Guillemont Farm

When the 27th US Division arrived in the Bony sector to take its starting positions for the combined attack on the St Quentin canal, the area had not been secured as expected by the British III Corps, and the Americans worked for three clays and three nights to “clean up” …

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When the 27th US Division arrived in the Bony sector to take its starting positions for the combined attack on the St Quentin canal, the area had not been secured as expected by the British III Corps, and the Americans worked for three clays and three nights to “clean up” the area. Finally, the general assault was launched on September 29. The II US Corps advanced towards the Hindenburg Line in brigade columns. On this line, the Doughboys had to stop and let the Australian 3rd Division pass. But the fog, a poorly secured starting area and the absence of tank support will not reduce the resistance points around the Guillemont Farm. That day, the 107th’ Infantrj' Regiment suffered the highest casualty rate of the war for an American regiment.

Bony, France

The Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought during the First World War on the Western Front from late August to early September, in the basin of the River Somme. It was part of a series of successful counter-offensives in response to the German Spring Offensive, after a pause for redeployment and supply. The most significant feature of the two 1918 Somme battles was that with the failure of the first 1918 Somme Battle (not to be confused with the 1916 Battle of the Somme) having halted what had begun as a large German offensive, the second formed the central part of the Allies' advance to the Armistice of 11 November. On August 15, British Field Marshal Douglas Haig refused demands from Supreme Allied Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch to continue the Amiens offensive, as that attack was faltering as the troops outran their supplies and artillery, and German reserves were being moved to the sector. Instead, Haig began to plan for an offensive at Albert, which opened on 21 August. The main attack was launched by the British Third Army, with the United States II Corps attached.

Wikipedia: Second Battle of the Somme

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