. 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. from a slow andcautious advance and that it would be only a question of time before theCentral powers, unable to stop for a breathing spell, would collapse. In no other part of the front did the enemy have such a strong systemof entrenchments as opposite the Americans and in only one other spot, oppo- AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE 73 site the British, was his concentration of men so heavy. Three separate trenchsystems, covering pra
. 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. from a slow andcautious advance and that it would be only a question of time before theCentral powers, unable to stop for a breathing spell, would collapse. In no other part of the front did the enemy have such a strong systemof entrenchments as opposite the Americans and in only one other spot, oppo- AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE 73 site the British, was his concentration of men so heavy. Three separate trenchsystems, covering practically all the country from the German front back tothe border of France, faced the Americans. It was the hinge of the westernfront and for every mile that the enemys line was forced back there he wouldbe obliged to retire many miles on the front farther west. In the words ofGeneral Pershing, the task of the American army was to draw the bestGerman divisions to our front and consume them. It was a costly opera-tion on both sides. The Americans took over the front from the French in the evening ofSeptember 25. From the Meuse westward, the Thirty-third, Eightieth,. IN THE ARGONNE FOREST Men of the 308th Infantry in action with rifle grenades, near Abri de Crochet, October 31, igii Fourth, Seventy-ninth, Thirty-seventh, Ninety-first, Thirty-fifth, Twenty-eighth and Seventy-seventh Divisions were in line. The Third, Thirty-second,Ninety-second, First, Twenty-ninth and Eighty-second Divisions were inreserve. Before the offensive ended the Second, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Forty-second, Seventy-eighth, Eighty-first, Eighty-ninth ani Ninetieth also were inthe fighting. Several of the divisions were in line twice. Others were gettingtheir first taste of fighting. The infantry attack in the Meuse-Argonne offensive started at daylightSeptember 26. Battered by the artillery preparation, the Hindenburg Line,which had not been crossed in four years, was quickly penetrated by the 74 ILLINOIS I
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