Show ae beneral Ce r ueral qs storm aln a 0 of the A at E I 1 01 ko li A 1 1 14 Rewe is all velm f alliance ilk 1 u bener al 1 1 1 including dim ur the scandinavia 1111 1 11 avi whole W is part PrOW 1013 bohil al 11 1111 J u 1 pershing 1 inq survive i CHAPTER continued othar of our division divisions were vere on di tant front fronts in 11 ruders our thirty and ninety first divisions div lilon alch had been sent to the tile I 1 trench rench sixth mith army nt at marhal marsha roche request entered the battle october 81 the ridge aas wa taken by the thirty seventh division farm ferns hiorth on the first daiy while the ninety first johnston advancing adin adian acing cIng against intense fire seized the tile strongly defended wooded area in its front loth divis lors moved forward rapidly to it tie e lescaut river on the following day in pur put suit alt of the enemy despite resist ance crossings ot of the river were effected effect eS by lie the thirty seventh november 1 2 and 8 3 the division being lell eved the follow ln day au an denarde ans occupied by the nine ty first division on the 2nd and and the tile division was reli relived ted on the ad by the french both divisions entered reentered re the line for the general attack of the french sixth army november vember Io 10 the seventh division was as directed to relieve two trench divisions oust east of the lescaut tho the morning of the but chece divisions had bad been unable to cross and ft here ere relieved on the west bank devito severe looses the thirty seventh succeeded in again crossing the aher and ond moved mosed forward the follow inn day advancing tao and a half halt miles eastward the ninety first division met slight opposition on the lie and none on the coming moi ding of the alth reaching a line cast east of boucle saint blaase in the first army the i fifth cc carps aps advanced rapidly the morning of the alth elements rie Ile ments of the eighty ninth division occupied stenny and a line on the hill to the north pouilly sur mouse was mas mopped up early in the morning and Au treville was occupied the second division advanced adian ced to the ridge west of Mou lins ns while the seventy seventh division held its line of the in the third corps the morning of the lith the ninetieth division entered IS naion aud the fifth and thirty second divisions were preparing to attack the seven seventy ty ninth division of the french second colonial corps atta attacked cled against the cote tie de romagne and adi advanced alced a short distance the twenty sixth deslon made slight gains ns and the eighty first division a again gain too took on the front of the second array army the attack of the thirty third adli don slon on the alth was vas held up the twenty eighth division carried its line forward north of farm the seventh division made no attack and the ninety second division attacked but did not bold all its gains the line of the first army november 11 extended from fresnes fresnel enlo en tt evre to bont maughs the second army line ran from port lle to thus both american armies were now in position to carry out the offensive as directed by my orders 5 which ans is what I 1 had planned and advocated when allen mar liar thai foch insisted that there should be converging movement of 0 all the armies west est of the meuse with Me Mez leres sedan as the objective object he of the american first army CHAPTER ax As the conference between marhal marthat that foch and the german delegates proceeded and lo 10 anticipation of advices regarding the aral salte telephone lines ft ere kept constantly open between my head hend quarters and those of the first and second armies ahen word came come to me at 6 a ci november 11 that hostilities would cease cense at 11 a in dl di erections lons ions to that effect nere viere sent sene to our armies immediately oar our troops had been advancing rapidly during the preceding two days and although every effort was made t r 1 tle abes rr tr aptly a faw aull could cot not bo be before the prescribed hour A brief account ot of the confer ence with the german cerman delegates was riven given to roe me a few days later by general he said the germans came across the line by automobile the afternoon of iss vember 7 and boarded a special rollay coach cent sent by the trench to meet them during tile night this car ami unit the mershal mir hals wen placed ade side by tide side in the forest between and soissons Sols sona sons the emissaries ert ushered lot into the manlif ils presence and after producing their their were asked tile object ot of their visit they replied that they had come to the terms of an aral arm stice the I 1 he marshal mar elial then made it clear that be himself mas a not requesting an orm letice and did not care to have one ahen hen asked if it they wished an armistice they replied that they did the marshal eald said that if that nai as the case hero cere were tie the terms a copy of which he handed them then the sei severity erity of the demand demands seemed to surprise thero them aud slid they appeared very much depres depressed qed tie tiey had bad no power to sign an armistice they eald said wit will out the con sent ent of the chancellor and after ome little discus discussion slon they started BD an officer to the german capital A with ith the terms they did not dot seem to object to turning over oer cannon but deplored the condition which required them to surrender machine guns they finally succeeded eucce eded in having this reduced to ma chine guns on the ground that they might have some left for riot duty in klig of the danger of riots the delegates u nere ere aked naked r thy by they did not some of their resene to maintain order in the interior their reply was that they had no divisions in reserve as every division chilt they had was actual ly in line then they complained about the short time allowed for evacuation stating that the german getman army was in no condition to move more either forward or backward during november noi ember 8 9 and 10 while waiting for instructions vom I 1 their government the delegates talked very freely with about conditions in germany and particularly of the lack of too I 1 and the fear that there would he famine in places because of the bad transportation senam son ice A wireless message vote the german geman government authorizing the delcy ites to sign the armistice was rec received Ived about 11 p m november 10 it took intall 5 a m the to decode tie ti e message complete the discussion and draw up the terms in the rough to stop bloodshed the last page of the conditions was written first and this was signed a few minutes after 5 a m on the alth anord was then sent out to troops that hostilities would cease pt t 11 a m between september and november 11 twenty two american and six trench breach divisions rith an approximate fighting strength of men on a front extending from southeast of verdun to the argonne forest had engaged and decisively beaten forty three dit dif ferent german divisions nith ith an estimated strength of of the twenty two american divisions four had bad at different times during durin this period been in action on fronts other than our own the enemy suffered an estimated loss of over casualties in this battle and our first army m y lost about the total t strength of the first army include ing french troops reached men it captured prisoners cannon ma chine guns and large quantities of material the transportation and supply of divisions to and from our front during this battle was a gigantic task there mere a 2 ag american and seven french divi divisions blons besides hundreds of thousands pads of corps and army troops moved in and out of the american zone A total of men were evacuated to the rear and more than replacements were received it need hardly be restated that our entry into the war gave the allies the preponderancy of force vitally necessary to outweigh the tremendous increase Inthe in the strength of the germans on the western front due to the collapse of russia and the consequent release of ger man division divisions employed against 1 her from the point of lew few we began to aid the allies early la in 1918 1 len en our division nith ith insufficient training to taki acthen part in battle were icat to the inactive froot front to relieve french divisions that ihly be used lu in the tile fight lighting lug line the tile assistance no ue gave the al at it la in combat began in may tiny w with it I 1 I 1 the tile successful of one of our division divisions at this wai as followed early in to june by it in cu oil trance into battle of the tile two divi ions sloes that topped stopped the german al ai vance on parts liter chateau Th thierry lerry and by three other others that were put in the tile defensive line in july two american divisions with one moroccan division formed the spearhead epcar licad of the bunter counter at tack against the chatwin salient in which nine 0 our divi etona mons participated thero was a total of 0 approximately troops engaged la in this second battle of 0 the marne which aich involved iery were fighting and its not coal completed plated until the ger roans were driven beyond the vesle in august augut in the middle of september an army of Amer americans leads reduced the st sal salient sallent lent the latter part of september our great battle of the meuse argonne was begun lasting through 47 das of intense lighting and ending brilliantly for our erst and second armies november 11 after more than 1200 ODO soldiers bad martiel paled A tim time to forget hardship Hard thip it ft us a time to forget the hard ships and difficulties except to record them nith the glorious bis his tory of our in praise and chanla for the decisive vie vic of our armies and in guld ance for the ile future the following order as issued G II 11 Q american B x p e d I 1 t I 1 0 n a r y forces I 1 general orders io no 2 03 france Fr acce nov 12 1913 the eamy his it Is fitting that I 1 address my adelf tn in thanks directly to the officers ard soldiers of the american forces oho ho by their heroic efforts bare have made possible this glorious result our armies hurriedly raised and hastily trained met a veteran enemy and by courage and UK always defeated am without complaint you haie endured incessant toll p iva alon and danger you have seen many of your comrades make the supreme sacrifice that freedom may ahe I 1 think you for the patience pat leuce and courage with which you have en dured I 1 congratulate you upon the splendid fruits of victory which your heroism and mid the blood of our gallant dez d are tire now presenting to our ra va tion your deeds will live forever on the most glorious glori glor lois ois pages of americas history these things you bai hai e done edone there vere remains now a birder task which will test your soldierly qualities to the utmost succeed in this and little note will be taken and few pr ilses will be sung full fill and the light of your glorious of the past vill mill sadly be dimmed I 1 but you will not fall every natural tendency may urge toward relaxation in discipline in conduct in appearance in everything that marks the sol dier yet you will III remember that each officer and each sol dier Is the represent representative atis e in fu rope of his ills people and that his brilliant deeds of yesterday yest erdly permit no action fiction of today to pass unnoticed bi b mend friend or by foe you will meet this test hi u gallantly as you have met lie the tests of the battlefield sus bained by your high ideals and inspired by the heroic part sou haie played you will carry back to our people the proud rt of a ne americanism born of we ilice whether avi stand on hostile territory or on the friendly soil of france you III so bear yourselves in discipline appearance and respect for all civil rights that you will confirm for nil fill time tie tle pride and love which every american feels tor for your uniform and tor for vou JOHN J general commander Vom nander mander in chief official ROBERT C Q DAVIS 1 adjutant general 1 the expel ence of the na orld war only confirmed the lessons of the past the division divisions fultn little training while hile and cour ageous were bacling in the reidy skill of habit TI ey were capable Z ade waville I 1 THE resumption OF THE lie 0 Im aucourt I 1 ADVANCE IN THE NOV 9 11 1918 beav y numerals dilim in line 1 I AM 0 0 5 10 15 20 anh eules MILES marcheville Mar cheville fres 3 ETZ T 4 51 0 Z 10 e 0 nt 6 I 1 0 ST u lima of powerful blows but their mow were apt to to be awkward team work as aftin not welt ell under unde j anible and resourceful Y dl visto tig cannot be created bj by a fe fen maneuvers or of by a few months of their element on ott the other hand without the liceri 11 intelligence hie tile endurance the tile willingness and the enthusiasm dis in it 11 e train training lil area areas and on the butt lefleIN 1 the decisive re ulli multi obtained would b have are been lin possible arle for young commanders Command tn upon the young commander commanders ol 01 platoons companies and battalions fell tho the lit hal its lost burden they not only suffered uffe all the dingers and find rigor rigors of battle but carried the tile re ot of airing tor for and dl their mer often newly nely ar or rived and with ith but little training uceda of daring were mere leblon lef clon it Is 13 not intended to discriminate between tho te heroic ten ices have been recognized and the thousands of others who sho bore themselves with equal gallantry hut but horb deeds are known only by the victorious re results quIts As api the tile elicit of the lie rank and cle file of cur our gnat army of la a lorous men I 1 would A mention I 1 lent sam uel fifth who attacked tingle handed a series of german machIne gun nests near cunel bunel and db the crews of each IQ in turn until reduced to the necessity of assaulting the last detachment tach ment walli fill a pick sergt al at via 0 1 york ork second diva elon slon who stood off and captured geramas after his patrol wae as literally surrounded gur rounded and putnum bared ten to one and maj charles S and ills hi men of the seventy seventh dh dis islon w who h 0 when their battalion a as cut off in the argant e refused to der oad ad held out until finally relieved there Is little to add in arn praise me of the shirll of that stimulated each individual soldier to dei oar come conie tl it e hardships and dt dif faculties that till ull to his lot inith ith forti trie and perseverance be gave nis his every energy to the accomplish men went of his task whether it re hlin him to charge the enemy eune ung or play the less conspicuous role of foru forwarding arding supplies lIeL in their deot lection lon their valor and the loyal fulfillment of their obliga V t the officers and men of the lean expeditionary forces vve left a heritage of which thoe wt folio after may ever be ille we eit efti 1 the virtues of the vilio ho had the liege fliege of ing america in the ranks of her armies it must be remembered that they recel received sed their inspire tion of loyalty and of devotion to the cause from those at home alicy were bit bi t the chosen representatives of the american people whose hose resolute spirit they transformed into victory on the i dmd ot of honor uy my diary records curfs tuesday november Nove irber 12 WIS 1918 in parts this morning colonel mott was here with ith instructions fron marshal foch about following up the germans held brief conference on subject with SI cAndrew and Ilar harbord bord and left immediately alth boyd and Quebe Que hemeyer meyer for marshal bod p at met Al marshal arshal loch for the CM t lime time since ilc letory tory and meeting u was as one to be remembered bj direction of 0 the president bestowed on him the distinguished serille sen ice medal me e returned to parts purls in the afternoon to find pandemonium 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