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Tf . BrieadeBrigadeBreadedBriflBriefly? . (5)5( ) The 7th DivisionivllionIlion relieved the 90th DlvillonDivisionLivelongDivision.-p
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Upon takingtaklng overoyerBoyer thisthls sectorlector the divisiondivillonDillon put all fourtour
(6)6( ) FellEdgarFelled, ITTo' *. infantry regimentsregiment. In1n line11ne ( abreast ) *. (6)6(6)-p
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torhi!This_ regimentres1me11thegiment held the extreme leftlettlet ofot tl'atlathelath'& 41.1110n-
.ector
division-
sector
divis-ions
division41.1110n411110n,.color.ectorectorsectorhector. . !Thehe 34th InfantryInfant1'1Infant11' relievedrelined the 356th368th358th Intant1InfantryInfantry-
She
Infant-ry ') *.
heThe! 2d24 Battalion ofot the 34th InfantryIntantI'JIntantIJInstant: ' took overoyerBoyer thethe-
regimental
tem-
peramental
the-
regimental
tem-
peramentalregimental front line fromtrIDtriad( thetbttb 3d34 Battalion of the 3358th358th-
Infantry
356th-
Infantry
8th
Infant1'1Infant11Infantry' *. This lineI1ne ran through the north part ofot thethe-
Boia
T-
heo
the-
Bole
thum-
bhole
the-
Bois
the-
oriesBoiaBoleBoa de BonvauzBon.auzBonauzBonvauxBona,. and . the southernsCJ1thern edge ofot thetbatuba BoisBole de4e
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SFromFromProm October 1-7171-1-' , 19161918 , CampaCampCompany F 34th IntantrJInfantryInstantIntantr-
Jft
Infantry-
was
Insta-nt
Infant-ry
Infantry-
was
Infant-ryftwas. inID trainingtralnlIJ8 at &Franohvillerr&nah.il1errnah.il1errnahil1eFrancophile,. , France ,. on the eveningRenlngGreenling otofof-
717' OotoberOctober 19161918 the companyoomp&J1JoompJ1J& "was"asas 18issueduadquad sixteenluteengluten Denew" Brown1ngBrowningBrown1n-
gA
Browning-
Automatic
Bro-wning
Browning-
Antomatio
Bro-wningAAutomatictamatiotomato riflesrlt1el ,. and ordersorderlorderly to prooeedproceedproofed to the fronttronttrot *. NoneNon-
eot
Mon-
et
None-
of
No-
ne
None-
of
No-
neotof the offioersotticersofficerscottiers or _manmenn in thetletale companyoompl2J.! knew ,anythinguthlngthing IbJ011taboutIbJ011t-
"n
about.-
W1
about-
'the
about-
the
abut-
ted-"n"nn.W1VA.W-1.W1.WW1-. "- -VAVA-" .A-A. .- . . , . . :.;,:; . :11: ... . I
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nfront01 f. '.- .' . .". .--
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except
e-
xcept
front line11M , or , fortortore that matter , where the front lineI1n8 .11was.wa-
eezoept
tw-
eeze
,
except that _generally11'1111111111''& it .was. north"north"** of us111 " . OrdersOrder. werewere-
issued
egr-
esses
_were-
issued
egr-
esses
1'e1e1'-
e1.ne4'
1.ne41ne4issued. andad ,every.el7el7,. offioerottlaerofficerbottler and8114 manlDaDDaD waswalwail _warnedme" not to telltella-
nyone
egl-
antine
tella-
nyone
egl-
antine
tella-
nyone
egl-
antineanyone that heM might IDeIdesmeetat or palpass. what organizationorpnlzatlonmoralization, hehe-
be
The-
bes
he-
belonged
h-
eeling
he-
belonged
h-
eelingbebelonged10nll4 to , fcere.ereerefacer.,ere he oame0ImeDamsfoamed fromtrCIDtriad , or the nvenamesnaveQJDI . of 1Jany&!1J-
ofti
any-
officers
an-
ybodies
any-
offioers
an-
ybodiesoftioftofficers011'10111' th&thatt he ]knewmew *.
The night of October 7/6767/SS7/88/ the oomp-yoompyOOJDp1.117OOJDp1117oompanoomphcompany!.- :; ', rf'lJrflJeraflnarohednarrowed'. rohedrobedfrothed tromfromtromptrom-
rranoh,111e
from-
Franohville
from-
Franchvillerranoh,111erranoh111eFranohvilleFrancophile., to ]XinonvilleJI111onvl11einonvilleIndocilenonviolent[ , where it went into billetsbillets-
The
bille-ts
*.
The!he day ofot Ootoberoctober 8G0 .was. spent by the ocompanyoornpanyorphan in learninglearningl-
omethll1S
learnings-
omething
earn-ings
learninge-
ome
learni-nglomethll1Ssomethingthing about the new automaticautamatic riflesrlflerifle. .
l\boulbouboutiYboutAboutIbo\ t 6(0060061005j00( PUPM on011 the 6th8th8 th the companyoolllp3J&! .was. servedler.e4lere4,. aa-
good
g-
ood
a-
good
g-
ood1004good hot _mealal from the rollingrol11nl kitchen aad11.4114andad&. eacheaohLeah aaaIIUman WU-
.applle4
wa-
ssupplied
ass-
umptive
waeWUwaswade
applied.applle4applle4supplied. with three good8004 .sandwiches&I1491obeI1491obe& . andazr1 &all11 thetelheelthe -water-teltel' hhehe-
w
.11
II-
1.. . . . . 'tt' R i, " ! 'b.a.ff.rwybaff.rwybaffrwyaffray.' .. . ...,...._. .._ .nn. . . .,. . . ., I. wr.wnwrwnwren. ". . . ,. . .rv. .. . ... . ... . .", ., . .. 'bb.' ., . ., .rr.... , .rr. .. .. . ., . ". . . .... .1 . W. . ... I" r, . . . .. . . ,. ,. .
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l . . . . . . . . . . i, "-- - - - " -i'or-' ' -- -- - ' - - - - - - - ---'or'oror-w-w:w-
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wanted , wiwithth insinstructionstructlonsructions ttoto' "' 'fill ''oanteansoanteans'o'ant-ee1lS'o'antoantee1lS'oanteemsoanteemsAndeansantanthems'oanteanswittewstw' ' - -witte-wstwwittewstw1f1th-wat&r-1f1thwat&rwatrwittedstewwater1f1thwat&rnotwith-water-notwithwaternot-(withwaternotc-
offee
-wittewstwnot-
oof
wittie-st
.-- &- -notnot-not-
oof
not-
oof
mo-
tto
- . (not-
ootfee
ou-
tvoteootfeecoffeebooteefee ) andam. to conserve both fooditoodfoodstood andanianis. water , asa8 we wouldwould-
resume
wo-
uldwould-
resume
wo-
uldwould.-
resume
would-
resume
wo-
uld.
resume our marchmarohmacro to the fronttronttrot that night *. We marched, atat-
about
cat-
amount
at-
about
cat-
amount
at-
about
cat-
amountabout 6:00600: PM "IiIi"viaa NoviantNO"Iia.ntNOIia.ntNOIiantAnointNolan" . , Limey to Fond des 4 VauxAux wherewhere-
we
whe-
re
where-
we
whe-
re
where-
we
whe-
rewe were memett and intdintinfozmedinformedomeddomed ta}thatt we would remain there asas-
division
R-
adisson
as-
division
R-
adisson
as-
division
R-
adissondivision reserve *. Time ofot &arrival1'rlY&l1rlYl' & about 10:001000: PM ; distanoedistancedistanoe-
marched
distance-
marched
dista-nce
Aistance-
marched
Dist-ancemarched. , approximatelyapproz1matelJ twelvetwel"etwele" kilometerskilometer8 ; roadsroad8 muddymud ; me-
ntired
me-
ntored
Dmenme-
ntired
me-
ntored
nn-
tired
t-
iredtired . As our rolling k1kitchenstohenstokens and water oartscartsarts were followingfollowing-
us
followin-
gsus , men warworewere. authorized to eat their sandw1sandwichesheshems , and otofot-
coorse
ou-
tscore
of-
coarse
c-
ocoas
of-
coarse
c-
ocoascoorsecoarsecoors the consumptionoonsumption ofot thetb water was implied. . Billet8BilletsBillet8-
were
Billets-
were
Bill-ets
Billets-
were
Bill-etswere found fortortore officersottioerdottier. and men in abandonedalaandoned FrenchFrenoh dugoudugoutdugoutsdugoute.-
The
dugoute-
The
dugo-ut
tl .
The men being tiredtl1'edtl1ed' 108lostt 11littlettletitle time' in turning in fortortore thethe-
night
he-
ight
the-
night
he-
ight
the-
night
he-
ightnight . It was now 11:00110011100: PMPJ( .
About 11:301130: PM we were awakened and given ordersorder. toto-
torm
to-
tem
to-
form
tw-
ofer
to-
form
tw-
ofertormformstorm up at once and resume our marchmarohmacro to the fronttro.nttronttrot. . ThlssThalassicThlssd-
one
Hillsd-
ale
This waswas-
done
Wa-
tson
_was-
done
Wa-
tsondone . IItt was dark , rainyrall17 ,. and the road fulltallfall ofot mudmad , shellshell-
holes
hell-
holes
shell-
holes
hell-
holes
shell-
holes
hell-
holesholes , and debridebrisdebris. *. 'To-nightTonight1'O-T11ght1'O1OT11ght- , as&ss& last nightni it , the order waswas-
no
w-
an
,
no lights , not evene"eneenen" a cigaretteolgaretteBogart or01' luminous watchwatohswath dial , andand-
no
an-
do
and-
no
an-
do. " , . . '- ' . : ' " " ,- , ',
. ..
. .. \ . : ." . , - , '" ' . . . , .: . .. . . .- . . . .
. . . .. . . . . " '._ . ' ... . . " ," .. . .. . . , . . .:'NN'.. . , . . '
..rr..'
. .J... .. . . . . . 'rr' ' .no noiseDolseDole *. We 1D&matchedmarchedh.dhd. appl'odmatel1applodmatel1approximatelyapproximately' : alyentallymeneleven, kl1kilometerskilometers-
seven
kilome-ters
kilometers-
seven
kilome-ters
m.termtermater. .. . , " ,'" .cc... ." " . . .. . ,. ,
,.w I-IIKII--{
( Ie"eIeeIEEEseven" miles ) , reaching the Thiaucourt-RegnievilleThiaucourtRegnieville'l'hlauooul't-Begni"ll1e'l'hlauooul'tlhlauooultBegni"ll1eBegnill1eThiaueourt-RegnievilleThiaueourtHaircutRelievableHideout' ' - ." , Buveain-
-Vieville
Buv-eain
Vie-ville
Blu-eing
Vi-rile
Bnvezin-BnvezinBingeingBnvezin-
Vievil
."811n-811n811n-
VilYll1e
-
VilYll1eVievilVividly le crossoroslmorosely roads &about&boatboat 3:163163:15315: iUjKAlt (366.6-238.4)3666238.4(366.63666238.4)2384(368.6-238.4)3686238.4(368.63686(365.6-238.4)3656238.4(365.63656( . - . ) on thethe-
morning
thr-
onging
the-
morning
thr-
onging
the-
morning
thr-
ongingmorning ofot OctoberOotober 9 , 19161918 . Here we_ were palledp1111d offottOtto tbathetubathe-
road
He-
rod
the-
road
He-
rod1'0841084road' , ( it was. dark as&II& ttotbtthetotb aoeacealoe of 1pspades& 1 and nowDOW pttinggettingpattingptting-
to
pattin-
ggettingf-
oggy
gett-ing
gettingf-
oggy
gett-ingtofoggy" , the rain hhavinglD stoppedItoppedTopped ) and pat in the southlout'hlouthlout' edgeedge-
ot
ed-ge
edge-
of
ed-ge
edge-
of
ed-geotof BoiBoilBois. d HeioheHlioheShilohChloe undermdermadder ooveroorerDoveroverpoorer . Here weWI werewreware to wait fortortore sa14guidesguides-
who
guid-
es..
who would conductoonduotconduit usUI to our placesplace. in1n tthsthethis line *. By tillsthis timetim-
eall
ti-me
tim-
eall
ti-meall&11 &sandwiches1&114910118111149101181 andBD4sad water had been oononconsumedCOTlIWDe4aimed by both officersoft101r. andand-
men
sand-
men
and-
men
sand-
men
and-
Ben
An-
deanmen *. Here the companyOOlDpal2J came under shellIhll1 firetire fortortore the f1r.tf1rtfirstf1r.t-
till
firstt-
ime
airti-
me
firstt-
ime
airti-
me
.
tilltime. *.
WW.1We. -.1.1-.waitedted at thisthilthinly point fortOltoil' our 'guidesl'Ii48lIi48. until abORtaboutabout-
9(00
abou-
t9009:00900" ,0000(,: AXAllAK , bybJ .which.b1ohb1oh time thetM .fog.0101tog had clearedolearedbleared airya-7a7away- and the 8UDsunsun-
was
sau-
nas
sun-
was
sau-
naswas. shiningIhin1D8 brightbr1pt *. It .was. one0111 ofot taicthetic prettiestpretti.tprettitprettily,. days4If1 uswe.w-
ett.
had .aeon.eeneenseeneonen in FranceFranaeFaunae . From this pointp01nt we werewr8 conductedconduoted 81sixsix-
kilometers
siz-
Ulomatere
%
kilometers , five ofat which were acrossaor08S the open fields andand-
along
an-
alog
and-
along
an-
alog
and-
along
an-
alogalong ththe road overoyerBoyer the VieYl11e-en-HaJeVieYl11eenHaJeHake7V ievKievievilil Ie-en-HayIeenHayle-en-HereleHere- - e ridger1dge and thethe-
autecourt
th-
eatergoer
the-
Tautecourt
te-
statethe-
Tautecourt
te-
stateautecourtTautecourtwatercourseTakeout! pmegmemegame ridges in1n plain YieYeview" ofat a. (GermanJerman obser'Yat1onobserYat1onobservationobser'Yat1o-
nballoon
observation-
balloon
observat-
ionalobservation-
balloon
observat-
ional'
balloon , to our plaoeplaneplace in the front l1nelinelincelice. !Therehere were _.MU-
Mthoughts
...thoughts in1n thet4heie mindsmind. ofot somesClDesamescalded of the officersottloe-c-aottloecabottle- and srne_
serinesrne-
expressions
M-
expressions
E-
xpressionsepre.alonaeprealonaexpressionsempyreal% . on the part of- Gsfo- Gsofot Gs t : ofat the _urnmenn oonoeoneconcerningnlnBnylon thethe-
.eare07
the-
secrecy
the-
ocracy
the-
seorecy
the-
refore.eare07eare07secrecy. with which weWI were gettingsetting into1nto the linel1ne . Howy.rHowyrHoweverHowdyHowever-
the
Howe-
ver
. ,
the moralemoral. of the men waswaaWada highhi i . it will be remembered thatthat-
along
taga-
long
that-
along
taga-
long
that-
along
taga-
longalong this general line is wherewhtrewhat're the St . !Mihiellh1e1Michel! drive 1'1&1111was1'1&-
1stopped
was-
stopped
wa-
stepaper'was-
stopped
wa-
stepaper
&
stopped and , 1iitt is18 assumed , where the hardesthardeat fittingtightingfightinglighting otofot-
that
c-
otta
of-
that
soft-
hearted
of-
that
soft-
heartedthat drive took place . Here the men were .seeing.eeingeeingeyeing ulm18take-ulm18takeunmistake-unmistakeunmistakenulm18take-
able
unmistake-
able
unmistak-
able
unmistake--
able
unmist-ake
abl-eunmista-
ken! -
able signs8isn8 thatt8t! theretharehare waswalwail ad _war1' on01'1011' . Along this routeroaterate therethere-
waa
Ther-
esa
there-
was
Hebr-
ews
there-
was
Hebr-
ewswaawasWada unohmohmuchJunomoth debrisdebrldebar. , suohIuahsuchsoughUtah as German planesplane. that had been broughtbrought-
down
brou-ght
brought-
down
brou-ght
broubro it-
down
m-
idtowndown , personalperlona1 equipment , rifles , etceta . , etcetoveto . , that hadha! bee-
nleft
eye-
letbeenbeent-
tvC'vnttvC'vnleft#-ttvC'vnttvC'vnttvCvn- 'left byb1' men who whouldwould no longer need iiti1tit , andatdad some dea4deaddead-
soldiers
deo-
dorizers
dead-
soldiers
deo-
dorizers80141.1801411soldiers." , both Germans andaM AmericansAmerloanaAmericana . WWe. arrivedarri.e4arrie4. at about
(8)8( ) P.EPEP.E. 12:001200: noon October 9 , 19161918 , on the fronttronttrot line . (8)8( )
..., .jj. ...,..- ' ". , .. ",_"'AA' .,
CQDCDCpnt.3W3iiCpnt3W3ii.M.tMt.t-iti,-;.. . .tXtX.,$ "t thmE\thpthmEthpthymehpttttth< "&,.-thth-. \ ".$pp.lipl? .-.li.li- ...lili. * e ' 'II'&" - " ' " ' ' ' '. . ,
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.. . . .yy. . . . . ' . Jj. ' ' . .% .tt. .III. I4N\a4I4Na4.'\.. . ..". . ' I. " . V. . ! '. . a-uau.-- "
line at all , not evene.eneenen. a& trench , but merelymere11' a aer1eseries. ofot tozfoxoztoz-
hole
stock-
holder
fox-
holes
fox-
holesholeholes. and8I1d other ineffectivelnettecti.elnettectielunette. plaplanplacese . ofot concealment aid-
shelter
an-
isette
andaDaidand-
shelter
ha-
ndset!
shelter *. Our battalion OO/llllJOOllllJcomma/&ooramandroost+GermanTGermanOltostBoltcost was"II" looatedlocatedlooted in11:1111: a QeI'll8J1QeIll8J1GermanQeI'll8J-
14ugou
German-
T
Germa-
n '(9)9( ) PelI.EdgarPelIEdgarFellEdgarPeeledFelledllE4., ar T . dugout4ugout in1n the BoisB01sBole de BonvauxBonvausBona . (9)9( ) IItt was a modern home-
cwJho-
mehome-
OVA
ho-me
homehome-
Phom-
eFellEdgarpFelledP ". 59-
line
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Q ,
underumerumber groundgrom4 *. !Thehe dugout .was. not only n1aeninenice-wellnicewell,- well equipped ,' '-
wellw- ell'
-" BQaffteBaffleh6 *. ., but was large1arsa enoughamughWaugh to aooomodateaooomo4&taooomo4t& . the entireentire-
battalion
en-treat
entire-
battalion
en-treat
entire-
battalion
en-treatbattalion Istafftaft , runnersrunner. , andmi mostmoet all.1111. ofot the enlisted as.
(10)10( ) PEP.RPR,. . well aas. oomm1.10oomm110commissioned.. d personnelperloDDllpetrodollar ofot the battalion headquarterl(10)headquarterl10headquarters(10)headquarters10headquarterl(10-
)DWI
headquarters(10)T-
EMLIN
headquarters . (10)10(10)T-
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fGie
.,A T,T-
The
T-
heGieheThe!Gibe companyoOlllp&JQoOlllpJQ&' was. nowDOW facfaceface. to faoefacefoe wiwithth thetbIbI HindenlmrgHll14enlNrsRindonftrgHindenbergIndenter(11)11( ) TellEdgarFe11FdgarTelegramftl1.B4pr'Tftl1.B4prTftl1B4prT,. '- T . line11u . (11)11( ) deheMe! GermanOem-OemOemlinEmollient- linOlinlines.. on thisth11 fronttrODttrOt wereWN oneou to thNthanthreethree-
pthre-
e.
p . 626161-
h1aD4red62-
hundredhundredh1aD4red yardsrardaradar distant and the frraintel'ralatelralaterrainFranTerra' was. coveredoaraN4 wiwithtbt-
b4
fta.
. -4-4-_4.-
J
4-4-4.-
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. . . . . . ._ ".'_
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- i'wiw' < - \ iicic'.
\, .
I
. . , , . . " .. .. ..' . . .. . . . , -. . - .. . . . . ... . .. . . . "
dense undergrowth ooff brushbNShbanish and trees ..An .extremely.eztreme1jeztreme1j4extremely' steepsteepb-
a:1ked
steep-
banked
trep-
anned
steep-
banked
trep-
annedba:1kedba1kedbanked: rarineravinerained ran approximately through No Man'sMansMan ' 8 LandLand-
between
Lad-
ybeetle(12)12( ) FellBdgarIFe11.EdgalFe11EdgalFellEdgarFelled,. ' T ,. between the two lines11nes . (12)12(12)-
The
(12)-p
12-p
( )
p . 59-
The6959
The enemy'senemysenemy'8enemy8enemy' line of resistanceree18tanoe was part ofot the-
Rlndenburg
H-
erndonthe-
Hindenburg
H-
eidelberg
thethe-
Hindenburg
H-
eidelbergHindenburgRlndenburgHindenbergLinden system . The HindanburgHlndenburgHindenburgHindenberg positionp08ition inoludedino1udedincluded amongamon-
gits
ammon-
ites
amon-
gits
ammon-
ites
amon-
gits
ammon-
itesits elemoitselementselemi two lines of trenches , eaoheachLeah line having thethe-
proteotion
the-
rmosetting
the-
protection
the-
rmosetting
the-
proteotion
the-
rmosettingproteotionprotection of a roubledoubletroubleoubledouble and in some80me oaseso&eeloeeleel& a tripletrlpltrill. band otofot-
wire
ou-
twore
of-
wire
bo-
wie
of-
wire
bo-
wiewire entanglements .
The positionpos ItionIlion was characterizedcharactecharacter 1.led1led!. by its large number-
of
numb-
er
numbernumber-
of
numb-
er
number-
of
numb-
erof concreteooncreteoonorete shelterslhelters . Thesehese! _werer8 found along the trenchestrenches-
at
trench-esat intervals ofot fromtromtromp eightyeight)' to one hundred meters . he!They,. alsoalso-
appeared
wall-
papered
also-
appeared
wall-
paperedappeared oheokepwiseaheckerw1s1aheokerwise bebetweentweanwean and behind the li118lines8 of trenahetrenchesGrenachetrenches.-
There
trenches-
There
trenc-hes
. .
'herehereThere'! iiss 1ilittlett1e question 1II1IIbat6 thattl'attlatlat' the heavyhea"JheaJRhea" concreteooncrete typetype-
scattered
typ-
esettertype-
scattered
typ-
esettertype-
scattered
typ-
esetterscattered through this position wasft8 intended fortortore useu.eue. asas-
shelters
as-
senters
.as-
shelters
as-
senters
.
shelshelfsheltersteraterra and "pillpill" boxes-boxesbODSbodesboxesThoseboxiest-" . Those ofot this typetJ'petJpe'jape were oononconstructedconstructed-
of
construct-
ed
stNctedstintedstNcted-
ot
stinte-
dotof reinforced concreteoonorete--fQlroonoretefQlroonorete--fourfourconcretefl--foaroar meters long by fivetlvelave meters wide-
and
wide-
ned
widewide-
and
wide-
ned
wide-
and
wide-
nedand three to fourtour metersmetermaters. deep *. When finishedtinished this proprojectedprojected-
only
projec-
ted
projected-
only
projec-
ted
8ot.d8otd.
. .01l1only
,SlightlyaboveSlightlyslijghtlySlightly
, . .sPsP. , J. . .above., :. , thefhaafaa" . .cCI1;©g&aougaougao&? ?, .'\. . ." They/TTheyT'h8Y.lTh8Y.lTh8YlT'! ./., <Mr-wMrw?? ':-'*)O.w. ? & ' -. .AA..A-
M
' ' ' '"JJ" ' 'II''-
Iooncrete
,. .
. . , . . .
'". . . . ". .NN. -MM"- ." , ter"r-
at
.' ' .
\ w. '" " ' - - . " ' ' '
concreteconcreteooncrete roofroot oneOM _metertel' thickthlck . Two doorscioorcolor. gavepe., accessaootssafoot toto-
Ihel
o-
riel
to-
shelter
r-
osette
to-
shelter
r-
osetteIhelHeelsheltertel' . Thehe! sMlMlsheltersterstears had three windowswindow openingoplninsopinions fromtromtromp thethel-
e'Ye1
the-
level
He-
llene
the-
level
He-
llenele'Ye1leYe1level' and the one in the centeroentelgenteel' was larger1arser than the two onon-
the
M-
onte
on-
the
M-
onte
on-
the
M-
ontethe sidesldeslide . All of' the windows were constructedconstl'l1ctedconstll1ctedoonatruoted' as loopholesloophole. .
In front ofot the HindenburgBindlnbursHindenbergIndentures position waswalwail the outpostoutpost-
lone
outp-ost
outpost-
zone
outp-ost
outpost-
zone
outp-ostlonezone . The foremosttor.molttormolttoroth. outpostsOUtp08tl were_ 1'818' constantlyoon8tant1y changingchllZ18ing their-
positions
ther-
mosetting
thlirtheirthirdthlir-
positions
their-
positions
ther-
mosettingpositions , with thetbltb exceptionIzoeptlon of a. fewtewstew t1fixedd po.tpotposts. . .sited.iteditedcited atat-
p01nts
at-
points
ap-
points
at-
points
ap-
pointsp01ntspoints wherewhlrewhale penetrationplnetration on our part might JeopardlJeopardyjeopardixejeopardize.. thethe-
outpo.t
the-
outpost
Ste-
notypes
the-
outpost
Ste-
notypesoutpo.toutpotoutpost. zone10M and the main line o/o01of01Nli.tanolofresistancefreesiasoresistanceresistance/ resistanceNli.tanolNlitanolLiftman. .
ftebThefate whole ofat our front _wasvass heavilyh"i17hi17." wooded , *whichi ci1 affordattord-attordafford-attiredattord-
84
afford-
ed
afford-
ed
¬-
ed84 "very'17 poorpOOl' opportunitiesopportuD1ti,. . fortortore directd1Hot observationobsll"atlonobsllatlonoblation'" ofot thethlhl Ienemyenem-
ylines
seeml-
iness
enem-
ylines
seeml-
iness
."11lines. . . .&All11 ofot hihis. pathspath. and trailstral1s "were1'818' eithere1tur peNIIIlnt17permamentlypermanentlypermamently-
closed
permane-
ntlypermanently-
closed
permane-
ntly010.40104closed.. or01' ohevauxGblYSUZohevauzBelays de4. frisefrillfraise were BO.00so. placedpla0l4 that theyth., couldocaldfocal be-
olosed
b-
oosted
bbebe-
closed
en-
closed
.
0104closed,, ' in ouoasecaseoases. of necessityUOI"ltJUOIltJBuilt" ' . Biese'h.seh.sehseTheseBesselhose!'. pathspath. and trailstrail. _werewere-
C
wer-
e
rere-
8-C-C-8-8-=8,-
0
amam-
A
C-
(12)
-.. .. . .. . . .
. .. . ,_ .. ,.'., ", ,00,< " " . .. .. , , . . . " " ,_ _ ' ''_ . . ". ' _ . . . . ,. . --. , . - ... . . . .. A.. . . , .. . ...n.rn.rnr. . . . . . ,. . . ,\ 1' ,. . . . v.v5. \55.\5rr.. :'. \rrrr.\_ . . .MM. .. . ... . .ww. .. . . ..rlrrrlrrerror_. . r.nNrrnNrrunner. ,...4. . . . 4 . . . ..- -
i' ' - -'
j. , . . ,00, , ,- . . .. .. "
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.
LT
" " "" " "; A :; ; ;
:Lt/Lt./: '.
. -. ' "" . .. . ,. ... . . -:....-.-- . . _. ... .. .-. ,... ' -.r. , '" - . . . . .rr. _ .. -'. : : ' .,
almostalmOlt iuvar1ab1Invariably,. coveredooyeredcoopered by machine gun8W1 firetire fromtromtromp 8Unlguns8Un-
leoheloned
guns-
eoheloned
guns-
echeloned
uns-
chooledeohelonedechelon, in depth along or near their courseoour8e . It couldoou1d , bebe-
eJ8oted
be-
expected
e-
yepiece
be-
expected
e-
yepiece '
eJ8otedexpected% that at the first moment of warning of any raidra,14ra14, on our-
part
for-
epart
ourour-
part
for-
epart
our-
part
for-
epartpart he would placeplaoe annihilating"annihilating" ""** firetire on what he oonsideredconsideredoonsidered-
our
considered-
our
consider-
ed
considered-
our
consider-
edour assemblingassembllng areas and along the fronttrO'1ttrO1t' of the line ofot hihishis-
foremost
his-
tograms
his-
foremost
his-
tograms
,
foremost outposts at pointspoint. where he conalcoalconsideredde red it1t neoessarynecessaryneoessary-
for
necessa-
rynecessary-
for
necessa-
rynecessary-
for
necessa-
ryfor usUI to penetrate *. TheTb8 latter firetire would eithereltherether automaticalautomatloal-automatloalautomatioal-automatioalautomaticallyautomatautomationautomatical-
ly
automatloal-
11
automatioal-
ly
¬-
ly11 ,. afteratterLatter a certainoertainpertain length of time , or by pignalssignalsspinalslgna1 . be wlthdrswnwithdrawnwlthdrsw-
nuntil
withdr-awn
withdraw-
nuntil
withdr-awn
withdraw-
nuntil
withdr-awnuntil it felltell in front ofot his main line of resistanceresl.tanoeresltanoeresultant. .
DirectDireot and indirectindireot machinemaahlmMahler gungwtwt fire .was. oftenottengotten used-
from
seaf-
ront
used
(13)13( ) PellEdgarFellEdgarPeeledFelled, T . from the GermanGelD&DGelDDGelD'!& emplacements in the main line11ne ofot restsresistancetanoetangoed . (13)-
pt(13)-
The
(13)13( )
ptpp?* . 62-636263-(14)14( ) Pell.BdgarPellBdgarFe11EdgarFollEdgarPellagraFooled., T . 'phephebThephew' enemy'senemysenemy' .aerial.erla1erla1 and artilleryart111e17 supremacysupremaoy _wasI pronouncedpronounoed . (11(14)-
Rain
(14)14( ' )
. 6B6565-
almost
p?Rain and mud andanianis moremON mudmd ootheother.,wun the rule1\11e111e'\ . (14)-
DISPOSITIONS
(14)-
DISPOSITIONS
(14)14(14)-
DISPOSITIONS
( )
DISPOSITIONS AND11W PLANS-
Comp
Pas-
co
PLANS-
Company
Plain-
swoman
PLANSPLANS-
Company
Plain-
swomanCompCompany PrF 34th InInfantrytry ,. .six.lxlx oftloftofficerseel'SeelS' and two hundredhundred-
and
hundr-
ed
hundred-
and
hundr-
edand fiftytifty men , re11En'edre11Enedrelievedre tiered' CompCompany L 358th IntanInstantInfantrytry on the frontfront-
line
front-
lineline in thetbIbI BolBoilBoisBole. Grand FontaineFontanel at 3GO3,003003:00{,: PM: OctoberOotober 9 , 19181918-
talcing
,
taking overo"eroerBoer" a more or01' less1e'l1el' irregularlr1'88'11&rlr18811r'' & line11ne ofot fox holeholes. ezten-
dI
extend-
PA
exten-
dextend-extendeztend-eztendextend-
A'nff
-' > t . . " , .. "II" "
. . . . ; " . , I . ' , . .
. " " r\rr-taking
r-
etaking
.:\.. . . . .. . . . . . . ,
'' '"; :
> ./., . . -A'nffA'nffAnffBanff-.')'' " ': :.- 1t'a-t--1t'a1tat1t'atf@}.!": ' K-'-{ ef&''. * PAPAW4243.?wMW4243ffMyfm.,' .X)','ll')..- .*ccjlC.ACAjcl.... .
. } 1 t; .. ,
:, ,..57} '
40 .: '::77:'N .. : . . ,'. "
.\
24336)24336243.36)243.36243.35)243.3524335*. ) withw1th two platoonsplatoon. in1n linellnlloll ( abreast ) andend two platOODlplatoonsPlatoplatoons-
in
platoo-
ns1nin supportapportrapport *. !Thehe companyoompany sectorMotor was. about eight hundredt.rlhundredhundred -t.rlt.rlmetersctrlmeters-
wide
met-ers
-miters-
wide
mit-ers
t.rl-
wide
.wide , each platoon co-wringcowring00.1'111800.111180011118covering.- ' about four hundred metersmeter. w1withwith-
Company
litho-
mancy
with-
Company
litho-
mancy
thth-
OomPanJ
T-
hompsonOomPanJCompanyOman EB 34th Infantry on the right and Company HA 34th34th-
1
34th-
Infantry
34th-
InfantryIntantl'JIntantlJInfantryInstant' on ttxethetote left *. The support platoons wewere. each.aohaohoh. placedplaced-
about
pla-ced
placed-
about
pla-ced
placed-
about
pla-cedabout one hundred and fifty metersmeter
.
. in rear of the correspond-
.n
001'1'8lpoD-
4l
correspon-
dJ
correspon-
dit
correspo-
nd
correspond-correspond001'1'8lpoD4-001'1'8lpoD400118lpoD4'' -<.n-.n.-
nA
'-'*". / . . ., l.' ';': .
:. J ' ii-
1q/11/ -",intervalsfintervals,"
/' ', J!A 111-
1Jrf ing1qKing front line platoonp1&toollp1tooll& so10 th&thatlthatthatl-
to
tatt-
oo
that/itthatit./it, doulddoubledcouldeou14 fireflreflare throughthroq'bthroqbthrob'. lnten&ll-
to
intervalslnten&lllntenlllintel&
f > Sy if .jfjf. \,.. . 'f <.
""" gr-
Intantl'J
fir f -gr/gr/{J to the froatfrontfrat ifIt nsoessftry1WO"I&I71WOII7necessary" & . Thehe! support platoonsplato011s oooccupied=pled a.a-
front
a-
ffront
a-
front
a-
ffrontfront of aboutabcnatabaca one hundred and twentytwenty-firetwentyfiretwenty"tltwentytl-" five.. .meters.eterleterlPeter .
Oat0lIlour positionpollt1on , .see. overlayOge1'1&1Oge111'& Ho110No X1t ,. *ifliiohiiohfolioRiolohloch tollowedfollowedfollowed-
generally
foll-owed
followed-
generally
foll-owed.n111n111generally. .& toethe two hundredhun4rec1 and II1ninety18tJ meter contouroont011r , waswu mdelundermodelunder-
constant
unde-
rcount
under-
constant
unde-
rcount'
coutantconstantcourant observationoble"at1nobleat1n" fromtrOll fta hill extendingeztenc11111 fromfltCIIFTC fivetl"etletale" hundredhUD4Ndhundred-
6
hUD4Nd-
1
hundredIM-
P
hundre-
d
IMPIM-
P6-6-6-1-1- 6.-
r
1-
r
-
:. ' , . . . . _ - . " ' ' . .. . . .. "' . .H, : . . . . ._ ..:- . . . .. . -. ., . .".__.,._ .. .;_- . ."> ..__'" ",- " ". - , . ,. , _ ' ,. =. :- .:\ . . : _ . , . ' jj,,,;.,,,, ,. ,, , ,,
. . . . ...... , __ 'hh' " "_ '_ _ .., . _ ..._"... . . .. _
.
. ._ _. . .. . . . . . . . ... .- . . . . . - . . . . , . . - ' -.. . . . ... . . . . "' . . .-- .-.. ....-. . . . . .. .- . .. ..-- . . . .- . - '. '" - -- . . ._ .. .. .. ...
to one thousand meters to our left front ( nornorthwestthwethe It ) knownknown-
as
kno-wn
known-
as
kno-wnas& 1 hill 323 , from which1tliohaiiohaikido the Germans did . oonsidonsideoonsldera1)leoonsldera1leconsiderablerablerabble) 8DlpiD8snipingsniping-
and
snipi-ng
,
and whichwbienwiden was latelater to be a faotorfactor in our opecopeoperations: atioDsationspatiosactions .
Routes of approachapproaoh to the front line were reoonnoiter-reoonnoiterreconnoiter-reconnoiterreoonnoiter-
ed
reconnoiter-
ed
reoonnoiter--
ed
reoonnoit-er e-d
reconnoit-er
-
ed and understood by all officersoff'ioarloffioarlofficial' and nonooonissionednonoommissionednonoonznissioned officersofficers-
There
offic-ers
,.
There were a fewtewstew strandsItrands of wire about fifty yards in frontfront-
of
front-
on
front-
of
front-
on
front-
of
front-
onof our front line and runningnnning parallel thereto . Our oompanycompanyoompan-
yplan
comp-
any
compan-
yplan
comp-
any
compan-
yplan
comp-
anyplan of defensedetense was simplelimpleimpale . In oasecaseoases ofot attackattaok the 343d34-
platoon
3d-
platoon
3d-
platoonplatoon was to immediately filltill the gapgaps. in1n our fronttronttrot lineline-
the
lin-
net
,
the 4th platoon would not moremo.emoemovemode. until ordered to do so byby-
the
b-
yte
by-
the
b-
yte
by-
the
b-
ytethe companycOrDpaD.1cOrDpaD1. commanderoommander and we would f'lghflghflightfight'fi httitit out on thathanthatthat-
line
hya-
line
that-
line
hya-
line
tt-
line
l-
ineline *. WeVie would not retire and no routesroute. to the rear werewer-
ereoonnoitered
wer-
ereconnoitered
wer-
ereoonnoiteredreoonnoiteredreconnoitered *. The companycomp&nJcompnJcomp& commandoommand postpOltpot was locatedlooatedlooted atat-
(367
at-
367(367.25-243.00)36725243.00(367.2536725243.00)24300(36.25-243.00)3625243.00(36.253625( ? . 25-24325243- . 00)00) . The company observation post was in a treetree-
at
tre-
at
tree-
at
tre-
atat (367.5-243.215)3675243.215(367.53675243.215)243215(367.5-243.25)3675243.25243.25)24325(367367( . 6-2436243- . 25)25) . !Thishis was occupiedoooupied at irregular inte"alintealintervalsintelintervals-
when
interv-als
intsrralsw-
hen
integr-
als" .
when the companyoompany coinaanderoOlllD&nderoOlllDndercommander& telfeltt luokyluckyfluky , until one day aboutabout-
the
abutt-
ed
about-
the
abutt-
ed
about-
the
abutt-
edthe 1618 ofot OctoberOotober 1918 the battalion commanderoommander foundtoundpound tMthetM-
oompany
mo-
torman
the-
company
Et-
hiopian
the-
company
Et-
hiopianoompanycompany commanderoommander oooccupyingpyingpaying the observation postpOltpot with hIhishis-
mountain
dis-
mounting
his-
mountain
dis-
mounting
.mmountainta1n WinchesterW1nohe.terW1noheter. ; the battalion commanderoommander made somelomelonesome-
y
som-e
. . ."
. . . . , . . .
.. "f-
.tf- .tf- t"' . _,, . .,. . . _ . . .,. . . . ' . ,., '.. . ..1"-' .'' , )00#)". I . UtriUteriH I ', , .",r:.rN/NN/" -". ' .
. . M",;:> ' t ; 1P\t1Pt'\"'f-ffJ-.. y. . . '. ". . . B.vA't.1.1Jy.PBvAt11Jy.PBvAt11JyP.. "'./* .' . .'> . aJ: .. ' ., tA\tA"'. ..\',. " 11-'' "' ', 'V'> , '.e\.e..e"f.t. '
\ .;'; :
" \ :1 - . '. ", . .-: !, SSl; ". ' '! -ll-.,. itftitt) 1/ff.O1ff.O1ff.OffOFIFO;/.wr-fwrfwrftraft! - -tt- NNf-ff- ':a 7iWa.;:> .,"- l ) : : MM-
verbalV-
erbal:
-verbalverbal"yerbalyerbal"verbalherbal-" observationsobseryationaobservational " about teamworkteamwork , individual warwars" , etoetcvetoetc-
(15)
etc-
15
. ,
(115)115(15)15( ) PBP.EPEP.EoPEoPOe*. . etcetovetoe tootooAftertoaster. AfterAtterLatter that that observationobseryation post was not usedus.dusd. . (15)-
w
(15)-
We
(15)15(15)-
We
( )
wWe. had expectedexpecsted to findf1nd trenchtrencsh equipmentequ1pnent , grenadegrenadesgrenade-
stoolf
grena-
des
. ,
tooltools. and ammunitionamnnln1t1on in1n the trenchestrenohetrenched. . V/eVeVIe/ found no trenohtrenchtrenchestrenches-
and
trench-
es. . ,
101-
0andand we_ foundtoundpound none ofot the other thingsthinSIthinS ,. includinginoluding 8Im'Qnit10nammunition.ammunition.-
We
ammunition-
We
ammuniti-
on
.
We had onlyonlJconj ten rounds ofot ansnunitionarmmmitionammunitionannunciation per man and a sectorleotorlector toto-
detend
to-
ileted
to-
defend
co-
defendant
to-
defend
co-
defendantdetenddefenddepend *. !Thehe companyoompany commanderaomm.a.Meraomma.MeraommaMercoderamateurcommandeer. lost no time in121 sendingsem1ns a&a-
runner
r-
unner
a-
runner
r-
unnerru-nnerrunnerrunnerinner- to ttiethetie battalionbatta110n commanderoOnm1&11deroOnm111der& with a. statementstatemant of thethe-
taats
th-
etathe-
facts
thr-
eats
the-
facts
thr-
eatstaatsfactstats in11'1111' the &caseo.eoe. and an earnesteame.teametHemet. "request"qu.tqu.tqutquit.. fortortore IDIDUnitionammunitionIndignationammunition-
also
ammunit-
ion
,
allOalsoGallo a1& request for water *. The'hehe'! runner cameoamefoamed backbaokbook with a.a-
message
m-
essage
a-
message
m-
essagemessage that ajnounitionUIIDU1itionammunitionannunciation and water would be sent.ententKent. up *. WWe. hadhad-
pal.ed
ado-
ptable
had-
passed
har-
assed
had-
passed
har-
assedpal.edpaledpassed. dead .soldiers.014Ierl014Ierl on our way in11'1111' , so10 detailsdetailldetail wrewrawerewarewrap .sent.ententKent outout-
to
ott-
oout-
to
ott-
oto take ammunitionammanition offottOtto the dead andaDd to look fortar any possiblepOlsiblepossible-
7
pOlsible-
7-7-7-7-I
7-
r
7-
H
-I '
.-rr- .
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. .- . . - " . .- -. . . . . , .
. " . . . _ . " . .. .. - ....
. . " . . . . ..v--.v...v.w.. -.. . .. .. . ... .
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..... .
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. .. . . . . . . . " . . . .. . .
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,
f. . .' -.WW - -
. . . . . . .. ._. . . . . . . .". . . . ,. . .... , .. . . . ., ., . . . . . .. . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . ... ., .. . ..- . . . , . . . .- . . . . , .,- .- < . - -
. . . -
. ...- ' " .... ' , . . .- ', . . ' . . r.rrr. . . .. .". . _ _ _ ' , ' - "-.- - %
dumps1-dumps1-, . By darkdarkwedarken-wewe- had found a fairtall' amount of rif'leriflerif'lea-
mmmnltlon
riflea-
mmunition
riflea-
mmunition'
ammmnltlonammunition and some grenades , both American and GermanGerman.-
But
German-
But
Germ-
an
.
But no ammuniammoniaammunitiontlontalon andEmdEnd no water had been sent up , so80 the-
company
Et-
hiopian
thethe-
company
Et-
hiopian. , .- ....- . . . . . . . . .
company commander sent another message to battalion-in
battalio-n
battalionin< n regardre9a-dre9adreyai-dreyairetail,- to1,1-
commander
'
commanderoommander explaining the slsituationtuatiODstaidaid/aid. as. the ammunition .ddReidRei-
dthat
Red-
start
.aid-
that
agi-
tate"/*
that the men had had no foodtoodstood and no water that day *. A.A-
message
M-
essage
A-
message
M-
essagemessage oamecamefoamed backbaokbook that these supplies would be sent up inin-
a
Gi-
na
in-
a
Gi-
na
in-
a
Gi-
naa short time . The men werewreware informed ofot the contents of th.e-
message
th-
emesthe-
message
th-
emestheth.ethe-
message
th-
emes
.message , and the night wore onem . '!The'hehe morning ofot the 10th-
arrived
10th10th-j
10th-
arrivedj
arrived but no suppliessurPliessurplices thethe men began begging fortortore waterwater.-
Another
water-
Another
pater-
noster
.
Another message was sent to the battalion commander ; a&a-
message
m-
essage
a-
message
m-
essagemessage came back to the effectettectdetect that the other units werewere-
working
wir-
ework
were-
working
wir-
ework
were-
working
wir-
eworkworking under the same conditions as Company PF and thatthat-
the
thatc-
hed
that-
the
thatc-
hed
that-
the
thatc-
hedthe supplies would be sent up as soonloon as aavailableavailable.S-
ome
availableS-
ome
availa-ble
ailablsailable . .
Some of the !menMn werewreware seenleenlen trying to drink :fromtromtromp 1ilittlelittlep-
uddles
lit-tle
littlep-
uddles
lit-tle
ttletitlettle-
puddlepuddlepuddless on the ground .
OPERATIOXS-
I
OPERATION-
S
OPERATION-
SDuring
Operat-
ions
OPERATIONSOPERATIOXSOPERATION-
SDuring
Operat-
ionsDurinDurian:During! the day ofot the 10th we searchedlearchedleached our area .. . ,. . , .
.
. ,.
' ''_, . .
,
. ..h . -rr-... . .
_, ..-..,.
.,".'"... '._,!: . . . ... .",.. ,. . '' . .. .ff. '
' ..-. ' : J ; '." ' ,.MyMy1" ;,\, 'q.Jq.JqJ"',..{.' . ;011\011011.I; \ " -1-1-,1-
Plenty.II. '' . '
- t': , --
PlentyP-
lenty-. ",,
' . .. ., ,
' " ,.:..I-.I..I.1.4'I., .
.:- . . ..., .1.4'I1.4I14I..:..""' ..
: ',
'" :
" . .." wwwr-rrmr.nmo'!.-.tt!.}",m --.nm-o.nmo.nmnmono-..! , ', . 'iiIHJJiiiIHJJi;'; "!:uur: '. 'Jj'oJjoJo! . "' : . : : & " ' "
I PlentYPlentYotPlentyotof gN'igNiGIgrenadesd.. an4and mrmm1ammunitiont10n .DdDd..Dds.veraland severals.veralsveralserial. FrenchFr.nohFrnohFroth. auto-autoauto-
matic
auto-
matic
autoauto-
matic
¬-
maticmantic rifles were found , also .ee.several.ralralUral. SpringfieldSprlngfi.ldSprlngfild. r1tlriflesrifles-
which
riff-les
rifles-
which
riff-les
..which we,. were glad81a4 to segett , &as8 we did not like the so80 oa11e4calledcalled-
Eddystone
called-
Eddys
cal-ledl4clJltoneEddystoneMeddlesometone riflesritlerile. *. By night we were _well11 equipped , hadhad-
madl
hand-
maid
had-
made
hand-
made
had-
made
hand-
mademadlmademadly some smallImallMall readjustmentsreadJustment. in1n our front 1inline. and werwearwerewere-
ready
whe-
re're
were-
ready
whe-
re're
.ready forferfcrfearfacer businessbusinesl .
!Thehe 9th and1D4 10th ofot October hadha4 been quiet untiluntil-
about
un-
tiluntil-
about
un-
tilabouaboutt 5006 *s00100 PMPI( on the 10th when the carryingoarry1.DSoarry1DS. party 1'ri.41ri.41ri4arrivedarrived-
with
arriv-
ed&'arrivd-
with
arid-ity
.,.wiwithth our first foolfo04food on the fronttronttrot linOlinline. . Thehe! positionpOlitionspoliation beiqbeingbeziquebeiq-
hla,11
being-
heavily
Ben-
ghazi
being-
heavily
Ben-
ghazihla,11hla11heavily., , woodedwo04l4 , wwe,. thoughtthou it wWIwe _were1'111' under1Uder coverOOYlrCooler , so80 a.a-
platoon
p-
latoon
a-
platoon
p-
latoonplatoon .was.11 ordered01'48"401484' " to passpaiSpails bby, the 0021containerstai 1'111' and bebe-
served
de-
served
be-
served
de-
servedserved.,n,4n4, . ApparentlyApparent1, the aneAnneenemyenenoqenvenom., hadhaAHara observedobn'4obn4., ' the oar171111carryingoar17111-
1partJ
carrying-
party
carry-
ingcarrying-
party
carry-
ingpartJpartypart comingaOll1DCcaning in-andinand--- waited a& fwfewt,. mimtesm1mtelminutesmites untilunt11 the men-
8
men-
f
me-
n
men-
e
me-
n
men
-8-8-e-e-8-
1
-,
:"
_ .. . , . . . ' . .
, . : 1 ""
. . .._ . . .
: :
. . . . . . - . . . . .. . . _ .4444. .. . . . . ._ . . . ,. . __ .._ . ..
.
.
": :'. . .:" . .. .._ _ . . . . ." , ._
should , be gathered around , the containerscOJ1tainers , when they wouldwould-
give
woul-
d've
would-
give
woul-
d've. . . .. .. . . .
give us a lesson concerning cover , concealmentoonoealment , and noisenoise.-
As
noise-
As
nois-es
.
AsS the ioenmenion gathered , some of them allowed81lod_ their mess kits-
to
kit-
skitlkitskiltkitl-
to
kil-
okits-
to
kit-
sto rattle and down came a8 salvo of shrapnel8hrapnel and highhig-
heplosi
shig-
ellosis
high-
explosive
shi-
gellosis
high-
explosive
shi-
gellosiseplosieposexplosive% 'Y8Y8' . AsA8 we heard the shellsshelll comingoomingbooming weft scatteredsoatteredspattered andand-
h1
and-
hit
Gan-
dhi
and-
hit
Gan-
dhih1hitt the ground , and while a couple of oanscansloans of food werewere-
turned
swe-
etened
were-
turned
swe-
etened
were-
turned
swe-
etenedturned over and destroyedd88tr018d , fortunately no one was seriouslyseriously-
hurt
seriou-sly
seriously-
hurt
seriou-sly
seriously-
hurt
seriou-slyhurt , though a few men , including the companyoompany oommamercommandercommander-
were
commande-
ered
,
were hihitt by spent fragment8fragmentsfrafrat nentsnets . We took warning and there-therethere-
atter
there-
after
there-
after
therethere-
after
¬-
afteratterLatter did not assemblea8semble for chow or any other pueposepIlsposepurposepulpous . TheTh-
enight
H-
eight
Th-
enight
H-
eight
Th-
enight
H-
eightnight of the 10th there was some shelling but it did us nono-
damage
un-
damaged
no-
damage
un-
damaged
no-
damage
un-
damageddamage .*
'The1'he1he 11 OotoberOctober 'was1'1811181 a beaubeautifultitultitular day . Enemy air planesplanes-
were
plan-
esplanes-
were
plan-
esplanes-
were
plan-
eswere activeaotiveabortive and an aerial battlebatt1. took p1aoplace. over ourour-
p08ition
our-
position
cor-
poration
our-
position
cor-
porationp08itionposition . One allied plane was shot downdawn in flames Justdustjust-
back
ju-
st(16)16( ) 1'8111811FellEdgarFelled' ,Edgar ToTobackTobacco., back of our companyoampany: sectorseotor . (16)16( ) About 9:009009100: PM the enemyenem-
yIhelled
enemy-
penem-
yenem-
yshelledPellEdgarTpElegantp . 666565-
back65-
shelledIhelledshelledHeeled our positions and the battalion P.OPOp.C-
There
pC-
There
pot-
hered
. ,.
There was a. mamaelstrom18trom ofot bursting shellsIhel11 and fallingta1ling treestreelreel .
r-r; ....:-. . .. ... fltBaaflatboat aTOAatonal., '. , . . ZeThe battalionon pP.OPO. . was filledtilled wiwithth wounded some ofat whomtrhOmthOmwhtrhO-
mbelonged
tre-
mbling
m: . . :
:. , " '''wsws' ; . ,
. . :. .al:' . .JJ. _ , . . .w,oJ , .hO/4f.hO4f.hOhO4f. ;.;/'.'' . ._belongedb.10ngedb10nged. to CCompanyOcapl.11JOcapl11JWpanyPanky. 7rF ( thesthesethese. berngbelns-belnsbergbensbelnsC11i'tribebe-
Means
be-
moans
: - C1\1i'triC11i'tri1itri\'d .'YryaYryaRiyal'': at-\.tMat.tMat.tMtMattn'".<% -:\. .i,; _ ;.: ,> . " .' ,\',' . ', '
.: ,
. .....
Meansueanlquean of01' &carryingO&r17in8Or17in8 them to thethlhl battalionbatta116n aid station werewere-
lacking
ber-
eaving
_were-
lacking
ber-
eaving
1"
laclt1nglacking . Had there beenbIenben enoughlKNghknight! stretchers8tretoher. , it would have beenbee-
ntatal
ede-
ntate
bee-
nfatal
beef-
steak
bee-
nfatal
beef-
steaktatalfataltotal to .,ventureInturIncur . out on account ofot the heavyhea'YyheaYyheady' bombardmentbombar4ment thenthen-
801ns
then-
going
thro-
nging
then-
going
thro-
nging801nsgoing on . A.& largelarselars !numberlUmber ofot gas shellsIhll1. wereere mixed in wiwithwith-
the
withh-
eld
with-
the
withh-
eld
thth-
the
thi-
therthe high exploI1explosive'" and this necessitatednlcessitated the wearingwaringwarring otofo-
ts.kl
P-
ottsof-
masks
co-
mpass
of-
masks
co-
mpasss.klsklmasksskill. all nightn1sht . Thee battalion commanderooman4er and124& hishi8 atattstaffBatastaff-
together
salt-
peter,
tOl8thertogether wiwithth the antientire" 2d Battalion headquartersheadquart.rheadquartrheadquarter. . , werewere-
gassed
wh-
ereas(17)17( ) FellEdsr.r'TFellEdsr.rTFellEdsrrTFe11Edgr.r'T9Fe11Edgr.rT9Fe11EdgrrT9FelledFell.BdgFellBdgFell., .rT' ., gassed.. ..44. and .evacuated.,aauattdcaudated . (17)17( ) !Thish18 resultedr.u1tedru1ted. . , in1n addition toto-
pto-
pto-
the
t-
otep? . 66-
the66-
the66
the men_m n lost , in thethlhl loss10.8108. ofot anU1 officerottiolrdottier fromtroll CompanyOompany 7F, toto-
taD
to-
aD
to-
take
to-
taled
to-
take
to-
taledtaDtake overoyryr, the dutiduiduties. . ofot battalion adjutant *.
ProaFromPro1'111'. OctoberOotober 12 to 19 , .weather.atheratherFather rainyralD7 , tofoggy111 , oold0014coldold ,Giv.aGivaGiveGiv.a-
andIv-anO .. t-
andst-
and&B4B4and& "vryveryvary'17 dark at jajljailmshtAAmstar. ht . wwe- 'received1't0l1.41t0l1.41t0l14". daily4&1174117& a& tfew.. shellslhel11 trom-
9
from-
9
fromtromtromp
,_ ... . . .,- . .. .. , . ... .. . . . . .' -- - -.. . ... .- . ..... . . ,
-9-9-9-
0"0
9-
f
9-99.-
44
-- . . . .. .- "' - . . . . ". . . _ .- - _ .,_-0"00"000- " . '-" - '- " " .. . . . .. . . " , , - . - f
the .nene.enemy , ( and we thoughtthought ssonesconeone tlfiveve or six from our ownovmovumow-
nartillery
co-
nvertible
ov-
martillery
co-
mpatible
ow-
nartillery
co-
nvertibleartillery , oneon.e. night ) .* During this period , enemy air planesplanes-
were
pla-nes
planes-
were
pla-nes
planes-
were
pla-neswere active over our front , there waswa some sniping and w-
ekept
w-
eep
wew-
ekept
w-
eep
w-
ekept
w-
eepkept up patrolling of our front and No Man'sMansManes' Land at night .
IDSSES-
We
Hiss-
es
LOSSES-
We
Loss-
es
LOSSESIDSSESHISSESLOSSES-
We
Loss-
esWe lost a fewtewstew men sickaiokaioli and woundedWO\1tldedWO1tlded\ ; one officerottioerdottier sicksioksinksilo ;
one offioerotticerofficerdottier sententKent back to some schoolaohooloho as an instructorlnatruotornarrator ; and-
two
Sa-
nto
andand-
two
Sa-
nto
and-
two
Sa-
ntotwo noncommissionednonoommias10DBdnonoommiesiored offioersoftlcersofficersbottlers to training oohoolsohoolschoolboohoo fortortore off1cersofficersofficers.T-
hese
officersT-
heseoffic-
ers.
heseThese'! had been selected apparently at random fromtromtromp thethe-
oompany
the-
osophy
the-
company
Et-
hiopian
the-
company
Et-
hiopianoompanycompany roster , not upon the companyoompany commander'scommandersoommander'soommanders' recommendationreoommendatlon .
On the nightn1ght of OctoberOotober 19 the company00lDP813J was relieved-
on
relieve-
drel1edrelieved,,
on thetb8 front line11ne and. wentwntwant backbaokbook to Fond de 4 YauzVauVauxAbuzzAuAux (368.00--
233.80)
368002-
33.80
(368-
.00368-
00233-
.80)233-
80(368.00-368.00(368.0036800(368.00-
233.80)
(368.00-
233.80)
( . -
233.80)233.8023380. ) as&II& a part of division reserve . Here :fromtromtromp OctoberOotober 2020-
to
20-
to
20-
toto 26 we lOBlosttoneone officerottloerbottler and8Dl about four men , sicksiOkSikh . VeF3VeryVeF-
3aotive
Very-
active
Ove-
ractive
Very-
active
Ove-
ractiveaotiveactiveabortive trainingtra1ning was kept up under cover of the woodswoods-
rftA
woodc-
raft
,-rftA-rftAraft-rft-
Aespeoially-
espeoially.apeolallapeolallespeciallyApollo. , in.subjectsinsubjectsinsurrectinAsubjeotain . subjects ofot grenadesRrenades , automaticautomatioautomation rifless-
coutingrif-
flesriflerifles. ,
sooutingscouting and patrolling and marchingmarch1ng at night by compass-
Por
comp-
ass
oompaascompass *..
rorForroar thithinthis. purpose night patrols _werere sent to the towns ofI-
lw
o-il
ofot.
, : .. .-..>-.IMO.- iiim. NI OO.
fi. -..1iP'IIII.1iPIIII1iPIIII.Mg',:B--BB-
RemenauvilleB-remen
.-. .JJIlwIl.
._**"*w_'*M*. '..,',",-.*.:;.
..'.,.*,".'
, . ,...' . . . . . .w.rw.rwr-."*..-.-.......'...S'-.-"' .
../I,..:' .-'rtrt'V.tu- xVtu- xTu- x. ..
..:.-..tt...-. .,:.-. MSJKWMASK' SSSffi . ii-w
,. .MWauMWau-.Manu*., ,.tfMUtofutfMUwtofu- -_--ww.- ':- .ww-fewwfeMr.IMrIMari..- :)RemenauvilleRemenauvll1e , RegnievilleRlpl11leRelievable'' .
SBOOKDSEOOBDSECONDBOOKEDSEABED PIWJBPHASEPIWJB-
PRELIMINARY
PHASE-
PRELIMINARY
PHASE-
PRELIMINARYPRELIMINARY MOVEMENTSJIOVEMENTSNDVMNT3 ANDAm> ORDERSORDERS-
On
Orde-
rs
ORDFORDORDERS-
On
Orde-
rs
SS-
OnOn the nightDisht of October 26 we,. WIwrewereware" relievedrelldrolled.", asas-
di"i8ion
as-
division
R-
adisson
as-
division
R-
adissondi"i8iondii8iondivision" reserve and movedmo.dmod". up to SectorS.otorSotorSsatorSottoSartor. H ,. ( RegimentalRegimenta-
lreservl
Regim-
ental
Regimenta-
lreserve
Regim-
ental
Regimenta-
lreserve
Regim-
entalreservlreserve sector.eotoreotorrotor. ) (366.70-240.80)36670240.80(366.7036670240.80)24080(966966( . 70-24070240- . 80)80) ( .ee.see, overlay081'1&708117"' ' & No 2)2) aasas-
regimental
a-
rgument
as-
regimental
a-
rgument
.
regimental reserver.errerrear. . ". *. Thehe! 27th , 28th , 29th , 50th30th , and 31st-
the
31lt31st31lt-
the
31st-
thethe oOlllpcompany,& furnishedfUrni8hed patrolspatrol. anda4. workingwork1218 partpartiesi.. . On-
October
M-
onotone
011On01-
1Ootober
O-
nOctober
M-
onotoneOotoberOctober 30 the oompoomphcompany& ooooDniuleToommod4ru .wasaaa. calledcallid to battalionbattalionh-
8adquat'tel'l
battalion-
headquarters
batt-alion
battalion-
headquarters
batt-alionh8adquat'tel'lh8adquattellheadquarters' ' and told thattbatbat he had been selected.leottdleottdblotted. to taDtaketaD-
hi
ta-d
take-
his
Tak-
eshi
take-
his
Tak-
eshihihis. companyoompeJNome anda4 captureoapture aadandad hold hill 323321 . hi'!OxisThisAxis. op.tloDoptloDoperationbottledoperation-
was
op.tloDW-
&I
operati-
on
..W&IWIwas& to haveha". taken-placetakenplacetakenplacetakenplantaken-taken- placeplan. onOD November.ewe.berewe.bereweberfeebler. . 1 . So80 the companyOompl.12JOompl12Jcompany-
10
Oompl.12J-h
Oompl.12-
J10
company-
10
.h . . .
-10-10-10r-
o
10.-
w
10-
the
-.. ., . . _ .... . ..... . . . ... .. . . .. . , . .. . .. . .. .. . ... ._...rvrv. wr.oawroaroadwr.oa.w,, ._.. . . . . ,. _. . _.. ..*-.w.w_- . ._. ,. .... .. , .wr.w.twrw.twrwtwart_. '. _. ". .o, rr_ ,r. .. '. wr.wwrwww_. . .ww. . .rr. .. . .
. ,. . ... . . ..... . . ._.,. ._. .. ._. ... . . . . . .ww-. , . . - , . . . .- . .. ..-. . . .. . . . . , . . ' . . . . .. . . . _ .ww. . w_ . ,... . .ww.. ... _ . wr_. r. v" . wr. .nn. r-wererwere. .- r.r.rrr.rrrrR.R. r.rrr .rr .ww ror''rr
.
'ii'V' -_ r.
r" .Ii-
i4c
'
i4c'dd';
'. '
Q-
commanderC-
ommanderlrQl-
commanderc-
ommandercommanCommandcommander. er Issued,"ie sued.necessarysuednecessarysentencesef8ce.saryf8cesaryef8ce.sary."
\cessaryCesar. warningnlngling order to the company 11dandand-
proceeded
An-
dromeda
&and-\
an-d
and-
proceeded
An-
dromedaproceeded to make a thorough personal reconnaissancereconna1ssanoe ofot thethe-
ground
th-
ereon
the-
ground
th-
ereon
the-
ground
th-
ereonground overoyerBoyer whichwhioh Company F was to advancead.anceadance. *. Among otherother-
things
bothe-
rations
other-
things
bothe-
rations
other-
things
bothe-
rationsthings he discovered that he had been given a man-sizemansize- JobJob-
one
Ob-
oe
,
one that offeredotteredpottered little , ifit any , chanceohance of success by aa-
company
a-
ccompany
a-
company
a-
ccompany
a-
company
a-
ccompanycompany which later developments proved to have been aa-
correct
c-
orrect
a-
correct
c-
orrect
a-
correct
c-
orrectcorrect estimate of the situation . Upon returning to thethe-
company
Et-
hiopian
the-
company
Et-
hiopian
the-
company
Et-
hiopiancompany later in the afternoonatternoon ofot the 31st the companycompany-
commander
comp-
anionate
company-
commander
comp-
anionate
company-
commander
comp-
anionatecommander _wass called to battalion headquartersheadquarte'rs' and int01'lDldint01lDldinformedint01'lDl-
dthat
informed-
that
inform-
edinformed-
that
inform-
ed 'that the plan fortortore the captureaapture ofot hill 223123323 had been ahSX1gedchangedchanged-
That
chan-ged
*.
That the 64th IntanInstantInfantrytry was going to take hill 323 (mlchwhichmulchwhich-
inoidently
Khio-
hinoidentlyInoidentlyIncidentally they failedtailed to do ) and that CompanyOompany PF? wouldwoul-
dparticipate
vould-
participateparticipate in an attackattaak to be launched against hills 287.12871287.1-
(367.50-243.70)
2871-
36750243.70
287-
.1(367.5028-
713675024-
3.70)2-
4370.
(367.50-243.70)36750243.70(367.5036750243.70)24370( . - . ) 310.23102. (368.30-243.60)36830243.60(368.3036830243.60)24360( . - . ) , and 311 (369.25-369.25(369.2536925(369.25-
243.70)
(369.25-
243.70)
(369.25--
243.70)
369252-
43.70
(369-
.25369-
25243.-
70)243-
70( . -
243.70)243.7024370. ) . In accordanceaocordance with "OperationsOperations" InstructionsIn.truottonIntruottonInterruption. . Ho10No ftft-w
f-t
l1! I:I-
"HEADQtJ"HEADQtJHEADQtJHead"HEADQUARTERSHEADQUARTERS",w" HEADQUARTERSBS , SECONDSEOOND B1TTALIOBBATTALIONBATTALION-
THIRTY-FOURTHBATTAL-
IONTHIRTY FO-URTH BATT-ALION
,mm'l'Y-FOURTHmm'l'YmmlYFOURTHTHIRTY-FOURTHTHIRTYml'- INFANTRYIIFA.NTBYIIFANTBYIIFA.NTBYtIIFA.NTBY-
MERIOAH. t,!AMERICANMERIOAHMERINO B.FBFE.FEF. . , PranceFrance , OctoberOotober 31 , 1918 .
OOP1OPERATIONSIlA.TIlATLATRATIONS. IOKSBIOS INSTRUCTIONS ;NO . 1.-
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... . . . . , , .. . , . . .. , , . . . . . . . , . . .,MrflMarlMr-
flOP1
,|
.
,1tf1tf"! * >M > ; T\TTliriMTiring\-liriMlairingliriMnlairing.
n ii-
i' . . . . \00'\: .
. . . f-- amtam-
tolude
ast-
ounded
- .jj ' ' ,' ' ' IKMA.if.S . +j. 'ru'oruoBruno' " .M.1M.1M1---ll-'ii-' M--ii .IKMA.iIKMAiImpairIKMA.iamt- :1C1C:r " ak5'M.WLluWLluWallratfraft; .amtianti_ :.,. . "fifi'" : . '.-i..dudeeludeoludecollude a generalllDeralelderly line throughthrou8b 287.1-310.2-3112871310.2311287.12871310.23102311287.1-310.2-311.028713102311.0311.03110. - . - . 0 .2 . CompanyOOJDpaDJDoodad "EE" " under LieutLieu . Porter will leave our lineslines-
atlin-
eslines-
atlin-
eslines-
atlin-
esat point 243.3-367.22433367.2243.32433367.23672243.3-867.22433867.2867.28672. - . and will proceed in a generalgemral northnorth-dlreotio
north-direotioxq
north-directiondlreotiodeletiondireotioxqdirection , until the Junction3mDetionunction ofot the roadsroadlroad due westwelt ofot 287.12871287.1-is
287.1-is
287.1-is
2871-is
.is reached when he will turn due eastealtdealt and proceed along thethe-
ridhe-
rdthe-
ridgeher-
itagethe-
ridgeher-
itageridridge. 267.12671287.12871. to 311.03110. *. "ItIt"BB"B"** CompanyOompanrOman will advance in fourtour waveswaves-each
wa-ves
waves-each
wa-ves
waves-each
wa-veseach in line ofot combat group . Upon passing 287.12871. the rearrear-platoon
reta-rdation
rear-platoon
reta-rdation
rear-platoon
reta-rdationplatoon will remainrema1n thereth.rethrethree. and establish a strong pointpoint.-Similarly
point-Similarly
pont-ifically
.Similarly on the rldldridgee road at 300 ('enemy'DemJDemJDeem position at 243.5-243.5243.5-367.9)
243.5-367.9)
243.6--367.9)
2436-367.9
24-3.6 24-36 367-.9) 36-79. -
367.9)367.93679. ) . Thehe! third platoon will remainremaiftremit andaDd take positionposition.-The
positionT-he
positi-on
.heThe! remaining platoonsplatoon. will assaultass8Qlt 310.23102. and afteratterLatter ititsits-reduction
int-roduction
ifr-eduction
irr-uption
.reduatioDreductionreeducation will .establish.tab11shtab11sh. strong points at 310.23102. and 311.03110. .
Two squadslquadquad. ofot "PP"FF"**"?*" CompanyOompany underumerumber LieutLieu . RiceRios willwill-leave
will-leave
will-leaveleave our linelines. at point 242.9-368.42429368.4242.92429368.43684. - . andaD1 will establish UlanUl-
outpostL-
oupesan-
outpostan-
notatorsan-
outpostan-
notatorsoutpost on the valley road at point 243.1-368.52431368.5243.12431368.53685. - . . Two IquadsquadsQuadsquads-of
squa-ds
squads-of
squa-ds
.otof "JJ"FF"'"P"* CompanyOompany under a sergeantserseant will leavelea.eleaelease. our 11lines. . in rearrear-ot
rearm-
ostrear-
ofre-
arrear-
ofre-
arotof "BB"W"BB"" Co00 . and will proceedproOtedpromoted to the valleyv.llervllerviler. wherewhlrewhale thethey, willwil-lco.r
Wi-lcox willindewilinesswill-cover
will-owierco.rcorcovercoir". the flanktl&DktlDktalk& oofotf "EE" " CompanyOomp&I2JOompI2J& in Itits. advanceadvanoe .* '!The'hehe reminder-of
reraind.er-ot
remind-er
remaind-er
reraind.errerainderremainderrenarrearrenar-of
rea-r indeindex.rotof "PP"BB"B*"* Company00lllp&n00lllpn&, underun4lr Captain HenlleHenleyHensleyHenley, will report to BnBn.-Comn&nder
Bn.-
ComnnderBn-
ComnnderNe-
cromancer.
Oomna.nderOomnanderCommander.& at point 243.1-367.62431367.6243.12431367.63676. - . at 6 h ., and will be heldblldholdbald. 111in11-
1rea41nein-
readinessti-
rednessin-
readinessti-
rednessrea41nereadiness.. fortortore counterattackaoantlrattack .CompanyCOIIpaDJCompanyOCompany-OO-"0"** 21st21.t21t. (&MachineJ&ahlneJahlneAwhile GunauOunNoun Battalion will taDtaketaD-
positiontran-
spositiontake-
positiontran-
spositiontake-
positiontran-
spositionposition so10 as. to .swepsweep.pp. hill 310.23102810.28102. . !TheyheJhe will oommenOlcommenceomenoommen-Oltirinl
commenc-efiring
comm-ence
oooxneno-efiringtirinlfiringtiring at 7:167167:187187:15715: and will continuecontlnucontinua. until greenreen, star 11gna1signal11gna1-
tramsignal-
fromsig-
nalsignal-
fromsig-
naltramfrom .assaultingltinlLatin partr-
11
partypartrparrparty-
11
.
-11-11-11-
I
11-
W
-. , .. . .- . . . , . . . . . . , . ..- . . . . . . ' . . _ . ._. _ , _ _ , . . . _ .. . . . . ._ . . . _W. ' ' _ '_
_ '0 ' . . . . ,.. .. .. . ... . _ . . . . . . . . '. ,
,"
The One-pounderOnepounderponder- platoon under LieutLieu . BlackBlaokBlake will taketake-position
tran-sposition
take-position
tran-sposition
take-position
tran-spositionposition at point 287.72877. and will fire on hill 310,23102310.2,. . TheyThe-ywill
The-y'll
The-ywill
The-y'll
The-ywill
The-y'llwill commencecommenoe firingtiring at 77:15715:1515: andam will until green star signalsignalt-rom
sign-aler
signalf-rom
sig-nal
signalf-rom
sig-naltromfromtromp the assaulting party . Six men from Company ""GG"Gwillr-eport
""GG"Gwill" ", .willwill-will-will-report
will-report
wi-llet
-..will-report
will-report
wi-lletreport to LieutLieu . Black &as&SS oarcarryingingKing detail *.
3 . ImnediatelyImmediately upon reaching objectiveobJeotive patrols will bebe-
advancedb-
alancedbe-
advancedb-
alancedbe-
advancedb-
alancedadvanced andam. the work ofot digging andam wiring oommenoedcommencedcommenced-.Working
commenced-Working
comme-nced
.Working partiespartiepartite_ from CompanyCompaDy "AA"AtAt" ". and the BnglneersEngineersBunglers will bebe-
sentb-
esetbe-
sentb-
esetbe-
sentb-
esetsent forward immediately .4 . First Aid men will accompanyaocompany each companycompany-
.Dressingcompany-
Dressingcomma-
ndeering.
Dressing stations will be established at 243.0-368.22430368.2243.02430368.23682. - . andand-
243.1-367.6and-
2431367.6an-
d243.1an-
d2431 3-67.6 3-676243.1-367.62431367.6243.12431367.63676. - . .5 . Dumps for ammunition andanianis supplies will be established-
atestablilhed-
atestablishe-
destablilhedestablished
at 243.0-368.22430368.2243.02430368.23682. - . and 243.1-367.62431367.6243.12431367.63676. - . .6 . BachEaohEachLeah rifleman willw111 carryoarryhoary two bandoliersbandeliers ofof-
ammDnitionof-
monitionco-
mpositionof-
ammunitionammDnitionmonitionammunition , and each grenadier a bandolierbandelier of grenades .7 . The combat pack will be carriedoarr1ed *.8 . LiaisonLiailoDLiaised will be established promptly with bodiesbodies-
onbodi-
esbodies-
onbodi-
esbodies-
onbodi-
eson flanks and in rear . The following signals will be used :
ThreeTh ee stars ( repeated ) , normal barrage ; Caterpillar rooketrocketrocket-objective
,objective reached ; Green star , going to advance .
9 . The Battalion P.OPOP.CPC. . will be at point 243.1-367.62431367.6243.12431367.63676. - . and-
willhan-
dbillandand-
w111and-
willhan-
dbillw111will move roforwardrd to valley road . The aeroserazero hour will be 7 h .
NOTEHOTBtNOTlhHobNorth: Platoon CommandersConmanders will be held responsible for thethe-satety
th-eater
the-
safetyhe-
artythe-
safetyhe-
artysatetysafetysatiety 0of' theirthelr men , aniandanis while consolidatingoonlolidating objectivesobJeotives willwill-hOld
with-hold
will-hold
with-hold
will-hold
with-holdhOld a reserdresserreservee in readinessread1ness for counter attackattaok .
A.MAM. . WEYANDWETLANDWBYAWY DD-
CaptainC-
aptain.,
CaptainOaptain , 34th InfanInfantInfantry , A.E.FAE.FAEFABEA.MAM.,A.E.F-Comndg
AE.FC-omndg
AEFC-omndg
Defo-rming
. . . ,ComndgComing . 2nd Battalion . It"It-
We
B-
ite
it-
We
b-
iteWe leftlettlet our dugouts at 4:00400: .AMAM.AH! and reached the Jump-JumpJum-
pott
Ju-mp
jumpI-
I
jum-
p
Jump-
-off
Ju-mp
o-ff
-it!.11.') 00-
'htte
. ottoffOtto point at 66:00600: 00 AMAll as ordered and then stood there an hour ., , ' , . . . ..uu.. .
, ,
' ." 'WW' '-
tt'ywfrNff'!runoff"
"-1I, .. , f' ' " . ..1'" -" .. t J, .",.:;y-:. .. . .',11, , '- '.' ,' . ..\. .77.;:.. .. ,, . . . .. ,. . t 1J.'!.:: "': ' " -. "
. ... . .- . .. . ' . "\..w.nw.nwn. .. v'. . . , .:-. -. . ". . \. . .. .., ._ . ._ \ . : , .
. .., ,...,
"
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"
.-IIII-
';I-Ioff
/''ho:1ho1'. J"h"iJhiHi"
'JfJf'.",.:, . .,
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point &as&ss a battalion reserveroserve and . w1withth the remainderremalnderemandedr cc '" t1h-
ecompany
thet1hethe-
OWtx
T-heo
10,1-
0fox
O/Wtx-OWtxTxOWtx-company Ott-oman / -compacomacompany' whichwhioh consisted , of the company commanderAcommanderscommandercommander twotw-
oplatoons
to-
matoes
tw-
oplatoons
to-
matoesplatoons plus two squads to proceedprooeedproofed to the junction of
(18)18(19)19( ) FellEdgarTFelledFell,33dgarFell33dgarFellEdgarFelled, TT-TTtrailsTrails-. trails In the ravine at 367.80-243.4036780243.40367.8036780243.4024340. - . , &as&ss a battalion . (18)18(18)-p
18-p
( lS )
p . 91-
reserve91-
reserve91
reserve closeroloserlooser to the probable scenesoeneSlovene ofot action ,. This order
(19)19( ) FellEdgarFelled, T ., was carriedoarriedparried out under heavy artillery firetire . (19)19(19)-p
19-p
( )
p . 91-
Tha.t91-
That91
Tha.tThat[hat. our attack waftwsawasWA a completeoomplete surprise to the enem-
ythere
ene-my
aenemyenem-
ythere
ene-my
namymammynam-
ythere
natt-
eredthere canca.n. be little doubt , asa.s. we had gone only about fiftyfifty-
yards
fif-ty
fifty-
yards
fif-ty
fifty-
yards
fif-tyyards beyond the jump-offjumpoff- line when we ran into a GermanGerma-
npatrol
Ger-man
Germa-
npatrol
Ger-man
Germa-
npatrol
Ger-manpatrol of about a squad in front of our wire . They were inin-
a
Gi-
na
in-
a
Gi-
na
in-
a
Gi-
naa closeolosefoliose group and being completelyoompletely surprised and greatly8reatly outout-
numbered
out-
numbered
out-
numberednumbered they surrendered without a fightightbight . 'They1'heJ1heJ were putput-
under
pot-
hunter
put-
urder
ou-
trider
put-
under
pot-
hunterunderurdermurder! guard andend started to the rear . As the detachmentdetachment-
reaohed
detach-ment
detachment-
reached
detach-ment
detachment-
reached
detach-mentreaohedreached the vioiniviolinvicinityty 6ff our aid station theytheJthe werewe're' oaughtcaughtaughtoaught-
in
caught-
in
Hought-
on
caug-
ht
caught-
in
caug-
htin the apex ofat a German box barrage and about fivefi'YefiYefie' ofot themthem-
were
stem-
ware
them-
were
stem-
ware
them-
were
stem-
warewere killed .
.ACTIONS.lCTICESlCTICESACTI0IIScuticles AND OHDBRSORDERS01MERSODORSOHDBR-
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. .. . . , . .. . . . . .. ... " '- " .MM -- - " .iifox)D oxi.DiDbsbarragenrrsgeErseiiimentionedtionedtoned above was discovered to be closing inin-
on
n-
on
in-
on
n-
on
in-
on
n-
onon usUI , so we moved about one hundred and fiftytifty to two hundredhundred-
yards
hund-
redhundred-
yards
hund-
redhundred-
yards
hund-
redyards up the facefaoefoe of the very .te.pte.ptepsteepstep. te .p south side of hill 310.23102310.2-
to
3102-
to
. ,
to a point whereWhlreMereWhale we were defiladed from artillery firetire fromfrom-
the
frot-
hed
from-
the
frot-
hed
from-
the
frot-
hedthe front . Shells were hihittingttinstins in front and behind usUI . TheTh-
ebarrage
He-
arable
Th-
ebarrage
He-
arable
?0-
barragebarrage wasW&8W8& very"IeryIeryFiery" intenseintenslintensely but it looked fortortore a time as8S thoughthough-
we
thou-ghwe were safe18fe in this position . However , after about one08ore hourhour-
we
ho-ur
hour-
we
ho-ur
hour-
we
ho-urwe receivedreceiyed a fewtewstew very largelarselars caliberoaliber high explosiveezplolive .helllhelllshells.shells-
estimated
,
estimated as. .ightighteightbight. i it or tentin inchesinohepinochle. , whichwhioh probablyprobablJprobable came fromtromtromp thethe-
defenses
he-
adedness
the-
defenses
he-
adednessl"
,
def.naedefnaedefensesdeface. . around KitsMotsMootsMet .* 'i'heseihesebalThese' ' oau.eoaueopaquecaused. ' usUI somelomelone oanalt1casualties. . andand-
was
pan-
das
and-
was
pan-
das
and-
was
pan-
dast .' :., tlt1tlt1d-
ef.naewas doingd01ng ouoarour.
. , .morale
, . . .I8; .no
. .o good800d . Thehe! Intensity1nten.it11ntenit1. of the shellingshellingn-
ow
shelli-ng
shellingn-
ow
shelli-ng
. . .
, . ' . ,, . '. . , " ,11,1.P, < " . " . --.P.P- . . .- . . . .. ." " .. ..... . .. . ._ .
" " " '' '
now ( about 9(009009.00(. jlljellAUAM)) decreaseddeoN.ddeoNdOdeon.. asw_as so10 wwe. sentlint patrolspatrollpatrol out to-
VAo-
VAto
.VAVAVMAJL> v. < w.vo-
pinVMAJ-
LgainMala-
wianVJUJtM-VJUJtMw.vo-w.voVMAJL-VMAJL.-JutWVVALVJUJt-
Mgain--
gainpin oontaotoontactcontactonto wtfhwitbwithwit the platoonsplatoonlplatoon ofot ocompanycompany BM tbteaHctheattachroorood r supporftsupposedsupportSUPPOISUPPOSINGSUPPO-
I13
supposed-
13
supporft-
13
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pOint
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to be on hill 310.23102. , and to call08011 on us for help if theythey-
needed
ten-
dedthey-
needed
ten-
dedthey-
needed
ten-
dedneeded , 1ittte*. "7e"lele/ee/ fou't1dfout1dfoundfoufoul'd Instead. of friendly troops , GermansGermans-
on
Germa-
nson the hill In our front , with machinemaohine guns behind bands ofof-
wire
bo-
wie
of-
wire
bo-
wie
of-
wire
bo-
wiewire entanglements fifty feetteat wide ., In emplacementsemplaoements andand-
behInd
und-
erhand
and-
behind
und-
erhand
and-
behind
und-
erhandbehInd obstaclesobstaoles , and they exhibited no special hurry toto-
leave
to-
lerate
to-
leave
to-
lerate
to-
leave
to-
lerateleave the hill . Upon receipt of this Informationintormation the company-
commander
comp-
anionate
companycompa11f
\ )JtAJan -
oonniand.eroonniandercommanderconnivanceoomboom .er felttelttel that Ifit the battalion commander assw. present-
or
present-
er
present
or In possessionposselsion of thattha.t. information that he would order an-
attack
ca-
nasta
anan-
attaok
ca-
nasta
an-
attack
ca-
nastaattaokattack by Company F at once . The companyoompan, Commander8ammanderOomnander believing-
that
believi-ng
believingbelieving-
that
believi-ng
believing-
that
believi-ngthat no time should be lost decideddeoided to attack at onceonoeone In one-
wave
con-
cave
oneone-
wave
con-
cave
one-
wave
con-
cavewave straight to the fronttronttrot . Interval between skirmishers-
3
skirmishers
3 pacespaoesparoles , guidegaideaide centeroenterenter on the companyoompany commander who was the-
only
tho-
rnily
thethe-
only
tho-
rnily
the-
only
tho-
rnilyonly officer left with the companycomp&111comp111& *. The order was passedpalsedpalsied toto-
the
t-
ote
to-
the
t-
ote
to-
the
t-
otethe right and left andaniazanis repeated backbaokbook In undertones *. hileVhileChileVileVhile-
this
Hitle-
rism
T.hile-
this
Thile-
this
Athle-
tics
.,hile-
this
ilei-
tisthis was being done the company commanderoommander sentlent a message toto-
the
t-
ote
to-
the
t-
ote
to-
the
t-
otethe battalion commander infonningIntor.mingIntorminginforming. him ofot the situation andand-
contemplated
and-
contemplated
and-
contemplatedcontemplated actionaotionabortion .
.00. '"' . .. . . " . .. . ,
. . . . , . . .. .. . . . , . . . .. .fI'R1PfIR1P'.. &nTlnTlnT& '"- . ..._*.' ". . " . . . . . .
. . ,.' ., T'fcTfcFtc' .,' wkwRtwkowtow.. . . , . ." '--> " <* ' s' ' . . . . "'. :'' .f-n iH-" '
. . . ._ ..,-" "oo.oItoo.oItoooItvoodooist" # -' '.;rt.MfrtMftm. 0\00-
Of
, ,, , s\ <" , ;.. . , . . " "
_'
. " . , .- - . '. , .. 1, .' ,! . .LI.. . 1/ . .'-". . M- '. V. M. ,". , . . . .-. "-"- r. ' .YY.. . . .MM.. ."... ' ."1. Ml...+ RMK.tRMKtMT_ ,'., M_ . . 'rtjVrtjVTV_' ) , Of" 'WftWaftW-
ftThe
F-
ather
," 'nn' , " _. . . . , .. ._._ ,_ . .. '. . .
Thee attack wawas. on . It was now about 9145.m9145m9x459:45945: AM. . W-
eWA
W-
eakWeWe-
vi
Wee-
vilWAvi XU y itt 94--9494-
reached- -
reachedreaohed the wireAeewirewirewlre ...It* *. where we were met by machine 'gan8'1n81ngunEgan fire ,
however , we leaptkept on , getting through , over0\81081\' ' or under the wire-
as
wir-
es
wirewire-
as
wir-
es
wire-
as
wir-
esas best weOre could . When acrossaoroslaerosol the wire we". gavesave our attention-
to
attentio-
nattention
to the machinemaohine gunsgunlgun which* iohoh were soonSOOSOHO! put out ofot action.-
It
action-
It
actioni-
st
action .
ItI t was nowI10W aboutabO'ilt.llc.QOabOiltllc.QOabOiltllcQOabout.11LOOabout.11about11' . lltQOaltoLOOLOLO. AMAll . We had reachedreaohed our objectiveobJeotiv. .
At this timetine the 4th platoon whichwhioh had. been leftlettlet at-
367.6-243.1
at-
3676243.1
a-
t367.6a-
t36762-
43.12-
431at
367.6-243.13676243.1367.63676243.12431. - . as a battalion reservereserYe rejoinedreJoiD8d the companyaompaNampa .
:! ORGANIZATIONORGANIUIOBORGAN! OF P03ITIOHPOSITIOBPOSITIONP03ITIOH-
We
POSITION-
We
Position-
ed,/
WWe. immediately1mrI8d1at81J setet about to organlieorganiseorgandieorganizeor n1le the posipositpositionposition-
against
posi-ting
tiotrio!ap1nltagainst any&nJnJ& possiblepos.ibleposible. counterattackcounterattaok ,. ftehiThe'!fate companyaOmp&117aOmp117& wasWU re-rere-
or
re-
ar
re-
organised
re-
organized
re--
organlxed
r-e or-
ganlxed
or-
ganized
-
ororganisedorganizedan1.e4an1e4. sloaltaneously8tmDltaaeOQllJsimultaneouslyspontaneously with the ororganisationan1.atloDan1atloDorganization. ofot the sroun-
d14
ground-
14
groundsroundroundground-
14
.
-14-14-14-
to
14-
to
--
With four squads sent out on flank missions and with thethe-
oasualties
ch-
eapskates
the-
casualties
ch-
eapskates
the-
casualties
ch-
eapskatesoasualtiescasualties that we had had it was deemed "bestbest" to organizeorganize-
the
organi-
ze
organize-
the
organi-
ze
organize-
the
organi-
zethe company into only three platoons , whichwhioh was done , eaoheachLeaheaoh-
platoon
ejac-
ulation
each-
platoon
ejac-
ulation
eaoh-
platoon
ejac-
ulationplatoon under a sergeant . There were no officersoffioers availableavailable-
as
availab-
leas platoon ooaraandersoOMmandersooianderswoodlanderscommanderscoiners .
DISPOSIDISPOSINGDISPOSITIONSDISPOSITIONS-
Two
Dispositio-
ns
TI ONSNSONS-
Two
Co-
nstTwo platoons were'mremremare' put on the forward slope ( belowbelow-
the
bell-ow
below-
the
bell-ow
below-
the
bell-owthe military crestorestforest ) as a front line , in fozfoxoz holes , andand-
behind
und-
erhand
and-
behind
und-
erhand
and-
behind
und-
erhandbehind a few strands of wire hastily strungstru.ng. about 100100-
yards
100-
yards
100-
yardsyards beyond . Just behind the wire was nut a line atofat-
oossaok
t-
ossof-
cossack
of-
oossaok
f-
lossoossaokcossack posts ofat three rifles and one automatic rifle eaoheachLeaheaoh.-
Three
eaoh-
Three
zeal-
otries
.
Three of these posts were put out in fronttronttrot ofot each frontfront-
line
front-
line
front-
lineline platoon . One platoon was placedplaoed in supportpportport on thethe-
reyerse
th-
erefore
the-
reverse
th-
erefore
the-
reverse
th-
ereforereyersereverse slope and slightly to the right center as8S it waswa-
stelt
wa-
strel
wa-
sfelt
we-
asel
wa-
sfelt
we-
aselteltfelttel that our right flank was the one most likely to bebe-
attaoked
b-
eatable
be-
attacked
re-
attached
be-
attacked
re-
attachedattaokedattacked as it had the best approachesapproaohes ,. This®iisis provedproyedprayed to b.LbL.b.-
La
bla-
b
t.e-
-
t.-
e
t.e-
the
te-
ethe
.
taERteBiaeratea - the oorrectcorrect estimateestimatesestiestestimates4-
07M
ate .
. ,.
.
.
, , . ,. ,. .A-HtWAAHtWAHt'. -"' "' .. ,. '-. ,' ,"..I\.I.' "rtfcft--"rtfcftrtfcftartifact"rtfcftMlw".I.tlI'll\ . .tl-.tl..tl1--.. -. . . .._. MlwMwMlwddrMildred-ddrddrdr-_ .,*_....y.MW... . .'-. . -' ' i1 . ,. . ... .I-X.C--9IX.C9IX.CXC9. -' . . .r.t.JIort.JIortJIoratio. '- .*.'" .'* -'* *."' .'* *.\".". ' . . r"' . " .wM.U.hU.hUh.* . .'.* 'ff' :.99'. ; . . . . ' -
,. ,,. . . .0\.0.\.0-
.I. " . . .. . .. . " .
: '.II) .. ,' . :
. .,' , , , ' . .
. : . 0< ' , , ' :-, .
, ' , -407-M407M.-. .C'Omfm.ATCOmfm.ATCOmfmATComma. 407M-
At
cwmucm' - . ?wJrm-i.iHdSJrmi.iHdSJrmi.iHdSiiHdSJorumjihads..;:;syi-jaaaw9syijaaaw9styli.-. . > . , .. . .. <.. . . .
.. ; ., ,-. , .. " -
At about 4s304,304304:30,: PMPfd we receivedreoeived a counterattackoounterattaok b1byb1-
about
by-
about
ba-
ilout
by-
about
ba-
iloutabout two hundred men on the right center ofat the OOIDp&nOOIDpncompanyOvoidcompan-
ysector
compe-
nsator
compan-
yseotori
com-pany
&,sector .; Our outposts fallingtaIling backbaokbook fighting , as orderedordered-
to
ordere-
d,
to our front line or main line of resistanceresistanoe .
ThisThilThinly attackattaok Khioh1Ih1ohvhiohKiboshShiloh lasted fortortore about an hour and aa-
halt
a-
haa-
half
a-
haa-
half
a-
hahalthalf , wasftSfats preoesdedpreoeededproceededpreceded and supported by machineschinechine gun CadCndandNd Im&llImllsmallIllIm&l-
lcaliber
smal-
lcaliber
smal-
lholder
&emai-
loaliber
denat-
ionalizecaliber artillery firef'ire' , practicallypl&otioal1fplotioal1f'& &all11 of' which hit on oror-
.1Ult
or-
just
a-
orist
or-
just
a-
orist.1Ult1Ultjust. in 'frontf'ront ofot the geographicalgeographioal crestonltont and did. us 'ferferveryfearver-
ylittle
over-
written
'ver-
ylittle
over-
written
,little imagedulapdamageDunlop( . !'This'hishis attackattaok .was. repulsedreP'll.edrePll.edrePlledrepelled' . w1withoutthouttout seriouseriousserious-
loss
serious-
ness
serious-
loss
serious-
ness
.
108loss. to usTIU' ., but it is believedbelie.dbelied". that it was costlyoORtlyportly to thethe-
attackaers
he-
artaches
the-
attaotoM
the-
attaotoM15attackaersattackers.t tao1at 1"1-
16
.
-15-15-16-16-16-
With
15-
With
-
,
. .. . . _.. . .. . . . .ww_. , . . .. . .. . . .. . . . .. . .. . ., r r. t. _Y.iYi.. Mr. . I, .rr". I,.. M. i.rMrirMrfirmer.._. ., . . . a. " .wMwM._ ' .II. . ., r 1.I1I.. . . w. i" I' . / - '.
DECISION AMAIDAND) ACTIONSAOTIONSABORTIONS OOFF COMPANYOOKPANYOKAY OOCOMMAETDSRCORIANDERCOMMENTSCOMMAETDSR-
We
CORIANDER-
Via
Commen-
ts
Coriand-
er
fANDERfADERfANDER-
We
fad-
erWeVia did not aasksk fortortore artillery support on this countercounter-counter-
attack
counter-
attack
counter-
attack
¬-
attack as we did not believebe11eve that it1t was needed . For a shortshort-
time
sor-
tieshort-
time
sor-
tieshort-
time
sor-
tietime we warewere"''ereere' worried , about ammunitionamnunition . However , anIm1nitionammunitionanIm1nition-
loon
ammunition-
soon
ammuniti-
ons
anmunition-
soon
ammuniti-
onsloonsoon arrived and was distributed and again we were ready torfortoretor-
Fritz
stor-
efront
for-
Fritz
fo-
rfeit
for-
Fritz
fo-
rfeitFritz .
It was now about 6:00600: PM , a telephonetelepho1'letelepho1le' line had beenbeen-
brought
been-
brought
been-
broughtbrought forward to usUI , but was of little11ttle use as it was outout-
every
out-
erwear
out-
every
out-
erwear
out-
every
out-
erwearevery fewtewstew minutes by shell firetirefireVefire. <\VeVeV\'eV'ee\ \<'e now learned thatthsthast our twotwo-
squads
to-
questwo-
squads
to-
questwo-
squads
to-
quessquads that had beenbean sent to the left flank ofot the battalionbattalion-
as
battalion-
&S
battalio-
ns&SSas& a combatoombat patrol had been caught in an artillery concentraoonoentra-oonoentraconcentra-concentrateoonoentra-
tion
concentra-
tion
concentra-
tion
concentra-
tion
¬-
tionion about the middle of the afternoon and wiped out . WeW-
ealso
W-
ealds
W-
ealso
W-
ealds
W-
ealso
W-
ealdsalso learned thatt the combatoombat patrol consisting ofat an officerofficer-
Lt
offic-er
officer-
Lt
offic-er
officer-
Lt
offic-er( Lt . RiceRioeRoe ) and two squads that had been sent to our rightright-
flank
righ-
tfulright-
flank
righ-
tfulright-
flank
righ-
tfulflank had been caught in an artillery concentrationoonoentration andand-
wiped
ba-
ndied
and-
wiped
ba-
ndied
and-
wiped
ba-
ndiedwiped out , sufferingsutteringshuttering about eighty per cent oalU8.1oalU81casualties. tieltie , in-inin-
eluding
in-
cluding
in-
cluding
inin-
cluding
¬-
cludingeludingclouding LieutenantLieut.nantLieutnant. RiceRios... . , , ,.
, 'II' ,w,If,<*' . : ..,' . "' ; " .
, . >." """W-A"WWA" ,-. .ttt.1tttt.1tttt1t..* -. .;,' ' ' ' ! 50 1:<w"''
.
A. _ootWcot.;l) ..'t.nt.ntn'. ../tWtW/It .tWb1i01itWb1i01i:. fr;':o
.
'liIiCXi'neliIiCXine'MBWfi'naMBWfinaBowfin' ' "; in;>
n .ftf.fftf.fftfftiff.at.fjD-aHat.fjDaHat.fjDatfjDaHratified.. $.MawlveAMaleMawlveA-
v Mal-e - e4e4-
J
-. "
, , . . . , . . . . .
", " , . ,.. , '' ... . .
"-
... ,, . , .nnw.
.yyA>) \ ,'-vv- /AA/ :; ") -'- '( , .I-A.IA.IIA'. .-. . . "."'\. ' : .'.:' : -/JJ'-: '/ I, " .tt -,"
attt'our'-
ouro-
ur'
our posipositpositiontionion on the hill , looked around , and decided4e01ded that-
we
thaw-
ed
thatthat-
we
thaw-
edwwe' shouldIhould have machinemaahlneMahler gun assistancealliltanceallowance . AppositionA.politionApolitionA.positionApositionAbolition.. . walwaswailwa-
sselected
ass-
everated
wa-
sselected
ass-
everated
r,
seleotedselected fortortore the machinemaohlneMahler guns *. They were sentlent up , arrivingarriving-I
arrivin-g
arriving-
about
arriv-ing
arriving-
about
arriv-ing
I
about 6s306:306306 <: 50 PM , I thinkth1nk , took a position on the right ofofC-
Ompa.t1y
of-
Company
H-
offman
of-
Company
H-
offmanCOmpa.t1yCOmpat1yCompany. Fr with aaan excellentexoel1ent fieldtieldtied ofot firetire *.
NightNi it ofot NoteflberBot.rBotrNoteMbsrInterfileBootNovember... 1-212- , 19161918 , weatherweathers: toateawoBi-
rainy
L .rainy), togjtogtogjfttogfoggyfog ylrtajRMitrawYaltaintra,
ft t _J coldooldold and very dark .
The'J'heJhe'.He machine gunsgunlgun stayed until about 12:30123012.30:. AMJJ8. NovemberNovember-
22 , 1918 , then palledpulled up andaDanianis! leftlettlet the linel1ne without notifying-
us
notlfJins-
UI
notifyi-ng
notlfJinsnotifyingnotifies,UIus that theytheJthe' Wwrewereware" ,going,01D101D1 . WheWhenWhetherthe r they hadhat ordersorderlorderly to lealeave.. oror-
not
po-
rno
or-
not
po-
rno
or-
not
po-
rnonot mwe. BBvrl38"erl38erneverBb" foundtoundpound out . '!'Orhe'thethe machineaaohl18! gun8'U18U1' companyoCJlll.PUloCJlllPUl.' referredr.t.rredrt.rredrtrredretreadretired. . toto-
was
to-
ws
to-
was
to-
ws
to-
was
to-
wswas not the 34th InfantryIntantl7 machineam 3hinel &gan&U1'1U11gunEgan' OOlllJUl1N.tOOlllJUl1Ntcompany .but waswu a.a-
company
a-
ccompany
a-
company
a-
ccompanyOOJll.PaDTOOJllPaDTcompany. fromtromtromp a machlmachmachine_ gun battalion supporting us0 *. ,Oar own-
16
ownOftown-
16-16-16-16-
j
16-
r
16-
DECISION
-. .. . . . . . . . . . . , . . ' . . . .. . . ' " - . , . . .- - .. . - - . ._ . . .
.. . .
'
, ... -, . , . . . ,. . . . . , ,
._ . . . ' - ' -_ .". ... . ' "
.. . . . . ". A.aAa.
r.. . .- . - --.- " . .YY.. .. . .. .. ' . . . . . . rr-
16
" ' ' ' ' "
,. \
' .: .-" - - -
.
' ; ,,: \jj\. , : ,: :
, . . : '
mecmcmachinemachinewamachinelinalima s'UI1sUI1win-wawa'- compbnycompany WhsWb-SWbSwasWhys- .awayfJ.Wlti.yfJWlti.yfJWltiy. , atattachedtaohedtoed. to ssomeomsohms other-
regiment
the-
reinother-
regiment
the-
reinother
,?
regiment or maohinsbattalionmaohinelbattalionmachine':'.battalionbattalion., .
,. ' '".AA.AI.-
AWe
A-
We
I
- "ff""? ,
' ' . .,: ,,
'.VeVeWe. felt cquiteuitequite keenly the need fortorfortore machine gunsguns-
only
unso-
undly
guns-
only
unso-
undly
guns-
a
gun-
s
only a varyvery short tinetime later ,. ,1e;'ee'e also faitfelt thatthlithalite had wew-eXf
w-
eftw-
e'dXfJ-J;:-J-l
'd-'dd'-'d-"dXf-
hadlhad"dd"d our own machinemaohinaMolina gun company NgyIfJJVIMNyIf would havehAave stayed with us ,
or ifit ordered. awayai/aaiaawayoulaaiaoulawayaioli/:! , .-/oulaoulaolla-..,/ouloulfoul'//;ouluoculus h&vehvehnvehavehone&.
notnotifiedif'iedifiedivied' us thatthithit they wer-eAktl
wh-ereat
werewereotf-
mL.boingAktlAtlasAktl-going
Catal-oging
otfm/L-.b-oing
otfmL-.boing
ot-fm L-.b L-b oi-ng m-otif
do-ing / .gOing- . It is easy to imagine the chagrin &and&ndndAofAsofa, sensatlonssensationssenseen sat ions of-
the
of-
ten
ofof-
the
of-
tenthe companycompaDlcopal cOLIlllancooooumanderoutlanderxmaandermeanderer of CompanyC011lpBIlY FFhenHen.,/henhenvhen.,/ Mshis contactoontact patrolpatrol-
reported
pa-role
patrol-
reported
pa-role
patrol-
reported
pa-rolereported that the machine LunssunsLungsunsHuns ]hadd gone and that that ( mostmos-
tvulner
mi-
stune
mos-
tvulnerable
mos-
tvulnerablevulnervulneraryvulnerablebleable ) part of the line v/aavaawalwaswail/ not occupiedocoupied , ana that thethe-
Germans
ste-
ersman
the-
Germans
ste-
ersman
the-
Germans
ste-
ersmanGermans Iin> large numbers could be heardbeard approachingapprvlching; our positionposition-
It
positio-
n*.
It is18 needless to says51 that the support platoon was promptly putput-
into
put-
ting
put-
into
put-
ting
put-
into
put-
tinginto the gaphe.regapergap \he.rehe.rewherehere\(here. about thirty minutes later theyL"eoeivedthey L"eoeivedLeoeivedreceivedSleevedL"eoeived-
the
received-
the
receiv-
ed
,received-
the
receiv-
ed
"
the mmainin effort anuanaManu inflictedinflioted heavy loss10s8 upon a ratherrather-
aetermined
rather-
aetermined
rather-
determinedaetermineddetermined raid by thetrstars eneReneenemy .
At about 1:501501.301301:30:. AHAti on the morning of November Z2 thethe-
Ger.mans
ste-
ersman
the-
Germans
ste-
ersman
the-
Germans
ste-
ersmanGer.mansGermans. attempted a raiaralarainPraiaala on our front ,. i'hisihis't'histhisibis' ''his v/asvaswas/ not preoeededproceededpreoeeded-
by
proceed-
ed
proceeded-
by
proceed-
edby preparatory firetire: . Our OZlOZOZlarningPollardingonly) warning\arningarningarming\ waswu the volume of toj4toj4YtalK; :44:;! ! . ,, . . , .
. ,. .
. .-.< .> .v< '"' ' . . .. .. . . , , ,.
.. ' . ., , '. ..
,' \I.;' ' . . ..'- ' .'. . ' . , .,
Y'' ,, ',. ... , ' . .. . "
. ,. I"III"!' . I
,or
.
a. " .rr*.;B.MBM.. MMtrMr.ii... ,"."MVMV"' .. --trtr-:-,.. . . " I/.,V-VVM: -" ' . >' " '', . ,-. ". :-_ .. ' " ,M-MMvy." .'"* ""- ', " :
>, -, '". <. ,. ., "
. w'AwA( * ' ' -' .xx:\. " ' .' -. -_ - .JwAJwAWA;.: : ;, . ). "'1'V > ) yJ \ .r.Wf/\r.Wf.r.WfrWfref.r.Wf,0WW!"' : / '\ >. -.". ,00. I'
that couldcoulacopula be heard in the woods in front of our outpostloutpostsoutpostoutposts.-
Probably
outposts-
Probably
outp-osts
.
iTobablyProbablytonally. asal mmany as88 two hundred menman partioipatedparticipated in the raidraid.-
This
raid-
This
wra-
iths
.
Thish18 was repulsed without serious lossloslloselos to useuseItunsetus . It was believedbelieved-
that
believ-
eth
believed-
that
believ-
eth
believed-
that
believ-
eththat the raid was for the purpose of talcingtakingtalking prisoners , torfortoretor-
l
ctr-
l
for-
information
for-
tification
for-
in
flor-
inlinformationfoformat.tlontlontalon. ion , or to finfind a. weak placeplaoe in our llnAllanline. . Thishllhall raidraid-
w
rai-
d
raid-
was
road-
ways
raid-
was
road-
wayswwas. followed bby, a. very determinedetermined attackattaok about 3,303303x303 <, 30 AMANA whichwhich-
was
whi-
ch
which-
was
whi-
ch
which-
was
whi-
chwas preoeededpreae.dadpreaedadproceededpreceded. bybl anaD artillery and machinemaohine feungUDgunfungaud preparationpreparation.-
This
preparation-
This
preparat-
ion
.
ThlHlThis. fire ., fallll , .asas.a8a8.. as did that of the previousprevioue afternoon , onon-
and
n-
and
on-
and
n-
and
on-
and
n-
andand JusJugsJustt inill front ofot the geogJaphigeographicgeographical: oalcoal oreaoresKoreacrestt of the hill .
.At.itit this time mall.mallsmall. cannonoannODanode and machinemach1118 gun81111 fire fromfro-
mhill
foo-
thill
fro-
mhill
foo-
thill
fro-
mhill
foo-
thillhill 323 on our left flank caused usUI .some.omeomeNome 101losses... . Att 4x004.004004:00.: jMAMjM-
the
Ma-
thew
A-
Mthe
Ant-
hem
A-
Mthe
Ant-
hemthe OcompanyaQ1 oonnandercommanderoonmandercontendergoosander 4801decideded to calloa1l , by roointrooketrocketgroin , torfortoretor-
artlllez
for-
artillery
fo-
reteller
for-
artillery
fo-
retellerartlllez-artlllezartlllez.1UJPortartillery-, support.1UJPort1UJPort. . Thisfhl1 waswu dODdone. but we receivedreoeived noJlO "preltdpreltd"prestdprestdpeltedpreset"presto-
"artillery
presto-
artillery
restor-
atively
" "'
artllllrartillery, .upportupportsupport.support'duesupportduesupported'"'4u. , it wwas. thought , to the fogtog andud pOOl-
17
poor-
17
poorpOOlpoor-
17
'. .. . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . ... . . . . .. . ,.
-17-17-_
17-I
17-
mec
_.. .'-.. . . . . . , , ' .. . . . . . . . ' , . , I ' . ., - . , - ., . . ., . . . . ._ . . . . . . , . , . , _ . __
. ... . . . . . . .
I MMaMa M ... . ... . LU. . . .. n . . ,. . .. . .a.Jtta.JttaJttMatt.. .. .. . . . .. .. . ... .MM. 1. I. . . . .II,. I . . .. . .wM.twM.twMtMT- ... . . . .MM. . MY. .. a.4a4_ .. .Y1Y1o mow .rr .nn Y. - ",
.
,
-, : : ./ ; :
:::< < .
'
' .
'.
'. " . . . ' . " ,
visibility . At 4:15415: the call Was repeated andanuManu a runner sentsent-
to
San-
to
sent-
to
San-
to
sent-
to
San-
toto P.CPC? . C ,. 1stlet BattalionB8ttalion 34th InfantryIntactryIntact, ( phone availableavai12bld there-
which
there-
with
therethere-
which
there-
with.. . ,
, ."
.
"
.which wasVaIVail', tv/ptvptwo/\ ,
'. 'kilimeterskilometers,
_ . , . .
'
a/ayaay.ww.*. 'ayay/' ) with a messagemellagemelange to be sent to-
the
t-ote
toto-
the
t-ote
I ,
,' , . , . .. . . . '
"
the regimental P.OPOP.CPC. . requesting artillery supportIIsupportsupport II"IInoVl"nownowIndo"no-
wAlsoa
now-
Alsoa
sno-
wballs
noVlnovel"" ,.
II-
visibility
D-
ivisibility
AIIOAIKIDOAlsoaAlso, . messageme.sagemesage. to the battalion oonnanderoommandercommandercontender 2d Battalion ap-apap-
pr1sing
ap-
prising
apap-
prising
¬-
prisingpr1singpraising hhim ofot our 81situationuationnation .
Things were not noDO/DODO10ok1J1a>_"/ looking10ok1J1lookixLoki,' so good , it was getting-
warmer
gett-ing
gettinggetting-
warmer
gett-ing
getting-
warmer
gett-ingwarmer , though there had been BOno changechlU1ge in the weather . ItIt-
wa
Pitt-
way
It-
was
V-
itas
It-
was
V-
itaswawas. now 4:304304130: AM {; a third rocket , and2nd the last one we had ,
v&svswas& sentlent up . Thish18 apparentlyHalapparentlyerasapparentlyapparently vfeflHalerasfell seen and .vevewe. receivedreoeived lamesomelame-
help
la-me
som-
ehelp
So-mme
som-
ehelp
So-mmehelp fromtromtromp the artillery . VeWe learned later that the runnerrunner-
that
run-ner
runner-
that
run-ner
runner-
that
run-nerthat had been sent8eDt backbackithbackbit-/ithithnithwithitchninth.-/ the message never reached the-
telephone
th-
ereupon
thethe-
telephone
th-
ereupon
the-
telephone
th-
ereupontelephone .
By 5:5055051305:30530: AM the attackattaok hadl1ad been del'initeldeliniteldefinitelydeiinitelydefinitely' , stoppedstopped-
and
stopp-
ed
stopped-
and
stopp-
ed
stopped-
and
stopp-
edand the attackers driven off with heavy losses10Ise. *. TheTh-
eartillery
H-
eartilyTh-
eartillery
H-
eartilyartillery firetire haabaahasHara ceased and things quieted , downdawn a bit ,.
RJMRGAMRERT( GI4G . I NATIONZATAT& I01iION OF GXPAIJYCOMPJ.NYCOMPJNYCOMPANYCOMPJ.NY-
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,
, !,s.ttsttstat.Q ..iu&ai.iuaiiuaiiguanid. &. Ai .'4'.;: : . \ , ."
of four squadsIquadlQuad underUDder a sergeant was re-establiehedreestabliehedre-establ1lhedestabl1lhedre-establishedestablished- on thethe-
reveree
the-
refore
the-
reverse
the-
refore
the-
reverse
the-
reforerevereereverserevere slopeelope of hill 310.23102510 . 2.
COOPERATIONCOOPi&fIONCOOPifIONCodifyingCOOPi&fION1111& '/11111111:/. 'ITH1ITBIT; ADJAGEN'l1ADJAGENl1.ADJAOENADJAOENADJACENT. '' UNITSUNITS-
At
Uni-
ts
UNITS-
At
Uni-
ts
UNITS-
At
Uni-
tsAt about 6:306306130: AM a runner arrived at our oommandcommandoomman-
dpOlt
comma-
ndo
comman-
dpost
comma-
ndos
comman-
dpost
comma-
ndospOltpostpot with a messageme.asemeaseease. . fromtromtromp the oampaNampacompany commanderoommander on our rightri htht-
saying
T-
sai,
lsayingingKing that he wuwas being attacked by a forcetoroetore superiorluperior toto-
hi
th-
in
to-
his
t-
his
to-
his
t-
hishihis. and asking.kingking. fortortore support.upportupport. ofot a platoon . ThisThillHill requestrequelt wa-
sinznediately
wuwaswu-
lmme4iatell
wa-
simmediately
asy-
mmetricallylmme4iatellimmediately ocompliedlied withwithfwith, Our owaownIowa ( all and onlyGull ) .upportupportsupportsupport-
being
suppor-
table
.support-
being
suppor-
table
.uppor-
tbeins
suppo-
rtablebeinsbeingbegins sent.ententKent. under the sergeant.erg.anterg.antergant. . to reinforcereln.t'oroereln.toroerelntoroerenterrealtor.' the unit on ou-
rright
out-
right
our-
J20)
our
(20)20J20)J20( 20)20) ilel1ilel1ti'ellEdgar-Tai'ellEdgariellEdgarTaillegali' U t., riB.rriBrriBogarTBogart. - . right . (20)20(20)-p
(20)-
P20-
P
( )
p . 918191-
of
81-
TheThehe advanceauvanoeaavanoepavaneavian made waswu about a kilometer in111 depth andadad-
18
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a1-
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.r.ar.ara.. . . . . .
, . , . . , . . . '. .
(21)21( ) lelllollFefellEdgarfelled11 , LdgarEdgargar T . like distancedistanoe in wiathwidthwith . (21)21( ) ( See overlay No 2 . ) Our front-p
fron-t
front-
line
frontp? . 91-
liDe91-
fl
91lineliDeelide now extended from about 368.0-245.73680245.7368.03680245.72457368.0-243.73680243.7243.72437368.0-x:43.73680x43.7x:43.7x437. - : . to aboutabou'&* 368.9-23.6368923.6368.9368923.6236368.9-243.63689243.6243.62436368.9-2368.92368.936892. - .* .66. .
.'
III) I4;"IIThaLithia,/ TheThaThai enemy a.iJparentaiJparentadjacentapparently. convinced that we meant to ststaystmtsmut., on-
that
co-
ntact
ono-
nj'fl(j'fljflfl' ' 1
. \Ut M\MMfy \ f' r. {-
tthat hill nowDOW consoledconsole himself by shelling us for about two-
hours
tow-
nhouse
two'
/ .
\!
' ''l.1l1/ ,,
.< i; . '
.', j . iihourshourshours ,. from 66:45645: 45 AllALI to 88:45845: 4.545. AJIAlAIAIL., 91.vlthvlthwithlath. th considerableoonsiderable vigor and-
with
band-
width
and' '' * >
( ? ' 6 ' J \? flfff '' .I'
.
I? i; ? . 'tt' - (,.< ' p-, $ ",':. rr : of ,.
!\ .
' ( " '' with shells about fifty fifty high explosive and gas *.
RELIELI EF;P FHOMHOMOFR0ZA C.A.PTUREDCA.PTUREDCAPTUREDCA-PTCAPT-.UBJCUB D pPCB II'i'IIiI' 'I ONON-
At
N-
At
ON-
At
N-
AtAt 9:009009.00:. AM two platoons of Company 0G 334thth Infantry-
arrived
Infa-ntry
Infantry
(22)22( ) FeFell.L'dgarFell.LdgarFellLdgarFellEdgarFellFelledl 1 ., EdgarEdgar-p
Edga-r
' Tfl . arrived to relievebelieve: us . (22)22( ) :'-ee'e Vv/ereverewere/{ re not sorry to see themthem-p
hem-p
*.p . 91-
Upon91-
like
91Upon beingbeintbentbeinbegin ; relieved we returned to our dugoutBdugoutsdugout in SeatSectoror HH-
9
.
We',/99"IeIe"/ were tired , hungryh'W1tryhW1tryhunLry' , , thirsty , and sleepy .
NovemberUovember 53 , 4 , and 5 the company furnishedfurnishe worldllgworkingworldworldll-
gpartiel
workin-
gparties
wor-king
workin-
gparties
wor-kingpartielpartiespartial , litter carriers , and burying details .
R.ELIRELIRILI.ELIRILING: EJrENEr JhlOMFROMHallo S .ww.Ji OTORMOTOROR HH-
On
H-
OnOn the nichtnightniche of the 5th we were relieved inin-
Seator
in-
sulator
in-
Sector
in-
spector
in-
Sector
in-
spectorSeatorSectorSenator H ( regimental reserve sector.-
l
secto-
r
sector ) .
,17 ; , .W'1W1' * !* '' .',*;"' ., : : ,, ;-.l.l;-' :.'.:'"!:< i
,' "-
,; ',*<ri fc>
. . .' . ' .: , : -
.
.. .
"
.
> > I) '> 41* ' 1 ..
. ' xwAtfwaft . . ,.... .
: . . . .- - : :" ; :: < ,:' ;, . ;.,- :- 'tt"! : ;- ' :'' ' ' '::'!SS '''1iNloI1&igSigSdigs& .'jttjetty_L' ' . , .
' :"-
f
f"f.l-
1li
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:.
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ae
&,.:-
.
. .
. .,;. .w ;, 6.a6a.: .' .: ."' .
"'Ie.7e7e:.. /ee/ had lost about :fifty men killed and woundedwouncied , andand-
leveral
ba-
ndoleer
and-
several
indi-
scoverable
and-
several
indi-
scoverableleveralseveral reported &as1 sidesiaksicksoak who were ,_ it wasW81 believed , reall1reallyreall1-
ga
really-
gas
real-
lyreally-
gas
real-
lygagas. casualtiescasualtie8 *.
THIiUfHIlmTHIRDTahitifIlm) PIWJE-
PfELIlrlINARY
PPHASEPIWJEPHASE-
Pn
Pha-
se
L 8E8E-
PRELILLIPf\ELIlrlINARYPfELIlrlINARYLillianPRELILLIPURCELLPn\ LIAlINARyImaginaryNARY 1Il0VEMEMOVEMENTS810MEANTS8 AND OlIDn1-
Bupon
OiIDOvidOIWISSOlIDn1BDOWSESOIWISS-
Upon
BB-
Upon
U-
ponUpon being relievedelievedbelieved in SectorSeatorSenator H we marched out unde-
rlbell
under-
belly
unde-
rshell
unde-
rsell
under
helllbellshellbell firetire about 7:007007.00:. PMEM , goinggolDSolDS to the BolBoilBois. du4u Beau ValloneAloneVallone-
leven
Villa-
nelle
VallonGallon ,
levensevenleaveneven kilometers1d1ometerlkdlometers , where we .spent.pentpent the night ofot the 5th andand-
the
ant-
hem
and-
the
ant-
hem
and-
the
ant-
hemthe daydQ of the 6th in old ab&l1doabl1doabandoned& 84 tronchostrencheltrenchestrochestrenched *. Marching atat-
7007,00700|, WEMPM . on the 8v8eveninglngling ofot the 6th via EuvezinEuY.1EuY1EuvesinEveningEvasion.. to BouillonvilleBouillonBouillonville-
19
,, .
-19-19-19-
(21)
19-
(21)
-
seven kilometers , where we stayed until the evening; of thethe-
9th
the-
9th
the-
9th9th .,
uuriniurinTurininuringiAirinfclairing) ,, this periodperioa we kept up drill andana instructioninstruction-
mostly
instruc-tion
,
mostly close order urilldrillrill , ununderunuertunerer covcovecovurcov'jrcovjrcover' r of adjacent woodlwoodswoolwoodl-
Y.hile
wo-ody
woods.-
While
woods-
While
wo-ods
.
\Y.hileY.hileWhile\. here we were subject to aerial observation auringuuringairingTuring aayllghtdaylightaayllght-
hours
dayli-ght
daylight-
hours
dayli-ght
daylight-
hours
dayli-ghthours anandana somesame shelling , most of whichwhioh w&swswas& at night , highhigh-
explosive
shi-
gellosis
high-
explosive
shi-
gellosis
high-
explosive
shi-
gellosisexplosive andanti bashasas shells being put down onOD us in aboutbout equal-
numbers
Qua-
aludes
equalequal-
numbers
Qua-
aludes
equal-
numbers
Qua-
aludesnumbers *. The vebtherwebtharweatherWebsterwhether continuedcontinueacontinuescontinua rainy ana colucolacool . Here weive lostlost-
a
los-
ta few men .vouuaeavouuaeawoulluadwounuedvoyageoculuswounded. anuUlUGnuManuZulu several sioksicksilo . On the JLhJthJCLThe we received-
one
receiv-
ed
received-
one
receiv-
ed
received ,
one new 2d lieutlieulieutuiiantAleutianlieutuiiantwnuAleutianlieululieu. lantleantlantCleant) antantinuantiC-inuinu11lUwnuinawn- alealso0 t.votvotwoto. of our originaloriglnt.loriglntloriginLloriginoriginally. ot'fiotfioutfitoifioers-
returned
officersoifioers:' Jars({* rYrRRrY-
r.returned.-
returnedr-
eturned.
returned to UBus {; one finsafins Qa&. school , cueone fronfrom dutyC1utyuuty as acting-
battalion
acting-
battalion
actingacting-
battalionbattalion adjutant .
Un011Uii thelEthelthelthhealththethepthtempt5thth at 3:00300: ?2-1e21e.-P&lPlPig& WQa received the following ONel'sONelsOnesONel'-
sSecret
oraerorderforager' :
I r.wrwffAffMIfm.,,.. ,ACw ,,wrf-MIfMI- ww" v'*
"ILIL".,. U"JtUJtUTlLAl'JiifilLAlJiifi" 11l111l1OUltTEEl' \OUltTEElOUltTEEl1'OUaTE1Ta1OUaTE1TaRoulettei,\' OU E : '
TH'TH1'H1H' IH'll.N'l'HYIHll.NlHYIHllNlHYI&ANTHYIANTHYKillinglyNINTHLYIIl&:' '. 'TRY' BBJLQAL-ESecret
;_ JGAlJEJGALLGaleGALL ,( Secret ) .A.LALA.1A1.. . ' . ,&Fr'IWiC.bIWiC.bIWiCbKiwi'I'tANCItANCPittance' CJbCb.b , OVALiBiiK'OV.r.tLBmOVr.tLBmOVrtLBmXUVrLBEUOvertl ' .. 8 , 1918 .
FIFIKLDFIlIJFILEDFillip!;,) OHDEH0iiDk1KODEOHDE-
HNo.60iiDk1K-
No
OlUXBa-
No
Columb-
ian,. /vv/'IvI" No.6No6No . 6 .
I'(77( 1! . The 13thl th Brigade isie to advanceadvanoe our outpost line to thethe-
approximatethe-
approximate,/ l' approximate line - B015BOIS du TROU1\OU1OU1'ROU1ROUTROUT!\' deaecis La HALE - 1tIKE= de 1la& GSiWBGRANGESibc LM EE-
JaiJ-
ai". J.j..ji:1;i/-:1i:-11! /:
"' " _1 ., . w.VLVLyLyn&JIJIrfJiffrf-rfrf.IJaiJ'Yrefit-yy-yi-.-JaiJai.-JaiRAiRJaiwJaw.i R
w -J'YJ'YJY-.II..', \ .' 'sDsD'." >).+ .,.i-.i.-.i.r,.rtrt. -.r.r-.S !TFaJTaJ ) ,' 'w'JywJywy' tli'tulip : ' ;..:':oi.iiMiiMii. ;: +
I A0(. ., Twowo battalionsbattalioDs of the 14th Brigade will occupy thethe-present
Th-eresa
the-preient
th-erein\
'
H pre.entpreentpresent. flanks of the outpost line to support the operationoperation-/
operatio-n
operation-night
operat-ion
,. .
,>{), /' // ' night of 9/10910/ November *.
3 . ( a ) Thehe seoonuS800Dsecondsoon battalion 54th34th InfantryInfantr1 will relieverelieveU-Z11t
relieve-units
eleve-nths
relieve-units
eleve-nthsUZ11tunits. of the 13th Brigade on the linelines. RUPTRPT de MDi1LID to the-western
te-eter
thethe-we.tern
te-eter
the-western
te-eter111t
.
we.ternweternwestern. boundary of the DivisionalDivi.ionalDiviional. sesectortortore .
( b ) The thirdtbirdbird battalionbattalioD 64th Infantry will relieve unitsunits-ot
uni-ts
units-of
uni-ts
units-of
uni-tsotof the 13th Brigade on the lineilinesline11ne . fromframframe point 358.63586. to the eastern-boundary
Eas-terneastern
. boundarboundaryboundary, ofot the DivisionalDivi8ional sectorleotorlector , vizViivi ,. , PRSNYPRENYPBENYPURSYPREYBENNY inclusiveinolu8iveinclusiveV-ILLElfi
inclu-sive
--
VILLElfi
V-
ILLElfiV-
ile-
VILLlVIUK6Illti soSOUBSOURSUB PR-fflfYPRfflfYPRmYfluffyPRY- ezoluaiezclusZolarecluseexclusiveivedive"ee" .
(0)0( o ) Thehe secondlecond battalion 64th InfantryInfantr1 will occupyOOaqp1 thethe-
po.ltionthe-
ologianthe-
positionthe-
rmosettingthe-
positionthe-
rmosettingpo.ltionpoltionpositionpotion. vaoatedvacated by the third battalion 64th InfantryInfantr1 in the-
sectorthr-
eescorethethe-
aeotorhex-
ameterthe-
sectorthr-
eescoreaeotorsectorabettor H .
IIx(x ) 1 ., B.ttallBttallBattaliTotallyBattalionBattalions. noI 3 ( a ) and 3 ( b ) will send88n4 reoonnai.anoereoonnaianoereconnaissanceresonationreoonnai.anoe-par1
reconnaissance-paucttet
reconnais-sance
reconnaissance-partiM
reconnaiss-ance
. .par1paucttetplacate.' ."' . atifttffitfult, 7.7i.<aAlftleft )< iir .. .99. .N4N4"."Jrw.JJlaltoJrw.JJlaltoJrwJJlaltoyjBiSybilrsm1.J118rsm1J118_toe.JtoeJtoedirections.. >ai8ltot o arrangearrange-deta1l
arrange-details
arra-nged
arrange-detail
arran-geddeta1ldetails!. ofot the relief under directionsdireotiodirection. of battalionbattaliono-amma
battal-ion
battaliono-onsnsnders
batt-alionbattalionc-
ommandersbatt-alionoammacommaoonsnsndersdonnishness4.r4r. . who will report fortortore instructions1111truotion. inin-
perlonim-
perilingin-
personki-
nspersonin-
personki-
nspersonperlonperson to CommandingCODJDandingCornanding General 13th IntantrInstantInfantry, Brigade .
2<- ,. )Movementiov.antiovantvivant. of battalion 3 (0)0( o ) maymq be bby, 4daylightllghtlight *.,
3 . UpOAUpOA-UponCupolaUpOAoompletion- completionoompletionoosrletionosculation of operation bybJ' 13th Brigade thethe-
I
thei-
r
the-
20
i-
-20-
i2-
0i-
20v
'
I -2020- .-_ _ . . , ._ . _ .._ , __ . , _ . , ,. ._ . . , .. . , ._ .. - . , . _ . .. ._ . -'_" . . .. . . " . . . . , . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . ._ . . . . ._ __ . . ._ . _ . ____ . ._ " . _ .., .ww. ,. . , . ,_.. . , . _ w . . . . .. . .\.:
,
-8th8th28th<-8thLiLiviLividLiivi61onvisAviss iionon is1s ttoo taketakaaka over the left of thethe-seator
tes-tator
the-sector
thr-eescore
the-aeotor
hex-ameterseatorsectorsenator 7th Division to the RUPTRUPlRPTCrumple ' de UAD1WLIEDAD) whenwhe-nbattalion
whe-nbattalion
whe-nbattalionbattalion 53 ( a ) will be -withdrawnthurawnthrown to itlitsilitl-present
its-present
dis-persant
its-present
dis-persantpresent position . Battalion 3 ( b ) will also bebe-
withdrawnb-
ewitchedbe-
withdrawnb-
ewitchedbe-
withdrawnb-
ewitchedwithdrawn to main line of resistresReesresistanceisthncedistancece by orders toto-
bet-
oeto-
bet-
oeto-
bet-
oebe issued later . On this account both battalionsbattalions-will
battali-onsbattalions-
willbattali-onsbattalions-
willbattali-onswill place guards over property anaand billets to beb-
elaterb-
eaterb-
elaterb-
eaterb-
elaterb-
eaterlater occupiedocoupied .
4 . Machineachine Gun Companies 37 m/mm/ guns and stokesstokes-mortars
sto-kesstokes-
mortarssto-kesstokes-
mortarssto-kesmortars will be assigned to these battalionsbattalionlbattalion inin-
aooordanoein-
accordancein-
accuraciesin-
aooordanoeaooordanoeaccordanceaooordanoevith.vithvith\vithwithitch\. eisleisexisting% tlngtiling orders *.
4 . &?ield'ielc1ielc1field' Trains will accompanyaocompany their units . Supply willwill-be
willa-ble
will-be
willa-ble
will-be
willa-blebe arrangedarrangec1 by IvegimentalI\egimentalIegimentalRegimentalDivertimento\ Supply OfficersOffioers from forward DivisionDivisionL-umps
Divisi-onal
DivisionL-umps
Divisi-onal
DivisionL-umps
Divisi-onalLumps ,. requesteque8t1-tequest1tequest- for assistanceaslistanoe will be maaemademaema e direct to thethe-Division
tel-evision
the-Division
tel-evision
the-Division
tel-evisionDivision uartemibsteruerter.m&8teruerter.m8teruerterm8tertcuartermasterquartermastertuataras.& .
5 . p.ClspClsP.C3sPC3spCsP. ClECole no change - for Brigade andregimentsundergarmentsand :regimentsegimeDt8 .Battalion Commanders involved willill notify :regimental-
andregimen-
talegimentalregimentalregimental-
andregimen-
talegimental-
andregimen-
taland Brigade Headquarters immediately upon location of theirtheirn-ew
the-ir
theirn-ew
the-ir
theirn-ew
the-irnew P.C'sP.CsPCsP. Cs*' .
LU.rLUrBlurLUTZ'. W.AHLWAHLWARHOLValWAH-
LBrigadier. ,
Brigadier GeneralGeneral-Conmending
,ConmendingCommending". "",
OPLUTIPLUTOOPERATIONSOP.dU.TIONBOPdU.TIONBOPdUTIONBCopulationOPERATION-
SIn
OP.dU.TION-
BIn
Operatio-
ns
. ON$
In complianceoompliancecomplianceithcompliance',//ithithwithitch/d/ . th the provisions of ttj.etjetleUtetalele,. above orderorderG-
omP&n1
order-
Company
fore-
woman
order-
Company
fore-
womanGomP&n1GomPn1Company& rF' moved from itsitaKita area near BouillionvilleBouillon at 5i0051005:00500: PMPAPM-
on
M-
on
PM-
on
M-
on
:
on November 9 for the front , marching via !IhiauoourtrhiauoourtThiauoourthideout . In '
1f'J\1f'J1fJ'\1f'J.r; . : ._.:..rr. r.;, ,wi.wwMwiwwMwww..;. fM .rVwjRiwrit.thth. 7d i1N<witfc3 |,.na jota 5y .,
.>,+J:','."w.". '' . +wiMM 1lI*i, i..', <.N , ., ".IJIJ., d1 'yNyN' /.+ lt'z/ilt'zltziLutzlt'ziIlfl'-'/ "IIII" .\v./IlflIlflIll/ wivft-wivftswiftwivftiiL'i'hkhk.' ."+-'b/'bb'bA'* .!/.,
. .111111.A'pe:7Mpe7MiiL'iiiLiiii:,.' lrlr1.'wiiirwiiir'! ' /11/ 111'# 'r1Grr1Gr.' .ww..;.: .a1NJlIMI..iiHimiiiA/IKAIK/ .,..rr. ?.:..ii.., S
.jj., '."' N1 ' ww..-..,vwwww.._.,.the latter placeplaoe the roaaroadragaroaroad anaandana streetsstreetlstreet were congestedoongested andand-
there
ad-
here
and-
there
ad-
here
and-
there
ad-
herethere waswaewade quite a delay andana somelomelone confusionoontulioncontusion .
,VJhile,1.hile1.hile1hileWhileVehicle. waiting just outsideout.ideoutideoutride. the town we were firedtired onon-
by
Ro-
bby
on-
by
Ro-
bby
on-
by
Ro-
bbyby a low flyingtlliDgtallied lone enemyeneuwrenew planepla.o8plao8. , whichwhioh didd1d usUI no hamharm . Had-
we
Ha-
de
Had-
we
Ha-
de
HadHad-
we
Ha-
dewe been autabutauthorized.1ori"ed.1oried1oried. " to fire atet bps.a loi10:1101lowloci':: flying planes it isk-
hwzd-
ishisis-
kkviV-
ikki-kkvikkvi-khwzkhwzkVkhz-khw-
zbelieved(rv\jrvj\believed that we oouldcouldGould have broughtbroU6ht tottI6II1leimtotlei* down . The town otofof-
Thiauoourt
of-A
so-fa
ofAThia-
uoourt
Thiauoourth1auoourtHideout was being .shelled.belledbelled by the enemy8I1em.v8I1emv. .as. we m81'ohe4m81ohe4marchedm81'ohe-
4through
marched-
through
mar-
ched
marched-
throu
marc-
hed'
through . JustJUltJUt outsideout.ideoutideoutride. the north aidelidesideelide of the town we reoeivedreceivedreceived-
a
receive-
da. flfew. gassCUIgasesUI shells8hell. whichwh1ah causedaauae4 , usUI a few casualtiesoalualtieloxalatecasualties-
e
casualtie-
s
,.
ale'",/ee"IeIe"/ arri'Ye4arriYe4arrive4arrive' at our new positionpOlitionspoliation about 1110011:001100lit: 00 PUB4PM ( .eeeeseesee-
Overlay
se-
renely
.see-
Overlay
se-
renely
.ee-
OverlOverlOverOverlay No 9)93)3) (363.7-243.3)3637243.3(363.73637243.3)2433(363363( . 7-243.3)7243.37243.3)2433- . ) ,. DistanceDistanoe oovertovertcovered' abiataboutRabatab ut fiveflveflivverflve-
kilameter
five-
kilometers
inv-
eiglement
five-
kilometers
inv-
eiglementkilometerskilameterkilometer, . Here we were in battalionbattal10n reservere.ervereerve. . Our0U operationsoperations-
in
operations1-
D
operatio-
ns1Din thithinthis. sectorleotorlector oonsistedoonl1atedconsisted ofot furnishingfurn11hing reconnaissancereoonnai.anoreoonnaianoresonation. . . , contactoontaatFontanaoontaat-
21
contact-
21
Ii-
-21-
i2-
1i-
218th-21-21-21'-
w
21-
I
-: '
, . . ". . . . 'ww' . , . w . . . . . . , . , . . " . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . _ . . " ' . " ' " ,
.11-
i
.'. . r
' , " , ..t/.t..t.li /I:' ,:. . r..
.ll., I , .ww.':
' . I" , 1 J L1 fj! IJln.rrIJlnrrPilsner. .
. . .. . . . . . . . . ... .. .. ... .. . . . .. . . . .... . .. . .. ... ., . ., .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. ,. .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. ,. .,,. . .i, . W- ., q.. . ... .... " . ". . ... . ., , .AA-. . .. '.t'<. ..ff. , . .. . .rwrw._ . . . _. . . .rr. " .rwrw.. . . a. . ., .. .xx. . r_..... , ". . . ,. : 7-77.t"w.,,:s,:-;. ';. ;. ;:w :'., ': t.wtw ,: .,i.MiM.,.", ",r.M-ir.Mir.MrMi- ., ' - " 'eeee' .iAwiAwAw'" " .tt.ff 'IIII.' _- u. c( f. .tt t(t-
and
s-
tandand610]. oom- 'batoom-batcom-batcombat' patrols .,WiJ1Lw-.e-w.ew.eeWiJ1L.-
L
w.eJ.-1eoornaiseance
W-WWUj-ieoonnaissance
-- U--j-ieoonnaissance
Ujie-oonnaissance
. --.LL..eooLDaissanceeooLDaissanceJ.1eoornaiseanceJ1eoornaiseance-.. and combatoombat patrols MiIg:!MIgttaEtta sf Bentsent through-
the
thoug-
htthrough-
the
thoug-
htthroughthrough-
the
thoug-
htthe BolsBoisBolls du RuptErupt anannanuManu Bois ue la llontaneMontanelongtimeMontana , where they oaptured-
a
captured-
a
capture-
d
capturedoaptured
a fewfear Germans .ana.11l11lanuManu( a machinemacblnemarble gungunvhichunhitch-vhichvhichvh1chwhich'-, .hadh17.dh17d 'been'been passed 'by'by anaand waswas-
raady
Am-
strad
was-
ready
wa-
rhead
was-
ready
wa-
rheadraadyready to firetire on our advancingadvancinb troops from the rear .
Thehe contactoontact patrols were sent to our lleftft to maintainmaintain-
oontact
main-tain
maintain-
contact
main-tain
maintain-
contact
main-tainoontactcontact with the 28th Divisionivi8ion whose ri.htrilhtrit.htrithtrightBrittri .-.ht.ht-. boundary ranran-
generally
fra-
gmentally
ran-
generally
fra-
gmentally
ran-
generally
fra-
gmentallygenerally aionfaloneanionalonalone C, the Xanmes-ChareyXanmesChareyXarnmes-ChareyXarnmesXamnes-ChareyXamnesAnomiesCharleyArmiesExamines- roadroad-
e
rod-
e
.
.fafa., /ee/ received a phone message at 10:301030: NovemberUovem'berUovember' 11 , 1918191-
8telling
,
telling us that an armisticeistioeisotope had beanbeen signed , effectiveeffeotive atat-
11:00
at-
110011:001100: AM , and that all hostilities and advance would cease atat-
that
at-
hwart
at-
that
at-
hwart
at-
that
at-
hwartthat time *.
'The'Thehe order was obeyed *.
GAImGAINSAImGAIGAIL S AIDAl'iDAliDA10Algid' LLOBSLOSSESLOSSES-
Q
LOSSE-
S
SESSEIM
. :88:, Qe had at this time gained three officersoffioers and had anan-
effective
in-
effective
an-
effective
in-
effective
an-
effective
in-
effectiveeffective combatoombat strength of fourtour officers and sixty-foursixtyfour8ixty-four8ixty- menmen-
/e
me-
ne .
Iela/ had lost in thirty-twothirtytwo- daysuaysquays approximatelyapproximate11 fiftyA-
NALYSIS
fiftyfifty-
r
fift-y.-rr-' 9JIfttJ'ftME :/\.. .
. ,WIJ.i-\IJ.iFijiIJ.itr) "'. :-'\ -. .. - tr \.. ;' :1i1i: Wj'. WI.sWIsWise.. ,t. ,; IWS9W . . ..
NALYSISANALYSISALOYSIUS AND CRITICISMCRITICIS-
MRequiring
Criti-
cism
CRITICIS-
MRequiring
Criti-
cismRequiring a double night marchmarohmacro of troopstroopltroop , sending; troopstroops-
especially
,
especially green ones , into actionaotionabortion , even in a defensiveuefensive seotorsectorsector-
without
se-ctor
,
without water and with only ten rounds of ammunition per manman-
ana
Man-
ama
man-
and
main-
land
man-
and
main-
landanaand failingtailing to seelee that thesethe8e suppliessupplielsupplied were promptly sentsent-
torward
se-nator
sent-
forward
henc-
eforward
seat-
forward
se-natortorwardforwardtoward is11 , it isi8 believed , subjectsubjeot to criticismoritioismBriticism .
There was lack ofot confidence in , or a dislikedillike fb.fcrforfacerr thethe-
s
thes-
e
the-
so
th-
eo10s o called EdEddyctoneEddystoneAdductionMeddlesomeltonetone riflesriflelrifle with which the manmen were armed whenwhen-
we
when-
ce
when-
we
when-
ce
when-
we
when-
cewe went into1nto the front line11ne *. Therere waswu a preferencepreterenoepreteen on thethe-
part
he-
art
the-
part
he-
art
the-
part
he-
artpart of the men For the so calledoalledcoaled Springfield , U.SUS. . KegazineMagazineEngrainedKegazin-
erifle
Magazin-
erifle
Maga-
zine
Magazin-
erifle
Maga-
zinerifle ., !.Model.1ode11ode1 19091903 , aauas againstaga1nlt the EddystoneEdellstoneMeddlesomeKeelson rifleritlerile , acas. wwaswa-
sclearly
va-
scular
wa-
aclearly
w-
ackier
.olearlyclearly demonstrateddemoDitrateddemodulated bby the individual1Ddiv1Uua1 soldier , for wherever-
i
whereve-
r
wherever-
22r
wherever
-22-22-22r-22r-22-
i
22r.-
w.M.n
22-2222-
I
---i
. .ll..
.w.M.nwM.nwMnMN. . ... . .. ... ",. ..w-.vw.v.ww.vv..w.vwv-.. . .rwrw.,. . .. . . .wwww.. . . rv,.u.uu.uuu. v . _... .r,... . ... . . . . . . ". . . ww. ul-" . w- .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. .iyiy. .. ...... . r. r". . o . . .. M. . . . .p_'... r. . .ff. , . ". . . . . . . . ". . . . . . ' . . w.www_. . .r-.rr.rr.r. .JJ. .-
J22._-. w.vwv."'. , . w.. . . .V.rV.rVr_. . .. ... .rr_. ..rwrw.. r.+ r. . .+. . . v.1v1. M1FfN '.. /. . r 1'J//IY1'J1JIY.' / / . . . . .
he found a8 Springfield in workable conditionoondition he traded riflesrifles.-
In
rifles-
In
rifle-s
.
In a very few aaysuaysHaysquays the company was equipped with 5pringfieldsSpringfieldsSpringfieldSpringfields-
a
Springfiel-
d
,
a fact in whichWhioh they took pride . 414-
1TheThaTheThai valuevelue of the increasedinore8se fire power of automatic riflesrifles-
was
riffl-es
rifles-
was
riffl-es
rifles-
was
riffl-eswas appreciated by all men of the company which was evidenced byby-
the
b-
yte
by-
the
b-
yte
by-
the
b-
ytethe aesireuesiredesire of all the manmen to take 11instructiontructionruction on howho v to firefire-
the
fir-
thfire-
the
fir-
thfire-
the
fir-
ththe automaticQutomatioAutomation rifles *. Also , by the fact that durinfdurinLduringdurian. the firstfirstf-
ewfir-
stfirstf-
ewfir-
stfirstf-
ewfir-
stfew c.lcl.dayss on the front line the men ";.verevere'lerelerevergeere.'{:ere constantconstantly1y searohingsearchingsearohing-
the
searchi-ng
searching-
the
searchi-ng
searching-
the
searchi-ngthe woowoodswoodss in our immediateirranediateirremediable rear for automatic rifles . AA-
number
N-
umber
A-
number
N-
umbernumbarnumber (1616( - 18)18) of drenchb'renchbrenchFrenchbench' automaticautomatic rifles were found , con-concon-
itioned
con-
ditioned
con-
ditioned
concon-
ditioned
¬-
ditioneditioneddictionintoned , ana8nuanuManu placedplaoed in combat posts on our front line .
it was felt by the companyoompany that we .v'ere.vereverewereverge. ' able to holdhold-
hill
mol-
ehill
hold-
hill
mol-
ehill
hold-
hill
mol-
ehillhill 310.E310E310 . L against counterattacks , due , iinn a veryvary largelarge-
m
larg-
e
large-
measure
larg-
eness
large-
mbasure
ar-enasmmeasureasureassure , to our automatic rifles .
Only our bjstbustjest menmeD were assigned &asso8 automatic riflemenriflemen-
.It
riflemen-
It
rifleme-
n.
It was an assignment888ignment muchmuohmouth sought8outhtsouLht;.; after in the companyoompany , regardlessregardless-
of
regardle-
ssof the burden of the extra weightvleichtvweifhtvalediction, ; on the marchmarohmacro.
The PrinciplePrinoiple of the Objective , Offensive , and Mass was-
The
wa-
sTe
waswa-
sc
wa-
s"u.'_. .._. -...
-. ...' - --.-"..-cc-"'_cd' .'_.
. ... .'..
....., . '-dd-__ _.l.Al.AlA.:.yi grfGraf..L N .ifelife5'1t.ot51t.ot51tot'." !iiiAiiiAug.
J 1+ jJirIre", ug< ..J\4.J4.JJ4. _\: ._&
."" ' mv '," . .ii.y . " J'IJI.:'sSsS'sSr9ww'._'. r9ww..-_-_ .
_.., . . ?._
.ww. -._..Thehe PrinciplePrinoiple of rconomyEoonomyEconomy of iorceforceorceforce was violated by thethe-
captain
he-
atingthe-
captain
he-
atingthe-
captain
he-
atingcaptain of CCompanyany J1I2 when he didid not ask for artillery firefire-
durin
fir-
edfire-
durin6
fire-
durinb
fi-reddurinduriandurin6 the first two counterattacksoounterattaokBcounterattack .
Thehe Principle of JuovementovementMovementJourneymen was carriedoarriedparried out by the oompanycompanyoompany-
i
compan-
y
compan-
yin
companyi-
ng
compan-
yin
companyi-
ngiin itsitaKita oporationeoperationsoperationoperatiooperation 1 of JovemberovemberNovember 1-212- , 1918 .
That the Principle ofot SurpriseSurpr18e was carriedoarrieBarrie out i8isi8-
shown
is-
shown
di-
shonor
is-
shown
di-
shonorshown by the captureoapture , in tototoo , of the eneReneenemy outpost patrolpatrol-
without
pat-
rolpatrol-
without
pat-
rolpatrol-
without
pat-
rolwithout a fichtf1Ghtfiihtfilchfight .
Thehe .Principle.PrinoiplePrinoiple Of01" iieourilieuSecurityty was carried out in putputtingputting-
out
putti-ng
putting-
out
putti-ng
tingting-
out
ing-
otout the oossaokcossackoOI.aokpolteoOIaokpolte. posts in front of our positionpOlltioDpollution and oontactcontactoontac-
tpatrols
con-
tactcontac-
tpatrols
con-
tactoontao-
tpatrolspatrols to the right and leftlettlet .
Thehe PrinciplePrinoiple ofot 8impliSimplicityoi t, isil shownmown in1n the oompan.yoompanycompanyoompan.-
yOamm
comp-
anycompany-
commander's
company-
oonnander
compa-
nionate
.OammbAmmocommander'scommanderser'lerlearl' order fortortore the attackattaQattar.
attack23attaQ28
-23-23-28-28w23w- 28.-
r
23-
he
-.
. . . . ; ' . , . . . .. .rr. . ., . . .'vv' . . , , . . " . . . . . . . " '" . . " . . . . . . . .. . .. . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . :.:.,
Thehe PrinciplePrinoiple of' Cooperation was cdemonstratedemonsdemons "'atedatedacted' in thethe-
1rrmediate
the-
immediate
he-
mmedthe-
inmediate
th-
inned1rrmediateimmediate .dispatcho.ispatohoispatohaispatch of all011 that refinedremained of the oompanycompanyoompan-
ysupport
com-pany
compan-
ysupport
com-pany
compan-
ysupport
com-panysupport to the assistanceassistanoe of the unit on the right on thethe-
morning
thr-
onging
the-
morning
thr-
onging
the-
morning
thr-
ongingmorning of ITovemberNovambarNovemberIntervener 2 , 1918 .
LILfiSSOlISFissions50HSSQ S LB.iLBiBiLEARIT.LllLEARITLllBlearilyLEARIT.L-
llPlans
L .AILiUAioliAILi-
UPlans
Galli-
nules
Uf.l.DUfl.DUflDUnfoldMuffledUf.l.-
DPlans
.:.
Plans should. be so dradrabdrawnn that doubleuouble ninithtnihtninthnight,),ht marches-
are
march-
esmarchesmarches-
bre
march-
esmarches-
are
march-
esbrearebare not necessaryneoessary . If the distancedistanoe must be coveredoovered , all-
v'ell
all-
vell
alv-
eoli
allall-
well
Cal-
dwell
all-
well
Cal-
dwellwell.' and good , do it in one marchmarohmacro *. But troops should not-
be
no-
te
notnot-
be
no-
te
not-
be
no-
tebe stopped , told they are to remainrem in there , put into billets-
ana
bille-
tsbillets ,
anand then gotten up half hour later anaand told to marchmarohmacro on *.
MarchesMarohes should be consistantoonsistentconsistent , i.eie. . , not at night-
in
knighti-
ng
nightnight-
in
knighti-
ng
night-
in
knighti-
ngin areas miles behind the line and then finish the march-
over
arch-
ive
marohmarchmacromaroh-
over
marath-
oner
march-
over
arch-
iveover hills in plain view of the enenemyeneiiygenii in broad daylightdaylight-
&s
dayligh-
ts
,.
As.& thlhlthisS Llendsends to elesdelesdestroytroy confidenceconfidenoe in the coimandcommand: and. sstafftaft .
:Planslane for essential supplies should be so made thatthat-
these
that-
ches
that-
these
that-
ches
that-
these
that-
chesthese are reasonably available to troops , especiallyespeoially 1ilis. thisthis-
true
thi-
stle
this-
true
thi-
stle
this-
true
thi-
stletrue of water *., HenMenken and animals must have water-
vim
water-
ing
water .
. . . . . .nWiWiWig ? , 'PP'. . ._
IwQPly , t.- I\II-
troops
T-
roops
!\ , . .'., -vimvim.-.*vim-
troops
int-
erlopes
.-. ,..."'.M\.1M.1.MM.11._'\ ._ . ,.", .rr. ,.rn.JJ_' ., .:. . , :A!, ; ... ,.. 'rotrot'rotI' , "'--nn-_"--II- 0
troops or be issuediSluedSlued to them before they are committedoommittedomitted toto-
c
to-
ck
to-
action
tr-
action
to-
action
tr-
action' aotionactionabortion .c., " '" . ' /;('
. On separate missionsmieimicemissioneor.-a
missioneor-amissione- rione"( Oorr
'
'.-a
a.a more or lessle81lose isolated-
operation
isol-ated
isolatedisolated-
operation
isol-ated
,
'
' }.kk-
Onk-
won
. 1 . ", , .
,.
C/C/CopuratlonCooperation" / \\ opuratlonoperation auxiliary weapons shouldahoulghoul be attached ( under the-
orders
he-
rders
thethe-
orders
he-
rdersorders ofot ) to the unit needing their help .
UnityUnit1 ofot oonnandoonmandgonadbondman shouldlhould , be observedoblerved and the tactical-
chain
tacti-cal
tacticaltactical-
chain
tacti-cal
tactical-
chain
tacti-calchain ofot oonioanaoommandcommandonion followedtollowed in issuing1sIuing ordersorder. effectingetfeatingdefeating an-
ytaotioal
ant-
iabortion
AnIanyANSIAn-
Itaotioal
An-
tirational
an-
ytactical
An-
tarcticataotioaltactical operation .
Troopsrooperope canoanDoan be depended uponon whawhamwhen armed, with weweaponsweapons-
in
weapo-
ns
on8on8-
1D1Din which thethey, havhavehave. oonfiaenoeioonfidenoelconfidanteconfidenceacmtiactoonfidenoel-
There
confide-nce
enoelnoel.
Thereher8 shouldIhould be at least1.t1t.. two automaticautomat1oautomatioautomation or preterab11preferablypreferablys-
emiautomatic
pref-erably
,.
lemiautomatlosemiautomatic riflriflerifles.. to eacheaohLeah infantryIutantrlMutant Iqua-
d24
squad-
24
squadIquadQuad .
.
-24-24-24-I
24-
H
24-2424-
he
--.. . . .. . . , . . . . . . . . . .. . 1 .
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"
.
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,- - -
. .
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CQ12.i
OF-
COLPAllY
Jo-
cularly
'
C01.PC01PCQ12.iCQ12i:..bJIYbJIYbi.. ,TY] F 34TH IIll1&A1A&'.bb.ALrrrJYNTnY: rrr J\YJY.\YY-
I
Y-
hat
H-
atI1 ,. ((<, ,. ./hathat.i'ha.tiha.tihatihiatHaiti/'. brigaaebrigade and6l1d division 'NasNaswasNash' as Company r' 3-lth3lth34thlath- : InfantryInfantry-
a
Infantr-ya part of?
A . 14th Brigade , 7th DivisDivviesDivisionDivision.-
Z
Division-
Z
Divisio-
n
Divis-ion.Zhat
Div-ision
ion .
2 . 'JJ'.('Jibat,. /hathat\ibatibat.)bat, \/ c ) rpsraps and army was itaKitaiitt a part of?
A . IV Corps , Second ArmyArm.VArmVArm. .
33as. (c, . '
./asas'VasVas'IasIasIRAs'/ this a regular arrayarrIWarmyarrow organizationorganization-
A
organizatio-
n
?
A . YeaYes .
4Vas4 . <<,, . \Was\VasVas it composed , entirely of trained regular arnyarmyarny-
officers
art-
ificersofficersoffioers and menmen-
A
me-
n
?
A . NoyNosyNoyitAnointNo , it had a cadre of regular offioersofficers and men , but was-
composed
waswas-
composedcomposed mostly of emergency officers and drafted menmen.-
5
men-
5
.
5 . Q, . In what sectorBectorBettor aiduidquid this unit operate ?
A *. Thehe PuvenellePuvenel1eJuvenile SeatorSectorSenatorfactor.-
6
factor-
6
.
6 . "( . Where was the PuvenellePuvene11eJuvenile Sector ?
A . EasEastEastastEastt ofot ThiauoourtThiauaourtHideout , FranFranceoe , bounded generally , onon-
t
on-
i--
o-
ni
Jo-
ni
o-
nijys9.9-_-;
. .. . :.... .-:... ," '.' .' 'OIt-'OItOItObit'OIt-
I
'".- . .. . " ' . ".rr.;, ,. . .jys9.9jys99tSf,
e) ., . .. . . .P1P1. . . . the.ee:. MoselleMOle11eRoselle,
RiRiverrrtrsouthsoutht, aouthsouth by a general-
line
genera-
lize
general"
. -, . , .-. . . . . ..o41 " 'II' . . - -? . .. "' .- WMWWW. -1J'IIO1JIIO'"_Wk.SKyStWkSKySt.- -!'" " .- '
." .. ....
,-n "-.. .. .- -.,. . W-.-
.-_-. ....UU. ._-.... tilt,.. lIw/CI/lIwCIlowlIwCIAYVAlicia/"./ AYVAY;. ,'
line Dieulouard-Novi&ntDieulouardNovi&ntNovintDieu1ouard-NoviantDieu1ouardNoviantDieulouard-IloviantIloviantDialoguedAnointSilvia- & ,. on the west by the generalgeneral-
line
genera-
lize
general-
line
genera-
lize
general-
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