History of the 151st field artillery, Rainbow Division, by Louis L. Collins, lieutenant governor of Minnesota. Edited by Wayne E. Stevens, PH. D. Pub. by the Minnesota War records commission.

148 HISTORY OF THE 151ST FIELD ARTILLERY

ammunition were required for the artillery preparation, and all
through the night of the fourteenth, in rain and mud, along roads
almost constantly under shell fire, and with horses so weak that
many of them died on the roads, the drivers hauled shells to the
gun positions. Meanwhile the German artillery was active and during the night casualties were suffered in Batteries A, B, C, and F of
the 151st. At daybreak on the fifteenth the American gunners began
delivering the message of death to the C6te de Chatillon, and all
through the morning the bombardment continued. In one respect
conditions were more favorable than on the preceding day-the
weather made aerial observation difficult, and German aviators
were unable to direct the work of the artillery with much success.
Before the 83rd Brigade, on the left of the divisional sector,
lay the heavily wired positions south of St. Georges and Landreset-St. Georges. The principal objectives of the 84th Brigade were
the C6te de Chatillon and La Tuilerie Ferme, a little to the east.
The attack began at seven-thirty. The 83rd Brigade succeeded in
advancing about two hundred meters, when it was again held up
by severe frontal and enfilading machine-gun fire. Meanwhile
the 84th Brigade pushed forward. The Germans were resolved to
hold the C6te de Chatillon at all costs, since its possession would
give the Americans observation as far north as Landres-et-St.
Georges and with it, command of a broad valley still occupied
by the enemy. They resisted the attack desperately at close range
with all the machine guns and artillery at their disposal. Meanwhile the American artillery which was supporting the 84th
Brigade poured high explosive and shrapnel into the German
positions. Late in the afternoon a portion of the brigade succeeded in gaining a foothold in La Tuilerie Ferme, one of its two
principal objectives, and before nightfall Hill 242 was also taken.
Other elements succeeded in establishing themselves on the forward slopes of the C6te de Chatillon, the greater part of which,
however, with its strong defenses, remained in German hands.
Rumor had it that during the course of the fighting General Foch
visited the headquarters of the American First Army and declared
that the Cote de Chatillon "must be taken if it cost six thousand