. 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. Rawlinson of the Fourth Army and from Lieutenant Gen-eral Godley of the Third Corps. On August 25 the new division headquarters were opened in the chateauat Tronville-en-Barrois, and next morning the last of the units the 28th began a ten days period of training, including several terrainexercises. On September 3 the command was joined by the first regimentof the Fifty-second Artillery Brigade (Brigadier General G
. 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. Rawlinson of the Fourth Army and from Lieutenant Gen-eral Godley of the Third Corps. On August 25 the new division headquarters were opened in the chateauat Tronville-en-Barrois, and next morning the last of the units the 28th began a ten days period of training, including several terrainexercises. On September 3 the command was joined by the first regimentof the Fifty-second Artillery Brigade (Brigadier General George Albert Win-gate) which belonged to the Twenty-seventh (New York) Division, but whichhad been attached to the Thirty-third. On the 5th orders from the FirstAmerican Army placed the Thirty-third Division at the disposal of the IIFrench Army, which in turn attached it to the Seventeenth French ArmyCorps (General Henri Claudel) and directed it to move to the Blercourt area,southwest of Verdun, on the night of September 5-6. Headed by the Sixty-fifth Infantry Brigade, this march ended on Sep-tember 8, but, meantime, under orders from the Seventeenth French Corps,. DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AT FROMEREVILLENote the sandbags and the road camouflage. THE THIRTY-THIRD DIVISION I2S the relief of the 120th French Division in the Mort Homme and Cumieressector and of the right regiment of the 157th French Division in the sector ofHill 304 had commenced. This operation was effected during the nights ofSeptember 7-9, and command of these sectors passed at 8 a. m. on the lothto the Thirty-third Division, the headquarters of which were established thatmorning at Fromereville. On the night of September 11-12, the Fifty-secondField Artillery Brigade occupied the Bois des Sartelles, and at i a. m. onthe 12th its firing batteries—which had been hurried up in advance of theothers—together with all the machine guns of the division, participated inthe demonstration fire along part of the allied
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