Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-30
HEROES, OF EIGHTIETH
HAVE PROUD RECORD
Sailed for France May, 1913 Now Return Thrice Having
Broken Hun Line, Losing Few More Than
5000 Men During Service

s,nse has ina beeG sGo '"a% 'wS ysars
three Hundred and Eighteenth In
ismtry. Of tho Eigh,icth Division.
n n1iieh Tor France In that time the
much TO the success Of the allied arms.
NlrSinians. West NirGinians and
in ,ni,iny made up, the unit
wearing upon his shoulder the proud
insignia. three blue peaks on field
.iSlon Tor the range Of beloved noun
,ains is common to tho three States
from which the soldiers came
With exceeding skill in organizing
IN" division. ono of tho original twelve
authorized by tho War Department.
Major General Adclbert Cromkh,c.
west Point graduate, and a soldier OF
iorty-on" years experience, picked tho
men carefully according to their home
ties
Elements Were Localized.
Plantation wins great regard ana
brought out thcrcby the best results
IN the field. as N" record of the al
VISION shows. Nirguians. Pcnnsyl-
Nanians and Yves, Virrinians mad" ,ip
me units. as follows: one Hundred
m ahr tif ,, hrigadc virgiiniams:
,hine-Gun Battalion. Nir@inians, Three
nnndred and Seventeenth Infantry,
ana Eishtccnth Infantry, Eastern Vir-
tinians: Three Hundred and Nine
,eenth and Three hundred and Twcn-
iieth. Pittsburgh and Wcs;fuoreIaud
county, PENNSYLVANIA, Three IInndrod
md Thirtecnth and Three Hundred
no FIFTEENTH Machtn"-';un Battnlions,
fifth EnEin""rs. Southern pennsyl-
Sanians; Supply. Sanitary and Ammu-
ilI n1d rains iyanians; one
Brigade West Vrigii,ans: iicaJGiiar
ifrs Jr2op Milt'ary i'olicc and Three
hundred and Fifth Field Signal Bat
selected
Orcr.ens Movement BcEinn
Organization was completed August
-" l'li. at Camp Lee. Va. with an au-
'horized strength Of 5000 men. TO
was kept as the recruits flcd through
nc mastering Offices, and 10000 men
comprised the EiShtieth was finally
completed.
From August, 1917. until May u.
isls. Inc men we're trained with a
Igor That knew only the requisite OF
SGst. from carly morning until the
Nlrs!nia sun set low in tho vest the
soldiers OF TN" three States trod The
sand% stretches Of the camp. or hour
u hour dug th"Ir hayoncts into the
ddnLnn n, thai skirted the eastern Dor
most year Of this training the move.
frent overseas began.
Attacked by Submarines
Preceding the other units, the hi-
yisionai hcadquar;era set out from
Rrcst. on May 30, the transpor,
Leviathan was attacked by fotilla
~ boats. variously estimated at
from two TO seven, but warded off the
attack and made safely into pori. Fol-
owing h"adIuaricrs. other units de-
Naziare. Bordeaux and Brest
From the ports the division. tess the
art!llery. "as sent 10 Calais. where
American Mere exchanged for British
arms. BY tho middle OF June the men
w yer, assemble BIZ. In a training area near
s 30 Th S T Tere mere 'nsructsd
Division.
The artillery was sen. to Redon,
horses and equipment After training
Gnli! AGsusi iney We're assembled At
the middle OF September.
CnsunIties 100 In Ausu.t
The alta chmcnt 10 the British was
not only for training, however. II was
Tor sunpor, in emergency. and partici-
natcd actively IN the operations OF the
Third Army. with which IL was scrv-
'9s tntil August 20 it was posted
along secondary lines between ALBERT
and Arras, and took post In the front
Tine trenches nearby.
several hattai!ons hold independent
went over the iop Win ia. New
Heaianders. two Other reEitnc,ts dur
n ps is ,' o u4PH pI ,b IN hTse SGas
gus, the casually list reached 800.
Tren they began TO move into the
American sector From the Artois sec
TOT tho division was transported by
rail through Amiens Via Paris 20 the
Fourteenth Training area between
where il remained in comfortable Bill
lets until August 81. On september |
vile and later marched TO the from
vile area While in the latter it com
5osesd the reserNs , Of the First Army
Septcm Der lc-l5, except the Tire. Hun
l[ed and Twentieth Infantry and the
Gun Battalion. which were attached TO
the Second French CoIonia! Corps.
Artillery Rejoins Division.
The artillery then rejoined the divi-
First Army had begun On the night
Of September 2i-o5 The entire one Him
ddred and sixtisth Brigade. which had
division in attack in the Mcuse-Ar-
Sonne offensive, was concentrated in
while the one Hundred and Fifty
ninth. or support brigade. was Assem-
oiled in reserve in the Bots de Sartelle.
west of Nerdun. That night the one
Hundred and I'ifty-dfth Field Artillery
Brigade occupied its previously Sc
south slope OF Dead Mans Hill. on the
25th orders We're issued that the ex-
=. NJ. the following morning
Gain Entire Objective.
Strangely eXaggerating the silent
distances OF the night, a low moon
artillery OF the First Army opened lis
preparation. Supporting and support
ed by other units. the Eightie;h was
stationed opposite the village OF Beth
incourt then destroyed. For two
days the battle was waEed, and on the
27th the entire objective within its
sector was taken by the division a
reserve OF the Th!rty-third Division
then relieved the Eightcth. Less the
artillery and the Three Hundred and
Eighteenth Infantry. the division then
issiaa.ed 10 the Bots Montfaucon in the
IN this offensive they had opposed