Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-17

dry canal bed near Samogneaux with the Mouse at it's back.
 On the morning of the attack. Oct. Sth, the corps front held as follows: S3rd, 29th, 18th Frenhh and 26th French.
 The 18th division was to seize the high ground up to the Etrayes Ridge and the series of intervening hills and woods, then swing north east and east in order to push the enemy entirely from the heights of the Mouse into the plains of the Woeyre, at the same time advancing to the strong position of Herbebois and to Flagas.
 The attack was unusually success ful. On the first day the 29th ad- vanced about six kilometers. The 18th infantry took Malbrouck Hill and pushed on through the woods of Consenvoye. This regiment reached the northern edge of the woods by noon, but the division on it's right was held up in the Bois d'haumont
 The SSrd division was required to cross over the Mouse at Brabant and Consenvoye Bridges were built at these two places in broad daylight under constant artillery fire. The troops which got across immediately dug in for the night in the Bois de Chaumes.
 By the evening of Oct. 9th five bat talions of the 33rd were across the river. The infantry reached the fur ther edge of the Bois de Chaumes by noon, and patrols reached as far as Sivrey Late in the day the Ger mans counter-attacked with a con siderable force against the right of the 33rd and particularly against the 29th. There was great difficulty in maintaining contact between the two divisions. This lack of contact be- came more noticeable on the follow ing day, when one regiment of the 33rd, having advanced to the edge of Sivrey. was forced to dig in, in order to protect its flank. The troops of the 29th on that day were under a terrific concentration of enemy fire. They made a new attack in order to get beyond the Molleville clearing, but on the right no advance could be made. The left of the division sue ceeded in joining up with the line of the 3Srd in the Bois Plat-Chene.
 Hun counter-Attacks Fail.
 The 3rd division held it's positions without further advance until Oct 22nd, when it was relieved. The 29th struggled forward under an ever in- creasing heavy fire. On Oct. 11th new attack made no progress. The following day the Hath infantry, act ing under the order sof the 18th French division attacked the Bois dOrmont. Later the 18th infantry attacked from the northwest and reached the edge of the woods. These troops were unable to hold their posi- tion. On Oct. 18th the enemy deliv- cred two violent counter-attacks on the 18th, but were unable to drive our troops out. On Oct. 18th the 18th regiment began an attack against Molleville Farm and up to the ridge of La Grande Montague. It reached it's objective on the left but was held up on the right. On the fol- lowing day the regiment was relieved at the edge of La Grande Montague by the 26th.
 On Oct. 23rd the 29th division with one regiment of the 26th, carrled the Etrayes Ridge. finally occupying the Pylone, the observatory on it's crest. On the following day the 29th division repulsed counter-attack, while the 26th attempted to get through the Bois de Belleu. The 26th repulsed three counter attacks
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