The sun., 1919-01-12

stretched from Hill ECO to point east
OF Dun sur Meuse.
Nine Men Rout Battery.
Lieut.. Hartman, commanding the
I'd Battalion, 9th Infantry; Lieut.. Col.
West and Col. Peck. commanding the
18th Infantry, had done especially fine
work. The latter in person attacked
a hostile battery and. with a detach-
mcnt of nine men, inflicted such in
turies on the animals and personnel
az TO force tho abandonment of the
battery and its capture the next day
in the attacks of the nth Infantry
which followed.
NOVEMBER 6.
We resumed the attack, the 12Sth
Infantry having been attached TO the
! rigade for this purpose. The Eeiser
Battalion. 9Th Infantry. smashed the
resistance in the Bcis de Sartellc, ad-
vancing to its assigned objective: the
18th Infantry passed through and al .
vanced TO the vicinity of Hill 35S. The
18th Infantry, as on the preceding day.
swept aside all resistance. capturing
Bois de- Chenols, Bois de Fayel. Les
t'onzy Bots. Murvaux, Hills 343 and
3i4 and gained a footholl in the Bots
de Corrol.
10 Attack 100 Boches.
At 10 a. NJ. Lieut.. Hartman. 9Th
Infantry, sent n patrol Of eighteen
men under Lieut.. Stapleton to Nilosnes,
which occupied the town. capturing
four prisoners, and killed four enemy
troops. The patrol then attacked a
German trench containing approx
mately 100 enemy troops and one ma
chine gun, which were preventing the
French from crossing the Meuse on
the bridge they Mad thrown. The
French successfully crossed and the
town OF Nilosnes was turned over TO
them.
NOVEMBER :.
Wet, hungry and tired, our troops
resumed the attack. The 18th
infantry. with splendid dash, com
pleted the capture of Bots du Corrol
and conquered half of the Bois de
Brardeville against the opposition OF
a new regiment of Saxon troops that
had been rushed to the scene durine
our advance.
The 9Th Infantry consolidated It.
position. The 12sth Infantry adj
vanced to IIill $40 where the growing
resistance OF the enemy arrested
further progress.
We lay all night upon our con-
ouered ground in the wet under a
downpour OF artillery fire and raked
by fire Of hostile machine guns.
NOVEMBER 3.
Our attack was continued. The
Keiser Battalion, 9Th Infantry
marching via Hill 3Ss, attacked and
captured H!ll 37S. overlooking
Brandevile. The 18th Infantry. NOV
ing under the personal leadership OF
Col. Peck, swept the enemy from his
last ditch in the Bots de Brandeville
and then sent on a platoon into the
town of Brandcville, which II entered
at $50 \. NJ.
"a Great Victory Had Deen Won"
The 12Sth Irfantry sent one bat.
TALON into Brandeville. We reached
all the detectives assigned us. The
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our possession. A great victory had
been won.
NOVEMBER Q.
The position was organized and
consolidation was begun. Recon
/ noissarce to the front was pushed
vigorously. The remaining battalion:
Of the 9th Infantry were sent forth tc
occupy the second position and ar.
rangements were made to return The
l2Sth Infantry to the reserve position
Reconnaissance during the day
demonstrated that the enemy haG
withdrawn. and pursuit was immedi.
ately ordered. Col. Peck in person
! had led the reconnaissance OF his
regiment. had passed through the
/ southern extremity Of the Bots de
! Murvaux to the east OF the Bots d.
| Rcmoivllle ana had encountered nc
| resistance which he thought he coult
| not overcome. He had carried for
ward a telephone line and was abb,
to report the results OF his recon
| Nuisance direct to tho brigade com
nander His regiment was therefor'
pushed forward and he advanced a
once with great vigor
The hostile rear guard was encoun
tered near the Bots Moncel, attacked
and scattered. His troops followed
the retreat closely, capturing Loupp,
at 4:55 T. NJ. Remoiville at 1885 i. NJ
and Jametz at about 9 +. NJ
Clothes Froxe on Our Men.
To reach the latter objective. tn,
1st Battalion. under Col. Peck
| forded the river south of Janet,
under machine gun fire and RENAME,
exposed during the remainder OF tn
night, their clothes freezing upor
their persons About fifty prisoner
were picked up from scattered rem
HINTS ON W.