The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-12

peared to be advanced guards with some
supporting cavalry. The fighting had
commenced about $50 a. m. by move
Of hostile infantry on RoZuy. they were
attacked and thrown back by the Fourth
| Guards brigade.
| Although the German artillery was in
action earlier in the day. close obScrEa-
! ton combined with constant reports.
! showed US before noon that this advance
| was not being pushed with much FiG"r'
! and later (the right of III" FIRST DIVISION
! being thrust forward toward Eaudoy. the
left of the second division At Ormeanx)
! as We attempted to close with them IT
, was discovered that general retreat
, was in progress covered ny rear guards;
\ visit which l paid TO the Second
! Corps on HaiEs left confirmed this I'M
on this day I gave orders that the the
! enemy was 70 be closely presse6 ana
. that, if possible the line Of the Grand
! NORM River was 10 be made Eooo oe1ore
j As a matter Of fact this was not done
J till the next day. but considerable 1ur-
| Their advance was made. Our cavalry
! from CaStinS drove the enemy pach
! On the morning Of September the
, Second cavalry brigade was acting as
! left flank TO the cavalry division, WIN
| III. Ninth lanccrS as advance guard 10
! on rcaching Fretoy the village Of
: Mrucel wis found to be occupied py
; patrol of Germans. and was taken al q
! Sallop by tho leading troop, followed py
! tho one remaining machine gun OF the
i r.simcnt. About i troop and Il halI &C
cUmranird by. the commandinG 9it,Sei
| Iicutcnan; Colonel u. Carnhell. and MAJ
! or Br.;lr-lirownc. moved up on the lett
! of the village. Shortly atterward two
! squadruuS of the First Gardc Dragoner
troop Of tho Ninth lanccrs after little
| street lighting. y third DragoneT squad
! ron then came up TO the village from the
! north in support. The troop and half
, Of the Ninth lancrrS. led by the com
| manding officer and second in command
! attacked this squadron in perfect order
! charged the left half Of the German
| squadron and pierced it with loss. ootn
| sides frcng the charge: tho Germans
al a fifteen mile rate and inc Ninth Ian
Gers at speed. -,
Swlngin: round after the charge. the
! Ninth lancrrs Eain"d the village anu
| rallied on the south Of II. AT the same
! time the Eighteenth husSars, who hap
! he.n sent up in support, drove OH t!F
| Germans by fire from the wood on tof
! left OF the village. In TINS charse ny
| Campbell was wounded in the arm BY
! Il lance and in the leg by bullet, both
| wounds. however. being slight. The ad-
/ iutant. Captain G. +. Reynolds. was: sew
i erelY wounded in the shoulder by
| lance. Lieutenant Alfrey, the machine
| gun officer. who must have gone 10 ms
assistance from the village. was ki!neo
while extracting the lance from Captain
! Reynolds Our casualties were slight
! one officer Lieutcnant Altrsy( kilIed.
! two men killed: two officers (Lieutenant
| Colonel Camphrll and Captain EeynoldS)
wounded and 1--WE men wounded the
! numbers of Germans left on the ground
! was considerable.
i Shortly aftrrward. I battery r F. A.
was moved to the north OF the village
! and thu Eighteenth huSSars were sent
10 Faujus and to- Il line Of trees 10 the
! south Of that village.
3 squadron. Eighteenth huSSars. un-
! der Major Levcson. took up position
. BY this line of trees. diSmounti ing In the
! cornStalkS and was immediately charged
! by German squadron IN perfect oroer.
! The Eighteenth huSsarS squad ron met
: the charge with well directed hre at
! close range and the German squadron
! was almost annihiated. A few passed
the horse holders. Thirty-two dead and
| wounded Germans wore counted on the
ground in front of the squadron. and Of
! the sixty or seventy which charged not
more than n dozen escaped.
\ second charge was atternpte dshort-
~ aftcrward but did not approach closer
p: than 400 yards.
! Aircraft at night reported the Ger
; ing north nearly all day. TO have entered
large forest from which we supposed
them TO be debouching through Lizy
north of the wood.
serve. but moved up during the day
| little on our left rear.
On this day saw most Of the troops
and found thnm in excellent spirits.
| The Sixth French army. on our left.
was opposed chiefly by the German
| Fourth Reserve corps. which. however.
was reinforced by q considerable part OF
The retiring Second corps The Fourth
toward this part of the battlefield.
The Fifth French army. on our right.
after heavy days desperate fighting.
reached the line -Estcrnay-
: close of the advance and lighting on the
! sixth I returned TO Mciun to receive
reports and ascertain the general situ-
alton Of the allied forces. It was per-
abandoned the offensive and was in full
retreat toword tho Marne I srnt dis
patch to General Jofrre. telling him Of
our work during the day and the points
We had reached. and requested instruc-
tions from him for tho seventh.
| Very late at night l got his reply tell
! Ing me that the Fifth army had made
good progress. which had been mate
! rally helped by tho pressure of the Brit
/ sh forces east Of the en"my's right
! move tomorrow. but In a rather more
northerly direction.
During tho night Of the sixthsevcnth
it became necessary to study the Situa-
|
| plan presuppnSed continued German
advance to the south and southeast. Gull
| ninating In great attack on tho Firth
| and Ninth French armies. His dircc-
lions to me- OH Tho NTH were to move
! east and attack this advance in flank
It was to attain that object that the
moves OF the 9Th were ordered. and. ms a
matter Of fact, tho kfrst CorpS under
Haig did move almost due cast. The
troops which opposed him were on that
/ day supposed to be the flank guard or
| the enemy which was attacking the
Fifth French Army.
| As stated above, I spent some fine
! In tho morning ~ the 9th with tho First
| Corps but it was not before noon that
! the possibility of Il German Retirement
+; began to take shape in my mind. The
! conviction that such retirement was
iactually taking place was Increased as
! the day wore on and after my visits TO
the Second and Third Corps,
! It was on my return to Meiun late IN
| the evening Of this day that air and in
l1elii4eneA reports. combined with the