. 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. der Captain Stock well, formed up on the edgeof the Bois de Warville. The first battalion, which had cleared the woodsduring the night, moved to the right and formed up along the edge of theBois des Hautes Epines. The second battalion under Captain Magner, lessCompany F, which had been sent to hold St. Hilaire, formed up in the rear assupport to the third battalion, which was to make the attack. The zero hour, according to o
. 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. der Captain Stock well, formed up on the edgeof the Bois de Warville. The first battalion, which had cleared the woodsduring the night, moved to the right and formed up along the edge of theBois des Hautes Epines. The second battalion under Captain Magner, lessCompany F, which had been sent to hold St. Hilaire, formed up in the rear assupport to the third battalion, which was to make the attack. The zero hour, according to original orders, was set at 2 p. m., Novem-ber 10. This was changed to 11 a. m., however, by a message from GeneralWolf. Captain Wilson was ordered to attack Bertaucourt Farm at thesame time as a flank protection to the main attack. The attack on Bertau-court Farm was made as ordered, but the assault on the Bois dHarville didnot develop because of the failure of the artillery support to destroy the heavywire entanglements. It was seen that more troops would be needed for theattack. The second battalion was ordered up into the line, and Captain THE 131ST INFANTRY 26^. CHATEAU AT THILLOMBOIS Regimental headquarters previous to the last battle of the war. Magner was placed incommand of the attack-ing troops. The third battahonattacked at 2:18 p. was immediately metby heavy machine gunand artillery fire. Lieu-tenant William E. Simp-son of Company H waskilled and his companysuffered heavy casual-ties. Company G, un-der command of Lieu-tenant Julian L. Doug-las, was consolidatedwith Company H, and the line continued to move forward through the woods. In the faceof terrific fire the men fought like fiends. They had often to break throughthe wire by hammering it down with the butts of their rifles, but they gotthrough. At 3:55 the objective was reached by the attacking forces and theenemy had been driven beyond the Jonville-Harville road. At the same timeCompanies A and Dwere enga
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