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I Illy Expediences m ii>e World) War By ficncral John J* PerNhlng g Co0yrf?b(. mi. In *11 counuU* by tb# Norc'i Au>?.u.? * * M N?w?P*P** AUU"?*-"* **" * * *???*. W . N U, ScnadtMTtes. IUp?**Htiw U> wboU or p*.c ptohiLiud. JJ L CHAPTEK LIX Tli? phase of ilto Mouse-A rippe operation. the period from ()c? joher 1 ?? Involved t'>? heaviest rtralD on me and the army. ? There wax Utile time to make readjustment* among the troops, heavily I >ojcflfFrf- lining, the mutiny a respite ,Ji which to strengthen his de "fennes and hrinrup reserves. The general attack was resumed at 5#t ni. on October 4, meeting despor,t? resistance by the enemy, in this attack, the Fourth division of the Third corps. In three days' hitter fighting, captured and held the Hols de jpays, making a gain of over a mile. Advances Into the Hols !e Feut de faux were forced back by vicious counter-attacks. In similar nurd tightlug the Eighteenth division gained a foothold la the Bols des Ogons, ngulnst very heavy- machine gun fire. In the attack of the Fifth corps, the Third division pushed forward in the face of strong resistance. During the next two days this division extended Ita gains, but could m&ke no headway against the Hollfcle Cunel. The Thirty second division, which had taken derges October 1, advanced to Just south of Oesnes 6n the fourth despite fery severe hostile Are. and next day captured that town. On the left of the army, the First corps was very successful. The First division In a fine display of power on October 4. drove a deep wedge Into the enemy's line. This was of great value In affording space for the attack .Joward the Argonne to h?x launched later. The fighting here was characterized by the stubborn nature of the German resistance and the offensive spirit of the division. Case of the "Lost Battalion." The right of the Twenty-eighth division fought Its way down the Aire river in liaison with the First nnd captured fhehery. The left of the division encountered much opposition and made hut slight gains, notwithstanding Its repeated attacks. The division was now facing west for nearly three miles along the Aire river. The Seventy-seventh divlslon~between September 2i> and October 4 continued Its attacks In the Argonne, advancing about a mile over difficult terrain. \nthe assault of October 2 n'mixed battalion of the division moved forward more rapidly than the troops on lt? right and loft, nnd became completely surrounded by the enemy. It became popularly known as the "l/osl. Battalion." - 1 , - For four days every effort of the division to relieve tl4s beleaguered force was unsuccessful, nnd every effort of the Germans to force Its surrender was without avail. French Call for Help. In the meantime the French Fourth army on our left had been held up at Blanc Mont. As a consequence, Marshal Foch appealed to me for assistance. Although I was loath to spare any troops fro?z? out front, so serious*as our own siLuution, I sent, in accordance with my promise, the Second division (Le.leune), which was followed later by the Thirty-sixth (W. R- Smith). October 3 the Second division, ae companled by French tanks, In u brilliant maneuver against heavy machine ton resistance, stormed and captured the dominating German positions on jtoe Medoah Farm-Btanc Mont IUdge, and continued on toward" St. Etlenne. I Which . u.-u?_iatrBW- nn AalnhAM-JLI lite aid of one brigade of the Thirtydxth division. This success carried forward the French divisions on Its Aght and left and. as reported by General (louraud, enabled tfie whole Fourth army to advance. Our Second Army Organized. Th<broadening of the front of attack to the east of the Meuse and the probability that we should soon be-r come engaged along our whole line " madeIt advisable to establish another arniy- Accordingly, the Second army was formed with Its front extending ffhro tbeTioselle to Fresnes-en-Woevre, and placed under the command of Major Genera) Hullnrd on the twelfth, be remainder of our front from rosnes-en Woevre to the Argonne forInclusive, was left under the First "rroy. to which Major General Liggett WRs 08signod. Both commnndsrs were r?commended to me for promotion to "cutenunt general. i status now became that of cona^?n,ler of a group of armies. Major eral Summerall was placed In com?f the corps to relieve MaGeneral Cameron, who was given i . ^and of the Fourth division. Maeral H,nes promoted to the nRnd the Third corps In place L J^cral Bullard. Major General commanding the Foorth IJt*. wag Kiven the First corps and r-jor General Muir the Fourth, v. changes generally took effect in* 12 hut 1 stained direct coni ^^?f the First army until *he six? CMAP lx ' ArK?nne operations car -out between October 7 and 11 con k jjcq of four specific attacks,-*# I km??Ct.uher 1" First perpa, em I "t the Kl?btysM*'?vu?i :Uvtfri<?* htv m- . T iwcdi the I* ki si mill Twrui>-eighth divisions, attacked iiu? eastern edge of th?? Argonne forest. (-) October K. The French Seven i twinh corps, reinforced by the Ainer I Icun Thirty-third uixt Twenty-ninth divisions. lit tucked ca*l of the Mouse ihj I lie frojnt JLigauuujnt Brabant-?iu? , Mouse, with the object of seizing the -heights fhrrt?.- ? (3) October 0. The Fifth corps, reenforced by Including within Its front the First division, to which was attached a brigade fr/un tin? Ninety -first division, attacked the heights of the Hols do ltomnguc. (4) October 10-11. A general attack on the 20-mile front from Heauniont west tb' the Aire river. The. French Fourth army had not been able to keep abreast of die American First army, and It was evident that clearing the Argonne forest would materially aid Its advance. The | opportunity presented Itself v Just at tills time. Although on October 0 tj^o ! enemy continued to bold the heights j of Cunel and Komagne, nevertheless sufficient space liuti been secured alone the Aire river to warrant un attack to the west with the object of striking the rear of the enemy's positions in the Argonne forest. There was another important factor that Altered into the decision to force the ytdthdrtfwjrrbf the enemy from the Argonne. This was the predicament of the "I^ost Battalion,*' which under MaJ. C. \V. Wh'rtlesey hart been holding out Tienr Binarvllle since October 2. Efforts to relieve the battalion had so far been unsuccessful, and the men had consumed their rations and expended most of their ammunition, although our aviators had tried to drop small amounts to them. The battalion was resisting heroically against great odds, without any thought of surrender. " s Pursuant to the plan an attRck was made by the Twenty-eighth and Eighty-second divisions against the left and rear of the enemy's positions in the region of Chatel-Cheliery and Cornny. Aftw a night march of eight miles the Eighty-second division (Duncan) entered the line between the Twenty-eighth (Mulr) and the First (Summerall). In a scries of daring movements to the west by the Twenty-eighth and Eighty-second divisions, Cornay, Chntel-Ohehery and the dominating hills northwest of Apremont were captured. v Although the continued operation of these two divisions was attended by severe fighting the result# were Immediate. The enemy was forced to wlth t 'f-amr litnm, tWat rPtrfcan^Lho Argnnno forest was cleared,' and the Seventyseventh division was enabled to advance to the relief of Its "Lbst Battalion." It then pushed on to the north In pursuit of the retreating enemy. m Eaat of the Meuse. General Claudel's French Seventeenth corps, east of the Meuse, attacked October 8 with the object of seizing the heights northwest of Beaumont At that time it consisted of two French and two American divisions, the Thirty-third nnd Twentynlnth. making the corps In numerical strength two-thirds American. Though opposed ' by strong German resistance the assault was successfully directed by General Claudel, and our lines were advanced during the next few days to the commanding ground between Beaumont nnd Itichene Hill. In a well-conducted operation the Thirty-third division (Bell) crossed the Meuse early October 8 by bridges constructed during the night captured Consenvoye. nnd progressed up the neighboring slopes. The following day a further advance was made, bpt heavy fire from the Borne de Corqoull~ ter and the failure of the troops bn the right to keep up forced a retirement to the morning line. This ground was retaken despite strong resistance, and by night of the 10th the division had established itself on the west lopes of Rlchene Hill. The Fifty-eighth brigade of the Twenty-ninth division (Morton), under command of the French Eighteenth division, against considerable opposition pushed forward Into the woods south of Itichene Hill on the 8th, nnd during the next two days completed the capture of those woods. On the 11th, the Twenty-ninth division took command of its Fifty-eighth brigade. Its Fifty-seventh brigade. Still i:i\der .the French Klgl'^certh division. o:i the 12th nindc Imp-rlar ? '-? In the Bois ! dormant. lti conjunction with the operation* by the French Seventeenth corps, the Fifth corps (Cameron) tit tacked in force October H and continued It* cf forts the next two tfti.vs ? The Third : division (Bttek) progressed on the 1M)?. and after fierce fighting seised Made leln* farm, which liinl prev iously proved a stumbling block, at. J purily cleared lite Hols de Cimel. The follow Ing day It complotcd the capture of tiiat wood and on the lith cm end.m Us gains to the northwest. The Thirty-second division (Ilium) reached Uomngnc October it hm| pern* iruted lite enemy trenches < )i Cute i I hi me Mnrie on lite lOlh, hut was di'lv ] ct? from tlii? In 11 or and cMnliltshed its lines on the southern slope* of the hill ? Ninety First Suffers Heavy Casua'ties. Tito Ninety-II est division (Johnston), on the left of the Thirty-second divi s'"'h fought nil day on the nth f'<u Hill 255, suffering heavy casualties, and the following day occupied I he position. The advance then continued until stopped on Hill 2S8 and the Cote Ihiine Marie. The division was re Moved the night of October 11. The First division (Simiinernll). Jt) a resolute attack, captured the <Ii.1 cult enemy positions on and near kl;il 272 on the i?th. and established lis 'Ine on the l(>th north of the Cote de Maidab. It also was relieved on the llth I Miring the operations of the Dili and loth, the One Hundred ami Eightyfirst brigade (John H. McDonald) of ih,e Ninety first division wus attaeheil i<? the First division, being transferred io the Thirty-second dlvlp'on on the night of the 10th. The advance of the Third corps (Bullard) was bitterly contested a by the enemy, btrt* October 10 the Fourth division (lllnes) fought Its way for ward beyonjl the Cunel-Brieulles road. Two determined assaults against the Hols de Peut de Faux weye broken up, but on the third attempt the northern edge of that wood wus attained. The division gained the far side of the Hols de Foret on the llth against severe opposition. The Eightieth division (Cronkhite) on the Otli. H) ttie face of very heavy tire, pushed forward t? a short d'* lance north of the Hols des Ogons. Tiie division's attacks continued, and when relieved two days later it had reached a line slightly south und east of Cunel. On the front of tlie First corps (Dig gett) the opposition encountered on the 10th was less determined, and the Eighty-second division (Duncan) by midnight had established its lino lie vond Marcq, while the line of the Seventy-seventh division (Alexander) ran westward from there. On the 11 tit. however, the lighting was severe, yet the Eighty-second, regardless of heavy "casualties, advanced to a position north of Sommerance. This town, though In the sector of the First division, was occupied by the EightyI second to protect Its awn flank. The night of^ October 11 our line ran fr*sa east to west roughly as fol lows: MoUevllle farm?Bote cle la Cole Lemont?part of Bola de Foret?south of Cote Dame Marie?Sommeranee? Grandpre. , <tuuriiilonavOQ ourFirst, army front were In progress, the Thirtieth division >( the Second corps (Bead) attach d October 8 as pert of the British Fourth army, aiding materially In the general advance of that army. The attack, although meeting considerable opposition, was successful, and the progress continued three days. When relieved the night of the 11th, the Thirtieth division had driven the enemy back seven miles and had reached the Selle river. a Third Phase of the Battle. The third phase of the Meuse-Ar" gnnne operations, began* October ;-I During the previous phase, Important gains had been\ made along the whole front against Increasing Intensity of resistance. The retirement of the enemy In front of the allies to the west, which was being accelerated by our persistent gains In the east, indicated clearly that he was trying to save himself from complete disaster, which It was urgent that we should strive all the more vigorously to hasten. The enemy's strong defenses In the Bote de Romagne and the Bols de Banthevllle had to he reduced before further considerable progress could he made. To the west of Rnmagne heights we faced rhp strongly fortified position which Included Tote de Chatlllon-T/andres-St. Oeorges-St, .TuvlnBols des Ixjges and OranriprW. Our attacks on the 14th, 1.1th and 1flth In conjunction with Onuraud't French Fonrth army rwft \4olent opposition especially at the beginning, and although ground was often taken and retaken several times, our lines \\Vre steadily pushed forward. East of the Mense. In the French Seventeenth corps the Sixty-fifth brig ade (Edward I.. Klnv) of the Thirty third division hod made some prog " Tthcv Hrd the T-,-e*<ty-ti'u:h division i|!?? t'o t'"o -V ' t?"(l ?**vw ? *'t' , . ! c ' .. - Is nortli n1 >- -* jf'X .< . u ' *m t* ?*\ lite (HI HI. i'*H|h division, in th?> f?,.0 ?f Jl'JePM* lire on lu front and flunks eil the Hlli rem lied i'io top of t|i.northern*! of lUuungne nm1 ehvired the wooil n-.rth of Punch Kle incuts or the dMdnn pushed through to the riorthein tM|gv i f the Hols ties tfiippei. hut were %\ithdrowii, fly *tilit ?>f i he superior detei'iiilnn t en of our troopn. the enemy'm lino were broken lit Mi vital point by the lifih corps. Cote Damo Marie Taken, t iixtinted pmlxe must lie given ttie Thirty-second <il\which, not with |, MUlidirg he:ivy loso, (letoher II hi ll t In nt ly nipt urcd fete I'aine Marie, per . hup* the nioxt iinpoi'iaoi strong point of tlie IliudeHhiir^' line on the western front. Tlu? town of Itoiiagne and the enstern half of R??is i|e liotiiugiic w ere aU'o taken l.y ih's .lu.sion on that ?ln.V, while on (he following day Its line W'iih advanced about a mile to the southern edge of Die iiofM ,jt. Hunthe ville. The Forty^iacoud division fought ag gresslvely against the most obstinate defense, forcing Us way through the western half of Hois do Itotntgne, Its highly-fourth brigade (Ihiuglna MaoArthur) sealing the precipitous liolg|it? of the Cofe ?1e t'luitlllon and carrying its line on heymtd thai position. The desperate resistance on the left of the division, south of St. George and lain dres-et-St. Georges, however, could not he overcome. I he Importance of these operaj^fais can hardly he overeat I malinl.v Tli.e capture of the Uomugiie heights^;Vspo) dally its dominating Teature, Cote ' hime Marie, Nvus a decisive hlow. We now occupied the enemy's strongest fortified position on that front and flunked his line on the Alsne and (he heights of the Meuse. I'nless he could recapture the positions we held, our successes would compel the enemy to retreut from Ids lines to the north, as ' we were within heavy artillery runge of his railroad lines. CHAPTER LXI The pressure of the American army In the great Meuse-Anytime offensive had profoundly Impressed the enemy, October 3 Marshal Von Hlndenburg sent the following letter to the German diuncellor: The High Command Insists on Its demand of September 29, for the Immediate forwarding of an offer of peace to our enemies . . . T here Is now no longer any possible hope of forcing peace upon the enemy. . . The situation grows more desperate every day and may force the High Command to grave decisions. . . The chancellor yielded, and October ft telegraphed, through the Swiss government, to President Wilson: "The German government requests the President of the Cnlted States to take In hand the restoration of peace, acquaint nil belligerent stntes with this request, and invite them to send plenipotentiaries for opening negotiations. It accepts the program set forth by the President In his message to congress January 8. nnd In his later addresses., especially the speech of September 27, as a basis for peace negotiations. "With a view to avoiding fur, ther bloodshed, (lie German govs''ernttfelht requests the Immediate conclusion of an armistice on land and water nnd In the air, "(Signed) Max. Prince von Redan, "Imperial Chancellor." The President's reply was not satis factory to the Oermnn government and , the exchange of notes continued qntll finally the Germans accepted the very frank statement by the President conveyed In a State department message October 23. that "the nations of the world do not and cannot trust the word of-those who have hitherto been the masters of German policy," and that "the government of the United States cannot deal with any but verltJ. V . i.aniioy?iwuHu*?. /1AI4M n people, who have been assured of a genuine constitutional standing as the real rulers of Germany. "If It must deal with the military wasters and the monarchlal autocrats of Germany now. or If It is.likely to. have to deal with them later in regard to the International obligation# of the German empire, It must demand, not pence negotiations, but surrender." Meanwhile, with these peace nego tlations in progress, nnd with our own nnd allied offensive continuing to produce favorably results.dt becaiitfe more and more evident that the time soon must come when we should have to consider terms nnd conditions under which hostilities might cease. The discussion of armistice terms In n general way by the allies had In fact hegun. The enemy's most important defensive position on the Romagne heights was In our firm possession, and Ills final defeat was only a question of time. He had fought desperately to hold his ground, but had been corn pelled to give way steadily before our effective blows. We could have gone forward without special preparation 'and succeeded In driving the enemy from the field, hut the situation led io the conclusion that his defeat could heat he accomplished by <b)e powerful stroke by a well organized offensive. The difficult and continuous offensive from September 26 had been very trying on our troops and had resulted in a certain loss of cohesion. It was. therefore, deemed advisable to take a few-days for the replacement of tired troops, the renewnl of supplies, 1 and the Improvement of communications. French Delay Attack. October 28'was tentatively designated for the beginning of the next ^ .advance, the fmyth phase of / " f .-*y5v the Metiso Argoline oftVnalve. (Mil tlx* FreliHi finny, which was to support our attack on the loft, could not k?*i reudy in ilmo, mo ti?. attack of hot it armies was fixed for November I In ti.vonlHMtv wltli my Instructions oil ihtohor Id. two iiiiportutit prelim Inury operation* wore curried out d/?r llig I Ids period. (I) o| loi'ti I Ioiik mm iiihI the hoi* doa'l.oycM iiud ItoiN d?j Hour gogne to clear the wood* cum! of the AI sue and north of the \ire and tints Hank- that part of the h'.ogit,. lino on the .Ah.fie, and ( Jl luciil opera t kmim to SOCII-O a .suitable lino of departure for the general attack, During the Mouse Ar^onne haltle my peiHifiuil ipiiirterH were on* ai\ train, uld-h lay partially hidden in the woods on' a spur near Sottilly While there I spent a portion of each day at otheinl headquarters giving ill reel ions regarding operations and do cldlyjf oth(?r Important questions I usually occupied thy rest of the day at the front In close touch with corps and divisions. Although I hud now yy IliKpilslied the Immediate command oif the First army, Its activities and those of the Second itfmy, carried hut under my direction, required cIom supervision. Farther west, our Second corps (Kcadl, with the Hl^ilis'i I -out-lit army, was engaged ih-toher 17 south of l.e Fat cu u III the Hat lie of the Selle. This corps, With the Thirtieth (Lewis) and Twenty-seventh (o'ltyan) division In Jhie from "lyht to lef,. crossed the Selle river and advanced tour miles In the face of strong resistance, ?tt|(tlirlnjf prisoners uud 12 .guns. The main objective of our Initial attack Septemher 2(1 had been reached. Falling to capture It In our tlrHt at ' tempt we had deliberately, systematically and doggedly stuck to the task In the face of many dtlllcultlos und discouragements. *" ( (Continued next v.'etlk) WOMEN WORKING FOR WAGES Millions of Them In These United States, One-Fifth of AM Workers There were nearly. 11,000,000 women and girls engaged in gainful occupations in the United States on April 1, 19,'10, a number that constitutes 22 per cent, of the total number of 'gainful workers in the country, according to figures received by W. M. McLaurine, secretary and treasurer of the American Cotton Manufacturers association. The figures, compiled by the National Industrial Conference board of New York, also revealed that at that time only two-fifths of the total population of the country were engaged in gainful occupations. The other three-fifths comprised those who had not gone to work, those no longer able to work, children of 'both sexes under 16 years of age and the great body of housewives whose work as executive directors of their household does not, according to the census bureau, come under the definition of a gainful occupation. There are estimated to be about 20,000,000 of the latter group. The chart prepared by the conference board shows the distribution of economic activities of the people engaged in gainful occupations. Disregarding the relatively smnjl number whose occupations were not classified, it appears 25.1 per cent, of all gainful workers classified are engaged in the extractive industries, agriculture, mining, forestry and fishing; 30.1 per cent. are engaged in fashioning raw products for human use, in manufacturing and mechanical pursuits; while 25.3 per cent, are engaged in distributing goods to those who use them, in transportation and trade. Over and above ? ?t ? (.near;tr^soes, icr.\j per ctfnv. re-eiigaged in giving personal, professional and public services. At the time ojf the census, 3,888,814 persons or eight per cent, of those -who reported occupations were not at work. This figure includes -more 700,000 "who were either sick or disabled, unable- to work, not looking for work, voluntarily idle or on vacation. By adding those on lay-oft without pay to those "able to work and looking for a job," it is found thrt economic conditions on April 1 1930, deprived 3,18*7,647 persons of the immediate means of gaining a livelihood. There were 2,429,062 persons "out of work, able to work and looking for a job" and 758,585 on lay-off without pay.' The general assembly of New York is again Republican as a result of the election on Tuesday. The campaigr of the ntire Democratic party and the Tammany organization to break the 18-year-old hold on the lowei house by the Republicans again failed. In the state senate there wil be 26 Republicans and 25 (Democrats while in the house there will be 8( Republicans and 78 Democrats. It was announced from Little Rock Ark., Tuesday that Governor Parnel of that state would on Wednesdaj issue an invitation to governors o! cotton growing states to hold a meet ing in Jackson, Miss., late in Novem ber to try and agree on uniform cot ton reduction legislation. Governoi Parnell has the cooperation of Gov ' ernor Bilbo of Mississippi. t I J) rtftoor AiiacKoT rrst Army east of Meust. Oct &I9IA > i tl 1 Front lmar??che<JOci 8.1910 \V ??? Front line/ear bed by Now 1.19? \N- ?" Corps boundary Arabic numerals indicate Divisions \ V- Roman numerals indicate Corps i /p 11^ jArrowsipcaifdirectionand weifiM of principal attacM ^ ' / \ N^NTBrsbaot V ? Montfaucon , 1 ^ W' i [' ,i '"* i I"Get Rid of Your Eczema Like I Did Mine" say thousands of men and women everywhere, to whom Moone's Km- ' *?*ld (Ml has brought blessed, comforting relief. Take (' A. Howen, 213 Pearl Street, < orrung, N. V., who 8ays: I have had the eczema for 37 years and have tried out 100 differV!'\ for 1 mUHl suy Emerald Oil them all." his wonderful antiseptic oil stops the tuhing instantly. Use it freely on the irritated patches of skin. It gives marvelous relief before you ean draw your breath. 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