. 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. QUARTERS ATBOUCQ Formerly used as General Pershings head-quarters in the St. Mihiel sector. sion was at the far left of the Fourth Corps sector, a sector m which an at-tack was very difficult. From the forest of Apremont on the west, where thelines passed over the wooded hills of Le Mont, all the dominatmg heightswere in the hands of the enemy. But the ambition of the American arniyincreased even the natural difficulties. We
. 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. QUARTERS ATBOUCQ Formerly used as General Pershings head-quarters in the St. Mihiel sector. sion was at the far left of the Fourth Corps sector, a sector m which an at-tack was very difficult. From the forest of Apremont on the west, where thelines passed over the wooded hills of Le Mont, all the dominatmg heightswere in the hands of the enemy. But the ambition of the American arniyincreased even the natural difficulties. We desired not only to capture thearound of the St. Mihiel salient but to take a great number of German soldiers^ as well. To accomplish this result the attack ofthe Second ColonialArmy Corps was heldback until one hour afterthe two American Corpson its flanks had goneforward and it was toproceed at a slower rateof advance. Thus, notonly were the enemy ob-servatories able at theoutset to see the Ameri-can assaults, but for sev-eral hours they were toTHE BRIDGE OVER THE RUPT DE MAD ^u^er no threatof attack^ Between Richecourt and Xivray-Marvoisin. To blind and destroy. S04 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR these lines and thoroughly to defend our exposed left flank, and, at the sametime, to give our attacking infantry thorough and effective aid, required notonly a great massing of guns, but a complicated and skillful plan of attack as divisional artillery of the First Division, under command of Gen-eral Todd, was made up of the Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade; the FirstField Artillery Brigade, Colonel Butner commanding; the Seventy-sixthRegiment, Field Artillery; the Forty-fourth Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps;and a regiment of French artillery; and was formed into five groupings. TheDavis grouping consisted of one battalion of the Forty-fourth Regiment,Coast Artillery Corps (8-inch howitzers), and the second battalion of the123rd Field Artillery (155 mm. howitzers). The K
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