. Illinois dans la Guerre mondiale; un dossier illustré préparé avec la coöperation et sous la direction des dirigeants dans les organisations militaires et civiles de l'État. TRÈS à travers lequel les Américains avançaient, sur la colline 242. Ils avaient rebondi impraticable, la route à travers Avocourt, qui était passée d’un demi-kilomètre à un et demi derrière les lignes de sortie de l’infanterie : ils avaient orienté leurs fusils et les avaient mis au feu. Le lendemain, le bataillon restant de la 124ème Artillerie de campagne et de la 123ème Artillerie de campagne avec son bataillon français attaché se déplaçait dans le même voisin-capot, deux kilom

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. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. VERY Through which the Americans advanced; on Hill 242. nounced impassable—the road through Avocourt—had gone into positionfrom one-half to one and one-half kilometers behind the infantry outpostlines: had oriented their guns, and had laid them for fire. The next daythe remaining battalion of the 124th Field Artillery and the 123rd FieldArtillery with its attached French battalion moved into the same neighbor-hood, two kilometers southeast of Very. Here the regiments fired upon allobstacles to the infantry advance—upon machine gun nests, upon enemybatteries and upon concentration of enemy troops. On September 29 Col-onel Horatio B. Hackett, commanding the 124th Field Artillery, while gal-lantly directing his regiment under heavy fire, was seriously wounded by shellsplinters and was removed to the hospital. By September 29 the infantry advance had warranted the further dis-placement of the regiments northward. The second battalion of the 124th THE 58TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE 519. THE VERY CROSSROADS Used as Ninety-first Division post of command from September 26 to 28; about one-half kilometer southeast of Very. Field Artillery moved to a position one-half kilometer west of Epinonvilleand the rest of the brigade moved to positions between Very and Epinon-ville. The 123rd Field Artillery occupied positions just off the road connect-ing these towns. The second battalion of the 124th Field Artillery was inposition west of the road and all the positions of the 122nd Field Artillerywere east of the road. Here the brigade remained until October 11 and 12, when it was withdrawn for rest and re-equipment. The infantry supportedby the brigade was making slow progress. This was not due to any faultof the infantry or to the lack of artillery support. At one time the leftdivisional flank was exposed for

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