The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-04

cation with III" French general who Will
conduct the operation. McanwhIIc
all our preparations as outlined are pro-
ceding. - but the serious risks TO our
ships both from batteries and suoma-
rines ought not 10 hr incurred except III
| an operation of the first Importance.
Admiral Hood. who aftcrward fell so
gloriousy in the hour " victory Mt the
Battle Of Julland. was then IN contnanu
! at Dover. H., was responsible lot inc
naval co-np"rnti"n arranged lot anu
came To my headquarters on IN" l"'h 10
! discuss planS 1t WAS arranged that ut
dsybrcaL ON tho 18Th the advanr" from
! Nirurort was To hc supported by Two
! hatilcships, three monitors and SIX &C.
J StroycrS.
| 7 urged the uuartcrmast"r general 10
| do his utmost to provide more mach,',e
| Cuus Al that time We had conslocrdoc
| less than one per chmpanr and II was an
arm, in which tn" G"rmgns were partic
ularly we'll found. They must at 'hat
| limo have had al least SIX or seven "
our one.
! In operations now under discussion
! This disability was felt very serlous,9.
! In discussing the progress of the iisn.
! With General ptrDat on thc 90
| prncrinuho he told me- that the snEht
and disappointing advance made ny inc
/ French was due to their h"IhH every
! whore held IN ny machine gun IRE He
said the enemy had received Iarse ma
! chino r;In rrinforCcmCntS ana nc w. wa,
, sending down special guns IN ar'hore'
, motors to cndcav"r 10 crush th'"''
! From ALL parts Of the lin" the sai'lc
| rrmnlain, Carnc Of tho pr"pondCFa"|' -
,hc cncmy's machine gun hrr.
Tho rrerstions opened on the morni.s
| If tbc 18th by a combined attack "n ~
line Observation-Disclosures rIdS';
gan when it was hardly dhHi'S at
= -, nv heavy artillery hOmharnm'n''
a. ,ho Ercnrh right GIVE regiments
- tho sixteenth corpse moved FORWARD
and rauturcd the cnonyS ADVANCE
trenches on our left fank.
rho Second battalion Royal SCOTS AM"
,,,.., battalion Gurdons tnf B""'S
nirh,h brigade. Third division thrn ~"
,.n,,rnd an petit Bois and M"ndles'"n
Farm The Royal Scots seized and heln
Tho wood. which in the "vHn'hE nv! o
| ,rcprhcd on tn" eastern sln'' '"'H ~
tured sixty prisoners ih''"u''7
flccrs ,,urod .ho
,,,n,,y., trenches surrounding M"nulcs.
,or farm but WIRE again driven out vi
,bc,, hv a POWERFUL marhin" gun c"u,''l
,,arL Thcv had to fall back on lil'lr
|
own trenches. ,+-
Tho French Thirty-sccond corps az
,,,ro5 tr the north Of IN" SiXl"rh'h vi
tho line Klein Xlllebekc-HilIepch'' ,'''u
advanced some 20O - 30" FaroS. r rn,y
rcpulscd n German counter ATTACK 'l",,'
zaidvoordr and captured IN" ,r,'ic"'' -
rra,t oF The, chateau Of liollepckc.
i''.. ~, Ercnrh had not established
,bcrosnlyes in tho position agreed upon
,ho Third division WAS unable 10
orco further. whlc IN" Fifih DIVISION
ri,r, of second corps and all inc / 'Iu
! orrs ucrc confined tho wh0l" Oh! w
DEMONSTRATION end holding tn" enemy
.ivi,cd ;hc PoSic d" IOnmandcn,rn'
=, tho Third division commhno"r
aanc) IN the SCh"rpCnb"rg--a mn
DoilIe,,s surmOunt"d ny "lHui'''t
Tho af,crnnnr and Witnessed 'n' nHn,
ing for some tin" IL S'ru'h ~, ,ootcr
enemy artillery fire was hu''
than ours. ,,,,o5 n, Tho
,r,h ami again spent some 'fr' vi
tho Schrrpenberg watching the p''e
% ~ Nqht SO far as the weather per
1,ittcd any view: VIC were again "
cd from advancing owing 70 '"'
- r'rn,cb ON our left. Our JOINT pan
-. tbat successive points han L" NC
,.ron iron, north TO south. II Is obvious
that the movement hau |" g., o,,-
the French left, but from 'hc noI 80
!, allies failed to execute thelr '"N
wn had TO wait for them:
" rh h weather was terrible and the
a-arnd simply quaemir". while the rain.
Cold and the awful mud Of the holding
, soil paralyzed any energetic attempt @ T.. 10
, drive the enemy back. \ aesui.pry III, VIC
-, ,.,yt I'm at all points along the iine'
We. m treat activity appeared to be pos
,, o on; The role of the Second corps was
suit s plain ahd clear; !. had to wsis for FOR
a. sixteenth French corps to-reaeh It's
/ allotted points. ..., ma
$3.50 coITt, headduarters and there met
I'M eorps commander P.hteneyl, Du
GSk his chief OF stan, and Anenby'
coamanding the>cksalry;. Ia...,.
discussed the generaicourso1ne