilns.SilnsSins{ . The naturenatllre ofot the groundgrolUldrolledground-
over
ground-
cover
grolUld-
over
rollo-
ver
ground-
over
ground-
coverover which the advance was made can be seen on the accompanying panpen-penpan-pan-
oramic
pen-
oramio
pan-
oramic
pan-
oramic
¬-
oramicoramioorganicRamiro sketch which is attached.ttachedttached. as Plate III.III. Meantime heavy artilartil-artilyartil-
lery
artil-
lery
artil-
lery
¬-
leryleery fire came on our lines and over them fromtromtromp the hills tot the northnorth-
and
northl-
and
north-
end
north-
ern
north-
and
northl-
andandend northweatnorthwest and from the ridges in the ArgonneJargoned Forest to ouro r left.left.37.3737 . duringDL4rl the doydaydorydG . theretb are waswa s no furtherIlrtherFilthierf advanceedveance made byb1; the 140th140th-
nor
140th-
nor
140th-
nornor the 13fth13'th13th'$ on the left nor by the 91st91at Division onOD the right.rightriBht.riBht., FinallyFinally-
16-16-16- 16-
was
16J-
O.
16J-
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- .- .. .._ . . ..__ JO.JO... . . . . .
at 6:10610: p.m.pm. . the battalion commanderscornmsndersconsiders onn the assault line receivedreceived-
delayed
recei-ved
received-
delayed
recei-ved
received-
delayed
recei-veddelayed orders tot renew the attack at 5:30530: p.m.pm. . The attackattaok was to followfollowt-
anks.
foll-ow
followt-
anks.
foll-ow
followt-
anks.
foll-owtanks.tanks. TueT1JeTheTues tankst.9nkst9nks. operatingperetpert IngKing withwi th thetbetube 140th Inf.InfInfo. were French tanks ,
manned by American soldierssuldiers batblltbutbelt under French officers.officersof'ficers.of'ficers.lheofficerslheofficers' . Thelhehe Frenchr-'renchr'renchrenchFrench-
tank
French-
man
FreFredr'rench-
tank
rrench-
tank
French-
man
-' nchinchnch-
tank
C-
hantank commandarcommander was aboutabolltbolt frantic in trying to control his American tanktank-
men.
tak-
en
tank-
men.
tak-
en
tank-
men.
tak-
enmen.men. It was er?! poor arrangement.arrangementarrBarr ngement.ngementmemento. The regiment was moving within tenten-
L.iriutes
en-
tireties
ten-
ndrlutes
de-
ndrites
ten-
minutes
ter-
minatesL.iriutesLiriutesndrlutesminutesIrrigatesdruthers. after receiving the order.order. The two battalionsbattslions in the attackingattacking-
line
attacki-ngline went surgingsllrgingsplurging ahead , clecnedcle'nedclenedclevnedclenchedcleanedcleaved[' outOlltBolt the machine gunglmglam nests whic/whicwhicf'whicfwhiciwhichwhiffwhichadwhich/ ', hadhedheed heldheld-
them
hea-
lthheld-
them
hea-
lthheld-
them
hea-
lththem up and topkto.DktoDktooktoptock. no prisoners[1.X"i1.Xi1Xi.
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keeping
ant-
eceding
not-
kee
no-
tenot-
keeping
ant-
ecedingkeepingkeekeel ingKing upp and thatthettheft the 139th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint. hadhedheed stopped its advance some distancedistance-
to
distanc-
eto the rear.rear. The First'irstirst' Battalion thentl'LentlLentulle' stood outOlltBolt by itselfi t ::> eltCelt and it waswas-
time
pas-
time
was-
time
pas-
time
was-
time
pas-
timetime to halt andnd provide protection for the night.night. The battalion hadh8d toto-
take
to-
taled
to-
teke
t-
ote
to-
take
to-
taledtaketekeeke care of itself.itself. OutpoststpostspostsO were put outolltbolt ; the area to the right backback-
to
backst-
opto the Second Battalion was patrolledp6trolled ; connection waswes made back to thethe-
139th
the-
l3tth
the-
139th139thl3tth Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint. and one company from that regiment waswes broughtbrollght upIIp approximatelyepproximatelyapproximately-
to
epproximately-
to
approximate-
lyto the Firstiirst Battalion'sBattalions' line.line. The battalion dugdllgdell in for the night ,
beyond the road anaand.and . northeast of01'01' CIUULHONCHAUDBONCAULDRONCHHUD RON FbiAIMSIAMfiMRMfilm and aboutabolltbolt 1000 meters easteast-
of
ea-
st
east-
cf
ea-
st
east-
of
ea-
stofcf, AlGNTRM0NdAlign. ONTRE3i 33U3EaU33UuODS.33UuODS* U , /uODS.uODS.'UGDS.UGDS0CDSIUDsGDS/,' . 3eSSeeG© ththe*$ zcepmarcheepe , attachedftt&chefttchefetched, & esas PistePlateEpistlePl te I for the positions.positionspositions.-
The
positions-
.he
positio-
ns
.
Thehe battalion was concealed by a. surroundingsQrroundlng horse-shoehorseshoe- shaped woodsWOOd8woods-
and
woods-
man
WOOd-
8and
woods-
and
woods-
manand while it1 t wasWISIS the foremost element towards the enemye.neroyeneroyemery.
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division duringdl1ring that niyhtnight yet it was in position to patplltputpelt upIIp eE.a. good fiyhtfightfiyht-
if
fight-
if
fig-ht
fi htht-
if
thi-
efif necessary.necessary. The chief incidentinoident daringduring the night wsswaswaspsW S the taking andand-
the
anth-
em
and-
the
anth-
em
and-
the
anth-
emthe pattingpllttingputtingpelting out of action two artillery gunsglUlslulls endand the gunnersgllnnersgleaners who werewer-
efiring
whe-
refrom
wer-
efiring
whe-
refrom
wer-
efiring
whe-
refromfiring from e6Ft clumpclwmpclamp of trees behind us.us. The u'irstuirsttirst2irstHurstthirst' Battalion lostlost-
contact
oste-
ntation
lost-
contact
oste-
ntation
lost-
contact
oste-
ntationcontact withfrithfroth# ithitch regimental headquarters durinMdllrinduriniduriandolling ; this advance and did notno-
treestablish
anti-
establishment
no-
treest
No-
rwest
no-
treestablish
anti-
establishmentreestablishreestrest blishbluish communicationoorrmmnicationformalization until l.OUlOU1.00100. a.m.am. .
38.38. Dawn of Sept.Sept. 28th foundfotmdfoot the 35th Division lyingly'ing' in front ofof-
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the morningmDrningawrningawning ofot Jept.Jeptept.eptSept.SeptJet. 28th and as usualsllalsellable wasWSsWasps totu start at 5:30530: a.m.am. . ThereThere-
had
Ther-
eat
There-
had
Ther-
eat
There-
had
Ther-
eathad been two days of very herdhard andnd weary fighting and three nights duringduring-
which
dur-ing
during-
whioh
dur-ing
during-
which
dur-ingwhichwhioh sleep was impossibleimpossible.*. The men were tired physically butbQtQt they werewere-
not
wer-
en't
were-
not
wer-
en't
were-
not
wer-
en'tnot exhaustedexhveh stedsteed ; there was still plentyplenpollen ' of fight left in them.them. The orderorder-
for
ord-
erorder-
for
ord-
erorder-
for
ord-
erfor the attack asss applied to the regiment onou this .orningorningmorningiiorningcorningironing; < .: at first afaf-
fected
af-afaf-
fected
af-
fected
¬-
fectedfeted only the Second and Third battalions becausebecsllseeclipse the tUratiirsteirsttractfirstdeist BattalionBattalion-
was
Battali-
onwas already holdinghulding an advanced position.positionposiposit ion.ion. On this morning the ThirdThird-
Battalion
Third-
Battalion
Third-
BattalionBattalion was putp t into the attacldngattacking line for the first time.time. The SecondSecond-
and
Secondh-
and
Second-
and
Secondh-
and
Second-
and
Secondh-
andand Third battalions advanced , each with one company from the 130thl30th MachineMachine-
dun
Machin-
eG
Machine-
Gan
Machi-
ned
Machi-
nedunGanEganG n Battalion attached.attachedattaohed.attaohed. The Firstlrstlyrist Battalion foughtfoaght aB holding actionaction-
while
actio-
nable
action-
while
actio-
nable
action-
while
actio-
nablewhile the other two battalions wereware comingccr.ingccringcringe. up.up. Very little progressprogress-
was
progres-
seswas made upap to 6:006008:00800: O'cloofcOcloofcO'cloOkOcloOkCloacaeCloak' andend then a concentrationooncentration of artilleryertillefertile y anaendandana-
machine
Pan-
amanian
end-
machine
en-
docrine
and-
machine
can-
didaciesmachine gun8 n fire held upap the attacking battalions and gave the FirstFirst-
Battalion
First-
Blttalion
First-
BattalionBattalionBlttalion a very lively fight in whichwhioh it sufferedsQtteredstuttered raenymenyrainymen casualties.casualtiescasualties.a-
n
casualtie-
s
c&8c8& lltia8.lltia8.
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In factfaotfagot the losses this morning were hei-vyheivyheavyheirhe - v y throngthrol1gi'oatthrol1gioatthroughout': out the regiment.regimentregiment.-
The
regime-
nt.
The regiment du&dudugdU& in.in. A penoramicpanoramic sketch of the portion of thethe-
MeuseArgonne
the-
Mel1seArgunne
the-
Meuse
th-
emesMeuse-ArgonneMeuseArgonneMel1se-ArgunneMel1seArgunneMuseJargonedMarginedMeuseMuse ArgonneJargoned- Battle *'ieldieldiielde'ieldeieldfieldwield' over whichwhjkWh eh thetbetube regiment foufoulfoul.-htfoul.ht.-foul; ht is attachedttaohedattached-
as
ttaohed-
6S
attache-
das6S flateJJlateelatelateJilted; IV.IV.
3939.39. At 9:45945: a.m.am. . the tonicstankst nksinks ctir.ectirecametirec me. upap and the edvsnceadv6nceadvance was resumed.resumedresumed.-
The
resum-
ed
resRees ed.eded.-
The
E-
dith
.
The enemyenerrwenterer fire whicijwhiclJwhich met the tanks and the 140thl40th Inf.InfInfo. which advancedadvanoedadvanced-
with
advan-
ced
advanoed-
with
advan-
ced
advanced-
with
advan-
cedwith themtLemtem was far more deadlyd.eEod.lydeEodly. . thantllsntells it had been before.before. The advancead.venceadvenceadvance-
was
ad.vence-
was
advan-
ce.
was very slow.slow. The men were occasionsllyoccasionally able to useaseapse their riflesrifles-
against
rif-fles
rifles-
against
rif-fles
rifles-
against
rif-flesagainst machinechine gunners ; ourollrcollar automaticslltGmatic riflemenrlflelUenriflewen aridwv.wvawn.. machineLechineEchidnaef( chine gunnersgunners-
V
gunners.-
1
gunners-
1
gunner-
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the advancing battalions cemecernacamecern upp , the First'lrstlrstlyrist' Battalion Joined in thethe-
attack
hea-
rtache
the-
attack
hea-
rtache
the-
attack
hea-
rtacheattack and furtherfarther advance was madede until the regiment reached a lineline-
where
clin-
cher
line-
where
clin-
cher
line-
where
clin-
cherwhere its left was Just cboutaboutbouteboNebo t duedlledale north of HUUDBONCHhUDRONCHiUDRONHUDChurn% FAHMFARMAHEM and east ofof-
MONTRE3KAU
of-
MONTREBEiU
of-
MONTREBUMONTRE3KAUMONTREBEiUMONTREBUMonte OUD3.OUD3WOUDS.WOUDSWOODS.WOODSWOUNDS# . See map attachedetteched istsLs PlatePlstePlaster I.I. In this positionposition-
the
positi-onthe regiment caughtoaQght the full blestblast of battle . Artillery waswes usedsedseedused-
against
se-
alant
used-
against
se-
alant
sed-
against
ed-
gingsagainst it with uothoothRuthbooth direct and indirect fire ; machinemschine guns hurled theirtheir-
rain
terr-
ain
their-
rain
terr-
ain
their-
rain
terr-
ainrain ofot bullets from three sides.sides. Enemy air8 ir planesllenespleneslees, in large numbersnllmbersunlimbersnumbers-
flew
numb-
ersnllmbers-
flew
unlim-
bers
numbers-
flew
numb-
ersflew over and bombed'bombed' and machine-gunnedmachinegunnedmachine.gunnedmachinegunnedmechinetmachine-..gg. LUmedLumped ourOQrOr lines.lines. The 140thl40th Inf.InfInfoInf-
.held
Inf-
ield
Inf-
.held
Inf-
ield
Inf-
.held
Inf-
ield
.
held this advanced line that night.night.
40.40. From the time the morningrninBnibrr advancead.vance. started , the regimental com-comoom-oomboomcom-
(17)
co-
m17
oom-
(17)
oo-
m17
com-
mander
-
(17)17( ) FromFrom-
Doniphanmendermandermaunder had gotten lost from the regiment but the stucksttstat ck continued.continuedcont1nuad.cont1nuad. (17)17(17)-
Doniphan17D-
oniphan(17)-
Don1phan17D-
on1phan( 1717-
While
)
DoniphanDon1phanDonnish toto-
Verduno-
verdubto-
verdanido-
verhandto-
Verduno-
verdubVerdunverdanid-verdanidverandaverdanidWhileverandah, fid-fidfidWhilefishierFA-_ While the twobattalionstwo'DettalionstwoDettalions' were comingcomiD8 upIIp , the'the' BattaliontteliunBattaiiontellingb CommanderCo nderender of thethe-wards
ste-wards
the-
Second
th-
ereon
hehe-
wardah-
eardwardswardawordswada , Pgs.PgsPSI.PSIPegsPI.10710 ? and 108 , Second Battalion controlled the advance.advance. AfterAtterLatter they had reached thethe-copies
th-eories
the-copies
th-eories
the-
First
th-
eirscopies ofof-
me9of-
meel.S.
po-
mmelsof-
messagesho-
mepagesmeel.S.meelSmessageseelSme9 . .. .* FirstFiratFrat Battalion position , the Battalion CommanderComm8nd9 of the First Battalion- _.vv. . . .,. .,.' -
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In
exercised commendcommandcomm nd over the three bettalionsbettelionsbattalions winchwjiichwhich waswsswasps allDllellDell of thothethou regimentregiment-
at
regiment-
alat the forward positionposition.positions!. regimentelregimenttlregimental hetdquartersheadquartershe dq ertersPeters endand other unitsnits of thethe-
regiment
th-
ereinthe-
regiment
th-
ereinthe-
regiment
th-
ereinregiment were baokbeckbackbook somewhere.somewhere. The RegimentalRegimentslRegiments CommanderOo nderender gutgot backbeck toto-
his
t-
his
to-
his
t-
his
to-
his
t-
hishis headquartersheedqheed ertersPeters in the e&rlyerlyearlye & rlyrely morning of the next day.day.
41.41. DuringD ring the afternoon of Sept.Septept.ept. 28th , we were again sure of ourour-
contact
co-
ronaour-
contact
co-
ronaour-
contact
co-
ronacontact with the 91st Division.Division . AN captain commandingcunmcometcum ndingending the ScoutscoOsco t PlatoonPlatoon-
of
Platoo-
nof their left regiment came to the P.P. C.CCe. of the Firstirst Battalion andand-
reported
und-
ecorated
and-
reported
und-
ecorated
and-
reported
und-
ecoratedreported their location.location. At thrtthctthirstthcth t time t ere was considerable EppPpepBp bebe-
tween
be-bebe-
twaen
be-
tween
be-
tween
¬-
tweentwaenteentwain the 91st.91stglat.glatgloat. Div.Div. and the 140th Inf.InfInfo. of the i55th35th Div.Div. and their left_ .. ... ... .. . , ., ,,_ ...' '' , . .' ".. .... ... '.
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time
whi-
chwhich-
time
whi-
chwhich-
time
whi-
chtime ourOt1r petrolspatrolspetrol re ortedforted themthen!: as being aboutbo t one kilometerki.lometer. to ouro rightright-
rear.
righ-
terright-
rear.
righ-
terright-
rear.
righ-
terrear.rear. These patrolspetrolspetrol encounteredencountered.encCenc nteredentered . considerableconsiddrableoonsidonside rablerabble enemy resistenceresistance in that gapgap.8p.8p*.
42.42. The attackattaok on the 26th28th was so difficultdiffiodiff lt , the hostileh stile fire so severe ,
the countercOt1nter attacksttacksottackstacks so frequentfreqt1ent , and the losses so heevyheavy that it took reelrealreel-
stamina
frees-
tanding
real-
stamina
bre-
astpin
real-
stamina
bre-
astpinstamina on the part of bothbotJboot} officers andend soldiers to withstand allell thatthat-
they
heat-
hery
that-
the
thatc-
hed
that-
they
heat-
herytheythe hadhedheed to endure.endure. From capturedoaptt1redoaptured prisoners it wasWBeBe learned that GermanGerma-
ntroops
Ger-man
Germa-
ntroops
Ger-man
Germa-
ntroops
Ger-mantroops fromtromtromp the following divisions hadhedheed been fighting the 35th DivisionsDiv1sionaDivisionDivisions-
1st
Div1siona-
1st
:
1st and 5th6th GuardGt1&rdGt1rd( & Divisions , 37th3't3t' and 52nd52D4 Divisions , and the 2nd LandwehrLanderLandweh-
rDivision.
Landweh-
rJivision.
Landweh-
rDivision.Division.DivisionJivision.JivisionDivision.VithDivision) . -VithVithNithMithVietNinthMitch- the exceptionexoeption ofot the lastlest named division , the KfiiserKaiserKisserisermiser
(16)16(18)18( ) TheTh-
eArtilleryS-
terilehad no better troops.troops. (16)Self16Self(18)selt18selt(18)18( ) Self controloontrol andend power ofot will pleyedplayedplepale 'eded' somesoma partptJrtpart-
Artilleryart-
erioleptJrt-
in
petiti-
on
part-
ArtAra-
ratArtilleryArtillery-Artillery-manArtillery-menArt i l'1l1' a ry-ryry-man
ry-
an¬-
Lee lnin the successcoes.coescodess . ofot the severe fightingi8hting encounteredencoeco nteredentered on ell621all sidessides.*. OneO:1eO1e: ofof-
g
o-
f
of-
Napoloon's
of-
Napoloons
m-
onsoons
of-
Napoleon's
of-
Napoleons
m-
onopolemanmen , ,
Pa-PaPg.PgPa160.Pa160?g *-. 150.150160.16015Uo.Napoleon'sNapoleonsNapoloon'sNapoloons' field marshalsmarshall hudhadh d to go into somesums extraordinarily hard fighting.fightingfighting.-
He
fightin-
g.
He felt a8 3hashakinessitinessness aooat8DOJtauoatafootautomat hishllhall knees ; there waswes ea sicknessalcicnesslaciness in hishi.hi. stomach ;
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and therathereterra wtswaswetsW s a lumpl mp in his throat.throat. He felt/terriblenessfeltterriblenessfelt/terriblenessfeltterribleness;$/the' of whatwhet hehe-
hed
h-
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he-
hed
h-
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he-
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hedhadheed totoggo0 into and he knew that he was going.going. He looked down uponponpeonupon-
his
pon-
ies
upon-
his
pon-
ies
pon-
his
pon-
ieshis trembling legs and shaking knees.knees. He sized himselfhimjelfhim elf up and thenthen-
his
tent-
hsthen-
his
tent-
hsthen-
his
tent-
hshis will said to his physical body , "YouYouttYOllTyrol" tremble body but you wouldwould-
tremble
would-
tremble
would-
trembletremble more if youyOllyell knew where I amem goingoineopine totu tfketE'ketEkefakeEke' you.youYOll.YOllYell. " No doubtdoubt-
the
dou-
btdodoubt-
the
dou-
btbtbt-
the
ba-
thethe exercise of the power of will over meterialmeteria1material thincsthingsthins , enfbledenr.bledenrbledenabledenrobed. ourou-
rofficers
or-
ificesoou-
rofficers
or-
ificesrr-
officers
o-
fficersofficers and men to go throughthrollgh oil011all that the ,, had tuto endure duringduring-
that
duri-ng
dduring-
that
duri-ng
ringring-
that
ring-
tailthat bitter fighting.fighting.
43.43. TfleTheFileTh fourthfOl1rth da ;, of whewbehewhenbe fightingfightjng in this greateotet battle waswas-
auadagy',;'tt' : ! : 'A
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division line whaichwhich hedhadheed been established the night before hadh d beenbeen-
shelled
been-
shelled
been-
shelledshelled continuouslycontinl1o sly duringduxingduping the night.night. There were menymanymen dead andBndBandand-
wounded
ann-
ounced
Bnd-
wOllnded
and-
wounded
ann-
ouncedwoundedwOllnded men throughthrollgh endand on either side of LIONTHEBEAUMONTREB1l ONTREBCONTRIB U WOODo.WOODoWOODS.WOODSWOODW ODd.ODd. ManyMany-
of
Ma-
yoof the woundedwOW1ded had been waitingw3i ting sincesinoesine the dayda y before to be evacuated.evacuatedevacuated.-
Many
evacua-
ted
evacvacevacuated.-
Many
evacua-
ted
Gt9d.Gt9dGt9d.-
Meny
Gt9d-
Meny
.
ManyMenyMen died fromfroufro: the exposureeXposllre because thotho.-tho.tho-thouTheotho.couldthocouldtooled.-*- :; could not be takent.aken. cerecareere ofof.of,.
44.44. OnoeOnceOne more enDnan atteokattaokattackMateo woawosvisawhoawoos ordered for 5:305306:30630: a.m.am. . There hadhad-
been
ha-
dean
had-
been
ha-
dean
had-
been
ha-
deanbeen no good opportopportuneopportlnityopportunitynityInityniftyUnity, for reorganization.reorganization. ThisT ls morning thethe-
whole
hel-
lhole
the-
whole
hel-
lhole
the-
whole
hel-
lholewhole schemes hemetheme of things seamedseemed to be to take EXEHLONTEXEIDJONTEXERI1ONTEXCELLENT and to advanceedvanceadvance-
to
edvance-
to
advan-
ceto Hill 240 nortlnortJlnortL.mortalnorth . of the town.town. JustJ st why there should have been soso-
much
sl-
ouch
SO-
milch
S-
mirch
so-
much
sl-
ouchmuchmilchmulch keennesskeennes8 to capture EXER1WGNTEXEmN2RMONTExamEXEm\EXEmExam' \ N could not then andend cfrmotFremontccE nnotnot now bebe-
seen.
be-
seem
be-
seen.
be-
seem
be-
seen.
be-
seemseen.seen. There'There'' waswes nothingnotbingnoting tnere.tnerethere.thereTerre. AheJ.'htiJhtisheAcheHattie.
' tuwntownt uwnun waswa s no good.goodgoud.goudgoudago ud.ud. . It lay inin-
Q
i-Q
in-
a
Gin-
aQa bssinbasin with hills on all sides findendand three of those sides .vereverewereverge. occupieduccupiedoccupied-
by
uccupied-
by
occupi-
edby GermanGerGear n soldiers.soldiers. NeverthelessNevertheles8t, the CommandinpCommendlOormendingCommandingCommendTormenting: , General of thethe-
r
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the-
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personal representativerepres8ntatiye , Col.ColCool. Her.HerHGlHlHar.iltonHariltonHamilton:. ,. iltonHilton J.J,j.j. Hawkins , WPSWf-ISWfISwtnsPSawns- on thetIle battlebattle-
field
battle-
field
battle-
fieldfield to see that it WFSwasWAFTSWE , $ done.donedune.dune. Uol.UolOil. Hawkins had jeerueenaeenQueenamen; Ci.iefCiiefChiefcllcall., ef of staffstDffstaff-
of
stDff-
of
sta-ffof triethetreetribe division but he ndnrdh :'dd' beeiibaebeeilbeebabebedevil relieved on Je';eit.eitS't.Stedit!
', t.t. 27th endDudand Col.ColCool. JensJens-
Bugge
Je-
nsJens-
BllBge
Jens-
Bugge
Je-
nsBuggeBllBgeBuggedBulb i.il.sa.elsaer.aaleraaleAlsaceratable.: . ae. chief ofjf( staff.staffstaft.stafttaft. Col.ColCool. Louis1 uisLuis i,4.i4.i4!, ,.:' . NuttmanNllttIDanNutmeatMultiplan , cuiumcnuingcUHmtnclingcurilmcndingcincturingchancingcrimsoning} thethe-
69th
the-
69th
the-
69th69th JngfcdeBrigadeJrigRig de was alsoalsualls there becausebecsuse oothbooth brigades had been orderedordered-
to
ordere-
dto teketakeeket ke the rainedrllinedruinedrelined village.village. The'heheshe' blunderblllndc.rblllndcr. in tnetHetoetine order forfur thisthis-
morning
his-
torian
thithinthis-
morning
his-
torian
ss-
morning
m-
orningmorning wasWDSWD in directing ajlaa1al units tot , go to'to'jIJ/LiIJLi/L : &, uwT.uwTr.Vlv'l.rVlvlwTOrville,.uwT.ithoutwitv T.T' . /ithithlith1iithitchlithe, / artiltirtil-tirtilartil-artilythirstilyartil-
lery
tirtil-
lery
thri-
ller
artil-
lery
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leryleery prep&rftionpreprftionpreparnpreparationpreparingpr81JEJr.spr81JEJrs& . t lonion eaaBudacidaa withwi th timet ln e giveugiveg i veL.veLveal, . forfurl'l' ur reorganizationrecrganizstreorganizesrecrganireorganize Z81.Z81. ji on maneuvermane uverveer couldcould-
have
coul-
d've
could-
have
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45.45. The ordersor arsLars for Sept.Sept. I39th29th hadhsdsdh d directed thatt et the 138thl38th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDintInf.-
now
Inf-
low
Int.-
now
Inf.-
now
Inf-
low
.
now operating as(IS part of the 70th7 th BrigadeBriBBdeBribable , wouldwOllld go through the 140thl40th140th-
and
l40th-
snd
140th-
andandsndsand le&dledleadle & d the attack.attack. That regiment had not been in the fight.fightfi. ht sincesince-
the
sinc-
ere
since-
the
sinc-
ere
since-
the
sinc-
erethe first day.day. The orders reachedreaohed them too letelateLethe tndandtendnd the : did notnot-
come
out-
come
not-
come
out-
come
not-
come
out-
comecome up.up. Soon after 6tOO6,006006g00.a.m.6g00am.6g00am, . a.m.amI.m.Im. . Col.ColCool. HawkinsHewgins &ndnd6ndand& Col.ColCool. NuttmenNutmeg orderedordered-
the
order-
edthe 140th Inf.InfInfo. totut u makenlekenukelee the attackattookmattock and offoft it went.went. The Second endandend-
Third
en-
tireand-
Third
Ga-
ndhi
ndnd-
Third
di-
theredThird battalions were in the assaultingessaizltingassailingess81 ltingting line and the i-irstiirstJ"irstJirst2irstfirstJoist!-" BattalionBattalion-
was
Battalion-
W8S
Battali-onwasW8S designated asIS mopping upp battalion and was to follow the attack-attackIttaok-IttaokKitanoattack-
US
attac-
kS
Ittaok(-
19)
Ittao-
k19
attack-
(19)
attac-
k19
-
US(19)19( ) State-StateStateingStatingstate-ment
- ing111gKing lines.lines. (19)19( ) At this point Col.ColCool. Kirby Walker , commandingooumendingcorrnandin6outmoding thethe-ment
He-met
the-
70th
the-ment
He-metmentmeant made byby-
Majorby-
MaJorby-
MajorMajor JohnJohn-W.
Joh-n
70th Brigade to which the 140th belonged , came up andnd not knowingbowing thatthat-W.
that-W
tha-t
tha-W
thatp-
L1rtW.WW ., Armour.Armour.
partpL1rt of the regiment was alreadyelreed.yelreedy. fighting throughthro1lgb to SXEBMONT1IX.EBMClH1IXEBMClHEXERMOIQTSEAMOUNTEXTERMINATE., orderedordered-
the
order-
edthe Firstir.tirtdirt. BattalionBettallo.uBettallouEtalon. to reform andnd to attackattaok at 8:10810: a.m.am. . This attackatteckattack-
was
atteck-
was
atta-
ckwas also ouccessfuluccessfulsuccessful;.,; andend the FirstFirs.t. BattalionBtdttal.iBtdttali. on organizedrgsniorgasmic zed a6 line abtutablu.tablutaboutablautabtut-
40fry
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companies of the 13i1313'th13th'> th Inf.InfInfo. cemecamec me upp on this line later and the line waswas-
b
wa-
sb 'inginglingKing?' augmentedgmentedgentledB byb soldierssuldiers infiltratinginfiltreting throughthrollgh from the reer.reerrear.rearfreerre r.rr.rrhis. Thisrrhis'ihisihisrheasibisThis-
was
Th-
isrrhis-
wes
rhizo-
mes
'ihis-
was
ihis-
was
whip-
saws
'
waswes f*(: good positionfJositionfoliation and couldcOllld have been held indefinitely.indefinitely. All thatthat-
was
tha-
ws
that-
was
tha-
ws
that-
was
tha-
wswas now needed was to keep the line reinforcedreinforoed and to extend on thethothouthe-
(20)SUte
th-
e20SUte
tho-
(20)Sttte
th-
o20Sttte(20)SUte-(20)SUte20SUte(20)Sttte-(20)Sttte20Sttte(20)SUtewest20SUtewest(20)Stttewest20Stttewest(2020( ) St te-tetewestfewest- west of the town , leaving the town itself oJone.oJonealone.aloneBoone] one.one. (20)20(20)-ments
20-ments
(20)-men
20-men
(20)-ments
20-ments
( )
mentsamentsmen ts byby-
Lt.Col.J.E.by-
Lt.Col.J.E.by-
Lt.Col.J.E.Lt.Col.J.E.LtColJE. . . . 46.46. AboutAbolltBolt 3:00300: p.m.pm. . Col.ColUol.UolCoolOil. DelaplaneDelaplsneDeadpannedElapse whowhuhub hsdhadsdd been in EXEHOrTEXEJTEXIERl.0TEXIERl0TEXHOrTEXETEREXEEX \JTJT\, . ) :;';? re-rere-Rieger,13cj
re-Rieger13cj
re-Rieger,13
re-Rieger13
re-Rieger,139
re-Rieger139
-Rieger,13cjRieger13cjRieger,13Rieger13Rieger,139Rieger139Rieger,13cj-andRieger13cj-andRieger,13-andRieger13a-ndRieger,139-andRieger139-and
,and Kaj.tJ.KajtJKathej.J.N.ceivedejJNceivedMej.J.V.ceivedMejJVceived. . '
:V.ceivedVceivedCleaved. rr.. message whichwhioh he showed to the Battalion CommanderConmEJnderConmanderContender of thethe-Armour,140
the-Armour140
the-Armollr,140.
the-Armollr140
the-Armour,14U
the-Armour14UArmour,140Armour140Armollr,140.Armollr140.Armollr140Armour,14UArmour14U, .*
'irstirstr'irstrirstfirstgrist*' BattalionBattBatty linOlin() , ordering fllfalla ' 11 troopstrou'pstroupstroupestrotaro 'ps tt\tt.tfEIII\.). , f&llfllfEIIIfa,11fa11fall&, beckbsckback on a Unalinalin3Lunalima esteb-estebeste'b-este'besteresteb-
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esta-
blish
este'b-
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bJJ
nes-
tle
esteb-
qishq
esta-
blish
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,e 110thllOthcloth Engineers
.g ineersdiners
. . " . .
,.. .
.,35th. .
5t1. .
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vi.
si on.on, . . .
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front lines did not know there was such a& linelinendlined-ndndend-[ n the messagemesseee did not.
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estate.
state where it wts.wtsWLS.WLSwFs.wFswetsAWLSwafts. A map attachedattaohed as PletePlatePete V shows the 35th DivisionDivision-
salient
Divis-ional
Division-
salient
Divis-ional
Division-
salient
Divis-ionalsalient and the positionsposiposit ti onscons of the 140th Inf.InfInfo. and other regimentsregiments-
on
regimen-
tson oept.oeptSept.Septopt. 29th.29th. From? ramrom the map it can bebelabelay\lalallainlyplainlyI\ la inlyinlay seen that the 35th35th-
Division
35th-
Division
35th-
DivisionDivision wasW S well advanced and possibly too far advanced.advanceddvanoed.dvanoed. TheTh-
edelineation
Te-
nderization
Th-
edelineation
Te-
nderization
Th-
edelineation
Te-
nderizationdelineation of the GermanGer.man. line on oept.oeptept.eptSept.Septopt. 29th asssa s shown on this mapma-
palso
app-
alls
ma-
palso
app-
alls
ma-
palso
app-
allsalso shows how easily the enemyenenWreneweneRene couldoouldGould place1.11aoe111aoe. enfilade fire down thethe-
left
hel-
met
the-
left
hel-
met
the-
left
hel-
metleft flank of our lines and couldoOl1ld even catchcatohcato themthen! in the reer.reerrear.rearfreer. ThisThi-
shostile
Thi-
shostile
Thi-
shostilehostile fire comingoomingbooming from the rearreerfreer often gavegeveeve the impressionimpres8ion thetthattheft ouroarour-
own
bou-
rbon
oo-
own
o-
wn
oar-
own
arr-
owown artillery waswes firing shortshort.*. The withdrawswithdrawslwithdrawal! was made in fairlyfairlyg-
ood
fair-ly
fairlyg-
ood
fair-ly
fairlyg-
ood
fair-lygood order asa s fartertear asssso the 140th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint., was concerned.concerned. The two companiescoMpaniecompaniedcompanies-
of
compani-
es
corcoir :p8nie SS-
of
S-
ofa
s-
of
s-
ofaof the 139th13Yth Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint. on the right covered thetbetube withdrawal end2ndand then pulledpl'lledpllledpulledb-
aCK
pull-
edpl'lledb-
aCK
pllledb-
aCK
pulled-
baex
pull-
ed'
baCKbaexbeaux , fightingigbtingbighting ellall the wcyW&yWyway.waycy& *.
47.474'1.41.414'747' ., The 140th Inf.InfInt.IntInfoDint., got back to theMEngineersthe".EnginerstheEnginersthe".EngineerstheEngineersteenier"..
, Line"LineLinetlLinnet" aboutebol1t 6:00600: p.m.pmp.m-
.and
p.-
m.
p.m-
.and
p.-
m.
p.m-
.and
p.-
m.
. .
and there dugdUB in for the night.night. This new line established by the. . . _ , _ ._-- . . . . "
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110thllOth11Uthcloth Engineers as Division Reserve was on the ridgerid e north of BAULNYBAULKYBRAUNBULKYBAULN-
Yend
Baulk-
ed
BAULNY-
s21d
BAULK-
Yand
Balk-
anends21dand extending northeastnorthenorth st and southsOllthsalt of GHAUDHONGAUCHOCOHiOhio UDRONHURON FARM.FARM'ARM.ARM' . See map attachedattached-
as
attache-
das PlatePletePete I.I. The'rherherhea' withdrawalthdrawalthrallwi of ourollrcollar Advanceddvancedr[;= unitsuniZuni ts fromfrom-
and
frog-
man
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and
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T-
endendand fromfrumforum thothethou enen.y'senenysener..y'eneryenerr.y'senerrysenemyemeryhenrys. .' s immediate fruntrunt , evidently encouraged the GermansGermcnnsGermans-
to
Germcnn-
sto
Germa-
ns
Germ JnsJensJns-
to
Uns-
topto aDc new effort and a hohotvyhoavyhoityheavyvy artillery fire was experienceda eriencedTerence andan-
dtheir
an-
ther
an-
dtheir
an-
ther
an-
dtheir
an-
thertheir counter attack : wwtswetss developing.developingdeveluping.develuping.
48.48. Un the fifth day , Sept.Sept. 30th , the 35th Division establishedestablished-
itself
establis-hed
established-
itself
establis-hed
established-
itself
establis-heditself on its new line anasndandsand organized for defense.defense. The first phasephase-
of
pha-
seof the BattleettlefettleBattle83;/83838Svas/ over.over. Two counter attacks were easily repulsed.repulsedrepulsed.-
Me.
repulsed.wlj-
tfK
repuls-ed
rep lsed.lsedsled.. . ..,. ..... , ... . . . . . . . . . . . '.\ "
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-not many mustardmllsterdlilted casualtiescasualties.cesillilCastillo ties.ties*. If the next morningmorninmorning shouldshOllld 09Deoe warm ,
then the mustardmastard gas wouldwOllld give trouole.trouoletrollcle.trollcletroaole.troaoletroubletrolltooled. DuringD ring the night ordersorders-
vere
ord-ers
orders-
ere
borde-
rer.vereere"seresereverge" received thatthettheft the 35th Division wouldwoaldweald be relieved oyDyby the FirstFirst-
Division
First-
Division..
Division before daylight of Oct.1st.Oct1st.Oct1stOot.lst.OotlstCoolest. . The relief ofot the 140th Inf.InfInfoInf.-
was
Infl-
ows
Inf.-
was
Infl-
ows
Inf.-
was
Infl-
ows
.
was completedoompleted aboutabOlltbolt 4:004004&00:& a.m.am. . The regiment went back in platoonplstoonplatoonc-
olumns
plat-onic
plstoonC-
L.lwnns
platoonc-
..lumns
Plat-oniccolumnsCL.lwnnsCLlwnnsc..lumnsclumnsClowns.. . to ea& field eboutaboutboutIIboIbo t one kilometer north of VAUAUVVU.zUOISVVUzUOIS. UOIiSUOISOtisQUOINS findand remained1IOainedremained-
there
remai-
ned
1IOained-
there
remained-
there
remai-
nedthere about8bollt twenty-fourtwentyfourtwenty-foarfoaroar- hours.hourshoarse. The 140th then started on its marchmarohmacromarch-
to
maroh-
to
Mar-
ch
marm-
otto MABATSMARATSM.R.TSMRTSABATESMARTSMRS. . le GRANDSGRADSGRGR.4GR4. , NDEND where it rested for as week.week., On Oct.OctOot.OotOat.OatBoot. 10thlOthcloth thethe-
regiment
th-
ereinthe-
regiment
th-
ereinthe-
regiment
th-
ereinregiment moved north again and on Oct.12thOct12thOct.l2thOctl2thOct.Oct. 12th it was in the trenchestrenches-
southeast
tren-ches
trenches-
8o
trenches-
southeast
tren-chessoutheast8o theasttheist of VEHDUNVERDUN , takingtekinttektite over the 30MM3DIEUESOMMEDlEUESUNLMEDIEUESommelierSUMMED oECTORJECTORSECTORdoctorHECTOR from thethe-
French.
th-
erein
the-
French.
th-
erein
the-
French.
th-
ereinFrench.French. We were relievedrelirelic evedrevved fromfror.lfrorlfurorfro ,:. thesetile sa trenches on the night ofof-
lov.
L-
olo
of-
Uov.
of-
Nov.
O-
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49.49. The 140th Infantry advanced 12l2122-122122kilometers| '- kilometers throughthrollgh energyenemy terter-tearter-
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ritorypriory and against strongly defended positions and foughtfoufoul ht a detdet-debtdet'rrrdneddetrrrdneddetruined'- ruined ,
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divisions
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fes-
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This wwass the llneline organized for de-dede-
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- 50.50. The gains of the 35th Division compare very f&vorablyfvorablyvorablyfavorablyvariablyf & with thosethose-amorePg.240
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ten
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menman , LeoLee , Pg.Pg. ,
188.188. ten days from Oct.Oct. 1st to llth.llth11th.11thlilt. The first three days upIIp to Oct.4thOct4thOct.4th-
were
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were
Oct.4th-
were
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were
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were
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were spent in preparation and no advanceadvsnce was made ; duringd ring the next sevenseven-
days
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ways
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days
speed-
ways
seven-
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23J(23)23(23J23J( ) The His-HisHisadvancedHindrance- advanced 7 kilometers.kilometers . (23)23(23J23J( ) The 1stlstlast Division lost 9,3879387, officersofficers-tory
offic-ers
officers-tory
offic-ers
officers-t
officer-storyt oryCory of thethe-A
thec-
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days-as
dayst-ars
*'88as , Pg.317Pg317PS.317.PS317.PS317Pg.317.Pg317.. ,.
fighting.fighting. The losses of the 35th DivisionDi visivisit on in the lleuse-ArgonnelleuseArgonneellse-ArgonneellseMeuse-ArgonneMeuseleseJargonedelseMusel.l. - areare-
exceeded
re-
jectedare-
exceeded
re-
jectedare-
exceeded
re-
jectedexceeded only by'by' the 1stlat endsndrandsand 3rd divisions.divisions. The 35th35tb Div.Div. standstands$ thirdthird-
of
thir-
dof all American divisions in casualtiescssllsltiescasuistries. in this battle.battle. No greatergreetergreatera-
dvance
gre-ater
greetera-
dvanoe
gre-eter
greatera-
dvance
gre-ateradvanceadvanoe was madema e on the whole Americanricenrichen front in the threetDreetree days , Sept.26Sept26Sept.26-
to
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divisiondi vi si ou, hiiii thetb e American Army mademad.e. a greater advanceEdvencecdvance during the samesimesinesam-
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1916.19161918.1918. the 140th InfentryiInfsntrJ'InfsntrJInfantryInfester'" ] killedki.lled. or died of wounds , 9 officers endand 239239-
men
239-
men
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2390-
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men ; woundedwOIlnd.edwOIlndedwinded. severely , 7? officers andS11d.S11d. 485 men ; woundedwlJunded slightly ,
46 officersoff jeers and 802 men ; wounded , decreedegreed.ede. [ reefree unknown , 188 men ; totaltotal"-
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ANALYSISANALYSI and CRITICISM.CRITICISM.
52.5262.6252 ., After an exhaustiveexhellstive study Col.Col001.001Cool. ConradOonrad H.H. LanzaLaDzaLanaLazar , Field Artillery ,
ded&oeddedoeddeddoeddeededendoweddeddeed & ced.cedaced . the followingfollowil1B reasons for the failure of the 35th DivisionDivision-
to
Divisio-
nt
Divisio-
ntot o carry outo t the attack ordered for Sept.Sept. 29th ag&instaginstag6instagainst& KABRilONTEXER1DNTAbortion' ' RM0NT endanden-
dits
ed-
its
en-
dits
ed-
its
an-
dits
ban-
ditsits defensesdefenses&:&; ( a ) Scattering andBndBand interminglinginternJnglinB of units , dued e to concon-con-
tinuous
con-
tin
con-
tain
con-
tinuous
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tinuoustenuoustin 0 8 , heavy fighting on the t/reetreeti.reetireetiresfreetree/ . preceding days , pertly in fogtog andendand-
at
anda-
nte
end-
at
pend-
ant
and-
at
anda-
nteat night , together with the severe losses108ses sustainedstEinedsEineds ; ( b ) Orders fromfrom-
division
from-
division
from-
divisiondivision end, ., brigade , . Jsauei's8Q.eis8Q.eis8QeisawedSaucei' . IpteloteI4teImputelot ate.tet.tt. nJnIgbtnightht , reqairin/reqairinrcqu1rlncrequirinirepairingrequiringreqairintherepairing/ ,; the rerewslratlew.f.lratlewflrerewalredrewrattlerenewal. . ofof-
the
of-
ten
of-
the
of-
ten
of-
the
of-
tenthe attack8tteck before daylight , withoutwitholltwithhold allowing time for reorganizationreorganization.;.
(0)0( oa ) LaokLaoLao.cLaocLoc. of artillery supportPportiPortia8 ; endand ( d ) LackL80kLook ofot liaisonli81son within thethe-
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. - " . . . . . . . . . - _ . ._ . ...... . . .. .. .. " . . > A.A. . . . , . .-wi-tb-witb-..witbcettb-.Q-attb.Qawitchedtb'* - - . . c-ece- fl-efle6HtqL1eBt.6HtqL1eBt- <jienjean{ . . .. e-l'eyel'eyleylevy8-1.l81.l81.l1l-- '. f , .. kti d4-f1ivl4f1ivl- *:yiv8 i4 * w'xlwxlawl"RR,'"B < ,--UolUolOil-. . -. , gol.golgeol,. LanaaLanl8LanzaLanaLanzaisLanais$ is-is'ls.ls'- .' quotedInotedIngotedl1oted In.tntnfn.
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division
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in the following statement : "SoSott" o far as the officersoffioers and8n men werewere-
cunearned
her-
eunder
were-
c
wer-
ecunearnedunearnedconcernedc , it seems that thethey$ ' bravely attempted to oarryoerrycarryhoaryPerry outall t thethe-
attack
hea-
rtache(26)26( ) The 35th35th-Division
attack ordered , but failed through the poor leadership.leadership. '."*. (26)26(26)-Division
26-Division
(26)-Division
26-Division
( )
Division onon-
Sept.29th,1918on-
Sept29th1918on-
sept.29th,19l8o-
nsept29th19l8on-
Sept.29th,1918on-
Sept29th1918Sept.29th,1918Sept.29th1918Sept29th1918sept.29th,19l8sept.29th19l8sept29th19l8. , , 53.53. The necessitynecessit . for twiningtrf.iningtrfiningtrainingrefining. of officers , especiallyespeci3lly ofof-
Col.Conradof-
Gol.Conradof-
higherCol.ConradColConradGol.ConradGolConradColoradoGoldenrod. H.HH-
.Lanza
H-
.Lanza
H-
.Lanza.
LanzaLana , F.AFAF.A.. . , higher rankinrank , in leadership was evident allell through the action.actionaction.-U.S.
acti-on
action.-U.S.
acti-on
action-
.Tactical
.U.S.US. . Army.ArmyA .,
Tactical knowledgeknowledBe does not makebkebake a leader.leader. There is suchsllchsell esF+ thingthing-
as
thin-
gs
thj1thj1-
asas commandingcommandlcommand through force of character.character. The training of offioffi-offoffi-
cers
offi-
cers
offi-
cers
¬-
cersAcers in leadershipleadorship does not imply that theythe ,)' areIre to bb'b' jcomecomeacome platoonplatoon-
and
plato-onand squad leaders.leaders. Therehere is leadershipleadershjp in a3 JnreeNoreen?) .irpeirpenrteirerte. ;
, sense that waswa-
snoticeably
as-
cetically
wa-
snoticeably
as-
cetically . ..... . . . . .. . . . . . .. , . . . . . . . .
noticeablynot ices b ly lackinglaokinglooking in the. . . .
regimentscregimentsregGreg.
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>. *.w*!\'1.-1.-w"w"" '.
I have no idea thatthet the CorunandingConmandingCommandingCrusading GeneralLfeneralFederal of thejtheththe _ .3bhtj*ll.Pi.llPiElli... plyptypity:
. , . .. .,';.saatsatQ.Q. tt.t. . . . .. .
. . .... .. . , .. . . , .
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r.r. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , , \ . . > .H"H. " " '* .
. . . .- ". ' . '**" n.n" . ", . : -*.. . .. . .
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-' ": '* "", *" forroZoZroZTISrots0r"1Ta'0r1Ta" '- KTa-TISTISKitaOTIS! '"'tjf'lfcjaae'tjflfcjaaeurigauRiga'tjf'lfcjaae'commanderstjflfcjaaecommanders' f1' i e' commanderscomrDcorD n'n,' i
-i"s"is"*-"
, hishi s colonels t, and hishi s mejorsmoorsmajorsme; jorsors to actuallyactually-
and
actual-lyand literallylitdrallylit rally leadload the most advancededvsnced elementselBments of their commandscOrnnEndscorned whenwhen-
he
when-
ce
when-
he
when-
ce
when-
he
when-
cehe made a statement to that effect at the timetllnetulle the field officersofficers-
of
office-rsof the division were assembled the evening before entering the battle.battlebattle.-
However
ba-ttle
battle.-
However
ba-ttle
battle.-
However
ba-ttle
.
However , his statement waswes apparently misinterpreted by a8 numbernwmber ofof-
officers
o-
fficers
of-
officers
o-
fficers
of-
officers
o-
fficersofficers during the actionaction.*.
5454.54,. It was herdhDrdhard on the 140th to hsvehaveh ve its brigade andend regimentalregimentclregimentalc-
ommanders
regim-
entalregimentclc-
ommanders
regimentalc-
ommanders
regim-
entalcommanders changedohangedhanged four and three days , respectively , prior to goinggoing-
into
origin-
ator
going-
into
origin-
ator
going-
into
origin-
atorinto this big battle.battle. It is highly probable that commandingco ndingending officersofficers-
who
office-
rswho were thoroughly/withthoroughlywiththorotorothoroughlyghly/ghlyhilly/ ! tTilAttilal tneirtinier! ilreirilemir organizations and the plans and KnewKne-
wtheir
Ne-
ther
kne-
wtheir
net-
herkne-
wtheir
net-
hertheir officers andsndsand were known by them could have dune better.betterbetter.b-
b.
better.5-
b.
better-
5b
bett-er
.
bb.bb5b.5b..Companies?
.
le8 FHIHI, , , ande1! : .X.t.tL. . warewere withoutwit'uutwituutwit'wit'';uutut c&pt&lnscptlnseptfJinsaltFainscaptionsdetainsattains& ) & andend lieutenantsliautenentslieutenants-
were
liautenents-
were
lieutena-ntswere short in all811 companies.companies. The regiment'regimentregiment'shouldregimentshouldregiment'shoregimentshoregiments'
shouldshoshod ld havegave} j Ve had 106 officersofficers-
but
office-
rsoft leersleers-
b
leer-
sbutb t there werewt\rewtre\ onlynnly 7876 with the regiment on the morning the reglrasmtregimentretransmitreglrasmt-
went
regiment-
wen
reenlist-
ment
regim-
ent
regiment-
went
regim-
entwentwen intoiii to the Meuse-Argoxme.MeuseArgoxme.8.u8e-Argonne8.u8eArgonne8.u8e8u8eArgonneuee-ArgonneueeMuseAromaJargonedQueenke . - ., The . . . . .. . . . . . . . ' . ' .. '- . -_ . . " . '. . 'WW'" . . . .
! s.Q.ju.Wa.sQjuWaSequa.Qtj.91es..f.Q.l.Qtj91esfQl.Qtj91esfQl. ._ .. . . . . . . . ..
p. . : _ . . ; . .i-of.iof; .iofvme-. f..vff1'.Ci..sfvff1Ci.sfvff1Cis-vmevmeme- :! g who'who-who
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -- - -
. . .. , . , . ._ . ._ . , . _ . . . . _r' " ' ' " . .
.
. ..
. .
.
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'
.. . .. . . ....... .-... -.. . . -27-27_-2727-
in
27-
in
-
could have been usedsedseed to advantage butbQtQt who were not yet assignedaJsigned toto-
any
to-
ny
to-
any
to-
ny
to-
any
to-
nyany organization.organization.,
5656.56,. The regimental commander shouldShUllld not have permitted himselfhimself-
to
himse-
lfto wander offoft so that he bectmebeclmebecHmebecamebecalmed lostlust frfr..mfrmfarm. . ra the regiment f r over aa-
day
W-
ada
a-
day
W-
ada
a-
day
W-
adaday duringdllringdolling; the ;,.ostostcost. . difficultdifficillt attack.attack. The regiment waswes there butbu-
tits
bu-
tts
bbu-
tits
bu-
tts
tt-
itsits commandercomm nderender could not be found.found.,
57.57. ThereTbereTerre was failure tot o use the specialspeciclspecispecie l units , like thethe-
trench
th-
eatre
the-
trenoh
the-
reunto
the-
trench
th-
eatretrenchtrenoh mortorsmotors and the one-poundersonepoundersponders- aridand thetbetube mechinemachine gun compenycompany waswas-
not
wa-
sn't
was-
not
wa-
sn't
was-
not
wa-
sn'tnot used to full advantage.advantage. UnfamiliarityUnfamiliar ! ty witwithwI tJ;} , the use of thesethese-
weapons
tesse-
llations
thethese-
wea.ons
sese-
weslons
s-
easonsweaponswesl-onsweslonswea.onsweaonswescons; -., on the part of the regimentalregGreg imenmen tel contenderoInmEndarcommanderincendiaryc was doubtlessLioubtlessLimblessdoubtless-
f
doubtless-v
doubtles-s. . '.l'r"lr. f' f". .
. l' " Oc.Och'h. ' '' . ."V'.TOf-"V'.TOfVTOfTofu"V'.TOfjVTOfjVeto". .... . ',......",...-,.-jj-.",. ,. . . . ' * * .' ' - f *, . *. **' . <' *.. . . . . , . . . . ,, <\ "', *'" . . . . . . , ti. . . . , . . *.. t. .,"t . k... . ,. . /, . . , . 'vlvli.VtvlvliVtlevity', . ...t.t. .." . 'v<''Nt.Nt' Popov"PopovPopover> * .*".<.", VWWWW-* . .. . . " i, . >, . . "* " . '. . . . .. . . . , c.,10.*.. " ii , *, . . . . >. . '. ' , <, ',. xVMxV....._*. .
.. ....rir-
iresponsible. i-rresponsible.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . .'rrresponsible.responsibleresponsible.WttV-
jsrttWitttrr
responsioresponds'ss nslb1.nslb1 e.ee-
.t
.
WttVjsrttWitttr-r-WttVjsrttWitttrrWttVjsrttWitttrrJtttVF'tfelWttVjsrttWitttrrJtttVFtfel.-, J- - JtttVF'tfelJtttVFtfel- ' # . . . , *-* - -. -..It.It. ' ..& , '. . .'. *...-*+. *.ft.rfnfrji-ft.rfnfrjift.rfnfrjit6ftrfnfrjit6.... #-* -. . .t6 7M<iM Mr > rtm-rtmtmrtmjv/M'nTYfM'nTYfMnTYfMonty/ ' - jv*). *' *.. '\. *, ... .. . N:1N1 1'1'* .. ; , .- * " " * " . .* : | yr ;l HBt* % fy* - > :* *! t" ** /-r r/ < <. fMOiFumio>' * *' .' rrV-VV "vrivriri ttJtV2Jlfti'JfttJtV2JlftiJf' t i , NS'MEANSMEASMEAR' j-yjy *-<.*- 'oOoO"' '
.-
,:. .
:' - 50.501f-.rrrstrs1f.rrrstrs1f.rrrstrs:. Itt rsIs practically;FFM-'nTYf
F-MnTYf
M-onty t1i I c'iirtiirtdirt8y impossiDiaimpositioniiup01.P1P
.oSa"frfrMLML-rM-r
D! .t'tcooJl''reoJlreoleMrreoitrepot60r6i* 1"iir1iiriiiff'ff' f'f' altrrlaltarr 'tfTtfTtuft';V.1V1; i. ;)"ffffffffTit nt-ntnt'oOntoOtoOht-htht-
ing
ha-
ting
L-LL-
ing
- ,
inginsKing endand out of the questionque.tioDquetioD. In the darkness ofot woodswo ds end while beingbeing-
shelled
bei-ngs
being-
shelled.
bei-ngs
being-
shelled.
bei-ngsshelledshelled.*. Time v/vv3WESwfs/ ;: 3 never given nor effordedffordedaffordedforded to reorganizerecrganlze the unitsunits-
prior
un-
itsunits-
prior
un-
itsunits-
prior
un-
itsprior to renewing the attacksattacks.*. Relief for reorganizationreorganizatiun &ttGtof& thethe-
end
te-
nd
the-
end
te-
nd
the-
end
te-
ndend of the five days'days' fighting was absolutelyebsolQtelydesolately necessary.necessary. After thethe-
second
th-
ereon
the-
second
th-
ereon
the-
second
th-
ereonsecond day time should have been givenBiven for reorganization and toto-
permit
cop-
persmith
to-
permit
cop-
persmith
t oo-
permit
p-
ermitpermit the artillery to get ready to support the attacks of thethe-
infantry.
te-
nantthe-
infantry.
te-
nantthe-
infantry.
te-
nantinfantry.infantry.
59.5969.69. Conflicting orders as to the time for the attackatteck and ordersorders-
that
ord-ers
orders-
t
order-
s
orders-
that
ord-ersthatt } t areere delivered after the hourho for the cttacketteckattack to sttrtstErtstfrtstrutstEt or withinwjthinwithin-
a
wjthin-
e
withi-
nae few minutes of the time can only result in confusionconfu3ion endand more oror-
less
co-
rdless
or-
less
co-
rdless
or-
less
co-
rdlessless disaster.disasterdi8 ater.aterafter. WhenWhex1 there isi s ca mixturenlixture of orders , the artilleryartilleryd-
oesartille-
rydoes not know what to do and61ldend the infantry suffersftersfitterss both throughthroug-
hfailure
thro-ugh
throthrobthroug-
hfailure
thro-ugh
hh-
tailare
t-
ailoredfailuretailaretailored in being properly supportedsllpportedslipper and in gettinggettiDg offoft In a hurryhurry-
28
h rr1rr1-
28-28-28.28.28.-.28-
ft
28-
.c
28-
c
.28-
.rr
28-
rr
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,
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" . . . . . , . . . . , . ' , . . . .... . . . . ... , . . . . ..
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without ftfull.illill1l. preparationpreparation.,.
60.60. Infantry needs trainingtrainitrain g with tcnkattnkstanksTonka in order to be tblebleabletable toto-
successfully
to-
sucoessf
t-
ouches
to-
successfullysuccessfullysucoessfstuccoes llyally follow tanks in anau attack.attack. The 140th hadhedheed never hadhad-
any
had-
ean
had-
any
had-
ean
had-
any
had-
eanany such trcining.trciningtrtining.trtiningtraining.training. They were used to fairlyfbirlyfirmly goodgOGdgOd advantagedventEgedeterge oecfcusebecauseoccursbecbeckbecause-
the
becau-
seoecfcuse-
the
useuse-
tLe
uns-
ettlethetLetale oattalbattelbattalcoattailboatelBata l un commanderscJmmJnders[ in thetLetale 140thl4Uth knew enough tuto hevehaveheave eP skirmishstirmishskirmish-
line
skirmis-
hing
stirmish-
line
skirmis-
hing
skirmish-
line
skirmis-
hing
{
line follow the ttnkstanksttnksentense/-enenwenw.'/ . - en the-thetheythewerehewer-, wereware going egainste8einstagainst machinemaohine gungWlgal nestsnestst-
.nd
nes-
tsnests-
nd
nes-
ts
nests-
and
newsst-
andt.ndtndandtend. nd in the advcnce.advcnceadvance.advanceadv noe.noenode.
61.61. The division order for the initial attackettaokEtta thattl1at the reservereserve-
follow
rese-rve. . . . . .. .. . . .... . . . . . . . ,. . ,. ., ,
. . . .,,"T' . . .... . . . . . . . . ,. ,. . . . ,... , . . . . .
.,, . ,, . . . . . , . . .
. 4. . Mran'-VMran'MranVMoran""' ... '-- ". .. . . _ _ . .. . ,. . . ... . , .. . . . ,. "tt" M.M. . . . , ">. .. . *. . . .:*. .* *..,. .\ , . . . . ' : .-. " . *" .
--: ::*: . :- :. : : :_. . .: : <,:"*" .1.1.1 ,' ' ,00 " " ; f.\f.f-
.follow\ "
follow "fitfit"atat"et not more thenthan two kilometers"kilometerskilo eters"etersPeters" should have statedstrtedstarted inste-dinstedinsterdinste.dinstedinstepMinsterinstead.-"' <;,
'7'7.-': >' ,*MM >..mm-. ..*. _ a..>..n. . . . *.. .. ..<..rr. ",. * .r.r.. . > v.v. . MixA.MixAMiA... ..._.. ..H"--IO.'ttJ'.t..H"H. tnt"<nt9'"
" \99\'-+.-, . <, # .s-s_*-+_* ,
_ai--ai, -'. .-..>. ' <e*'. +.t.*,. ...,#._#*> . ...<. . . . t.t4.4, . , ' . . ' .. . .i.i.tS.%, J. 'M.w..J'wJ.+kb.1-W.tikb1W.tikb.1kb1W.tiWt.>. .:. . '*-a*.,.; J1', . "''ll*"' .4W.-4W.4W.A1.4WA1*..*%...-...;- : .A-AA1.-A1.J.J* .- :''. / ,,, ,*"--.,,,*- . . ..irtoirtoito-.;a.a.,.i.i.... . ' . -I.--J-ITI.JIT- .- - - -f--f- - .-: ,J Z..4Z.4Z4:-ii-;'-JJ*-.. ' AN* * * _ '_ " tt'-tt'ttiw.iwtt'1tt1:' -". -11-. '-. ,--' W-" *
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"
'-
' . .
.
. .W<.*,.
.
"'-.:-.."' .."
.
..
.-
. . . .. . . . ' "* "w"w" " " "" "thatthat.th8tth8t"" thetlltall reservereaarvereserverearview wouldWU"dldWUdldW " ld followfullowflow biLitt not lessles8'les8 than one kilometer.kilometer. ThisThis-
would
T-his
This-
would
T-his
This-
would
T-hiswould be more certcincertaincert in to get organizationoruenization in depth.depth.
62.62. A fourfuurfur battalion front forfur the first daday would haveheveheave been moremor-
elogical.
hor-
ologic
mor-
elogical.
hor-
ologic
mor-
elogical.
hor-
ologiclogical.logical. It weswas usedsedseed on the secondseoond day.day. The formationformetion of brigadesbr1Badesbrigades-
in
br1Bades-
in
brigad-esin column resulted in confusionoonfl1sion and necessitatedneoessieosin tatedtatted CJa& reorganizationreorgenizationreorganization-
of
reorgenization-
of
reorganizatio-
nof brigades andend a reassignment of regimentsBimentsPimentosr to brigades.brigades. However ,
this did not affaotaffectaffronteftdeft ct the 140thl40th Inf.InfInfo. as it sta./odsta.odsta/odstastayedseta.;/ in the 70th BrigadeBrigad-
eall
Briga-
de
Brig de
all& 11 through.throughthrthru ol1gh.ol1gh.
63.63. The AttackJttaok( for everyever ' morning was directed to be 5:3053061306:30630: a.m.ama.m-
.whether
pam-
phleteer
a.m-
.whether
pam-
phleteer
a.m-
.whether
pam-
phleteer
. .
whether or not there was ArtilleryErtl11ery, supportSl1pport or barragebarrt-gebarrtgebart- or whether oror-
not
po-
rno
or-
not
po-
rno
or-
not
po-
rnonot preparation had been completed to make the attack.attackattaok.attaok.
64.64. It was not att all necessaryneoe8sa i tot send troops int.intintudintintuit.,. :: Gir IUM1ONTIVI0ITIVI0I-
Ton
IUM-
1on
!ON-
Ton
ON-
Toon Sept.Sept. 2th.2th29th.29th?, . It is18 poor policypol1oy and bad tacticstaotiosstations to send troopstroops-
into
troop-
ing
troops-
into
troop-
ing
troops-
into
troop-
inginto a8 bfcsinbasinfocusingb sin where they canoenomen be shot up fromtromtromp the surroundings rronnCronin ingKing hills.hills.
. . .._ ._ . ._
, ..._. n ,. ' . ,. . . _ , .. ., .. ,_. M.. .1J1J.Jtoaauwr-gainstJtoaauwrgainstgains; uuul'uuulx u ' ar-againstagainstaragainst-marginsr.ArA-:. a1nat tfc.9-4&0sip.patfc940sip.patfc.9tfc94&0sip.pa40sippat-.l1&lI\Y..po..it.-o.nsl1lIYpoito.ns.l1&lIl1lIY..po..it.o.nst.l1&lIY..po..it.o.nstl1lIYpoitons.l1&lIY..po..it.o.ns00.l1lIYpoitons00thesz14.p.ositlcansthesz14positlcansconsthe--sz14thesz14...--.-. & & \ .- .-.p.ositl-cans.p.ositlcans.p.ositlcans4positlcans4. . . itiQai-itiQaiLithiaitiQaindvitiation.,,'- . -00.00.-44--&' ndnci'ncinci'thencithecither.' the.the.-the-.-thecapture'thecapturetheatre.- cspturecapture'capturect.ptctptcatty. :re.re.' ofGf.Gff-ft-hora-.wothora.wofthora.wohooraythorax.- t&ora-t&oratoratoraht&orawouldtorawouldtfiom--.wo.i14.-tfiomwoi14.tfiom.wo.i14.woi14torchwoodTimtfiom.wo.i14.o-
r.
tfiomwoi14o-
r
&- -- .-_. . would.! lt.lt. -. . ., . . .-_ . . . . .- . . .- . . . . . .
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LEooONtf.LEooONtfLEJJONd.LEJJONdLEa3ONLookoutEnjoined$ .
65.65. Ai.i.ii. . Knowledge of human nature isjs necessary to strong leadership.leadershipleadership.-
Leadership
leade-rship
leadership.-
Lead.ership
leade-rship
leadership.-
Leadership
leade-rship
.
LeadershipLead.ership. is closely associated withwi th the exercise of corrjnthd.corrjnthdcorr.mljd.corrmljdcorrmnd.corrmndCorinthcorm. [, .
66.66. After forty-eightfortyeight- hours in action units must be reorganizedreorganized-
and
reorganiz-
edand sooner if opportunityoPlortunityortunityfortuityop.op., permits.permitspermits.lipermits. Withdrawalthdrawalthrall\lili\ of troopstrotaro opaopal is miremuremoremurexmire-
likely
irrecl-
aimably
mur-
elikely
M-uriel
mor-
elikely
mon-
keylikelikely tot become necessary through failure to reorganize thantJanJan] froirfroInfromfriargroinfroir-
exhaustion.
froIn-
exhaustion.
from-
exhaustion.exhaustion.exhaustion.
67.67. Personalersonal: reconnaissancerecunnaissance of positions of readiness should bebe-
made
be-
aded
be-
made
be-
aded
be-
made
be-
adedmade prior to going into action.action. This is especially true beforebefore-
entering
enfor-
cement
before-
entering
enfor-
cement
before-
entering
enfor-
cemententering a big battle.battle. This is a factor in preventing confusionnfusjoninfusionconfusi-
oni
confusion-
sid
nfusjona-
ud
confusion-
and
confusi-
on
confusio-
nsinfusi-
on
ci
sidaudandMaud, loss of control.controlcontrol.-t
contro-l
." .. . "
, . . . , . . ' " t#11,ftf\1"f1"1\i ::': v? " 1.1'"
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
J . . . .. . , .. . ..w.w. . . ,. - . . . . . .
6"
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S-
upports
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