El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-01

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until November /, despite many coun-
! ter attacks and continuous, intense
I sheiling-
Attack Of November 1.
With the capture Of Bantheville by
the l79th brigade, everything was in
readiness for the great attack BY the
first American army and the French
armies on its left, by which il was
hoped finally 10 break the enemy's
last line OF resistance and change his
retreat into a rout This attack was
ordered for November / On the night
OF October 80 the 1S0th brigade re-
heved the 17sth brigade, which had
suffered heavy casualties during its
eight days in line and was Withdrawn
into division reserve The l60th brig
ade went into line and attacked with
the S6oth infantry on the left and the
559th infantry on the right The 5z5th
machine gun battalion and the $3.50
machine gun battalion were in posi-
ton on the front line from which they
could cover the advance with over
head fire. On the morning OF the
first, these companies fired more than
LOO, 0n0 rounds and contributed large
" to the very great success Of the
attack
The plan Of the attack was that
the 360rh infantry At the left, on q
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centration Of ali available artillery,
should drive forward through the
Care farm and the immensely strong
wooded position on the left OF the
sector up TO and beyond Anqeoanne.
With this attack a success, the S5sth
infantry on the right would be able
TO advance across the open ground
west Of Aincreville without oisas-
astrous losses An extremely heavy
artillery preparation opened at 1880
hflrs and E-.U
the infantry went over the top
From the outset the fighting
was desperate. The best veteran
troops available in the German
army were thrown in TO stop the
advance OF the division. Machine
gun nests were everywhere, the
gunners sticking TO their guns IN
til wiped out.
The 360th and 35sth infantry splen-
didly supported by the 155th field ar
tillery brigade t80th division), ad-
vanced practically without halt, Grand
Care farm was taken and mopped up
The woods TO the north were cleaned
out, Andevanne and Cote 243 captured,
and the line pushed a kilometer be-
yond by the 360th. Chassogne farm
and St Marguerite farm were cap
tured by the 359th infantry. and by
late afternoon our troops were on or
beyond their detectives. The Freya
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sition. was definitely and completely
broken.
Break Down All Resistance.
On the second Of November, the ad-
vance was continued against desper-
ate resistance Villers Dun was taken
and passed, hill 321 was occupied and
the Bots de Raux was out within the
American lines before night On the
right the 359th infantry advanced
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battalion. extending over into the sec
tor OF the Fifth division on the right.
advanced through the punch bowl
all the way 10 the Meuse.
on November 3, the 18th brigade
passed through the 1S0th brigade, and
at 8 o'clock attacked with the 35Sth
infantry on the left and the 554th in
fantry on the right It was evident
after = few, hours that the attacks
OF the preceding days had broken the
enemy's resistance and that he was
completely disorganized. By night the
brigade had penetrated the dense
woods OF the Bots de Tally and occu-
pied the towns OF Montigny, Saul
maurys Sassy and Mont devt- Sassy
On November I and ) the eXploita-
I ton was continued and the hold on
the river towns was strengthened
Halles, NisePpe and Laneauyille were
The divisions on the left Of the
I 90th were meeting with equal Sue
cess and were driving the enemy back
to the Mouse river. With the break
/ ing OF the Freya Stallung by the 90th
division, the vitality important rail-
road from Sedan to Montmedy was
brought under our artillery fire and
4 the enemy's hold on the river was
! broken. The fifth division on our
1 right succeeded in crossing the
Meuse at Dun-sur-Meuse and Yves
forcing the enemy up the right bank
OF the river. II was evident that
the euemy's retreat was becoming
completely disorganized and, If our
pressure could be continued, he
would break.
10th brigade Crosses Mouse.
On November 9 the 17eth brigade
crossed the Neuse at Sassy and b.
all night marching occupied Mouzay
on the night bank of the river The
next day the 35th infantry captured
Blanc E'ontaine and. after desperate
fighting. secured a foothold in Stenay.
on the right had advanced over roll
ing country, swept by machine gun
and artillery fire, and reached the
heights overlooking Baalon and later
occupied the town. On this day the
enemy threw into line against the
soth his last reserve division on the
western front.
The S9th division on our left had in
the meantime forced a crossing OF
the river al Pouilly and was ordered
10 send troops TO protect the LETT
Stenay. When these troops were in
position, II was planned to pass the
lbtth brigade again through the
lines OF the l7eth brigade and TO con-