. 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. October 4. The enemyscounter attacks had failed and from now on he fought a desperate series ofrearguard actions, taking advantage of every hill and wood for machine gunpositions and using his artillery over the country of which he knew everycrossroad. The American right flank crossed the Meuse and captured theheights on the east side of the river. Every day was one of desperate andbloody fighting replete with deeds of heroi
. 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. October 4. The enemyscounter attacks had failed and from now on he fought a desperate series ofrearguard actions, taking advantage of every hill and wood for machine gunpositions and using his artillery over the country of which he knew everycrossroad. The American right flank crossed the Meuse and captured theheights on the east side of the river. Every day was one of desperate andbloody fighting replete with deeds of heroism. Famous German divisionswere almost exterminated while green American replacements filled the gapsin our seasoned divisions. The Kriemliildc line of defenses was crossed andthe enemys morale was broken. Between October 23 and November i there was little action. The armygathered its strength for the third and final phase of the advance. It wasirresistible. Some of the troops moved forward in motors while others, despitethe greatest obstacles, fought their way across the turbid INIeuse, where theenemy was making his last stand. On November 7 Americans were on the. AN INCIDENT OF THE ADVANCE IN THE ARGONNEAn American heavy artillery piece overturned on a road to the front. AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE 77 bluffs overlooking Sedan,twenty-five miles fromthe starting point of theoffensive. The railroadline supplying the Ger-man western front waswithin range of army ar-tillery and out of the armistice had notstopped hostilities thesurrender of half a mil-lion Germans would havebeen inevitable in a fewmore days. When the AmericanSecond Army wasformed under LieutenantGeneral Robert L. Bul-lard, October lo. Gen-eral Pershing put Lieu-tenant General HunterLiggett in command ofthe First Army. TheSecond Army launchedthe offensive towardsBriey November lo, theday before the armistice. While the giganticMeuse-Argonne o f f e n-sive, in which 1,200,000Americans were engaged,was
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