The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-12

Vaux with most splendid precision
 Meanwhile our Second Corps, un der Maj.-Gen George w. Read, had been organized for the command oi our division with the British, which were held back in training areas or assigned to second-line defense. Five of the ten divisions were withdrawn from the British area in June, three to relieve divisions in Lorraine and the Vosges and two to the Paris area to join the group of American divisions which stood between the city and any farther advance of the Hun army in that direction"
 Yankees Hold Ground
 By that time the great tide oi American troop movements to France was in full swing and the older di visions could be used freely The 42nd, in line East of Rheims, faced the German assault of July 15 and held their ground unflinchingly,' on the right flank four companies oi lIc ACln DINlSiOI laSC' pNN waves of German infantry and the Third Division held the Marne line opposite Chateau Thierry against powerful artillery and infantry at tack. "A single regiment of the Third wrote one of the most brilliant pages in our military annals on this occasion." General Pershing says. "It prevented the crossing at certain points on it's front, while. on either flank, the Germans who had gained l footing. pressed forward. Our men firing in three directions, met the German attacks with counter at
 acks at critical points and succeed ed in throwing the German divisions
 nto complete confusion, capturing 500 prisoners
 Thus was the stage set for the counter offensive which, beginning with the slashing of the enemy'S Narne salient brought overwhelmins victory to the Allies and the United
 States Tn the eve0tfll months that lave followed The intilnation i.
 strong that General Pershing's ad vice helpel Marshal Foch to r97". lis dersion 10 str're. Cene~tl Pe ,hing cont t'nues'
 ''The great force of the German Chateau Thierry offensive established
 he deep Marne salient, but the enc ny was taking chances, and the vul lerability of this pocket to attacl night be turned to his disadvantage 'eizing this opportunity to suppor ny conviction, every division witt my sort of training was made avail 'ble for use in a counter-offensive The place of honor in the thrust to yard Soissons on July IS was givel our First and Second Divisions
 company with chosen French di ,isions.
 No Warning Given
 "Without the usual brief warning
 ,f a preliminary bombardment, tho nassed French and American artil cry, firing by the map, laid dowl ts rolling barrage at dawn while he infantry began it's charge. The hese trying conditions was excellen throughout the action. The enem! brought up large numbers of re 'erves and made a stubborn defense
 10th with machine guns and artil cry, but through five days fighting he First Division continued to ad
 'ance until it had gained the heights bove Soissons and captured the vii age of Berzy-le-sec. The Second Division took Beau Repaire Farm ant 1ierzy in a very rapid manner an( cached position in front of Tigny t the end of it's second day. These wo divisions captured 1000 prison ITS and over 100 pieces of artillery. The report describes in some de ail the work of completing the re luction of the salient, mentioning thu operations of the 26th, 3rd, 4th, 42nd l2nd and 2Sth Divisions. With thu situation on the Marne front thu relieved, General Pershng writes ne could turn to the organization O he <First American Army and tho 'eduction of the St Mihiel salient long planned as the initial purel! American enterprise. A troop con ;entration, aided by generous con ributions of artillery and air unit.
 )y the French, began, involving the
 movement, mostly at night, of 500, 900 men. A sector reaching iron Port sur Seille, East of the Moselle Westward through St. Mihiel to Yer iun and later enlarged to carry f 70 the edge of the forrest of Ar yOnne, was taken over, the Second Colonial French, holding the tip ol