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.

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sion as follows: 1st Guard, - 3d Guard,- 4th Guard, - 10th,13th, -28th, -40th, -41st, -52d, -96th, - 192d, - 195th, -
201st, - 216th, - 227th, - 233d, - 5th Landwehr, - 8th Landwehr,- 10th Landwehr,- 21st Landwehr, — 77th Reserve,- 6th
Bavarian Reserve, - 35th Austro-Hungarian Division; and from
nineteen independent units as follows: 3d, - 30th, - 42d, —
51st,- 65th and 51st Landwehr,- Foot Artillery Regiments;
XV Ersatz Foot Artillery Battalion, — 14th Sturm Battalion,16th Sharp Shooter Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Minenwerfer Battalion,- 67th and 97th Labor Battalions,- 216th Agricultural
Battalion, - 70th Sound Ranging Troops, - 22d Railway Section
and the XIII Ludwigsburg Regiment.
The original objective of the First Army remained unchanged,
but further progress was impossible until the last of the German
defenses constituting the Kriemhilde Stellung had been overcome.
On October 21 General Pershing issued orders to prepare for
another general attack. The date originally set was October 28,
but it was changed to November 1 in order that the advance of
the First Army might take place simultaneously with an attack by
the Fourth French Army, on its left.18
Orders to prepare for the attack were received at headquarters of the 151st Field Artillery on October 26. At the same
time it was reported that on this occasion the organization would
fire in support of the 2nd Division, which was to relieve the Rainbow. All of the available artillery was moved forward to the
heights previously occupied by the enemy, from which it could
cover and support the advance of the infantry. On the night
of the twenty-sixth the guns of the 151st were moved forward
into new positions in the open, rolling country north of Exermont. During this advance an ammunition train, under the command of Sergeant Roy Raykman of Battery A, encountered a heavy
bombardment which wrought havoc with horses and men, but the
sergeant brought the train through and afterwards returned under
180n October 25 the officers of the regiment said good-by to Captain
Jacobson, the French officer who had been almost continuously with the 151st
since its arrival in France. His knowledge of artillery and engineering had
been of immense value in the operations of the regiment, and his coolness and
indifference to danger had aroused the admiration of all. He received the
Distinguished Service Cross while serving with the regiment. He was now
ordered back to the French army and he left carrying with him the good wishes
of officers and men alike.