. 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. GENERAL MANGIN Commander of the Second FrenchArmy in the Meuse-Argonne THE CITADEL OF SEDANSedan was the ultimate objective of the Americans in the Meuse-Argonne battle. THE THIRTY-THIRD DIVISION 127 Second French Army(General Mangin) westof the Argonne and bythe First i^merican Army(General Pershing) be-tween that forest and theMeuse, its eventual ob-jectives being Sedan andMezieres. The captureof these two place
. 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. GENERAL MANGIN Commander of the Second FrenchArmy in the Meuse-Argonne THE CITADEL OF SEDANSedan was the ultimate objective of the Americans in the Meuse-Argonne battle. THE THIRTY-THIRD DIVISION 127 Second French Army(General Mangin) westof the Argonne and bythe First i^merican Army(General Pershing) be-tween that forest and theMeuse, its eventual ob-jectives being Sedan andMezieres. The captureof these two places wouldnot only shut off all sup-plies from the Germanforces dependent uponthe railways convergingthere, but would cut thebelt railway from theVosges to Lille, whichserved as the enemysprincipal means of sup-ply. Possession as far asMezieres of the rightbank of the Meuse—thelast strong line of de-fense east of the Rhine—would seriously im-peril the enemys retreat,force the evacuation ofnorthern France and southern Belgium and lead, in all likelihood, to the capture or annihilation ofthe major part of the German armies in France. The First American Army was then composed of the First, Third, Fourthand Fifth American Corps, the Seventeenth Fre
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