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Show jtyflAJOR G: IAL JOHN A. Il LE JET. U. S. marine corps, comman.-o he famous second division of" the First army corps. alipL 2 2 SI Part Taken by U. S. Soldiers Sol-diers in Champagne Advance Ad-vance Is Noted. By EDWIN L. JAMES. I (New York Times-Chicago Tribune Cable. Copyright.) WITH THl AMERICAN ARMY IN 1 FRANCE, Oct. 20. Tt is now permitted to give a comprehensive sketch of the role played by the Americans in the brilliant bril-liant Champagne advance of General Gouraud's army. This story is one of the most absorbingly absorb-ingly interesting of the Americans at war, not only because of the glorious work of our "veteran" Second division, but because be-cause of the remarkably effective work done by the Thirty-sixth division from Texas, which, never having been under shellfire and not even entirely organized, jumped into the bitter battle and made gains that were sensational. Never having hav-ing heard the scream of shells before, they fought day after day under terrific shellfire, and went after the Germans in true ranger style. An official order of the French generals rails this one of the most brilliant performonces of the war. Americans know well the bright record of the Second division of infantry, the regulars, of which there are the Fifth and Sixth marines and the Ninth and Twentvthlrd infantry. These are the boys who stopped the Germans up in Belleau wood, back in June, when the foe thought he was going to Paris. Plays Great Role. This division played a sood role at the St. Mlhiel battle. It went into line on the evening of (October 2. taking over a portion of three and a half kilometers running westward from Sommepy. To get a good jumping-off ptace for the at- (Continued on Page Eight.) WCUS PLAY BRILLIANT HOLE (Continued from Page One.) ; 1 j 'ck " bejln the nejt mornln, they ! "eld the Oerman seeond line positions . in front of them, laHlnit armored trenches , mid wlrrd liner When the main attack started on October 3. at S:S0 o'clock In the morning, the Americans were auc-eaeful auc-eaeful frum the start. . linked from a rrerman position on their left Hank known as the Essen uemh.' rrom which enfilading machine nuns wrpt the adancn ranks, the division 1 ent part of a regiment oji of Its aector to take the trench. Ro fast was the pace of rheaa men that thev reached the tier-man tier-man observatory of Mont Plane before 1 the foe knew what bad happened an ob-server ob-server there being captured while' writing I out a report that the Herman counterattack counter-attack was going well. On October .1 the Second division made an advance of about six kilometers. The I pltely o-ha :, . . was ordered on the night of October 6 and T lo relieve, under OOndlttMM particularly delicate, ; he 8er-! 8er-! ond American dlvlwlon nnd dlnlodge the enemy from the crests north of St. Etl-nnf Etl-nnf and Alene anJ throw him back. "Although being under fire for the first time, the young soldiers of General Smith, rivaling In their combative spirit and tenacity the old and valiant reglmenta of tt dp rnl I . .Teune, have accomplish! their mlaalon in its entirety. All may be proud of tht mk they Accompllshewl. To a all. the general commanding t'ie armv I corps la happy to flfli tm the itioat cor- j dial rxpresslon of his recognition and his J best WMtaM for their future service. The I past tfl proof of the future." men ir,.- mn fur nhe.i.l oT the trrnips of the left that thev were In danger of being ' rnrirded. when u fresh Fren.-h dlvlalon waa put In behind them to protect their left flank. Next morning thev resumed ! I the attack at 4:30 Thev ran" Into verv ' i heavy Oermnn ma-.-hlne-run and artlllerv rtnateftOi north of the Ames rlTr but reached Ht. Kttenne. Positions ('on.solidatcd. The day of the Mh was devoted to consolidating con-solidating the newlv won positions. All the time thtfg was a murderous fire from the (termans. The American positions had to he held under front mid flank fire until ihe troops on the left and right got up. Meanwhile Ihe advance of Lhe nier-tans nier-tans and the taking of Mont Hlnnc hnd decided the Germans to maKe H withdrawal with-drawal from Ihe Hhelrns salient, (he execution exe-cution of which greatly bettered our positions posi-tions On October fi I WO rtCtmtnti of marines which had been In the heaviest flub t Inn were relieved by a brigade of the Thirty -slvth dhislon, never under t-p before. A fter h short artillery preparnt Inn. t he attack was renewed October S, nt tlie j aa-ene time thai the Germans delivered a 1 I heavy counter-Hltack on the right of the i dlvliion from. This was repulsed after 1 hitter fighting. i The nevt dav arfti devoted to consoll- I I da Hon. while on Oi 'toner LO t he Second 1 j brigade of the Thirtv-alvth relieved the i j Vlnfh and Twenty-third regiments of the i Ke'f.nd division, completing the rotlof. Work Is Prnised. rjeneral (laulin. cominiituliiiR the corp. In which the Mcona and Thlrt i -sixth dl"lslons served In this nhllna. yesterdny lisued ii acneral order. Mfiylnir: "'n (ictoh.r 2 ihe Recond American illvlsltiti. h n v 1 1 1 rr arrived during the nlffht 'on the peritir or ihe Twentyflrel army corps, altmlted Ihe rorllrlod crest or Monl Mlnni. r.plilied II In a Tew Jionrs In spite or the de.perttle reslslsn-c or ihe enetin. I and in 111. following dais made an extended ex-tended advance on the slopes to lhe north ror the purpose r,r con Me. I Ida 1 1 nu (his vlc-lorv vlc-lorv Tne Thirty-Sixth American division Oi recent rormntlon, anil nn 'et incom- |
