And look at this for an official report and try to remember if in all
history such a feat was ever before accomplished:
Headquarters, 38th U. S. Infantry.
A. P. O. 740, France, 8 August, 1918.
From: Commanding Officer, 38th U. S. Infantry.
To: The Adjutant General, U. S. Army.
(Through Military Channels.)
Subject: Capture of Prisoners from Three German
Divisions.
1. In the second battle of the Marne, July 15-23, 1918, the 38th U.
S. Infantry was attacked on the south bank of the Marne, July 15-18,
by two German divisions, and it captured prisoners from each of their
regiments, namely:
{ 6th Grenadier Guards
10th Division { 47th Infantry
{ 398th Infantry
{ 5th Grenadier Guards
36th Division { 128th Infantry
{ 175th Infantry
2. On July 22, 1918, this regiment attacked the 10th Division Landwehr
on the north bank of Marne and captured prisoners from its three
regiments, namely:
{ 372nd Infantry
10th Division Landwehr { 377th Infantry
{ 378th Infantry
3. It is believed that the capture of prisoners from nine enemy
regiments during nine days of battle constitutes a record justifying a
report to the War Department.
4. Identification of twenty-one separate and distinct regimental
and other units were secured from enemy positions in front of this
regiment.
U. G. MCALEXANDER,
Colonel, 38th U. S. Infantry.