The Americans in the Great War; v 1. The Second Battle of the Marne: (Château-Thierry, Soissons, Fismes)
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The Americans in the Great War; v 1. The Second Battle of the Marne: (Château-Thierry, Soissons, Fismes)
France -- Guidebooks; Marne, 2nd Battle of the, France, 1918
=AMERICAN UNITS ENGAGED FROM AUGUST 1
TO SEPTEMBER 7, 1918.=
=WITH GENERAL DEGOUTTE’S ARMY.=
=1st Corps= (_see composition_, p. 27).
The 42nd Division was relieved by the 4th (_see composition_, p. 27) on
August 3.
The 4th was relieved by the 77th Division:
=77th Division= =Major-General George B. Duncan.=
comprising:
_153rd Infantry Brigade_ _Brig.-Gen. E. Wittenmeyer_
_154th_ “ “ “ “ _E. M. Johnson_
_152nd Artillery_ _Colonel Manus McCloskey_
The 1st Corps, which crossed the Vesle on August 6, was withdrawn from
the front on August 13. In twenty days it had advanced twenty miles and
combated twelve different enemy divisions.
[Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM G. HAAN.
Commanding the 32nd Division.]
=WITH GENERAL DE MITRY’S ARMY.=
=3rd Corps = =Major-General Robert L. Bullard.=
comprising:
28th Division (_see composition, p. 32._)
32nd “ _ “ “ p. 32._
3rd “ _ “ “ p. 13._
77th “ _ “ “ p. 35._
After establishing bridge-heads north of the Vesle, the 3rd Corps was withdrawn
from the front on September 8.
=Mentioned in the French Army Order of the Day.=
=302nd Regiment of Engineers=: “_Under the command of Colonel Sherill this
regiment, on September 6, 1918, built a bridge in three hours across the
Vesle under artillery fire, thus allowing the French artillery to cross
the river at the beginning of the operations, contributing thereby to
the success of the offensive."_
The Results of the Allies’ Counter-Offensive.
In three weeks the Germans had lost all their gains of May 27th to July
15th, the Crown Prince’s salient made at terrible cost was flattened
out, while the Allies’ captures included more than 18,000 German
prisoners and 700 guns.
The French reserves, so far from being entirely used to make good the
losses in the ranks of the line troops, as the German High Command
believed, had taken the counter-offensive. Only a very small portion
(two divisions) of the British reserves had taken part in the battle.
Conversely, the Bavarian reserves had been rushed up from the region of
Lille to the Aisne. Finally, whilst Ludendorff was compelled to give up
his projected offensive in Flanders, Foch began a new battle between the
Oise and the sea. The second battle of the Marne had thus far-reaching
consequences. From that time until the Armistice, when they capitulated,
the Germans were everywhere out-manœuvred and beaten.
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