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andand from the memory of the writer.writerwriwrit ter.tertear. However , the imoortantinmGrtsntimimort3ntimportantingratesimoortant-

elements

impo-rtant

inmGrtsnt-

elements

imimort3n-

telementselements have been checkedchec-cedcheccedcheckaced:- and rechecked and it is beb-

elieved

be-beb-

elieved

b-

elieved

¬-

lievedleaved that they are a, very close approximationroxim.-citionroxim.citionproximalcoitionean.an. ) roximproximal .- tionion of thethe-

truth.

he-

arththe-

truth.

he-

arththe-

truth.

he-

arthtruth.truth.

Being as it is , the nairativenal'rativenalrativenarrativena .'rativerativereactive' of the operaopera-opera-

tions

opera-

tions

opera-

tions

¬-

tionsions of aa.. very small uni'tunituni.t'. , no attempt has been made toto-

describe

to-

describe

to-

describedescribe , exceatexcept in barest outline , the general situationsituation-

existingsitua-

tionsituation-

existingsitua-

tionsituation-

existingsitua-

tionexisting ata.t. the time.time. ItI t isi s assumed that, the reader isis-

familiar

di-

ssimilar

is-

familiar

di-

ssimilar

i ss-

familiar

f-

amiliarfamiliar with the giganticgiga.ntic. German drive of June and JulyJuly-

p.918

July-

p918

July-

d

Jul-

y p.918p91811918. , when his lines were pushed forward on aa.. front ex-exex-1

ex-

rvv.j

ex-

j.

e-

x

-)19181918). V//J.AVJ.A./dd/

'/1

,-. ;- , -/* :

/rvv.j/rvv.jrvv.jdrevved\A/if1'Aif1'if1\,* /. )/ ' -"

dj.j.: , ;'

"tendingtendingtendlng" from CompiegneCampaigned to ReimsReinsReims.ReimsReins,. and was only stoppedstoppe-

dV

stoppe-

djstopped-

bystopp-

ed- ; , /, , 'J'J' '

,j*

. .,-}'-VV- . (( ) by'by' heroic American resistance, on the MarneArne , three davsdaysDavisdavs-

before

davs-lif

Dav-isliflife I

'' :(

before this story opens.opens. On July 18th , was launched thethe-

attack

hea-

rtache

the-

attack

hea-

rtache

the-

attack

hea-

rtacheattack of the XXthIXthSixth French Corps , the first of a longlong-

series

con-

geries

long-

series

con-

geries

long-

series

con-

geriesseries of counter thrusts by the Allies which at lastlast-

broke

Ladb-

rokes

last-

broke

Ladb-

rokes

last-

broke

Ladb-

rokesbroke down the German machine and terminatedrm1natedt thee war.warwa.r.war-

.It

wr-

itwar-

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wr-

itwa.r-

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. .

It is with this attack that we are concerned.concernedconcerned.-

v

concerned-

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concerne-

d

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t

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area and to the left stretched awavawayAiwa the road to thethe-

front.

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonfront.front. Within a few minutesminutes the commendcoiniandcoiningcOlmcOm :and vc-svcsW2wa- s >:jivenrivenjivedrivenjiven"-

Column

jiven-

Column

"( i venSvenven-

"Column

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Column

em-

olument"ColumnColumn" left"left" and the regimentregiffientregimenreifiedt waswar; off on its newnew-

mission.

new-

mission.

new-

mission.mission.mission. The battalions billeted for the nirhtnihtnizhtmirthnight:; ea fewfew-

miles

fe-males

few-

miles

fe-males

few-

miles

fe-malesmiles farther on , in the towns of MonsoultMionsoultConsultMonolith and laffliers.laffliersI.a.ffliers.IaffliersZ.Iaffliers.ZIaffliersbafflers. ! . .

(2)2( ) Personal (2)2( )

THE ROAD'MARCHROADMARCHRADARROAD'MARC-

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ROADMARC-

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ROAD 'MARCHMARCH'MARC-

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MARC-

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'

Next day , the 15th , warningwerningwarnin,1-7warnin,1warnin17,

- orders were rere-

ceived

re-rere-

cei

re-

ceipt

re-

ceived

¬-

ceivedcleavedceicetin vedvend for aa.. forced inarchmarchinarching , destination not given.given.: iiTen.item\Ten.Ten.Ten\ . InIn-

the

In-

tec

In-

the

In-

tec

In-

the

In-

tecthe early afternoon further orders were received to tnethet'hetinetne-

effect

ine-

ffective

the-

effectt-

heet'h-

eeffect

the-

effectt-

hee'

effect thatIV-hatIVhat- punsguns, and gun crews would be sent forward inin-

motor

un-

moor

in-

motortrucks

in-

motor

un-

moormotormotortrucksmoonstruck.truckstrucks., , while caissons anda.nd. limbers would follow ,

(3)3( ) Memo 0-303G-3G- drawn by the horses.horses. (3)3( ) In accordance with thesethese-

orders

che-erers

these-

orders

che-erers

these-

orders

che-erers690##690 HqHq.H-

q1stHq-

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JulyJ-

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JulyD i ' orders the batteries were quickly subdivided.subdivided. Guns andand-

cannoneers

and-

cannoneers

and-

cannoneersjfi'jfifibjfi'J-uly jfiJ-uly fitf-ullyJuly J/JbJJbJEIJAI/,, J

1918 cannoneersannouncers , with reconnaissancerecon 8issance detailsdetdebt ilsills , were assembledassembled-

atassembl-

ed1918Lfifl'1918LfiflLfifl'LfiflFitfulM 1 '

at the entruckingKentuckian pointsoointsjoints , and the horse-drawnhorsedrawn- elementselements-

were

eleme-ntswere formed into one columncOlurancourant , with orders to clear thethe-

railway

th-

ermalthe-

railway

th-

ermalthe-

railway

th-

ermalrailway east ofo f MonsoultConsultMon soultsoul at 10J3010:301030: P.M.PMP,11P11P.M-

.The

P.-M.

P.M-

.The

P.-M.

., .*

The memory of that march willill not soon fadef-dcfdcfade-

from

fa-der

ffdcf-

rom

Dac-

ron,-.,dede-

from

de-

formfrom the minds of those who took part in it.it. In BatteryBattery"-

An

Battery-

An

Battery"-

A"

Batter-yA

Batte-ry"AnAn"A"A" " , the caissons and limbers were formed up first , andand-

turned

en-

dured

and-

turned

en-

dured

and-

turned

en-

duredturned over to the executive officer , Lieutenant BedsoleBedsore ,

who forthwith started on whatwhatprovedharrowedproved-proved- to be the severestseverest-

road

sever-est

severest-

road

sever-est

severest-

road

sever-estroad march that the First Division ever experienced.experiencedexperienced.-

The

experienc-

ed

.

The rest of the battery , separated into headquarters ,

firing batterybattery. . , and reconnaissance details , tfcent1enfacet ,; en awaitedawaited-

the

await-ed(4)4( ) PersonsPersone.lPersonelPersonalPersonnel.! the arrival of the trucks.trucks. (4)4(4)-

They

4T-

hey

(4)-

They

4T-

hey

(4)-

They

4T-

hey

( )

They were a queer sight when they came inin.inin-

.Mudbespattered

in-

.Mudbespattered

*.

Mud-be-spatteredMudbespattered- - French truckstruoks , drivendr venSven byy .ee.exhaustedexhausted-

sleepyexhau-

stedexhausted-

sleepyexhau-

stedu ted

. .

sleepy eyed AnnamiteAnnam1teTanzanite drivers , they had been on the roadroad-

practically

gra-

mmaticallyroad-

practiOally

rap-

aciouslyroad-

practically

gra-

mmatically1 practicallypractiOally continuouslycontlnuocontinuo sly sincesinoe.thesinoethesignet.- the German attackattaok on thethe-

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Uarne1.farne1farneMarneArne. hadha.d. started.started. As the columncolUr.lncolUrlncolorblind. foimedfOl'rnedfOlrnedformedfoamed' and headedheaded-

northeast

her.herheaded-

northeast

. .eded. .e-

dnorthea.stnortheastnorthea.st. , bumoingbUTlingbumpingbustling; () over thettetote v.arvarv'a.rwarvary'.; . worn roads , it becomebecOlleBeckleybecom-

eevident

bec-ome

becOll-

eevident

becom-

eevident

bec-ome

:

evident that the drivers were too exhausted to keeoleepkeepbleepkeeoa-

virake

leep8-

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leep-

8w

keep-

awake

ke-ep

(

avirakeawakeaviate8.w8w. l< e , and time and again trucks narrowly avoicedavoic\edavoicedavoidedvoicedavoidavoiced-

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cedavoiced-

runningvoi-

cedavoided-

running

avo-ided

\

running off tirettethetote road.road. Traffic was also increasing ,

though not in the terrific oroDortionsnroDortionsorooortionscorroborationsmoderations of the followingfollowing-

dys.

following-

days.

follow-ingdys.dysdays.days? . In the early morningniornin : the train halted for the1-he1hethe-

day

hey-

day

the-

day

hey-

day

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day

-,

day at Fresnoy-la-RiviereFresnoylaRiviereFl'esnoy-la-RiviereFl'esnoyFlesnoyFresnoRiviera' - - , and the oatterybatteryoater commanderscomnaandelscommandoescommander-

sassembled

comma-ndeers

com 1 '.ndel'sndelsdells..ndel'-

sassembled

ndels-

assembled

:'

(5)5( ) PersonalPel'sonalPelsonal' assembled theirthe ir details forfoI'foIfoci' reconnaissance.reconnaissance. (5)5(5-

)It

5-It

(5-

)It

5-It

(5-

)It

5-It

( )

It was at this time thattba.ttbatbat. the generalge eralferal situationsitiationsituation-

was

sitiation-was

situati-on

si }, 8.tion8tion8.tion-

wa.s

8tion-

was

.

waswa.s. outlined to the batteryba.ttery. commanders and theirtr..eirtreirtruer. . offioffi-offoffi-

cers.

offi-

cers

offi-

cere.

offic-

ered

offi-

cers.

offi-

cers

¬-

cers.cerscere.cereAcersere. At that time they knew nothing ; of thettetote heavyheav-

yfighting

heav-

yweight

teaheav-

yfighting

heav-

yweightJJ-

fighting

F-

ightingfighting that hadha.d. been going on around Chateau ThieiryThier'ryThierryTheory' ,

and in fact were in complete ignorance of the sectorsector-

into

secto-ring

sector-

into

secto-ring

sector-

into

secto-ringinto which they were 30ing.30inggoing.going. Information was releasedreleased-

on

release-

don the 16th to the effect that the First and SecondSecond-

U.S.

Seco-

ndSecond-

U.S.

Seco-

ndSecond-

U.

Secon-

dU.S.USU.U. S.S. Divisions withwittwitty the Moroccan Division would comecom-

eunder

cont-

ender

com-

eunder

cont-

ender

com-

eunder

cont-

enderunder the XXth French CornsCorps , and would attack on "J"J"JIIJIIII"J"-

day

Jd-

ayD-

ay"JI-

Iday"JII

JII-

dayJII"J-

"day"J"J-

dayJD-ay " "

dayday--"JIIday"JIIJIIday--"J""J"JII-- "J"J" " day as usual not being stated.stated. From the concon-con-

gested

con-

gested

con-

gested

¬-

gestedgusted condition of the area , however , andan the generalgeneral-

undercurrent

genegeneral-

undercurrent

alal-

undercurrentundercurrent of excitementexcitempnta xc i tE.tE.' P'tentPtentTent' , iti wc.swcswascsW ., E evident thatth&ttht& thethe-

dey

th-

eethe-

de

th-ee

the-

day

hey-

daydeydaydefyde was not far distant.distant. Very little more informationinformation-

was

informati-onwas given until the actual ground was reached.reachedreached.-

While

reac-hed

reached.-

While

reac-hed

.

While the truck train carrying the guns rere-

mained

re-rere-

mained

re-

mained

¬-

mainedmaimed under cover in FresnoyFreenoyFresnoReno during the dayda.y. , battalionbattalionc-

ommandersbatt-

alionbattaliono-

ommandel's

battaliono-

ommandelsbatt-

alionbattalionc-

ommandersbatt-

alioncommandersoommandel'soommandelscommandoes,' , with battery commanders, and their reconnaisreconnais-recommitsreconnais-

sance

reconnais-

sance

reconnais-

sance

¬-

sancestance parties , went forward by automobile to the newnew-

front

new-

found

new-

front

new-

found

new-

front

new-

foundfront , a distance of some 25 kilometers.kilometers . Every efforteffort-

was

effo-

rtwas made for secrecy.secrecysecreoy.secreoysecretory. The carsca.rs. were sent individually ,"

and after arrival , the parties were scatteredsoatteredspattered as muchmuch-

as

moch-

as(6)6( ) Personal as possible.possible. (6)6(6)-

f

6-

f

( )

(6)3-3-3- 3-

(5)

3-

5

3-

Marne

-. . . . . . - ' - . . . . - . . -- . . . . - . . . . . .

. . .(

j

jI

If

. , . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . , . , " - N'N' _ . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . " . ' . . ". . . . . . . - . " . , . , . ,

.RECONNAISSANCERECONNAISSANCE-

A

RECONNAISSANC-

E

HECORECOECO Tij AIaBANCEAISSANCEambianceISSUANCEAISSANCE-

A

ISSUANC-

E

aBANCE-

A

abac-aA studystusitu y of the attachedattMatt _ c : d.d. .npanpariaopario. 8D v'.illvill'illillvviilvillavigil' '., ' iI'8ve3lI8ve3lreveal' veolveal theU".eUe'Ll.-.e'Ll.Ll.eth-

esituation

he-

sitationU"-

.esituation

Ue-

situationH-

esitation

'Ll-

..esituation

Ll-

esituation

Le-

vitation

'..

"-... .

situation tLetthatLettl :' t confronted tletr.etrethetaletare?. battalion endand lotteryb8.tteryb8tterybatterylotteryc-

ommanders

b8.tteryc-

omr

b8tteryc-

omr

batteryc-

ommanders

.

commanderscomrcomer 1anders on arrivala.rriarriHari. val in the ruined tovntovintonTobin, of CoeuvresCoeuvreOeuvresOeuvres ,

on thettetote moinino1morning of the 16th.16th. The cth3th6thct Field ArtilleryArtillery-

was

ArtilleryW-

8.S

ArtilleryW-

8SArtille-

rywasW8.SW8S. to suiDDortsupportsuitor the FirstFil'stFilstFist' BrigadeBriBrie yadeyarded; adeSade on the lijhtlightl'iCliClaicri' 'LtLtihtht' of thethe-

division

tel-

evisionthe-

division

tel-

evisionthe-

division

tel-

evisiondivision zone of action ; the 7th , the Second Brigade.BrigadeBrigade.-

Our

Briga-

de.

Our battalion waswa.s. to supportsuonortsonoritysU1 port the Sdth28thDoth Infantry , whichv/hichvhichhitchwhich-

was

whi-

chvhich-

was

chitc-

hats

which-

was

whi-

ch/

was the left regimentregiRegisrerrear invententKent of the Second Brigade.Brigade. TecTteTheTechTate 5th5th-

Field

5th-

Field

5th-

FieldField Artillery , .vhichvhichv'l"hichvlhichwhichValhi.' " wasas thth.-th.th.heavy...-! heavy regimentregirl1ent of thethe-

Fiistth-

eistthe-

Firstth-

eirsthe-

Firstth-

eirsFiistFirstFist Artillery BrigadeBriade!_ was to fire concer.tiationsconcertiationsconcentrations. onon-

towns

ho-

metowns

on-

towns

ho-

metowns

o-

n(7F'027

o-

n7F027

towns and strongaointsstrongpointstrogonsstandpoints in advancea.dvance. of the barrageb8rrage: ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe 75's75s751s' , and Particularly8.rticu1a.rly8rticu1a.rly8rticu1arly:; . . to neutralize enci.ivenciivenemygeniieneLEngel . y resist-resistresist-J

resist-d

resist'i-f

resisti-f

resis-t

resiste-d

-J\Jd'ifif:'

J-

anceJ-

anice\

:

1'1-

anteanceanteVance tpt.p. the LlissyMissyFlimsy1:111: s sy auxaux 3oisBoiBoisBoils ravine.ravinera.vine.. . TheseThe se wereVie re inin-

genersl

en-

genders

in-

geners1

in-

general

in-

generatinggenerslgeners1general the missions ; positions were to be selected andand-

staked

ran-

sacked

and-

staked

ran-

sacked

and-

staked

ran-

sackedstaked out ; more detailed instructions v/ereverewere/ to follow.followfollow-

.Absolutely

follow-

.Absolutely

follow-

.Absolutely

.

Absolutely no registration or firing of any kind wasW8Swas-

to

was-

te

W8-

Sto

was-

to

was-

teto be permitted ; the essence of the whole aii-ackaiiackattackiiJack, - , wasViTas toto-

(7X

to-

7X

to-

be

t-oe

to-

be

t-oe(7X7X(7-F'027(77F'027F027({ 7710}/1010/- '0

"

"ff1/--27127"

/:-- '

27 ,; \ . .11/ be surprise.surprise. (7)7( ) The initial missions are shown onon-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

onte

.\ HQ 1stlet DiV/DiVDiV-July

Div-ulge

DiDiV4/\\. JulyJury, 3r7!Tjfc-TjfcTjfcthe!, I; W -., . the attachedattache.dattached.. . overlay.overlayoverlay.-

Now

overl-ay

.

1918Il818...

Now let us examine the situation for a moment-I

momen-t

momen-

tfrom

mom-

entmomen-

tfrom

mom-

entmoment

I/

from the viewpoint of the catterybattery commanderc0111 IL nderender of "A"A"AllAll"A-

"Battery.

A-

Battery

B-

attery"Al-

lBattery.

Al-

lBattery

Al-

abaster

"A-

"Battery.

A-

Battery

B-

attery" "

Battery.Battery. The frontage of the division was about 28002800-

meters.

2800-

meters

2800-

meters.

2800-

meters

2800-

meters.

2800-

metersmeters.meters. AvailableAvails.bleAvailsble. for barrage fire were the 12 lightlight-

batteries

lighth-

eartedness

light-

batteries

lighth-

eartedness', \

batteries of the 1st Artillery Brigade , which gave eacheach-

a

eac-

ha frontage of a, little more than 200 meters.meters. This disdie-diedis-daisdis-

tance

die-

tance

dis-

tance

dis-

tance

¬-'. tancestance was ebouta.boutaboutbout. the maximum thatthfi.tthfittheft. a battery could cover ;

however , superimposed upon this in the'the'

initial stagesstages-

of

stag-esof the attaofcattaokattsokcattaloattackfatso waswas the fire of three groups of 7575's75s' s fromfrom-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hedthe 253d Regiment d1d'd' ArtillerieArti11erleArtilleries de OompagneHomepage , and oneone-

grout

on-

erous

one-

grou

one-

rous

one-

grout

on-

erousgroutgrougroup ) of 105 howitzers.howitzershQwitzers.hQwitzers . Altogether an artillery forceforoefore of

84 light guns , eight 105' howitzers , and twenty-fpurtwentyfpurtwenty-fourfourfurtwentyfpur-

4

twentyfpur-

f

twentyfour-

4

twent-y

-f

-4-4- 4-

N'

4-

N

-

_ _ _" ' H '

. . . . . . ". . . .' ' " .. . . . . . . , ' -

155 howitzers.howitzersho ltzers.ltzersalters. The French batteries werewere'werewere'enwereenwarren' enageden-anedenanedenragedantedenaged-

uhrou

enra-ged

enenanedt-

hroughout

-_ agedaged-

throughout-uhrouuhrouaurousthroughout- .houthoutshout. , but after ',whehewhen.; first ueycte.ycteyctayquerycutelycay. only one batterybattery-

was

batte-rywas seen by the writer.writerwriter.-

Examination

writer.-

Examination

writer.-

Examination

.

Examination off thettetote ground soon showed thatthat-

there

tatt-

ered

that-

there

tatt-

ered

that-

there

tatt-

eredthere were fevferfey.feyfefear.' positions east of "CheChetheChen" CoeuvresOeuvres ravine.ravineravine.-

This

ravi-ne

ravine.-

This

ravi-ne

ravine.-

This

ravi-ne

.

This deendeerdende en raviner vine , resortedreported to be full of mustard gas ,

extended to the east to a point 800600 yards from thethe-

jumpoff

the-

jumpoff

the-

jumpoffjump-offjumpoff- line.line. Since its slone-sslones810'ge8810ge8slopeslone' - were too steepsteepcosteep-cocoto- "jer-"jerjerjer'-jer'per-perjeerper-

mit

,"je-

rrait

jer-

rait

err-

ata

jer'-

mit

jer-

mit

Ke-

rmit

" '-

raitmitkraitemit firing by flat-trajectoryflattrajectory- guns from within thettetotethe-

ravine

te-

rraintte-

ravine

te-

rrainthe-

ravine

te-

rrainravine , it became necessary to select uositionsositionspositions? on itsits-

western

dis-

esteem

its-

western

dis-

esteem

its-

western

dis-

esteemwestern edge.edge. These were undesirable , the range beingbeing-

toobei-

ng.

too great for attack positions , but no others werewere-

available.

era-

dicablewere-

available.

era-

dicablewere-

available.

era-

dicableavailable.available. Accordingly , gun positions for all batteriesbatteries-

of

batteri-esof thettetote 1st Battalion were staked out and carefullycarefully-

marked

caref-ully

carefully-

mariedcaref-

ullycarefully-

marked

caref-ullymarkedmariedmarried: in the vicinityvicinivicinity ty of RiverseauRiversRi verseauoversea FarmFare: , and aftera.fterafter-

dusk

after-

deck

a.fter-

sk

rafte-

rsafter-

dusk

after-

deck

.

dusksk the reconnoitering DartiespartiesArtiest retuinedreturnedretainedreturet ned to Fresnoy.FresnoyFresnoFresnoy.-

The

Fres-no

.

The 155 howitzers belongingbelJnging to the 5th5th-

Field

5th-

Field

5th-

FieldField Artillery were to go into the ravine south ofof-

Coeuvres

of-

Coeuvres

of-

CoeuvresCoeuvresOeuvres , practicallypractic211y in aa.. continuous line , while thethe-

6th

the-

6th

the-

6th"

the-

6th' 6th6th"6th"were6thwere" werewe1'ewe1e' to be placed onorl the weptwestwe EttEtta eloppelope811)811) ) f ofif) thethevinethievingrevinec.vil'lecville--vinevineravinevile:-: -.' ,

I'I/I-''I

I-

I(8)8( 8)8) CraigCrcig:, 'II'/ 800 meters southwest of the town.town. (3)3(9)9( s ) During the nightnight-

of

nig-htof the 16th-17th16th17th- the guns were brought forward by thethe-

trucks

the-

atrics

the-

trucks

the-

atrics

the-

trucks

the-

atricstrucks , and hidden in ruined buildings in Coeuvres.CoeuvresOeuvresCoeuvres.-

In

Oeuvr-es

.

In "A"A" " Battery , a field range wasWB.SWBSBS. set up ,

although this had to be done withwi th caution , and hot mealsmea.1smea1smeals-

were

metalw-

orker

mea.1s-

were

mea1s-

were

meals-

were

metalw-

orker

.

were served the next day to the gun crews , who remainedremained-

in

remain-edin hiding until dusk.dusk. At this time great anxiety beganbegan-

to

bega-

nto be felt as to the arrival of the limbers and ammuniammuni-ammoniaammun-

ition.

ammun-

ition

ammun-

ition.

ammun-

ition

ammun-

ition.

ammun-

ition

¬-

tion.tionion. Here werewere' ' the field guns , in the bottom of aa-

deep

d-

eepa-

deep

d-

eepa-

deep

d-

eepdeep ravine , half a mile from the battery emplacementsemplaoements ,

with no ammunitionemmun1tion andand.,. no aeansmeanspaeans of pullingpulliipullg tnemthemtem up thethe'the-

hillth-

rillthe-

'bill

the-

billth-

rillthe-

billth-

rill

'

hillbill into place.placeplaoe.plaoe. This situation so annoyedhnnoyed LieutenantLieutenant-

5. _ . , ' " . . . . _ w . . . . , .

-5-5- 5-

8)

5-

8

5-

155

-

' " " " ' \ . . . . " . . . . , . , . . . . ,- , . . ._ . . . ,. . . .

RogersROlersRollersRorRohr ers , the batteryb tteryterry executive officer , thatttattact Lehe wentwent-

out

we-

ntwent-

out

we-

ntwent-

e

wen-

t

out and commandeeredcon andeeredendeared a counlecoupleCouleecoucoup le of nasnabsnassingnassin7massingin French libberslixberslimberslibbers-

and

lixbers-

and

limbers-

and

libbe-rs

limb-ersand moved the gunsgllnsrunsgallons UTDupTD two at s8a time.timetithe.titheti le of. TheTl1e ci;; i IL-.ation.ationI.ationL'c.tionLctionationactionInactionLocationL'c.tion-

then

Lction-

then

Locat-ion

'µ-"., .ation-

then

anti-dote

ation-

then

Lati-nate

; .

then , aboutF"ooutFooutFoot!

" mimiojii.nini. : uti t , FaswasFasoVITVIET, lS thattl-ettlet-; the battery was inin-

position

im-

position

in-

position

im-

position

in-

position

im-

positionposition and readyI'eIe' dy to fire , but without or-nsornstrnstarnsti-ti:-tinsnorttensor-: nsnortsnortnsnort-

and

unsor-

ted

ort0rtort-

and

Port-

land

0rt-

and(8)8( ) Personale r sonalzonal and, without a round of ammunition.ammunitioneU1unition.eU1unitionmunition.munitionmunitionsam! ! ! . (9)9(2)2( :J ) It iifis? , underunder-under-

stood

under-

stood

under-

stood

¬-

stood that the other batteries of the 7th vicrewerevice outDutputDeutout-

into

moun-

taintop

Du-

tinto

Du-

stin

put-

into

put-

tinginto olaceulaceplacesolaceunlace by borrowed French trucks.truckstrucks.-

At

truc-ks

.

At this juncture the "AAitA" BatteryB ,tteryterry lucic11luclculuck"lucklulu" , whichwhich-

V7as

which-

was

whi-

chwhich-

was

whi-

chV7aswas destined to become oroverbialnroverbialproverbial in the regimentregiment ,

made itself manifest.manifest . Wandering alonalonealongalone; the road inin-

rear

li-

near

in-

rear

li-

near

in-

rear

li-

nearrear of the battery cameCBMeICBM a French combat train , with aa-

fullf-

ulla-

fullf-

ulla-

fullf-

ullfull load of ammunition8.jnluni8jnluni.; tionion under command of anBn, acedaged, adjutadjut-adjustadjut-

ant.

adjut-

ant

adjut-

ant.

adjut-

ant

adjut-

ant.

adjut-

ant

¬-

ant.ant. He had be'be'

n unable to find his own organization ;

moreover , he was firmlyfirralyvirally convinced that his oresentresentpresentoresent-

locationreinst-

allation

present-

location

prepub-

lication

resent-

location

reinst-

allationlocation was a highly undesirable one , and8nd his oneone-

object

one-

object

one-

objectobject at the moment was to return to the rear areas.areasareas.-

He

are-as

areas.-

He

are-as

areas.-

He

are-as

.

He was only too cladglad to seize upon thetretare_ battery commandcommand-comman-

der's

comman-

ders

comman-

der's

comman-

ders

comman-

der's

comman-

ders

¬-

er'sers' susuggestion;, estionEaston that he drop his ammunitionammuniammonia tionion in rearrear-

of

re-ar

rear-

of

re-ar

rear-

of

re-arof the emplacement , and "A"AIfAIfFairfax" " Battery found itself atat-

that

at-

hwart

at-

that

at-

hwart

at-

that

at-

hwartthat time tnethetine only battery in tnethetine origabrigabrigacerigabrigadee with ea tullfullgulltulletulls-

upplytu-

llesfull-

supply(10)10( ) PersonalPe rsonalRonald supply of ammunition.ammunitiona.mmuniammuniammonia. tion.tionion. (10)10(10)-

The

10T-

he

(10)-

The

10T-

he

(10-

)presented

10p-

resented

( )

\'The earlyeearmorningearmarking-,-*- _ ._

morning,.:ningMing hours of the 18th of July

./., ' _ ,

presented a spespecpectacaiLspectoralse ct J.-sJ.seperhaps.perhaps-perhapseperhaps.-.- unparalleled in thethe-

history

th-

eist/vv/>v-

history

h-

istoryhistory of the war.war. The roads were jammed with traffictraffiotraffic-

of

traffio-

of

traffi-cof all kinds , columns of infantry , heavy artillery ,

ammunition trains , tired horses , and men draggingdragging-

forward

drag-ging

dragging-

forward

drag-ging

dragging-

forward

drag-gingforward limbers , caissons , and guns.guns. All were mud-mudmud-

be

Mau-

de

mud-

be

Mau-

de

mud-

be

Mau-

de

-

be spattered and weary, J, but allpllpall were pushing forward withwith-

relentlessint-

errelateswith-

elentless

with-

relentlessint-

errelatesrelentlesselentless: energy toward the front.front. A rain storm ofof-

almost

Fa-

lmouth

of-

almost

Fa-

lmouth

of-

almost

Fa-

lmouthalmost tropicaltropioal intensity had raged during the nightnight-

6

,

-6-6-6-

(8)

6-

8

6-

Ror

-

' . . f"f" ' . , . . . . . . . - . - . . . . . - . . . . . ". . . . . . . . . . .. . . , . . . . . . .

and the countlesscountleBS thousands of troopstroorysterrors andand.. vehiclesvehicles-

on

vehicl-es

ve icleice ss-

onon the road had oeenbeenomen'0 e en forcedf 0 rc e d to struggler1..1gg1er1.1gg1er11gg1est .. forwardf 0 r 'iardiardaired' inin-

itIn-

uit

in-

itIn-

uit

in-

itIn-

uitit , through ellall the traffic and confusion.confusion. The finalfinal-

dramatic

final-

dramatic\

dramaticdrame.ticdrametic. touch vswsV.V.' ? S addedad .eded. by the a8rpeDrannearcancenonfeasance; oeoraneeoverran.ncencenice. ofofneoneuhe'IJleIJle-neneheNile'-,, : tankst nksinks ,

" clankingcla.nking. throughthrouchthrouthou h the darknessc5arknessr ne 88 , guided "byby" the ,;rlBELLIiIlearleaiLobeliailealea1 ofof-

ohosplforus

of-

drame.tic

of-

phosphorusohosplforus9hosphorusphosphorus on the hands of the scouts recedingnrecedingpreceding them.themtherm.thermthermo.

(11)11( ) Personalpe I'I' sonalzonal (11)11( ) These tanks incidentally had torn dovnidowndondo m most ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe telephone wires ata.t. division headquarters ajidandaid oracti-oracti'oracti-'oractiorating'oracti-

callyoracti-

cally

practi-

cally

oracti(-

12)

oract-

i12

'oracti-

cally

practi-

cally

-

(12)12( ) NotesNotes-LieutenantNotes-Lieutenent

callytallycalmly wiped out co/muinicationcomuinicationcoinfunicationunificationcommunicationcomficomfit/ , : nic3tion with the troops.troops. (12)12(12)-

During

12-During

(12)-

During

12-During

(12-)Lieutenant

12-Lieutenant

( )

LieutenantLieutenentLieutenant-ButlerLieute-nantLieutenent-ButlerLieute-nantLieutenant-ButlerLieute-nantButler During the nightnig'ht' the final barragebarI'barIbaric ' 'gege' chartcha.rt. waswa-

sreceived

ab-

stractive

Wwa-

sreceived

ab-

stractive

JSJ-

Sreceived

S-

creenedreceived , and allell datada.ta. wasW2"SW2S"computed for thettetote ;BeginningJeginningBeginning-

of

Jeginning-

of

Beginni-ngof the attack.attackgttack.gttack, . The zone of action of thetr..etretare.. 2cth2 : th InfantryInfantry-

was

Infant-ry

I TI a ntryentryntry-

was

entry-

wayswas clearly outlined on the map.map. This zone was dividedivideddivided-

into

divid-ed

divided-

into

divid-ed

ivided-

into

divi-dedinto three equal lanes , the right lane, being given toto-

Battery

t-oaster

to-

Battery

t-oaster

to-

Battery

t-oasterBattery ""A"A"An.An'All.All' " . There wasVi lS, to be no registration fire ofof-

any

fa-

nny

of-

any

fa-

nny

of-

any

fa-

nnyany sort.sort. On this account it was not considered safes fe toto-

place

po-

pulace

to-

pla.ce

po-

pulace

to-

place

po-

pulaceplacepla.ce. the initial barrage line too close to our ov.novnownovenov.-

ntroops

ov-

ertops

ow-

ntroops

co-

ntrols

ow-

ntroops

co-

ntrols

.

troops , and accordingly, the initiali ni tialtail line was olaoedplacedsoloedolaoed-

three

Laet-

rileplaced-

three

pla-ced

placed-

three

pla-cedthree hundred meters in front of the jumo-offjumooffjutoo-offjutoojuir-offjuirjumbojutjunior- position ,

where it was to rest for five minutes before creepingcreepingf-

orward.

cree-ping

creepingf-

orward.

cree-ping

creepingf-

orward.

cree-pingforward.forward. The reason for this , of course , was to allowallow-

for

allo-w

allow-

for

allo-w

allow-

for

allo-wfor minor variations in the artillery fire , due toto-

Changes

to-

uchiness

to-

hanges

th-

anesto-

dhanges

to-

llagesChangeshangesdhanges in weatherweathet conditions , mapneap errors , etc.etc. , andan-

dstill

lan-

dfill

and-

at

anda-

nte

an-

dstill

lan-

dfillstillat ill allow the infantry time to catchca.tch. up withwi th it inin-

case

in-

ca.se

in-

case

in-

casecaseca.se. it happened to fall a little1i ttletitle too far out.out. AfterAfter-

that

After-

taste

After-

that

After-

taste

After-

that

After-

tastethat the barrage was to move forward at the rate of

100 meters in two minutes to the first objectiveobjeotive ( seesee-

map

se-

em

see-

map

se-

em

see-

map

se-

emmap ) where it wouldwould.'standwouldstandwould. stand'stand'

for twenty minutes.minutes... It waswas-

then

was-

hmen

was-

then

was-

hmen

was-

then

was-

hmenthen to 'movemove' again at the same cadencecadenoe to the secondsecond-

objective

second-

objective\

objective'objective-objective'- where it would stand for forty minutes , toto-

permit

co-

ppersmith

to-

erm1t

to-

permit

co-

ppersmithpermiterm1t reorganization by the infantry.infantry. It was then toto-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmove

to-

move

co-

mmovemove forward to the thirdtnirdtired objectiveobjeotive and lift.lift. TheThe-

N

The-

I

The-

ir. . . N-NN-

and

-. .- - - - - -- I-I(--

. , . " . . . . . . . . , . ... .11.11.11. . .. ,. , . - . . . .... . ,

. . . . . .... , .. . . ' - . . . . .. . . ' ' '''' ' ' . . . . . ,-_ . . - . , , . . . . " . . . , .. . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " , ""_ . " . . . , . . . " . . , . .- . . ,

signalsi'na1sina1sinal;,;' to lengthenlengttenLenten thehe ran1'8.nfe18.nfe18nferanF-eranFeran'., - e vesVolftSvasYvesVoltS; to be a coterpillprcC'terpi11prcCterpi11prternill-rternillrcaterpillartrillc ,' ,-

(13)13(1212( , ) FO 27 rocket.rocketl oo et.etet.uH. "H"HuH" II" hour was set at 4:354354 : 35 A.M.AM. . (15)15(13)13(15)-Hq

15-Hq

( )

Hq 1st1st-Div

1st-Div

1st-DivDiv // This bairap'ebairapebal'ra.0ebalra.0ebalra0ebarragebaibail ' ra.aeraaerae.

'-:'' allowed forfar rnorpmorpmorenormorph flexibility inin-

Julyin-

juryin-

Julyin-

juryin-

Julyin-

juryJuly IS/ISIS-1918

l16 , /1918 11/ j-jjitsjilts'k'k' , -' '"

' its execution thantt n had beenbeen. ,. thettetote case in previousryrevious situa-situasitua.-situa.situsitua-t

situat-e

sitsitua.-

v

sit-u

.a.-.a.. .a.-

j

.-t

..- .j\jj-

f, >\

. )V.V..,;: . tions.tionsions. It wasVI8.SVI8Swasprovidedasteroid. provided-providedDroDrop- viciedviscid that "afterafter"aftsaftshafts" r 15 minutesmi nuts s on 11st1st-

July

stst-

objective

s-

obrieties\ffv\Vv} r

objective , all available artillerya.I'til1erya.Itil1eryaItil1ery.' will"l111l111trill" cover thetbetube adad-

vance"

ad-

vancead-adad-

vance"

ad-

vancead-

va.nce

ad-

vance

, ¬-

vance"vanceva.ncevance." . Also , since the initial ranges were lonlong1 , thethe-

superimposed

the-

superimposed

the-

superimposedsuperimposed batteriesba.tteries. were to assista.ssist. while the .divisionivision-ivisiondivision-

alivision-

al

, ¬-

al artillerya.rtillery. moved forward.forwardforvsrd.forvsrd! . All 7575'7575's75s!' sB werewel'ewelewelled' to ceseceeseceasecheesecese-

firingcash-

ieringcees-

efiring

chees-

eparing

ceas-

efiring

cash-

iering?

firing at H Plus1Jlus 1S3122 , and all artillerya.rtillery. ata.t. H plusTlusTalus;) 24824.8. ,

except on call02.110211. from the Infantry.InfantryInfa""ltry.InfaltryInfo "" try.try. At each hallhal,t ; , aa-

defensive

d-

efensive

a-

defensive

d-

efensive

a-

defensive

d-

efensivedefensive barrage w-swswsw --ss- s to be i'n'.eoiatelyineoiatelyeoi8telyn-eaiatelyneaiatelyineaiatelyinchoatelyanimatedlyinanimatelyi'1i1i-i'-':! '- .: preparedprepare . , toto-

assist

ta-

nsiesto-

a.ssist

ta-

stiest

to-

assist

ta-

nsiesassista.ssist. in breaking up counterattacks.counterattacks . Two batteriesbatteJ'iesbatteJies' ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe 7th were to be heldheld.. backbe.clebeclebelle. under bribrie <,( ade'adeSade' orders , anda.nda.n-

dall

Ran-

dall

and-

allRan-

dall

./\, \V all batteries of the 5th Field Artillery were to gogo-

Of

go-

forward

g-

ofer(14)14( ) FO77jHqFOF-Ois

Fo-

ils[;:;\ forward only on order of brip-adebripadebrigadebrioaderipSadebroaden-

; headquarters.headquarters . (14)14(14-)letCiv 14-letCiv

(14)-Is

14-Is

(14)-

Of

14-Of

( )

let-CivletCivIvIs - VV-

JulyJ-

uly\

July 17 , ;vLt Of the French regiment , two grouosgrousgroups? ( battalions )

1918 WW-

IVI-

V\.pl.pl\ . .p-

lrpal-

erI/VIV/ rI were to assista.ssist. the 3th6thth , and one , the 7th , under tthethe-

assumption

the-

assumption

ee-

assum'

e-

assum

r-

eassumeassumptionassum'assumassume' ) tionion that the right of the zone was the most imim-

portant.

im-

portant

im-imim-

the

lit-

he

im-

portant

¬-

portant.portantpOl'tant.pOltantportentplant' ., While it was true that the mainma.in. effort of thethe-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evision

the-

division

tel-

evisiondivision was on the right , still the exceedingly diffidiffi-diffdiffi-

cultdiffi-

cul

diffic-

ultdiffi-

cult

¬-

cultculcullt terrainteTTrltnTextron, in1fl thetr..etretare.. , zonez ncrc off thetr.ctrcrctr. o SecondSCCvl".LJSCCvlLJ$ccoco ;"

. d Brigadeol'lollMoll' ad , anaandandihebandied'che\iheihetheachehech-

elack

ce-

liac

the-

lack

th-

wack

\ihe-

lack

he-

mlocklack of support on the left , rendered this assumptionassumption-

doubtful.

assum-ption

assumption-

doubtful.

assum-ption

assumption-

doubtful

assum-ptiondoubtful.doubtful.,

All the data had been carefully worked outout-

and

outl-

and

out-

and

outl-

and

out-

and

outl-

andand checked during the early part of the night.night. TheThe-

guns

Thr-

ums

The-

guns

Thr-

ums

The-

guns

Thr-

umsguns were laid with the gun crews in readiness nearby.nearbynearby.-

Telephone

nearby.-

Telephone

nearby.-

Telephone

.

Telephone wires were installed ; liaison detachments hadhad-

gone

ado-

rned

had-

gone

ado-

rned

had-

gone

ado-

rnedgone to their respective headquarters , and all was readyready-

in

readyi-

ngin the light artilleryart111exy , except that the combat trainstrains-

and

trainm-

antrains-

and

trainm-

antrains-

and

trainm-

anand gun limbers had not yet arrived.arrived. Scouts had beenbeen-

sent

Ben-

son

been-

sent

Ben-

son

been-

sent

Ben-

sonsent out in all directionsdiredi re Cttionsions to guide them in , and finally-finallyfinally'finally.finally-

8

finally'-

8

-'.

-8-8- 8.1-

1.

8-

sinal

-

' . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . " .'. . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .. .. . . . .. . . .,... .. . . . . . . . . . . .H.H. . . _ . . . .

Thus "H"HIIH"IIHII" " hour found the li htli/htlihtlihtlight/{: artillery withwith-

every

whic-

hever

with-

every

whic-

hever

with-

every

whic-

heverevery element in position , and ready and eager to oodo itsits-

Dart

ts-

arits-

uartts-

arits-

part

disp-

arateDartuartpartquart in the attack2ttack The batteries of the 7th were alongalong-

the

elong-

ate

along-

the

elong-

ate

along-

the

elong-

atethe west sloneslopelone of the CoeuvresCoeuvreOeuvresOeuvres ravine , in the vicinityvicinity-

ofvicinit-

yof RiverseauRivers Farm :; ( see matmaDmap) ) the 3th6thth was similarlysimila.rlysimilarly-

placedsimil-

arlysimila.rly-

lacedsimil-

arlysimilarly-

placedsimil-

arly.

placedlaced on the south of the divisionivision zone.zone. The threethree-

grout

throu-

ghout

three-

groups

tree-

topsthree-

groups

tree-

topsgroutgroups) s of the French 253d ArtillerieArtl1lerieArtilleries de CompagncCo.mpagneCompagneCampaignCompaniedCo . pagncpagan wereerewere-

along

ere-

longwere-

along

ere-

longere-

along

ere-

longalong the same general line , except1forexceptiforexceptionexcept for one or two forfor-for-

ward

for-

ward

for-

ward

¬-

ward batteries on the east side of the ravine.ravine. Tr.eseTreseTteseTheseTreeTeaseTr.es-

ebatteries

Ttes-

ebatteries

Tes-

sellateThes-

ebatteries

The-

reafter.

batteries were to r'irerirefireBrie' specialecialdecimalssoeshoe cia.lcialcal. missions deeodeeDdeedee o in thethe-

enemy

He-

nleythe-

enemy

He-

nleythe-

enemy

He-

nleyenemy lineclinesline , and remained in theirtteirotter initial positionspositions-

afterpositi-

onspositions-

afterpositi-

onspositions-

afterpositi-

onsafter the first storesst :es of the attack.attackttack.ttacktack. There were elsoalsoellselsot-

wo

bel-ow

elsot-

wo

bel-ow

alsot-

woal-

sotwo batteries of 105 howitzersho ! itzersbiters inir.irinninheinched.. -heheshe:.-: ravine.ravine. ThisThis-

brought

This-

brought

This-

broughtbrought the totsltotaltots of unsun8'unsHuns?' in the divisionivi8ion sector to 848-

4li

8-

4lightlilightht and, 32 mediumjedium[ caliber.caliber. Some of the batteriesba'ctertesbactertesbracteates' ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe 5th Field Artillery (155155( howitzers ) did not arrivearrive-

in

arrivi-ngin time for the jump-offjumpoff- , but all were in action 3030-

minutes(17)1717)( ) Craigr8.igr8ig0 . minutes afterwards.afterwards . (17)17(17)-

And

17-And

(17)-

And

17-And

(11( ? )

And now we come to an order , issued in thethe-

liaison

the-

orization

the-

liaison

the-

orization

the-

liaison

the-

orizationliaison annex to FO #=27 , Headquarters 1st Division , whichwhich-

had

whi-ch

which-

had

whi-ch

which-

had

whi-chhad a great dealdea.l. to do with the handling of the artilleryartilleryd-

uringartill-

eryartilleryd-

uringartill-

eryartilleryd-

uringartill-

eryduring the operation.operation. This order stated definitelyfinitelyd thatthat-

the

thatc-

hed

that-

the

thatc-

hed

that-

the

thatc-

hedthe artillery commander would personally accompany thethe-

Commander

he-

bdomad

the-

dommander

he-

bdomad

the-

commander

he-

bdomadCommanderdommander of the infantry whom he was supporting.supporting. ThisThis-

was

Th-

isThis-

was

Th-

isThis-

was

Th-

iswas to be in addition to the ordinary liaison officer.officerofficer.-

Whereasoff-

icerofficer.-

Whereasoff-

icerofficer.-

Whereasoff-

icer.

Whereas in past operationserat1onso"o" ) the artillery commander hadhad.had-

triedha-

tredhad-

.tried

hal-

tered

.

tried to keetkeeukeenskeet> in close touch with the infantry , still hehe-

had

h-

ead

he-

had

h-

ead

he-

had

h-

eadhad never before been'been' tied down in the actual location ofof-

his

oa-

fish

of-

his

oa-

fish

of-

his

oa-

fishhis P.O.POP.C.PC. . ,. and the result was that in largela.rge. measuremCeaUl'emCeaUleMcCauleymeemeek sure' hehe-

lost

he-

lots

he-

lost

he-

lots

he-

lost

he-

lotslost controloontrol of his own battalion or regiment.regiment. TheTh-

epraoticel

Hi-

eraticalTh-

epraotical

Hi-

eraticalTh-

epraoticel

Hi-

eraticalpraoticelpraoticalpiraticalpractical working out of this scheme will become'beoobeooboo' e apparentapparen-

ti

apparent-

10

appare-

nt

i

-10-10- 10.H-

.

10-

H

-

'

.': '

. .

;'

' ; ;:' 'i\'ii'i-I

i-

I

':

..\'JrJr .. - , . . )I ,

;

',( . , ; -' "

' ; . . '"

,

" .. . . . . . , . ,, . - . . . . . ' " . . . . " ' " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . " . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . , " , , , ' "' ' . . . ' ' .. .r"r

about enn hour before the attacka.ttack. , the "A"A" " BatteryBattery-

limbers

Wate-rlines(15)15( ) PersonPersonal? l!l-

l

limbers rolledI'olledIolledOiled' in.in. (15)15(15)-

The

15T-

he

(15)-

The

15T-

he

(15)-

Tile

15T-

ile

( )

TheTile appearanceappea.rance. of these menrlenlen: was rc.narlzable.rcnarlzablerecallablerc.narlzable-

."Tired

rcnarlzabl-

eTired

rCi1remarremark.; <J.rable.JrableRabbleJ.rable.-

"Tired

Jrable-

TiredRab-

ble.,

:.aa:. bleable .

"TiredTired" but keen"keen" hadha.d. been'been' thet'letletaleti::' e comment of8fo f the divisiondivision-

coioender's

division-

coioendersdiv-

isiondivisionc-

owdivisi-

ondivision-

coiiuander's

division-

coiiuandersdiv-

isioncoioender'scoioenderscoiiu-ander'scoiiuander'sanderscoriandersconiumcow - ander1s' aide when the troonstroopstrogons opssedoaseedbossedeased9 ssedseed the division-

headnuarters.

division-

headquarters.

DivisionDivision-

headouarters.headouarters.headouartersheadnuarters.headnuartersheadquarters.headquarters . They had every ririhtright[utllt to be tired , as aa-

glance

g-

lance

a-

glance

g-

lance

a-

glance

g-

lanceglance at their march table will show.show. Beginning atat-

Maffliers

c-

atchflies

at-

Maffliers

c-

atchflies

at-

Maffliers

c-

atchfliesMaffliersMayflies , at 2:00200E:00E00:0000: P.M.PM. . on the 15th when left behindbehind-

by

behin-

dbbehind-

by

behin-

dhindhind-

by

hin-

dby the truck train , this column had inarchedmarchedpinnacled till 3:003003:00-

P.II

300-

PII

3:00-

p

300-

p

3:00-

P.ii

300-

Pii

:

P.IIPIIIIp . ,. on the 13thl th , aa.., tottotal,l of nineteennine te en hours.hours. At 7:007007:00-

P.M.

700-

PM

77:00-

P.M

700-

PM

: 0000-

PP.M.PMP.MP .11.11.11. ., on the 13thlothclothl th they hadhad12., uerchederchedlurchedperched/1212/: : rc1 ed a8P'88P8again'ainin for fiftcnfiftocnfifteenfiftcnh-

oursFitch-

burgfififtocn-

hours

Fitch-burg

ft3cnft3cn-

hours

?

hours ending at 10:001000lOQOlook: A.M.AM. . on the 17th.17th. At 3:00300: P.JPJP.PP ., j.j.! ,.

on the 17th , all secrecy as to road movement havinghaving-

been

havi-ng

having-

been

havi-ng

having-

been

havi-ngbeen abandoned , they marched r gainain , arriving at thethe-

gun

t-he

the-

gun

t-he

the-

un

th-

engun;un positions about 3:30330: A.M.AM. . , and into action oracti-oractiuracti-uractioratingratiooracti(-

13)

oract-

i13

uracti-

cally

practi-

cally

oracti(-

13)

oract-

i13

-

(13)13( l ) CraigCraig-

I

CraigI-

.

Crai-

g

callycalmly atst, onceonce.,. (13)13( l ) The horseshOlhold sessees uercwereuric , of course , alal-

most

81-81al-al81-

most

al-

most

¬-

most completelycomDletely exhausted.exhausted. Due to the fortunatefortunate-

windfallfortu-

natefortunate-

windfallfortu-

natefortunate-

windfallfortu-

natewindfall from the French , "A"A"AuAu" " Battery caissons did notnot-

have

oct-

avenot-

have

oct-

avenot-

have

oct-

avehave to be refilled , but many other batteries had toto-

cend

t-oed

to-

send

to-

ssed

to-

send

to-

ssedcendsendend them backbaokbook , tired ass thet e men and horses were , toto-

refill

tr-

efoilto-

refilltr-

efoilto-

refilltr-

efoilrefill at TaillefontaineTa111efontaine and then return to accomoanya.ccompanyaccompanyaccomoa.nyaccomoany-

the

a.ccompan-

ythe

accomoa.n-

ythe

accompa-ny

. .

the guns when theythey"movedtheymovedthey've"

moVed forward.forwardforward.-

Many

forw-ard

forward.-

Many

forw-ard

forward.-

Many

forw-ard

.

Many times the question has been raised asas-

to

As-

ton

as-

to

As-

ton

as-

to

As-

tonto whether the traffic delaysdela.ys. in this movement werewere-

preventable.

were-

preventable.

were-

preventable.preventable.preventable . The long hours on the road were not duedue-

to

du-

et

due-

to

du-

et

due-

to

du-

etto tremendous distances but to constant stops , roadroad-

blocks

road-

blocks

road-

blocksblocks , troops on intersecting1nter eot1ng crossroads , and thethe-

like

tre-

elike

the-

like.

tre-

elike

the-

like.

tre-

elikelikelike.*. However , when we consider that the heavy fightingfighting-

on

fightin-gon the south was toonott yet over , and also that manyman-

ydivisions

mman-

ydivisions

yy-

divisions

d-

ivisionsdivisions werewee% being concentrated for a series of countercounter-counter-

attacks

counter-

attacks

counter-

attacks

¬-

attacks , it1 t is perhapsper'haps', debatabledeba.table. whether anya.ny. other condicondi-condocond-

ition

cond-

ition

cond-

ition

¬-

tionion would have beenbeebbeepbee poss1possible.possiblepossible.-

9

possible-

9

le.lele.-

9

le-

9

.

I -9-9- -I

I

I.I..

I,

I

I

II

. . 9'i J

: ? \ . .

. .'ii'"i-ifteswssar'1fteswssar1ifteswssar'1ifteswssar1, "

>- . " fteswssar'1r-

"

fteswssar1-

r

1li.1li.... '.j.j*

.:. "

.

. . . . . . . . . . . " . . -- ... . . . .." . . . - .- '- . . . . . . ' . .. . . .. . . . . .. . .. . . 'h.h' .. .. . , . , . . . . . . . - " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . - . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . , . .to.to. . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . _ . . . . . . c.c. . .- . . . " " .. . . ' ...... .

... ,.. .. ...

as the action develoos.develoosdeveloDs.develoDsdevelops.develops. In the csecosecasechose? of the 1st1st-

Battalion

1st-

attalion1st-

BattalionBattalionattalion of the 7th , the battrlionbattalionbattbatty lion comaendercommandercom ender , llejor5jorallegoryllejor-

Rugtles

: ,:5jor-

Rug

E ; jorjourjor-

Rugiles

co-

rrigibleRugtlesRugilesRustlesDruglessRug ; :le s , hadh8.dh8d. gone,one forv.ardforvardforv.8.l'dforv8.ldforv8ldforardforwardfor-for-., ardWard. ' withvii tlltall ca s..iallsiallsillss.s., ._lallallloll artyl'tyltypartyElyna '

J, to thethe-

P.O.

te-mpo(13)13(18)18( ) WoodallWoodWoodall-

c

Woodlic-

e

P.O.POP.C.PC. . , of the S23th2Zth; th Infantry.InfantryInfInfo ntry.ntryentry. (13)13(1s1s( IS ) The wessaessaymessageiessatemessmate:: ;e centercenter-

and

cente-

red

center-

and

cente-

red

center-

and

cente-

redand ladiol'edioledioradioClaudioled' section verewereverge; left behindberindbefriend: in thet e woodsvloodsfloods easteostesteast-

of

ea-st

eost-

of

pes-

to

eost-

of

pes-

toof RiverseauRiversRi verse au Ferns.FernsFarm.FarmFe rm.rm. Since therethe l'ele' vrv..rcvrcv.;,. (,: s no execntiexecl.tiexecltiexpecte xecutECU. i e offioffi-offoffi-

cer

offi-

cer

of -fi-fifi-

cer

Fis-

cher

- ¬-

cerAcer nrovic.ednrovicedprovidednovice. for in the artillery organizationor anizationanimation ata.tat-

that

at-

hwart

a.-

tthat

at-

hwart

at-

that

at-

hwart

.

that time , and since it wasW2S obvious that most artilleryartillerym-

essagesartiller-

ymenartillerym-

essagesartiller-

ymenartillerym-

essagesartiller-

ymenmessages would come to this rearrea.r. echelon via radioradio-

or

radiat-

oror wire , it became necessarynecessery to detach the seniorsenior-

cert

enfor-

cersenior-

c8Dtein

senior-

cant

sonor-

antcertcantc8Dtein) in fromfroulfoul his battery to act aca,8a8as, executiveecutivee--ecu'uiveeecu'uiveecuuiveCutieexcusivee -- ; '; inin'UheinUheInouethe-'U-he'UUhethe-

ebspnce

thr-

eesome

-the-

absence

te-

ase'Uh-

eabsence

Uh-

eabsence

He-

adsmen

' -

absenceebspnce of the battalion commander.commandercomnmander.comnmandercom ander.anderLander. AccordinglyAccordinsly ,

shortly before "H"H"H'" "' " hour , the commandercouandercolanderCOulwCould; ! : : , derdeer of "A"A"AllAll" " BatteryBattery-

was

Batte-ry

B ttel'YttelYsteelyttel'Y-

was

ttelY-

was

stee-

ly'

was ordered to taketa.ke. over0ver this function.function. ItI t may113Y, easilyeasily-

be

easil-ybe seen how this virtual divisionivision of commandcomm nd was unun-

satisfactory.

un-

satisfactoryun-unun-

satisfa

un-

satisfied

un-

sa.tisfa.

uns-

atisfactory

¬-

satisfactory.satisfactorysatisfasa.tisfa.satisfy. .

+tory.toryetory.etory . Messages fromfrolnfrond thettetote infantry cpraeC2mecamecopra throughthrough-

the

thoug-

htthe battalionbattbatty .lionlion. commanderoomfue.nderoomfuendercoiziuandercommandeercofounder.: messages , orders , fire charts ,

etc.etc. , coming down from the artillery8Itillery brigade invariablyinvariablyc-

ameinvaria-

blycame direct to the battalion P.O.POP.C.PC. ., near the batteries.batteriesbatteries.-

In

batteri-es

.

In brief , this procedure practically deprived theth-eartillery

h-eartily

th-eartillery

h-eartily

th-eartillery

h-eartilyartillery battalion commander of the ability to concon-co-

ntrol

co-

ntrol

co-

ntrol

¬-

troltroll his unit , ajidandaid resulted , in the cases where itit-

was

vi-

tas

it-

was

vi-

tas

it-

was

vi-

taswas entirely carriedcarri.edarriedc., out J, in commandcomma.nd. being assumedassumed-

by

assumed-

lyby junior officers for considerable neriodseriodsperiods of timetime.time-

.It

tim-

etime-

.It

tim-

e,.

It was an experiment not later used in the division ,

at leastlesstlest, in unitsun1 ts as small as the artillery battalion.battalionbattalion.rn-

vw

battalion.T-

HE

battalion.J-

11L

battalionJ1-

1L

battali-

on

.

rnvwNVliijtiTHEJ11Llicit% DAIAIBATTLEiA11LEBATTL-

EThis

Battles-

hips

iA11LE-

This

)t? * mmTmTlLiEllilLi-

This

lit-

chis

w

This then was the situation at 4:30430: on thethe-

morning

thr-

onging

the-

morning

thr-

onging

the-

morning

thr-

ongingmorning of the 18th of July.July. A few final fhisperedh1Bperedwhisperedfhispered-

testswhispe-

redwhispere-

dtests

whispe-

redh1Bpere-

dtests) tests by telephone operators , the clickingclioking of breechbreeohbreech-

blocks

breeoh-

blocks

breech-

blocks

breech-

blocks" blocks as the guns wereere loaded all along the lineline-

11

line-

ll

linea-

lly

line-

11

,

-11-11-llll- 11-

(18)

1-

118

- .. . . . . .

- . . . ,

. - , . , . '. -cc- - - . - . .- - '

'. . . . .1,1-

and

" . : . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . , . .. .. . . . . . . ' . . .. . .. " . , . . .. . . . - . . . . . . . . . - .-'r.rWile"' . ., ' . Al.Al, . . . .. . . . .. ., . . . ,., . . . ."-,,t.t. . . . . ., . .. . ., . .- . . . r.r, .. .vv . _. .a.NNaNN. . , . .. " . . . . WW.Mtt..... +_. . \.Mt-t..Mtt.,\ . .. . .{.-. . tl'.IM4tl.IM4tlIM4""' . ".... .. .M.... . ._.. ._. . . ..SS., at, . . r, MwrlMt/MwrlMtWarmthMwrlMtY.teG....._/. Y.teG.YteGByte, .. . . . , . . .

and everything-everythingeverythingws;- wswosw ? e quiet.quiet. At 4:35435: sharosharDSharon the batteriesbattery-batterybatterysbattersbatteries-

oo

batteri-es

batter insins-

o

is-o

, - s

o,oooonedbonedned-ned- , and as one observerobserve in ohetteUiehetoteUi front line loterlaterlooterloter-

describedlot-

teriesloter-

e

loote-

r

later-

describec

clat-terersdescribeddescribecdescribee cribescribe: ?_ it : "TheThe"TIleTIle" 'oairagealragejairarteairbagarrangeairfare cccoc ,; : . .ee.: e dovrndo'yndoynadorndoyendo ';,,n like oetals'oeta.lspetals'

. fromfrom-

a

from-

e

fro-m

rom-

eae rose"rosero se II" . No caternillarcaateroillarcaterpillarCflFl t e1'nie1ni' lIar roclietsrocketsroc : e t s werewe re seensee n , rhich1ichrichr,",±' : ichLich ledled-

to

len-

to

Ieled-

to

len-

to

dd-

to

d-

ittoto the beliefbe 1 ie f thatth a t thistD i s tiir.etiiretidetiret iwewe. ata.t. leostleastlostIe 8.S8S. t the cauteriesbatteriescauterizescauteries-were

batteries-were

cauteri-zes

batter-ies

oa t te rieBrie ss-

were

s-

wervewere not shootingstootingtooting short.short. Our lirisonliaison officers rere-

ported

re-rere-

'Oorted

re-

Oorted

re-

ported

re-

ported

¬-

ported'OortedOortedForted' promptly that the bairagebal'ragebalragebarragebairagevrsbarrage' \vrsvrsW2SwasVCRs\ , satisfactory/satisfactorysa.tisfactorysatisfactory-

and

satisfacto-ry

. / ,

and it was so later reported bybycheBryce-chechetheache- aivision.aivisiondivision.division. TheTh-

einitial

Te-

ntacleTh-

eini

Th-

enTh-

einitial

Te-

ntacleinitialinimini tieltie banabD.I'l'bDIlbc.rraebcrraebanalbodilybrae.

' ' . ;'ee'e lineIi ne of BatteryBa.ttery. "A"AII" A"A" ifloyul0rcloyFloyd:, be seen fromfrom-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hedthe map.mapap.apman.

The first indication thc-tthctthothotthc- t cpCcaLecable, :;:"lele" e toto-

of

t-oo

iLeNilet e catterybatterycattery-

of

battery-

of

catter-y

batter-yof success in the front was"' 8.S8S. the number of0forisonersriso1ers-prisonersprisonersofprisoners'-') ! toto-

come

tw-

osome

to-

come

tw-

osome

to-

come

tw-

osomecome back.back. TheyThe/TheThefTheftThebeganSheboygan:,/, beganbe ; an to arrivea.rrive. about 5:205205:30530: AM , inin-

large

en-

large

in-

large

en-

large

in-

At

in-

apt

large numbersnum"oersnumoersnumbbers"

, escorted by souvsriir-loacledsouvsriirloacledsouvenir-loadedsouvenirloadedlaced- II.Ps.IIPsi"CPs.iCPsMPsVIPsCPsAmpsII.Ps.-

At

i"CPs-

.At

iCPs-

At

CP-

A

" . .

At 6:006006 : 00 AMAli the forward movementmOVeJlentnioverient:, of tt..etet..e-

ba.tteries

,. '.ee. ee-

batteries

b-

atteries

.-

ebatteries

e-

mbraceriesbatteriesba.tteries. of ohethehe 7th bebegan.beganan.an6n.6nan."A". -"A""A"A.1111-. " A II" Battery moved outou-

tfirst

ou-

tfitsou-

tfirst

ou-

tfitsou-

tfirst

ou-

tfitsfirst , advancinge dve.nedvenedense. ingKing 5000 meters to a newnevnetiYnevinattily positionposiposit tionion southsouth-

of

Sou-

thof the RaperieRsperieDraperiesRaspberries, J, where it immediatelyimwediatelyiinmmlediatelyintermediately took up thethe-

barrage

he-

arable

the-

barrage

he-

arable

the-

barrage

he-

arablebarrage again.again. In crossingcrocero sing the GoeuvresOeuvres ravine "A"A"A"-

Babbery

AB-

abbery

Be-

arberry

"A-

"Battel'Y

A-

BattelY

A-

bate"A-

"Battery

A-Battery

B-attery

" "

BabberyBattel'YBattelYBatteryBarberry' of che'LheLheheache' 6thth FieldF ielKiel ArtilleryArtilleArticle ry was seen approachinga1proa.chlnga1proachlng! . ,

and aa.. race tooktqok place for precedencenrecederecede nee overoveJove r the bridge ,

resulting in defeat for the 6th.6th. InI n OutryCutryOutcryCurry , the batterybatteryf-

oundbatt-

erybatteryf-

oundbatt-

erybatteryf-

oundbatt-

eryfound itself following a winding , narrow street linedlined-

withlin-

edlined-

withlin-

edlined-

withlin-

edwith high stone walls.walls. Past shelling had knocked aa-

large

a-

nlagen

a-

large

a-

nlagen

a-

large

a-

nlagenlarge number of heavy stones into the roadway , andand-

for

landf-

orm

and-

for

landf-

orm

and-

for

landf-

ormfor a moment our progress was blocked.blocked. The road waswas-

too

wa-

ste

was-

too

wa-

ste

was-

too

wa-

stetoo narrow to turn about and the stones too large toto-

go

to-

go

'

'

go over.over. HappilyHapp11 , at this Instant a detachment ofof-

M.Ps.

co-

mpsof-

M.Ps.

co-

mpsof-

M.Ps.

co-

mpsM.Ps.MPsAmps. . driving abouta.bout. asa',' hundredh.undred. German prisoners camecam-

einto

Ca-mino

cam-

einto

Ca-mino

cam-

einto

Ca-minointo view , and their services were promptly requisitionedrequisitioned-

to

requisition-edto clearolearlear the road.road. They appeared to be entirely pleasedpleased-

12

please-

dl

please-

d--ll- -12-12-12'-

r.

12-

r

- . . . '.

-

00'"

. I . . . . , . .. .. . . .. .... . .. . . . . . . . . . ' " " ' . . . . . . . . , ." / ,, . . " 'ofof'of'M.' . ' '

. . . . , " . ' . - . . . . . . . , . . . . . -'M.'M.M- . .' . .. . . . . . , I.I. .. . .. .. . .., . ... . . ..... ...... " . . . . . . . , . . . ,. . . _ . '_ .n.n. . . ... . . .. .. . . ... . . . . . . ._ . ..

with thettetote ideeidea.ideadee . , and.and. thet'(1et1ethleThule'( loadI'oadIoadroad' was cleared in o.ecordoecordlecordrecordlector.:

(19)19( ) PersonalPerson-.lPerson.l,-.Pe :;: sono.lsonolsonly. time.time. (19)19(19)-

For

(19)-

For

( 19 )

For the firstfil'stfilstfist' time in (manyj2ny weeks uhetr.etrethehetaretheunsAthens. guns-unsunsHunsguns-

were

gna-

werguns-

were

gna-

wer

-;uns-

were

ans-

weredwere on the wayw y forward at a trot and gallongallougallous , thoughthough-

thethou-

ght

thothou hh-

the

h-

itherthe old enfeebled horseshors2s bequeathedbequeat1ed us by our FrenchFrench-

comrades

Frenc-

hwoman

French-

comrades

Frenc-

hwoman

French-

comrades

Frenc-

hwomancomrades were not ableablecoable-cocoto- jo005o i&uchiuchuchmuchouch& of the latter.latterlatter.-

Severalclat-

terslatter.-

Severalclat-

terslatter.-

Severalclat-

ters.

Several times BoschBosh nianeslanesplanesnines swoopedswooned downdO\7ndO7n\ on the columncolucool ln ,

firing machine11achine! .,lunsunsgunslungsHuns but thetbetube "AA" Battery luck"lucklucl-IIluclIIluc-: " heldheld-

good

hed-

gedheld-

good

hed-

gedheld-

good

hed-

gedgood , and not a mnillfnm ? n or hoisehorsehose was touched.touched . On tiethe wayvwaywa-

yforward

wa-

yfarerway-

fOrW

w-afer

vwa-

yforward

vap-

orwareforwardfOrWfOr tl'dtldtold' aI runnerrunnel'runnel ' from the liaisonli 'tsontsonTyson' detachmentdetachr.detachrdetach. 8nt .: :et thetl-J.etlJ.ethe-

batteryth-

eatertlJ.-

eba.tteI'Y

tlJe-

batteIY

to-

leratethe-

batteryth-

eater-

.

batteryba.tteI'YbatteIY.' bearingbe .rinlrinlurinal. ;' a _nYl_ essaTessassp-resspress8Fsp- : e totone/neneJtJetheJute' !:/ foll'\foll'follfollocfollyfollowfollorinpfoll'inf.follinfforlornfooling':) \ : inf.infzapinfo.:;

' effecte.f'CEefCEdeface.' : ct :

From : Liaison OfficerOfficer-

To

Offic-erTo : B.C.BC. . BatteryBa.ttery. A.AA-

.The

B-

athe

A-

.The

B-

athe

A-

.The

B-

athe

.

The liaisonlia.ison. detachment hash .1818. Gesturedc8Dturedcarturedcaptured aa-

Bosch

b-

orsch

a-

Bosch

b-

orsch

a-

Bosch

b-

orschBoschBosh 77 battery at ( coordinatescoordinatesivencoordinatesrivendriven;.-iveniven'ivengiven-' ) .

They are markedaredTa.rkedTarkedJaredCarked.% "BatteryBattery" A 7th FieldField-

Artillery"Field-

ArtilleryFi-

larialField-

Art

Fiel-der

Field-

Artillery"Field-

ArtilleryFi-

larialArtillery"ArtilleryArt il1e rytlaryl" . PleasePlea se have, the limbers1 imbeimbue rs taketC'.ketCketackedtake-

them

ta-ke

tC'.k-

ethem

tCke-

them

tic-ket

take-

SiEned

Ta-

keshi

'.

them out.out.

( SignedSlfnedSiEnedSlantedSEined ) McVickar ,2d LieutLieu ,LiaisonLia.ison. Officer.OfficerOfficer.-

The

Offic-er

.

The actions of this liaison detaildetadelta l areare-

haps

ar-

easoer-oerBoeroer-

haps

per-

haps

) x-xx-

haps

h-

aps-

haps worth studying , as an illustration of what oftenoften-

happened

often-

happened

often-

happenedhappened to liaison details in actual practice.practicepractice.-

Lieutenant

pra-ctice

practice.-

Lieutenant

pra-ctice

practice.-

Lieutenant

pra-ctice

.

Lieutenant McVickar , who was a very capable officer ,

and a menman of almost reckless bravery , had gone withwith-

one

wit-

hin

with-

one

wit-

hin

with-

one

wit-

hinone of the assault companiesconpanies of the 28th InfantryInfa.ntry. ,

accomnflniedaccompa.niedaccompanied. by his detail of half a dozen men , inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthe fighting in the vicinityvioiniviolin ty,of the Missy ravine , thethe-

platoon

tel-

ethonthe-

platoon

tel-

ethonthe-

platoon

tel-

ethonplatoon to which he was attached becamebeesmebesmear, separatedse-PA.ratedsePA.ratedPlacated-

.: fromfrom-

the

frot-

hed. /,

the others , and soon the platoon commanderoommander found himhim-him-

self

him-

self

him-

self

¬-

selfself-selfoutsellout-

out of contactccnta.ctccntact. withwi th hishi s right and left.left. TheyThey-

had

Th-ey

They-

bad

Th-ey

They-

had

Th-eyhadbad advancedadvanoed some80me distancedistanoe through the tall wheat be-bebe-

13

be-

r.

beA-

lf

bee-

r

beha-

lf

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

. . . . .' - - -'- -

. -7.7.- . . . . . ". : . ' :' . -; , . . . 'r'r' ' . . . . . . . . . . r . _ . . . . . . . . .

. .. '-". - -

-.

- . . . . . .. _ . .-13-13-13-

I

13-

t-

?t .

, . , ,

"

. 41Alf

. .w.w. . ',. . .. . ." -. . , ... . .. .rr. .. . ,. .rlRr.rlRrerror. . . . . '. " . ..,aww.wawww..--. . . . .. . . . . . . . .wr. .:, \{ .

1. a.. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .nn.. .. . . w.v.wv.. . .. .. . . . ". . ... .. r.r.. . . M. v.. .ww. . . ' .a.a._.. ,. . . . .erer. .v.v. er. . . ,. w.w. . '.. . . . r_ r.... . . . . . ". . .eraera. . . . . . .w.w. .. . . , . ,.. ., ., ., . . r.r. . . . . . . . 4.4",. ' . , ". . ". . . . . . ,. . . ,. " . ,. w. . . ,. ,. ' . w . .. .. . . . . ,.

yond the ravine , when thet.8t8t ::.. e enemy fire becamebecariieblearierbecbeck ! e so intenseintense-

thatinten-

seintense-

thatinten-

seintense-

thatinten-

sethat the platoonlatoon wasWESw s forced: to reui-'at.reui'at.atetuirere-rrer-,T -' at.at. The liaisonli2isonliaison-

detailliai-

sonli2ison-

de

liaison-de

liaiso-ndetailde L8.ilL8ilt.ailtail. _. foundoundSound _ itselfi-LseifiLseifLeif- fif'ff'I.fiitinfittingf :'="I.I. -_

"'-itinitintinbiting-( ,

, .- bideside:::; ciecine bybv. . sicesidesincesi e iviiiWith'KiKi' Ll t'tt'letleV--eVetaleVe-

infantryV-

enality

'! '--.ee., .-

einfantryinfantry ; LieutenantLieutenrlntLieutenLieutenant nt McVicksrMcVickerCaviler , never havinghRvingharing fired anan-

infantry

a-

nimator

an-

infe.ntry

al-

imentary

an-

infantry

a-

nimatorinfantryinfe.ntryinfentry. rifle , engagedenS8ged in a duel withwi th aa.. BoschBosh sniper ,

and waswwe' 8s Drorm-clyDrormclyDromitlyDomclayAdroitlyDr 0 rlPlP) t- 1 y windedwingedwin ire dinin thetbeeer.ii.eriiera.eraKerir l:. l . ItI t mayray1 ' Y ersilyeerilye (,' ssilysillyi 1 y bebe-

imagined

b-

eingbe-

ime

bedi-

mmed

be-

ime

bedi-

mmedimaginedimedime ineddined that liaison under these conditionscon itionspitons practirecti-rectipracti-practicerectopracti-

cally

practi-

cally

recti-

celly

react-

ively

¬-

callycellycalmlycell ceasedce8sed to exist.exist. W-W.Wen-:, en it is considered thntth8ttntthnt-

th

ten-

th

th8t-

thc

thnt-

th

ten-

thththcth-ththotherthither-i, otherotherrolaollaplatoons-olaolaolla- toonton s were in like1 ikeNike circumstance,ci rcurrecur 1stance , thettetote, exex-

treme

ex-exex-

treme

ex-

treme

¬-

tremetree difficulty of keeningkeepingkeekeel ingKing the artillery informedinfored,,.,, asas-

to

As-

ton

as-

to

As-

ton

as-

to

As-

tonto the 'position'OositionOosition of the front line mayiirqIraq, 8Y, be realizedrea.liedrealiedreali"ed.,:": , ,

especially whenwhenGhewhencliehe-GheGheclimeGhee- line is continuallycontinuelly changing.changingchanging.-

The

changi-ng

ch nging.ngingnaggingnging.-

The

nagg-

ing

nging.-

The

nagg-

ing

.

The position on the road running southeastsoutheastf-

romsouthe-

astsouttesolutesoutheastf-

romsouthe-

aststst-

from

as-

tronfrom the RaperieDraperies wasW .SS. covered withwi th dead and rounded"ioundedioundedwoundedfoundedrounded-

Germans.

roun-ded

"iounded-

Ge

iounded-

Ge

wounded-

Ge

found-ed

wound-

ed

"

Germans.GermansGe mens.mensmans.mansmeans, . It was necessarynecessa.ry. to remove someso.iiesoiiesovietSO ,.llele ofJf t'ttemthem':. !> em beforebefore-

the

beforet-

ime

before-

the

beforet-

ime

before-

the

beforet-

imethe guns could be outnut" )ut intointoplace.interlaceplace.place-place.- . . LaterLa te r they were rere-

moved

re-rere-

moved

re-

moved

¬-

moved , and thettetote wounded attended by'by'

the battalion surgeon.surgeonsurgeon-

.After

surg-eon

surgeon-

.After

surg-eon

surgeon-

.After

surg-eon

.

After "A"A" " Battery wasweas in position , MB"MBliB"liB"B"B" " cameca.me.

(20)20( ) WoodallWooda.llWood. forward , and later "C"C" 0"0" Battery.Battery. (20)20( ) The forward movemove-move-

ment

move-

ment

move-

ment

¬-

mentmeant by echelon of batteriestatteries in each battalion, wasweswas-

rtesigned

ab-

stained

wes-

rlesi.ened

was-

de

wa-

dertesignedrlesi.enedrlesienedsignedresignedresentedde , . ; to allowllo'llllolllo' ! ! one batterybe.tterybetterybetter. to be in movement whilewhile-

the

whi-

lewhile-

the

whi-

lewhile-

the

whi-

lethe; other two were firing , while the superimposedsuperimpose-

dbatteries

superim-posed

superimpose-

dbatteries

superim-posed

superimpose-

dbatteries

superim-posedbatteries were supposed to assista.ssist. in keeping the firefirec-

ontinuous.

firec-

ontinuous.

firec-

ontinuous.continuous.continuous . Limbers were kept near the guns at allall-

hours

ca-

llous

all-

hours

ca-

llous

all-

hours

ca-

lloushours , so that the battery could move at a moment'smomentsmoment's-

notice.

moments-

notice

mom-ents

moment's-

notice.

moments-

notice

mom-ents

moment's-

notice.

moments-

notice

mom-ents

'

notice.notice. In the afternoona.fternoon. "enen"C"C" C"C" Battery and later "BnBnliB"liB"B"B"Bn-

went

Bn-

went

Bo-

wen

liB-

"went

liB-

went

ali-

ment

"B"-

went

B-went

W-

ent" "

went into position just west of Missy aux Bois , thethe-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

battalion

te-

arstainbattalion P.O.POP.C.PC. . movingmoving-movingforwardmoving- forward under thetreadjutantreadjustmentadjutant.adjuta.nt.,

. to thethAthanthe-

P.O.

te-mpo

thA-

P.O.

the-

P.C.

t-heP.O.POP.C.PC. . of thethe"the'

"' 28th Infantry near Missy aux BoieBois.BoisBoise,. TheTh-

epositions

Te-

mpestuous

Th-

eosit1ons

Th-

epositions

Te-

mpestuouspositionsosit1ons of the batteries of the 1stgatgait Battalion of thethe-

7th

the-

7th

the-

7th7th at daylight of 'eacheach'' day are shown on the accompanyingaccompany1ngaccompanying-

14

accompany1ng-

14

,

,

-14-14- 14.v-

.

14-

v

14.w-

.

14-

w

-40

. . . . . . . . . , . . - , . . . . . ; ..

. . . . . .:. . . . . . . - . . . . . . - . - - - - . ,

, , ' . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ., ': . .; " . .

. . . . . . . .. . " . . . " . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . "VOVO" . .-. . ..." . . . . . . . . . . _ " - . . . . . . , 'Ii"Ii' " ,.

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

map.mapma p.p.

..

In the late moinirum0rninmoininrrminimainliner: of tthee 1-th1thlathl - th occunedoccurredjocund snenansn-

incident

s-

uicideen-

incident

re-

miniscent

an-

incident

an-

ticipantincident whichWl.iClWliClLaicalti rhicEric:. h[ is oerhaosoperasDerheDeere s tyoicsltY'JiczltYJiczlstoics' of the mis.ta.mistamistmistakes.. { es thtthatthtc-

roD

hot-

rod

tr.trthat-

crop

the-

atre

. ?! tt-

crop

c-

ropcroDcropcrowd UDupuo in the IocslocIcslocating1tingtin ?: of 011our* ovnownoven,: frontfI'orfIorfiord' t lines.lineslineE-lineElinelineETtelunette- . TheTteTateTh-

eartiller

H-eartily

Tt-

eartilleryS-

terileT '., .ee. .-

eartillery

e-

arthlierartillerartillery r bribri'briebri-ecd.ebriecd.ebriedecade'-

?.., ace.d.ede., . commandercomrandercoriandercor1i! !: :8nder c-uecueCE'meCEmecame- ' injint-IintInjdintinto-o) the "A"A"" 1 " BatteryB--t.teryBt.teryB-tterytterytotteryterryBattery-

iDorition

Ante-riority

Bt.tery-

por.i

Batt-ery

Bttery-

position

:-:-- .

iDoritionpositionadorationpor.iporipoi. tionion , rndandrend: nd statedst vtedvoted withwi th considerconsiJ.el'consiJelconspireconsia.erc.consiaercconsider.' ?-

. le.le. een'hasisenhasisenchainsem:nohnosh')hesisthesissis thcttbotthatthctotthct-

the

thit-

her

tbot-

the

bot-

her

that-

the

thatc-

hedthe infentryinfantry hadh d far overrun thetr.etrethttarethat. , artillerya.rtillery. fucfir'efirefu' , and.ndndand-

were

ans-

wered

2and-

were

ans-

wered

< . .nd-

were

en-

dowerwere even then in iheLhehe, vicinity of Berzy-le-SecBerzyleSecBerzy-Ie-SecIeBeery- - , andand-

that

can-

tata

and-

that

can-

tata

and-

that

can-

tatathat the front line was muchInuer.InuerInfuser. beyond ourOUI'OUIUI' maximummaxi muiamia lenrange.rangerange.-

In

ran-ge

range.-

In

ran-ge

e.ee-

.In

F-

ein

.

In otherotberOctober words , the old tale : the artillery reswasRees2S shootshoot-shoot-

ing

shoot-

ing

shoot-

ing

¬-

ingKing behind the infantry.infantryinfentry.infentry. He ordered "A"A" " Battery toto-

limber

to-

wline

to-

limber

to-

wline

to-

limber

to-

wlinelimber upun and Soo forwardforvl8.rdforvl8rd. immediately.immediately. FortunatelyFortuna.tely. forfor-

the

fo-

rte

for-

the

fo-

rte

for-

the

fo-

rtethe battery,, a, burst of fuefireflue from enenyeneoyenemyKenney 77's77s77'E77E' whichwhic-

hkilled

hitch-

hiked

whic-

hkilled

hitch-

hiked

whic-

hkilled

hitch-

hikedkilled one man and wounded severalsevere.lseverelseverely. othersothel'SothelShotels' of thethe-

battery

th-

eaterthe-

ba.ttery

th-

eaterthe-

battery

th-

eaterbatteryba.ttery. , caused him to modifyllodifyglorify! his orders to the extentextent-

of

exte-ntof holding the batteryba.ttery. in lacenlaceenlace until aa.. definitedefiniter-

econnaissance

definiter-

econnaissance

definiter-

econnaissancereconnaissance had determined the exact front line.lineline.-

The

lin-net

line.-

The

lin-net

line.-

The

lin-net

.

The batter/batterbatterybattercon.batter/ con.conCO : lt"ltLan.

"

*,: .;nJLer.n-ler.nlerjilterleer. - er WO.BWOBwasOBW LS. qqt_ x G o jJ\.l.J.l.\ . u-ouo.!.-. ..)

' 133 infantryinfa.ntryinfantry-

were

infa.ntry-

were

infan-try

.

were not in Berzy-le-SecBerzyleSecBeery- - , unless they had taken wings ,

for the distance was entirely too great to have beenbeen-

negotiated!.

negotiated on foot.foot. A hastyha.sty. trip to the front foundfound-

Major

fou-

ndfound-

Major

fou-

ndfound-

Major

fou-

ndMajor McCloudCycloid of the 26th Infantry in his P.O.POP.C.PC. . in aa-

ravine

A-

rvina-

ravine

A-

rvina-

ravine

A-

rvinravine just short of the Paris-SoissonsParisSoissonsOrisons- road , and thethe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonfront line a couple of hundred meters farther on.onon-

.The

M-

onte

on-

.The

M-

onte

on-

.The

M-

onte

.

The infantry , of course , did not enter Berzy-le-SecBerzyleSecBeeryBerzyleSec-

until

- -

until three daysdays'days-later.dayslater.later'- later.later. IT ; is interesting to note thatthat-

this

hea-

thsthat-

this

hea-

thsthat-

this

hea-

thsthis same mistake appears in a report of General BerdoulatPercolate ,

commandingoommanding the XX CorpsOorps.OorpsCorps-OopsCorpsd'ArmeeCorpsdArmeeCorsair.- d'ArmeedArmeedame' , in his descriptionscriptionascriptiond ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe battle.battle. He states thatth t the infantry entered PloisyPloieyLoisPlosivePloisy-

at

Ploiey-

at

Loui-sa

Plosi-veat 9:00900: A.M.AM. . of thethe.. first morning , an obvious errorerror.error.-

Under

er-ror

error.-

Under

er-ror

*.

Under the new circumstancescircumstanoes , the battery was orderedordered-

to

ordere-

d(31)31(21)21( ) Personalpersona: ] to remain in placeplaoe untilu.ntil. night.night. (21)21(21)-

15

21-

15

(21)-

'I.

21-

I( )

'I.I' . ' *. . .

>

-15-15-15-

ma

-.:.. , . . ' . ,

. ..

. . . . . .. .' -- - " " '" " - - - - - - - - -

. ' ' '. . . . . " . . 1, ,. ' n.Y.nY' ' . . . . C. . nN.... . .*. .. r.YrY. .. . . ' " . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . ,, . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01 , " ..' . W.W . .I11I11" W. . .II.. . . ..ww. .r.r. . i.i, . . . . . r.r. . i.i. .. .Y'Y. .. Y.Y.YY. ... . . n, .r.r. .. .vv. . . . . . . . . . . . . 'n.n'. . . .. Ir. . . . . . r.r. . . . . ., . r, . . . . . .

DurincDurianDUrllDUllD rin-rinErinrinthewrithe: (- :. tlietheliet le :_, 'ft2rr.ft2rr.ft2rr', ftrnoonafternoonftefate? in. oononOn a _::'e.-.i.'e.e.i.' e. .i.ien.tiientViet-.. luentfluent. , entKent. of0 : FrenchFI"211chFI211ch.FrenchFrench-

covrlryFre-

nchFI"211-

chca.rlry

FI211-

chcarlry

.Frenc-

hca.telry

. "

covrlryca.rlrycarlryca.telrycatelrycovertlycarrycattery:. . :: ( Lancers ) wsvnwE: s Jrawn'JrawnsawnBrawn' uo.1010'.. in rearreerfreer of'JfJf' the "A"A" " BnttBentEB .tt-\ry.ttry.tttt. .ttry-

nositin

-:'\ ryry-

nositiDn

ry-

nosi.tinnositiDnnositinnosi.tinanointingpositing. ) , aareryartery, \reryreryveryrefry\ fine iolol00KinokiningKingr outfitoutfit.,.'

ttailWailtail : sotrorttricingtrickingtC MeinMientinE; atat-

ensc

At-

hens

at-

esse

at-

tests

at-

ease

te-

aseenscesseeaseescese in a rnascmassrascal forfOl'n3tionfOln3tionfor:3tionfor3tion' :; notion:: they were ottacced2ttaccedottacedoutpacedattached;: by macnine-macninemachine-machinemacnine-

gun

manneq-

uin

machine-

gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

ne-

gun firefi re fromframframe enemy rlanesnlaneplaneslane> s , and manyanyI1:!, ny werewe re srotscotrot from theirtheirs-

aodles.th-

eirsthetheirs-

addles.th-

eirsi rr-

sadiles.

c-

radlessaodles.saodlessadiles.sadilessaddles.saddlesaudiles. They disperseddisgersed in nuickauickquicknick orderorcierforcer , inin11pllell-1111pall- Directionsjirecti0ns.jirecti0nsjirecti0ns.-

Later

jirecti0ns-

Later

Directions-

LaterDirecti-

onsDirections-

LaterDirecti-

ons.

Later they were seen to refornreforreform and , o0 forwardforvardfor ,ardWard , thoughtl-louchtllouchslouchthoug-

hlater

tho-ugh

thoutllouc-

hlater

- ;hh-

later

h-

aterlater reports were to the effect thatthatheyhatchery:heychey-heychewy- hodhadhood been P"OPPOPablableP"OP-

to

POP-

to

Pho-

to

abl-

to

alt-

oable-

to

tablet-

op

" !

to accomplishaccomDlishaccomolish nothing.nothing. They were v.ithdrpwnvithdrpwnwithdrawnvvivi. thdrthru lwnlawn on the nijhtnightnijht-

of

nig-ht

ni :,htht-

of

ho-

of

ht-

of

ho-

ofof the 19th.19th.

As a8.8., mattergala tterotter of fact the battery lem&inedleminedl'emc-tinedl'emclemctinedremainedermineAlec' &- inin-

the

in-

terin-

the

in-

terin-

the

in-

terthe RaoerieRaperieDraperies position till uhethehe ni1htniihtnight ofo-o0otheother-' the 19th18th , theheth-

ebattalion

te-

arstainth-

ebattalion

te-

arstainhe-

ba.ttalion

e-

mbattlingbattalionba.ttalion. P.O.POP.C.PCP.P. C ., beingbeinbegin at that time witwit'.lwitlwit'wilt'

. i the C3'nC3n:3tl3tl: ' InfantryInfantryP-

.O.

InfantryP-

.C.Infant-

ryP.O.POP.C.PC. . in the Missyissyifissyflimsy! ra.vine.ravineravine.. . "A11A11"A"A" " Battery was thus the rearrear-

battery

rep-

aratoryl'elerear-

battery

rep-

aratory

' rr-

battery

b-

attery . .battery of the leiree imentiillentpimentosilent at this time.time. .; 1 !ne . FrouiFromFruitFrCRC ) 1 tnisthisTunisthisoosithisoosi-oosi-oosi-posi-posiboospositoosi-

tion

posi-

tion

posi-

tron

-oosi-

tion

posi-

tion

-

tiontronionton it siiDOortedsU1portedsupportedsiderite! the attack: of the CothwithCloth2 th Infantry on thethe-

morning

thr-

onging

the-

morning

thr-

onging

the-

morning

thr-

ongingmorning of thetrleturtle 19th , in conjunction with "B"B" En" andend "C"C"C-

"Batteries

C-Batteries

B-

atteries"C-

"Batteries

C-Batteries

B-

atteries

" 0"00-

"Eatterie

0-

Eatterie

"

BatteriesEatterieEateriess , which were then west of Missy aux Bois ( seesee-

map

se-

em

see-

map

se-

em

see-

map

se-

emmap ) . The circumstancescircumstcircus ,ncesincest were very similarsilnilar to thosetb'setbsetbs') ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe first day.day. Again the rangesra.nges. were quite long , exceotexceptexceot-

for

recep-

tor

exceexcelexcept-

for

recep-

tortt-

for

f-

orfor the forwardforward.batteries.forwardbatteriesforward., batteries.batteries. TheThe.terrainTheterrainTeheranterrain.terrain.was a long forfor-for-

ward

for-

ward

for-

ward

¬-

ward slope , much exposed , leading to the deep MissyMissy-

ravineMi-

ssyMissy-

ravineMi-

ssyMissy-

ravineMi-

ssyravine , on the eastern edge of which were our frontfront-

lines.

fron-

tlinefront-

lines.

fron-

tlinefront-

lines.

fron-

tlinelines.lines. "A"A" " Battery'sBatterysBatters' range was not too excessive toto-

permit

co-

ppersmith0-0-

permitpermit firing throughout the whole of the next day'sdays'

(22)22( ) Personal advance , so the position was retained.retained. (22)22( ) It isis-

possible

im-

possible

is-

possible

im-

possible

is-

possible

im-

possiblepossible that the battery was being held backbaokbook under thethe-

brigade

he-

rringthe-

brigade

he-

rringthe-

brigade

he-

rringbrigade order referred to above , though the batterybatteryc-

ommanderbat-terybatteryo-

ommander

ante-room

batteryc-

ommanderbat-terycommanderoommander did not know of this at the time.timetime.-

On

timew-

orn

time.-

On

timew-

orn

time.-

On

timew-

orn

.

On July 19th the attackatT.aokatTaok. was renewed at 4:004004:00-

A.It.

400-

AIt

4:00f-.

400-f

4:00-

A.M

400-

AM

:.f.-f.<f-

.A.It.f-

ait-

A.It.AItA.MAMAlit. . The light artillery fired the usual rolling barrage.barragebarrage.-

This

barra-ge

barrage.-

This

barra-ge

. .

This attackattaok was only partiallyart1ally successful8uooessful , for the 2dad2d.2d-

16

ad-

16

2d.-

16

2d-

16

.

-16-16--16---- 16.-

w

16-

w

16.-

r.

16-

r

--- - -. .

..-.-

, .-

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

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

. ,.

. ,

' ., " ,

-, ' -'

. ' . . . . . . . ,, ' . ... _ ... ... . . . . . . . . 1..1'. , . ' , ' . '. . ' " . ... ,- .. . . . . ' . " . ' : ' " " . . " . .. . of'of' ' ' . .t.t. .. . . . . .. . . ... " ... ",, ' . _ _... .. .._ . _ .. ... . . . . " .. _ . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . " .. _ . . . " ." , , ,_ . . ."

_" ' . ' " " " ' "

, . . . . . . . . . . ." ..-.

BriBri'Bri-BrieBriadeBrigade'- aceadeSade? wasvas: held uounU by strongstronastron resistancere cisi sscce:1cece1ce-cc-, ncenice: fromfro.iifroiifrofro :. ! ! thetr.etretare. ciffi-ciffic.iffi-c.ifficliffciffi-cult

diffi-cult

c.iffi-

cult.ii. f i-ii-

cult

c-

ult-

cult country on t e left , vhilehilechilevile;.; the 1st BriBrieBl'i.BliBaliBr' ... ' g8"e8ea.reare,.

"

e e?av3viiced3viiced-

straight

;? v?'ncedncedned'nced-

stra.ight

nced-

straightanc-

estralJr'' ' cedacedce-

dstra.ihtstraightstra.ightstra.i--htstra.ihtstrain. - through on schedule DOto itsi'usiusPius' objective.objectiveoJjective.oJjective. In thisthis-

connection

this-

connection

this-

connectionconnection it shouldshouli: be notedn'JtednJtedanted' that the 1st BrigadeBri-aieBriaieBriJadeBrieaide:;:- hadha.dhad-

on

ado-

rn

ha.d-

on

hade-

an

had-

on

ado-

rn

.

on its rirightht the Moroccanl.toroccanltoroccaniYoroccantoucan. Division , wittwiti'witiwitfwittywit':;, thetl"letlletulle" ForeignForeign-

LegionFore-

ignForeign-

LegionFore-

ignForeign-

LegionFore-

ignLegion , the SemeaemeSemenacme8e ne ZouavesZCH18.vesZCH18vesZouarveOeuvresAzure. s , 4etne4e'r1le4er1le4eine' TirailleursTrailersT i ra illeursfillers , famousfamou-

sregiments

famou-

sregiments

famou-

sregimentsregiments allell ; while the 2dJd had only ea Colonial divisiondivision-

thedivisi-

ondividiv ionion-

the

in-ter( the 153dl53d ) on its left , a division which an-oarentlyanoarentlya0Darentlyan-oe.rentlyoe.rentlyardentlyobediently-

. waswas-

unable

ass-

umable

Wa-

sunable

Ass-

umable

was-

unable

ass-

umableunable to advancea.dvance. ata.t. 11.11ell.ell? . In adaitionadditionradiation , the clecoCtecndecocollectorTen MissyMissy-

and

Niss-an

Missy-

and

Niss-an

Missy-

and

Niss-anand PloisyLois ravinesraviTravis ne s were in the zonezonf'zonfZion' off action of the odod-

Brigade.

o-

bligate

% dd-

Brigade.

b-

rigaded-

Bri

d-

ebrisBrigade.BrigadeBriBrie Jade . It was 8a lemarkableremarkable thing thatt at they v.erevereerewereverge. ableable-

to

tablet-

op

able-

to

tablet-

op

able-

to

tablet-

opto orogressprogress as well ases they did.diddid.-

At

dida-

ctic

did.-

At

dida-

ctic

did.-

At

dida-

ctic

.

At any rate , the line as held at 9jOO9:00900: A.M.AM. . onon-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

ontethe 19th was considered unsatisfactory.unsatisfactory . A second atat-

tack

at-atat-

tack

at-

tack

¬-

tack to straightenstreighten the line was accordingly ordered ,

and ata t 5:30530: the usual barrage was fired to recedeurecedeprecede thethe-

2d

the-

2d

the-

2d2d BrigadeBriJadeBrizad.eBrizade. in its attack.attack. This local action was successsuccess-success-

ful

success-

ful

success-

ful

¬-

fulfoul , and at 3:00300:0000: OO P.M.PM. . ( about dusk ) the line ran straightstraight-

acrossstraig-

hterstraight-

acrossstraig-

hterstraight-

acrossstraig-

hteracross the sector through Ploisy.PloisyLois. The orders for thisthis-

barrage

this-

barrage

this-

barragebarrage did not reach the batteriesbatterieR untill1nt1.1l1nt11ntili ., eaaPewPew. few-PewPew- minutesminutes-

beforemin-

utesminutes-

beforemin-

utesbefore the attack began ; in fact "C"C"e"e" " Battery did notnot-

begin

non-

being

not-

begin

non-

being

not-

begin

non-

beingbegin firing until fifteen minutes after the start.startstart.-

Batterysalt-

waterstart.-

Ba.ttery

start.-

Batterysalt-

water.

BatteryBa.ttery. commanders feverishly comoutedCOm"9utedCOm9utedcomputed" the datada.ta. at thethe-

executive's

the-

executives

the-

executive's

the-

executives

the-

executive's

the-

executivesexecutive'sexecutives' postpos.t. , and issued out the data sheets for thethe-

next

te-

netthe-

next

te-

netthe-

next

te-

netnext few minutes firing , while the barrage was rollingrollinga-

long.rolli-

ngrollinga-

long.rolli-

ngrollinga-

long.rolli-

ngalong.along. In this afternoonafternQon attack all 7575's75sfs' of the divisiondivision-

were

divisi-onwere in support of the 2d Brigade , necessitating somesom-

edisplacements(23)23( ) CraigOraigOrating displacements by the 5th and 6th Regiments.Regiments. (23)23( ) TheTh-

eheavies

Th-

erapies

The-

I

Thei-

r

The-

av1eB

The-

.heaviesI

heavies.heavies. av1eB fired concentrationsoncentdocent ationsactions on the PloisyLois and ChazelleOhazelleChandelleHazelChazelle-

ravines.

Ohazelle-

ravines.

Ohazelle-

ravines.ravines.ravines.

At lOjOO10:001000loop: P.M.PMP.P. M.M. ttAlf"AUAU"AllAlltotal" Battery was moved forwardforward-

to

forwa-rdto the Paris-SoissonsParisSoissonsParis-BoiesonsBoiesonsOrisons- roadToad , due east of MissyKissyKiss aux Boie.BoieBois.BoisBoiseBoie.-

17

Boie-

17

Bois.-

17

Bois-

17

.

" -17-17-17-

Bri

-

. . " . "' , Y.IYI' ; >> A.A- ". . ' ' ' '. , , l.l. . . . . . . . at.at. . . . . . . . . . ' . " . . ". M...t.t... . . W

_ . . . . 1 . ,. Y.. . . . .

, . . " .. . . . ' ". ' . . . ,. tIl.N1tIlN1< I.I. . .. ,. It.ItM.JMJ. . . ,/ ,. . . . . . I. . . .-. .rr,.' ' ' ' 1.-1.-. .. . . -11.1.111.11.1.-. . . . .. ' 0'0 ' . . _ . " , .. . . ,. . . . . ' ' . . . .. . .. " . . .. . , . , ,4.4.4, . ... .. ... " ' . ' "" . . . . ( . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . .

On the way iroupbiro it was reneatedlyrepea.tedlyrepeatedlyreneatedy. bomoedbom'oedbombedbooed' by nini.nini.htnight. libht flyersf-

romfly-

ers:flyerslyersflyersf-

romfly-

erslyers-

fr

flye-rsfromfr0 m low altitudesaltitures801 tit 11 e s butbu t no casualtiescasulrltiescasuistriesC B SU R 1 tie s TPrpsuited.suitedresulted.resulted.81J 1 , e d . ItIt-

se

I-

ts

It-

seems

It-

emsIt-

se

I-

tsseseems<,3.as3asms. renarrel1a.rrel1arrearrenarableremarkable:,.

: : able3 bleable that L-iisLiisIiisisIiiL, _- lisleis shouldshould.. be the caseCDco se , forfQl'fQlfl' onon-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

ontethe ,fthilejroadsthrillerhifewhileheifer.- .--_ ;oadsroad.sroadsgoads. , under the brilli-mtbrillimtbrilliantBilliebrilliBillie - nt lightlizhtlivhtLiszt of oarechuteDarachuteparachuteoarechut-

eflares

archipel-agoes

parachut-

eflares

parac-huteflares droooeddroT)1'eddroT1eddronned.dronned) ') . by the enemyeneny{ aviatorsa.viatiJrsaviatiJrs. , the columncoluncolucool :, .1n1n.: mustmust-

have

mus-

t've

must-

have

mus-

t've

must-

have

mus-

t'vehave been very visiole.visiolevisible.visible. In eacheechbeech cpseCBsecasecopseCBs , on thetinetineroachinteract,sBroachs'J'rCBchsJrCBch----roachroachs'J'rCBch-

of

sJrCBch-

of

sirocc-o

-- ',Broach-

of

Broac-

h-, '-) roach-

of

roac-

h)

of a DianeulaneplaneTulane , the column was naltedhaltedmalted , withwitbtivit.tivitwitinvite. instructionsinstructions-

to

instructio-nsto remainrema.in. motionless.motionless. It was quite a , tryinrtryintrying[ Taskte.slcteslcTesla. , butbut-

amarently

but-

anuarently

but-

anoa.rentlyamarentlyanuarentlyanoa.rentlyanoarentlylambentlyLaurentanciently. successful.successfulsuccessful.-

On

successf-ul

.,

On the ParisPsris hirlrvayhihwayhirh1alayhurrayhighway[ were concentratedcQncentr2ted holfhalfholf-

a

half-

a

holdfa-

st

alf-aa ctozendozencozen batteries oo'-o'oo'bothobothbooth''.:-

' both tueti1et.etetrue. , 6thth and 7th ReReyFrey iuertsiJ1entsiralentsbiersfirmamentsiuerts-

see

iJ1ents-

see

: , ,

( see manma9)ma9map).) . They were olacedl&cedlcedplacedsolacedlaced& in line , inir.ir. positionosition onon-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

ontethe near side of the roadroa.droadithwraith. , vith-ithithitch1;":- i th thet r e roadroa.d. serving as ane.nenan-

embankment

c-

anebrake

e.n-

em

ene-

ma

an-

embankaent

c-

anebrake

.

embankmentembank-aentembankaentagentem bank me-

: nt in frontfro nt of0 f the nieces.niecesDie C e s . On the nextne xt namingmorning1'10110' rn i ng ,

there wasWGSWAGSvia s no general attack , and the onlyo n t y missionsmissions-

assignedmiss-

ionsmissions-

assignedmiss-

ionsmissions-

assignedmiss-

ionsassigned "A"A" " BotteryBntteryBattery-BatteryButteryBatterywereBattery- were registration , and sone801:1e8011esomescone: inter-interinter(-

84)inte-

r84

inter(-

24)inte-

r24

inter-

diction

-

(84)84(24)24( ) OperationsOperations-ReportOperat-ions

diction fire on Berzy-le-Sec.BerzyleSec.BeerySec- - . (24)24(24)-Report

24-Report

(24)-Report

24-Report

(24)-

During

24-

During

( )

Report ,BtryTryBt ry A , 7th7th-F.A.

7th-FA

DuringDurinDurian lulls in firing at this position ihetheheihe-F.A.

the-F.A.

th-ief

the-

men

the-

meF.A.FA. . , July27 , 1918 men amused themselves by firing at enemy airplanes.airplanesairqlanes.airqlanesairplanes.-

They

airpla-nes

airqlanes.T-

hey.

airplanes.-

They

airpla-nes

.

TheyThey.They.ha.dThey., hadha.dha . d collected eleven machine guns , both HotchkissHocksHotchkiss-

and

Phthis-esand German , andB.ndBndBand. some ChauchatChaucha.tCha-cha. riflesr1 fIe s , and though notno-

tparticularly

an-

tiparticleno-

tparticularly

an-

tiparticleno-

tparticularly

an-

tiparticleparticularly skillful in their use , they at least sucsuc-suchsuc-

ceeded

suc-

ceeded

suc-

ceeded

¬-

ceededdeeded in firing a lot of ammunition.ammunitionammunition-

.Shortly

ammun-itions

ammunition-

.Shortly

ammun-itions

ammunition-

.Shortly

ammun-itions

.

Shortly before 2jOO2:00200: P.M.PM.. . the order came downdow-

nfor

don-

ordow-

nfor

don-

or(25)25( ) Memo G-3G3G3-Hq

G3-Hq

- for an attack on Berzy-le-Sec.BerzyleSec.BeerySec- - . (25)25( ) This stronglystrongly-Hq

strong-ly

strongly-

organizedstro-

nglystrongly-

organizedstro-

nglyHq 1stlet1st-Div

let-Divl-et

1st-DivDiv , \ organized town had been originally in the sector of thethe-July

text-

uallythe-

153d

the-

153dJuly 2Qa2 ,19181918.;. \ . \ r153d153d Division on the left , but on the morning ofo f thethe-

ML

the-

M

the-

20th

the-

20thVML' I'II-'nM

I-nM

I-nn 'nMft;

3 \: 20th it was turned over to the 1stlet Division by order ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe corpsoorps.oorpscorps.oops*. "A"AitA"itAKita" " Battery'sBatterysBatters' missionm1ss1.onm1ss1on. in this engagementengaget1ent waswas-

a

as-a

was-

a

as-

aa two-hourtwohour- preparation on the town , beginning at 12:00120012:00-

o'clock.

1200-

oclock

12:00-

o'clook.

1200-

oclook

12:00-

o'clock.

1200-

oclock

:

o'clock.oclocko'clook.oclooko'clockcloak' . This fire was followed by a rolling barrage ,

coveringoovertngobverting the town and ravine , in whichwhioh our battalionbattalion-

18

battalio-

nl

battalio-

n. . -. '' --18-18--ll- '--180-

'

18-

0

-

. . ..... . .w.w.. . . . . . . . ,. . f.f-. ..Lr.Lr. -. . . . w..WwW_.. ,._. rIM..,.. W.W_. . . . ,. " ." -.0-.1..1..0.1..1..-. . .' .. .- .'___' . . . . .. . . . .-. ,.. ... ... OW_ MN_ ._.... . . . . M.. --11.-. . .-... . . . .'n-'nn.' .. . .-- . '. . .11.11.11.... r.IM..1.1/-rIM1.1r.IM..1.1rIM11- ..-... . . .../ . _ .-.- . ".. . . . . - . ._.... ..ww..MwwMwM. .. .. . . .. . . .rr. . ..+ . . .. . . . . . w_ .a.w.aw. . . . . . . . . . . . ' ". . - ..,w_ . . . .rr.. ..-

rtook

r-

etook

. . . " ...... . .. . ..v.v. . . . . . ' , , , . . . .. .. . .. ...."

took part.partpa.rt.. . This attackattacl{ , though reenforcedreinforced by aa-

battalion

b-

attaliona-

battalion

b-

attaliona-

battalion

b-

attalionbattalion of the loth13th10thcloth Infantry from division reserveeservedeserve? ,

did not succeed , and at nir3htnightni ht fall the 1st BrigadeBriBrie ajeMae waswa-

sagain

mas-

saging

was-

gain

wa-

ging

wa-

sagain

mas-

sagingagaingain far aheadaheadfaheadIf-ff-: f the 2d.2d. TheT e line then ran throughthrough-

Saconinthro-

ughthrough-

Saconinthro-

ughthrough-

Sa.conin

thro-ughSaconinSa.coninScorning. Farm , refused on the left , and then across thethe-

2d

the-

2d

the-

2d2d BrigadeBriga.d.eBriBrie adeSade. . zone west of Berzy.BerzyBeeryBerzy.-

In

Bee-ry

.

In this attack nracticallypractically every round ofof-

artilleryf-

railerof-

artilleryf-

railerof-

artilleryf-

railerartillery fire wasW tS directly observed.observed . The observationooservationobservation-

postsobserva-

tionooservation-

postsobserva-

tionobservation-

postsobserva-

tionposts on ohethehe hill tontODtootoad just east of the Paris-SoissonsParisSoissonsPa1'is-SoissonsPa1'isPa1isOrisonsParisSoissonsr-

oadPa1'isSoissons-

road

Pa1isSoissons-

road

' -

road afforded aa.. superbsUDerbsunder view of the entire "toto113It" ttlefield.ttlefieldtelevisedttlefield.-

It

.

It v/asvaswas/ a sort of naturalnatur&lnaturl& amahamphitheatreamphitheateri the at re , the terrainterrain-

sloping

transl-

atingterrain-

sloingtransl-

atingterrain-

sloping

transl-

ating,slopingsloing"

? gently downward to the PloisyLois anda1d! BerzyBeery ravinesra.vines. ,\

and then utu"uuo" )> aagainapainapian, ain to the heights of NoyantNoya.nt'oyantoyantMylantaoat' ., and Buzancy.BuzancyBuoyancyBuzancy.-

From

Buzancy.-

From

Buzancy.-

From

.

From here the infantryinfentry formations could be plainlyplainly-

observed

pla-inly

plainlyo-

bSErve

plai-nly

plainly-

observed

pla-inlyobservedobSErve ; in factfeetfactithfactvith-ithithitch'J"iJi'-" th fieldfield. . glassesclasses; , eachea.ch. indivicualindividualindivicual-

soldierindivid-

ualsindiHindiindividual-

soldierindivid-

ualsvi .ualualdual. .ua-

lsoldiersoldier weswasW S olainlyDlainlyplainly visible.visiblevisible.-

The

visib-le

.

The battlefield in thethe'' vicinity of the Peris-PerisParis-ParisPa.ris-Pa.risPerilsPeris-

Soissons

Perm-

issionsParis-

Soissons

Ars-onists

Pa.ris-

Soissons

.-

SoissonsOrisons road waswa.s. strewn with disabled tt-nks.tnks.Inks.Inks-: nks.nksinks. It waswa-

ssaid

wa-

ssail

wa-

ssaid

wa-

ssail

wa-

ssaid

wa-

ssailsaid that by the end of the second day every tanktenktent a.nlr.anlrangler,. . ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe seventy-fiveseventyfiveseventy-fifi- ve which hadha.d. entered the engagement , underunder-

ooiPward

und-ercook

underc-

om"an.d

under-

comand

unde-

rcoated

under-

con

underc-

ountooiPwardcom"\an.dcom"coman.dWoodwardandcon "('\ and. nf0fof tbethetubet } e No.Noro.ro! . 11.. enciendncip-.np-n. Fo.FoTo.To) . 1111.. GroupmentPQrO'H,1Int8QrOH1Int8GrolapmentQProcumbentRoadmen' ) ! , ? ,>>hbpd> > d "beenbeennep.neppeenneap"bee-

ndestroyed

been-

destroyedbe-

nderspeen-

destroyed

sp-

eediest

"

. "

destroyed or disabled.disabled. In view ofoftheoftenthe-the- very elementaryelementary-

antitankeleme-

ntaryelementary-

antitf'nk

elementar-yantitfnk

eleme-ntary

elementar-

yantitnkeleme-

ntaryantitankantitf'nkantitfnkantit-nkantitnkanti-' defenses which had been developed at that time ,

perhaasperhaps a lesson can be drawn from this as to the vulnervulner-vulneraryvulne-

rability

vulne-

rability

vulne-

rability

¬-

ability of tanks to short-rangeshortrange- artillery fire.firefire.-

Just

fire-

bugs

fire.-

Just

fire-

bugs

fire.-

Just

fire-

bugs

.

Just before dusk a GermanGerma.n. "batterybattery"

, evidentlyevidently-

retreatingevid-

entlyevidently-

retreatingevid-

entlyevidently-

retreatingevid-

entlyretreating , had stopped to fire a few parting rounds fromfrom-

a

from-

a.

fro-maa.. positionpoalpal tionion near GoujraellesCou:7mellesCou7mellesCourmellesOurselvesCureless: ; , plainly visiule.visiulevisible.visiblevisivisit ble.bleable.

, ItsItaKita shellsshells-

were

she-lls

shells-

were

she-lls

shells-

were

she-llswere falling on our reserve position in the vicinity ofof-

Ploisy.

po-

pulously

of-

Plo1sy.

of-

Plo1sy

of-

Ploisy.

po-

pulouslyPloisy.PloisyPlo1sy.Plo1syLois. This waswas.thewasthewastejthethe_,. one time during the war when anan-

enemy

a-

nnoy

an-

enemy

a-

nnoy

an-

enemy

a-

nnoyenemy "batter/"batterbatterbatterlbattery"batterwasbatterwasbatter" / was seen in actionaotionabortion from an ttAHIA"IA"A"AUtah" " BatteryBattery-

O.P.

Batte-ry

Batter-y0.P.

Batter-

y0PO.P.OP0.P.0P.0P.,. . , and the one and only chance to test the FrenchFrench-

19-19-19--19---- 19.w-

.

19-

w

-

I

.MV./.MV.... ... . .' ./ . '. . . , " . . ' . . . . \MI\fYMIfY.\ ...{ . _\_ .+ . . . Y\YYuMIYuma. .\ uMIMI. .. . . K'KN\NN'\ YWhWho.. .. '" ... f1.f1.. . . 'VNVN.' .. .. . , M"' .IVIV. " . . .' . .n.n./ / . f. of. . . q.q... . . .. . 'II.', MYN.VMYNVMN.... .... M_ . . \.tf.tf.\ ....{. . .{.....MY..... Wwfa'WwfaWWWwfa'1.Wwfa1.... . . . .' . \1.1..\ .'. . . . . . HIhY.HIhYHighly" ." . . f, w1. -. 'W.w.Ww'-.. . .YY,. .. 1Y.N.q1YN.q1YNq... _. . ... I' Y.Y. . 44IYN. . , /IYNIYNIN./ . .... .n.n. - . ". .ll'HfllHfAllah. . . .' .. ...Y.. MMVy.fMMVyfEmmy.. .. ... . . N1f.. .. tNM1..- . A.IAI. ". ' .MM,. .. vYM\vYMDVMvYM.I4ry.vYMI4ry.. ....\ . .\ . .I4ry.I4ry.I4ry. . ... . .. . . ' n" r" yfg1YIA., .,_ , 'II.' ,. 1f... 4'\4'44-

'this

4-

this

' "' \ .'

theory that.. ..

"AA" battery seen is aa.., "batterybattery" lost"lost" . InIn-

this

Li-

tchisthis case the theory DrovedurovedprovedRoved incorrect , for althoughaltzoughalthough"-

A"

althoug-

hA

altzough"-

A"

altzoug-hA

althou-gh

alt ; oughHoughought-

rAil

oug-

ht"A"AtrAil" " Battery obtained a quick neutralization withwith-

shrapnel

wit-

hdrawn

with-

shrapnel

wit-

hdrawn

with-

shrapnel

wit-

hdrawnshrapnel , darkness inteivenedinteTvenedintervened and no fire for destruc-destrucciestruc-ciestrucdestructdiestrumdestruc-

tion

ciestruc-

tion

Cister-

cian

destruc-

tion

-.i i

tionion could "bebe" carried out.out. Doubtless the BoschBosh withwith--with-

drew

withd-

rew

¬-"

drew a few minutes later without sufferingsufsurf eringerring seriousserious-

loss.

serious-

ness

serious-

loss.

serious-

ness

serious-

loss.

serious-

nessloss.loss. The silencing of this battery was noted by thethe-

observert-

hosethe-

observert-

hosethe-

observert-

hoseobserver at the Divisionaivisionc.ivisioncivision. O.P.OP. . near by.byby-

.During

by-

.During

by-

.During

.

During the late afternoon and eveningevenings of UiisthisLuisUiis-

day

Gui-

sed

this-

day

Thur-

sday

this-

day

Thur-

sdayday , GeneialGeneI'alGeneralGenial' SummerallSummer visitedvisivisit ted all the unitsuniZuni ts of thethe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonfront line.line. ThouchThou@'hThoughTouch@' fired at with shells , machineJ11acllinenachireachier, _ l.unslunslungs, . : unsHuns ,

anda.nd. rifles , he visited elenentselements: of everyeve regimentgiulentregifaentgullet_, talk-talktal-

krtalk-

ertalk-

r

talke-

r

talk-

ing

--:',:,

rr:: x'\ \\ .:

.ingKing with the men , jokingjolting with an old teolider.fe.boutteoliderfebout(solider. , ; , V.boutVboutBout. . 'boutbout' thethe-N

the-

riding

eth-

erizing

the-

riding

eth-

erizingN , , _

riding hall at Fort Meyer.Meyer. They told him that they werewere-

going

ver-

gingwere-

going

ver-

gingwere-

going

ver-

ging .goinggoingogoing;, -oo,00/o-,/ Laketake Berzy-le-SecBerzyleSecBerzy-Ie-SecIeBeery- - , and asked.fked.fkedfaked. :: . for ana.n. artilleryartilleryb-

arrageartill-eryartilleryb-

a.xrageartill-eryartilleryb-

arrageartill-erybarrageba.xragebaxrage. , which he "promised9romised they would have , endand? nd uponuTonfutonupon-

his

pon-

ies

upon-

his

pon-

ies

;)

his return at 1:00100: P.M.PM. . , totothetotethe-the- division P.O.POp.e.peP.C.PC. . , it waswa-

sarranged

w-ashrag(26)26( ) Butler arranged for.for. (36)36(26)26( ) Before leavinglea.ving. the front , GeneialGenel'alGenelalGeneralGenialGeneial-

Suramerall

General-

Sumnerall

Gen-erals

'

.

SuramerallSumnerallSurnameSumner visited the 2d Brigade P.O.POP.C.PC. . , where the briadec-

ommander

bride-smaid

'brigadec-

ommander

brigadec-

ommanderbri-

gade'oriHoribriade'brigadebrigade[adeSadeade-

commander

ad-

enomacommander , infantry regimental commandersco'mmander'scommander'' s , and artilleryartilleryr-

cgisientcj.artil-leryartilleryr-

O""l

artillery-

rOlartille-

ryartilleryr-

egimentalartil-lery"""

. - . .

.,..

...

" ,.. \.

....- ,. .,

...

. ', ' ' '.-'' assembled.assembledasopmnl"asopmnlAesop. . 1nied.1nied-. .

"-

. . H'-H'H'........ .' ir. ,

.

...

,. .

*

/.

. ...::.., U'I.\er'l'I.Ier'lerlthemearlthem-

thatth-

eta

'.,' .rcgisientcj.rcgisientcjregimentalrecipientrO""l-rO""lrOlroilrO""l.t".Lb ..1.1.1. .. . ..t".LtL.:" . . commanders"" .OYV\W1.lQOYVW1.lQ.OYVW1.lQW1lQl.l: ... . ....!. ':" . ... wwere!' \ r.-r.;-'rea'reareaarea- re asla--p1asl-ap-1al-a'. '_- 0-0:::- a *'.- '.1-.1. <'-

" !> oj' ) M H( I ] >\ ei'ieiiiiei'-

ithat

ei-

ithat

ep-

ithet

'

that the attack would be renewed in the morningffiJrningraorningfirmingadorning , andand-

told

fan-

todand-

told

fan-

todand-

told

fan-

todtold them that he exoectedexpectedex-oectedexoectedcoerced- them to tekettketakeeketote the town withwith-with-

out

with-

out

with-

out

¬-

out fail.fail. With regard to the artillery side of thisthis-

operation

this-

operation

this-

operationoperation , it is interesting to note that GeneralGeneral-

Summerall

Gen-erals

General-

Summerall

Gen-erals

General-

Surnmerall

Gen-eralsSummerallSurnmerallSummerSurname desired every fourth round from the 75'e75e75's75s' toto-

be

t-oe

to-

be

t-oe

to-

be

t-oebe smoke shell.shell. Due to the congested road conditions ,

the smoke diddldd1ddl not arrive , andapdaidaped no scieenscreensciencesc eenen wasV'ra5Vra5' put. doimdimddo .nn.n-

the

n-

th. inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthe entire engagement.engagementengagement.-

The

engagem-

ent

.

The attackattaok on Berzy-le-SeoBerzyleSeorzy-le-SearzySeaBeerySegocryBe - - wasW8.SW8S. resumed at

4:45445: A.M.AMA.K.AK. . on July 21st.21st. The schemesoheme of maneuver waswabswab forfor-

30

for-

20

for-

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

K'

30-

K

20-

1'

20-

1

20-

h

-h

.' "' . ,'/1'1'1/ : '

!

.

.::

;

: :;

.

\

. ... .. ....__ .u"u. ". . .. . . ... .r.r.. . . M.. . " .rr.way..w\w..rr.way..ww..' ''. . . . . . . . . .\ . . . 11. .. .iMa..M.1.iMaM1.iMaM1.. .. .... . ... . . . .. ,. ; , ,. , w"wr.r". .,. '. . . ... . ,... .. . .. 1tM- '." ""'" .ww. . . . " " " '" - . ,. .rr-. ..\ . . . -. . ": A 1\111...\. 1.1.. 1..N1.N1N. . . ... w./a1.wa1.w.a1.a1- ,. . ./ " . . .. "/ ". . . . . . . w... elrweel-.. . w.w... ,. n. ' . . . . I.I-AS.q.AS.q.I.AS.q.S.W... .-...-. .. . _- .- ". . . ,. . . . . I.w.Iw.-. .. . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . ,. . V. . . . L.fY-L.fYLfL.fY-

n. ... . .- .-... . . . .

the 1st BrirBriarBl'ir"8..eBlir8.eBlir8e' " aceaoo.eaooealoe.': '

. to AdvanceG.var..cGvarcdvarceVacdivorcen . ._. underuncnc _ er aa.. roliiirrollirro i lin--linOlinlinba.iliana_ ;;:-:- ; baircbaricbal'ro.ebalroealoeba.ibaibail,.

' rte.'srtesrates. ;;' e: ,

assisted by thetae French d7bh87th7 bh Division , vrMchvtichvaticIT ichLich nadhadnadaad relievedrelieved-

the

reliev-edthe Moroccans.Moroccans. On the left VnetheVane 153dl53d1534 Division WCwasw > L toto-

advance.

to-

advance.

to-

advance.advance.advance, . The 2dd BriBrie :,_ edeadecedeSadea de ,was not to move forf or:> ral'CralCUralic::aiJai-0ai0'- : unbiluntilun-'Uilun'UilUilIl- '

(27)27(27)I(27)FO27FO( ) FO #2929-

July29-

July"

I

8:50.850.8508:30.830.830: . (27)27( ?7)7) Thus thettetote tov.ntovntowntonto . n was to be outflankedoutf18r eQ on oothbothboothboth-

sides

out-

sides

both-

sides

out-

sides

ooth-

sides

out-

sidesJuly 22020-

Hq00-

HqHq 1st1st-Div

1st-Div

1st-Div ; sides before the frontlfl'ont-lfl'ontflontlfront--1front1,-frontalfont' ?:; - attacka.ttack. started.startedstal.ted.staltedsalted. . InInccIncL'ccorLccorLocoL;'

.±-cccc-, ccoroEncecogenceccoroEnce-

with

accorda-nce

oresencefenceence-

withde-

ceitneenee-

with

ne-

wtDiv Uwith this , the 5th5tt fired concentrationsconcentr2tionsconcentrLconcentric t ions on BerzyBeeryBe rzycry andand-

nearby

ca-

nneryand-

nearby

ca-

nneryand-

nearby

ca-

nnerynearby ravines , anda.nd. also counterbattery.counterbatterycounter'battery.counteTbattery.counteTbatterycounteracted' . Just oriornriorrriorpriorrigor toto-

the

t-ote

to-

the

t-ote

to-

the

t-otethe advance of the 2d BrigadeBrig adeSade , a stiostr'ostrostronstoicstropastron' ng%, ToreoarrtionCorporationDrnrenarcreenactDB r tionLionion firefil'efilefire-

of

fie-

ffil'e-

of

file-

of

fie-

ffire-

of

fie-

f'

of forty minutes1minutesminutes't' duration , in whichvjhich "A"AIt" A"A" BotleiyBe.ttel'YBettelYBa.ttel'yBattelyBottleBetelBattery. ' joined ,

was put dovindowndoing on the town.town. AlthoughAlthou° h the 153dl53d DiDivvieioncioncoincion-

did

iod-

ide

cion-

did

iod-

ide

ion-

did

iod-

idedid not advance , our own attack was successful , and? nd ourour-

infantry

ur-

inateour-

infantry

ur-

inateour-

infantry

ur-

inateinfantry ledle in "DCrson"personpersonCarson by brigadebrit'adebritadebri'adebriade';' and rerimentreilnentregimentreinventre 'imentiment-ilnentilnentpimentoailment'- 1 comcom-coui-couicousincom-

manders

com-

manders

cou-

imangers

co-

inages¬-

mandersmangersmaunders , captured the town at 9:15915: A.M.AMAM.., . A protectivenrJtectiveprtectiunreflectiveprotectprotective-

standing

prote-ctive

nrJtective-

stending

) veve-

stending

ov-

erspendingstandingstendingtending banagebal'l'ageballagebarragebandageballade' ' of one hour'shourshour t' s duration was irninironiaL"ecltf'telyiaLecltftelydialectallyiaL"ecltf'tely-

computed

iaLecltftelyc-

omputed

: : ": ee.iei. ? _ etPlytelywetlyelyetPly-

computed

' tely-

computed

tele-

commutecomputed , to fall just in front of our lines to 'bebe',', ,i.eiele:. easteF..steFstesteast-

of

ea-st

eF..s-

tof

east-

of

ea-st

..:0'wof Berzy-le-Sec.BerzyleSec.BeerySec- - . ThatTbatBat night our line ranra.n. frouifr0ifromfruit1 just eeestesteest-

of

pes-

to

?= stst-

of

set-

off

st-

of

set-

offof Berzy8erzyBeery throughthrouf4h the SucrerieSurgeries , to BuzancyEuzancyBuoyancyExultancy ( exclusive ) .

((28)28(23)233)3) Butler (28)28( )

There wasWEt.SWEtS. aono ef-qefq{jenerjeer;w-vrralwvrralviral-- el'el' ? l! atiacittaclattacattictalcattach!;:, !:_ onl;. the 22d.22d2Nd.2Nd:':;:d.d. DurDur-DourDur-

ing

Dur-

ing

Dur-

ing

¬-

ingKing the day the battery fired harassing and interdictioninte-cictionintecictioninterdictioninterdiction-

fireinteciction-

fireinterdicti-

on: -

_

fire on the enemy lineslineS andB.ndBndBand. in the vicinityvic inimini ty of lloyant.lloyantNoy-a.nt.Noya.nt.Noyant.NoyantloanNosyantMylantalloyant-

.This

Noya.nt-

.This

Noyant-

.This

-

. .

This intermittent fire was kept up throughout the day.dayday-

.It

da-

vit

day-

.It

da-

vit

day-

.It

da-

vit

.

It was rumoredruroored thattha..t.. the infantryinfs.ntryinfsntry. would be relieved duringduring-

the

duri-ngthe night J, but thattha.t. the artillery would remainrema.in. to supportsupoortsupport-

the

supoort-

the

supp-ortthe 15th Scottish Division which was to effect the iclief.icliefI'e11ef.Ie11ef.Ie11efrelief.reliefcleficlief.-

This

cle-ft

I'e11ef.-

Thi

Ie11ef-

Thi

relief.-

This

reli-ef

' .

ThisThiThai rumor proved traetruetrace , anda.nan. ata.t. midnight of the ou.; ,a/2oda2odd/G3ddG3di/23di23d(: / ,

commandoommand of the sectorseotor passed to General Reed , of the 15th15th-

Scottish(29)29( ) Butler Scottish Division.Division. (39)39(29)29(39)-

Early

39-Early

(29)-

Early

29-Early

(29)-

Early

29-Early

( )

Early in the night , the horizon to the easteast-

was

least-

ways

east-

was

least-

ways

east-

was

least-

wayswas lighted by many fires , where tnethetine BoschBosh was banningbbuuAbu:ImngringAiming: ring-

hat

rig-

htallall-

8tored

a-

llea-

lea.lal,. le8tored8toredhat\hathat\hatat he couldoouldGould notpot take with him in his retreat.retreatretreat.-

21

retreat-

21

..,

!liAliarliA-

21

,- . . . . . . . . - - . . . - . " ' , - - , ,

..-21-21.21-.21-"- 21.-

u"

21-

u

.21-

:0'

21-

0

-. .

I"II

"

"

' . , ' ,

.: ;; :f i F

:

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. . ' " ' . . ' :

. . .. .

. . ,..!.. . .... .-. '

., .

<' .' ,. . :0'\:0'0: ' \ . " /:: "

- ;., .:{

. . _ . . . . . M. . ." ,.. . . . . . . ... . .. . . "' . . . . . .. . "' . .. .' . . . , ' - . . . . , . " . . . . . .. . .. .. . , . " . . .., .. . . ..... . . " . . . . .. . . . " . . .... "' ... . M

_+ .M'M. ' . ".,_.."I"-"I"I" . .. . . . . . . .J.YJY. _ .M.Miw. . . . . . .. .. . .- - . lW.lW_ . . . . ;. . ,\ . . t... .1.1.1., . .

. L.4L4.... . __, : . ' ... ,. .rr. r.r. . . . .. , .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

During the afternoona.ftornonaftornone.fteleftelbetel. nOn) o0-101o4- :, thettetotetheDdteddy222d-DdDd- d , tactacktcc ieconnrreconn.reconnreconaeconrecon: : . , lo'rncelornceFlorencelo'rnce-

partieslornce-

partieslionh-

eartedis ' nceLnceniceLanceLnc-

eparties

Nu-

cleates

(, nc-

eparties

nu-

cleatesparties of ihehethe lst7lst71stlast? BiiBriIiBrieBriadeBrigade;_ aaeaaalle , R.F.A.RFAFA. . . , anivedaryivedarrived.arrivedwaived . totoreore-ore)1'e-)1'e1e-re-re)1'e-

pare

1e-

pare

).ore-

pare

pre-

pare

-) re-

nare

re-

ared

' -

parenaremare foiforfocifo the prlilleryertilleryrtilleryprofilerartilleryF relief.relief. IT : vccwocuccccIwo: , t : ipireirimpairemir firstfirste-

xperienceirre-

verencefifirst-

e

firs-t

stst-

ex

t-exexperiencexperieneeexe : erienceTerence in a FrenchFrencl sector , endand,nd ti.tithet :. c/ccvert'cvertcovert. y:;/,/ verevert'vertvergeavert,; ere' con-concon-

si

co-

ns

con-

si

co-

ns

co-

nsiera

co-

nsider

-

sisierasierra:JeraEra: er olyblyHolyably muzzleduzzlednuzzledguzzled, brby; tnethetinet e coordinateordina.teordinatecc o rjinateurinate. systemsY tem used inin-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

ter

in-

the

in-

terthe FrenclFrenaLFrenchRenaL "PlanPlanItp18" n Directeur"DirecteurDirectorDi 1'e1e' cteur"cteurcater" . AoaientlyAnna.rentlyAnnarentlyjointlyAncientlyA'Toa.l'eAToaleAtonable' .' ntlyonly they eretitretireVietitre-

quite

\ ere-

quite

re-

quite

1'e1e1'-

equite

1e-

quite

'

quite casualcca sualanalsaul aooutabout the tooop.rthictoooprthictooo4raohictODotOo . r ?= DhicChic) operationsonerations whichmlichlichwhich-

we

mlich-

we

whi-ch

lich-enwe workedorkedcorked out so carefully , and JpoendeddeDendedPoundeddefendedended largely onon-

petting

co-

mpeting

on-

gettine

o-

netime

on-

ettingn-

ettingp-ettingpettinggettinebettinggetting-; oirectirectdirectcorrect observationobE'ervobEervbeer' 'tiontionion' forf0r theirtl-lel'tllel'lelle- : ' fire.fire. T

:Tieirtteiri.eirieirTierotterbierTieir-

preliminary

:tteir-

prelTe-

rrei.eir-

preliminary

.

preliminaryprelpre iminarysimilarly dispositionsdis'OosidisOosidispositdiscosdisposition' t ions uiadelnademadeguidelade , a _uouol'ounlounrou'orouolonouzo( ' ' of officcisofficersofficioofficers-

dro'

officers-

drooffic-

ersofficersd-

ronnedoffi-

cersofficcisd-

rowned

officia-

ldomdrowneddronneddroneddro'drodrop') ) ed in ata.t. "A"AItA"ItA"AllAllKita" " Battery and afterefterdefter ona, b.tbtbitb .:.tt. of casualc2.uualc2uualcasual-

conversrtion

c2.uua-

lconversntion

c2uual-

conversntion

ca.,ualdualual-

converse

al-covesconversrtionconversntionconversationconverse tionion , requested a cuoCU1'CU1cupco') of tea.teate . . It v:?'ff' < withvitbvibe;-ii-: th thethe-

greatestth-

ereatthe-

grea.test

th-

ereatthe-

greatestth-

ereatgreatestgrea.test. ainazenentmnazerlentamazementmanagement: that they heardhea.rd. uhat'chatchati'6-hati'6i6hat'-' the A.iericAiericAirsickAer-icnsAericnsexicrnsAcericonsMexicansAericns-had

Americ-ans

A ::.::exicrns-

had

Mexic-

ans

- ? nsns-

had

s-

hadhad never learned to take time out for theshe teatee hour ,

anda.nd. hcdh-lhl,-cdho d tot a be contentcan te nt withV! i th hardha.rd. tackt ac k ande.nclencl. coffeeco ffefe e fromfrom-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hed

from-

the

frot-

hedthe rollinprollingroll inpimp ; kitchen.kitchenitchen.itchenkitchen.S-

ome

kitch-ens

kitchen.S-

ome

kitch-ens

itchen.S-

ome

kitch-ens

.

Some of thetheunsAthensunsJuns--unsHunsJunes-- >) :- of this ori'odeoriodeori-adeoriadeborideHoriSadebribrie '- adeSade arrived81'1'ived811ived' ' latela.telate-

in

lati-

nla.te-

in

Lat-

in

late-

in

lati-

n.

in the afternoonaftern00n of the 2Cd22d262.d262d. , and ventwent into positionnositionposition-

east

positio-

ned

nosition-

east

positio-

ned

nosnods itionIlionition-

east

itine-

rateeast of the hichway.hichwayhirhway.hirhwayhighwayhi .:.bwbw. ty.ty. Their noiseshJI'SeshJISeshorseshiss' and equipmentequi'OCLlentequiOCLlentequipollent' werewer-

ebeautiful

we'rewerewe'r-

ebeautiful

wer-

ebeautiful

wer-

ebeautiful

'

beautiful to see.see. In coraoarisoncompa.rjsoncomparjsoncomparisoncoronaries. , vvithwithvi our war-wornwarworn- oldold-

veterans

cod-

etermines

old-

vetera.ns

go-

ldbeater

old-

veterans

cod-

eterminesveteransvetera.ns. , . inherited by us1..181.18118.. fronfromfron.hefrontedfro : f.f. -.he.he-:.: hch c TrenchFr'cnchFrcnchFrenchrcncconc' h recuoerationrecuperationrecuoeration-

hospitals

recuper-ation

reourecouprecuoeration-

hospitals

recuper-ation

el.ationelationel.ation-

hospitalsrelati-

onship.

hospitals , they were magnificent.magnificent. It made many anan-an-

artilleryman

A-

marilloan-

e.rtillerymen

a-

eroallergen

-,

artillerymane.rtillerymenertillerymenartillerymen. , angry to think that the 1st Division hadhad-

to

hardt-

op

had-

to

hardt-

op

had-

to

hardt-

opto operate with worn out old animals while the newernewe-

rdivisions

newe-

rdivisions

newe-

rdivisionsdivisions were coming in equipped with large AmericanAmerica-

nhorses

Amer-ican

America-

nhorses

Amer-ican

America-

nhorses

Amer-icanhorses of the type these BritishersBritish hadhad.*. This did notnot-

prevent

N-

otrenot-

prevent

N-

otrenot-

prevent

N-

otreprevent cordial good feeling , however , between thethe-

Americans

th-

eatricals

the-

A

thec-

a

theA-

rw'

the-

Arw

he-

arAmericanserlcanspelicansAArw'ArwAR',.J.J. r s andGLaidLaid theta1 / BritishEritishLrI.LrILori . v 1 psipi , and a little later the majormajor-

commanding

major-

oommanding

major-

commandingcommandingoommanding the battery relieving "A"A" " of the 7th sentn, .ss. nA'A'A_ tftf-yutffc *'yutffcyri./f.tyri.f.tcutoffyr./ ) . VI\III-

Ian

I-

an\

an orderly over to the "A"AIIA"IIAIA" " Battery commander to joinjo1.njo1njoin-

him

join-

ing

jo1.n-

h1m

jo1n-

h1m

join-

him

join-

ing

.

himh1m in a cupoupLoup of tea and a whisky and soda.soda. UnfortunatelyUnfortunately-

thisUnfortunately-

th1s

Unfortunat-elythisth1s kindk1nd invitation had to be declined.declineddeolined.deolineddeclined.-

82

declined-

82

deolined.-

22

deolined-

22

.

-82-82-22-22- 82.M-

.

82-

M

22I-

.

22-

I

-

I.I. ' ,.

.. . . , .. . .. ... . . .. . .. . . . . . . 8010'.rr8010.rr8010rr' - ' r.r". IYNrDiner./ :: ' .=:. .: - 'l.l'. (.- . . . . . . " .. . ,.._ .;_ . . . . .. . ,_ . .". . ., - I.It .:. . ." . :. ." .rr,.I'r.Ir' d.d, . ;: wa.. " AKwC"AKwCAK- "' !< : ."" . . ., .,

. . . . .

. ' . ' ' , . . . . . N_ ' -- - . .. . . ... .. .- . .. _ . ._ . . . . . _ . -- ... . . . Y..MYM- A/'Nrw..1.ANrw1.A'Nrw..1.Nrw1./ .' f.fM.w.Mw - ". '

BurinDurinlDurinDurian,; thth-ththethniethnic::- nirhtniM..tniMtmirthnitni h.. t thet-letlet't;' - e forwardforward.forviDfervid rd. batteriesba'natternattermatter' ttetote I'I' ieiesdiess werewer-

eheavily

wewer-

eheavily

rere-

heavily

tr-

eenailheavily shelled , nndtlndandndland tltt1-3set13se"-ose'JseJseJose' on the P&risPrisPerisParisPerils&, i.i'hv.cyiihvcyidiocyi.iii'.LL. ,__ 'l'\'y'l'l'yyhti.ayhtiayHilary' '. \".. [' firedfired-

unonfir-

edfired-

uqonfir-

edfired-

uponfir-

edunonu-qonuqonuponunionon- by enemyenelDYKennedyeneceec y 210'210210'82108X10' s froiufrorfrofurorf roraroar the northwest.northwestnorthvest.northvestnorthtirenortherner: st . At one ti.-neti.netileti.ne-

the

thin-

nest

tilet-

hetoile-

ted

t i .:°-

! iei-

ethe

L-

ethethe ene.iyeneiyenei1YKenney. : hadbedhIdh .-IdId-, as , oerfecterfectperfectoe rf e c t bracketbr c (et on thetie "A"A"AllAll" " BatteryB tteryterrytterycositerryoosi-oosi-cosi-cosibooscoosoosi-

tion

posi-

tion

r-cosi-

tioncoi-

tion

, o s i-ii-tion

I-

lion

-

tionion , anda.nd. thehe :77:.T.erTerlerTearleer. :.er_ were drawndr ! wn off aa.1. hundred ynrfsY81':38Y8138yrsyerAyer' : s to thethe-

flank.

Te-

flonthe-

fla

Et-

hel

the-

flank.

Te-

flonflank.flankflaflab n..k.nk.. . InIr: the midstmidaid; st of it howeverhOVievehovrevehove1'1r' , a "banagebanagebGl'1a2ebGl1a2ebarragebandagebarrageoc'etbarrageocetbarrage"' :

,

; rocketocet--oc'etoc'etoctrocket-

went

roc-ket

:-::- ocet-went

oct-ant

oc'et-

went

ocet-went

oct-ant

:':.:_

went up , and_ the normalnOnO1\11\'! tl barragebcirl'agebcirlageba.rraebarraebilge.' hadhedheed to boheb ( fired at once.onceonce-

.These

con-

cretes

once-

.These

con-

cretes

once-

.These

con-

cretes

.

These huge shellssh 118 tore craters largelerge enoujhenou-.henou.henoughenouenough -.h to hide a

75 all about the position , but no JirectdirectixectViet_ hitsh ts werer.rrr. obob-

tained.

ob-

tained

ob-obob-

te.ine

ob-

tained

ob-

tained.

ob-

tained

¬-

tained.tainedstainedte.ineteinetine. .

On the morning of the 23dd the Scotch attackeda.tte.ck8datte.ck8datteck8d. . , ,

under the combinedcombir..edcombired.. fire of thettetote ScotchSeotcr.SeotcrSetscrew.. and1ndend.end. AmericanAu-er'ica.nAuer'ica.nericanrericanricanreprimandAmerica-

nartilleryAme-

ricanaAuer'ica.-

nart

Auerican-

artAmeric-

ana

A rerica-nartillery

-;:

'.

artilleryart illeill ry , but wereve: l'ele' unableunaLuna bleable to advance.advancee ,:: vance.vance. A second3'3':' co nd attackau-L.ta.ckauL.ta.ckattack-

the

atta-ck

aauL.ta.c-

kthe

-.t ' a.ckackJacka.ck-

the

back-

hoe

.

the next .ayaycay-ayc.- on RosieresCrosiers: wasW ' .SS. checkedc1'jeckedc1jeckedeckeddecked' by tviOt\'i'Ot'i'OiOvioltv\ ' ' o countercounter-counter-

attacks

counter-

a.ttacks

counter-

attacks

counter-

attacks

¬-

attacksa.ttacks. , and _ it waswee here erhaosYerhaDsnerhanserasmerchants) that thethe1I..lericaMthe1IlericaM.lericanlerican-1I..lericaM1I.lericaM1I..lericaM1IlericaMErica1I..lerica-

Mbatteries

1Ilerica-

Mbatteries

-1..1el'ic1.1elic11elic.. ..lerica-

nbatteries

' ! nn-

batteries

b-

atteriesbatteries were of theirheir:; greatest'reatestreatest"IeIe"'

..testtest. assistanceasistfinceSistineas ::=', istancedistance to thethe-

British.

He-

braists

the-

British.

He-

braists

the-

British.

He-

braistsBritish.British. General Reed statedsta.ted. that thesetl-lesetllese- were completelycompletely-

broken

comple-tely

completely-

broken

comple-tely

completely-

broken

comple-telybroken up by our counteinreparationcounter-prepaI'etioncounterprepaI'etionprepaIetioncounterreformationprepositioncountezcounted -preparation' firefire.,. lYeWe;e alsoa.1soa1so. firedfired-

on

fired-

ogon a number of SOS calls ( normalnorrllalnorrLialMerrillcorrival barrage ) . TheTt'eTteTate' lastlast-

of

blast-

off

last-

of

blast-

off

last-

of

blast-

offof the Scotch artillery wasWaG in place at 2:00200J:00J00: A.M.AM. . onon-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

ontethe 24th , and the AmericanAmericen artillery formally relievedrelieved-

at

relieve-

d60)60(30)30( ' ) Butler at 4:004004C04C: P.M.PMP.MM.PMMMM. . (30)30(30)-

At

30-At

( )

At 2:00200: A.M.AM.. . ono n the 25th the battery waswas-

formed

abs-

orbed

was-

formed

abs-

orbed

was-

formed

abs-

orbedformed and marched back to the rear echelon at OoeuvresCoeuvresOeuvres ,

via BommiersDommiers.DommiersBonnierDomineers,. Here the regiment assembled , anda.ndend. startedstarted-

on

starte-

don the rearwardrearwa.rd. march to the BammartinDammart1nDammartinTamarindDamnation area.areaares, . NeedlessNeedless-

to

Needle-ssto say , the morale was high.highhigh''. For nine days the batteriesbatteries-

had

batteri-eshad been either marching or firing.firing. BuringDuringBurring that time ,

even when the batteries werewerwear not firing , the horses werewere-

almost

cer-

amist

were-

almost

cer-

amist

were-

almost

cer-

amistalmost constantly in motion , hauling ammunition , oror-

moving

co-

mmoving

or-

moving

co-

mmoving

or-

moving

co-

mmovingmoving the guns forward.forward. Although our losses were , ofof-

course

co-

factors

of-

oourse

fl-

oursof-

course

co-

factorscourseooursebourse , slightalight in comparisonoomparison with the infantry , thethe-

33

the-

2311I

I

-33-33-23-23-3-

3N

23Y-

..M

23-

YM

-\

', .- .

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

'. . " . . . . . . . .- . . . . - . . ' . .. . . . .

.

!.:

. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ' ' " ' '' ' . . . . . . . . . . ._ ... u.u. .. ... _ .. -. . . . . . ",. " ' ' . Y" ,. . . . .. -M'M'M,-'.. .' . . 1..fr, ,. L.L. ..."\ " w " ". . . . .". . . . . . .Y.yrYyrYr. .. ._ . ...p.p. .. . w1w-

1nhysicpl

" , . ," .- ' " . , . - , . . Y..,. . . . . . a..w.e.awe" , . l.a: . . . . . . . . . '.'. . ,. . ,' . '. -. .. '. ". . ..' ' . ' " "' aMaMa<. . -aa" . . . . ., . ' Vr.Vr"CC JJy> ! .

. < , . , . . . . ' . 'rr. ,. Mw...(.. tI, .". .'. .ll. . '! , . r'r P; ,(; .oror. :;. ., .

DhysicplnhysicplPhysicph ys i Cp 1 labor18 oar of hanclirrhanclinchancierchancinghanclirrunsantirusthaYlcHal 1 in ' -unsunssunsHuns_-, u ns anda n ru0..111.10111.101111a.aiunitionaaiunitionmaintain. ,. . , .uuuu.. . nitni t ioni () n waswas-

tremendous

w-atermen

wowas-

tremendous

w-atermen

ss-

tremendous

t-

remendoustremendoustremendousndtremendous, and\ndnd\ thetheenthen-enen'-

,_:,: en wereVlereValerie exhausted.exhaustedexneusted.exneustedexecuted. The horseshOl'seshOlseshOseshorses-

Deri

hors-es

hOl'ses-

nel'

hOlses-

nel

Ols-en

horses-

nerlsans

hoars-

eness'

DeriDerrisnel'nelnoelnerl-sansnerlsansnearly' -' ; ensepsJensepos hadha.d. sufferedslJfferedslivered thet-letle:- most.most. DuringDurin-DurinDurianDUl'iDUliDUiDurintheUrinate' :-° the dayslaysiLays:; atat-

the

ba-

the

at-

the

ba-

the

at-

the

ba-

thethe front , horses attaclattacka.ttacledattacledattachedattacked. ! ed tot't') thehe libbersliabersli ,foe-sfoes:- were niecti-niectinrecti-nrectiirecti-irectinecktiedirectniecti-

cally

metri-

cally

nrecti-

cally

metri-

callyirecti-

cally

directi-

onally

) -

callycalmly never unharnessed.unharnessedundressedunharnessed.-

Supply

unharnessed.-

Supuly

unharnessed.-

Supply

.

SupplySupuly during the operationerationaerationo WPSwasPSw s satisfactorytisfactorytestatorssat, i sfactoryfactory ,

except for some shortageshQrtage of food during thehe last dayday-

or

may-

or

day-

or

may-

or

day-

or

may-

oror so.so80.80. In "A"A" " BptteiyBatteiyPettilyBattery: the rollingrollinrolling "citchcitchitchkitchen";( itcitch len° nnvesnaves\vesvesr.2Sr2SYves\:.' elvrys81v.eys81veysalvayselvesalwayselvrys-

carried

81v.ey-

scarried

81vey-

scarried

alvays-

carried

, .

carried near1ear! trottethetarotote .NunsNuns. unsunEHunsJune , encenden6*: even v/envenvr-envr// ; '-,_ the'tionthetionthermionthe rrtion8"cion8cion--'t-ion'ttionration::: '- ,-: , ,'

"- cartcal'tcaltaltcart-

failed

cur-

tailed

cal't-

failed

calt-

failed

cat-

called

cart-

failed

cur-

tailed

'

failed Loto ariivear'ivearivearrive::,::' , tleretYerethereTerre was alwrysalwaysalwal : Ys hordsrdchordsurd:' rd brcdbre,9dbre9dbreadbcd,? andand-

coffee

ha-

ndoff

and-

coffee

ha-

ndoff

and-

coffee

ha-

ndoffcoffee to be had.hadha.d.. . Those batteriesbatteriesnicf.batterieswhich/nicf.nicf.UNICEF' '/ . failed to takeca.kecaketake-

the

ta-ke

take-

the

ta-ke

':ca.k-

ethe

cask-

eted

.

the rollingI'ollingIollingOiling' kitclenkitchenki tcLenclean out of bhethehe combat traintr2in r1'lenr1lenhen\ 1 ' en ,__oing'oingdoing'oing-

forwa.rd

oing-

forward

inf-rared

' oing-

forvard

inf-rared

oing-

forward

inf-raredforvardforwa.rdforward; . were not so fortunate.fortunatef'Jrtunete.fJrtunete' . This simple precautionprecaution-

served

precaut-ions

precaution-

served

precaut-ions

precaution-

served

precaut-ionsserved "A"AitA"itAKita" " Battery well in :; aanyHanyianyanyHandy: a subsequent enagdnent.agdnentcnfagcment.cnfagcmentmagnetconfermentcnfagcment.C-

ONCLUSIONS

e n l'agclagclag:' agdnent.C-

ONCLUSIONS

pie nt .

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS-

Of

Conclusio-nsOf course the naraAiiountparAmountnarration questionqU8stion 10to bebe-

studied

re-

studied

be-

studied

re-

studied

be-

studied

re-

studiedstudied in this ooerationo0erationoperation is thpthsthehpthis time v/ornvornwornHorn/ one of howhow-

to

pho-

to

how-

to

pho-

to

how-

to

pho-

toto best keetkeenskeet> in touch with the situation in cnetheacne infantryinfantry-

frontinfan-

tryinfantry-

frontinfan-

tryinfantry-

frontinfan-

tryfront lines.lines. While liaison officersofficel'sofficelsoffices' were alwaysa.lways. withwith-

the

withh-

eld

with-

tt.c

wi-th

with-

twit-

h .thett.cttcetctr.oC accc-iiltaccciilto.zoz. v.-alv.al:.:-: .1..1t1.1t11t-. .:. , battalionsbatta.lionsa t+ t o.on . . JilJill E , andand.Exc id. thet iC!c: artilloiyart111er'yart111eryartilleryd r u 111.81'111.81111811.

' yi uoiuiiiafideisuoiuiiiafidei-

salways

OcV tiUaahTijuanaaanan qtrqtel'selsellsel's-

always

els-

always

esc-

alates

I'I' ss-

always

a-

lwaysalways in close touch with the surslursupported> DortedDoted infantry1nfe.ntry1nfentry. comcom-com-

manders

com-

menders

com-

manders

com-

manders

¬-

mandersmendersmaunders , still it must be admitted that the batteriesbatteries-

were

batter-ieswere not alwaysalvr8Ys in possession of accurate informationinformation-

as

informati-onas to the locationloca.t1onlocat1on. of the front line.line. There were timestimes-

when

tim-es

times-

when

tim-es

times-

when

tim-eswhen the telephone lines were out ( though there werewere-

also

whe-

reas

were-

also

whe-

reas

were-

also

whe-

reasalso other times when the infantry had communicationcommunication-

with

communica-tionwith theirt eiremir own higher units through the artillery lines ) .

.

So,

longl ng asa,the telephone is the only practiDacti-Dactinracti-nractipracticeCactibractpracti-

cal

Dacti-

eel

Activ-

ely

nracti-

cal

practi-

cal

! ¬-

caleel means of communication , it is a question whetherwhether-

quick

whet-her

whether-

quick

whet-her

whether-

quick

whet-herquick and certaince'rta1ncerta1n' transmission of messagesmesAmes

,ages from thethe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonfront to the batteries can evereve be carried outout.out-

24

*.

. . . . . . . . . , , . ; ,:- ". -24-24.24-.24.40W40W. -....24-

t

.24.-

r

24-

r

--* . . .

, r :

.j ,

,( . . .

I

' ,

.' . , , , , .

, ;11. ;

I I'I' : , .rr. ' . , '' I.I " "

.

. . .ww. .. . . :. . :. . . . :. . .. " w- -.M..M.- . . . . . . . .aw..rt.awrtart. .._ ..... .". '... . . ..... a.. s. , . . . . . . ,. taw' ... qIq.1.qIq1.qIq1....,..(.1.1.1. .. ."...' . . . . i.i. . w.. . ., . .' .rr. .. . . i, .cc.. . . . '. . . . . . . "a.a. '* ,.., . ". ' :; . . ' : ' . . !. i. + . , . . . .. . . . " , . . , .. . . ' . .. . . . ,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . " . . . . . , . " . , "' .. . ., .. .. . , , .

When'WenWen' we considerconsicons er ih-tihtthc-tthcv'hvh'- - t tt.t.

.:_

--- , 1stIs :, DivisionDivisiJnLivis-iDnLivisiDnLevisISDN) - PfcptPcPf-

cthrt

pt-

th

pa-

th

Pt-

she

Pot-

ashesthrtthirstthth-

ion

t-hin

t ti.tiV-V- .'!lee hrdhardh ., d.d. be';0e'l0el, o '. ','' n: inir:. ltshe! :. e' linerlines for: 'JrJr' :iioieu'JeuJeiodideJedlo' }: ee-

'ivisl'n

e-

ivisln

i-

vies

VprnPorntJ ,par0.r0r. : cixixcix-

mom

cri-

mson

cix-

mont

cism-

ontane

nl: xx.-

Lo.mommontionionbmont.smounts-bb- ;, -.s.s-:.. s , endc\ndcnd\nd radl-edled.adadbrad-:. been'ueeneenQueenen) in tr-inintrinininntrtr-nitrni-- inininnnir.nirnoir. : : iniYl FranceFi.FiF .

' erDceDacececef-

ir

kef-

ir

foif01'f01foci.LoLo a.a.', m1.l'e1.le1le1.l'e-

then

1let-

hen

i .: ) reiere-

than

et-

han

ie-

th

V-

iet

'

thanthen zo? y-yyaryardyfir -: ar , is it reasonablereasoneblpreasonolble to exex----cexcexcb-

etteyexc-

retex --) ectsect--, thatthettheftth t VrctheVCR averavereZeaserEieaverseanserineavereZ-

e0ivisi

aserEie-

n

anserin-

e

? ,_: ee-

LILI0ivisi' vision'ivisl'nivislncivil') n crC0DC ni, uOJc ) %oetteietterbetteypettierbetterbetty ?

The'theThe-

the

Tee-

the

' trot\'lOt'lOlOtwotaro\' : oossipossifossilposs aler.lerleraerile.: solutionssolutions-

of

solutio-ns

civ"civiv!_n"> ncrpn e? ['rr' r tott) be1)818uebe-

the

be-

thel

1)-

8the

18-

the

ue-

co

e-

co

,)

the Leveloom-niLeveloomnidevelo'11tl.develo11tl.develo11tldevelo'11tl.ntdevelo11tlntL-IevelooiwLntLIevelooiwLntLevelLIevelooiwLnt-

and

-' -.=-ntnt-: of ipdioI'p..dioz'a'iozaioidiomZion'

.. ' for artilleryrtilleI'YrtilleIYriley' coniconiccOL11'.1unicationcOL11.1unicationcOL111unicationcOL11'.1unication-

nd

cOL111unication-

nd

co >rL.lunicarLlunica', .lunicoiionuncoilinglunicoiion-

rd

uncolor-ed

t i o nn-

eand? rdnd the use!.11. e of iilfinflfinfo:if entryntry; ntrnt , cr'noncrnonCetLnOnCcin'fnCcinfncroonCetinCochinCc :-in'-fnin'infn-'' ff-

defense

d-

efense

)Tlti.ylti.ltiLatinlti-

.nd

bl-

ind

r'ry'._ ,

i"i": eLrer:Lr nvr-nvrvr() \'-, ii..I.iI. . i . ececJ.i.e.teecJietedecimeterecJ.i.e.t-

edefense

e c'c'. ' . etePeteete-

defense

nee-

dlefishes

cat. ee-

t'.e.

e-

teP-

etedefense , ocnienonlien') E'n.En:' . _ ingKing heavier fi xel'elere' by t"ttt'-.e.t't.e.'_-."'JeJe' e artilleiy.artilleiy3rtil.ieJ.'Y.3rtilieJY.3rtilieJYartilleryartilleiy.O-

ne3rtil.ieJ.'Y.-

One

3rtilieJY-One

artille-ry

a r t i l i. e :i. ' y.yy-

.One

y-

on.

One le-nentollenentolre-'i.i.entclre'i.i.entcliientclmentholidenticall'ele' ,

--"i.LentiLentLent". '.. . l couiicnaercoi-lict'ndercoilict'nderlictndercuisinecoiflicenserCOiiCoil-

:i.'nin. [ ' .erer. ininnisinns/nisnisthisanis'/ rationrctionctionructionactionration-

edvocptedrati-

onedrction-

advoceted

P ction-

advocatededvocptedadvocetedadvocated the use of fofOl'Vo.8rdfOlVo.8rdfOlVo8rd' vardv-a.rdva.rdWard-

.',

,. orerveiso-.serverso.serversreprovesserversO"88rver'sO88rvers"_

- _ '. ' , of artilleryartillcl'YartillclYartillery-

eisonartille-

riesartillcl'Y-

ersonnel

artillclY-

ersonnel

artilleryp-

ersonnelartill-

eries'

ersonnelpersonnel,eisonEdison el , vhosewhosehose: function it v-oulcvoulcwoulditoulc1foul-: be to OUSLTOUSLEobserveeve 2nd2nd-

report

:ndnndnn-

dreport

A-

ndrend-

report

un-

reportedreport direct to chetheache artillery battalionBatt.-lionBatt.lion.-Batbf.ttbfttbutt.! lion informationirin"CrrinCrrincurf'r'IfrI" ') ' , ,ation'UionUionactionUnionaa'UaU-'U-'UU-' - ion ofof-

targets

c-

ottages

of-

targets

c-

ottages

of-

tar

co-

ttartargetstar Sets,, front lines , etc.etc. , somewhatsouevhatson, what after tiethe fashionfashion-

of

fashio-

nof the British.BritishBY'itish.BYitish' . The troubletr'ouble' about this aethodiethod.iethodmethod:.: is thatthettheftthet-

such

the-

ftsthat-

such

ha-

tsthat-

such

ha-

tssuch an2nen observer f : an usuallyusuus llyally see only a very limitedlimited-

sectorlimi-

tedlimited-

sectlimit-

edli litedliftedlited-

sector

inter-

dictorsectorsect or , and the difficultiesdi fficulfichu t ie s of comCOICIO4unioctioncom.UinicationcomUinicationcommunicationl.lUllUflu. :,4unioctionouldnic8.tnic8t. 10 n \ouldould1/oul1oulwouldGouldfoul\ / d beb-

eoractically

bo-

mbastically

b-

epractically

e-

mpathically

b-

epractically

e-

mpathicallyoracticallypractically as great 88a s vithwithitch the liaison officer in trethetaretre-

front

pre-

frontal

the-

front

the-

reonthe-

front

the-

reonfront line.lineine.inecine1 .

,

In the SoissonsOrisons operationoqeration , iti t is possiclenossi'ca.enossicaepossiblenosepiecepossicle-

that

nossi'ca.-

ethat

nossicae-

that

possi-ble

pOGsiposit '(11.e11.e11e(11-

.ethat

11-

ethat

( .

that the infantry were too zealous in their attack ; inin-

theiri-

nterin-

theiri-

nterin-

theiri-

ntertheir anxiety, to go forvardforv.lardforvlardforward. , they may not have beenbeen-

willing

beje-

welingbee-

nwilli

beje-

weling

been-

willing

beje-

welingwillingwilliwill ng to waitwa.iwaiwaif. t the necessaryneceniece s saryscary time for artillerya.rtart. illeill ry supportsupport-

to

suppo-

rtsupposupport rtrt-

to

t-oto arrive.arrive. In witness of this , the classicclassio exampleexmnple ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe Foreign Legion , in the same attack , is a goodgoo-

dillustration.

goo-

dillustration.

goo-

dillustration.illustration.illustration. When held up by machine-gunmachinegun- fire , theythey-

waited

head-

waiter

they-

waited

head-

waiter

they-

waited

head-

waiterwaited for some three hours for an artillery concentraconcentra-concentrateconcentra-

tion

concentra-

tion

concentra-

tion

¬-tionion , and when they did go forward , it waswas practically-

without

practic-ally

practicallypractically-

without

practic-ally

practically-

without

practic-allywithout loss108s.108sloss.*. At thatthe.tthettheft. , theythayhay arrived at the final obob-ob-

jective

ob-

jeot1ve

ob-

jective

¬-

jectivejeot1veejective almost as soonBoon as the AmericansAmerioans did.did. IT; wouldwould-

appear

wo-

uldwould-

appea.r

would-

appear

wo-

uldappearappea.r. that a littlelit'tllittl' e more coordination and a little lessless-

inpetuoslty

less-

1apetuoa1ty

less-

impetuosityinpetuoslty1apetuoa1tyimpetuosity would resultre ultcult in a considerable saving ofof-

lifeof-

fline

of-

lite.

io-

liteof-

lifeof-

fline

i

lifelite.liteelite,. .\

I

II

I

-35-35-2S-2S-25.-25.- 35.M-

.

35-

M

2S.-

w

2S-

w

.-- iII"II

.

, ,' '

. ,

' -

II"I" ,

. ,.

:

, ( .. /: '

. i \" I

. . . . .. . ,, . . .. . . . . ' " . . . . . . . . . ' ' . A.A. . . . . .

' . . , . . . . . . . . . . .r.r. . . . .r.r. . . . . -.. . . . . . . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- - .. . .. .

. .. . .

. ..

.. , ", ," . . ' . . . ' " " ". . . ._ . , ." .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . _ . . . . . . . . . M.M.. . . . .. ' " - . . , . ,

Another point to be coCOrl..entedCOrlentedcoii..wentedcoiiwentedColleted:, i . . .entedenteddented. on is thetzeUtethe-

factth-

reat

the-

fectth-

eetze-

fact

te-

at:

factfectfet that oractieallyrecticallypracticallyhectically allcllcall, fire at SoissonsOrisonsSoSoiSoilissonsssons warwa.ewaewadewa.wa . joneoneNoneJonesjone-

by

Joe-

yNone-

by

Mon-

ey

one-

by

Con-

eyby mar1o.1j1o1j.) and.and3nd . unobserved.unobservedunoo3crved.unoo3crveduno'oac.rved.unooacrvedunsacred' . . TieT H: }pieuentpeen_) I'E'SentIESentDissent' ' tendency , in ou-

reffort

for-

efootou-

reffort

for-

efootourou-

reffort

fo-

refooteffort to encouragencourage young officers +Ao be aggressiveaggressive-

inaggressi-

ve

a.gag. (, l'essivelessiveressivelassierestivel'essive-

in

lessive-

in

ressive-

inlassi-

eresilie-

nt

'

in searching for direct observationobservotion, , is tot c'isosrage-

unobserved

cisosrage-

unobserved

;:'isparaerel.isparag-el.isparagec'isosragecisosragedisparagerlisperdiscouragel.isparage-

unobserved

._ isparaere-

unobserved

-

unobserved fire.fire. While this attitude isi8 praiseworthypraiseworthy-

in

praisewort-hyin iosRiosi C''sssobobjectj e c t , ititssometimessoaietirrlessalesgirls() ale time s causesc au s 0 s anonn entireen t i 1'1' (; ijmisunder-misundermistunemisunder-

stondinL

misunder-

standing

uii sur.desurdesuresun. .ee. r-rr-strncling

s-

trangling

r-

s

-

strnclingstondinLstranglingastoundinglys t [' n d.d. i1! : of0 f thothethout 11 '2 possibilities9rossirossass i ailitiesabilities";)i 1 i tie s ofofffirfirei l'l' e? 11ith\,, .:

' itlili thothou: rnann ccurcteaccuratecurette8..C8.C8Caccurate'm-

an.

accurate-

man

accur-ate

?. . ccurcte-

ma

curet-te

cu re t ee-

'nap.

e-

nap

n-

apma'nap.nap'man.man'' *) . A skillfulskilful artilleryman vithwithitchviwithU"ewithUewithed; th tl-tre-U"eU"eUetare"

: c eidaidReidE id of aa.. goodgood.good-

.Jar

go-

od

good-

i

goodi-

e

good.1-

18p

good1-

18p

.

.118p118pJarpi. cenCancent nlaceplaceenlace his fire within a surprisinglysurrisinglysur-risinglysurrisinglyslurrising)- shortshort-

distance

sho-

rtlist8short-

distance

sho-

rtlistortort-

distance

out-

distancedistance ofoftheoftenthe-the- target.targetar3et.ar3ettarget-

.It

targ-et

ar3et-

.It

ar3et-

It.

It will be noted that throughoutthrow-boutthrowboutthrouthou 'boutbout'- thethc UioleholeGuileUiol-

eaffair

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1.1. What was the form ofo f support for Battery itAKita"AlfAlf" A If in thisthise-

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Why

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2.2. Why was the light artillery fire ineffective in thethe-

MissyaurBoisthe-

MissyaurBoiethe-

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Answer : The slopes were too steensteep to permit shells toto-

fallo-

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Was

ravi-ne

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waiting

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in-

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Answer : Yes , duedu to great saving in humanhumBnthumb life.lifelife.-

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4.4. How muchm ch TrenchFrench artillery was used in conjunction withwith-

the

with-

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with-

the

with-

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with-

the

with-

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32 batteries 105 howitzers.howitzershowitzers.-

What

howitz-ers

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5.5. WhatWhstWhist, was the principal role of the 155 HowitzersHowiHoi tzerstears ?

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