Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-02
FRIDAY JANUARY 2, 1920

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Z. "5 w. we operation ior me re''Hc-
go" ., ne larne sai 'en' terminated
}" 'le nara h-hiihs from 1uiy 10 ="
pug. D ihe Germans were noi 'h'S
"'''ea 'h 'AeF advance OUT were
r''Ne' ""'N from 'ie "iaI'e ]" We
es'e "i" c,'i".i'''''H "N'iiF !" '.'e
D''e-.IFt' i"e i"I'e OIL "i.'f'.f'
arms h"' 'e'' 'f''ail zoo "'ai .D ''''e
10 el'"N.e 'He i"e' ""ensi'e Oh '.f en-
envy To- ne cieifi
The fifs' ana iAtd corps oo' hfid
q continuous IRON OF u k'I"me'rfs
aio"s we e7'e' 'a .hs. u lne a'FeA
i|-seFenIn DIVISION p, .eFfa iAe touf'H
division Oh the fl's corps IfUnt aAd
iAe following aal iae 'iWeaiye'4hih
relieved ihe lhlf.}secona division 20
t1e Inifd CORPS "H'i. iio" aug 20
aug I'D ile Sixth A.anry brigade Of
the Third division aed sector on The
river line. THE Trap fer of The FIRST
corps TO the Woe'ie "as ordered at
this time. and the cfnfroi Of This Front
was turned over 20 ,he Third corps.
On August rs Gei Petain began an
offensive between Rheims and the
Disc oar Third corps participated IN
this operation, crossing the Nesle on
Sept with the Wenty-eishih ana
''e' e"'y-Se. ell'n DIVISIONS anu ON
0o'i.i's s,'''o'" "pi''s'''0H Oh ''.e pa.
'e"u SCUM VI l"e .iSiie' "n''ii was
ie"c''eu ny ''e 's' emu 80, ei', oi
SePl' e. A"o u"' la'eI ,''e ii'''U
0oi - as '.lSie' '.' W '"e '7'o,'
u 'ei"un' ''e 0''y 'se' ',''''
sion Ie,ildln'iis ~ i''iS VI 1i'e A'sNe ~
or until sept H.
The Ihlrty-secohu ulNsion, upon us
relief from the batue IN the NesIe'
joined trench coIps hlrlh OF sols-
sons and attacked from aug. - 10
81 capturing JuFisuy pter some
particularly desperate HAitlng ana
reaching the Chauny-Soissols ROAD
On the brush front I"O regiments
OF the Ihirty-thiru DIVISION partlcl-
pated IN an ATTACK on hanneE July T.
and again on Aug. as an lhcAent OF
the allied offensive against the -mlens
salient one OF these regiment TOOK
Gressaire WOOD ana Clhplliy ldge'
capturing IUO prisoners ana conauer-
able material.
Emergency Fad Passed.
The counter Offensives against he
Marine salient in July and against tie
Amiens salient in August had gaind
such an advantage that it was az
narent that the emergency, which jus |
tilted the dispersion Of our divisions
had passed. The moment was prop. /
tious for assembling our divisions. The
formation of the army in the Chateau.
Thierry region and its early transfer
to the sector of the Woevre, which
was to extend from Nmeny, east of
the MoselIe, to north ofSt. Mihiel, was
therefore decided upn by Marshal
Foch and myself on Aug 8, and the de-
tails were arranged viii Gen. Petain
later on the same day.
At Bombon. on July 4, there was q I
conference of all commanders in chief |
for the purpose of considering allied
operations. Each preseted proposals
for the employment of he armies I'M
der his command and these formed
the basis of future cooperation of
the allies. 1t was emplatically deter
mined that the allied ;ttitude should
he TO maintain the offensive. AS the
first operation of the American army.
the reduction of the salient OF st.
hfihief~ was to be undertaken as soon
as the necessary troops and material
could be made available
On Aug. 20, a further DISCUSSION with
Marshal Foch was held at my head
quarters at Ligny-en- Bsrois. At this
meeting il was PROPOSE by Marshal
Foch that the general operations as
far as the American amy was CON
,erned should be carried out in detail
,y:
(a) An attack between the Meuse
md the Argonne by the Second French
lrmy, reinforced by froa four to six
american divisions.
(b) A French-Americn attack, ex-