. What America did; a record of achievement in the prosecution of the war . General Pershing to begin preparationsat once for the famous movement that, more thanany other single factor, brought the war to its sud-den end. No military forces had ever before tackledthe Argonne Forest. French officers did not believeit could be taken. With the exception of St. Mihiel,the German front line, from Switzerland to a pointa little east of Rheims, was still intact. The purposeof the American offensive was to cut the enemyslines of communication by the railroads passingthrough Mezieres and Sedan and thus
. What America did; a record of achievement in the prosecution of the war . General Pershing to begin preparationsat once for the famous movement that, more thanany other single factor, brought the war to its sud-den end. No military forces had ever before tackledthe Argonne Forest. French officers did not believeit could be taken. With the exception of St. Mihiel,the German front line, from Switzerland to a pointa little east of Rheims, was still intact. The purposeof the American offensive was to cut the enemyslines of communication by the railroads passingthrough Mezieres and Sedan and thus strangle hisarmies. The attack began on September 26 and con-tinued through three phases until the signing of thearmistice. Twenty-one American divisions were en-gaged in it, of which two had never before been underfire and three others had barely been in touch withthe front, but of these their commander said that theyquickly became as good as the best. Eight of thedivisions were returned to the front for second par-ticipation, after only a few days rest at the rear. In. Mobile Kitchen Back of the Fkont Lines
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