Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ain Thae followng'n ofseOicial emet n issued by te warda rtme Thie f'of tiY:~oliilsatmn "Onv acun t of'aerronurprt e thlatvigtis of the olec o Am a.. (orps aga inst the Ilinidenbhu n. Septemberhe 27 to October '1 8, t he folllowing resumie is 1 'h- iP of thle Se-ond Amiierie rpJs against the Ilindienburg Lii ' pt 'ebr 27. October I, 1918. "In September, 1918, the Seco A '~erican Corps, Twenty-seventh a i airtijeth diivisins, was placed att t( sposal ofI the For; ' British Arn borg line east of PerVOnne. "'On the night of September 23 te Th irtieth dhiv isioni took over wi was known as the Nauroy sect, .with a front (If 3,750 :ardls, ahout 00t0 yards west (If the main Hlind( eriig Line andi apprwoximiately on t -'d 11 indenburg outpost line. Ont ne'xt night the Twenty-se~venthI div 'in took over the Gouy sector, on t ift of the Thirtieth dlivieion andl e' metting with it, its front was 4,J ard)(s, approximately along the< flritish front line trenches, very chI Sthe li indenb~urg outpost line. "On September 27, a preliminary . 'sationi was undertaken, to straighi the line oIf the Thirtieth dhivision t o bring the Twenty-seventh up the start line for the main atta Thie Thirtieth dlivisioni suicceeded 1 Sthe afternootn of September 28 Twenty-seventh (division was back Soriginal poIsition. At 5:50 a. mn., September 29 - orps attacked, suplported by the A !alian Corps. The Second Brit -'orps attacked simultaneously on *dght ,and the Third British Corps ts left. The attck was to be .led tanks, behind a rolling barrage. ') 'tart line wvas slightly to the east the flindenburg outpost line, and t-bjective east of Nauroy and Gut LBT'~ WO Sp COAT For 10 Day; 2011 You know minute in yours at 2( Discount p WEI tittititttiit22ttititttttitiitttttttt2;tttt American had reached their object ives, the Australians were to pass t'ugh them and continue in the ad vance. "The Thirtieth was already on the - start line, close behind the initial line of the barrage. The Twenty-seventh, however, had not yet been able to take the three strong points, The Knoll. 'Guillemont Farm and Quennemont Farm, and was consequently about 1,000 yards behind the barrage line, which was east of them. The question as of changing the barrage lines for this nt division was raised, but deide~ld in the negative, the brigade dlesignated to es make the attack having reported at 6 hie p. mi. on the 28th that it expected to be wvithin 400 yards or the barrage as lines or possibly even on the intended *i. starting l ine before the hour for at ig tack. 1,"The barrage fell as planned at 'e- 5:5,0 a. m. September 29, stoodl for four minutes on the initial line and an theni advanced at the rate of 100 ie, yardls in four minutes. The Thirtieth dlivision advancedl behind it. Sixtieth nd hbrigde in first lne. The One Hun nd dlred and Seventeenth infantry wvas to he follow across the tunnel, then deploy ny facing south and cover the right of n- the Australians after thie relief. Ar rangeme nts were made to seize the 2.1 southern exit of the tunnel, which lay at in the dlivision sector. r, "The German barrage was not 1,.. heavy, but nevertheless there were n- many casualties, especelly in the sup he port battalions. Smoke and fog ren he deredl it diflicult to keel) direction and is- contact. The One Hlundred and Twen he tieth infantry, on the .right, crossedl n- the Hlindenburg Line and~ occupied (0O Nauroy; the One Hundred andl Seven >ldI teenth reached its proper position, >se facing southeast and connecting the One Hundred andl Twentieth with the op l'orty-sixth British division. The One en llundred and Nineteenth howvever on ad the left, was enfiladed by machine to guns from its own left, and had to ek. form a dlefensive flank In that dlirec )ut Lion, reaching hack to the tunnel and he then connecting with the Twenty in seventh division. A battalion of the One Hundred and Seventeenth andl one 'he .of the One Hundred and Eighteenth us- wvere sent to support this flank. In ish this position the Australians passed its through the lines and relieved the on Thirtieth dlivision on the afternoon of by September 29. 'he "In the Twenty-seventh dlivislon the of Fifty-fourth infantry brigadle made the the attack under the same difficultieE oy. on account of for and smioke. It alst EINBE ecia US, SUITk we offer all Coa er Cen the kind we sell--Only style and Quality. Dc ) Per Cent. Reduction rice Strictly Cash. N!BERC ::ttttttt:tttttu2222mrntnt:::2:uu:u::::::::::::us filade from the direction of Vendhuile I outside its sector to the left. Part of the right regiment, the One Hundred and Eighth, b ya detour to the south, avoided Quennemont Farm and 0 reached the Hindenburg Line south of I Bony. Groups from all attacking battalions succeeded - In penetrating I between the strong points and reach- 1 ing the Hindenburg Line, but by dusk i only the extreme right retained its U footing in that line. Here the divi sion was relieved by the Australians andl remainedl in supp~ort; numerous groups, however, aggregatig over 1,000 men, remained with the Auis tralians and assistedl them in cleaning up the HIindenburg Line on the right taking it throughout the rest of the sector, andl occupying part of the vi lage of Bony. "The followving is a quotation from the dispatch of Marshal Sir Douglasi Haig, dated January 7, 1919; North of Bellenglise, the Thirtieth American| division (Maj. Gen. E. M. Lewvis) hav ing broken through the dleelp defenses of the Hinednburg line stormed Belli-| court andl seized Nauroy.' "On their left the Twenty-seventh| division (Maj. Gen. J. P. O'Ryan) met| with very heavy enfilade machine gun| fhe but pressed on with great gal-| lantry as far as Bony, whiere a bitter struggle took place for the possession of the village." CONFEDERATE VETERANS INDORSE MEMORIAL Columbia, Nov. 10.'-The Unitedl Confederate Veterans of Camp Hlamp ton, Number 389, have adopted the following resolution indorsing and ap proving the Memorial to be erected by the State of South Carolina to the whit. soldiers andl sailors who gave their lives for humanity in the late World War: "Resolved, That Camp Hampton, United Confederate Veterans, i ndorse and approve the memorial to be erected by the State of South Carolind and the citizens of the State to the memory of the soldiers and sailors who gave their lives as a sacrifice to the cause of humanity and personal liberty; to the cause of right and freedom, in the late World War, and pledge the hearty support of the Con federate veterans to that worthy pur pose." 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