General Pershing's Official Story of the American Expeditionary Forces in France
The book General Pershing's Official Story of the American Expeditionary Forces in France was written by author Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 Here you can read free online of General Pershing's Official Story of the American Expeditionary Forces in France book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is General Pershing's Official Story of the American Expeditionary Forces in France a good or bad book?
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Our order of battle from right to left was the Third Corps from the Meuse to Malancourt, with the Thirty-third, Eightieth, and Fourth Divi- sions in line, and the Third Division as corps re- serve; the Fifth Corps from Malancourt to Vau- quois, with Seventy-ninth, Eighty-seventh, and Ninety-first Divisions in line, and the Thirty-second in corps reserve; and the First Corps, from Vau- quois to Vienne Le Chateau, with Thirty-fifth, Twenty-eighth, and Seventy-seventh Divisions in line, and the Ni...nety-second in corps reserve. The Army reserve consisted of the First, Twenty-ninth, and Eighty-second Divisions. On the night of September 25 our troops quietly took the place of the French who thinly held the line in this sector which had long been inactive. The American Army in France Page 25 In the attack which began on the 26th we drove through the barbed wire entanglements and the sea of shell craters across No Man's Land, mastering all the first-line defenses. Continuing on the 27th and 28th, against machine guns and artillery of an increasing number of enemy reserve divisions, we penetrated to a depth of from 3 to 7 miles, and took the village of Montfaucon and its commanding hill and Exermont, Gercourt, Cuisy, Septsarges, Malan- court, Ivoiry, Epinonville, Charpentry, Very, and other villages.
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