The sun., 1919-03-23

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sambre In the face OF tho opposition
or twelve German regiments.
When taken out of line. October ~
the rife strength OF the two New York
infantry brigades, all four regiment.
combined, had been reduced below $50
men. Thus. "the Twenty-seventt
fought in three battles of magnitude
three engagements and three minor
actions. In the Somme and Ypres- Lys
offensive, In FLANDERS and Picardy. I,
was the first American division TO figh,
on Belgian soil and the first division
from any country successfully to at
tack tho Hindenburg line"
Tho :Tth's Score in Figures.
And now for few details and sta
tistics. They will be Official. coming
from a statement obtained from the
STAFF when Gen. Organ and his hom-
Ing vanguard arrived:
at is estimated that more than
5000 officers who saw service In
France had been trained prior
thereto In the New York National
Guard"-that Is to say. In tho orig
ipl New York Division as II went
to Spartanburg
1.-THE authorized strength Of a al
vision Is 2S,l05. The strength of tho
Twenty-seventh Division just be-
fore leaving France was approx
mately $4,000. No requirements
wore received until after the sign
ing OF the arnrstlce.
The total battle casualties are
s,*20 officers ana enlisted men. Of
which S.10S were suffered by the d.
vision exclusive OF artillery. and or
this number 236 were officers and
1879 were enlisted men. The total
number OF officers and enlisted men
who were killed In action and died
OF wounds is 1879. This does not
include deaths In the artillery.
I'm Flanders the division exclu-
sive OF artillery suffered l.4o6 cas-
ualties. OF which 40 were officers
and 1856 were enlisted men. In
front OF Mont KENNEL and in tho
engagement OF vierstaat Ridge 8
officers were killed or died OF
wounds and EOS enlisted mon.
The total number OF prisoners
taken by the Twenty seventh d.
1 vision Is seventy-six officers and
c,Sio other ranks, A vast amount
OF material was captured. a par
tial list Is as follows:
Great Quantities of booty.
Five hundred and twenty ma
chine guns. 3.l00 rifles, $500 steel
helmets, liz anu-tank rifles, i,iOo
bayonets. 400 machine gun slides,
carriers and packers. so cases ma
chine gun parts, II minnewer-
fer (trench mortars) complete,
$500 Luger and Mauser automatic
pistols. $40 light pistols, 10000
hand grehades, 1850 aerial bombs,
$50 gas shells, one railroad train.
including locomotive and - cars:
four pieces field artillery. 10000
rounds artillery ammunition.
- nj L. motor trucks with loads
complete, s,l0O tons OF coal, go, 900
rounds machine gun ammunition.
10000 rounds rife ammunition,
IL cases medical stores, 500 picks.
shovels and axes, four bales hos
pital paJamas, seven field kitchens,
one canteen complete, three air
drome hangers, slrplane parts.
crashed planes, &C., 400 rolls tel
ephone wire. GO coils oarhed wire.
"A large amount OF this material
was salvaged by the division and
the rest by other troops.
-Four alrplanes were brought
down by machine gun and rife
FIRE OF the division during its hight
ing. Approximately 400 square
miles were restored by the division
to France, and although most of
tho fghtIng was through desoiate
areas s+S0 French civilians were
liberated.
The Germans took from the d.
vision less than two hundred pris-
oners and number Of these had
been wounded. Twenty-Five OF the
prisoners escaped from the Ger
mans and returned To tho dIvis-
ion. A number % others taken
prisoners attempted 10 escape and
were recaptured.
The Decora lions They Won.
A total OF ESQ decorations was
received by the division up 10
March !, as follows: One Dlstin-
guished Service Medal. FAY arded 10
Gen. organ; three Distinguished
Services oraerat tRri'ish,. three