In closing this brief introduction the publisher wishes to say that it would have been an easy matter to fill the pages following with many high-sounding phrases and verbose descriptions, but it has been thought better to adhere to the facts (they speak for themselves), and to furnish the tourist as briefly as possible with an historically correct account of the great victory of Saint-Mihiel. AMERICAN FORCES ENGAGED FIRST ARMY CORPS Major-General Hunter Liggett comprising the _82nd Division Major-General W. P. Burnham_ _90th „ „ „ Henry T. Allen._ _5th „ „ „ John McMahon._ _2nd „ „ „ John A. Le Jeune._ [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL HUNTER LIGGETT _Commanding the 1st Army Corps._] FOURTH ARMY CORPS Major-General Joseph T. Dickman comprising the _89th Division Brig.-General Frank L. Winn._ _42nd „ Major-General C. A. Flagler._ _1st „ „ „ E. F. McGlachlin._ _3rd „(Res.) „ „ B. B. Buck._ [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH T. DICKMAN _Commanding the 4th Army Corps._] FIFTH ARMY CORPS Major-General George H. Cameron comprising the _26th Division Major-General Harry C. Hale._ _4th „ „ „ Mark L. Hersey._ [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE H. CAMERON _Commanding the 5th Army Corps._] [Illustration: MAJ.-GEN. J. A. LE JEUNE, _2nd Inf. Divn._ ] [Illustration: MAJ.-GEN. E. F. McGLACHLIN, JR. _1st Inf. Divn._] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY T. ALLEN _90th Inf. Divn._] [Illustration: MAJ.-GEN. C. A. F. FLAGLER _42nd Inf. Divn._] [Illustration: MAJ.-GEN. M. L. HERSEY _4th Inf. Divn._] [Illustration: THE FRONTIER IN 1914 AND DEFENCES OF THE MEUSE _In constructing these defences, Gen. Séré de Rivières’ plans provided for the concentration of the French Armies to the west of the Meuse, the bridges being within range of the guns of the forts on the Meuse Heights. The quadrilateral formed by Woëvre Plain was open to the enemy._] THE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE ST. MIHIEL SALIENT (1914–1918). The Frontier in 1914 (_See map, p. 8._) If we look at a map of the Franco-German frontier of 1914, between Nancy and Verdun, it will be seen that two rivers—the Meuse and the Moselle—ran parallel with the frontier, forming a double line of defences. The Moselle is protected by the hills of that name, and the Meuse by the Heights of Meuse, the eastern side of which, facing Germany, consists of a series of steep cliffs.