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SECOND DIVISION
MADE RECORD
DURING WAR
Ye>teiday the Gateway published
the history ot the I'irst Pivision at
the f ont and today an autlu ntic report
is given of ’ ’»*■ woik of tin Second
l division.
The 2nd. division landed in !• rano*
in August. 11*17. spent U»7 days in the
ISattle atea wihin the ramie ol tier
man uun> and was m battie tor >ixty
." \ day > accoi«Unj; to the latent cor
rected returns.
The division sustained a total of
'222:;<» casualt which consisted o
U7> battle d« aths and 177.V2 wounded.
These * ijjurv> are from the tinal re
po t of the cent ai r»-cords olfico A. 1..
\\ dated June VM'X
The division captured 1202b German
prisoners which i> nearly one fifth of
all the p’Noner- taken by tin* l . S..
army and also captured •M2 guns
which was one l'outth o' the Artillery
captured by the V. Army. The wo k
ot* the 2nd division accomplished on
the battle line from May to November
11. li»U* max Ire learned from the fol
loxving complimentarx ortl* r issued to
the division by Major General I.*
•leune in France on November 11
Heado"aiteis 2mi division regulai
American expiiiitamaty force I rani"
Novembi r 11. I 'IS.
Order—
1 - An armi>tice between the Allied
nations ami Germany ha> been .Gen* I
and hostilities c«a-ed temporarily at
eleven A. M. t "lay.
a__ jt js •’irtinij that the great pait
played hy the 2nd division n bringing
alnml th»s momentous victory over a
redoubtable foe should he recounted
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:: At the end of May the enem\
broke through the Allied lines on a
wide front west of Rheims and reach
, ,| the Maine near Chateau Thierry.
The safety of Paris and o’’ the Allied
aimy itself was at stake at this erit
cal hour the 2nd division was dep'oy
ed to meet the foe it Stopped his ad
vance tt drove him back and it de
monstrated for all time that the Am
en» an is second to none in valor in en
durance and in the grim and unyield
ing determination to conquer.
t \ga»n on July lvh. during the
last great enoim offensive the 2nd
division after a night march of tin
narall led difficulty struck near Sois
sons the flank of the enemvs salient
pcnet ated his Ceos and brought hi*
offensive* to a standstill this was tin
beginning of th*’ Allied oflendve
which has continued unceasing! an I
untirerngly until tedav.
.*» On September 12th, to lot i.
\ 1 a run fought its first
• tt ■ France. indei An
leadership to the 2nd division was as
signed the most difficult and the mos»
important task the cnnture of Thia
cou t and the Jaulny-Kxammes ridge,
it reached its second days objective e:i
the first day drove off the enonn
counti (attacks ami clinched the vie
tory.
»; - in tin Cuampagne district t’et •
In i 2nd. to 10th. it fought besides t *
tih Liijich army on October ttrd.
.seized the Diane Mont ridge the key
stone of the arch of the main Ger
man position advanced beyond the
ridge an although both flanks we e
unsupported it held ail its gain>' wi.li
utmost tenacity inflicting tremendous
losses on the enemy. This victory freed
Kheims and forced tin* entire German
armv hot vc<*n that nt\ and the A?*
gonne forest to retreat to he Aisne, a
distance of thirty kilometers.
7. Dining the Latter part of Oc
' n
the 1st American army for the great
attack of November 1st., it was given
the post of honor ml led the advance
it drove through tin* enemy’s forti
fi<*d line.> to a d> pti of over nine kil
onuders seized the heights ot Davon
ville and destroyed the enemy divis
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ioiw v>n Its front on November "id, »t
advanced to Fosse and attacked and
captured tl hoight -* of \ uux, at night
n ght it pressed forward through the
forest of Uclval by a single road and
oecupi'd the ridge near IJeaumont on
the night of tile 4th. it again attacked
and ulvaneed its way across the Me us
and seized a commanding position on
the eastern bank.
,V This supeib division < f fight
ing men is unsurpassed in valoi in
.kilt in endurance in d’terminajon to
comi’ier and in service to he < use »»
the Allies.
!>. In this great struggle mam o1'
our com rad* s have made the supremo
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sacrifice for our country but their
heroic spirit dwells in the hearts of
the officers and men of the 2nd div
ision.
John A. LeJeune.
Major (ieneral U. S. M. C.
Commanding.
Captain Mooney, of the local cable
office force, was a member of the
• Second Division.
I.ioiit. Shepard, who enlisted from
Haines, was recently severely wound
' ed i•: action in Siberia.
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