Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1923, Page 2

PAGE TWO. FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY WITH WYOMING MEN IN WOLD WAR (Continued from Page One.) entering the engagement. So it was with surprise that the defeated Ger. man army along the north bank of the Marne found on July 19th that the American troops who had so suc- cessfully defeated them the day be- fore were not waiting to launch an offensive but battle weary troops without rests or replacements were being throv American corpe wae ut Into practical opera- unit in this battle, d of the First and fotmed a: tion as a and this, < Becond S (Marine Brigade) ainbow Division and, th (New England Di-| © 66th Field ArtiMery Brigade composed of the 146th Field Artillery and the 148th F, A. from| Wyoming and Colorado, the ¥First Oecps, made up of dtyisions and! {reops who had proved their worth on the battle fronts of the week previous, eremred Marne river, and in a flank Tmvement started on the 19th, brought such pressure on the Ger- man army that their withdrawal wae iramediate, although bitterly contest-| od. | ‘The allied commandare Gscifod that! the pressure should be brought by the attacking American divisions along the line on the left of the wedge! riven by th ans from Chateau Thierry to S ns, while the other| aie of the triangle was held firm by| the French Colonials, this making a| salient of extreme danger for the Ger- man to extricate his armies. The Wyoming batteries and other units from the west, tired from the Yeontinual firing and battle strain of the action along the Marne were hur- riedly brought forward, and placed ia posttions on the north bank of the Marne, although two of these bet- teries composing the Third Battalion stayed in the ortginal position and | Santinued the fire while the other bat- teries moved up, later joining them in tie grouping of heavy guns near Epieds, about 10,000 yards north of Chateau Thierry in the heart of the territory that a week previously was the center of German activities in thelr attacic, ‘The German was fighting that bit- @arest of battles, a rear guard action, and their crack divisions were in the line holding the pressing Yankees! while their main army was moving| alowly back towards the Velse river. Tewn after town was taken by the Americans and retaken by the Ger-| mans in hand to hand fighting, and | some of the most sanguinary action of the American fighting in Europe cecured in this three weaks of bitter endeavor to drive the German into his lines along the Aisne river, and forever rerfve from Paria the shadow of capture and occupation. From the gun positions near Epieds m of shells were direct n battery positions, onto roads traversed by the harrassed Ger- man army and into towns that the German was endeavoring to hold. The heavy G. P.F. guns were far up in the combat line, and in many cases in péaitions with infantry, and ahead of the light 75s, it being the theory of @he brigade commander that the fur- tier Into the lines these big guns were placed the further they could reach into enemy territory and engage for 4istant German batteries that were embarrassing the American infantry. It. Colonel Burke H. Sinclair, ndéw ® Tesident of Casper, who had been aheent from his regiment attending m eteff officers school in France, joined @e rc ment July 12th and took im- GLAN MALE-FEMALE n De tae prescribe snowauano Teton ft werk ModE awG "iin rewsthante serie hea ot Sola at Tripeny Drug Co. Mail orders filled aisteady stre ed into G cago & sorte of and Nii Liberal stopove Fast cago wi ity to e CH S ‘S *Rich as Butter— (Wyoming Baking Co .|ing without rest. continued the pres. |of thelr gun positions, and every day |near the famous and hard won town Unusually low fare round Lee tickets on sale daily via the Chi- mountain, lake and Seaboard and to New York City, Atlantic City, Portland, Me., Montreal, Buffalo trains at convenfent hours make direct connections in Chi- This affords a splendid opportun- to visit } For F W. T. Miles, Agent WESTERN RY. mediate command of the second bat talion, handling this unit during the battle of the Marne, and through the} Aisne-Marne offensive. His battal-| ion, and the regiment he later com- manded bore the brunt of the heavy artillery fighting in this duel of can- non between the frantic and snarling German army, and the victory flushed American divisions, who though tired | with the continuous day by day figh sure on the German line that stead- fly Drought advance, } The Germans made an attempt to! stabilize between the Velse River and Beauvardes, and the entire regiment with the 146th Field Artillery, wae massed about the last of July outside of this important key village, and the firing was heavy for @ period of aev- eral days. Battery ‘E’ compored| nearly entirely of Wyoming men lost several men ae @ result of shelling casualties cut down the regimental effectives in action, but at no time did firing etop, or the westerners let up on the tremendous artillery ac- tivity that was sq disconcerting to the German army, j August 5th, the regiment moved to @ position south of the Velee river, of CheryChartrueve. The German army in its attempts to stabilize had been driven into the Velse river lines and the Americans were still pounding | day by day to drive them even fur ther, and get them away from the natural defense that this terrain offered them, and onto the plains) between the Velse and the Atsne| where they would have to withdraw: into the ola Hindenburg line along | the Aisne, The fighting for the Velse positions was intense, and the| artillery was constantly under fire and firing during the several days in| this position, and the losses mounted up day by day. | ‘The important towns of Fismes anc Fismette along the Velse river as well | as Chery Chartreuse were taken from the German rear guard divisions, and the big G. P. F. guns were run far up into the lines that the bridges over the Aisne river at the extreme ranges of the guns could be bombarded. It was in one of these positions, in @ valley south of the Velse ‘that the regiment received its worst ‘straff- ing” of the war, the losses in dead and wounded affecting every battery fa & result of seven minutes intense shelling by the German guns. During all this activity the German air force controlled the air, and were able to stop all observation of the American batteries, and at the same time were able to keep the gun posi- fhe Casper Dally Cridune and the fire was continuous for seven minutes, reducing the valley | to a shambles of death. Battery ‘A’ and ‘B’ on the extreme left (id not receive the casualties of the second) batailion in the center of the fire, Horse lines of the light artillery, hidden under camofiauge nets were) | wiped out, and the losses amorg the) infantry was heavy. Battery uf- fered the greatert csuniber of cas-~ ualties and the dressing stations were | filled with wounded. } ‘was composed of two or more divi- sions, and the First Corps functioned tions cf the westerners under con- stant observation, and firing would have to stop every time one of these German planes would appear fn the vicinity. That romantic figure of Germany, Baron Richoven an his famous flying circus, was a dally visitor over these dangerous! r the front gun positions, p: that the Germans could have cap- tured by an aggressive infentry counter attack had they known they were s0 close to their troops. . On August lith, the last day the regi- ment was in the line, this flying circus appeared over the massing of artillery in the little valley, and a keen eyed German observer noted the many guns there, the massing f Wight artillery in the rear of the arge cannon, and the large number of reserve infantry troops on the hill that screened the valley from the German along the Velse. Radio from the airships crackled, and the air vas filled with the answer of the erman batteries, It was later es timated that the fire of twenty nan batteries of thrown into this composed of two or more corps was forming for the St. Mihiel action.) ‘The distance to be travelled was 270 | kilometers (about 180 miles) and orders j were issued that the brigade make the | distance overland. Travelling done at night, without lig! ing the trench systems, and the bat- . | teries, hiding out during the day in As the German had discovered the| whatever forests and woods were position, and also as ordera were un, available, and completed the cro: der way pulling the regiment out |country march In six nights, the firy of the line, following the German with-|such movement of motorized guns in drawal from the Vel the batteries | history, and again justified the jude were immediately taken from this | ment o position of death, and to the rese Wyoming areas, for rest and repairing. Onsy a/ troops could be relied upon. few days however were available for Colonel Joseph W, Cavender who the battle worn westerners who had|/commanded the regiment to August just gone through five weeks of in-|12th, the day the regiment was re- tense fighting and two major opera-|eved from the itne, was relieved of tions of the American participation,| his command and ordered to report and orders were received to procee¢|to Blots, and Lt. Colonel Burke H. overland to the St. Mihiel section to| Sinclalr was placed in command of a massing of the newly formed|the western regiment, an additional honor to W: PROVEN RECIPES Jelly—2% cups fruit (rim full), 1 pkg, Pen-Jel, Place juice in deep preserving kettle, Add PenJel and stir until it comes to a vigorous boll Get a package of Pen-Jel. End those long hours over hot stoves making jellies, jams, preserves, ete. No more trouble or fear of failure. Think of making the most delicious jellies and jams ever saw in 2 minutes by the clock! 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The Germans in their retreat had left mained unburied to add to the stench and unsanitation of this tremendous able was only from the drainage of this cemetery, and the rotting bodies breeding millions of flies made eating a problem. The inoculations of was responsible, with the care of the medical corps attached to the regi« ment, that thousands of men were not wiped out with disease, Out: of t was launched September 12th. the Marne to the Velse covering | diers by divisions. hardiness that fought | through as well. the hottest weather of France, the newly formed newly formed Ni Uterally covered with their | launched Sep! and thousands of horses re Infantrymen who field. The driking water avatl- the ners prior to overseas service|to themselves and September 12th. 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