. 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. con, where the Ger-man Crown Prince was ensconcedduring one of his futile drives againstVerdun. Montfaucon could be seenfrom the regimental post of com-mand, which was about a quarter of a mile northeast of Very. Battalion and battery posts of command were linedup and down the valley, the most distant being within five minutes walk headquarters. By this time the regiment had been reenforced by the 301st French
. 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. con, where the Ger-man Crown Prince was ensconcedduring one of his futile drives againstVerdun. Montfaucon could be seenfrom the regimental post of com-mand, which was about a quarter of a mile northeast of Very. Battalion and battery posts of command were linedup and down the valley, the most distant being within five minutes walk headquarters. By this time the regiment had been reenforced by the 301st French FieldArtillery, with three batteries of 155 mm. howitzers, and the 454th FrenchField Artillery, with three batteries of 105 mm. guns. This concentration ofheavy guns made the group a powerful one, whose destructive fire enabledthe Thirty-second Division to capture and pass the Bois de la INIorine and theBois de Chene Sec, woods northwest of Gesnes which had resisted all previousattacks and were holding up the entire advance. The presence of the French regiments was encouraging to the 123rd,not only because of the assistance the poilus rendered, but also because the. AT THE VERY-CHEPPY CROSSROADS
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