Occupation of Chateau Thierry (Pas Fini) Sector, June 18 - July 14, 1918, 3rd and 26th Divisions

Around the 2 minute mark while getting hot chocolate from the Red cross. " INCOMING ! "
Some of this film is quite comical......

Published on May 3, 2017
Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (9/18/1947 - 3/1/1964) (Most Recent)

Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1936

Scope and Content: Reel 1, the 9th Machine Gun Bn. shells Chateau Thierry with mortars. 6th Engineers receive hot chocolate from the Y.M.C.A. before entering trenches at St. Eugene. 38th Inf. troops eat field rations near Fossy. 7th Inf. troops receive Y.M.C.A. tobacco at Janiver Farm. 4th Inf. troops advance near Romeny. A French observation balloon descends near Essises. 9th Machine Gun Bn. troops listen to a phonograph. The 7th Machine Gun Bn. receives thanks, accepted by Gen. Dickman, from the Prefet de l'Aisne at La Chappelle-sur-Chezy. Reel 2, the 12th F.A. brings up ammunition near Chateau Thierry. Marine replacements arrive at La Verte. German prisoners are escorted to the rear. 101st Inf. and 101st F.A. troops conduct foot races near Meaux. Gen. Pershing presents the D.S.C. to 26th Div. troops, and reviews the division at La Ferte.

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June 6-July 14, Div occupies the Château-Thierry Sector (Champagne). June 6, Div assumes command of a sector along the south bank of the Marne from Mézy (incl) to Chierry (excl); elements of the Fr 33d Colonial Inf remain in line under the 3d Div. [June 6-7, 2d Bn 30th Inf, moving north from Mont-de-Bonneil attacks through Monneaux toward Hill 204, and reaches a line midway between Monneaux and Vaux; Fr 10th Colonial Div on right, 2d Div on left.] June 7-11, units of the 5th Inf Brig relieve elements of the Fr 20th Div and occupy the south bank of the Marne from Sauvigny to ¾ km north of Reuilly, east of 3d Div sector; units of 5th Inf Brig in line east of Sauvigny are relieved. June 11, 6th Engrs and Tn rejoin. June 14, two subsectors are organized and held by regiments, 30th Inf on the right, 38th on the left; Fr 20th Div on right, Fr 10th Div on left. [June 15, 7th Inf is detached, and operates, June 16-23, with the 2d Div in the Château-Thierry (Pas Fini) sector.] June 16, the sector is extended west as far as the eastern limits of Château-Thierry. June 16-17, the remaining French units are relieved and the sector is held with three regiments in line, 4th Inf on the left. [June 21-July 18, Div is under the administrative control of the I Corps.] June 25-28, three subsectors are created, Chierry, Gland, and Mont-St-Père; Fr 125th Div relieves the Fr 20th Div on the right; Fr 39th Div relieves the Fr 10th Colonial Div on the left. July 3, the sector is extended east to a point 1 km west of Varennes and four subsectors are created, Brasles, Gland, Mont-St-Père, and Chartèves, which are held with brigades abreast, four regiments in line. July 4-14, local actions occur. July 8, Fr 125th Div (Fr III Corps) is on the right. July 5-13, 3d FA Brig and 3d Am Tn join from Camp Coëtquidan. July 15, the Château-Thierry sector occupation merges into the Champagne-Marne Operation.

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