GENERAL FOCH (on the left) AND
GENERAL FAYOLLE (on the right).
On June 4, the fighting was less fierce. Combats still took place, but they had neither the scope nor the strategical importance of those of the preceding days.
The Crown Prince’s Army was now exhausted. On June 5, this army from the Oise to La Pompelle numbered thirty-four first-line divisions. All its reserves had been engaged, with the exception of seven divisions, of which two were inferior troops and two fairly good. Eight divisions had been withdrawn from the battle.
From June 5 onwards, enemy action was purely local, the Germans being often compelled to defend themselves against French counter-attacks. To the north, the Moroccan Division recaptured the Amblény positions by night. Hard fighting continued all along the Savières Stream, from Troësnes to Longpont, where the French recovered part of the lost ground, and to the north-west of Château-Thierry on the Dammard-Veuilly-la-Poterie-Belleau-Bouresches line, where the American troops, co-operating with French divisions, gave signal proofs of their courage and determination. On June 10, the 2nd American Division recaptured Belleau Wood. Furious combats took place on the Mountain of Rheims and in the neighbourhood of Bligny, Champlat, Sainte-Euphraise and Vrigny, where French, British and Italian troops vigorously resisted the German push.
American Units Engaged from June 1 to 10, 1918.
2nd Division Major-General Omar Bundy.
comprising:
| 3rd Infantry Brigade | Brig.-Gen. | E. M. Lewis |
| 4th““ (Marines) | ““ | James G. Harbord |
| 2nd Artillery | ““ | Chamberlaine |
This division was engaged west of Château-Thierry and opposite Belleau Wood.