The summary of information of the 1st Guard Division of September 23 says that brown uniforms had been seen opposite their front and that the presence of Americans was to be suspected. The Eclisfontaine-Varennes road on the other side of the ravine was strongly held by the enemy, and it was some time before it was finally taken and the regiment was enabled to push on into Les Bouleaux Bois. The 362nd formed the brigade reserve. It depended above all else for its success upon the holding of the pivot, and of the line in the vicinity of the pivot. The passage through the Bois de Cheppy and the hard fighting of the preceding afternoon had naturally resulted in the mixing of men from unit to unit and the displacement of companies and battalions from their proper sectors. All of these were to remain three months, pursuing educational courses and returning after the Division. Meanwhile, General Greene had been organizing his staff with a view of its permanency. The Division Headquarters moved from Vavincourt to Autrecourt on September 17, under orders from the Second French Army, placing it under Major General Garvier Duplessix, Ninth French Corps. The French army was to march on two roads: The Seventh French Corps, to which the 91st Division was attached, was to move on the Audenarde-Bruxelles road, followed by the Thirtieth Corps. Lone Sentry: Unit History: 91st Infantry Division (Ch. II: The First The guns of the 348th Machine Gun Battalion, posted south of Transol Farm, instantly caught and broke up this gathering and a counter-attack by our engineers temporarily assured the safety of the flank. It usually requires more bravery to serve under fire, without returning the fire, than to discharge firearms at a visible enemy. The heroes of the great war are here to-day to prove it. The 182nd Brigade was assembled during the night. STAFF FT STEVENS. The mopping up detachment moved forward at the appointed time, 6:50 oclock. He asked Major General Johnston to express his confidence that officers and men of the 91st would do their duty. Meanwhile, on the 6th, orders were received from the French Army of Belgium detaching the 91st Division from the Seventh Army Corps and placing it at the disposal of the Commanding General, Thirtieth Army Corps (French), under Major General Penet. The 63rd Infantry Division was created in 1943 and landed in southern France in December 1944, some six months after the massive Allied invasion of western Europe on D-Day (June 6). This army was made up of Belgian, French and British troops, the French Army of Belgium being now reinforced by two American divisions, the 37th and the 91st. At 10 oclock advance was renewed with similar check and retreat. In WW1, there are 4 infantry regiments within a division. Considerable equipment, including machine gun carts and additional draft animals, was issued to the Division in Foret de Hesse. 12.31.1932, 1st Infantry Regiment, Co. B., Ft. Francis E. Warren, Wyo. At the cost of much sacrifice she is victorious and has grown greater thereby. While the American staff was carefully checking up the roster of enemy divisions in line and in reserve and was perfecting the details of its own attack, the Germans were likewise preparing for defense and attempting to gain some inkling as to the direction and force of the blow which they felt was coming. SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 9340-SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 10461. 2ND BN TRENCH MORTAR BTRY C- BTRY CAC 8TH T.M, 9TH TRENCH MORTAR CAC- BTRY 59TH 111TH T.M. 16TH COMP 5TH BN P.S.-19TH CO 5TH BN P.S. In order to conceal the fact that many American divisions were forming up in the woods north of the Verdun-Clermont highway, American troops were required to remain on the line of resistance about 800 meters south of the line of surveillance occupied by the French. And mounted on each troopship were naval pieces of medium caliber, manned by American and British naval gunners. History Of The 363d Infantry, One Regiment Of The 91st - Archive All the wood on the third, fourth and fifth stories had been removed, apparently for fuel. This is proved by the following order of the 1st Guard Regiment of that date: A strong enemy attack in the direction of Metz is expected tomorrow, September 25. He rests in this cathedral.. These things will help the reader to understand of the events which happened during the next few days. They too were unsuccessful. Division, Corps and Army Commanders have been most lavish in their praise of the accomplishments of the Signal Corps in this war, and our Commander-in-Chief has placed himself on record as saying that without the aid of this service the successes of our armies would not have been achived. With the first wave went engineers to throw bridges over the Buanthe creek. The 2nd Battalion, 361st, followed the 362nd. The 364th was held up in front of the town of Eclisfontaine before broad belts of wire swept by machine guns. During these struggles, lasting centuries, imposed by the Germans upon the French, they finally destroyed the Celtic, Gaelic and French population which inhabited the left bank of the Rhine. 77TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY E-80TH FA HQ REGT. Our attenuated line was open to attack from either flank and we risked having our forward troops, or, indeed, the whole Division, cut off and surrounded. In the afternoon the Division Commander and staff found that twenty-four trainloads of the 91st Division had already been detrained, regardless of regiment and brigade, at four points in the neighborhood of Ypres. The 3rd Battalion of the 363rd Infantry Regiment, commanded by Major, now Colonel, J. The 316th Field Signal Battalion was organized by Major, now Lieut. Very little resistance from machine guns was encountered, but both brigade lines were shelled heavily by hostile artillery from the hills west of the Scheldt opposite Audenarde. Second Objective: Heights of Waalem and Kleihoek. The attack may extend to our front; consequently, patrols should be send out in the covering zone. The evacuation of wounded was reported by all unit commanders as perfect. The 362nd Infantry passed through the 361st, moving at 7 oclock north through Bois de Cierges toward Gesnes. First Objective: High ground north and south through Stuivenberghe. The commanding officer, 364th Infantry, was directed to remain concealed near the river until dark and then to withdraw to the billeting area assigned. These attacks quickly spread to the west, the Bois de Avocourt was taken by means of a tremendous concentration of flame-throwers and the towns of Esnes and Avocourt were pounded to ruins by continuous shelling. Major A. Lieutenant Colonel Mudgett, commanding the 364th was severely wounded about noon, Major Gregory succeeding to command. Liaison with both divisions was established before H hour, and during the morning of October 10 the line between Hills 269 and 255 was taken by the 361st Infantry, reinforced by six companies of the 362nd Infantry, both crests being entirely cleared of the enemy. As soon as the 361st emerged from the Spitaals Bosschen it inclined. The 91st, having evacuated its wounded and rested and fed its men, was ready to advance again and orders therefore issued, but corps orders required that we wait till the 37th Division had been relieved by the 32nd and the 35th by the 1st Division. Most of the men had not yet received blankets or winter underwear, or any change of clothing. The 63rd Virginia Infantry Regiment was a Confederate regiment during the American Civil War . Our patrols guarded the country up to Gesnes and the enemy never again re-entered that town in force. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 The GCVHF office will be open by appointment only until April 2023. 20TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY A-OFF REGT L HQ 21ST FA REGT. All officers and men who had ever honorably served with the 91st Division were declared eligible to join. The 109th Field Artillery crossed near Eyne and took up a to support the advance of the 182nd Brigade. The sector assigned to the 91st Division ran almost exactly up the dividing line between the army group of the German Crown Prince to the west and the army group of General von Gallwitz to the east. The defenses of both hills flanked the approaches to each other and were protected by well-directed artillery barrage from the north. That final word came on September 24. This detachment rejoined the Division zone about daylight September 27. Brigadier General Foltz returned to command of the 182nd Infantry Brigade. 391.5.3 Records of infantry regiments raised for the Mexican War. On September 25, however, the attack did not come. In order to foster the surprise element it was necessary to maintain the movement of troops as guardedly as possible. Official roster of the soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the More complete information on this collection and instructions on how to use it can be found in United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters - FamilySearch Historical Records Many prisoners and machine guns were captured by the two brigades in passing through Bois de Cheppy. A glance at the map will show the actual extent of our front at dark on the 29th. 314TH TRENCH MORTAR CAC-FA BOARD FT BRAGG, 9TH REGT F.A.R.D BTRY F-HQ CO 7TH BN F.A.R.D, 7TH BN F.A.R.D BTRY A-BTRY C 15TH BN F.A.R.D, 16TH BN F.A.R.D BTRY A-HQ CO 55TH BN F.A.R.D, 2nd FIELD BN SC CO B-CO C 6TH FIELD BN SC, 9TH FIELD BN SC CO C-CO A 103RD FLD BN SC, 103RD FIELD BN SC CO B-CO B 107TH FLD SIG BN, 107TH FIELD SIG SC CO C-MED SAN 112TH FLD SIG BN, 112TH FIELD SIG SC CO A-CO C 116TH FLD SIG BN, DET 116TH FIELD SIG BN-CO A 302ND FLD SIG BN, HQ CO F.A.R.D. On the morning of December 7, with the leading elements of the Seventh French Corps, the detachments of these two American divisions, with their colors, entered Aix-la-Chapelle. The 91st Division contained the 361st, 362nd & 363rd Regiments. This American contingent set foot on French soil for the first time on the morning of July 23. had fought with credit in the successful Carpathian campaign on the eastern front and had particularly distinguished itself it in Italy in October, 1917. While the American staff was carefully checking up the roster of enemy divisions in line and in reserve and was perfecting the details of . 12TH FA 1ST BN BTRY F-13TH FA HQ AND TRAIN. Other engineers fell to work on the road from Avocourt across No-mans-land, which had, of course, been pounded out of existence during the past three years. It was very short of company officers, most companies of infantry having not more than two officers per company, although sixty second lieutenants recently commissioned after graduation from corps schools had joined the Division after it left the Meuse-Argonne. More complete information on this collection and instructions on how to use it can be found in United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters - FamilySearch Historical Records, United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters - FamilySearch Historical Records, United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=United_States,_Enlisted_and_Officer_Muster_Rolls_and_Rosters,_Enlisted_Muster_Rolls_-Inventory&oldid=4516716. Twelve British destroyers met the transports on July 16 and undertook the task of convoying them into Liverpool and Glasgow. Nevertheless, he directed his brigade, less two battalions of the 361st protecting his right, to take Gesnes. Further, the railroad line skirting the Argonne to the north, through Moutmedy and Sedan, represented nearly one-half of the supply and troop-moving power of the German line of communications. Holding Tronsol Farm, just in zone of the 35th Division, and Grange aux Bois Farm, just in zone of 37th Division, the 91st at 14:30 oclock was ready to advance farther. From Montiguy-le-Roi and vicinity the Division moved to the vicinity of Gondrecourt; Post of Command, known in the Army as P. C., being established at the latter place. Colonel L. C. Bennett, Division Quartermaster, was assigned to the 364th Infantry when Lient. POST N.C. STAFF, FT DADE-DET FIN DEPT FT EUSTIS. The Division P. C. had been located in a splinter-proof on the north slope of a depression where it was protected from artillery fire on the south, but not from the north. Airplanes and dirigibles preceded the troopships, scanning the sea for miles for the enemy under-water craft then Operating along the American coast. To accompany these physical barriers the enemy had developed a remarkably efficient system of ground observation posts, connected by wire with all his battery and most of his machine gun emplacements; he was furthermore provided with balloon and aviation services, which, from the point of view of observation and liaison, left very little to be desired. General Marshall visited the Division, including the 133rd Infantry. This happened about half an hour after a squadron of Allied planes had passed over Division Headquarters moving toward the Argonne Forest. Now that the goal has been reached, the pious of France, which future generations will perhaps recognize as greater than the Grognards of Napoleon and the Knights of Charmagne, come to give homage to the emperor named Charles the Great by the historians of France because he conquered the Germans. Request Morning Reports and Rosters - Golden Arrow Research The movement was in charge of the French Army, and trains were furnished so promptly that the 181st Infantry Brigade was obliged to entrain before issuing clothing. This summary does not include captures made by the 181st Infantry Brigade during its second participation, as those prisoners passed through the cages of the 1st and 32nd Divisions.