Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-17
BY w. R. WEBB First Sergeant, Army Service Corps, A. B. F.

NauquOlS. In1S town Is noted Tn h1S- tory as being the place where Louis 16th and Marie Antoinette were captured in their flight from Paris and taken back to Paris to the guillo- tine.
 33rd Performs Wonderful Feat.
 The crosisng of the Forges stream by the 33rd division was a wonderful feat. Duckboards were thrown over the enemy wire entanglements in some places and elsewhere the men waded through swampy ground under deadly fire. By noon this division had reached its objective along the Mouse.
 The 37th division entered Ivoiry and took hill 25S, southwest of the town, but was later withdrawn. The right flank of the 37th division and the left regiment of the 18th attacked Montfaucon on the next day, Sept 27th, despite furious resistance, the 313 infantry got into the town, follow ed by troops of the 37th division who mopped up the position. Montfaucon was the principal observation post of the Meuse-Argonne front and has an altitude of 1000 feet From it's crest an excellent view can be obtained of the battlefield. the wooded heights of the Argonne on the west, the hills be. yond the Mouse on the east and on the last day we were there we could see Verdun, about 20 miles away.
 One of the interesting sights here was the concrete observation post built in a chateau, extending from the cellar up through two stories to the roof. equipped with a stairway and elevator. From this chateau was a tunnel running back to the bottom of the hill and it is said that twice dur. ing the war the Crown Prince came to this especially built observation post and from it's recesses directed the battle of Verdun in person. The German newspapers commented on the bravery of the Crown Prince in his presence on the front lines and this box with a 4x10 inch opening was the nearest the front line he ever got.
 On the right the 33rd division held its ground along the Mouse according to orders. The 4th division pushed forward to the northern edge of the Bois de Brielulles, where they met strong opposition as also in the Bois de Faye. The S0th division reached it's objective, except on the left, where it was held up by the 4th divi- sion's unsuccessful advance
 91st Was Busy Division.
 On the extreme left troops of the 77th division had reached their ob- jective while, further east. the 91st, 37th and 18th were pushing forward ofn al 91st made a particularly successful advance, going ahead of both the di- wilson's on its Hanks, but, because these could not keep up, it was forced to abandon ground won at great cost. The 91st soon ran into increasingly murderous fire, but on Sept. 29th, after having cleared the Bois de Baulny and the -Bois de Epinettes, it renewed it's attack. Though held up at .Cierges, it cleared the woods of that name and. on the left, reached the woods of the Tronsol farm. An other attack, ordered in the after noon, was successful along the front of the 91st and resulted in the cap ture of Gesnes. On the left the line went beyond the Rois de la Morine and the Bois de Chene Sec.
 Tn this section of the Argonne Forest near Gesnes is a little village by the name of Romagne, which has been donated by the French govern ment to the American government to be used as one of the three national cemeteries for the American dead. When I was there last April I found that every effort was being made for the proper re-burial of those who lost their lives in the Argonne battle and at that time some 24,000 of the American dead were buried there, making it the largest American war cemetery in foreign lands.
 At 4 o'clock this afternoon the commander of the 91st learned that the leading elements of the 35th, on his left. had fallen back from Exer- mont, while on the right the Bois de Emont had been evacuated by the leading units of the 37th division. Tkis left the Hanks of the 91st in a perilous position and placed the di- vision in danger of being cut off by the enemy. The 91st sent word to the 37th to move forward far enough to cover the right flank, but received reply that such a move was impos' sible The 35th, on the left of the 91st, was also in a tight place and was retiring to Baulny, having sent out appeals for help on both Hanks.