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regiment. From june 6 TO Sept 10
the 372nd was stationed in the bloody
| Argonne forest. On the night OF
! Sept. 25th they were summoned 70
take part in the Argonne offensive
and were in that terrific drive, one
OF the decisive engagements of the
| war, from Sept. 26 to Oct. Z. In
\ the nine days battle the Negroes not
only proved their fighting qualities
| in an ordeal such as men have rare
! ly been called upon to face, but
these qualities, in deadly striking
power and stubborn resistance in
crises, stood out with such distinc-
| ton that the regiment won the COW
eted Croix de Guerre
During the battle they aided in
| the capture OF 600 prisoners, mr.
teen big guns, twenty minenwerfers,
rounded up an enormous amount Of
engineering material, large supplies
Of artillery munition and brought
down three German airplanes. For
| these achievements they were at once
cited for bravery and efficiency in
the general orders issued by their
French commander, list Of the S72nd
IN this and the previous iightng
! carried 500 names OF men killed,
wounded and gassed.
/ Another regiments recOrd-that OF
the .309th. formerly the Fifteenth
New York, commanded by Col Will
| liam HarvyWard ex-public service
commissioner-re as high a
credit on the soldierly qualities OF
| the Negro race. The 369th was in
thc Champagne offensive as part
cf the Fourth army, commanded by
Cen. Gouraud a few miles west of
/ the Argonne forest. These are Col,
/ Hayward's own words describing the
drive that tried out his mem
al 5:25 IN the assault was
] launched, and assault that kept as
( Daulting 80 far as our division was
! concerned for twelve days, in which
we crossed rivers, captured towns,
cut and climbed through acres and
acres Of barbed wire ENGAGEMENTS,
stcrmed bluffs. ridges and hills Tor
4 fourteen kilometers, all the way fac
ing stubborn and terribly effective
artillery and machine gun fire.
when we crossed the Dormois
river, where 1t wiaened into a
swamp, the hoche was Smelling in
dustriously, and il locked like a
hailstorm on the surface OF Inc water.
( ! saw shells break from cOncussion
when they nit the water the same
as ca the ground. Much OF the
tire we had to lean over and shout
into each others ears to be heard.
AT the end OF twelve days we
came cut with out division, what
was left Of us. which included twenty
officers"
At the very last the S69th won
another distinction. The following
is from The Stars and Stripes, the
organ of the American troops in
france:
The furthest north at II O'clock
(when the arnistice went into eifect)
On the front OF the two armies was
held at the extreme American lefl
up Sedan way, by the troops OF tho
nth Division Tho furthest east
the nearest to the Rhinewas helt
by those Negro soldiers who uset
ITO make up the cid New York fif
teeth and have long been brlgadeC
with the French Thcy were il
Alsace, and their lire ran through
Thanh and across the railway tina
leads to Colmar."
How Negro Division Fights.
Next to see Negro division in
action
The 92nd Division was composed
Of The 193rd Infantry Brigade, con
sisting Of The 366th and 966th In
fantry Regiments and the 360th' Ma
:. chine Gun Battalion; the 1S4 Infantry
Brigade composed OF the S67th ane
36Gth infantry Regiments and TIC
351st Machine Gun Battalion; the
iG7th Artillery Brigade, consisting OF
: the 349th, the 350th and the S5lst
Artillery Regiments; and Inc 3islI
Machine Gun Battalion, the Sl7ih
Trench Mortar Battalion, the S17tl
Engineers Regiment, the glth In
gineers Tram, Tire 3lith Ammuni-
ton Train, ihe 3l1th Supply Train
the 3l7th Train Headquarters, the
Sind Military Police Company; thc
3l7tb Sanitary Train, comprising thl
365th, tie 366th the 357th, the .36Sil
Field and Hospital aud Ambusne,
Companies, GOO oil the cheers Of IN.
i'd vision were Negroes.
Soon after the 92nd was thorough.
" organized II took over the Mar
bache sector. Here their activity il
trench raids on The German earnet
from the Germans the nane q
81 ack Devils b. these raids thel
drove The Germans north beyond Gre
haut and Vcivrotto 10 Chomi1o
bridge In the hoDo of putting {
chr Ok on these attacks tho boehe:
tried to destroy the bridge ans
fl oded the country
Up to this time he 92nd had neve,
been in & battle. The only regimen
IN il 'nat h4d seen tig eagagepen
was the 369th Infantry, when tool
part in the Afgonne forest The al
Visions chance came in the GIly
on Metz. They we're notified at
o'clock Sunday morning, Nov 10
The motto, see il through OF tn
'Bunaloos,n the seth infantry. train
ed at Camp Upt0n echosd throusl
thc whole division.
They began their advance at
o'clock from Pont-a- Mcussson. 70
fore them was valley ccmnlaade,
by the heavy guns Of Metz and b,
nests Of German machine guns. Tn;
Negroes seemed to realize that Their,
for the first time was the great op
portunity to show their mettle--tha
for the first time they were goini
to battle division A sense Of race
eoliderity poafossed ihem uniting
their purpose as nc amoNut Of drill
inG could. and they were a literally
terrible f0o as thay plunged tcrwarf
IS Preny. So rapidly did they
advance that the list Of casualties
considering the rain of shells, wa.
small. Their objective for the day
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