. 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 Jure Wood, they pushedon to the objective on the westbank of the Meuse River. Thefirst battahon reached the bankof the river at io:io a. m., andthe other battahons followed alittle later, all of them havingadvanced a distance of sevenmiles. The final dash to the riverwas described by Major Allenin his official report of the oper-ation as follows: While going up Hill 227the sun broke out of the fog. As I reached the to
. 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 Jure Wood, they pushedon to the objective on the westbank of the Meuse River. Thefirst battahon reached the bankof the river at io:io a. m., andthe other battahons followed alittle later, all of them havingadvanced a distance of sevenmiles. The final dash to the riverwas described by Major Allenin his official report of the oper-ation as follows: While going up Hill 227the sun broke out of the fog. As I reached the top loud cheers were heardand a remarkable scene greeted us. Everywhere could be seen our advanc-ing troops, following the fleeing Germans, and scattered here and there weregroups of prisoners under guard. The moppers-up could be seen doing theirwork, and doing it well. Major General Wolf, commanding the Sixty-sixth Infantry Brigade, inhis report on this operation, says: The 131st Infantry had to attack independently of any support exceptits own reserves through the fortified remains of two towns and along the A GERMAN MERCEDES AMBULANCE CAP-TURED AT GERCOURT. GERMAN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT AT GERCOURT German, Belgian, French and English machinery was used in building this plant. THE 131ST INFANTRY 243
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