The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 04, 1919, Image 15
PERSHING PRAISES
81ST. DIVISION
eGenera4 Persiing Writes Ven. nilley.
On Nov. I IDivNion Ivas on the
Hindenburg Line.
The Eighty-First Division which
landed in France August 16, 1918, saw
three hard days of ,flghting, and
when the armistice was signed on
November 11 was crossing the Hina
denburg lino near Etain. Of the
"Wild Cat" Division General Pershi,ng
said recently in a letter to Major Gen.
Malley, the division commander:
"With such a record the division may
return home proud of its services in
France, as a, part of the American
Expeditionary forces."
A copy of General Pershing's letter
and a history of the division's work in
France has been recently received in
Columbia. It shows what a splendid
part of the A. I. F. the Wild Ck'ats
were.
General Pershing's letter to General
Bailey follows:
"ly Dear General Bailey:
"It gives me great satisfaction to
extend to you, 'and the officers and
men of the 81st Diivision, my compli
ments upon their appearance at the
review and inspection on April 10th,
at Chatillon-sur-Seine. The transpor
tation and Artillery of the Division
were in good shape, and the gen
eral bearing of the men was up to a
high standard, and worthy of a Divi
sion which, though in Friince for a
comparatively hort time, has made
a splendid rec.ord.
"Arriving !n this country towards
the middle of August, your period of
training in the area near Tonnerre
was ipterrupted by the necessity of
sendii~g the ll-ivision into the line to
relieve for the active battle, veteran
organizations. The 81st was in the
St. Die sector from the 18th of Sep
lember to the 19th of October, when
it iwas withdrawn and prepared for
its participation in the Meuse-Ar
gonne offensive.
"It entered the line in this opera
tion on the night of November 0th,
relieving the 35th Division as the
right flank division of the First Army,
and attacking on the morning of No
vember 9th against 'heavy artillery
and machine gun fire. The attack
was continued November 10th and
11th, and was resolutely pushed
against strong enemy resistance, the
advance covering 5 1-2 kilometres.
"The bearing 6f fe Division in
this, its first experienco in battle,
showed the mettle of officers and
men, and gave promise of what it
would become as a veteran. * With
such a record, the Division may re
turn home proud of its service in
France as a part of the' American 1Mx
peditionary Forces.
"Sincerely Tours,
.(Signed) "John J. Pershing."
The oflicial history of the Wild
Cat Division follows:
The Division arrived in France, via
E'ngland on August 16, 1918, and pro
eeeded to the training area at Ton
nerre (Yonne), except the 15,th
\rtillery Brigade and the 306th Am
muntion Train which were sent to
Camp Valdahon (Doubs).
After a month's training, the Divi
sion, less the Artillery Brigade and
Amm unition Train, proceeded to the
St. i)ie sector (Vosges) arriving on
September 19th, and occupied the
same until the 19th of October. It
formed a part of the 33rd Corps
(iPrench).
luring this month of service in the
sector, the divsion was engaged in
and repulsed raids. One of the lat
ter, preceded by a long and severe
artillery preparation by the Germans,
was followed by an attack of about
one .hundred shock troops who were
repulsed with some ten killed, one
captured and probably several nwound
edl. Shot guns and automatic rifles
were successfully used by our troops,
one of our men killing three Ger
mans 'with an automatic. During the
occupancy of this .sector, the casual
ties were: Killed: 2 officers, 19 men;
wounded, 14 men.
The ,Division left the 'St. Die sector
on October 19th and proceeded to
the vicinity of Ranibervillers( Vos
ges) to await transportation to join
the First Army for the Meuse-Ar
gonne offensive. It reached the Som
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FOWLER & OWENS
Laurens, S. C.
nididue sector, south of Verdun,
early in November; joined the 2nd
Colonial Corps (French), remaining
in reserve a few days, and on Novem
ber 0th replaced the 35th Divisioh in
this sector.
On the night of November Sth, N or
ders were received to attack the Ger
man lines on the Woevre Plain the
noxt morning. During the night the
troops were withdrawn from
north an( south ends of the sector
which was some 2.1 kilometres long,
concentrated and at 8:00 o'clock in
the morning advanced to the attack.
'T'le Germans had held this position
since early in the war; their lines
were full of pill boxes and strong cen
ters of resistance, all of concrete and
fhe loV and marshy plain Was full of
wire. Three German divisions con
fron ted the 81st----the 5th I 'rushm:l
Gua rd, 3rd I lavarians an( 131h Land
welr.
The Divis ion advanced with but
little artillery preparation, dIe to lack
of' heavy guns and of horses for the
75's, and when the armistice went
in to effect on November liti, had ad
vanced soimle 5 1-2 1 ilometres and
were crossing the ilindenbu rg line
near lEtain.
The 60th Artillery l1rio-de of the
35th 11 Division had remained in place
and gave the Division all possible
suipport in the operation.
The casualties of the Division in
the three days flghtilg were: Killed,
11 oflicers, 167 men ; wounded, 3-1 of
fleers, 757 men; captured, 1 ofticer,
56 men; missing, 6 men.
On November 18th the Division left
the Sommedieus sector for the train
Ing area around Cratillon sur Seine
(Cote d'Or) reaching there December
3rd andl remained there, with head
quarters at Mussy sur Seinco. The
Artillery Brigade then joined the Di
vision which formed a part of the
8th' Corps. The First Army and the
8th Corps were discontinued on April
20th, 1919, and the Division then
joined the 9th Corps. On May 2nd
the Division passed to the S. 0. S.
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L. North .Platt, Nebraska, 1,500 miles
from New Yoirk, has been selected
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for the first lap and the dep~artutre
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o'clock on the following morning.
The plane shoutld land at 'San Fr'an
cisco abouit 5:58 p. mi. Offleials het'e
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the resid nee of John C. Boyd deceased
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(lay, Juno 'th 1919 at 4. o'clock P. M.,
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estate of the said John C. lloyd de
ceased: 1 hay press, 1 mowver, 1 grain
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MIL. JANIE S. BOYD,
May ,20, 1919. Administratrix.
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