. 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. nsive towardsBriey November lo, theday before the armistice. While the giganticMeuse-Argonne o f f e n-sive, in which 1,200,000Americans were engaged,was atten-tion at home, other unitswere fighting in the ranks of the Allies. The Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth Divisions, which hadassisted the British in the recapture of Mt. Kemmel August 31, came in forsevere fighting when they broke the Hindenburg Line and capt
. 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. nsive towardsBriey November lo, theday before the armistice. While the giganticMeuse-Argonne o f f e n-sive, in which 1,200,000Americans were engaged,was atten-tion at home, other unitswere fighting in the ranks of the Allies. The Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth Divisions, which hadassisted the British in the recapture of Mt. Kemmel August 31, came in forsevere fighting when they broke the Hindenburg Line and captured St. QuentinCanal on September 29. Later, between October 8 and 19, they were inheavy fighting at St. Souplet and on the Selle River. The Second and Thirty-sixth Divisions were sent on October 2 to assistthe French in the relief of Reims and Laon. On the following day the SecondDivision captured Blanc Mont, a barren, heavily fortified cliff, the advancehaving been so rapid that the division overran all objectives by noon and wasordered to halt, only to be started forward again with unlimited Thirty-sixth Division took over the line on October ALVIN C. YORK Sergeant of the 328th Infantry and Second Elder of the Churchof Christ, Pall Mall, Tennessee, who was awarded the Congres-sional Medal of Honor for one of the greatest feats of the action near Chatel Chehery, October 8, 1918, after nine menof his detachment had been killed, York (then a corporal) tookcommand, and leading the remaining seven men, charged a ma-chine-gun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire uponhis platoon. Four German officers and 128 men were captured. 78 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR In the latter part of October the Thirty-seventh and Ninety-first Divisionswere hastily dispatched to assist the Belgians in Flanders. On November 3the former drove across the Escaut and the latter reached the Scheldt. AnAmerican regiment, the 332nd, was operating with the Italians in the v
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