. Illinois durante la guerra mondiale; un documento illustrato preparato con l'coöperation e sotto la direzione dei leader delle organizzazioni militari e civili dello stato, che prima di essere werereleved dagli inglesi scozzesi, Raggiunse le altezze sopra Soissons, catturando più di cinque offensivi tedeschi DI 1918 settemila prigionieri e cento pezzi di artiglieria. Metà degli uomini di queste divisioni furono vittime a causa dei fewda3^s di combattimento. Alcuni reggimenti non avevano mitragliatrici, una granata di poundersor, ma combattevano solo con il fucile e la baionetta.
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. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. these two divi-sions, before they wererelieved by the Scotchand English, reached theheights above Soissons, capturing more than THE five German offensives OF 1918 seven thousand prisoners and one hundred pieces of artillery. Half of the men in these divisions were casualties as a result of the fewda3^s of fighting. Some of the regiments had no machine guns, one poundersor grenades, but fought only with the rifle and bayonet. However, they pene-trated so far into the enemys line at a point where he thought it impregnable that he was forced toevacuate the entiresalient. Developments atthe Chateau - Thierrypoint of the salient ac-celerated his movement.The Twenty-sixthDivision was in the Bel-leau Wood sector west ofChateau-Thierry and theThird Division was eastof the city, with the]Iarne between it andthe heights of Jaulgonne.They advanced, the en-emy resisting stubbornly REIMS CATHEDRAL: A DETAIL OF THE NAVE ^ ^^ ^^ those rear Showing the effects of bombardment. guard aCtlOUS With whlCh. 68 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR the Americans became sofamiliar as the war con-tinued. Chateau-Thierrywas occupied July 20, the first French city tobe recaptured that year, and rail communicationbetween Paris and north-eastern France thus wasrestored. The Fourth Divi-sion joined in the fightingon the left of the Twen-ty-sixth. The Twenty-sixth and the Third Divi-sions were relieved bythe Forty-second and theThirty-second just as theGermans made a stand to prevent their retreat from becoming a rout. Thetwo fresh divisions met bitter resistance but succeeded in crossing the Ourcqand capturing Hill 230. The French by desperate fighting recaptured Soissonsand the American Twenty-eighth and Seventy-seventh Divisions were in theline when the Allies crossed the Vesle and occupied the heights beyond.
