Chapter I: A Change of Plan 1

II INTO LINE FOR ATTACK 19
III NEW AND OLD DIVISIONS 42
IV THE ORDER OF BATTLE 51
V ON THE MEUSE SIDE 65
VI WE BREAK THROUGH 75
VII IN THE WAKE OF THE INFANTRY 95
VIII THE FIRST DAY 109
IX THE ATTACK SLOWS DOWN 129
X BY THE RIGHT FLANK 147
XI BY THE LEFT 168
XII BY THE CENTER 194
XIII OVER THE HINDENBURG LINE 223
XIV DISENGAGING RHEIMS 249
XV VETERANS DRIVE A WEDGE 266
XVI MASTERING THE AIRE TROUGH 280
XVII VETERANS CONTINUE DRIVING 294
XVIII THE GRANDPRÉ GAP IS OURS 309
XIX ANOTHER WEDGE 324
XX IN THE MEUSE TROUGH 340
XXI SOME CHANGES IN COMMAND 355
XXII A CALL FOR HARBORD 376
XXIII THE S. O. S. DRIVES A WEDGE 391
XXIV REGULARS AND RESERVES 413
XXV LEAVENWORTH COMMANDS 433
XXVI OTHERS OBEY 449
XXVII AMERICAN MANHOOD 472
XXVIII THE MILL OF BATTLE 485
XXIX THEY ALSO SERVED 501
XXX THROUGH THE KRIEMHILDE 515
XXXI A CITADEL AND A BOWL 540
XXXII THE FINAL ATTACK 571
XXXIII VICTORY 589

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FACING PAGE

1.--American Offensives and other Offensives
in which American troops participated,
May-November, 1918 2

2.--Where American Divisions were in line,
from our entry into the trenches until
the Armistice 14

3.--Offensives of September, 1918. Relation
of Meuse-Argonne Battle to the
decisive Allied offensive movement 20

4.--Divisions in the First Stage of the
Meuse-Argonne Battle, September
26th-October 1st 52

5.--Divisions in the Second Stage of the
Meuse-Argonne Battle, October 1st-31st 194

6.--Lines reached by German and Allied
Offensives, 1918 224

7.--In the Trough of the Aire 266

8.--The approach of the Center to the
Whale-back 274

9.--Divisions east of the Meuse 348

10.--The Services of Supply: Showing Ports
and Railroad Communications 378

11.--Divisions in the Third Stage of the
Meuse-Argonne Battle, October 31st-November
11th 590

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