. Review of reviews and world's work . artillery at shortranges. In the face of such strong frontal posi-tions we should have been unable to accomplishany progress according to previously acceptedstandards, but I had every confidence in ouraggressive tactics and the courage of our troops. On October 4 the attack was renewed all alongour front. The 3d Corps, tilting to the left, fol-lowed the Brieulles-Cunel Road; our 5th Corpstook Gesnes, while the 1st Corps advanced forover two miles along the irregular valley of theAire River and in the wooded hills of the Ar-gonne that bordered the river, u
. Review of reviews and world's work . artillery at shortranges. In the face of such strong frontal posi-tions we should have been unable to accomplishany progress according to previously acceptedstandards, but I had every confidence in ouraggressive tactics and the courage of our troops. On October 4 the attack was renewed all alongour front. The 3d Corps, tilting to the left, fol-lowed the Brieulles-Cunel Road; our 5th Corpstook Gesnes, while the 1st Corps advanced forover two miles along the irregular valley of theAire River and in the wooded hills of the Ar-gonne that bordered the river, used by the enemywith all his art and weapons of defense. Thissort of fighting continued against an enemy striv-ing to hold every foot of ground and whose verystrong counterattacks challenged us at every the 7th the 1st Corps captured Chatel-Cheneryand continued along the river to Cornay. Onthe east of Meuse sector one of the two divisions,cooperating with the French, captured Consen-voye and the Haumont Woods. On the 9th the. Committee on Public Information GENERAL PERSHING DECORATING A SOLDIER WITHTHE D. S. C. FOR BRAVERY AT CHATEAU-THIERRY 5th Corps, in its progress up the Aire, tookFleville, and the 3d Corps, which had continuousfighting against oddsi, was working its waythrough Briueulles and Cunel. On the 10th wehad cleared the Argonne Forest of the enemy. It was now necessary to constitute a secondarmy, and on October 9 the immediate commandof the First Army was turned over to Liggett. The command of the SecondArmy, whose divisions occupied a sector in theWoevre, was given to Robert , who had been commander of the 1stDivision and then of the 3d Corps. was transferred to the command of the1st Corps, while the 5th Corps was placed underMajor-Gen. Charles P. Summerall, who had re-cently commanded the 1st Division. L. Hines, who had gone rapidly up fromregimental to division commander, was assign
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