. 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. yceased, and harassing and interdiction fire was substituted, with high explo-sive and gas shells concentrated upon the Transvaal Farm and upon assemblypoints, crossroads and communication points. The attack of the Thirty-second Division on the Bois de Valoup, theTranchee de Dantrise and the Tranchee de la Mamelle, with the heightsnorth of Romagne as the objective, commenced at daybreak October 9,preceded by covering fire up
. 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. yceased, and harassing and interdiction fire was substituted, with high explo-sive and gas shells concentrated upon the Transvaal Farm and upon assemblypoints, crossroads and communication points. The attack of the Thirty-second Division on the Bois de Valoup, theTranchee de Dantrise and the Tranchee de la Mamelle, with the heightsnorth of Romagne as the objective, commenced at daybreak October 9,preceded by covering fire upon successive targets, and a rolling barrageadvancing at the rate of 100 meters every six minutes. On October 10 theobjective was taken and held. The night of October 11 the entire Fifty-eighth Brigade was relievedby the Fifty-seventh Field Artillery Brigade and ordered to Jubecourt, abouttwelve miles to the rear, for reequipment and replacements of men andhorses. The regiment remained at Jubecourt until October 24 when itreturned to the lines, the first battalion taking up position at Romagne andthe second at Gesnes. Regimental headquarters were established at the. THE CHURCH .^T ROMAGNE ON FIRE A German shell had just struck the steeple, setting it afire, on October 29, 1918. THE I22ND FIELD ARTILLERY 553 Transvaal Farm, which lay midway between the two towns. Here the regi-ment took up a defensive position, well advanced, expecting momentarily thecontinuation of the drive. The enemy searched out the battery positionsduring the day, and at nightfall drenched the areas with gas, to which theregiment in turn responded energetically with high explosives and gas on thewoods of IEpasse, Hazois, and Bantheville and La Dhuy and La TuillerieFarms. The new drive, for which the Americans had been making extensivepreparations and which inaugurated the third phase of the Meuse-Argonneoffensive, was launched at daybreak on November i. After two hours ofpreparation fire, beginning at 3:30
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