The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-06-06


For two nights and two the ex
haust men of the 32nd Division
struggled, first, to obtain footinl
on the bank of the river, and then t.
crossit.
The 128th Infantry, attacking
Fismes in the night Of August 81
Ibut repulsed with heavy losses, wal
relieved by the 18th Infantry, which
late on the afternoon of the 4th, LED
|by such o-cers as LIST 1t. Roy G
1Dickop, who after being MORALLY
wounded, gave the order, Charge
land led the assault of his company
until he fell dead, succeeded in gett
ling one battalion the town. 1t dug in
on the river bank and stayed there
|under ma unceasing storm Of machine
gun fire and artillery bombardment
which was also sweeping all the roads
in the rear as far back rs Dravegny.
Patrols Reach River
Meantime, the 125th Infantry, in
the left sector, was held to the bluffs
by the enemy's fire, except for a few
patrols which reached the river.
Through the gallantry of officers like
End Its. G. w. Huffman and ]. S.
Cotton, and Sgt. w. A. Hartman, and
the other enlisted men who accom-
had already thoroughly reconnoitered
sites for pontoon bridges at Fismes,
and by morning of the 5th they had
bridge material ready to lay, but as
no wagons could live in the town, and
the north banks of the river was not
secured, the material was not sent up
too close.
During the 5th the French division
on the right succeeded in occupying
the southern bank in its sector in
force, while Col. Langdon, of the 1877
tn Infantry, and Gen. Conner in
of the 63rd Brigade, labor
ed to build up line on the north
bank by gradually passing individ-
lals and email groups across the river |
BY that evening the losses in the |
he 127th Infantry had less than 400 |
effectives left, and the ,other regi |
nents were not in much better case,
while the state of exhaustion of the
whole division was such that the
Third United States Corps. since Aug.
in place OF the 38th
french Corps, ordered it relieved by
he 2Sth United States Division, and
retired for rest to the area between
and Cierges, the command
ag general of the 2Sth Division TAX
NJ command of the Fislnes sector at
aylight, August 7th.
Attack on Juviqny
Geo Hayes, wounded here Aug.
D tn. p.m.-There remains to be
lentioned to the credit of the 32nd
vision one more engagement, and
lis a very important one, previous g
the battle of the Argonne- name
), it's attack on Juvigny. |(
aErly in August the British and {
rensh armies began pounding in the q
lad of the enemy's Amiens salient. [
ressur also continued, but without d
UGH success, on the Vesle front, .
18th the object Of eventually pushing D
ross the Aisne and recovering the Il
d French positions on the Cheimin b
IS Danes. e,
About the Goth of the month, in
der to aid the progress of both these H
lacks, the French began driving a C
edge into the German front between
,issons and the Disc river, which
the 28th had developed a salient
e left side of which flanked the <
emy's Hindenburg line near the q
Sc, while its right side was moving q
stward squarely across the flank
e Aisne and the Ailette.
The Germans knew that if this
nix attack could not be stopped
emin des Danes positions were all
omed, and perhaps Laon as well, c.
d they fought nercely to retain
cir foothold. From the vicinity of J,
. Disc to scissors, the 18th, 7th, 4,
h, LIST and goth French Corps, con- n
re pressing the attack, and on }.
gust 26th the 32nd United States
vision, its strength to some ex-
It, though by no means complete n
restored by requirements, was
Tered up from its rest area near
avegny to the 30th French Corps. II
ere during the night Of August II
28,it relieved the 127th French
yision in the front line.
Continued next week. Hi
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