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.

DOCUMENTS 291 Confidential 42nd Division, A.E.F. Not to be taken Second Section, G.S. into the front. No. 143. SUMMARY OF INTELLIGENCE OcT.15 TO OcT.16, 1918. NOON TO NOON. PART I. 1. GENERAL IMPRESSION OF THE DAY. During the afternoon of October 15 the battle continued until darkness made further movement impossible. After repeated attempts our troops captured La Tuilerie Farm which had for two days resisted our assaults. During the night the enemy artillery continued its harassing fire but made less use than before of gas shells. The morning of October 16 no advance was attempted and the sector is rather quiet except for occasional fire on our front lines and some harassment of the forward areas. There has been no aerial activity. 2. ENEMY FRONT LINE. The enemy holds the line of the Kriemhilde Stellung including Cote de Chatillon but not including Hill 242 and La Tuilerie Farm which are in our hands. His defense is still along the base of the Cote de Chatillon and runs westward slightly south of Landres-et-St.Georges and St.Georges. Our line remains the same as at noon October 15 except that it now includes La Tuilerie Farm, viz., through the figures 10 G 9 and 2 G 3 in Squares F 06 and F 16, west of 10 G 9 to the sector limit, east from 2 G 3 to the enemy wire at point F 2864, from there southeast along the enemy wire to a point just south of La Musarde Farm (which is still held by the enemy) and from there to and including La Tuilerie Farm. 3. ENEMY ORDER OF BATTLE. Ninety-one prisoners from the 148th and 152d Regiments of the 41st Division were captured on October 14 near Hill 242 in the Bois de Romagne by the 168th Infantry, confirming the present Order of Battle. One prisoner from the Lehr Regiment of the 3d Guard Division was captured near the same point but as he was lost from his command, his capture does not indicate any change in the location of the 3d Guard Division, elements of which are supposed to be still in line to the east of and adjoining the 41st Division. The prisoners taken are classified as follows: Division Regiment Bn. Co. Officers N.C.O.'s Privates Total 41 152 1 3 - - 4 4 41 152 2 5 - 4 14 18 41 152 2 7 1 10 26 37 41 152 3 9 - -6 6 41 152 3 10 - -4 4 41 152 2 2M.G. - 1 3 4 41 152 3 3M.G. 1 1 13 15 41 148 2 7 - -3 3 3d Guard Lehr 2 5 - 1 1 2 16 74 92 4. ENEMY INFANTRY. On the afternoon of October 15 there were no enemy counter attacks but the enemy infantry continued its stubborn resistance to our assaults and maintained a devastating machine gun fire on our troops from Hill 260, la Musarde Farm, Bois de Hazois and from the entire lines, Landres-et-St.Georges-St.Georges. The morning of October 16 there has been occasional enemy machine gun fire and no other infantry activity. 5. ENEMY ARTILLERY. The enemy continues to use 77s and 105s and at times to fire very heavily on our lines. The fire is not continuous however and in general does not extend very far toward our rear. Harassing fire of high explosive and some gas shells is still directed upon Exermont and Cote de Maldah but the enemy has used less gas than during the preceding period. However, during the afternoon of October 15, a heavy concentration of gas shell accompanied by high explosive was fired on our lines, along the western edge of the Cote de Chatillon.

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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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Collins, Louis Loren, 1882-
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Saint Paul: [McGill-Warner company],
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Registers
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns
United States. -- Army. American Expeditionary Forces. 42d division

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