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AMERICAN DIVISI JUST BE .27th and 30th Divisions, Ready to go in Lines A Signed. Casualties we Out of 20 Miles Gaine< The followipg account of the opera tions of the 27th and 30th Divisions after they had crossed the Hlindenburg line was taken from the .Stars and Stripes, the "oflicial newspaper of the A. '1. F." of May 16th. This ediltion was mailed to The Advertiser by Lieut Marion R. Wilkes, who is now in France. ..... .... lw New Drive. The morning of October S found the 30th Division just east of Montbrehain, between Camrai and St. Quentin, ready to Jump for.ward on the new drive that was intended primarily to carry it ncross the river Selle, nine miles ahead, and eventually to take it toward the Sambre canal and river, six miles beyond the Selle The division sector was Ihree miles wide and the direction of advance lay northeastward across rolling country. Tha Germans were known to be wait ing with strong. machine gun resist ance at villages and farms, and the strongest defense of the enetry behind the Selle was anticipated. The British front on both flanks of the 30th was well up to its line and at ):10 o'clock on the morning of the 8th a general attack was made by the First French Army and the Fourth and Third British .rmies, the Fourth Army having the Ninth Corps on the right, the Second Araerican in the center and the Thirteenth Corps on the left. Be hind a rolling barrage and accompan panied by tanks, the 30th Division at tacked with the 117th Infantry on the right and the 118th on the left. The enemy put down a counter-bar rage but a morning mist favored the attack and, except at the occasional villages, farms and bitP of woodland, t\e advance across country almost as open as Wiestern prairie met with com paratively slight resistance. 13y noon Brancourt an.] Premonit had been tak en in a forward sweep of about three ules and th2 line rested diagonally across the liohain-lremont-Cami)rai road. The 6th British Division on the right was somiewhat back, but the ad vance was re'nmed eariy the following morning all along the line. The enemy continued to retire rapidly, offering only rear gua.rd opposition, and all ove.r the country behind his lines ap ieared the smoke and flanes of burn lug buildings iand supply and ammuni tion (lumps which he was firing as he went. The destruction was particular ly great in the vicinity of Hohain, one of his great depots, which lay in the sector of the 6th British 'ilvision. About 5 o'clock that evening the 6th Division took ilohain, at the same mo ment that the 0th Div'sion was occu pying Ilusigny and flecquigny, north and somewhat east of there, after a (lay's adlvane of four miles. Just west if usigny the 30th Division had cotme astridle the western circuit of the enemy's most important railroad line, the one from Metz through Mezierecs and Hlirson to Valenciennes and 1ille. On the morning of the 10th, with the 25th British [Division up to the line on the left but the 6th still somewhat back on the right, the attack was again taken tup. Esaaufourt was captured on the left and, after an adlvance of near ly a tmlle, the western edges of St. Solpiet in the center and of Vauix Andigny on the right, were entered. lBut St. Souplet was on the west bank of the Selle River, almost due south of Le Cateau, and the enemy had es tablished a line of resisitanco on' the crest of the hllls~ east of the stream and had brought upl to it reinforce ments whose lire (quickly halted the advance. The following (lay was spent itn cleaning upi Vaux-Andigny, St. Souiplet and St. Bienin and advancing to the rIver bank commanding the railroad which parallels the Belle from Si. Souplet northward to Le Cateaui. On the night of October' 11 the 27th D)I vision relievedi the 30th. rThe front of the Fourth Army had now penetratedl far to the east of the htideoust desohation of the Somme val Iey and the shetli-heaved foreflold land scape of the old stabilized troech zones andl had conmo Into regions untouched 1by ,war, wvhere~ green things In fields and gardens, where houses still had rooks and winrdown and wheren civiinns ONS RELIEVED FORE WAR'S END Relieved by British, Were gainWhen Armistice Was re 15,430. Advanced 16 1 by Corps. lived like normal human beings. Though now for a few days the rage of war was sweepling through this peaceful land, it could produce noth ing like the effects wh!ch months and years of it had brought about else where. III comparadvelv pleasant surround ings for a front line, the 27th Division lay still for a few (lays while guns, supplies and ammunition, which had been unable !o keel) pace with the rapid nine-mile advance, were brought up and distributed. On the night of the 16th, the 30th Di vision came back into line, taking over the right half of the sector and thus giving to eact division a front of about 2,000 yards, which was quite enough as neither had received replacements lately and their combined infantry strength was only about 15,000. It was obvious that the enemy intended to make a stubborn stand here, as he had, as nearly as cou!d be ascertained, five complete divisions and elements of six others 'n this part of the front. Confirmation of the presence of some of these units was secured in a day light raid on the afternoon of Septem ber 14, when 30 men of the 27th Divi sion waded the Selle through three feet of water, capitred 30 Germans in the dugouts along the railroad embank ment and brought them back acrosq the river. At 5:25 o'ciock on the morning of the 17th, in a drizzling rain and thick mist, the attack was launched again behind a barrage. The enemy put down a heavy counter-barrage and ma chine gun fire but, despite the resist ance and the 4lippery footf'ng on the wet, chalky soil, the troops waded the river, climbed the op)osite bank and pushed doggedly on into the mist. The remaining 141 tanks of the 301st American Tank Battalion crossed the river at a narrow noint north of St. Souplet and tried to swing to the north in front of lie 27th Division. FIventually, althoui the left of the 27th was held back because of the dif ficulty ex perieniced by the 25th British ivision in g-?tling through the trian gle of railro.(d tracks south of I'va Cateau, the front pished over the ridge, captured Molainl on the tight 411d (.tablishred a 1lio through Arbre do Guise, two miles from the jmnipiv off line, alttlaugh both flanks were drawn back for liaison with the ad joining divisiens. The whole advance was:l mado against heavy artillery fire, and several strong (lerman counter attacks were repulsed during the 'course of it, for the enemy had appar ently been taken somewhat by surprise b~y the resumption of thte attack andl was obliged to resist strongly to cov er the further wiltdrawal of his heavy artillery. The 27th DIvision attacked on the morning of October iS in conjunction with the Thirteenth Corps andl en countered heavy machine gtun fire from farms on the hillside. as wvell as re ipeated coutftr-attacks supplorted by artillery, Shortly before noon the 30th Division, which had started later, had an otbstinate .fight for Rtibeauvilie, which was only taken finally wvith the assistance of artillery barrage. Abot the mididle of the afternoon the ene my's resistance sutddenly weakened and the whole front pulShler on to t he north ridige, which was within two miles of -the Sambre Canal and the town of Chatlillon, on its western bank. Mazingdeim, in, the hills between Ribeauville and Catillon, was occut pled by the 310th Ilvisiion in the moon light, assisted b~y a flank attack by troops5 of the 27th UlvisIon from the north, The 27th Division, on its part, during the 'Jay had conquered Jonc do Mer Farm and L~a Roux Farm, crossed the Jone de Mer brook and ridge and pushed up nearly to the ridge just west of the St. Maurice Riv er, The next dlay, October 19, patrols were pushed out toward the Sambre Canal all along the front, those of the 27th 'Division attaining the wvest bank of the St. Maurlee and those of the 30th getting to the last ridge overlooking Chatillon and the canal, Artillery and other preparations were now in progress for the next strongly organized attack, to be made for the crossing of the Sambre Canal and river. The 4lvo American divi slons, however, after their long and exhausting period of service in the battle front, wero not in condition to be used longer without a period of rest, and they were relieved before that at tack was made, the 6th British Divi slon taking over the sector of the 27th Division on the night of October 21-22, as the Ist British Division had taken over that of the 30th on the previous night. Both divisions now went back to the vicinty of Amienjs for rest and training and were still there, though daily expecting orders to return to the pursuIt of the enemy, whe) the armis tice was signed on November 11. The British forces which had taken their place sin line had meanwhile pushed the Germans another 25 miles beyond the Sambre, 'nd ended the war just within the frontier of Belgium. In the battle from September 20 to October 2.1, in which one or both of the divisions of the Second American 'Corps were almost continuously en gaged, the total advance of the corps' front had been about 20 miles, all but four of which had been made by the Americans. The 27th Division had suffered total casualties of 236 officers and 7,901 enlisted men and had cap tured 48 German officers and 1,463 en listed men. It did not report upon ma terial capturod. The 30th 1Division lost 259 officers and 7,0R4 enlisted men in casualties and it captured, by an in complete count, 72 pieces of field ar tillery, 426 machine guns, many other weapons and much materia, and took prisoner 98 officers and 3,750 enlisted men. Their gallant work had well sustain ed in the zone of the British armies the reputation of the American soldier for courage and determination and had well merited the warm praise which was bestowed upon them generously by their various British commanders, including General Monash, of the Aus tralian Corps; General Rawlinson, of the Fourth Army, and Field Marshal Ilalg. NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Whereas, jpctitions signed by a legal number of the qualified electors and free-holders residing In Scuffletown school district No. 1, Laurens county, Souh Carolina, asking for an election uipon the question of voting an addi tional 6; mill tax upon the iroperty in saii school district to be used for school purposes, have been filed with the county board of education, an THUF ANI "Virti This Picture is C From t' This Picture Will Be tion i DO NOT FAIL TO C Children 25c election is hereby ordered upon said (luestion, said election to be held on the 25th day of .June, 1919, at Long iranch School House, in said disticet, under the management of the trustees of said school district. Only such electors a. return real or personal property to taxation and who exhibit their ta: receipts and registration certifcat s as required in the general electio shall be aIowed to vote. Those favoring h1 'iIll additional tax shall vote a ba ot containing the word "YES" written Or printed I hereon. tSDAY, THIS FA STEW IN,. 10 S ne of the t and Best t roduced. 6e Novel '-Virtuous' an Added Attraction on With Casey Comedy Com :OME THURSDAY---TV Including War Tax Those agailst, the 6 inill additional tax sha1ll vote a ballot containing tho word "NO" written or printed thereon. P'olls shall open at. the hour of 8 o'clock in the forenoon and shall re inain open until the hour of .1 o'clock in the afternoon lwhen they shall be closed. and the ballots.counted. ''llxe trustees shall report the result ,,f the election to (he county anditor 1!dl vouinity superintendent of educa lion within tel days thereafter. .JAMIS I I. S'LLIVAN, 17-2t By order of County Board. 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