The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-28

Raillcul to Ncuvc- Eglisc, and furlhcr ~
inforccmCnts were ordered to lol'""
them an hour later These troops H'u
one themselves just got back Int" r.
scrvc after a most trying and cKhauS''
irr c>ocricnco on tho right or our NM
lasting for nearly thrcr wccks. INC!
also stood in dire need Of r"st. hut 'n'!
, wcrc Tho only reserves OF any KIND d.
my disposal.
Al ten a. m. on tho 1st III" "NhauS'-
, cd Second cavalry division was ''''' "'s
IN Nount KENNEL, which they were i'll
! ~ condition to hold il tho enemy press
I'd on vigorously after th"m. But "nc'
again as on tho a1sl. tho situation was
s,ycd hy n desperate effort. som" DIV
,,Iions Of French infantry attacked on
,,c Icr, or tho Second cavalry DIVISION
onJ checked tho cnNmys advance. whi'h
was finally held off until. som" 'ln'
later tho head Of the sixteenth fr'hC"
ARMY C'nrrx arrived and rcgaincd IN"
western end Of Wyts"ha'lH.
Tho Third Corps had reported car!
ia tho morn ng that tho POSITION ~ w.
lcr, flank was rendered prcrarlouS D!
III. loss Of McssIncs With IN" supP"r'
furnished by the Second Corps. AS mar
rated above rultcn"y Was hh'r 10 o'""
iha,k his left toward N"uv"-EvES" ana
form a flank facing north. covering WV
,r,,.,or'aul artillery pos ton on MN "''
Tbs rr~yc had threatened IN hhhk NV
German advance on IN" NElFCha''
N,,'.,... axe. and ..ltcd greatly III
securing The retirement OF IN" '"N"''!
III good "Id"r. ,ho
ii quarter past iw"IN" D. "'' Wv
si,uatIru was as follows;
The First cavalry division occ"pl,u
an ,ntrrrrhrd position running TO wv
r,st and northeast Of WulN"rE'herh' ~
;,our; ON the right with III" rcc"hs'ruC'
cd linc of tho Third Corps ana OIL 'h'
llcr, with th" second Cavalry d'N'S',"
After tho sucrrssCul ddvanc" al wv
French tho Second cavalry DIVISION ""'
drawn into the south of WNts'ha'''' anu
lis left MAS IN tuuch with inc "'N''"'"
I,rcnrh ,'.rp-. holding tho western Dol
der Of that villrg".
.rho r.rsr 'urrs was also heavily "e-
,,cItcd on November !. ON IN" lio"'
hcld by lhr FIRST Division rnrt ~ W..
Ejr., Brigade was driven from NC
trenches. hul tho position was rc'ah'"
hy rountcr-attaCk and IN Inc cN'h,"@
tho line held WAS tn" sam" as on '''
her 81. The FIRST Division was "'"' Il
haiI ct Cd
,nescs rho seventh vision r"main'd
I,. oou strong. Tho Third cavalry
n,visiou WAS given temporarily l" tl'
First rorrs. and assisted TO hold Inc
rnsi,ion. The Ninth French CORPS IN
49, Icr, Of our First Corps was unho"
,n mink. urV prOgrCsS during tn" al!
Information came IN toward evening"
That Tho enemy WAS again maSS'"T
nrpjns, r;hcIuvrlt. | went /" Niam'r
,irrhc 10 consult with FoCh and dl rpaI'
VIM told me- that hinc frrnrh bnttai'
ions and some batteries would r"'h
Ynrcs carly Oh the morning ~ IN" -h"'
I'nrh rrnmi,Cd me that he would NJ once
disua'rh two hattali"nS OF H"uaN'S !"
.urprrt liHiE's center.
, H,,,wtng the siiuntiCp MS IT l'''-
scented itself on Uclohcr II and N"N"'h-
hor 1918, believe that III" vital IN
forests Of tho British empire were III
rrr,I danger on both these days. ThA'
j. ia say. tho Whole coast line tr,m
, IJnyr, 10 OstCud was within nm nee oil
falling into the hands Of tho enemy.
IrrrCalling the fateful hours OF thNs"
two wonderful days AM nights thIhK
We were perhaps IN the greatest DANCE
brtw"rE > a. III. and II II. M. on san
dav November !. Had III" frrn'h ~
t.rIiIh Corps arrived only an h"ur Ia"T
,han j. did. th.. German advance from
lin. In, WNikChaclr-M "sSlncS wOul"
Eve lnim,d such Volume. strength ana
inp,tus ihal uulhlng could har" save"
Mount k"mm"l from falling INTO their
hands y vital wcdg" would hay" y Ga
driven into tn" very center OF our noe
TIN, "norm"us numerical and artillery
Sup"rtorIll "f tn" ';"rmnns must n" 70
mcmbcrcd If they had turned I'll" SIT
ua,inn IT, fun account. We should have
sccn all the French. IirItish and belgian
troops lying to III" north OF an cas-.
and west line through Tount kcmmei
cut off and hemmod against the coast.
Tho greatest threat Of disaster with
which We were faced in 1914 was STAYED
Off BY tho devoted bravery and cndur-
ance displayed by the cavalry corps