. 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. S04 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR these lines and thoroughly to defend our exposed left flank, and, at the sametime, to give our attacking infantry thorough and effective aid, required notonly a great massing of guns, but a complicated and skillful plan of attack as divisional artillery of the First Division, under command of Gen-eral Todd, was made up of the Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade; the FirstField Artiller
. 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. S04 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR these lines and thoroughly to defend our exposed left flank, and, at the sametime, to give our attacking infantry thorough and effective aid, required notonly a great massing of guns, but a complicated and skillful plan of attack as divisional artillery of the First Division, under command of Gen-eral Todd, was made up of the Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade; the FirstField Artillery Brigade, Colonel Butner commanding; the Seventy-sixthRegiment, Field Artillery; the Forty-fourth Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps;and a regiment of French artillery; and was formed into five groupings. TheDavis grouping consisted of one battalion of the Forty-fourth Regiment,Coast Artillery Corps (8-inch howitzers), and the second battalion of the123rd Field Artillery (155 mm. howitzers). The Kennedy grouping con-. A BATTKRY OF ;s NEAR BKAUMONT sisted of the Fifth Field Artillery. These two groupings of heavy guns werecharged with the demolition of known strong-points and of the preliminary bombardment the 155 mm. guns also were entrusted withthe duty of delivering enfilade fire on the important boyaux, and the 8-inchguns with the task of delivering fire on the chief trenches. The two groupings of direct support—the Butner grouping, consistingof the Sixth and Seventh Field Artillery Regiments, and the Rivers group-ing, consisting of the Seventy-sixth Field Artillery and 122nd Field Artil-lery—were given the mission of cutting wire and firing the rolling barragebehind which the infantry was to advance. Because of the trouble expectedto be met in crossing the Rupt de Mad and other difficult places, and be-cause of the continuance of German observation from the western rangeof hills, a large proportion of smoke shells was to be used in the firing. THE 58T
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