Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-02

expressed tar opinion that the final
vicor. roHi 'r won 100 lAlS In Fact
10 wa~ rf"H 10y Pee Meu'a-Arsonne
auar oD-he1 much be-
youd .4fu.e arnHe ihe arrival OF
wiHcl would force cessation Of OPP
creations
Ile caoiro hetuoaa the two sectors,
flW oj of The Aisue including iae
ArHao forest or t.e CAanWa rne
sector was icrt no me % nay opinion.
no o.l-. ailirI troops lad the morale
oe ,he offensive spirit 90 overcome
successfully ua rrrufe= 90 he met
iu thc Meuse Ar-onae SECTOR and our
pIaa and installations had been pre-
ml Dr an eEpanS on of operations
iu ha direction So the Meuse-Ar-
eonue rout WAS chosen. The entire
sector of 800 kiometers of front eN
tending from Por'sur Se'le. east Of
the llasele west 10 include the Arr
conne forest was accordingly placed
under 10Y command, intending all
French divisions then in fhat zone.
The FIRST American army was to pro
coed with the St. NIhiel operation
after which the operation between tie
Meu>e and the western edge Of the
Areonue forest was TO be prepared
and launched not later than Septem-
Der p.
On the night Of September II the
troons Of the first army were deployed
in position. On the southern face of
the salient was the first corps, Ma
ior General Ligeett commanding. with
the e-ghtv-second. nlnetieth. fifth and
second divisions in line. extending
from the Noselle westward.
IN IFS left was the fourth corps.
Mai Cen Josanb T. Diclzman com
r,andrno with the elgbtv-nfnth. forty
second Ind ars+ divisions the left Of
tbie oorns heinq onnosita Nontsec.
Tbasa two o,.r,v corrs v-ara IN deliver
+I,o r,r,-.i,,oI ottocl, tho limo nivotino
on tba can+ar division of tbe first
corns Tho first division IN fine left
IF tba fo,,rt1 corne vros cboroed with
tI,o do,,,,1o missile, of covoripo i+s own
all LII od,.onoing como twenty
l.i1o,noto,s d,,a nor+h tozrard tho boort
- tho sa1iont rhera If c-as "a make
oortoo+ r,-i+1, +bo +roone ~ the 6ftb
corns
IN tho vestern face Of the salient
low Tho fftb corne Mai Con George
II C.,,aror conoroanding with the
tuantv-sivth division fifteenth French
Colonio1 divieion and tba fourth d.
vision in line from Monthly west TO
los FnoroaS and north IN Wantron-
vi1Ia Of thesa three divisions the
tventv-sixtb alone was TO make a
dean advanca diracted sontbword To-
ward VjgneuIles The French division
was to make short progression to
the edge of the heights in order TO
cover the left of the twenty-sixth.
The fourth division was not to adj
vance.
In the center between our fourth /
and fifth army CORPS. was the second /
French Colonial COINS. Mai Gen. E. ].
Blondlat commanding. covering a front
of 40 kilometers with three small /
French divisions. These troops were
envy from the tip of the salient.
At dawn on Sept. u, after four hours
Of violent artillery fire of preparation,
and accompanied by small tanks, the
infantry of the first and fourth corps
advanced. The infantry of the fifth
,orps commenced its advance at s a.
II. The operation was carried out with
,ntire precision. Just after daylight
IN Sept. IS elements of the first and
wenty-sixth divisions made a junction
lear HattonchateI and Vigneulles,
Eighteen kilometers northeast Of st.
,Iihiel. The rapidity with which our
divisions advanced overwhelmed the
nemy and all detectives were reached
IS the afternoon of Sept IS. We cap
ured nearly 10000 prisoners, 443 guns
nd large stores of material and sup
lies. The energy and swiftness with
-hich the operation was carried out
nabled US to smother opposition to
uch an extent that we suffered less