COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF JOHN J. PERSHING.
Degoutte’s Army captured Neuilly-St.-Front, the plateau east of Monnes, and the heights north-east of Courchamps, progressing beyond the Priez-Givry line. In two days about 17,000 prisoners and 360 guns were captured.
The situation of the German Army was becoming more and more critical. In the neighbourhood of Parcy-Tigny, the Allies were only about a mile from the Soissons-Château-Thierry Road, and within nine miles of the Fére-en-Tardenois Railway Station. The Germans were consequently no longer able to use their main north-south road of communication, and their only railway was within range of the Allies’ guns.
On the other hand, the activity of General Berthelot’s Army on the Marne, which had recaptured Montvoisin, gained a footing in Oeuilly south of the river, and advanced a kilometre northwards in the Roi and Courton Woods, was causing the enemy great anxiety. The situation of the Germans south of the Marne appeared particularly precarious.
AMERICAN UNITS ENGAGED IN THE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE OF
JULY 18, 1918.
WITH GENERAL MANGIN’S ARMY.
3rd Corps, Major-General Robert L. Bullard.
| 1st Division | Major-General | C. P. Summerall. |
| comprising: | ||
| 1st Infantry Brigade | Brig.-Gen. | Geo. B. Duncan |
| 2nd““ | ““ | B. B. Buck |
| 1st Artillery“ | ||