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Meuse-Argonne Diary: A Division Commander in World War I (Volume 1) by Wright,
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Meuse-Argonne Diary: A Division Commander in World War I (Volume
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adult
- Inscribed
- NO
- ISBN
- 9780826215277
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-10
0826215270
ISBN-13
9780826215277
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30239077
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Publication Name
Meuse-Argonne Diary : a Division Commander in World War I
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Subject
Military / General, Military / United States, Military / World War I, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-001710
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"As our only document of its kind, Wright's diary shows in detail how a division headquarters operated and what its commander did day by day, how he kept informed about the qualities of his principal subordinates, assessed their performances, and guided and sometimes dismissed them. While Wright was an assertive individual, the diary is informative also in showing how limited were the decision-making options of even such a character in the highly structured American Expeditionary Forces. . . . The diary also candidly reflects the weaknesses of the young American Army of 1918."-- Russell Weigley
Grade From
College Freshman
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
940.4/36
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Table Of Content
ContentsEditor's Note viiOrganization of the Eighty-ninth Division ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 1One. Preparation 00Two. St. Mihiel 00Three. Holding the Line 00Four. Sideline 00Five. Moving 00Six. A New Line 00Seven. Bois de Bantheville 00Eight. Attack 00Nine. To the Meuse 00Ten. Crossings 00Sources 00Index 00 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: United States, Army, Division, 89th, World War, 1914-1918 Regimental histories United States, Wright, William M, World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, American, World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns France Meuse, Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918
Synopsis
September 13, 1918 Got no sleep at all last night. About two o'clock in the morning Col. Heintzelman, chief of staff of the corps, came out and he was much pleased with what the division had accomplished and with the way they had gone through. It was the division's first battle and it played a very important and creditable part. Certain things fell down. . . . The truth of the matter is the troops got away from the wire and it was impossible to keep the wire up through the tangle of barbed wire and woods. We captured 3,000 prisoners on our front alone and have lost 521. November 1, 1918 Considerable heavy artillery fire all night. The preparation fire went down promptly at 3:30, it was very heavy. . . . The barrage went down promptly at 5:30. Troops jumped off. At 7:30 thirty prisoners reported from Le Dhuy Fme., taken by the 353rd and 354th infantries. I don't understand what the 353rd Infantry is doing in there, as it is out of the sector. At 7:00 a.m. there was a distinct lull in the artillery fire. . . . I told Hanson at 8:05 to move his troops forward to parallel 86 immediately. He stated that he would get them going about 8:30, but actually did not get them started until about eleven o'clock. I sent for him on arrival and told him to hurry his men up. Before Lee left I had ordered the divisional reserve to move forward with its advance element on the first objective to maintain their echelonment in depth. Smyser came in at one o'clock and I ordered the divisional machine guns to the front to take position about one-half kilometer east of Dhuy Fme. At the time the reserves were ordered forward. I ordered Hanson to take his P.C. to Dhuy Fme. . . . Hanson has just arrived. I do not understand why he is always so slow. He seems to be inordinately stupid. During America's participation in World War I, 1917-1918, only a single commander of a division, William M. Wright, is known to have kept a diary. In it, General Wright relates his two-month experience at St. Mihiel and especially the Meuse-Argonne, the largest and most costly battle in American history. In the Meuse-Argonne, the Eighty-ninth Division, made up of 28,000 draftees from Missouri and Kansas and under Wright's command, was one of the two American point divisions beginning November 1, 1918, when the U.S. First Army forced the German defenders back to the Meuse River and helped end World War I as the main German railway line for the entire Western Front came under American artillery fire. It was a great moment, and Wright was at the center of it. Robert Ferrell skillfully supplements the diary with his own narrative, making use of pertinent manuscripts, notably a memoir by one of Wright's infantry regiment commanders. The diary shows the exacting attention that was necessary to keep such a large, unwieldy mass of men in motion. It also shows how the work of the two infantry brigadiers and of the two supporting artillery brigades required the closest attention. M euse-Argonne Diary, a unique account of, among other things, a singular moment in the Great War in which American troops ensured victory, will fascinate anyone interested in military history in general and World War I in particular.
LC Classification Number
D570
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