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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA, UTAn B M n n B B B (Keimeirall IPeiPsMimg9! fl ilBne Ao IEo IF, tony H H H B B B B B Continued. CHAPTER LVI By the evening of September 27 the Fifth corps was abreast of the First and the Third on its flanks. The Seventy-ninth division captured Montfau-cothe morning of September 27 and on the next day Nantlllois and the Bois de Beuge were passed despite determined resistance. In the Third corps the Eightieth division hud taken the Bois de la Cote Lamonf after hard lighting, but jat tack after attach made with dogged determination across the open space was rolled 'toward Brieulles-sur:Meusback by t tie galling fire of the enemy from the. town and its vicinity ftnd. by the artillery firing-- from, east ' of 1 to Involved the heaviest toher 1 strain on me and the army. 11, There was little time to make readjustments among the troops, heavily engaged, without giving the enemy a respite in which to strengthen his defenses and bring up reserves. The general attack was resinned at 5 a. m. on October 4. meeting desperate resistance by the enemy. In this "attack, (lie Fourtli division of the Third corps, In three days hitter itgtit" ii.g, captured and held the Bois de Fays, making a gain of over a mile. Advances, into the Bois le Ieut dt Faux were forced' hack by vicious counter-attacks- . In similar hard fighting tlie Eighteenth division gained a .' . . . .foothold, in Hie Bois des Ogons. against di visfoti main The 'Thirty-thirvery, heavy machine, gun fire. In .the attack of the Fifth corps, the talned Its position September 27 ami 28 and on September 20 relieved .the Third division pushe'd forward in the Eightieth division by extending its face of strong resistance. During the left along the nort boast ern : edge of next two days (ids division extended Cote I.amont, where Bois de-lits gains, '.hut could make no headway cupied difficult ground under the dofn against the Bois de une. The ond division,, which", had taken' inating heights past if the 'Meuse. The Fourth 'division captured Nan Cierges. October 1. advanced to just tillois September 27. but was forced, south. ot Gesnes on the fourth despite to rerire. "very severe hostile fire, and next day by ienemy- counter-attack- s . The town was retaken ..nd held on captured that town. Gii the 'left of the army, the First the following day by troops of the Fourth and Seventy-nintdivisions: corps was very successful.. The First After three days of almost continuous division in a fine display of power on October 4, drove a deep wedge Into the fighting the Fourth had taken de Brieulles and entered the Bois de enemy's line. This was of great value in affording space for the attack Ogons, but could not hold the latter the Argonne to be launched later.. apd the dead against counter-attack- s The fighting here was characterized ly machine:gun and artillery fire of the enemy. The fortitude and ' courby the stubborn nature of the German age of the Fourth division In these resistance and the offensive spirit of .. the: division. operations were Inspiring. Case of the ".Lost Battalion. Meet Strong Resistance.' . diThe right of the Twenty-eightdivision on Sep The Thirty-sevent- h vision fought its way down the Aire tember 27 attempted to advance beriver In liaison with the First and road, but yond the each time it reached there was driven captured Chehery. The left of the division encountered much opposition back by heavy shelling. On Septemand made but slight gains, notwithber 28, however, it pushed forward to a position north of the Cierges-Na- n standing Its repeated attacks. The division was now facing west for nearly tllloia toad. Cierges was entered, but three miles atong the Aire river. The not held. The following day the dividivision between Sepsion again attacked Cierges, but the Seventy-sevent- h tember 29 and October 4 continued Its advance was abruptly halted by conattacks In . the Argonne, advancing centrated artillery Are. division on Sep. about a tulle over difficult terrain. The Ninety-first- In the assault of October 2 a mixed tember 27 encountered strong opposi forbattalion wMclfwas . of the division . moved reached at Epinonville, tlop ward more rapidly than the troops on but could not be retained. Eclisfon its right and left, and became comtaine was taken, but was evacuated, as an artillery barrage was to- - be laid pletely surronnded by the enemy. It on the road .through the town the . following day. Epaonville was (Tnhily captured .September 2S, and the Bois de Cierges was occupied after. hard fighting. Two attacks of tjle division from the Bois de Cierges on September 29 crumbled under .fierce artillery and enfilading machine-gufire, but on the third Gesnes attack, despite severe, losses, ' ' was taken. . .The full advantage of this Impor' tant gainr was lost, however, through the Inability of the- Thirty-seventdivision to' advance . Its' left. This placed. the right. flank on the Ninety first in a dangerous position, and tob.e withdrawn. During the aftdivision was ernoon the Thirty-fiftsubjected to a heavy counter-attack- , ' which also Involved the left of the Ninety-first- , but made no- progress against It. Three new German divisions had appeared by September' IK) on the front of the First corps, and the battle continued with Increased Intensity: ' ' Thirty-fiftdivision was became popularly known as the Losl The stopped by heavy fire soon after Its Battalion. attack opened, September 27, but later For four days ' every effort of the In the day it captured Charpentry ahd division to . relieve this beleaguered advanced to the ridge northeast, force was unsuccessful-- , and every efthough suffering severe casualties. fort of the Germans to force Its. surMontrebeau wood was taken Septemrender was without avail. ber 28, and early next morning a deFrench Call for Help. tachment reached Exerinont valley, In the meantime the French Fourth withbut, being nearly surrounded, army .on our left had been held up at drew to the starting point.. EncounBlanc Mont As a consequence, Marshal and fire tering very heavy artillery Foch appealed to me for assist, an advance of the German Fifty-sec-ance. Although I.jvtS loath, to. spare ond and Fifth guard divisions, the so serious Thirty-fiftwithdrew from Montre-- ' any troopr from our front, I acbeau wood, which It had taken the was our own situation, sent,', in with Second cordance the. my promise, suffered day before.. The Thirty-fiftfolheavier casualties than any other di: division (Lejeune), which was (VV. Thirty-sixtlowed the. later by vision during these four days of con' R. Smith). tinuous fighting. October 3 the Second division, acThe Twenty-eightdivision, though by French tanks, In a brilcompanied macto and strong subjected artillery maneuver liant against heavy machine hine-gun fire from the bluffs of the gun resistance, stormed and captured Argowner-eaptured Montblninvllle September 27. It could make slight heatf the dominating German position. on Mont Ridge, the Medeah Farm-Blanway against firm opposition from poon St. Etienne, continued toward and sitions in the vicinity of Champ which was taken on October 8 with but carried them on September ' the aid of one brigade of the Thirty-sixt- h 28, and also captured Apremont. On division. This success carried September 29, after repulsing a Gerforward the French divisions on Its man counter-attaca slight advance was mnde against the defenses of Le right and left and, as reported by General Gouraud, enabled the whole Cliene Tondu. - Fourth army to advance. The Seventy-seventencountered Our Second Army Organized. stiff resistance In the Argonne SepThe broadening ot the front of attember 27, and was held to a small to the east of the Meuse and the tack but forward moved a about mile gain, on September 28. Next day Its right probability that we should soon become engaged along our whole line was advanced with little opposition. made It advisable to establish another During the first four days of fighting the First army, west of the Meuse, army. Accordingly, the Second army had made a maximum advance of was formed with Its front extending about eight miles, reaching the Bois from the Moselle to and placed under the command of Ma de la Cote The enemy had been struck a jor General Bullard on the twelfth The remainder of our front from blow so powerful that the extreme to the Argonne forgravity of his situation in France was Fresnes was under the First left obvious to him. Inclusive, est, army, to which Major General Liggett CHAPTER LIX was assigned. Both commanders were recommended by me for promotion to The second phase of the Meuse lieutenant genera) operation, the period from Oc n e I Thirty-sec- - tw-Bois h Ivolry.-Mont-fauco-n - d B B B B B B John Jm Pershing My status now became that of commander of a group of armies. Major General Sumraerall was placed In command of the Fifth corps to relieve Major General Cameron, who was given command of the Fourth division. Major General Hines was promoted to the command of the Third corps In place of General Bullard. Major General Dicknmn, commanding the Fourth corps, wus given the First corps and Major General Muir the Fourth. These changes generally took effect October 12 but I retained direct command of the- First army until the six. . h h Fifty-sevent- . CHAPTER LX e The operations carried out between October 7 and 11 consisted of four specific attacks, as fol Meuse-Argonn- lows:.' (1) October 7. The First corps, eni division beploying the. Eighty-secontween the First and Twenty-eight- h divisions, attacked the eastern edge of the Argonne forest. (2) October 8. The French Seven teenth corps, by the American Thirty-thir- d and Twenty-nint- h divisions, attacked east of the Meuse on the front tylth the object of seizing the heights there. (3) October 9. The Fifth corps, reenforced by Including within Its- - front the First division, to which was attached a brigade froin theNlnety-flrs- t division, attacked the heights of the Bois de Romagne,A general attack (4) October on the front, from Beaumont west to the Aire river. ' The French Fourth army had not been able to keep abreast of the American First army, and it was evident that clearing the Argonne forest would materially aid Its advance. The opportunity presented Itself Just at this time. Although on October 6 the enemy continued to hold the heights of Cunel and Romagne, nevertheless sufficient space had been secured along the Aire river to warrant an attack to the west with the object of striking the rear of the enemys positions in the Argonne forest There was another Important factor that entered Into the decision to force the wlthdrawal of the enemy from the Argonne. This was the predicament d Beaumont-Brabant-sur-Meus- 10-1- h d h. prises by patronizing home industry. i These Brands Are Intermountain Made --And Deserve Your Support HE.WtfET.TiS ilMMOlV ittiuW It lid Kv it il ? Oi ntss&flsfr InsUt on Pure Virgin Wool Braces Md. in tho Intermountain West ORIGINAL UTAH WOOLEN MILLS Salt Lake City THIS WEEKS PRIZE STORY By buying Intermountain made goods yon are building Intermountain payrolls the life blood of any community. 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Reproduction In whole WMJ Service or in part prohibited.) B advanced during the next few days to the commanding ground between Beaumont and Richeue Hill. In a operation the Thirty-thirdivision (Bell) crossed the Meuse early October 8 by bridges constructed during the night, captured and progressed up the Consenvo.ve, neighboring slopes. The following day a further advance was made, but heavy fire from the Borne de Cornouil-le- r and the failure of the troops on the right to keep up forced a relre-men- t to the morning tine: This ground was retaken despite strong resistance, and by night of the 10th the division had established Itself on the west slopes of Rlchene Ilill. The Fifty-eightbrigade of the Twenty-nintdivision (Morton), under command of the French Eighteenth division, against considerable opposition pushed forward luto the woods south of Rlchene Hill on the 8th, and during the next two days completed the capture of those woods. On the division took 11th, the Twenty-nintcommand of its Fifty-eightbrigade. Its brigade, still under the French Eighteenth division, on the 12th made Important gains in the Bois d'Ormont. In conjunction with the operations by the French Seventeenth corps, the Fifth corps 4Gatueron) attacked In force October 9 and continued Its efforts the next two days. The Third division (Buck) progressed on the 9th, and .after fierce fighting seized Madeleine farm, which had previously proved a stumbling block, and partly cleared the Bois de Cunel. The following day It completed the capture of that wood and on the 11th extended Its gains to the northwest The Thirty-secondivision (Haan) reached Romagne October 9 and penetrated the enemy trenches on Cote Dame Marie on the 10th, but was driven from the latter and established Its lines on the southern slopes of the ' hill. Ninety-Firs- t Suffers Heavy Caeualties. The Ninety-firs- t division (Johnston), divion the left of the Thirty-secon- d sion, fought all day on the 9th for Hill 255, suffering heavy casualties, and the following day occupied the position. The advance then continued until stopped on Hill 288 and the Cote Dame Marie. The division was relieved the night of October 11. The First division (Suinmerall), In a resolute attack, captured the difficult enemy positions on and near Hill 272 on the 9th, and established Its line on the 10th north of the Cote de Mal-daIt also was relieved on the 11th. During the operations of the 9tb and 10th, the One Hundred and Eighty-firs- t brigade (John B. McDonald) of division was attached the Ninety-firs- t to the First division, being transferred to the Thirty-secon- d division on the night of the 10th. 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In a series of daring movements to the west by the Twenty-eiand Eighty-secondivisions, and the domCornay, Chatel-Cheherinating hills northwest, of Apremont were captured. Although the continued operation of these two divisions was attended by severe fighting the results were Immediate. The enemy was forced to withdraw from that region, the Argonne forest was cleared, and the Seventy-seventdivision was enabled to advance to the relief of Its Lost Battalion. It then pushed on to the north In pursuit of the retreating enemy. East of tbs Meuse. General Claudels French Seventeenth corps, east of the Meuse, attacked October 8 with the object of Belzing the heights northwest of Beaumont At that time it consisted of two French and two American diviand Twenty-ninth- , sions, the Thirty-thirmaking the corps In numerical s American. Though strength opposed by strong German resistance the assault was successfully directed by General Claudel, and our lines were s d Chatel-Cheher- d h d ghth y two-third- y division (Hines) fought its way forward beyond the road. Two determined assaults against the Bois de Ieut de Faux were broken up, but pn the third attempt the northern edge of that wood was attained. The division gained the' far side of the Bois de Foret on the 11th against severe opposition. The Eightieth division (Oronklilte) on the 9th, in the' face of very heavy fire, pushed forward to a short distance north of the Bois' des Ogons. The division's attacks continued, and when relieved two days later It had reached a line slightly south and east of Cunel. On the front of the First corps (Liggett) the opposition encountered on the 10th was less determined, and the Eighty-secondivision (Duncan) by midnight had established Its line beyond Marcq, while the line of the Seventy-seventh division (Alexander) ran On the 11th, westward from there. however, the fighting was severe, yet the Eighty-second- , regardless of heavy casualties, advanced to a position This town, north of Somrnerance. though In the' sector of the First division, was occupied by the Eighty-secon- d to protect Its own flank. The night of October 11 our line ran from east to west roughly as follows: Mollevilie farm Bois de la Cote Lemont part of Bois de Foret south of Cote Dame Marie Somrnerance Grandpre. While these operations on our First army front were In progress, the Thirtieth division of the Second corps (Read) attacked October 8 as part of the British Fourth army, aiding materially In the general advance of that army. 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