. 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. IN THE FORET DE HESSEAn airplane view on a rainy day. THE 58TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE 515. ARTILLERY OBSERVATION POST ON CIGARETTE BUTTE French Trench was to deliver enfilad-ing and destructive fireon the highly organizedtrench systems just westof Avocourt, and to cutgaps in the first wire en-tanglements. There were twogroupings of heavy artil-lery, the 155 mm. group-ing, which consisted ofthe 123rd Field Artil
. 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. IN THE FORET DE HESSEAn airplane view on a rainy day. THE 58TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE 515. ARTILLERY OBSERVATION POST ON CIGARETTE BUTTE French Trench was to deliver enfilad-ing and destructive fireon the highly organizedtrench systems just westof Avocourt, and to cutgaps in the first wire en-tanglements. There were twogroupings of heavy artil-lery, the 155 mm. group-ing, which consisted ofthe 123rd Field Artilleryand the Thirty-sixth Bat-tery of the Eighth Regi-ment of French FootArtillery, ColonelCharles G. Davis commanding, and the grouping, the Sixty-fifthRegiment, Coast Artillery Corps, under Colonel Howell. These units deliv-ered preparation fire upon machine guns, dugouts, strong-points and thetrenches further back. During the attack they fired the covering barrage. The light artillery grouping, under command of Brigadier General Flem-ing, was in turn divided into two sub-groupings: the Foreman sub-groupingand the Hackett sub-grouping. The former comprised the 122nd Field Ar-tillery and the first battalion of the 124th Field Artillery, and suppo
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