. 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. A VIEW OF DUN-SUR-MEUSE THE THIRTY-THIRD DIVISION 143. DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AT TROYON Upon its relief the T h i r t y-third Division marched by night to the sector of Troyon-siir- Meuse, staging each day in various woods to avoid observation by hostile airplanes. This sector— which included the cel-ebrated position of Les Eparges, the scene of such desperate fighting in 1915 and 1Q16—was then occupied by the Seventy-ninth A
. 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. A VIEW OF DUN-SUR-MEUSE THE THIRTY-THIRD DIVISION 143. DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AT TROYON Upon its relief the T h i r t y-third Division marched by night to the sector of Troyon-siir- Meuse, staging each day in various woods to avoid observation by hostile airplanes. This sector— which included the cel-ebrated position of Les Eparges, the scene of such desperate fighting in 1915 and 1Q16—was then occupied by the Seventy-ninth American Division (Major General Joseph E. Kuhn) and the Fifty-fifth Field Artillery (Brigadier General J. A. Kilbreth), belonging to the Thirtieth Division. On the nights of October 23, 24 and 25, this division was relieved by the Thirty-third, which meanwhile had been assigned to the Second Colonial Army Corps (Gen-eral Blondlat). The Fifty-fifthField Artillery Brigade, being un-able to move its guns owing to aninsufficiency of horses, was attachedto the Thirty-third Division, whilethe Fifty-second Field ArtilleryBrigade, upon arriving a few milesfrom the positions where it was torelieve the Fifty-fifth, was de-ta
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