Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26

was on CenSOrSlllp proHlUlteu He"S VI this character going out. This article came from the "Stars and Stripes, a copy of which was recently sent to his father by T. J. Sparkes, Jr., who went through with the 32nd and is still in Europe.
 The gallant struggles of the various American divisions which jumped off in the initial attack of September 26, GOT of those which had replaced them in line. and the results achieved by them up to the morning of October 4, have now been outlined. Necessarily, in view of limitations of space and the magnitude of the forces engaged, this outline has been and must con tinue to be, too brief to include many references to the numberless recorded deeds of individuals and of subsidiary units, which could give, in infinite var iety, the lessons of actual warfare and the inspiring color of valor and self-sacrifice to more detailed mar ration.
 Nor has the progress of the battle in other parts of the arena of war dur ing this same period been ever men, tiOned, in a word, however, Bulgaria had capitulated on October l, the Brit ish in Palestine were in Damascus on the 3rd, while on the French front British and French troops entered St. Quentin on the 2nd, and Armentieres fell to the British on the 3rd, the en- emy everywhere retiring from long prepared positions before the advance of the victorious armies.
 In the Champagne, the right flank of the Fourth French Army was, on the 3rd, beyond Binarville, at the edge of the Argonne, whence its front stretched west and northwest with Condo -Lez-Autry, Marvaux and Som- me-Py we'll within the French lines, and Reims almost delivered from it's four years virtual investment by the enemy. Great and uninterrupted sue cess was attending the Allied armies everywhere, because everywhere the enemy's diminishing forces were being constantly hammered by superior numbers.
 After the Initial Lunge
 On the American front the situation on the evening of October 3 was that at practically every point the impulse of the original attack had spent it. self; the forces which had made that attack had either already reached or were rapidly approaching a state of physical exhaustion too complete for further aggressive action, while the problem of supply for such huge num- bers of men and animals over the few available roads presented grave and constantly increasing embarrass- mentS.
 Moreover, the enemy had added tc the number of opposing troops in the sector as greatly as was possible 1T view of the activities elsewhere. On the right and in the center, the Amer. jean divisions had fought themselve; forward to the front of the Kriem hilde-Stellung, the fourth German line of defense, made up not so much o1 connected trenches as of multitude of deadly machine gun nests.
 On the left, around the immensely strong bastion of the Argonne, the front was still held back in a sharI loop. It was evident that if further important progress was to be made g new and united effort must be put forth along this line.
 The American order of battle by divisions now stood, from the Mouse to the Argonne; 33rd, 4th, 8Oth, 3rd -32nd, 1st, 28th, 77th; that of the en emy within the same limits XXXVIIth, CXVth, CXVIIth, LIIIrc Reserve, Vth Guard, 1st Guard, LIItl and XLVth Reserve.
 Best Chance in Center
 The American divisions near thu Mouse, confronting the defense O. Brieulles, and enfiladed from acros. the river, were in hard position tt make progress until their flank. should be relieved; those in the cen ter. from about Cierges to the Aire appeared to have the best chance O. piercing the Kriemhilde- -Stellung, ever though that line in their front was i'm mensely strong at all points.
 Orders were accordingly given fo an attack on the entire army front to be delivered at 5:30 o'clock on tn. morning of October 4, without altill cry preparation but under as dense ; barrage as the available artillery coul( deliver.
 The attack, involving all the divi sions except the 33rd, which stood fas along the west side of the Mouse, wa delivered as planned, but it attained no such sensational results as thOs, of September 26 attack. Ground gain ed at some points where even sligh progress was of great value; at others the assault was halted almost on it dine of departure.
 But, in the main, it shook the Ger man defense to some extent, and fur nished the Americans with new point of vantage for continuing the slow bu effective process of wearing out thu enemy and tearing their way, bit b. bit through his resistance. This pro cess, continued until November l through period of nearly four weeks during which time the front of at tack was extended to the east of tn Mouse by the 33rd and other division resulted in brean 'ng the Kriemhilde ,Stellung nearly everywhere, and com pletely clearing the Argonne forest attendant advances being only iron two to five hlometers on the righ and center, but about ten 'kilometer in the Arponne. The period is dis