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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA, UTAH . A (general Pershings Story of the A.E; the 11th was held up.- - The Twenty-eightdivision carried Its line forward north of M'arimboig farm, the Seventh division made no attack, and the ond division attagkqd.but did not . hold all its. sains. , Jfhe line of the First ber 11, Atended from Fresnes-eh-- . Woevre to The Second to array, line ran. from Thus both, American armies were now In .position' out the Dffenshe as directed by my orders Novenjber' 5V 'which was 'what 1 had planned and "advocated when Marshal Foch. Insisted that there should be a coverging movement of all the armies west, of. the Meuse, with Mezleres-Sedaas the objective of the . AmFricad First anhy. h Ninety-sec- . army,-Novem- Bont-Maugi- lort-sur-Selll- e Fresnes-en-Woevr- (CopyrltHf. i93l. is tlWountriM by tbs North American Nwapapr Alliaoe. World rights rsssrysd. is eluding ths Scandinavian. Kspsodsctioo in whola or is part prohibited.) -- WNU Service V BipQeneral . JoKtv JL .Pershing CHAPTER LX IV Continued points on the Meuse between Dun-sur- In the First corps the KIglitleth diMeu&e and Verdun,, preparatory to a vision, on the 4th, In spite of the en- .general altack which would fiave as Its emy's stand, captured object the turning of thg enemy's and Soramauthe. The enemy retired strong position. IB TTont of the Fifth . daring the night and the division took corps. . lip the pursuit, overcoming vigorous . Fust of tW Mouse the First army rear guard resistance until reaching advanced in conjunction with the Sec' a line north and west of Beaumont. which had been earnestly ond During the night of the 5th Its progpreparing for this moment ever since ress continued, the division being re. Its organization.lieved the next morning. Under .the instructions issued by me The Seventy-seventdivision was efNovember 5 for the advance of the' fectively opposed on the 4th north and First and Second armies, which re east of Oches, but on the 5th Its line celved approval of Marshal Foch In' a . was pushed forward to the north of personal note of November 8, the SecStonne and La Iiesace. By night .of ond aripy made advances along Its .enhad tire front ir. the direction of the Briey the 6th the Seventy-seventreached the Meuse, Ilemilly and Vlllers Iron basin luring the last' three days , being entered by Its patrols. of hostilities. . The Seventy-eightdivision on the on tile the 10th, Attacking Thirty- 4th captured Les I'etltes Armolses, and third division reached the Bois d'llar-vill- e on the following morning advanced and captured Mnrelievllle,. but more than a mile to the north. The was- forced to retire. The Twenty-eightForty-secondivision relieved the Seventdivision, occupied a part of the y-eighth on this line, and by the-6tBois dps Flijudronvllies Bus, ps welt us established itself north of Bulson. Marlmhols farm. The Seventh . diviIt was the ambition of the First sion took and held against counterarmy, and mine, that our troops attack Hill 323. The Ninety-seconshould capture Sedan, which the division captured the Bois Frohnut. French had lost In a decisive battle In On the front of the First army, the 1870. I suggested to Generul Malstre Ninetieth division, on the left of the that the prescribed boundary, line beThird corps (Hines)", had crossed the tween our First and the French Fourth Meuse on the 9th and attacked on the. army might be Ignored lu ense w'e decided opposition 10th, meeting should outrun the French, to which he throughout the day. Elements of the offered no objection, but on the condivision entered Stenay but were un- trary warmly approved. able to clean up the town, while others, To reach the objective .the left after hard fighting in the nearby wood, boundary of the First army would have reached but could not take Baalon. to be Ignored, as Sedan lay to the The Fifth division (Ely) captured northwest beyond that limit The Jametz and cleared the Foret de afternoon of November 5,. the First Woevre. The Thirty-secondivision corps was directed to bend its enerthe line on the 9th, (Ilaan) gies to capture Sedan assisted on Its as the right division of the Third right by the Fifth corps." corps, and made substantial progress. A misconception In the Fifth corps On the 10th the division moved forof the exact Intent of my orders reward until stopped by heavy fire. from sulted In the First division erroneouseast of the Thinte river. ly going beyond the left boundary of On Other Fronts. the Fifth corps and marching directly Meanwhile other of our divisions across the sector of the First corps were engaged on distant fronts. In during the late afternoon of the 6th Flanders our Thirty-seventand Nine and throughout the night The troops of the First division carried out this forced march in One unnecessary spirit despite their tired condition. . Considerable confusion resulted In and Seventy-seventthe Forty-secon- d divisions,' and their advance was delayed as roads became blocked by th columns of the First division. Tin Forty-secon- d and the First then begus a face for the honor of capturing So dan. Bart of these divisions had entered the rone of the French Fourth army and were waging a tight with the enemy for the possession of the heights south and west of Sedan. The morning of November 7 found men of the Forty-seconand the First divisions on the heights overlooking the city. Under normal conditions the action of the officer or officers responsible for this movement of the First division directly across the sectors of two other divisions would not have been overlooked, but the splendid record of that unit and the approuch of the end of hostilities suggested divisions, which had been sent leniency. to the French Sixth army at Marshal The enemy's main line of communiOccations was now within range of the Foch's request, entered the battle was 31. The Cruyshautem ridge machine guns of the First army, which tober division taken by the Thirty-seventhad driven him 24 tulles since Novem(Farnsworth) on the first day, while ber L Ills position on the western (Johnston), advancing front was no longer tenable and he the Ninety-firs- t urged Immediate consideration of an against Intense fire, seized the strongly defended wooded area In Its front. armistice. Late on November 0 Marshal Foch, Both divisions moved forward rapidly to the Escaut river on the following then in conference with German representatives regarding the terms of the day In pursuit of the enemy. Despite resistance, crossings of the river were armistice, sent telegraphic instrucNotions to all allied commanders In effected by the Thirty-seventvember 2 and 3, the division being rechief from which it might be Inferred that he was uncertain regarding the lieved the following day. Audenarde dioutcome of negotiations and wished to was occupied by the Ninety-firs- t division and the 2nd. on the vision let the enemy know that there would be no further delay. The following was relieved on the 3rd by the French. the line for Both divisions was the message received: of the French Sixth attack the general our The enemy, disorganized by army November 10. The Thirty-seventrepeated attucks, retreats along division was directed to relieve the entire front two French divisions east f the EsIt Is Important to caut t he morning of the 10th, but these and expedite our movements. divisions had been unable to cross, and I appeal to the energy and the were relieved on the west bank. DeIn of commanders the Initiative spite severe losses the Thirty-seventchief of their armies to make desucceeded In again crossing the river cisive the results obtained." and moved forward the following day. No Respite for Enemy. advancing two and a half miles eastOrders In response to this appeal division met The Ninety-firs- t ward. were Immediately Issued and their slight opposition on the 10th and none execution by the First army was under way November 10 and 11. Yet on the morning of the 11th, reachinga line east of here again no sort of urging was necIn the First army the Fifth corps essary. Our troops were determined advanced rapidly the morning of the not to give the enemy any respite. Adi11th. Elements of the Eighty-nint- h lready the crossing of the Meuse had been planned for the whole army, and vision occupied Stenay and established the hill to the north. the Fifth corpse got over during the a line-owas mopped up early In lOth-lltof the of Tart the night the h division on morning and Autrevllle occupied. Eighty-nintcrossed rafts Just west of roullly, and others In the The Second division advanced to the rear of the Ninetieth division (Allen). ridge west of Moulins, while the Seventdivision held Its line of The Second division was unable to y-seventh as the 10th. force a crossing at Mouzon, In the Third corps, the morning of planned, but about a mile south of dithe 11th, the Nineteenth division enof the the engineers Villemontry vision, with exceptional rapidity and tered Baalon, and the Fifth and divisions were preparing to skill, threw two bridges across, over ond division of The attack. The Seventy-nintwhich one regiment passed. Seventy-seventdivision, now on the the French Second Colonial corps atleft of the Fifth corps, only sent over tacked against the Cote de Romagne patrols on the 10th and 11th, the low and advanced a short distance, the division made slight ground north of the river opposite Its Twenty-sixtdivision front being flooded by heavy rains and gains, and the Eighty-firs- t damming operations by the Germans again took Grlmoucourt On the front of the Second army the Tha First corpa from November 6 division on ,to 10 was withdrawing Its division to attack of the Thirty-thir- . h h - h d d d h h d ty-fir- h h h Boucle-Salnt-Biais- n Thirty-sec- h h d e. essary to outweigh the tremendous. Increase in the strength of the Germans on the western front, due to the . collapse of Russia and the consequent release of. German divisions employed against her. from the military point of wiew we began to aid the allies early In 1918, when our divisions, with lhsufficlebt training to take'actlve part in buttle,' were sent to the Inactive frM French divisions,' that used in the fighting they pilght.be " . . Sally Sez . . . Jtnten -- By . line. The assistance we gave the allies. combat began in May. with the suc- ' cessful attalk of one of our divisions at L'antigny. This was followed 'early In June by th'e Entrance into battle of the two divisions that stopped the German advance on Baris, near Cha- and by three others that e CHAPTER LXV.' were put In the. defensive line. .As the dnference between- - MarIn July two American divisions,-'witshal Focfi and Ihe German delegates .one 'Moroccan division, formed the spearhead- of- the counter-attac. proceeded, and In anticipation of adtelevices" regarding the against the Chateau-Thierr- y salient, In which nine of our divisions ' par-- . phone lines were kept' constantly open between my" headquarters and those ticipated. There' was a total . of the "First and Second-armie300,000 American Iroops .When word came to me at 6 a.- - m engaged In tills Second Battle of the November. 11,'. that hostilities would Marne, Which Involved very severe l cease at 11 a. ra., directions fighting, and was not completed until the Germans were, driven beyond the fffeet were sent'to our armies Immedi: . 'Yesle in August- ately. Our troops tmd been advancing In the middle of September an army. rapidly during the preceding two days, and '.although every effort 'Was made of 550,(XK). Americans reduced .the St to reach- them prqmptly a few cou d Mlldel 'salient. The latter part of Sep- not he. overtaken before the prescribed teriiber our great battle of the- - Meuse- ' ' ' ' . ".hour. . . . Argonne was begun, lasting through A brief 'account of the conference 47 days of iDtense fighting and ending with the German delegates was given, brilliantly for our First and Second to me a few days later by General. armies, November 11, after more than 1,290,000 American soldiers had parWe.vgandj.'lle said the Germans came ' across .the line by automobile the aft- ticipated. ernoon of November. 7 and boarded A A- - Time to Forget. Hardships. special ' railway coach sent by the . It was a time to forget the hard, French .to meet them. During the ships ahd difficulties,, except 'to record night 'this car and the marshals were them, with the glorious history of our placed side by side in the forest beIn' praise and thanks achievements. tween. Compiegne and Solssons, for- the decisive victories of our amiThe emissaries were ushered Into des- and in guidance for the future, the marshal's presence, and after prothe following order was issued:-- ' ducing their credentials were . asked G. H. Q. the object of their visit- They- replied . 'American Forces ' Eipedltion'ary that they had come to discuss the General Orders No. .203 terms of an armistice.. The marshal-theFrance. Nov. 12, 1918. made It clear, that, he himself "The enemy- - has capitulated. was not requesting an armistice and It is fitting that I address myself did not 'care to have one. In thanks directly to the officers arm-wished When .asked if they ah and: soldiers of the American ex- - . lstiee they replied that they did. Thp peditionary forces who by their If. marshal said that that, was the case, heTe were the terms, a copy of' ..heroic efforts have made possible' this glorious result Our armies; which he handed them. The severity, ' and hastily of the demands seemed to surprise ' hurriedly . raised ' met a veteran and trained, enemy, much them and they appeared very by courage, discipline and skill depressed. .They had no power to sign defeated him. Without coman armistice they said, without the plaint yon have endured incessant, consent of the chancellor, and after toil, privation and danger. Yoq ' have seen many of your comrades make 'the supreme sacrifice that ' freedom may live. I thank you for the patjenoe and courage with which you have endured. .1 con- - " gratulate you upon the splendid' fruits of victory which your hero- .is'ra and the blood-o- f our gallant dead are now presenting to our na- - ' tion. Your deeds will live forfevet ' ' on themost glorious pages of .. . Americas history. These things you have done. .There remains now a harder task . which will test' your soldierly . qualities to the utmost Succeed in ' this and little note will be taken ' and. few praises will' be sung; fail, and the light of your glorious-achievements of the past will sad: ' ly be dimmed. But you will not fall. Every natural tendency may . urge to- ward relaxation in discipline, in. conduct. In appearance, in every; . that marks the soldier. Yet' some little dteeasslos-the- y started an . thingwill remember that each offyou officer to the German capital with the icer aijd each soldier is the . terms. .' . sentative. In Europe of his people, They did not seem to object to turnthat his brilliant deeds of and. ing over 5,000 cannon, but deplored . yesterday permit no action of to- the condition which required them day to pass unnoticed by friend surrender 30,000 machine guns They or by foe, .. rein succeeded this having finally . yon will meet this test as duced to 25,000 machine guns on the as you have met the tests, ground that they might bRve some the. of Sustained by . battlefield. left for riot duty. In' speaking' of- the ideals and inspired by . high .your of were the riots,, danger .delegates th'e heroic part you have played, ' asked why they did not send gome-oyo.u will carry back to our people . their reserve divisions to maintain of a new. ' . the proud consciousness . . order In the interior. Americanism born sacrifice.'. o.f Their reply was that they had no Whether you stand on hostile divisions In reserve, as every division, ' territory, of on the friendly soil of ' that they had was actually. In line. will so bear . France, you yourself Then they complained about the short in discipline, appearance and re- time allowed for evacuation, stating spect for all civil rights that you In no conthat the German army was will confirm for all time the pride' dition to move, either forward or backand love which every American'.' ward. feels for your .uniform and .What America Had Done. .. . . . Between September 26 and NovemJOHN J. PERSHING, American and six ber 11, twenty-twGeneral, Commander in Chief. French divisions, with an approximate ' Official : fighting strength of 500,000 men, on a '. DAVIS. C. ROBERT front extending from southeast of Verdun to the Argonne forest, had enGeneral. Adjutant The experience of the World war gaged and decisively beaten forty-thre- e different German divisions, with only confirmed the lessons of the past.' an estimated fighting strength of The divisions With little training, Of the twenty-twAmerican divwhile aggressive and courageous, were isions, four had at different times durlacking in the ready skill of habit ing this period been In action on fronts They were capable of powerful blows, other than our own. ... but their blows we apt to be awkThe enemy suffered an estimated ward teamwork was often not well loss of over 100,000 casualties In this understood. Flexible and resourceful battle, and our First army lost about divisions cannot be created by a few The total strength of the maneuvers or by a few months as117, (XXI. First army, Including 135.000 French sociation of their elements. troops, reached 1,031,000 men. It capThere Is little to add In praise of tured 26,000 prisoners, 874 cannon, the spirit of determination that stimu3.000 machine guns and large quanlated each Individual soldier (o overtities of material. come the hardships and difficulties The transportation and supply of that fell to his lot With fortitude divisions to and from bur front during and perseverance he gave his every this battle was a gigantic task. There energy to the accomplishment of his were 26 American and seven French task, whether It required him to divisions, besides hundreds of thoucharge the enemys guns or play the sands of corps and army troops, less conspicuous role of forwarding moved In and out of the American supplies. In their devotion, their zone. 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