| Show general gene al P rahl u story oi of the A E 1 fa F copyright 1931 in oil oon attles by the north A met 11 by if general oan an newspaper All aello Al llo lonee world rights 1 rit rd iod W Int intruding luding it 1 I a nav la in whole liol john ilium tr pershing or in part prohibited VNUS beeles wIc ulois I 1 I 1 CHAPTER continued ai As jewerul Jene rul foch roch and the others acre ere not arriving until later it and 1 I driving to boether ether accompanied by generals and in a i separate Bep brate automobile mobile went ent to the tile headquarter headquarters ot of the rl city third division major general glenn commanding which nas as billeted nt tit montigny not far from Chu chaumont e fell to dis cursing the probable situation titu atlon of the various allied countries and their relative ft anding ding otter after tle e war ar it Clemenc clemenceau enu went nent to some length in his conjectures thought britain finished great britain Is finished and in my opinion bho has seen the tile zenith of lier her glory lie said bat makes you think eo so mr prime minister I 1 I 1 asked I 1 k aret of nil all he lie replied the immense drain train of the war will make it impossible for her to retain commercial supremacy and blond the experience of her not afraid of cas gas colonial troops in this tills war will make male their people more independent and she nill lose her con arol over them I 1 could not agree with sir ciemence aus lew and said mr crime prime minister I 1 think yoi are mistaken about the british ind I 1 bellee ie ue shall see them fully re foier from the effects of the war or continuing I 1 asked feat about trances fu future ahl she aill ft once more be the dominant power in europe he re piled plied CHAPTER hospitalization and completion of three corps headquarters and staff organizations occupied my at the last laet jcck eek of june 1918 of our divisions bere iere ere then either in line or in resene behind the french five were in training in reah I areas and five fire etere ere in training in rear of the british army of alose with the freddi french seven senen were concentrated in the vicinity of Colt erets ami and between the I 1 reach front and parts ille I 1 he british seemed to think the french unduly nervous about the safety of paris and tint thit roch was hoi ling a greater proportion of american troops behind the french lines than necessary they believed there was as a strong ity of another attack against their front and felt general foch was not kajing enough attention to their situation I 1 however they probably did not realize that a counter offensive e wis contemplated on this front should the occasion present itself corps headquarters organized the first I 1 arst corps headquarters or in january under maj gen hunter Li fegett gett with col cot malin craig as chet of staff had become a smoothly wording ma chine alady for active service any where here i but events had moved so swiftly there had been no for the lie us as embly of clyl alons alth the increasing size of our nur army it vis is evident that a greater number of divisions would be able lible to take part in operations at earlier dates than we ue had thought possible consequently the of the second sitoni third and fourth corps head was at once completed the tile second corps alaj gel u george read commanding with col cot george simonds as chief of staff and a limited number of staff officers us is charged with matters of administration and command pertaining to the divisions behind the british front the third corps temporarily under MAI gen 11 ham at wright glit col cot alfred bjorn slad chief of staff continued to supervise training dIsIs divisions lons sery ing in the lodges area hie fourth corps was as temporarily under the corps chief of staff col cot stuart fill headquarters at toul tout fly the actual constitution of theae corps they were expected goon soon to become efficient enough to handle units in operations french hospital hospitals deficient As to hospitals when i hen our troops became suddenly engaged in the chateau thierry region we had to rely largely upon the assistance of the french to care for our wound ed although they had given glien us every assurance aurance that hospital ar at for those operations would he be complete and without question did their best bests it was nos only through h the mobile hospitals we ue rad ad that we ne were able ble to give our casualties proper It 2 attention in extenuation of the french fullert to take care of our casual ai ali I 1 I 1 tic ties properly it must be eald said hint that when the german germans swept mer the chemin des rit dames to chateau thierry th french lot lost bed beds included in some of their I 1 k it st equip equipped pid hospitals we bad DO no hospitals on that front and nith limited transportation found it dit dlf ficula to supplement the meant french facilities in fact the situa lion ns as to hospital accommodations for our troops nos ft us about to reach a critical elage in thil this connection a cable was actually actual lj submitted by mr casper from froin the new lork trib une chich vins scything in its denunciation nun nuncia clation tion of our medical depart ment rhe file censor immediately in formed the medical at my headquarters and general veneral ireland tile lie chief surgeon requested e d on an which aas ft as at on ce carfif d out by the chief of the inspector general a corps general ur hatuey lilt hl tuey ney was abiko to bo be present at nil all the bearings hearings and ft len hen the actual facts ft ere brought out shonn showing ing the efficiency of die lie medical department ho lie was most apologetic and thereafter nas ft as an enthusiastic supporter of the aslom of the censorship the fourth of july found roe me in chaumont Cb aumont ahe trench krench people there neer missed an opportunity to show their pleasure at having us in their iii liLii and their app tion of our aid to that cause the principal ceremony of tile day was as a reception to the officers of my headquarter headquarters by the local french offid officials als both civic and mill tiry and the citizens at the hotel de valle tills was as an altogether delightful social gathering including a series of suitable speeches the spirit of ft fraternity that prevailed it easy to respond in fact on as often on similar occasions occasion I 1 found myself almost as e enthusiastic n as the french speaker speak er though perhaps less content with ith my effort the allies elsen elsewhere here did not forget that it as our independence day and messages came from clemenceau eau foch and llala and many others from all mer ov er france yank yanks in hamel attack regardless of the distinct under standing that our troops behind the british front etere ere there for train ing and ere not to be used except la in an emergency the british made continuous effort to set get them into their lines they planned an attack by the australians for the bourth of july and requested maj gen george head tend commander of the second corps then still in training to per mit some sonie ol 01 the troops of the thirty third to take part at first the british suggested four companies but later they wanted the number increased to ten As the lae of americans at this tills time was directly direct lj contrary to the orran arrangement gement nat naturally trally it did not meet ith my approval having learned that such a corn com bained attack was planned I 1 spoke to marshal marshall fiall about it when I 1 saw raw him in paris july 3 and lie he entirely agreed with roy my point of view it seems that general read afterward in accordance with my instructions tc told general that I 1 did not aalt ant partly trained troops to participate a ever our out troops had by tills time become fully to it IL al at though the tile british chief of staff lad had consented to leave our troops out when f e learned from ur v linson thit it would compel them to defer tie the operation he informed read th tint it no change could be made without order orders from roia held marchal Marf lial half haig aho ho he sold could not be reached ind and so the attack as carried out as I 1 learned the nest next day the fact that general head read and his off officers leers and men were been keen to get into the battle went far to ex cose cuse him blin it needles to add also thai that the splendid behavior of the troops in the operation was a decided argument in basor fat or of leniency len lenry also after ward displayed the same eagerness to set get at the lie enemy in several hard fought engagements during the try inn duya dais of the meuse argonne CHAPTER A number of our divisions were quite prepared to cn oge in any JIDY contemplated offensive and their location at the moment lent hope for the early formation of one and probably two entire corps of amer leans liggetts FI first corps hit had J taken its place la in line july 4 alith ith the second dismou relieved on iho the loth by the twenty sixth ed nani and a it french division un tier its direction the corpa hit 00 bad been shaken down to the routine of its work and had become la in every respect an efficient croup group performing its functions with the and worthy of the more experienced staffs of the allied armies during an inspection trip july 12 to the headquarters of the first corps I 1 bad lunch with general fir ord at Nant eull eur sur ma marne r W where here his division was resting 9 11 lie told of a marine in his dl division vis I 1 who had bad captured 75 german pris ri onera alil gemans germans attack again referring again to my diary chaumont Chu july 17 1018 another 19 aa hn at tack broke monday our for ty second part of the twenty eighth and the third became become engaged the latter counter attacked and captured COO GOO prisoners foch that the thirty second and twenty ninth divisions are available at once five fire other divisions have been placed at bis his disposal situation yesterday more favorable for allies general bullard assigned to third corps and general aright right to b efm the intelligence services of all the allied armies bad had been exerting beery endeavor to discover the en enemy mys s plans iab falth the result that for some days it appeared almost certain th tint thit it LIs his neit next move would be directed toward the southeast on the right and left of helm relm on the evening of july U 14 a french raiding party from general gou con road s fourth army then holding that part of the line including helms reims luckily captured prisoners villo ho confirmed this belief and who gave gate the ebat hour fixed for the attack aich they said was to take place the fol following lonin morning our third division still in line south of the harne marne faced the tile enemy between jaulgonne Jaul Joul gonne and cha thierry Th lerry and the twenty sixth I ilch as tte ue have seen bad had relieved the tile second held a sector between torcy dorcy and vaux laux infantry elements of alie twenty eighth were south of the marne sen ing with though she b aror interest in hi F be possible th so intimate other that th arn ad A 11 soissons 5 casually another giell dis he said 0 o don t exa there was eims MA y 26 or had floch t little feve pig those s do ant kno yett ch chateau abeau thierry doubtful it I 1 but pose she cha lona the stove a paris IVE arne 1 I dont k joyce th antly out of the 1 joyce gas ed abe cou thine ohp ground gained by german offensives of I 1 it alan and wha w do wl ance may june and july 1918 would she you said junea 1517 15 17 has well been r Y down in vl 0 25 50 miles as far as beth would dec the two french divisions on either side of the third the entire forty second occupied a support position behind Coura front the first divit division lon was north of and the second and fourth were ere in reserve near chateau thierry the norman lr man offen offe she ushe was launched lana lied on the early morning 0 of july 15 as expected but it ass ft as met with a surprise barrage put down donn by general gouraud areli lery half an hour before the start sturt the german germans attack to fo ma matloc ft nere ere thrown into confusion con coffus fuson on and their fore forc to be begin in ft till by ei evening ening thanks to the strong resistance ahey en countered the situation la in th tint thit it lea im mediate sector wai was not ame ahle our forty second became en and sustained relatively heavy losses loses its conduct on the first and succeeding altig days brought high praise from the french army commander comma niler farther further west the enemy crossed the marne marve penetrating in one ono place as far its is five fire lie struck our third dirl slon iila ulilah was along the river in a determined attempt to force a crossing between and varennes and the became become intense some units of the thirtieth end ail thirty eighth eats bold tag tn ihli this front alting aln arced ft reed back the stubbornness of their calit ance however broke up the lh attack as a whole end and the hermins retired to the th north bani bank OB on tills occasion oc aslon it bests adt regiment of the th third division col U 0 thirty eighth wrote one of the most brilliant pages in out military annals annall it prevent preveat till the crossing at tit certain points on its front while on either flank dank the Gir roans ft ho bad had gained a footing pressed forward our men tiring la in three direction directions met the german attacks with counterattack counter attacks i at critical points and succeeded ID in throwing two to german division divisions WE into complete confusion WHAT men frontu three different enemy div isles s were captured by the sic z bandit sun SUA 1 third in the fighting of this day midnight hold bold up 1 by noon of the loth the attacks river a mour mout against its line came to a bait balt gor gomory nery end ond ec esc were ere stopped to the tho and nd ture new vew cast east of helms by gouraud I 1 fourth drought to army with ith but slight gains while mounted police southwest welt got across daker disputes die putt to the south they lu perlor the marne and made some progress ell 11 ll abou plan toward Ep ernar ot of the banal bandit li alan starts tart 0 CHAPTER L launch at the the german germans bad a preponderance pot post I 1 joyce me ma of rifles barch 21 the teburn of I 1 the thrilled by 11 and although this cumber number the police lau had bad decreased they still had a eu vu to mat mart priority ol 01 about ow may tiny 27 been stunned at july 15 this was changed and the to marry ellz allies then hod the superiority by the same number in other worde CHAPTER the germans nere relatively worse off oft by rifles in july than in sly my dad dadi I 1 IR II 11 march rl ier uil there this was accounted for almost bringing down entirely by the great increase in what if he runs the numbers of Aine americans ricans tee the I 1 good lord I 1 french and british had not been illicit ditth it tb able to add to their strength not th but on the contrary they were being body go past all al 1 ng reduced faster than the germans german whereabouts vor for joyces 8 1 the german offensive south of f convincingly reims 1 july 1510 having been film at nil all joy joyc checked the moment was favorable why hi ha for an allied counter offen offensive siTe lown flown wantonly the selection by the germans of I 1 leason eason it doean the champagne sector and the be charges enough eastern and southern faces of the Is and they v v marne pocket on which to maka make canoes are their W ass 23 fortunate for he lie saw tin thit the allies as it favored the counterattack with joyce f fo already planned dioning him ab at tte IN e shall now seo see we reason for w the concentration of several amer fix strangers c lean ican divisions southwest of sols soia him some va sons some ot of them thin were adall available about the wate for use in the main 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