The Germans were already greatly shaken, but Foch gave them no respite, and to prevent them recovering he redoubled his attacks. An offensive movement on both wings began: on the left (in Flanders) the Belgian, French and British armies, under the command of King Albert, attacked simultaneously with the Fourth French Army under Gouraud and the First American Army under Pershing on the right. As a prelude to taking its place in the line for the great offensive, the American Army had already fought the brilliant action which, on September 12, reduced the St. Mihiel salient. (See Volume 2: “The Battle of St. Mihiel.”) This operation was only just over when the main body of the American army was moved very rapidly from the Meuse to the Argonne, to the positions assigned to General Pershing in the Allied plan of campaign. This very important movement, effected without a hitch between September 4 and 24, involved the displacement of enormous forces; eleven French divisions, constituting the Second Army, were replaced by fifteen divisions of the First American Army, which thus held the whole Verdun front from the Aisne to the Moselle, between La Harazée and Pont-à-Mousson. [Illustration: AMERICAN CEMETERY CONTAINING 28,000 GRAVES, ON THE HILLSIDE, NEAR CUNEL VILLAGE (SEE P. 45)] [Illustration: GEORGE H. CAMERON, _Commander of the American 5th Corps, comprising the 79th, 37th and 91st (active), and 32nd (reserve) Divisions_.] [Illustration: HUNTER LIGGETT, _Commander of the American 1st Corps, comprising the 35th, 28th and 77th (active), and 12th (reserve) Divisions_.] [Illustration: ROBT. L. BULLARD, _Commander of the American 3rd Corps, comprising the 33rd, 80th and 4th Divisions_.] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH DICKMAN (_1st Corps._)] [Illustration: MAJ.-GEN. JOSEPH E. KUHN (_79th Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM WEIGEL (_83rd Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE BELL (_33rd Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM H. HAY (_28th Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL CHARLES G. MORTON (_29th Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GEN. EDMOND WITTENMEYER (_7th Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN L. HINES (_3rd Corps._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES W. M‘ANDREWS _General Chief of Staff._] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT ALEXANDER _Commander of the 77th Div._] [Illustration: MAJOR-GEN. WM. M. WRIGHT (_1st Corps._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL HANSON E. ELY (_5th Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES H. M‘RAE (_78th Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GEN. C. P. SUMMERALL (_5th Corps._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL LEROY S. LYON (_90th Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE B. DUNCAN (_82nd Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL SAMUEL D. STURGIS (_80th Division._)] [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT L. HOWZE (_Com. of the 3rd Div._)]