_32nd Division, 126th Infantry, Machine-Gun Company_
When the infantry on his right was held up by fire from an enemy
machine gun at Cierges, northeast of Château-Thierry, August 1, 1918,
he seized a rifle, rushed around the flank of the enemy’s position,
bayoneted two of the machine-gun crew and shot three of them, enabling
the infantry to advance.]
“The first objectives taken, preparations were at once made for a
further advance. But the French, to the north, had been held up. On
the 19th there was no forward movement until three in the afternoon.
Hill 193, above Givry, where the French were held up, was passed on
the flank, causing the Germans to fall back. Etrepilly and Etrepilly
Woods were reached, taken, and passed. So, too, Genetrie Farm and the
woods close by La Halmadière.
“In the night of the 19th there was another halt. Then forward again
at daybreak, with the 101st and 102d Infantry getting into action late
this day, and sweeping forward, through Vaux and the woods close to
Bouresches, they crossed the Soissons-Château-Thierry road, and by the
22d found themselves in front of Epieds and Trugny.