. 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. hospital and resumed command ofthe brigade. On the same day the 203rd French Regiment, attached to thebrigade, opened fire on the main artery of the German communications inthe east—the Metz-lNIezieres Railroad. On November 7, in anticipation of supporting the river crossing, allregiments took up positions northwest of the Laneuville-Beaumont Eleventh Field Artillery continued to fire on the Metz-Mezieres Rail-road.
. 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. hospital and resumed command ofthe brigade. On the same day the 203rd French Regiment, attached to thebrigade, opened fire on the main artery of the German communications inthe east—the Metz-lNIezieres Railroad. On November 7, in anticipation of supporting the river crossing, allregiments took up positions northwest of the Laneuville-Beaumont Eleventh Field Artillery continued to fire on the Metz-Mezieres Rail-road. Ammunition was brought up and all the regiments were well stockedwith supplies. General Todd completed the artillery plan of attack. The night of November 10 a crossing of the Meuse was to be forcedfrom Pouilly on the left to Stenay on the right. The eastern heights of theriver were to be seized. To support this movement the divisional artillerywas divided into three tactical groupings: (i) the Foreman grouping, com-posed of the 122nd Field Artillery and first battalion of the 124th FieldArtillery, (2) the Rogers grouping, composed of the second battalion of the. THE CHURCH AT AIXCREVILLE A machine gun nest in the tower resisted for forty-eight hoursbefore the infantry could wipe it out. THE 58TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE 531 124th Field Artillery and the battalion of the 203rd French Field Artillery,and (3) the Peace grouping, or the Eleventh Field Artillery. The com-manders of the first two groupings arranged with the infantry commandersfor the support of the left and right crossings, respectively. The Peace group-ing remained under the control of the divisional artillery commander. Itwas planned to have it pass to the control of the corps artillery commanderafter the objective had been reached, but the armistice ended hostilities be-fore this happened. The attack started at 9:30 p. m., on November 10. By the morningof November 11 our troops were mopping up Pouilly and Sten
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