The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-07

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AMERICAN E%PE dictionary
FORCES
Genera Orders No. GET.
France. Ncv 10. 1918.
~%a --,--r~,a rdcr in chief desires
n make ~ record in the general |
orders 81 the American Expediaonary +
ro-~~S f.@ extreme Satisfaction with
fhe sS<1rss.r. Of ire officers and SOL i
afe~x ~ the F4rst division IN It's ad- /,
vance ws~s IT the Meuse between &c
sof-s- and II. 1918 During this
period the division gained A distance |
Of sewer kflometers over country !
which presented not only rernarkanie
facilities for enemy defense out also !
great difficulties OF terrain Tor the
operation Of our troops
Z. The division met with resistance /
from elements Of eight hostile dfvi- |
sdons. most Of which were first class
troops and some Of which were com
pietAly rested The enemy chose TO
defend fts position to the death and
the fighting was always OF the most
desperate kind Throughout the
operations the officers and men OF the
division displayed the highest tyre OF
roura ~. fnrtttude and self sacrificing
devotfon to duty. In addition 10 many
enemy killed, the division captured
one thousand four hundred and seven
~ the enemy, thirteen II nm field
runs ten trench mortars and nurner-
ous machine guns and stores
3. The success OF the division m
driving a deep advance into the
eneny's territory enabled an assault
TO be made on the left by the neigh
hprtrr division against the northeast
portion OF the forest of ArEonne, and
enabled the First division to advance
to the right and outfank the enemy's
u porftion In front OF the division on
That flank.
4. The com nnander -in-chief has
noted In this division a special pride
OF service and a high state OF morale,
newer broken by hardships nor battle.
.;5- H., This order viii he read to All
{ examinations at the FIRST assem- bly,
formation after its receipt. C4,7so-
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fs-sa Ysv .fsesY,.ranH e,f General 4rter~f,tnr:
JAMES w McANDREW,
Chief OF staff.
Il OFFICIAL:
ROBERT e. DAVIS,
Adtutant-C,eneral
On tire night that the division was
relieved the division commander,
Major General Charles T. Sun1meralt
was assigned To the command Of the
Fifth Army corps He was succeeded
by frigadier C General Frank Parker.
5 from the First Infantry brigade.
From Ciermont, the division pro-
] cecded 10 the Vavtncourt area 10 be
reconstructed and re~equinped- After
h about tim days Of training, the divi-
& ei4sn returned IA the front and was
4 attached to the Fifth corps as corps
reserve On tho night Of October 81.
II marched 10 the vicinity of IVORY,
& In readiness for the attack Of Novsm~
Der /.
On the morning ~ November !, the
Fifth corps attacked, with the End
and ssth divisions in line and the
First division in reserve. making a
gNin OF Ia kilometers the first day
The First division moved forward
ready to 70 I'm when needed. II was
not called On until the night Of NO
vember SIS. when II went into line,
jumping ~ from the Beaumont
LA1nevilie bad In the early morning
and advancing against slight res!s-
tance- BY 800 A. NJ. 1t had taken
that portion Of Mouzon on the west
hank OF the Heuse. Later, patrols
went into the main part of the town
on the east bank, finding II strongly
held. BY the end OF one day the
division had taken Autreville.
On the night of November 81, the
First division advanced towards
morning the 9Th infantry had taken
Pont MauHis and, in ntun ction with
the 42nd division, advanced within
three kf,crneters Of Sedan. The 28th
infantry had taken and gone beyond
the village of Chcvenges, and the goth
Infantry was past St Afghan. In two
xAyy and two nights they had fought
their way almost Is kflometers, lib-
Grating q great stretch of territory
west OF the Meusc. From November
to midnight November rs, the regi-
4 1saants had marched from ~ To II
Ii kflcnfeters About noon OF the 7th OF
" 1(Uveub Der, orders were received from
& me- corps. directing that the First
U A1vtn1on fan back to the line Auue-
Il eonrt La Besace, leaving the line 10
a4he lznd division.
ss " During the advance against Mouzon
nnd the operations south and south
Sa6n0k Of Eedan, the division captured
Mx1 nf4&oners, one II nm gun, 2 anti
INK gums, rolling Kitchens, ration
0xn. = number of machine guns and
III all quantities Of stores The casu-
#fk50g amounted To rs officers and
M1v4e4 men killed. wounded and
s# NOVEMBER IL
On November IL came the srnts-