. 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. THE CROSSROADS AT PAROISParois was one of the towns through which units of the brigade passed on their way into the Argonne. THE 58TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE 513. GERMAN FIRST LINE TRENCH AND PILL BOX Destroyed by a direct hit on September 26. east parts of the GrandCouronne. The Ninety-first Division, supportedby the Fifty-eighth FieldArtillery Brigade, wasthe left division of theFifth Corps, with theThirty-seventh and Sev-
. 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. THE CROSSROADS AT PAROISParois was one of the towns through which units of the brigade passed on their way into the Argonne. THE 58TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE 513. GERMAN FIRST LINE TRENCH AND PILL BOX Destroyed by a direct hit on September 26. east parts of the GrandCouronne. The Ninety-first Division, supportedby the Fifty-eighth FieldArtillery Brigade, wasthe left division of theFifth Corps, with theThirty-seventh and Sev-enty-ninth Divisions onits right and the Thirty-fifth Division of the FirstCorps on its left. Opposite the Nine-ty-first Division, the Germans supply lines ran down deep ravines, perpendicular to the front;cover was afforded their artillery by successive ranges of wooded hills; theirmachine guns could enfilade all approaches. In some places they had or-ganized these natural defenses with barbed wire and shallow trenches, asin the Kriemhilde and Freya Stellungen. The experienced German ArmyStaff took advantage of every inch of this difficult terrain and organized anadmirable defense, depending upon isolated machine guns and artillery ofall calibres. On the other hand, the American lines of supply were never particularlygood,
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