A history of the United States . ves, and he wasready when the attack began. At midnight, July 14, Bas-tille Day, the Germans opened a terrific bombardment on a30-mile front with Rheims as the center, and at on themorning of the 15th they went over the top. North of Rheims the French, having received from aprisoner information of the attack, withdrew from their firstline trenches, so the artillery fire did them no harm and theGerman attack was futile. Between Rheims and Chateau-Thierry the Germans met with greater success and succeededin crossing the Marne at several points. On the right
A history of the United States . ves, and he wasready when the attack began. At midnight, July 14, Bas-tille Day, the Germans opened a terrific bombardment on a30-mile front with Rheims as the center, and at on themorning of the 15th they went over the top. North of Rheims the French, having received from aprisoner information of the attack, withdrew from their firstline trenches, so the artillery fire did them no harm and theGerman attack was futile. Between Rheims and Chateau-Thierry the Germans met with greater success and succeededin crossing the Marne at several points. On the right of our 592 The New Nation Third Division the French gave way and advised our com-mander to do the same, but General Dickman refused to ac-cept this advice and announced that he was going to counter-attack. On this occasion, General Pershing says, asingle regiment of the Third Division wrote one of the mostbrilliant pages in our military annals. It prevented thecrossing at certain points on its front, while on either flank the v^. O Paris .e> ^<ne ,•%* (6 I C^» ;D; 35-78-60-91) OTOUl American Divisions Engaged from July 18 to November 11, 1918. Germans who had gained a footing pressed forward. Ourmen, firing in three directions, met the German attacks withcounter-attacks at critical points and succeeded in throwingtwo German divisions into complete confusion, capturing600 prisoners. The German drive lost its force on the third day, itsfarthest advance being only 4 miles. Meanwhile Foch had America in Action 593 been preparing a counter-stroke, and on July 18 he drovea wedge into the west side of the Marne saUent south ofSoissons. In this attack the place of honor was ^^^.j^ ^^^j^^^assigned to the First and Second American the offen-Divisions and the First French Moroccan Divi- ^^®sion. Without any preliminary bombardment these threedivisions broke through the enemys lines and advanced tothe heights south of
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