One of the first duties of the 91st was to bury the dead. Colonel J. Division engineers were to throw two footbridges over the Scheldt for each front-line battalion. Troops were warned at 20 oclock (8 p. M.) to be ready for advance on the morning of October 3. All brigade and regimental commanders were directed by General Johnston to make such reconnaissance. CO A PROV REPL BN ARMY SCH AE-CAS ANTI AIRCRAFT ARTY SCH CAC FT DESTAINS FR. The 74th Brigade, 37th Division, had been seen retiring about noon toward Ivoiry. While the Division served at La Ferte Bernard the following orders were issued to announce the name by which the Division was popularly known, the distinctive divisional insignia and motto: 1. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 The 32nd Division relieved a battalion of the 361st Infantry which had held Grange aux Bois Farm since September 29. Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 383rd Infantry Regiment. When the attackers are held up by machine gun fire, the shooting seldom comes from directly in the foreground, but from some position on the flank which they cannot easily locate. It was very short of company officers, most companies of infantry having not more than two officers per company, although sixty second lieutenants recently commissioned after graduation from corps schools had joined the Division after it left the Meuse-Argonne. 8TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY C-BTRY E 8TH FA. Incessant drilling, long marches and frequent exercises were the schedule for the entire Division. going to Montecatini for 5 days rest. Our interest in them, their past history and their fighting qualities became, therefore, a very lively one. When the Division was withdrawn on October 3, the 181st Brigade remained in the battle line until October 12, its units operating with the 32nd and 1st Divisions. The staff was located in dugouts on the southern slope of the hill. 15TH FIELD ARTILLERYHQ BAND- BTRY B 15TH FA REGT. These were continued until the critical umpires from the Sixth Corps pronounced the Division competent for the big task for which it had been preparing during the past year. U.S.A.T WRIGHT. I will not mention them, they are too numerous; I will only remind you of the German invasion of 1870, which, for forty-eight years, us from Alsace and Lorraine, now again conquered. The following are the approximate quantities of hostile material taken by the 91st Division during the Meuse-Argonne: ON arrival at the Nettancourt area (Division Headquarters at Contrisson) 7 officers and about 4,000 men from the 85th Division joined as replacements. At that hour the 182nd Brigade had pushed forward in advance of the first objective and occupied a line from the vicinity of Nokere, which was occupied by the 128th French Division to the northeast corner of Spitaals. A further element of power was the presence, close behind the line, of a group of small woodsLes Epinettes Bois, Les Bouleaux Bois, Bois de Baulny and Bois de Cierges. On the eve of the departure of the Division, General Greene was relieved and ordered to the Philippine Islands, and the 91st went overseas with Brigadier General Foltz as Commanding General. B. Richardson, commanding 1st Battalion of the 364th, was wounded during the afternoon. The 181st Brigade occupied Bevere by 4 oclock, November 1, sending scouts across the first canal and reconnoitering the city of Audenarde, in which were many machine guns firing from the houses. Brigade Headquarters were established at Eclisfontaine. Despite the great efforts to veil the movement of the Americans into the sector, the unusually heavy traffic involved in moving up artillery, munitions and supplies caused the Germans to become nervous. DET CO E 340TH FIELD ARTILLERY-BTRY C 342ND FA . Final Objective: Scheldt River, north and south of Audenarde. 346TH FIELD ARTILLERY HQ CO-BTRY C 347TH FA . After passing the first objective (east of Spitaals Bosschen), one regiment of field artillery was placed at the disposal of each Brigade Commander. 77TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY E-80TH FA HQ REGT. Colonel, Thomas A. Driscoll was appointed in charge of Divisional Intelligence, later to become Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2). On March 16 a representative of each unit of the 91st Division met at La Ferte Bernard, and the 91st Division Association was organized. The smoke and fog were so thick that the deployed troops had great trouble in keeping their alignment and intervals. This left for the 181st Brigade the apparently simple problem of mopping up the triangle to the apex. Before noon of that memorable September day, contingents of embryo soldiers had reported at Camp Lewis from points in Oregon and Washington. Our attenuated line was open to attack from either flank and we risked having our forward troops, or, indeed, the whole Division, cut off and surrounded. Each night our patrols heard sounds of digging along the hostile outposts and each day air reports indicated new emplacements and deepened trenches. During the night Captain Leavell, 316th Engineers, attached to the 181st Brigade Headquarters, with a small detachment, penetrated farther into Audenarde, making reconnaissance of all the bridges which had been destroyed, returning to Brigade Headquarters by daylight. In the 9lsts zone this line followed the north edge of a narrow, flat-bottomed gully, called the Ravin de Lai Fuon, which could be thoroughly swept from the machine gun emplacements of the Hagen trenches. Three separate assaults on Epinonville were made, but each was repulsed and by night the brigade was at the foot of the ridge of Epionville, which town had been entered on the 26th and three times on the 27th. The command of the sector passed to the 91st Division November 10 at 20 oclock. 113 TH AMM TR, 1st cass-116th AMM TR, HQ, 116th AMM TR, Med Det, 117th AMM TR, wagon Co. 303rd AMM TR, Co C-305th AMM TR, 4th Motor TRK. The 364th, with Headquarters 182nd Brigade, having encountered some difficulty in finding lanes through the wires between Mont des Auheux and La Cigalerie Butte, reached the jumping-off line at 6:30 oclock, moving forward at 7 oclock, thus more than 500 meters behind the 363rd. HQ SMALL ARMS FIRING SCH-TEAMSTERS SCH (STU) CP LOGAN TEX. The fighting on this wing kept up all day, our troops endeavoring to get beyond the town, but being driven back again and again. It depended above all else for its success upon the holding of the pivot, and of the line in the vicinity of the pivot. The first position consisted of a double line of trenches and wire, running along the south edge of the Bois de Cheppy on the high ground just north of the Buanthe creek. By reducing the number assigned to each car to about thirty-five it was possible to pack them in. 325TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT CP-HQ CO 328TH FA REGT. CO E - CO B 29TH ENGRS TOP, 29TH ENGR REGT N.A. Since the 41st French Division had failed to reduce the strong German position on the hill Anseghem, it was impracticable to cause the 362nd to move any farther. The 316th Engineers were the engineer regiment for the division. 2. The Division Commander and Division Staff left for Belgium October 17. Lieut. Another much-disputed bit of ground was the Hill of Vauquois, lying between the Argonne Forest and the Bois de Cheppy. The insignia recommended was a fir tree of green cloth, inscribed within a triangle with base of two inches and altitude two inches. He visited also the hospital in which the 316th Sanitary Train had assembled all the sick of Belgium, moving them from cellars to which they had been moved during the bombardment, and restoring the convent, which had been occupied as a hospital during the German rule, to proper order for the care of the sick. Without the communication furnished by this Battalion within the Division and communication between the Division and other units, tactical control of unit of the Division would have been very much impaired, if not impracticable. 104th MOBILE ORD,29TH DIV-1ST HV MOBILE ORD REP SHOP. Independence, VA 24348 Each Infantry Brigade Commander detailed one company of infantry and one machine gun platoon on the second-line battalion of his organization to maintain combat liaison with the 128th and 48th French Divisions on the right and left, respectively. These two sectors, which lay opposite the 91st Division front, had originally been held by the 53rd and 37th German Divisions. Colonel P.C. Colonel, now Colonel, L. C. Bennett succeeded Colonel Coleman as Quartermaster. Others pushed forward and cut detours around two great tank pits that the Germans had dug in the road farther north. The 182nd Brigade attacked with the 364th Infantry on the right of the 363rd Infantry. The last few days of July saw them entraining for the interior of France. 62 Thirtieth Army Corps Headquarters, directed the 12th and 41st Divisions to continue the pursuit; that only one brigade of the 91st Division would pass through the French elements east of the river as soon as they met opposition, and thereafter pursue and maintain contact with the enemy. Practically all of the Division arrived in Camp Merritt between June 24 and June 30. There was no delay in their movement. In order to foster the surprise element it was necessary to maintain the movement of troops as guardedly as possible. P. C. was advanced to Cote 290 on September 20, the administrative staff remaining at Vraincourt. Lieut. This was due to fire from a strong German position near Chateau-Anseghem in the zone of the 41st French Division. After the 164th French Division had been relieved by the 91st, the Seventh Corps front was held by the 128th Division (French), 91st Division (American), with Escadrille 72 and Ballon 73 attached, and 41st Division (French), in the order named, from left to right, the 91st Division holding a front of about four kilometers, extending from Waereghem (inclusive) to Steenbrugge (exclusive). AC DET 4TH COAST ARTILLERY-INACTIVE UNITS 4TH, USDB GOVENORS ISLAND-CAV UNASGD LEAVENWORTH. Almost immediately thereafter, hostile artillery shelled Division Headquarters and the ravine occupied by the artillery and engineers. 103RD CO TRANS CORPS-145TH COTRANS CORPS. The Commanding General of the 181st Brigade at 15:30 oclock reported that the 74th Brigade (37th Division) had retired at 14:10 oclock south and east of Bois Emont. Division Headquarters then moved back to Very crossroads. In spite of these things, our leading elements crossed the woods and arrived at the German positions at La Neuve Grange Farm and along the Ravin de Lai Fuon. Meanwhile Hill 269 was reconnoitered by patrols and was attacked by the 1st Battalion, 361st Infantry. Feel free to view examples of morning reports and rosters below. USMA BAND FIELD MUSIC-USMA DET OFSIGNAL CORPS. 305th AMM TR, 4th Motor TRK-307th AMM TR,2nd caison. As an evidence that the movement of our units and trains did not give information to the enemy of the presence of a large American force, Lieutenant John H. Smith, 107th Field Artillery, while endeavoring to establish a forward observation post near Spitaals Bosschen, October 30, was shot by a sniper and reported killed, by the sergeant who had been with him. B. McDonald decorated six officers and men with the Distinguished Service Cross and about 75 with the French Croix de Guerre. The 182nd Brigade was assembled during the night. Glory to such troops and to such commanders. Checked at the end of February in his attempts to break the French line east of the Meuse, the Crown Prince turned his attention to the west bank, and on March 14 opened his series of historic assaults against the Mort Homme and Hill 304. The men were able, in turn, to go back to the kitchens and get the first warm food they had had since the evening of September 25. On their trip across the continent, the soldiers from the Far West had an excellent opportunity to acquaint themselves with the patriotic unity which ultimately was to bring about the defeat of Germany. Several transports carrying men of the 91st had preceded the majority of the Division, however, by some days, landing the men at other French ports. This movement, on the other hand, is often also held up by fire from an entirely different nest, and so the whole line is stopped. Machine guns were placed covering the destroyed bridges, but it was not until night that the entire city of Audenarde had been patrolled. Comment: Publisher: Infantry Journal, 1947. The 361st Infantry was delayed somewhat by its long march around the left flank of the leading regiment and did not emerge from Spitaals Bosschen until 8 oclock at which time it was one kilometer behind the right flank of the 363rd which was advancing in column of battalions. Hot baths were established in every village. On December 28 removal by rail from Rousbragge and Rexpoede was commenced. These companies were raised under an order from the Secretary of War, April 9, 1862, to Major John J. McMahon. NG CO B- MISC DET 1ST CAV N.J. NG, 1ST CAC N.J. NG CO - CO I 1ST INF N.J. NG, 1ST INF N.J. NG CO I- CO C 4TH INF N.J. NG, 4TH INF N.J. NG CO D- CO B 5TH INF N.J. NG, 5TH INF N.J. NG CO C - ORD DEPOT 2ND M DET N.J. NG, 1ST FA NEW MEX NG BTRY A - 1ST INF N. MEX NG, 6TH DIVISION N.Y. NG HQ TRP - TRP H 1ST CAV N.Y. NG, 1ST CAV N.Y. NG TRP1 - DET SQ A CAV N.Y. NG, NEW YORK NG NCS CAC CD - 11TH CO 13TH CDC NY, 12TH CO NEW YORK CDC 13TH CDC - BTRY A 2ND NY FA NG, 2ND FA REGT N.Y. NG BTRY B - BTRY D 3RD NY FA NG, 3RD FA REGT N.Y. NG BTRY D - CO D 2ND NY INF NG, 2ND INF N.Y. NG CO D - CO D 3RD NY INF NG, 3RD INF N.Y. NG CO D - CO K 7TH NY INF NG, 7TH INF N.Y. NG CO L - CO A 12TH NY INF NG, 63TH FIELD ART CAC BTRY C - SERV BTRY 64TH CA, 14TH INF N.Y. NG FLD STAFF - CO L 15TH INF N.Y. NG, 15TH INF N.Y. NG CO M - SAN DET 47TH INF N.Y. NG, 47TH INF N.Y. NG MACH GUN CO - CO C 69TH INF N.Y. NG, 69TH INF N.Y. NG CO C- CO K 71ST INF N.Y. NG, 71ST INF N.Y. NG CO E- CO H 74TH INF N.Y. NG, 74TH INF N.Y. 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On the heights between the Lys and the Escaut the enemy was to hold to the death. The American troops belonging to these divisions, acting with the French Divisions of the Flanders Army Group, smashed them in October 31, 1918, and after hard fighting threw them back upon the Escaut. The 363rd Infantry, with two companies of the 316th Engineers was directed to pass through the 364th and to cross the open ground north of Bois de Baulny. Background The coat of arms was approved on 2 March 1921. CO C 3RD BN US GURAD-CO D 13TH BN CP DIX NJ. The Division Commander directed that the 361st cover the line of surveillance in front of its brigade, and the 363rd the line of surveillance in front of its brigade. At 2:30 oclock, all the guns of the corps and divisional artillery, silent up to that moment, went into action together. Hdqrs., 4th November, 1918Commanding General, Seventh Corps. I have found the same spirit of duty and discipline freely given in the 37th and 91st Divisions, U.S.A, which brings about valiant soldiers and victorious armies. Throughout the morning the 364th pushed forward, the 1st and 2nd Battalions on the left, of the 363rd Infantry, some of its elements overtaking the 363rd near Very. Colonel Henry C. Jewett organized an engineer regiment to be known as the 316th Engineers. The Central Records Office, A. E. F., on June 3, made a report showing that the 91st Division had lost twenty-eight men captured. It was not until the evening of the l0th that the Commanding General, 41st French Division, having about that time met some resistance, was willing to permit the 182nd Brigade to pass through his lines and occupy the sector. The 91st was directed to attack at H hour, October 31, on the front Waereghem (inclusive) to Steenbrugge (exclusive). 324TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY B-DET#7 325TH FA REGT. That afternoon General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces and personally commanding the First American Army, visited the P. C. at Cote 290. The Brigade Commander reported to the Commanding General, Fifth Corps, for further orders, as result of which he reported to the Commanding General, 1st Division. The 2nd Battalion of the 363rd Infantry left Hampton Roads on 21 April and arrived in North Africa 19 days later, on 10 May. Our actual front, then, was held by one battalion of the 1st Guard Regiment and one of the 157th Regiment, with our extreme left opposing the extreme left of one battalion of the 2nd Guard Regiment. POST N.C. STAFF, FT DADE-DET FIN DEPT FT EUSTIS. Colonel, Signal Corps,Acting, C.S.O. Later in the afternoon the 362nd forced an advance with considerable losses until it reahced the eastern extremity of Spitaals Bosschen. Its officers and men displayed gallantry in action, in establishing and maintaining wire and wireless communication, equal to that displayed by units whose function was to deliver fire and shock action. On November 24, 1917, General Greene and the Chief of Staff left Camp Lewis for France to study the actual conditions with which the Division would be called upon to cope. During the day, while the 364th had been pushing to the north, the 363rd had been drawn more and more into a northwesterly course, into the zone of the 35th Division. MARCH TOWARDS RHINE RETURN TO DUN ERIQUE IN FRANCE AGAIN COMMENDATION BY COMMANDER IN- CHIEF DIVISION NAME AND EMBLEM DEMOBILIZATIONON. During this advance Colonel W. D. Davis, 361st Infantry, and Captain Hughes, commanding the leading battalion of the 361st, were killed by shrapnel near the village of Mooreghem on the line of observation which had been ordered occupied by the Corps Commander. During this morning Captain Leavell, with a detachment of the 316th Engineers, made another reconnaissance before daylight to ascertain the most feasible point for construction of a bridge. The 63rd Virginia Infantry Regiment was a Confederate regiment during the American Civil War . FIN DET POST SAN JUAN-DET FIN DEPT TIENTSIN CHINA, HQ DET A.F. Whenever it became necessary to send officers and men of the 91st into the line to acquaint them with the terrain over which they were shortly to battle, the Americans were garbed in the helmets and overcoats of the French. Hence the number killed and wounded represented about one-fourth of the Division, during seventeen days engagement. Now that the goal has been reached, the pious of France, which future generations will perhaps recognize as greater than the Grognards of Napoleon and the Knights of Charmagne, come to give homage to the emperor named Charles the Great by the historians of France because he conquered the Germans. Through this infamous deed, the waves of barbarians spread themselves throughout the rich provinces of northern and eastern France, to tear those provinces from us this time to exterminate their population. It was about one kilometer west of the Roosebeke bridge, from which the last hostile fire had been received the night before. The entire month of August was passed in this area while the Division received its final training. They were mustered out July 12, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Some time after his return to his headquarters, he sent the following letter to the Division Commander: AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCESOffice of the Commander-in-ChiefFrance, February 20, 1919.Major General William H. Johnston,Commanding 91st Division, A.E.F. E Company - 363rd Infantry Regiment . Colonel D. J. Coman, one sergeant and the records were transferred to Camp Lewis, Washington, as that was the station of the Division Commander. It was impossible to use these kitchens in the daytime without exposing the vicinity to heavy shell fire. 322ND FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY B-BTRY B 324TH FA REGT. Major George W. Farwell, 361st Infantry, was fatally wounded in this operation. Under artillery-fire protection the 3rd Battalion, 361st Infantry, seized Hill 255, after fighting all afternoon, about 18 oclock and dug in. The 181 Brigade was assigned zone of action from the southern edge of Spitaals Booschen and thence to the Scheldt River south of Audenarde. Contact was reported with the 35th Division that afternoon, but the troops proved to be a combat liaison group, the main body of the 35th Division being farther south. They had been caught in the jammed Avocourt-Very road behind artillery, trucks, etc. Almost from the outset, the 91st was popularly and affectionately referred to as the Wild West Division.. This especially as, during the past three days, it has incurred heavy casualties when circumstances would not permit either advance or withdrawal. On the evening of September 25 the troops moved forward into the very front line, relieved by midnight the protecting screen of French, and took up their positions for the jump-off.. Most of the time in Camp Merritt was devoted to outfitting the men and giving them their final physical inspections. It was to participate in this offensive that the 91st Division had been brought from the Argonne. Brigadier General Henry B. Styer commanded the 181st, comprising the 361st and 362nd Infantry Regiments and 347th Machine Gun Battalion; Brigadier General Frederick S. Foltz commanded the 182nd Brigade, comprising the 363rd and 364th Infantry Regiments and 348th Machine Gun Battalion. The Division reserve, consisting of the 346th Machine Gun Battalion and one battalion of 363rd Infantry, were to stand in readiness near Oycke. Although the 363rd Infantry found no trenches sufficient for protection, and as, the night was warm them men preferred lying on the ground on the hill, no casualty occurred during the bombardment, as projectiles from the our own artillery passed well over the heads of the men. 336TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY F-BTRY A 339TH FA REGT. Colonel Marty commanded Group C, six batteries of 75s under the 53rd Field Artillery Brigade, stationed near Desselghen, Division Headquaters; the fourth group, D, under Colonel E. St. J. Greble, consisting of the 108th Field Artillery (heavy), was also at Desselghen, under the 53rd Field Artillery Brigade. A separate detachment, consisting of one battalion, 364th Infantry, and two machine gun companies, 182nd Brigade, was detailed to mop up Spitaals Bosschen under command of Major William A. Aird, 348th Machine Gun Battalion. HQ 2ND INF BRIADE-VET FIELD 7TH INF BRIG. The Germans attempted to move two companies up the ravine west of Bois de Bajilny, but machine gun fire turned down the ravine stopped the movement. Colonel Parker and Major Bradbury of the 362nd were wounded, a number of valuable officers were killed, the total loss of the regiment in killed and wounded being at least five hundred. The 361st Infantry and the 347th Machine Gun Battalion advanced at 9:40 oclock, October 9, the right assault battalion reaching the base of Hill 255 under heavy artillery and machine gun fire from the two crests north of them. The 2nd Battalion, 361st, followed the 362nd. After meeting the Division Staff he drove to the city hall to call upon the Burgomaster and appeared to be very much pleased when the people assembled in the plaza in front, an American band playing the Belgian national air and later the Marseillaise, the people in the plaza singing the words. Spitaals Bosschen, a wood of thin and scanty growth of approximately 1,500 meters in diameter, extends across the central part of the Division zone of action, the western edge of which was within 500 meters of the jumping-off line of the the Division. The replacements who had not yet joined the 181st Brigade followed on additional trains to overtake the Division in Belgium. It was accordingly necessary to withdraw the troops of the 182nd Brigade south of that road and out of the town of Eclisfontaine. They fled to their cellars when firing occurred, but they were apparently so used to warfare that they did not care to move when the Germans evacuated their villages or farms. 1st Brigade Infantry - Major [General] John L. Hines; 16th Infantry Regiment 18th Infantry Regiment 2nd Machine Gun Battalion 2nd Brigade Infantry - Major General Beaumont B. Buck While the Division was billeted in the Audenhove-Ste. artillery units were moved up to positions in the woods to participate in the bombardment. Second Objective: Heights of Waalem and Kleihoek. Through the Division P. C. there was wire communication with the 18lst Infantry Brigade. Join Our Newsletter. One platoon of 75s was attached to each infantry first-line battalion as accompanying guns. All the artillery prepared the attack by firing on all sensitive points at 5:25 a.m. After H hour, which was 5:30 a.m., Groups A and B were to protect the advance of their respective infantry brigades by a rolling barrage, beginning 300 meters in front of the leading infantry elements. The proximity of the enemy, indicated by these raids, had a tonic effect upon the Division, and its morale was of the highest when its units moved up into the attack positions October 30. As machine guns come into action suddenly and their killing power is terrific they cannot be reduced by frontal attacks of waves of infantry, but must be either shelled out or held under our own infantry and machine gun fire until they can be stalked by little groups of determined men. DET S,C. HQ DET 1ST MOTOR REPAIR BN-DETS 2ND MOTOR REPAIR BN. The Germans, on the other hand, were in position on the north half of Vauquois Hill and commanded from there to clear view down the whole front of our sector. Between October 19 and 20 a large number of men and some officers who had been wounded in the Meuse-Argonne were either forwarded by orders to Dunkerque by rail or escaped from hospitals in rear of the Argonne and reached Dunkerque. Never during the war had an essential German line been so seriously threatened; and its threatened severance was the controlling cause of the retirement and request for an armistice. The defenses of both hills flanked the approaches to each other and were protected by well-directed artillery barrage from the north. . 332ND FIELD ARTILLERY REGT MED SAN-BTRY D 333RD FA REGT, 33RD FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY D-BTRY C 335TH FA REGT. After leaving the American coast the transports were convoyed by the cruiser San Diego formerly flagship of Pacific Fleet. Troops moved after dark from bivouacs in the woods to positions from which to jump off at H hour next morning. The Corps Commander wishes you to understand that this relief results solely from a realization by higher command that your Division has done its full share in the recent success, and is entitled to a rest for reorganization. 1st Division - Major General Charles P. Summerall, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Campbell King, Chief of Staff, Major H. K. Loughry, Adjutant General. This article contains an inventory of the microfilm/digital folders found in a FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. This man later died. The plan was excellent, as it provided that after the Fifth Army Corps reached the corps objective, all three corps were to advance to the American Army objective. As the machine gun nest was the backbone of the Boche defense, and as it was one of the principal obstacles that our troops had to continuously battle against for the rest of that day and during the three days following, it may not be amiss to describe it here. The machine gun battalions were numbered the 346th, 347th and 348th, and were commanded respectively by Major, now Colonel, Francis C. Endicott, 1st Infantry; Major, now Lieut. The only shelter from the weather was afforded by dugouts and elephant houses formerly occupied by the British during their long defense of the Ypres sector. Very few casualties were suffered this day. It was before the farm was captured and the woods were again thoroughly cleared. Some troops, having reached the vicinity of the Scheldt on the flooded area, occupied the outskirts of the city of Audenarde. The Signal Corps established wire communication from Division P. C. to this A. C. I. two days before the attack, and carried forward the wire from this position on the day of attack, and to Very crossroads, following the 182nd Brigade. He died the next day. At 3 oclock that morning, while wounded were being evacuated from Gesnes, the Division received orders that the attack of the Fifth Corps would not be continued on September 30, but efforts would be made for resumption of the offensive on October 1. The 91st, as it has been said above, came into the Foret de Hesse on the night of September 19-20. The two infantry battalions with machine gun companies attached which had served as Division reserve were returned to their brigades, so that each regiment might attack in column of three battalions. Notes General de Goutte was placed in command of the Sixth French Army, consisting of the Seventh, Thirtieth and Thirty-fourth Corps.
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