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IntroductionI-

ntroductionIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '' 11-

CompositionCompositionOornpositionDoorpost and ttraininiftrainingtrainingTa in iafif! . . ., . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . 11-

CombatCombat experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' ." . . . . . . . . . . . 22-

morale.YY.morale;, 0o rala 1 e . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-

SituetionSituetionSituation as known by the comonycommonlycomo , ny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-

SituationSituation aatt 10:001000: PilIPhilipP.: .A.;,' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-

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CompanyCompany commanderscomm8nders stifleestimatee of the situatinn-His

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situati-onHis first mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-

PlanPlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4'*4-

DecisionDeDecisionc i 8 1 on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-

FormationFormation aadoptedopted . . . . . . .' ." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-

CommentComment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-

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DecisionDecision of company corr'mnndercorrmnndercornm8ndercommandercornmcorm' nderender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010-

FormationFormationForruationCorrugation adopted, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010-

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SituationSituation at nightfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1616-

WithdrawalWithdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1616-

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the day before the First American Army wasWa.s. to taketa.ke. offoff-

inbof-

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off-

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inbof-

finin this great battle .

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ttalionbat-

talionba-

ttalionba-

ttalion

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taliontalon in the RendezRene VousVOU8Vogues aede Chasse approximately 2,00020002,000-

meters2,000-

meters2,000-

meters2000-

meters,

meters back of the front lines which are held by thethe-

Frenchth-

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men

sand-

men

and-

men

sand-

men

and-

men

sand-

menmen , left their civil occupations andana assembled atat-

camp

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thefrot-

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gaged

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gaged

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gaged

¬-gagedgagged in ranching andend bronoobronco riding .

The officers are youngsters , products of theth-efirst

th-eirs

th-efirst

th-eirs

th-efirst

th-eirsfirst trainingtra.ining. camp at the Presidio of San FranciscoFrancisco.-None

Francisco-None

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frontline-positions

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from-

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be

t-oe

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be

t-oe

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t-oebe occupied under cover of darkness and the routesroutes-

torout-

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esto this position have been carefully reconnoiteredreconnoitered-during

reconnoit-ered

reconnoitered-during

reconnoit-ered

reconnoitered-during

reconnoit-eredduring the day ,.

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deach

comma-

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comman-

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comma-

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comman-

deach

comma-

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pany,

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Machine347th-

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group between the leading elements of the 91st and-

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battleintr-

astateinto-

battleintr-

astateinto-

battleintr-

astatebattle for the first time poorly prepared to carrycarry-

out

carry-

out

carry-

outout an extremely important, mission .

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brigade

in-

ebriate

in-

brigade

in-

ebriate

in-

brigade

in-

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and

positio-ned

position-

and

positio-ned

position-

and

positio-nedand planned accordinglyaocordingly . Suddenly without warningwarning-

thewarni-

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an

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for reconnaissance , with little time to acqacacquaintacquaint-

himself

acqua-inting

acouaint-

himself

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ytimehimself andend hiehishide subordinates with the oroblemDroblemproblem atat-

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With hishiehide olatoonplatoon officersoff ice re gone he suddenlysuddenl-yrealized

sudd-enly

suddenl-yrealized

sudd-enly

suddenl-yrealized

sudd-enlyrealized the seriousness of the lackla.ck. of trainingtraining-of

trainin-gof his platoon, sergeants .

Such a 81situationt lla.tllatlat. ion is inecineinexcusablexcuEH3.blexcuEH3ble. .

L.8L8LLgsso\rsLgssorsGessoH.:. SSQSQSS0,4SS04[, \ S

1 . Higher commandcomm8ndcomm'i.ndcommi.ndcommind' . should anticipate need ofof-

combat

of-

combat

of-

combatcombat liaison groups . He should allow commanderscornnindersconfiderscommanders-

ofcornninders-

ofcommande-

rsconfide-

rs;:;

of such units time to acouaintacquaint himself and subordisubordi-subordersubordi-

natessubordi-

natessubordi-

nates¬-

natesmates with the situation .

2 . .oncommiesionedoncommiBelonedoncoinmiesionedioncoinmiesionedunconditionednoncommissionedi officers should be gigivengive-ntraining

give-ntraining

veavealve-atrainin

ove-

rstrainingtrainintrainingtraining andRndRand responsibility during the trainingtraining-oeriod

train-ing

training-oeriod

train-ing

training-oeriod

train-ingoeriodperiod sufficient to insure confidence in battle .

23;)> . MspslVl8.PSlVl8PSMapsMss., and ability to read maps areB.reBreBret., es-eses-

sentiales-

sentialeses-

sential¬-

sentialentail in battle ., EachFachAche platoon leader shouldshould-

have

shoul-d've

should-

have

shoul-d've

should-

have

shoul-d'vehave a map in sufficient time to make a study ofof-

the

of-

tenof-

the

of-

tenof-

the

of-

tenthe terrainterra.in. if we ares.resresire. to expect correct functioningfunctioning.CO-

MPANY

functioningCO-

MPANYfunctio-

ning.

COC OPANYPANKYPANYANY COMMANDERS ESTIMATE OF THJLTHEHL GITUATIONSITUATIONAGITATIONGITUATION-

HIS

AGITATI-

ON

SITUATION-

HIS

SITUATI-

ON

SITUATION-

HIS

SITUATI-

ONHIS FIRSTMISSIONFORTISSIMOFIRSTMISSION-

To

Fortissim-o

FIRST_MISSIONMISSION-

To

Missio-nTo get the company into position , a distancedistance-

ofdistan-

cedistance-

ofdistan-

cedistance-

ofdistan-

ceof about 2,0002000, meters , without a guide .,, over unknounknotunknownunknow-

nterrainunkn-

ownunknow-

nterrainunkn-

ownll-

terraint-

errainterrain , on a rainy dark nightni ht.P-

LAN

htP-

LAN

h-ttp

ht.P-

LANTwo

ho-

tplate

.

PLANPLAN-

Two

Pla-to

PLAN-

Two

Pla-toTwo plans presented themselves ;: First , toto-

startc-

ostarto-

startc-

ostarto-

startc-

ostarstart immediatelyimmedia.tely. wiwithth hiehishide company of 250lnen250 menlnenlinen andand-

one

und-

one

and-

one

und-

one

and-

one

und-

oneone platoon of machine guns , finding the way as hehe-

went

h-ewn

he-

went

h-ewn

he-

went

h-ewnwent along .. Second , to send hishiehide second-in-commpnd-

withsecon-d i-n commpndw-

ithsecondincommand-

witbcompend-

iasecond-in-commandsecondincommand- - .

witbwithwit patrol to locate the position , then to returnreturn-

and

return-

edreturn-

and

return-

edreturn-

and

return-

edand guide the unit into place,place-

4

place-

4

.

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KDECISION

- -

DECISIO-

NrlavingDeci-

sionDECDECISIONI S IONIO-

Nhaving

In-halingavingaboutrlavingabouthavingaboutcavinglavinghavingrlavinghavinglavingaving-avingcaving - about four hours ' titirr.etirretimetire. e he aeciaedeciaeddecicedactivateddecimateddecided onon-

he

o-ne

on-

he

o-ne

on-

-neo-

nn-

e:-: he latter plan . The companycomDRnyCamry wasw8s in oositionposition onon-

time

on-

etime

on-

ton-

time

on-

etimetimet imedime .

FORFOR'VfFORVfForFORMATIOMFORMATION' ATIONACTIONAT I0 ADOPTADOPTEDADOPTED-

Iii

Adopt-ed

''' DD-

In

D-

InIiiIn order not to be vulncrulcervulnerablebleable to artilleryartillery-fire

artille-ryartillery-

fireartille-ryartillery-

fireartille-ryfire and because of narrow trailstrsilstrills throughthrous-hthroushthrou2nthroes- the woodswood-

sthe

woods-

hed

,

the organizationorganiza.tion. wasWFISFIBS moveamovedmove. to position in singlesingle-

filesin-

glesingle-

filesin-

glesingle-

filesin-

glefile at low speakinspeakingspeakspeakingins; distancedietance.C-

OidietanceC-

Oidistan-

ce.,

C011v1 l\llrTLTVair\ T rTNTTrT-

The

ti-

the

NTN-

TThe

T-

ithe

TT-

The

T-

heThe choice of planeplanspl Ds wasWPSPS well made . A slowslow-

movingslu-

mpingslow-

moving

slu-mping

olow-

moving

clo-mpingmoving; column atBt, niVhtnightni ht where tnerethereTerre is sure to bebe-

much

b-

ench

be-

much

b-

ench

be-

much

b-

enchmuch stopping and stertinfstartingstettingstRrtinpstarring" , closingclosinEcosinE' andnd extendinextendingextendin-c-

iaextendi-

n ci-aextendin-

g=-rr-

isK-

risis bad for morale . Such is likely to cause troopstroops-

totroo-

pstroops-

totroo-

pstroops-

totroo-

psto feel there is lackla.ck. of decision on the DartpartPlrtalt ofof-

leadersol-

eanders

of-

leadersol-

eanders1leaderseadeMeade, rs .

SEPTE1SEPT YIBERTIBERiBERlBERTiberAlbert 26TH-

ESTIMATE

26TH-

ESTIMATE

26TH26TH-

ESTIMATEESTIMATE OF SITUATIONSITUATIO AT JUMP-OFFJUMPOFFJUMPOFF-

A

JUM-P

JUiUi P-OFFPOFFPOFF-

A

OFFA-

L

-A gap of about, 400 yardsya.rds. between flank unitsunits-

existedunint-

erestedunits-

existedunint-

erestedunits-

existedunint-

erestedexisted at the jump-offjumpoff- position .

Enemy activity , exceexcelexc-eotexceotexceutexcletexeunt;- t for occasional a.rtilleryartilleryartillerya-

ndartillery-

man

artillerya-

ndartillery-

man

.

and machine-gunmachinegunmechine-gunmechine, - fire wasW8.SW8S. not notnoticeableiceablechewable, . Our support8upport-8upportsupport-8upport-

(6

support-

(6)

support-

ing

¬-(66(6)6( ) Johnson , iningKingg artartillery111e ry fire was tterrifice rr if ic . (6)6(6)-

With

( )

P 150150-WithWith a cloud of smoke and fog over no-mannomanno-man's-noman'smansnoman's-

land

no-man's--

landn-o man-

'sma-

ns lan-d- ' s-ss-

land

I-

sland

-

land it was evident that visibility would be extremelyextremel-ydifficult

extre-mely

extremel-ydifficult

extre-mely

extremel-ydifficult

extre-melydifficult . Orders directeddireoted the initial advance bebe-

ma.de

be-

aded

be-

made

be-

aded

be-

made

be-

adedma.demade. behind a rollrollingingKing barrageba.rrage. at8t, the rate of 100100-

Orders

100-

meters(7)7(7)-

p

( ) Orders and meters every four minutes . (7)-

DECISION

7D-

ECISION

(7)D-

ECISIONThe

(7)7(7)-Reports

(7)-Reports

( )

ReportsReportsD-ECISION

Rep- ortsReportsD-ECISION

Rep- ortsDECISIONDECISION-

The

Decisi-on

DECISION-

The

Decisi-onThe companyoompany commanderoommander decided to make per-perper-

80nal

per-

sonal

perper-

sonal

¬-sonal80nalzonal contactoontaotonto with adjacent unit commcommandersndereender and-

5

and-

5

and

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suggest the gap be closed during the initial advanceadvance.-

He

advance-

He

advan-ce

.

He decided to fill the gaogap at the jump-offjumpoff- by hAhavinghaving-

hishavi-

nghaving-

hiehavi-

ngingKinging-

hisding-

hieshis leadinleAciinleadingleaching, .? '" wave deioloydeDloydeployetiologydeadly ptett ten-pacetenpace- intervaleintervalsinterval endandend-

followbed-

fellowand-

followla-

ndfalland-

followla-

ndfallfollow adjacent flank units at a short distflncedistancedistance.FO-

RMATION

distanceFO-

RMATION

disinte-gration

.

FORI\'IATIONFORI'IATIONIATIONFOR'iATIONFORiATIONFRIINACTIONFornication\' ' AT JUMP-OF'FJUMPOF'FOFFJUMMP-OFFJUMMPJUMPOF'F-

Two

JUMMPOFF-

Two

JUMP-OJUMPO- ' FF-

Two

T-

woTwo platoons as skirmisherskirmishers& at ten Dacespaces inin-

assaultN-

assauin-

assaultN-

assauin-

assaultN-

assauassault 1lineinecine with seconSecomsecond-in-commandsecondincommandseconincorlln1al1c-in-corlln1al1cincorlln1al1c- - leadingleadini ', the a.d-a.dad-ada.d-

vance

ad-

vance

ad-

vance

.adad-

vance

¬-vance and bebeingingKing guided by comoaescomoesscommonagescommodes bejrinFbearingBeringbe ?JrinfJarring:' .

Two platoons in line of squad columns inin-

support

un-

supported

in-

support

un-

supported

in-

support

un-

supportedsupport ,. HeHeaaouartersHeadauartersHeadquartersa.douarteradouarterdourer. s grouproupcroup with support ,. :machine--

gun

machi-ne

gu-n

;iachLichachichiire -

gun platoon in rear . Bayonets fixeofixedfixedagentfixed.. -agentagent-" gent runnersrunners-

e

runner-

s

runners-

exchanged

run-ners

runners-

exchanged

run-nersexchangedexchanged with adjdjadjacentacentaccent ununitsunits.I-

NITIAL

unitsI-

NITIAL

uninte-

ntional

! t s .

ININITIALIT IALAIL PHAS-

EFollowing

PHASEPHAS-

EFollowingFollowing' cloclodcloselyselseal r the rolling : barrage throuthouthroughthrough-

a

throug-

h

through-

a

throug-

h

!:hh-

aa cloud of smoke and fog the first enemy trenchestrenches-

were

trenc-hes

trenches-

were

trenc-hes

trenches-

were

trenc-heswere taketakenn on scheduled time .

By this time the gap waswa.s. closed and consideraconsidera-considerconsidera-

ble

considera-

ble

considera-

ble

¬-

bleable confusion existed because of intdintinterminglingrminmin ling, ofof-

troops

ou-

tcropsof-

troopso-

utcrops

of-

troous

no-

torioustroops..

The leader of the aesaultllGsaulassaultalgalt wave dispatched 8aa-

runner

r-

unner.

runner with verbal messagemessa.ge. to inform the companycompany-

commander

comp-anionate

company-

commander

comp-anionate

company-

commander

comp-anionatecommander of the situation .

This runner returned shortly , very much ex-exex-

o

exp-

o

ex-

citedex--

oitede-x oi-

tedom-

itted-

ociteditedcited and out of breath , jastjustjest as, the leadingleading-leadingwaveleading'- wave-

was

avo-

wals

wave-

was

avo-

wals

wavewave-

was

avo-

walswas entering the BoisBo is aedee CheppyChoppy , with informationinformation-

that

informat-ion

information-

that

informat-ion

information-

that

informat-ionthat the company concon.manderconmandercommander.mandermaunder , together wiwithth the headhead-head-

quarters

head-

quarters

head-

quarters

¬-

quarters group , had come under the fire of a machineaachinemachine-

gun

machi-

neaachine-

gun

achi-ng

machine-

gun

machi-

negun on the flank , two runners had been killed , thethe-

oompany

the-

osophy

the-

company

Et-

hiopian

the-

company

Et-

hiopianoompanycompany commanderoommander '- woundedw- ounded'- woundedw- ounded'- woundedw- ounded' , the first sergeant and-

6

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E TIMATESTIMATE"TIMATEINMATEESTIMATE" OF SITUATIONSITUATICSTATIC'TT' BY SECOECOSECOND-IN-CO/.USECONDINCO.USECONDINCO.UUSECOND-IN-COL-AACOLAASECONDINGCOLED-IN-CODINCO- - : / .- A :',: D ( NOWNOW-

OOMPANY

NOW-

COMPANY

NOW-

COMPANYOOMPANYCOMPANY COCO'UiI4TATDERCOUiI4TATDERCOVnAACovina' ! NDERENDERDERER )

No gap existed . The lines were advancingadvancing-

withadvanc-

ingadvancing-

withadvanc-

ingadvancing-

withadvanc-

ingwith flanks in contact . Reorganization ofoff companycorapanyorphancompany-

was

compa-ny

corapany-

was

company-

was

compa-nywas necesraniecesnecessary. ry .

DECISIONDECISIOHDECISIO-

NIt

DECISIO-

HIt

Decisio-nIt was deciaeddecideddecimated to make a hastyha.sty. reorganizationreorganization-

and

reorganizati-onand continue tnethetine advance .

With this in view aea. runner wasWe.8We8. sent directdirectingdirecting-

thedirecti-

nginlininl-

ine

¬

inethecine machine-gunmachinegunmachint-gunmachintmachinate' - officer to report . Two runners sentsent-

toSan-

to

sent-

toSan-

to

sent-

toSan-

toto locate the lost platoon and guidguideguideuideguide it forward.-

The

forward-The

forwa-rd

forwardforty&rdefortyrdefortyforty&rde-

The

& .

The reorganization was soon pccomplieihedAccomplishedaccomplaccompli* ioohedtoothed . A map waSwa-

Sobtained

asc-

ertainedwa-

sobtained

asc-

ertainedwa-

sobtained

asc-

ertainedobtained from a sergeantsergea.nt. of the machineunmachine-gunmachinegunmachine-machine- ,un pla.toonplatoonplatoon.-

The

platoon-

The

plato-on

. .

The positpositionion on the ground was checked with the me.pmepmapmpmap.-

The

map-

The

Mat-

hew

. .

The advance resumed , contact with the leadingleading-

elementslea-dingleading-

elementslea-dingleading--

elementslea-dingelem-

ents-

elements was soon eestablishedst8.blst8bl. isheddished . Runner wieWM.SWMSwswideMS,? ., sent toto-

inform

o-

viform

to-

inform

o-

viform

to-

inform

o-

viforminform brigadebrigs.debrigsde. .

A DISTURBINDISTURBING& SITUATIONSITUATION-

In

Situatio-n

SITUATION.rSituation.rr. .

In addition ttoo finding himself ( mvselfmyself ) inin-

command

in-

commode

in-

command

in-

commode

in-

command

in-

commodecommand of a disorganized companycompRny , there appeared inin-

the

in-

terin-

the

in-

terin-

thein-

terthe company areaare ?., , about this timeItimetimethetrimestertime I, the commandingcommandin-

gofficercomma-

ndingcommandin-

gOfficercomma-

ndingcommandin-

gOfficercomma-

ndingofficer of the 361et361st Infantry , the left assaultassaultr-

egimentassa-

ulterassaultr-

egimentassa-

ulterassaultr-

egimentassa-

ulterregiment of the 181stISlet Brigade . This regiment I knewknew-

should

kee-

shond

knew-

should

kee-

shond

knew-

should

kee-

shondshould be about 100100 yardsyerds, to our left . The Colonel-

asked

Colo-nels

Colonel-

asked

Colo-nels

ColonelColonel-

aeked

Colo-nelaekedaskedeked what position the companycompa.ny. occupied . UponU-oonUoonon- be-bebe-

ing

be-

ing

bebe-

ing

¬-

ingKing told he questioned the correctness of its location .

WHAT TO DO ?

eitherithercither the company was out of position or thethe-

Colonel

the-

ologiesthe-

Colonel

the-

ologiesthe-

Colonel

the-

ologiesColonel was lost-

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Upon

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ISISIISISININ-

Upon

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Upon

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andColo-

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was

v-

itasWRBwasRBI, decided the ccompany' .- mpenympanypennymany was in the proooepronerprODerproneprodderr positionposition.N-

OTE

positionN-

OTEpositi-

on.,

NOTE-NOTENOTETheMotet. "- The Colonel remained with the company ur1ngduringduring-

itsduri-

ngdaring-

itsDarwi-

nistur1n-

gitsits advanceadV9.nceadV9nce. throughthrouph.; the 9ois80isBois de CheppyChoppy , BoisBo is dede-

Bethincourtde-

and

de-

mand

de-

BethincourtBethincourtBethink. , and. Bois de Very , finally leavinglea.vinleavinleaviriUleaver. thethe-

company

Et-hiopian

the-

company

Et-hiopian

the-

company

Et-hiopiancompany about noon passingpassinrpassim out of sisig'htsight:'ht downdow11 the RBURauRBIFrauRBU-

de

RU-

de

Rau-

de

Ru-

de

Rau-

de

Ru-

dede OhajnbronneChambronneCharrbronneCabernetCarbon .

SnUATIONSITUATIONSensation AT 5:00500: P-MAfter

M-

aterPMP-

MAfter

M-

aterAfter overcoming heavy machine-gunmachinegun- and riflrifleriflerifle-fire

rifle-bird

rifle-fire

rifle-bird

ee-

firef-

irefire and capturingcBPturing, large numbers ofprisonersof Drisoners-prisonersprisoners-- from aa-

trencht-

rench,

trench system about 1,2001200, meters southeast ofof-

Epionv1lleoof-

Epionvilleff-

Epionvillee-

xponibleEpionv1lleEpionvilleExponible the 181stISlet Brigade advanced on EpionvilleExponibleEpionville-

enc.JunterlngEpionville-

encenteringEpionville-

encounteringenc-.Junterlngenc.Junterlngenc.JunterlngJunterlngenc--enteringenteringencounteringjauntierUnderling',-

.- but little small arms fire . It waswae-

however

wh-

atsoever

,

however , subjected to much artillery fire from thethe-

he

th-ee

the-

he

th-ee

the-

heiq-hteth-

eheiqh-te t-

heeh-

atehe i o-htoht:--ht es around MontMontfauconMontaguefa.uconfauconflacon.. . TheTrJeTare brbrigadeiga.deigadeglade. rereachedreached-

Epionvillereached-

Epionvillea.chedacheda.che-

dEpionv1Ile

.Epionv1IleEpionvilleExponible about dusk on uetemberpetemberEntebbepretender 26th .,

The left of the 37th Division meeting : heheavyheav-yfire

hayf-ield

heav-yfire

hayf-ield

vyvy-

firefire from vicinity of IvoiryIvolryIvory and artillery fire fromfrom-

both

frog-

mouth

from-

both

frog-

mouth

from-

both

frog-

mouthboth front and right waewaswade stoppedetoDpedstorpedtopedstored at crestcreatcreate of ridgeridge-

southrid-

gesridge-

southrid-

gesridge-

southrid-

gessouth of IvoiryIvory .

The failure of the 37th to keep abreast , ex-exex-

posed

ex-

posed

exex-

posed

¬-posed the right flank of the 91stgIst .

Quoting from Johnson : "TheThe" greenest divisiondivision-

indivisio-

nin that green corps , the 91st9lst , had done best . TheThe-

Pac

Te-

ach

Th-

ePacific

Th-

ePacificPacPacificificinflict Coast men hadhe.dhedheed. gone farther than the more ex-exex-

perienced

ex-

perienced

exex-

perienced

¬-periencedprince 28th and 35th , fartherferther, thantha.n. any of our ninenine-

dlvls1nine-

div1eiOne

nine-

divisionsanim-

adversionsdlvls1div1eiOnen . '* It 'had gone seven miles , carrying forwardforward-

alsoforw-

ardforward-

alsoforw-

ardforward-

alsoforw-

ardalso the left of the 37th . But the 3737th37theh'ehe'* a right an-

dpractically

an-

archicallyan-

dpractically

an-

archicallyandan-

dpractically

an-

archicallypractically all of the 79th Division were checkeds-

omechec-

kedchecked

(8)8( ) Johnson , some two mileemilesmile south of Montfauconj1ontfauoon.1Ij1ontfauoon1IMontfaueonMontague . " (8)8(8)-

8

(8)-pp

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( )

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'! -' " ' ' ' ' " ' '" : :- - - - :

Because of iteitsbite open flank the 362d InfantryInfantry-

rightInfan-

try,

right assault regiment , withdrew , under cover of dark-darkdark-

nessdark-

nessdarkdark-

ness¬-

ness ," to the Crocodile trench system about 1000 metersmeters-

southmet-

ersmeters-

southmet-

ersmeters-

southmet-

erssouth of EpEpionvilleExponibleionvilleinveigle where it remainedrem8.inedrem8ined. for the night .

The 37th's37ths37th *' s left withdrew to a., position on thethe-

reversethe-

reforethe-

reversethe-

reforethe-

reversethe-

reforereverse slope of the sajiesamesaneSadie ridge to the AligaterAlligator trenchtrench-

systemtren-

chestrench-

systemtren-

chestrench-

systemtren-

chessystem , thereby leavinglel:1.vinglel1.vinglel1ving:. the 91st9lat right exposed for thethe-

(9)

th-e9(9)9( ) A.B.M.CABM.CABMCABC. . . . niphtnightn i ph,; t . (9)-

ACTION

(9)9( 9 )

ACTION OF COMPANYCO PAPAMYAMYIT I-

A

I-

A

II-

AA position in the g'apgaprap'_ between divisions waswa-

staken

wa-

stagewa-

staken

wa-

stagewa-

staken

wa-

stagetaken by the conno-suyconnosuycompanyConnorSuzycomp - ny . The machineme.chinemechine. gunsunsHuns wereJ\TereJTereTerre\ placedplaced-

wellplac-

edplaced-

wellplac-

edplaced-

wellplac-

edwell to the front in desirable positions for pro-propro-

tectionpro-

tectionpropro-

tection¬-

tectionsection during the ninightht .

ACTIVITY DURING THETH NIGH-

TExpected

Nig-htspot

NIGH-

TExpected

Nig-htspot

NIGHTNIGH-

TExpected

Nig-htspotExpected countercounterattacks,tt.acksttackstacks. during the night diddid-

not

did-

n'tdid-

not

did-

n'tdid.-

not

did-

not

did-

n't.

not develop .

RunnersRunnet'sRunnetsBrunets' sent with messages to brigade fa.iledfailedfa.iled-

tofaile-

dfailed-

tfaile-

d

failed-to

faile-d

.tot o return . All communicatcommunicantcommunicationion ttoo the rear ap'OeA.redapOeA.redapOeAredappearedap'OeA.re-

dto

apseaooeared-

to

cooper-ed

' A.reAre. dd-

ttot o be lost . No one at the front seemed ttoo know wh8twhatwh8t-

Wa.B

what-

was

white-

wash

what-

was

white-

washWa.BWaBwasSwab. to happen on the following mornmorningingKing .

Finally during the early morning word wa.swaswa.-

spassed

w-asps

was-

passed

asp-

ersedwas-

passed

asp-

ersed.

passed that the attack would be resumed at 5:30530: AM .

(10)10( ) Johnson , (10)10(10)-p

10-p

( )p 169-

SEPTEMBER169-

SEPTEMBER169

SEPTEMBER 27TH27TH-

SITUATION

27TH-

SITUATION

27TH-

SITUATIONSITUATION AT 5305:30;: A-

MApparently

A-

napaestA-

MApparently

A-

napaestAMA-

MApparently

A-

napaestApparently no contactcontactconta.ct. wasW8.BW8B. made with the enemyenem-

yduring

engen-

deringenem-

yduring

engen-

deringenem-

yduring

engen-

deringduring the night . It is doubtful if patrols werewere-

.sen.t

whe-

re're

were-

sent

ver-

sant

were-

sent

ver-

sant.sen.tsen.tsent. .. . . to.to.tt. o

., tthehe .. . . frontft.ant'Jft.antJftantJfaintfr.ontrontfront. '. , '

Right uniteunits of the 91stSlstSalt were moving forwardforward-

No

forwa-rd

,.

No instructions from brigadebriga.de. had been receracereceivediveddived byby-

theb-

yteby-

theb-

ytethe companycompany-

9

company-

8

.

-9-9-8-8-9-

iii

8-

.w.1

9-.

' . ssyj;. iisaimisaim f1'! EiaiEliza ' .-'; " - :';:;' '.ii. '.

' ' 3:. _'ssss' '-!:>= .:;'g: l .:';ft tM "ijij" 'tt' ' /& fcifoci >'

,vy- ;..--: . -- .

_-ms_-.y-.

.... -'II''

- - -. . . ._- .. . . . .-.. . . _._.... . . . . . .. ..

" _ . _ . "., . . .._.... ..'WW'!. ._ ... .. . . . .vv. :. ,.. :

The left of the 37th about 500 yards to thethe-

righthe-

ightthe-

righthe-

ightthe-

righthe-

ightright rear wasWRSw,4sw4sWARS,, , not moving .

SSTIMATEESTIMATE'SSTSSTST' IMAIMAX TE BY COMCCOMPANYOM PAYYPAYPA 1TY COCPOMANDERPOMANDER-

The

Pomand-er

O/221O221:,I/ Al\JDERAlJDERASDERJUDEADLERAlJDER-

The

Ald-er

ASDER-

The

Adver-

ted\

The right of the 91st9Ist was open . It waswa.s. aa-

dutyd-

utya-

dutyd-

utya-

dutyd-

utyduty of the company to protect this flank fromfrom-

possiblefrom-

possiblefrom-

possiblepossible flank attack from direction of IvoiryIvoryIvoiry.T-

ERRAIN

IvoiryT-

ERRAIN

Ivoiry.TE-

RRAINThe

.

TERRAINTERRAIN-

The

Terra-in

TERRAIN-

The

Terra-inThe ground to the front and flank waswa.s. openopen.-

The

open-

The

Goe-the

.

The RauPauFrauPaul de BaronvauxBaron , a smallsmell creek lying in thethe-

valleythe-

rmally

the-

valleythe-

rmally

the-

valleythe-

rmallyvalley immediately to the front was easily crosFeCrossecrosO-edcrosOedcreosolcrosOed-

at

creosot-

ed

crossed-

at

crosse-

d-

at anyariyartilyany-jointanyjoint-].' point61nt . iLxceptxceptExcept for darkness and a lishtlightlist1 i ht fogffop-

concealment

oo-

concealment

c-

oncealment.: ,

concealment was poor . Overhead fire by the machinemachine-

guns

mach-ine

machine-

guns

mach-ine

machine-

gunsmach-

ineguns to the front and flanks , from their nightnight-

positionsnig-

htspotsnight-

positionsnig-

htspotsnight-

positionsnig-

htspotspositions was possible .

DECISION OF COMPACOMACOMPANYY C0MAt'1DERC0MAt1DERC0MAt'1DE-

RIt

CO :MANDE-

RIt

Manner-

ist

MAyiDJERMANDERMainerMAUNDERMAyiDJE-

RIt

'It was decideddecide to echelon the company to thethe-

righthe-

ightthe-

righthe-

ightright rear andB.ndBndBand. move forward with the 91st9lst DivisionDivision.FO-

RMATION

DivisionFO-

RMATIONDivi-

sion.

F'ORMATFORMAT' I'JNIJNIONIN' ADOPTE-

DCompany

Ado-pted

ADOPTE-

DCompany

Ado-pted

ADOPTEDADOPTE-

DCompany

Ado-ptedCompany in column of platoon columns echelonedechelonecheloned-

toechelo-

nto right realreaireatregaingreat with oblique intervals and distances ofof-

5050 paces between platoons with extended distances withwith-with-

in

with-

in

with-

in

¬-in platoonspIa.toonspIatoons. . Company commendercomm8ndercommander, with leadinglea.ding. platoon.-

Machine

platoon-

Machine

plat-oon

platoon .

Machine guns to remainrem8.inrem8in. in night posipositpositionst ions ununtilt i1 companycompany-

had

compa-ny

company-

had

compa-ny

company-

had

compa-nyhad crossed ravine ttoo the front .,

.'

SITUATIONSSITUATIONI'rUATIrUATIrate' ION AT DAYBR1I'A-

KThe

DAYBRTAK-

The

Daybre-

akDAYBRTAKDAYBR1I'AKDAYBR1IAKDAYBREAKDAYBRTAK-

The

Daybre-

ak'

The fog had cleared . , vision was good .

As the leading platoon was ascending the slopeslope-

southeastsl-opesslope-

southeastsl-opes" outheastsoutheast of EibionvilleEboniteE ionvillelonvillinveigleO'Neill ' and8rida nd the three piatoonsplatoonsplatoons inin-

rearli-

near

in-

rearli-

near

in-

rearli-

nearrear were strung across the valley to the right rearrear-

suddenly

reas-

suringly

,

suddenly teterrificrr1fic rifle, and machine-gunmachinegun, - fire brokebroke-

outbreak-

out

broke-

outbreak-

outout on the riehtrightrivetri ;ht at distances from 200 to 500 yardsyardeyardedyarde-

10

yards-

10

yards-

10

.

-10-10-10-

The

10-

j

--' . . . -._ , - . , ... : . . , . - , , . . . . . . .

. " ., .. .,-. -. -, . . . . . . . .-.

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. . .-

..

. ... . . . . . .

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s-ss-

The

T-

he

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wwwwiwk.uwwwwiwku".:.

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.":. . :.. . .

-:.':. . . .

.. _ . . . . _ . . .... . . ..-.-... . . ....riri. ._A . ... . . .'. .. .4w4w.. Y_' . _- .- _- . ;. .. . . .. ./-'J.L.LJL.LJLLJILL..*

_.._........ . . . . :. ,. .' ..

..:. . ". .rr. ' '. . '. . . . .. .aa-.aa..aa.aAAA._-. . - .aa...-.... ww1wy/1wy1wy/ _ .'-.- -...aa. -,i. LLwY.1iwY.1iwY1i-... . .Kw.w.NLaKww.NLaKwwNLaKwela.. .. .. . ..., O. r.IYRIrIYRIrimy.. .- MiwwMw..-. .,\ Id'". .AA,.,. .t4JSU4t4JSU4'. ' -.._I/YIY/ ..../ *- . --. - rlw-lawrl-

wThe

r-

elateThe company WwasS caught in platoon columns inin-

heavy

pi-

nhead

in-

heavy

pi-

nhead

in-

heavy

pi-

nheadheavy fire from closclodsclose ranra.nraneeRenee. ;e .

PLAN AND D',CISI0NCISI0N-

In

CCISICRISISI S IONION-

In

Ioni-

an

NN-

In

N-

inaIn this sort of situatsituatesituationsitu8tiJni.DniDnISDN. there was no timetime-

totim-

etime-

totim-

etime-

totim-

eto maneuver and further deploy ,. With'AlithAlithAlit' ithitch only one thingthing-

tothin-

gthing-

tothin-

gthing-

tothin-

gto do a signal was given to face the enemyeneRene iy and openope-

nfire

op-en

ope-

nfire

op-en

ope-

nfire

op-enfire . The situa/tionsituationsituationsituion/ was so obvious even untraineduntrained-

troopsuntrai-

neduntrained-

troopsuntrai-

neduntrained-

troopsuntrai-

nedtroops who had a desire for combatcomba.t. needed no directing .

The machine guns opened overhead fire1fire . WithinWithin-

fiveWit-

hin'Within-

fiveWit-

hin-11.-; thinthin-

fivethri-

ftierfive minutes white rags ascended from scattered clumpsclumps-

ofclum-

psclumps-

ofclum-

psclumps-

ofclum-

psof brush in the enemy areaarE:8arE8arcaareca: . . Two hundred anaand eeirItBeiruteirIt-prisoners

eieiitp-

risonersi rltrelitrl-

tprisoners

it-

prisonersi-

mprisonprisoners , incluainpincluaingincludinginclusion' a ...,* -_ i-ajorwereiajorwereJ-ajarwereJajarweremajoretteajar, taken .

At this time the front lines oftheoftenof the-the- left ofof-

the

of-

tenof-

the

of-

tenof-

the

of-

tenthe 37th DivisionDiviAionDivination aope8redaopearedappearedaooealoe red in sightsi 'htht!'ht anda.nd. soon movedmoved-

onto

mo-ved

moved-

onto

mo-ved

moved-

onto

mo-vedonto a line with the 91stgIst .

As ,ontfauconXontfaucon,4ontfaucon4ontfauconConfucian had not yet been taken we werewer-

esubjected

wer-

esubjected

wer-

esubjectedsubjected to considerableconsidera.ble. shell fire from that-

positiontran-

spositionthat

(11)11( ) JohneonJohnson , position . (11)11(11)-

Upon

(11)-p

11-p

( )p 169-

Upon169

Upon reaching the Epionville--IvoiryEpionvilleIvoiryExponibleIvoryEpEpionvilleExponibleionvinv it le--leleNolento-- NoIvoiryIvoryiryairy road-

bothbroad-

cloth

road-

bothbroad-

cloth

roadroad-

bothbroad-

clothboth divisions were stopped by heavy machine-gunmachinegun- firefiref-

romfore-

front

firef-

romfore-

front

firef-

romfore-

frontfrom the ridge beyond , pa.rtpartparticularly. icularlyinculpably from OoteCoteBooted 256? 56 andand-

265265 . Finally both units withdrew , the 91et91st to thethe-

reversethe-

reforethe-

reversethe-

reforethe-

reversethe-

reforereverse slope just to the south of EpionvEpsilon"EpionvilleEpionvillep1onvilleExponible" illeill , thethe-

37th

the-

37th37th to the position occupiedoocupied the nightnizhtnight; before .

It was in these positions that unitsnits spent the-

night

he-

ightthe

(12)12( ) A.B.M.CABM.CABMCABC. . . . niphtnight of September 27th . (12)12( ) Company I was aga.inagainaga.in-

placedagain-

placedag-

ainagain-

placedag-

ain.

placed in the gap for protection to the open flank .

SEPTEMBER . .' 28TH2STH28TH-

The

. . .

The attack was resumed at 5:30530: AM . Soo-

nafterSo-

nataSoo-

nafterSo-

nataSoonSoo-

nafterSo-

nataafter daybreakdaybrea.k. EpionvilleExponible wasWB.SWBSBS. taken by the 91st-

Division

91st9lst,

Division and IvoiryIvory was taken by the 37th . Company-

11

CompanyCompany-

11-11-11-11-

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I moved forward , took a position along pionville--pionvilleYpionville--YpionvillepainkillerYpionville-Ivoiry

pionville-Ivoiry

pionville---Ivoiry

pionv-ille

Ivoi-ry painki-ller Ivo-ry --IvoiryIvory road , .astridea.stride the division boundaryboun'jarybounjarybounaary' . 'rherheTherhea'rhe-

comps

The-

company

Et-hiopian

'The-

company

Et-hiopiancompscompanyy was in two lines with two platoons deployedeployeddeploye-dlatterly

depl-oyed

deploye-dlatterly

depl-oyedlatterly behind the embankment of the roadroa.d. and twotwo-

platoonsto-

matoestwo-

platoonsto-

matoestwo-

platoonsto-

matoesplatoons in line of squad columns in support on thethe-

slopehe-

lloedthe-

slopehe-

lloedthe-

slopehe-

lloedslope to toethetie rear . There was no gap betweenbetwe.nbetwen: . divisionsdiviAions .

Leading .jnitsu.nitsunitsnits had advanced about 300?00 yards-

northya-

rdsyardsyards-

northya-

rdsyards-

northya-

rdsnorth of the roodroa.droad. when suddenly extremely heavy m8.chinem8chinemachinem8.chine-

gun

machine-

gun

machi-ne

machine-

gun

machi-ne

.gun fire opened along a wide front .

Yelling , panicky voices to the, front attractedattracted-my

attracte-dmy attention ,. LookingLookin0LookinLooking' up I observed a disorganizeddisorganized-mob

disorganiz-edmob of 37th troops retreatingretrfating in greatgroatgoat confusion . AsA-

sthis

M-

atthias

A-

sthis

M-

atthiasthis mob crossed the road tnroughthroughtrough the rightri ht platoonplatoon-

areaplato-

onplatoon-

areaplato-

onarea., an officer leadinglea.ding. the retreatretre&tretret& yelled "GetGet" thethe-

hellthe-

re'llthe-

hellthe-

re'llthe-

hellthe-

re'llhell out of here " .

ConsideraoleConsiderable difficulty was pxperiencedexperienced inin-

preventing

in-

crementing

in-

preventing

in-

crementing

in-

preventing

in-

crementingpreventing a break in my rirightriahtright:ht leadinglea.ding. platoon *. ToT-

othe

T-

ote

T-

othe

T-

ote

T-

othe

T-

otethe rightri ht I observed what appeared to be the entireentire-

frontent-

ireentire-

frontent-

ireentire-

frontent-

irefront line of the 37th retreating in great confusionconfusion.-

Glancingconfusion-

Glancingconfu-

sing.

GlanoGolanGlancingingKing to the rear :,;,. I obseobsessobservedrvedraved mycoy right supportsupport-

platoonsup-

portsupport-

platoonsup-

portsupport-

platoonsup-

portplatoon going to the rear apparently out of controlcontrol.A-

CTION

controlA-

CTION

consol-ation

.

ACTION OFOF- .QOMPAOF- QOMPA. COMPANYCOMPA-

NYExpecting

COMPAi1YCOMPAi-

1YExpecting!

ExpectExpectingingKing an attackatta.ck. at .anya.ny moment and havinghaving-

ahavin-

ga strong position on the road , it wasW8S, decided to holdhold-

thisho-

ldhold-

thisho-

ldhold-

thisho-

ldthis position if possible .

The left support platoon was swung to the rightright-

and

righ-ted

right-

and

righ-ted

right-

and

righ-tedand placed in position on the right flank facing thethe-

righthe-

ightthe-

righthe-

ightthe-

righthe-

ightright front .. , . , . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .

c.f-.uni'tcf.unitc.fcf.uni'tunit. :.' ' ' '

'OnOn' "thethe" .*'

* , . . . . .Control oof-unitsofunitsf- .- on the right was tinallyIinallytonallyFinallytinally-gained

ton-ally

" <. " " -.--

gained

g-

ained"

gained aftera.fter. they hadha.d. gone at least 1000 yardsYt3.rdsYt3rds. to thethe-

rearthe-

reatthe-

rearthe-

reatrear and by noon leading units were back in position-

12

position ,.

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In the meantime most of the enemyene.my. gunsg ms were silencedsilenced-by

silence-d

silenced-by

silence-d

silenced-by

silence-dby our artillery fire .

OOMPOOMPHCOMPANYCOMP.qNYCOMPqNY.NY I REJOREJOINRSJOIWCREJOICEJOININC: ITS BATTALIO-

NDuring

Batta-lion

BATTALIONBATTALIOBATTALIO-

NDuring

Batta-lionDuringDul'ingDulingDulling' the afternoona.fternoon. the comuanycompgnycompany, was orderEdorderEd-

toordere-

dordered-

toordere-

dto rejoin the od3d BattalionBa.ttalion. which h-.dh.dh.ddhd;,.- ;:. moved for"ftrdforftrdforwardfortedfor"ftrd-

from

forward-

fromforw-

ardforward-

fromforw-

ard"

from brigade reserve to relieve one of tnethetine assaultassault-b

assaul-t

assault-

battalionsassault-

battalionsbbattalionsat taltail ion 8 . .

COdATGN0-i.MTNT0i.MTNT0i.MTNTiMTNTCodaI'mintentCCO0i.MTN-

TCompany

'.-dATGNdATGNdragon-- .LPCHTPCTLPCH-

TComDany

!ComDanyCompany I during ' the first three days ofof-

actionol-

faction

of-

actionol-

faction

of-

actionol-

factionaction failfailedd completely in its most essential dutYJdutydutY-

Jthatdu-tyduty-

thatdu-

ty,

that of keeping the brigadebriga.de. conmandercO.rlmandercOrlmanderco.mmandercommandercolander. informed ofof-

theof-

tenof-

theof-

tenof-

theof-

tenthe situation etat the front . ;''VhenVhen'whenwhenHen' runners dispatcheddispatched-

todispatch-

edto brigade with messagesmesse.gesmesseges. failedfa.iled. to return indica.tingindicatingindicating-no

indica.ting-no

indicatin-g

.no contact had been riademaderideadeJSadeadeJthejadeite, the company commander shouldshould-

hrtvesho-

uldshould-

have

shoul-d've

should-

have

shoul-d'vehr-tvehrtvehavetv- exerted every oosc.ibleoosciblenosr.iblenosriblepossiblenostrilnossmoss.. ibledibble effort to makema.ke. contactconta.ct. .

Communication ttoo the rear was generallys ne rally veryvery-

much

over-

much

very-

much

over-

much

very-

much

over-

muchmuch overlooked . LprgerLFI.rgerLFIrgerLargerLiger. unit commanders geaerallygenerallygeaerally-had

genera-lly

generally-had

genera-lly

generally-had

genera-llyhad but 1littleittlelittle , if any , infort'Qa.tinfortQa.tinfortQatinformantinformation' . ion from the frontfront-

infronti-

ng

front-

infronti-

ng

front-

infronti-

ngin this particular operation .

It has been said , although I can find nothingnothing-

ofnothin-

gof record to veriVerdiverifyfy the statement , that the briga.debrigadebriga.de-

comm8nder

brigadec-

ommanderbri-gadebrigadec-

ommenderbri-gade

.comm8ndercommander of the 181BtlSlet181stislet Brigade received absolutelyabsolutely-no

absolute-lyno informatinformantinformationion from anyoneany one of hihiehishideB 1lineinecine ororganizationsorganizations-

untilorganizati-

onsorganizations-

untilorganizati-

onsganEgan izatfiat ionsions-

untilinu-

tileuntil 110011:00;: PM , September 26fch26th . Such a condition isis-intolerable

di-

sintegrableis-

intolerabledi-

sintegrableie-

intolerableid-

entifiableintolerable .

During the nights of September 26-272627- , and 27-2727-

28

27-

28

27--

28

2-7

2-8

-28 , the principles of security were constantly v101ateviolatedv101ateJv101ate-

notviolated-

notviolat-

edJ,

I but.but units ei.thereitherei-thereitherethereither-

flankeit-

her. .. . .. .not only by Company , . by larger on .-

flflankankYank .,

WoNo contact was made with the enemy at nightnight.-

Patrolsnight-

Patrolsnight-

mares.

Patrols to the front wereware not sent out . ToeThe enemy-

13

enemy-

13

enemyenemy-

13-13-13-13.-

h

13r-

w

13.f-

W

-. , . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... _. .. . .. . . . . . . .

.. . . . .. . ;. ,

. . . . . . . . '.; ' ... .

. . . . '. " ' :. ' ; " -

. _. . . . _ . . . . . . . _. ..... _... . .._.. . . .. . . . . ..". . . .. . . .... .' . . .- : .r.rr.rrr

. . :. ':.

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V

.t1t1'. \ :

T w wwvflwm. .!MTV1 Jf.:". ':"dwwdwwww"dwwwm" < ' Y'\wmwm\ _.prpr ' ! '_\\ M>:w .ryty-.ryty.rytyv-:. vt; ",y ' . g '

. m" ,-. . . . . - . . "

JJ. .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. .. h 'UU'

.

'(

-. .:....,. ... . ..

.,. . ..... ...k .-. ._l>*

.

<._:*.<.t .> .>f

:;... . . fc,. " '. .....

. ..,.

&.. .'t< -.. *. " . . ..lflf..lfnlf_

- .. '. 1. ._'ww. ..OWN.'\-'" .< . , . . .

is. . .

-nn-';. . . . . . .jgSRasaBKjigsaws_ . . _ . .. .

, .i ,. ) .

waswaewade permitted to move to and strengthen positionspositpositions-each

positi-ons

ionsions-

eachins-

eameeacha.cac. h nighnightni htt to Bsuchuchmuch an extextentent tthathat iitt ccausedau ae d ae, grgreatgreat-

sacrificegr-

eatsgreat-

sacrificegr-

eatse i t

sacrifice ooff human life and time each morning inin-

renewing

in-

breedingin-

renewing

in-

breedingrenewing the attack .

L'53SCN3L53SCN3LESSONSr1LESSONSH' r1

1 ., Higher commcommandnd must be kekeotkeptrat informedinformed-

aboutinfor-

medinformed-

aboutinfor-

medinformed-

aboutinfor-

medabout tr'etrethetare' situation at the front .

2 . In open warfarewa.rfare. contact with the enemyenemy-

mustene-

myenemy-

mustene-

myenemy-

mustene-

mymust be maintainedm13.inta.inedm13inta.inedm13intained. . .

3? ., A preatgrea.tgreatpeat. deal of training inin nightnight-w.neuvp.rs

night-

maneuversnig-

htmarenight-

m&neuvprs

night-mneuvprs

nig-htmarew.neuvp.rswneuvp.rswneuvprsmaneuversweepers&. . is essentialessentia.l. to success inin open warfarewa.rfare. .

SFCECiiLPTSIJBERPTElI.BERPTElIBERTellerPTEIJPATE.; BERBERG 29TH29TH-

SITUATION

29TH-

SITUATION

g9TH-

SITUATIONSITUATION AT DAYBRDAYBREAKDAYBREA-

KDuring

Dayb-reak

DAYBREAKDAYBREA-

KDuring

Dayb-reak

AKA-

KDurln.g

A-

djuringDuringDurln.gDurlng. tnethetine nightnightni ht the 3d Battalion 3636-'d36'dd36'd-

InfantrySSF-

dInfantry

'-' dd-

InfantryI-

nfantryInfantry relieved the 1st BattalionBa.ttalion. S61st36lst361st InfAntryInfAntrya-

.ndInfantry-

man

Infantry-

and

Infantry-man

Infantry-

and

Infantry-mana.ndand. isiiss now in position just west of and on line withwith-

northernWh-

itehorsewith-

northernWh-

itehorsewith-

northernWh-

itehorsenorthern edge of Bois de OicrgesCitrgesCiergesMoiresCitratesClergies .

Orders have been received directing an at-atat-

ta.ck

at-

tack

at-

tackatat-

tack

¬-tackta.ck. on GesnesGenes at 7007:00;: AMAtli . The regiment is attackingattacking-

withattacki-

ngattacking-

withattacki-

ngattaching-

withattachi-

ngwith two battalions abreast . The 361st361et Infantry isis-in

ris-

ing

is-

in

ris-

ing

is-

in

ris-

ingin rereservese rye ,.,,

The battbattybattaliona.1a1. ion is disposed with CompaniesCompanieCompanieds L andand-

M

an-

d

and-

M

an-

d

and-

M

an-

dM in front 1lineineeIeCompaniesCompaniesI.,, Companies I and K in rereservereserve.T-

ERRAIN

reserveT-ERRAIN

rese-rve

reserve.TE-

RRAINThe

serve .,

TERRATERRAINTERRAIN-

The

Terra-in

IN

The ground to the front for a distance of a.boutabout.about-

80002000 yards is open rolling terrain . There are no woodswoods-

or

woods-

ier

woods-

or

woods-

ier

woods-

or

woods-

ieror brush for concealment .

Enemy poslpospositionst ions north of GeGesnesGenessnesane s areB.reBreBret. well con-concon-

cealed

con-

cealed

concon-

cealed

¬-cealedcalled on high dominating ground . Fields of fire forfor-

thefo-

rtefor-

thefo-

rtefor-

the-enemyf-

orthee-

nemyf-

ortethetheenemyHenley-enemyenemy- ', areare'exoellentareexoellentrecollect.'' exo'ellentexoellentexcellent'

.,

THE ATTACK-

An

Atta-ck

ATTACKATTAOKATTACK-

n

ATTAC-

KAn-nn-n attempt to advanceadvanoe at 7007:00;: AM was repulsedrepulsed-

14

repulsed-

-14-

repul-

sed1-

4repulsed1-

4.J-14-14-14.-

a-

' '..: ...aa. .

.

;. ,'

. ' : ' . ".

. . :--'

.;." . .

. .-.:. . -.. ... .

..v.Lv.LvL. . .

.'.

.

.. . . ...

.

.". -. .

" . , . .. . " ". . . '.. ,-.'

.

,. ': .

". .

. ... . . .. - .. . . . . . . , . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .

r':.3SW7: ? .7.j7.j7j...7.j,- 50'

. . T ;:"':" 'gSgS' ':{; ':M.JMJ\,50,5050\, .' "JJ". :-<w".' 'aewTwrTaewTwrT' r w yi \":,. JW\P"C\JWP"CPCJWP"Cj\"\.): . ..' j, . . wjftfjiff'. .

lj. Jtf" >_ , . 3W ...>. ..l-. . .' . .,'f'IIfIIII' .I'l.7Il.7Il7!'. "' W---WW.-

ft

Wa-ft

y?' ., .,.. .. . . ..

. . . . . . . . , . . . ,

' ' "

.'

.

' " ' " ' "TMI'C'LTMICLTAMIL"'" 'lW1.JW\tt1.JWtt1.JW1JWtt!;\W':; ylyyolky.: ' :':. :. ." . . .ftft. "' . , , " , " . d . . . " . . . ; , , . ,

: :. . . . " . .

: ; :. .:

.: . .

. .. . .t.utu.:?'.: ':

by heavy machine-gunmachinegun- and artillery fire .

Another Attemptfit tempt was made atHt 10:001000: AM withwith-

twit-

h

with-

the

with-

held

with-

the

with-

heldtthehe samesa e reresultsuIsuit t .

Considerable artillery haehashade moved into closeclose-

positioncom-

positionclose-

positioncom-

positionclose-

positioncom-

positionposition during the morninpmorninmorninp-morningmorninp-

At

morni-ng

-* .

At 3003:00;: PM orders were received irectingdirectingnirecting-a

irecting-a

directing-a

directin-ga determined attackatta.ekattaek. be launched atB.tBt. 3:30330: PM withwith-

instructionswith-

instructionswith-

instructionsinstructions to take GesnesGenes and the heights beyondbeyon-

dstallbey-

ondbeyond-

atbeyo-

nd(13)13( ) HHistory1story , stallat ailall costse 0 S t s . (13)13(13)-

The

(13)-pp

( 13 )HistoryppHistorypp 32-333233- The attack started at 3:30330: . By 4:00400: PA1PMP 1 aboutabou-

thalfab-

outabou-

thalfab-

outabou-

thalfab-

outhalf the distance had been covered . Organizations-on

Orga.nizations-

on

Organizatio-ns

Orga.nizationsOrganizations.on both flajiksflanksflails of ththfrthethru. regiment had either failed toto-

startc-

ostarto-

startc-

ostarto-

startc-

ostarstart the attackattRokmattock or had very soon given up thethe-

effortthe-

reforethe-

effortthe-

reforethe-

effortthe-

reforeeffort .

As a result the 362d was subjected to deadlydeadly-

machinegundeadly-

machinegundeadly-

machine-Run

deadl-ymachine

R-un de-adlymachine-gunmachinegun- and artillerya.rtillery. fire from the front andand-

bothA-

ndoand-

bothA-

ndoand-

bothA-

ndoboth flanks . Casualties were extremely heavy .

OrganOrganizationsizatfiat ions becamebees.mebeesmebesmear. badly mixed . CompanyCompa.ny. LL-

in

L-

ing

L-

in

L-

ing

L-

in

L-

ingin front of ComoanyComoRnyCompanyCommonly I virtually disappeareddisapueared . ThereThere-

wa.s

Ther-esa

There-

was

Hebr-

ews

There-

wae

Ther-esawa.swas. extreme disorganizationdisorga.nization. everywhere . There apap-

pearedap-apap-

peared

ap-

peared¬-

pearedpearled absolutely no coordination within the bat-batbat-

talionbat-

talionbatbat-

talion¬-

taliontalon , between battalions or within the regimentregiment-

There

regim-ent

,.

There seemed to be only one thought in mind and ththatthat-

was

tha-

wsthat-

was

tha-

wswa.swas. to reach the assigned objective regardless ofof-

what

bo-

wshot

of-

what

bo-

wshot

of-

what

bo-

wshotwhat happenedhap'pened.' ,.

By 5005:005 :0000;: PM GesneeGene wasW8.SW8S. taken . The 8.dvance8dvanceadvance8.dvance-

was

advance-

was

advan-ce

advance-

was

advan-ce

.

was continued and Hill S55255 reached, in a short timetime-

(14)

tim-

e14

.

(14)14( ) HistoryHistorypHistory , (14)14( ) At this point a hasty reorganization waswa.s. . ma.demadema.d-

eand

madd-

ened

made-

and

madd-

ened

made-

and

madd-

ened

.

p 34-

by

34-

The

34and the position organizedorganir.edorganired. . Company I started thisthis-

attaokth-

eistthis-

attacktic-

ktackthis-

attacktic-

ktackattaokattack at 3303:30;: with 178 men and reachedreaohed the positionposition-

withpositi-

onposition-

withpositi-

onposition-

withpositi-

onwith 7474-

15

74-

15

.

-15-15-15.-

f

15-

1

15-151-

5r

-. .. . - . , . . . .

..

.,

.,. .

-

-.

- ,

. . ..

. . . . . ' . . . . . ;-

. :. .. . . , - . : .. . . . .: :. . ;" .ff. ' " . . . .' : . , . . _ -: . : : . :.: { ': ': , ; .;. ..: . . " . . 1, . . .. . . .

.._ . . ,, : .tt. ., .

. ;" .. ..

. _ .. -. .

. :..

.

. ..

.

. .... .

. . . .

\.ifj

..,

ijijFijiijijiffffimrogiiffffimrogi ' ji 1"' . ,r. .f.if.ifi.,. ;- .."': ' 6.r.r\6r.r6.r.r6rr6.r.rh.'.\} .; h . 'ff''f.l.ll. ; "-'' :' rl. . . . " .- .- . ." . . . .. . - . . - . . . - . .

SITUATION AT NIGHTFALL-

The

Nightf-all

NIGHTFALL-

The

Nightf-all

NICrHTFALLNIGHTFALLNICrHTFALL-

TheThe 362d Infantry .alonea.lone had advanceda.dvanced. to thethe-

army

te-ary

the-

army

te-ary

the-

army

te-aryarmy objective . With its right flank ooenovenloosen for aa-

distanced-

istancea-

distanced-

istancea-

distanced-

istancedistance of about two miles and its left nearly, a.sasa.-

sbadly

ba-

sallyaas-

badlyba-

sally. ss-

badly

b-

adlybadly exposed one of the two things had to be done-

.Eitherdone-

Eithercon-

necterdone .

Either flank units would have to be advanced oror-

the

N-

orth

or-

the

N-

orth

or-

the

N-

orththe regiment would have to give up the ground takentaken-

attake-

ntaken-

attake-

nat a.. terriblete rribledribble sacrificesa.crsacrsacra.Higherigher

. if ice .

Higher .authoritya.uthority decided on the latter plan .

(15)15( ) History , (15)15(15)-pp

(15)-pp

(15)-pp

15-pp

( )pp 3536W-

ITHDRAWAL3536W-

ITHDRAWAL35-363536- WITHDRAWALWITHDRAW-

ALInstructions

WITHDRAW-

ALInstructions

WITHDRAW-

ALInstructionsInstructions were received ttoo withdraw underunder-

coverunder-

coverunder-

covercover of darkness . The entire niphtnight was spent inin-

carryingin-

curringin-

carryingin-

curringin-

carryingin-

curringcarrying back and aseistingassisting wounded off the battlebattle-battle-field

battle-field

battle-field

¬-field .

COMIAm-

In

COMMEN-

TIn

Compani-

on

Commenti-

ng

COMIAmCOMMENTComaIn this attack we see the result of lack ofof-

teamwork

of-

teamwork

of-

teamworkteamwork or coordinationcoordina.tion. between units . &reatreatGreat& lossloseloss-

oflo-

sslose-

oflos-

elose-

oflos-

eof life was suffered by the 362d in tateeingtakingingKing groundground-

which

Green-

wichground-

which

Green-

wichground-

which

Green-

wichwhich was , almost immediately given up . The greatgreat-

sacrificegr-

eatsgreat-

sacrificegr-

eatsgreat-

sacrificegr-

eatssacrifice was made for naught . The morale of the-

organizationter-

rorizationthethe-

organizationter-

rorizationthe-

organizationter-

rorizationorganization was lowered greatlygrea.tly. in havingha.ving. to givegive-

upgi-

ve

give-

upgi-

ve

give-

upgi-

veup such a dearly acquired positionposition.L-

E880N8

positionL-

E880N8

.

LESSONS

1 . Teamwork and coordination within unitsunits-

and

uni-ts

units-

and

uni-ts

units-

and

uni-tsand between adjacent units are most essential toto-

successful

tr-

ouncesto-

successful

tr-

ouncesto-

successful

tr-

ouncessuccessful combat .

2 . Battle conditionsoonditions present vastly differentdifferent-problems

differe-ntiable

different-problems

differe-ntiable

different-problems

differe-ntiableproblems than we experienceexperienoe in our training maneuversma.neuvers. .

SEPTEMBER 30TH TO OCTOBEROOTOBER 3D3D-

Company

3D-

Company

3D-

CompanyCompany I with the 3d Battalion WwsWAS; 8s 01olaoedlaoedsoloedlaboredlaoed-

in

loadi-ng

acedaced-

in

acced-

ingin brigade reserve anaandana moved to tnethetine LesLeaLeeLees EpinettesPipettes BoisBo is

. .. , ' : - : " , 'MM' ' . ; . . : , .-. .'';:, .:: . : . : ' . ' :. :

. .. ;

. . .;. .,

: :.-." ..

."-:- ..-. . . .-- .. . . . " , ' . . . .. . .

.

. ,' .- 16-1616-

SITUATION

6-66-

1

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. .

. . ." .- - . . . .

, . ,

-. . , .

-,

-. . . . . . .' " ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . , . ' , . i Y

. wr:..MriMCMimic *| teWstew ' , | | iii miTff IIMHIIrrJJmill _n .| '.| ' .

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where it remained until the division was relieved .

3UPPLYSUPPLYSUPPL-

YBecause

SUPPL-

YBecause

3UPPL-

YBecauseBecause of congested traffic and limitedlimited-roads

limi-ted

limited-roads

limi-ted

limited-

roadslimi-

tedroads , kitchens were not moved forward from the-

Rendez

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her-

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the-

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eunderRendezRene VousVogues de Chasse until the night of' Septemoer-

29th

SeptemoereptemoerSeptembereptemoer-

29th(16)16( 1 6)6) HiHistory8 tory , 29th . (16)16(16)-p

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where

36 (16)Compeny(16)CompanyCompanyCompeny I received its first warm meal since-

septelnbersince-

September

sincesince-

SeptemberSeptemberseptelnber 25th during the afternoon of SeptemberSeptember-

30th

September-

30th

September-

0th30th? ,. BeinpBeingBegin five davsdaveDavis without warm food and wwarmwar-

mclothes

was-

hclothswar-

mclothes

was-

hclothsrmrm-

clothesm-

aculatesclothes or blankets , with practically no sleepsleep-

exposed

,

exposed to inclement weweathertherether and the strain ofof-

battleo-

ffbeatof-

battleo-

ffbeatof-

battleo-

ffbeatbattle , the organisationorganizAtion, wasWBSBS in poor conditioncondition.-Uore

condition-Uore

conditio-ner

.

More than fifty per cent of the company was suf-sufsurfsuf-

feringsuf-

feringsufsurfsuf-

fering¬-

feringfearing from diarrhea .,

CONCLUfJION-

The

Conclusi-on

0ONCLUGION-

The

CQi\rOLUfJIONCQirOLUfJIONCONCLUfJION0ONCLUGIONCIAprolusionConclusionCQirOLUfJION-

The

\

The experiences of CompCompanyny I are not ex-exex-

ceptionalex-

ceptionalexex-

ceptional

¬-ceptionalcaption but rather the normal things to expectexpect-

in

expecti-

ng

expect-

in

expecti-

ng

expect-

in

expecti-

ngin battle . Mistakes made by the comoa-nycomoanycompanycoma- commpcompcommandercommande-

rare

comman-

der

commande-

rare

comman-

derderdeerder-

aredeg-

radeare the normal mistakes one may expect of untrAineduntrAine-dofficers

untra-ined

untrained-

officersuntra-

ineduntrained-

officersuntra-

inedofficers in any futureflJturefilature engagements .

The lack of communicationcouununica.tioncouununicationcounteraction. and liaison , thethe-

lackth-

wack

the-

lackth-

wack

the-

lsokhe-

elslack, of information , the vagueness of understanunderstandunderstandingunderstanding-

theunderstandi-

ngilgil( ,

the confusion almostlmost constantly existing , and thethe-

prevailinget-

herealthe-

prevailing-the-

prevailinget-

herealthe-

prevailingfeelingprevailing - feel1nfeeling-feelingfeelingoffeeling- of uncncuncertaintyrtaRita ntynatty is , I believebelieve-

notbelie-

ve,

not exceptionalexceDtional . It is aa, normal condition ofof-

bat

off-

beat

of-

battleof-

fbeatof-

battleof-

fbeatbatbattletletale .

Any success which may have been attained byby-

Coppery

b-oycotter

by-

Company

sy-

cophancy. . . ._ . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Coppery I!, and the entireentKent ire 91stSlstSalt Division was due , II-

believe

B-

elieveI-

believe

B-

elieveI-

believe

B-

elievebelieve , to its high degree of morale and to itsits-fighting

fi-stfight

its-fighting

fi-stfight

its-fighting

fi-stfightfighting spirit and aggressiveness .,

aggressiveness17

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