The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-21
Wisconsin and Michigan Troops
in AlSaCe.
FIGHT AT MvRAY DESCRIBED
Carefully Rehearsed Attack on Yam
KEGS Broken Up Largely by Ma
chine Gun and Rifle
Fire.

mdIly the announcement OL IilC 1dCI
that the Thirty-second division (Na-
tiOnaI Guard) is now fighting in Al
sase, on German territory. Since the
division has been in action its presence
has been identified by the Germans
permitting the fact to be disclosed
The Thirty-secOnd division is COM
posed of Michigan and Wisconsin
troops, which left this country COM
manded by Maj Gen William G. Ham,
under whom il was trained at Camp
Macarthur, Tex
First Killed on German Soil.
1t was soldier of this division, Pri-
vate J. w. GuytOn, who had the dis
tinctiOn of being the first man of the
American forces to be killed on Ger
man soil. The division took over a
sector of the line in AlSace just north
of the Swiss border only Il short time
ago.
AS it was reOrganiZed before its de-
parture for Europe, the Thirty second
division was composed of the following
old National Guard units from WiscOn-
sin and Michigan:
Thirty-SecOnd headquarters troop,
made up from Third and Sixth Wis
cOnsin infantry and First Michigan
cavalry One Hundred and Nineteenth
machine gun battalion; Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
Sixty-third infantry brigade-Bri-
gade headquarters, First Michigan in
fantry brigade headquarters and Thir-
ty-secOnd Michigan infantry, One Hun
dred and Twentieth machine gun bat
TALON, Thirty-first and Thirty-third
Michigan infantry, One Hundred and
Twenty -fifth infantry, Thirty-firSt and
Thirty-third Michigan and Fifth Wis
cOnsjn infantry, One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth infantry, Thirty-first and
Thirty-secOnd Michigan infantry.
Many Wisconsin Troops.
SiXty-fOurth infantry brigade
Headquarters, First Wisconsin brigade
headquarters and Second Wisconsin
infantry One Hundred and Twenty
first machine gun battalion Third and
Fifth Wisconsin infantry; One Hun
dred and Twenty-seventh infantry,
First. Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth Wisconsin infantry; One Hun
dred and Twenty-eighth infantry,
First. Second. Third, Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth Wisconsin infantry and First
Michigan field signal battalion.
FOrty-Seventh field artillery bril-
gade-Brigade headquarters, First
Wisconsin and First Michigan field ar
tilIery and First Wisconsin and First
Michigan cavalry; One Hundred and
Nineteenth field artillery, First Wis
cOnsn and First Michigan cavalry,
First Michigan field artillery and Thir-
ty-frSt and Thirty-SecOnd Michigan
infantry; One Hundred and Twentieth
field artillery, First Wisconsin cavalry
and Second Wisconsin infantry; One
Hundred and TWpnty-first field artil-
lery. Fourth, Fifth and Sixth WiscOn-
sin infantry. First Wisconsin field ar
tilIery and Wisconsin field hospital No
2. One Hundred and Seventh trench
mortar battery, Fourth Wisconsin in
fantry.
Several units of the Thirty-second
were on board the British liner Tus-
cania when is was tOrpedoed and sent
down by an enemy submarine last
February. and some of the members
were among the relatively small num-
Der of victims of that disaster
Machine Guns Stop Attack
With the American Forces on the
Marine, June 19.-SeveraI German
patrols which attempted at night to
approach the American lines in the
Marine sector were smashed by the ac-
curacy of the American machine gun
fire One German patrol was almost
typed out.
Attack on xivray Told
With the American Army in France,
June 19.-The carefully rehearsed
German attack on the American posi-
lions in the village of Nivray on Sun
day morning was broken up largely by
machine gun and rifle fire The Ger
man attack was made for the purpose
of taking prisoners. according to state
ments made by Germans who were
captured by the Americans.
The artillery barrage let down by
the American gunners inflicted cOnsid-
cradle losses on the large enemy raid
ing party as it crossed mo Mans
Land" but the raid was actually stop
ped by the hot fire from the American
machine guns. The gunners every
where stuck to their posts in the face
of the attack.
With the French Armies in the Field.
June 19.-American troops inflicted
the greatest losses on two German
shock divisions $4,000 men) in the re-
cent fighting on the Marine 'front.' ac-
cording to German prisoners.
Some companies were reduced to 40
infantrymen. Others lost 25 out of 81
rifiemen. One Of the machine gun sec
lions was reduced from IL to 5 men.
One battalion Of the Fsr6eth Fusiliefa
lost all it's officers except one.