. 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. IN THE VALLEY OF THE SOMME RIVERLooking southeast towards Chipilly from the ridge captured by the first battalion of the 131st Infantry. THE THIRTY-THIRD DIVISION 121 and Franvillers. Upon reaching these villages at lo p. m., instructions werereceived to attack next morning at i oclock, but General Ramsay decidedto postpone this operation and sent the 131st Infantry forward to a positionin readiness between Vaux-sur-Somme an
. 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. IN THE VALLEY OF THE SOMME RIVERLooking southeast towards Chipilly from the ridge captured by the first battalion of the 131st Infantry. THE THIRTY-THIRD DIVISION 121 and Franvillers. Upon reaching these villages at lo p. m., instructions werereceived to attack next morning at i oclock, but General Ramsay decidedto postpone this operation and sent the 131st Infantry forward to a positionin readiness between Vaux-sur-Somme and Sailly-le-Sec, where it arrived, con-siderably exhausted, on the morning of August 9—the third battalion havingmarched fully twenty miles. At 3:30 that afternoon General Ramsay inperson delivered to Colonel Sanborn near Sailly-le-Sec an order to attack at5:30 p. m. from a jumping-off line four miles away. This distance was cov-ered at a rapid gait, notwithstanding the hot sun and full packs, and at theappointed hour the attack was THE END OF A GERMAN MACHINE GUN NESTA glimpse toward the Somme, a week after the advance. The details of this brilliant action and the events of the succeeding daysare narrated elsewhere in this work, and therefore will not be chronicled to say that the 131st Infantry broke through the formidable Germanpositions to a distance of four kilometers, attaining not only the British ob-jective but part of the Bray-Corbie road beyond, with a loss of 14 officers and371 men killed and wounded. This engagement is notable in that it effectedthe first penetration of the enemys position in that region, and constitutedthe initial success of the great British offensive which did not terminate untilMons was reached on November 11. With characteristic promptness, theBritish commanders expressed by telegram or letter their appreciation of the 122 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR
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