. 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. ^-r -. .. RUINED HOMES IN MARCHEVILLE The same companies assisted the 130th Infantry in an attack launchedby the brigade on the morning of November 11, the day the Germans gaveup the fight. Companies A and B, accompanying the 129th Infantry, alsotook part in this last operation. The assault was meeting with success, theGerman lines having been pierced at Riaville, Pintheville, Marcheville andother points, when news of the si
. 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. ^-r -. .. RUINED HOMES IN MARCHEVILLE The same companies assisted the 130th Infantry in an attack launchedby the brigade on the morning of November 11, the day the Germans gaveup the fight. Companies A and B, accompanying the 129th Infantry, alsotook part in this last operation. The assault was meeting with success, theGerman lines having been pierced at Riaville, Pintheville, Marcheville andother points, when news of the signing of the armistice put a sudden stop tothe fighting. The several companies were ordered to return to the positions fromwhich the attack had been launched. There they remained for several days,until the battalion was assembled in Genicourt to prepare for the march intothe zone of occupation. Every known variety of weather, with an abundance of the bad varieties,marked the journey to the Rhine. The march ended, after twelve days ofhiking, in the grand duchy of Luxemburg, where the battalion established THE 123RD MACHINE GUN BATTALION 493
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