The American Operations at Château-Thierry
Identifier: literarydigesthi05hals (find matches)
Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN
View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.
Text Appearing Before Image:
who had reached France. When Ludendorffs offensive began in Picardy, in March,the Americans had in France four divisions which had hadsome experience in the trenches and all of whom, said Persh-ing in his report to the War Department in December, 1918,were equal to any demands of battle-action. Such was thecrisis at once developed by Ludendorff, that a proposed oc-cupation of an American sector at the front had to be post-poned, and Pershing on )\Iarch 28 had placed at the dis-posal of Marshal Foch, all of our forces, to be used as hemight decide. At Fochs request, the First Division wastransferred from the Toul sector to a position in reserve atChaumont-en-Vexin, about fifty miles southwest of )\Iont-didier. Some of our divisions had already been engaged inlocal combats with Germans, the most important being atSeicheprey on April 20, the Twenty-sixth or New England,Division being engaged, but none had participated in actionas a unit. American participation as a unit did not occur 128
Text Appearing After Image:
V—128 LUDENDORFFS C0L088AL DRIVE IN THE WEST until May 28, when the First Division went into action andtook Cantigny. This brilliant action, said Pershing, hadan electrical effect. Cantigny* and all other objectives hadbeen taken with splendid dash, and were organized andheld stedfastly against vicious counter-attacks and grillingartillery-fire. While a local action, Cantigny was a bril-liant one, and it demonstrated our fighting qualities underextreme battle conditions. Moreover it showed that theenemy were not altogether invincible. This German offensive reached high-water mark on May31, when the Allies, said Pershing, faced a crisis equally asgrave as that of the Picardy offensive in March. The ThirdAmerican Division, which had had preliminary training inthe trenches, was now hurried to the Marne, its motorizedmachine-gun battalion preceding the other units. In reservenear IMontdidier was the Second Division, which was sentforward by motor-trucks and other transports. It was onMa
Note About Images
Relevante Bilder
.svg)
.svg)
.svg)
.svg)
Relevante Artikel
Schlacht im Wald von BelleauDie Schlacht im Wald von Belleau war ein Gefecht, das im Ersten Weltkrieg zwischen deutschen und US-amerikanischen Truppen im Bois de Belleau, etwa acht Kilometer nordwestlich der französischen Stadt Château-Thierry, stattfand. Zwischen dem 1. und dem 26. Juni 1918 kam es während des deutschen Vorstoßes auf Paris im Zuge der deutschen Frühjahrsoffensive zu schweren Kampfhandlungen in dem 2,6 Quadratkilometer großen Waldstück, in dem sich versprengte deutsche Truppen verschanzt hatten. .. weiterlesen
Gefecht von Château-ThierryDie Kämpfe von Château-Thierry vom 15. bis 21. Juli 1918 waren im Ersten Weltkrieg Teil der Zweiten Schlacht an der Marne. Diese an der mittleren Westfront stattfindende Auseinandersetzung zwischen Truppen des Deutschen Kaiserreichs und US-amerikanisch-französischen Soldaten endete mit dem Rückzug der Deutschen. Bei der erfolgreichen Abwehr der deutschen Angriffe beidseitig von Château-Thierry tat sich besonders die 3rd Division der American Expeditionary Force (AEF) hervor und erwarb sich dafür den Nicknamen „Rock of the Marne“. Die eigentlich entscheidende Schlacht von Soissons fand 20 Kilometer nordwestlicher statt, stand aber im direkten Zusammenhang mit den Kämpfen bei Château-Thierry. .. weiterlesen