. 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. THE OPERATIONS OF THE 129TH INFANTRY WEST OF THE MEUSE THE 129TH INFANTRY 417. THE OPERATIONS OF THE 129TH INFANTRY EAST OF THE MEUSE 4i8 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR ^ * V^^iM ^Ji ^^^W ^0\ M^ ki : :-i.*^^=^%..:^ .^ 1 4 ?? ^- ^^ ^^^-^ ~^^^J!k. assumed command onSeptember 29, when Ma-jor Earle C. Thorntonleft the battalion for theArmy School of the Lineat Langres. The secondbattalion, under MajorHarry B. Goodison, hada st
. 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. THE OPERATIONS OF THE 129TH INFANTRY WEST OF THE MEUSE THE 129TH INFANTRY 417. THE OPERATIONS OF THE 129TH INFANTRY EAST OF THE MEUSE 4i8 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR ^ * V^^iM ^Ji ^^^W ^0\ M^ ki : :-i.*^^=^%..:^ .^ 1 4 ?? ^- ^^ ^^^-^ ~^^^J!k. assumed command onSeptember 29, when Ma-jor Earle C. Thorntonleft the battalion for theArmy School of the Lineat Langres. The secondbattalion, under MajorHarry B. Goodison, hada strength of 411 rifles,and the third battalion,JVIajor William F. Hem-enway commanding, had325 rifles. CompaniesI, K and M, forming thefirst wave of the attack,with Company L in sup-port, drove on to theirobjectives in spite of repeated efforts of the best German shock troops tostop them. During this attack Captain Harold W. Davis was killed. The second exploitation objective of this attack was the road runningfrom Sivry-sur-Meuse to Villeneuve Farm. It was taken only after the mostsevere fighting. Owing to the inability of the Twenty-ninth American Divi-sion to advance, the right flank of the Thirty-third Division was left exposedfor a dis
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