. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. fficers and 203 other ranks wounded, a total of 241. The work of theauxiliary arms—artillery, engineers and machine gun units—was equally com-mendatory. The resourcefulness of the machine gun battalions was demon-strated by the barrage with which they neutralized the fire from the enemysnests in the Bois de Forges while the infantry turned the position—the firstinstance of the sort in the war. The role of the Sixty-fifth Inf
. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. fficers and 203 other ranks wounded, a total of 241. The work of theauxiliary arms—artillery, engineers and machine gun units—was equally com-mendatory. The resourcefulness of the machine gun battalions was demon-strated by the barrage with which they neutralized the fire from the enemysnests in the Bois de Forges while the infantry turned the position—the firstinstance of the sort in the war. The role of the Sixty-fifth Infantry Brigade as the division reserve wasnecessarily passive, and about i p. m. acknowledgment was made to GeneralBullard of the receipt of orders constituting it the reserve for the Third Corps. It is a fact of inter-est, that in these initialattacks of the Meuse-Argonne campaign theThirty-third was the onlyAmerican division toreach its objective onscheduled time. From September 27to October 7, both inclu-sive, the Thirty-thirdparticipated in no majoroperation but formed thepivot of the American at-MAIN ROAD THROUGH THE BOIS DE FORGES tacks between the river. 134 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR and the Argonne. Thepositions gained by theSixty-sixth Infantr}^ Bri-gade were consolidatedand held under incessantfire and gas attacks fromboth banks of the Meuse,while the Sixty-fifth In-fantry Brigade pushedits units northward tothe edge of the river, oc-cupied the Bois de Dan-nevoux and the Bois dela Cote Lemont, and heldthis sector under condi-tions requiring great res-oluteness on the part ofofficers and men. The io8th Engineers were kept occupied with work pe-culiar to their arm. They constructed a new road from Cumieres to Raffecourtwhich proved of inestimable value in supplying the troops with food andammunition, inasmuch as the road along the left bank of the Meuse was underdirect observation and continual fire from the enemy on the dominating heightseast of the river. On Oct
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