. Rheims and the battles for its possession . ry, occupied La Pompelle Fort. On the 18th, the enemy increased their efforts against the front held by the3rd Corps and the reserve units further west. Loivre, which had so far The French withdrew to the west of the road to Laon. The situationwas considered critical at this point of the front. The 10th Corps, which hadbeen withdrawn from the east of Rheims, in favour of another sector, wasslopped on the way and sent for a few days in support of the 3rd Corps. On the 19th, one of its brigades counter-attacked Courcy Mill. On theother
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . ry, occupied La Pompelle Fort. On the 18th, the enemy increased their efforts against the front held by the3rd Corps and the reserve units further west. Loivre, which had so far The French withdrew to the west of the road to Laon. The situationwas considered critical at this point of the front. The 10th Corps, which hadbeen withdrawn from the east of Rheims, in favour of another sector, wasslopped on the way and sent for a few days in support of the 3rd Corps. On the 19th, one of its brigades counter-attacked Courcy Mill. On theother side, the Moroccan Division (Gen. Humbert), which had relieved the10th Corps, continued to hold La Pompelle Fort. Gradually the front became fixed. Desperate, indecisive fighting still tookplace, but finally the front stabilised on the line extending from the foot ofthe Berru and Nogent-lAbbesse Hills, along the road from Rheims to Suippes,on the east, and along the western bank of the Aisne Canal on the north. SlLoupO - en-Champagne Sau!t-. V^deWitry/er/fr// O berru 3Viqie de Berru EXPLANATORY MAP OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN 1914{See pp. 9-11.) 12 The French Offensive of April, 1917 llu- French uflcnsivt. planned lis tlie then Commander-in-Chief, GeneralNivelle. and launched in April, between Soissons and Auberive, aimed atpiercing the German front and disengaging Klieims. Nurlhwesl of Rheims was the 5th Army (Gen. Ma/ell. of which the 38th(dips (Gen. de Mondesir) held the immediate approaches to the town, followed1>\ the 7th Corps (Gen. de Bazelaire), 32ml Gorps (Gen. Passaga) astride theVisne, and. extending beyond the 5lh Corps (Gen. de Boissoudy) andthe 1st Corps (Gen. Muteau). East of Kheims the 4lh Army (Gen. Anthoine) was engaged only duringthe second stage of the bailie. At 6 on the 16th, in drenching rain, the 5th Army attacked all alongthe front in conjunction on the left with the 6th Army (Gen. Mangin), whichundertook to storm the Chemin-des-I)a
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