Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-05-01

10 step IN nut 10 30 StIdlBut dHedu
west OF it, other Americans divis
ions had taken their places similar
ly in long line. The drive was
to extend over 40 mile front. L
was to stretch form East of yerdur
Ito west OF the Argonne forest
There were some French to take
part at the east end at the west enc
of this 40 miles, but mostly the line
was American.
Soon after midnight on the
might of the 25th a wonderful ar
tilery preparation began along The
whole 40 miles. PJust as hundreds
Iof guns of immense size, and hun
dreds of smaller size, lay comou
lflaged behind the Ninety First, 81
other hundreds were roaring be-
hind coach of the other divisions
The volume of sound was amazing
Ito these boys of Washington, Ore
gon, California, Utah, Montana, and
men to this division. They were
in front of most of the guns, but
there were guns all arond them
For hours this went on, Kidding the
German positions for miles. 1.
The hour was $50 a. m. That
hour on the 26th of September is
fateful one for hundreds of west
ern parents. 1t was then the Nine-
ty First went over the top, and with
in a few days from that time, ana
within few miles of the Foret IS
Hesse, most of the men lost by he
division in France had given their
| lives.
The writer spoke to some OF the
men of the 364th as they went IN
l"Giye EN- hell, Buddy he said to
one group; and to another, GO get
EN-, boys.' you bet l will" came
the answer. Not, you bet WE
will" That was the spirit with
which the doughboys went in. Each
seemed to feel it was right up to
him. The faces confirmed it.
From September &c to October
the Ninety First fought magnificent
ly. General Headquarters congrat
ulatedsit in telegram. Many OF
the men were too brave for the
good of the army: in their absence
of fear they got wounds not always
necessary: often they would not
take cover
On the 4th of October the diyis-
ion .'came OUT, another division re-
lieying it. TIT rested three days
in a woods from which it had re-
Gently driven the Germans. Then
there was a call for two regiments
and the 361st and the 362nd In
fantry were sent and fought I'LL
slow stages to the region of Bar-le-
Due and there the 961st and 362nd
joined them October Is.
The fighting of the division from
September 26 to October 10 was
principally near the following VII
Gesnes, and Charpenthy. Only the
best maps show these villages,
which are all tiny. They are only
few miles apart, and range from
IL to rs miles west, and slightly
north of Verdun Just to the south |
west of the area is Varennes;
miles to the north is Romagne; just
at the northeast edge is Montfau-
ron these three places are shown |
on smaller maps.
In these villages, in the numer-
GUS woods and thickets that lie be-
tween them, in dugouts on sidehills,
and ravines, the Germans made I
most determined resistance to the
Ninety First. They did not send
out infantry to fight, but posted
scores of rifle snipers and machine
gun men, many of whom would
shoot until the Americans got right
to them, then would cry Kamerad.
The country was rough and hard TO
fight through, the advantage being
with the defender Yet under such
conditions the men made mile after
mile in spite of many casualties. Il
After a short rest ten miles north I
westerly from Barbecue, the d. {
rision entrained for Belgium. The s
shown on most maps). The des- s
ination was Roulers, in Belgium, Z
Is miles east of Ypres and $50 mile $
~ rail from Reyigny. The men {
eft Revigny October IT. From Oc-
ober IT to 20 the men remained
,aek of the Belgium front, in or
On the 18th they be- k
Jan to go forward again. With the ?
Id men now were several thousand a
lew men, not from the country west =
# the Rockies but principally from J,
ohio, Indiana. Illinois, and Iowa,
God men likewise.
Orders we're to attack at $3.50
!. m. October 81 on three and one ;,
alf mile front. running roughly !.
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