A crushing offensive was on the eve of being launched. The enemy, incapable of effectual resistance, hauled down their flag and capitulated.
St. Mihiel Front from Sept. 15 to Armistice Day
During the great Meuse-Argonne Battle, fought by General Pershing’s troops after September 26, the operations on the St. Mihiel front were limited to intermittent bombardments and local attacks.
When the Armistice was signed on November 11, General Pershing was making dispositions to invest Metz by an offensive towards Longwy with the 1st Army, and towards Briey with the 2nd Army, while a detachment of six American divisions was to co-operate on the right bank of the Moselle with General Mangin’s Army, in an attack on Château-Salins. Meanwhile, the Germans had already begun to evacuate Metz. The Allies’ advance began on November 10 and 11, but the general capitulation of the Germans, on terms dictated by the Allies, robbed the Americans of a new and crushing victory, which would have fittingly crowned their fine success at St. Mihiel.
A VISIT TO THE BATTLEFIELDS
IN THREE ITINERARIES
FIRST ITINERARY (p. [22])
Distance: 80 km. (See [pp. 23-71])
VERDUN to COMMERCY, via Calonne Trench, Eparges, Apremont
Forest, Ailly Wood and St. Mihiel, including
A VISIT TO ST. MIHIEL (pp. [55-69])
SECOND ITINERARY (pp. [72-137])
Distance: 142 km. (See pp. [72-137])
COMMERCY to METZ, via Pont-à-Mousson, including
A VISIT TO PRÊTRE WOOD (pp. [102-119])
A VISIT TO METZ ([120-137])
THIRD ITINERARY (pp. [138-145])
METZ to VERDUN, via Etain (pp. [138-145])