In all forty enemy divisions had been used against us in the
Meuse-Argonne battle. Between September 26th and November 6th we took
26,059 prisoners and 468 guns on this front. Our divisions engaged were
the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eighth,
Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-seventh,
Forty-second, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth,
Eightieth, Eighty-second, Eighty-ninth, Ninetieth, and Ninety-first.
Many of our divisions remained in line for a length of time that
required nerves of steel, while others were sent in again after only a
few days of rest. The First, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Forty-second,
Seventy-seventh, Eightieth, Eighty-ninth, and Ninetieth were in the line
twice. Although some of the divisions were fighting their first battle,
they soon became equal to the best.
OPERATIONS EAST OF THE MEUSE
On the three days preceding November 10th, the Third, the Second
Colonial, and the Seventeenth French corps fought a difficult struggle
through the Meuse Hills south of Stenay and forced the enemy into the
plain. Meanwhile, my plans for further use of the American forces
contemplated an advance between the Meuse and the Moselle in the
direction of Longwy by the First Army, while, at the same time, the
Second Army should assure the offensive toward the rich coal fields of
Briey.
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