Some merely sat against trees, waiting for transportation. Under the command of the 91st Division were French artillery units prepared to lay down barrages in case of raids by the Germans. Although casualties had been heavy, especially in, company officers, the troops maneuvered with better liaison and under greater control by their leaders than during the Meuse-Argonne, showing the benefit of the experience they had gained in France. It gives me great pleasure to extend to you and the officers and men of the 91st Division my compliments upon their splendid record in France. It was necessary to order the Brigade Commander to withdrawn his right flank and entrench for the night with his left near the southeast corner of Spitaals Bosschen and his right flank near Steenbrugge. These divisions apparently remained in line until November 11, although regimental reliefs may have taken place. On the right of the 91st sector somewhat the same condition pertained. It was later learned that the instructions were that the French would continue until resistance was met, at which time the American troops would pass through the French and take up the advance. Mailing Address There were not sufficient ambulances to evacuate wounded until September 30. During the second and third from positions near Very crossroads and Epinonville, the artillery materially assisted the infantry without being able to push accompanying guns to the front line. The 91st Division, as yet untested, but primed by the long months of training and eager to go forward, came in with the others and was placed in bivouac in the Foret de Hesse. DET FIN DEPT JEFFERSON-DET SURPLUS NON CCM. Strict orders were issued to keep everyone under cover during the daytime, in order not to reveal their presence to the occasional hostile airplanes that slipped over the lines. 36TH FIELD ARTILLERYMED & SAN DET- BTRY A 41ST FA REGT. AT ELEVEN-THIRTY that night (23/12 oclock) the heavy long range guns of the army artillery opened fire on selected targets in the enemy country. The 2nd Battalion, 361st Infantry passed beyond the town and up the slopes to the northwest, reaching the army objective behind the battalion of the 362nd. CO A PROV REPL BN ARMY SCH AE-CAS ANTI AIRCRAFT ARTY SCH CAC FT DESTAINS FR. The line of resistance described above was ordered by the Headquarters, Fifth Corps, for possible defense against a strong force of enemy reported arriving at Exermont. In addressing the Divisions of the United States Army who covered themselves with glory in the Chateau-Thierry offensive, I said that orders given by the Commanding Officers were always accomplished irrespective of the difficulties arising thereby or the sacrifices to be made. USMA DET OF ENGRS DEML WEST POINT-USMA DET OF FA WEST POINT. 1ST BOMB SQ GHQ AG MITCHELL FLD N.Y- 23RD BOMB SQ LUKE FLD T.H. Glory to such troops and to such commanders. October 5 and 6 the Division rested as corps reserve, and arms and other equipment lost in action were largely replaced. The 364th Infantry, with one company of engineers, then at the eastern edge of Spitaals Bosschen as reserve, was designated for this flank movement and ordered to move at once to the west bank of the Scheldt between Eyne and Heurne. Much machine fire came from Bois Emont and artillery fire from Cierges and Grange aux Bois Farm. Colonel J. 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. P.O. 342ND FIELD ARTILLERYBTRY D-BTRY F 343RD FA . They are offered as reprints. On the march westward the Division was halted in the neighborhood of the Lys River, with headquarters at Denterghem, from November 25 to December 5. Organization [ edit] It was organized May 24, 1862, with 10 companies, A to K, all enlisted for 3 years or the duration of the war. 19TH COMP 5TH BN P.S.-23TH CO 6TH BN P.S. There was little hostile activity until 10:40 oclock. The national anthems of America and France were played by a French band. During this period, under orders of General Cameron, the French continued to hold the front-line trenches, it being considered inadvisable for the Americans to take them over until the night before the attack was to be launched. B. Woolnough, traveled through Canada en route to Camp Merritt, N.J. On December 9 the 91st Division was assigned to the Second American Corps, Major General G. W. Read, whose headquarters were then at Boonetable in Le Mans area. After meeting the Division Staff he drove to the city hall to call upon the Burgomaster and appeared to be very much pleased when the people assembled in the plaza in front, an American band playing the Belgian national air and later the Marseillaise, the people in the plaza singing the words. During the great spring attack it was engaged a number of times, always very successfully. Officers and men belonging to such units whose homes were beyond the fixed limit were sent to other camps. Our losses were 35 killed and 115 wounded, in one hour. The occupation of La Tuilerie Farm was apparently incorrect. It is no reflection upon our air service that such a raid was possible. 363rd Infantry 364th Infantry 348th Machine Gun Battalion 166th Field Artillery Brigade 346th Field Artillery 347th Field Artillery 348th Field Artillery 316th Trench Mortar Battery Divisional Troops 346th Machine Gun Battalion 316th Engineers 316th Field Signal Battalion HQ Troop Trains 316th Train HQ and Military Police 316th Ammunition Train There were attached also to the Division twenty-five men of the French cavalry. Division P. C. with telephone switchboard was then moved to a cellar under a ruined building in Epinonville, which had since the 29th been used as Headquarters, 58th Artillery Brigade. 65TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIG HQ-HQ CO, 1ST INF BRIG. NG CO B- MISC DET 1ST CAV N.J. NG, 1ST CAC N.J. NG CO - CO I 1ST INF N.J. NG, 1ST INF N.J. NG CO I- CO C 4TH INF N.J. NG, 4TH INF N.J. NG CO D- CO B 5TH INF N.J. NG, 5TH INF N.J. NG CO C - ORD DEPOT 2ND M DET N.J. NG, 1ST FA NEW MEX NG BTRY A - 1ST INF N. MEX NG, 6TH DIVISION N.Y. NG HQ TRP - TRP H 1ST CAV N.Y. NG, 1ST CAV N.Y. NG TRP1 - DET SQ A CAV N.Y. NG, NEW YORK NG NCS CAC CD - 11TH CO 13TH CDC NY, 12TH CO NEW YORK CDC 13TH CDC - BTRY A 2ND NY FA NG, 2ND FA REGT N.Y. NG BTRY B - BTRY D 3RD NY FA NG, 3RD FA REGT N.Y. NG BTRY D - CO D 2ND NY INF NG, 2ND INF N.Y. NG CO D - CO D 3RD NY INF NG, 3RD INF N.Y. NG CO D - CO K 7TH NY INF NG, 7TH INF N.Y. NG CO L - CO A 12TH NY INF NG, 63TH FIELD ART CAC BTRY C - SERV BTRY 64TH CA, 14TH INF N.Y. NG FLD STAFF - CO L 15TH INF N.Y. NG, 15TH INF N.Y. NG CO M - SAN DET 47TH INF N.Y. NG, 47TH INF N.Y. NG MACH GUN CO - CO C 69TH INF N.Y. NG, 69TH INF N.Y. NG CO C- CO K 71ST INF N.Y. NG, 71ST INF N.Y. NG CO E- CO H 74TH INF N.Y. NG, 74TH INF N.Y. NG CO I- HQ ARTY SEC A N.Y. NG, SMALL ARMS SEC AMM TR- FLD STAFF 1ST INF N CAROLINA NG, 1ST INF N. CAROLINA NG HQ CO- CO K. 2ND INF N.C. NG, 2ND INF REGT CO L N.C. NG -MISC DET INF UNASGD N.C. NG FT OGLETHORPE GA, 1ST INF N DAK NG FLD & STAFF -HQ CO 1ST ENGRS OHIO NG, 14TH ENGRS OHIO NG MED &SAN DET -CO E 2ND FA OHIO NG, 2ND FIELD ARTILIERY OHIO NG BTRY E -CO K 2ND INF OHIO NG, 2ND INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO L -CO L 3RD INF OHIO NG, 3RD INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO M -CO B 5TH INF OHIO NG, 5TH INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO C -CO E 6TH INF OHIO NG, 6TH INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO F -CO E 8TH INF OHIO NG, 8TH INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO F -2ND FIELD HOSP OHIO NG, 3RD FIELD HOSP OHIO NG - CO E 1ST INF OKLA NG, 1ST INF REGT OKLA NG - 12TH CO CAC OREGON NG, MISC DETS C.A.C OREGON NG - CO G 3RD INF OREGON NG, 3RD INF OREGON NG CO H- TRP K. 1ST CAV PA NG, 2ND FLD ARTY PA NG BTRY B- DET CO I 1ST INF PA NG, 13TH INF PA NG FIELD STAFF AND BAND-CO E 16TH INF PA NG, 18TH INF PA NG CO L-INDIV ROSTER RHODE ISLAND NG, HQ PROV EN R.I CA NG -SUPPLY CO 1ST REGT INF S.C. NG, 1ST INF NG SUPPLY CO DETS - CO F 2ND INF S.C. NG, 2ND INF S.C NG CO F - CO B 4TH INF S.D. The front assigned for the American advance extended from the Argonne on the west to the Meuse on the east, a stretch of some eighteen miles. Colonel, now Colonel H. J. Brees. During the period of inaction which the 91st was forced to undergo from September 30 to October 3, the enemy was enabled to organize his badly strained front beyond Gesnes and in the Bois de la Morine. 435TH AERO SQ CONSTR - 455TH AERO SQ P.D. The Coat of Arms and Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 363d Regiment Infantry on 10 February 1927. On arrival, the 91st had been placed at the disposition of H. M. the King of the Belgians, commanding the Group of Armies in Flanders. On October 22 Colonel H. J. Brees was relieved as Chief of Staff of the Division and succeeded by Colonel H. C. Jewett. 1.31.1931 - HG DET. DET FIN DEPT FT MC DONNEL-FT WM MC KINLEY. Another covered the right flank, facing Bois Emont. Contact was reported with the 35th Division that afternoon, but the troops proved to be a combat liaison group, the main body of the 35th Division being farther south. THE events which led up to the Meuse-Argonne offensive must be briefly recounted, in order that the reader may appreciate the importance of the action itself, the difficulties of the terrain, and the role that the district played in the earlier part of the war. Attached to the 91st Division were the following units: 58th Field Artillery Brigade; one regiment of the 158th Field Artillery Brigade; one battalion of the 65th Regiment Coast Artillery Corps; one battery of French artillery; Company B, First Gas Regiment, less one platoon; 104th Squadron, Air Service Corps, less one flight.
