. 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. fantry could be re-aligned. The cannoneerswere ordered to workwith rifles beside small arms ammuni-tion was issued to all menin anticipation of a rushof Germans through thebroken line. iNIeanwhilethe heaviest fire possiblewas concentrated on thedanger spots. The regimentworked fiercely. All night a barrage was laid down on the gap to the left,where the Ninety-first and the Thirty-fifth Divisions had lost touch withe
. 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. fantry could be re-aligned. The cannoneerswere ordered to workwith rifles beside small arms ammuni-tion was issued to all menin anticipation of a rushof Germans through thebroken line. iNIeanwhilethe heaviest fire possiblewas concentrated on thedanger spots. The regimentworked fiercely. All night a barrage was laid down on the gap to the left,where the Ninety-first and the Thirty-fifth Divisions had lost touch witheach other, and heavy fire was directed against the enemy opposite theThirty-fifth Division, which had met with desperate resistance. Every mandid his utmost that night. All the ammunition which the supply trains couldget forward was firtd. One private, of whom civilian life had demandednothing more strenuous than the playing of a piano in a Chicago cabaret, car-ried and washed 90-pound projectiles for ten hours without stopping. Two days later the regiment moved forward again, passing throughthe ruins of Verv. The enemv concentrated fire on the obliterated village,. BATTERY CS POSITION I\ THE FORET DE HESSE ?-^xc l _i,\[ ^^^HET ^^l gjgj Hi iiBi l^^k m 1 1^ F ^I^^^^^^io^ft.^SB^^^^^^^^^^I I^^K^w^ii^nMl^H m IHhI P? X v^l^gOsj^^^^^^^cnfsnBi J^itiMiBBlifllWlW IHE^. THE PANORAMA FROM LA CIGALERIE Showing the terrain over which the Ninety-first Division advanced.
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