The Franco-American Offensive of October, 1918
On the right bank of the Meuse, a French army corps and American troops, under General Pershing, joined in the struggle, capturing Brabant, Haumont, Haumont Wood and Caures Wood, while the famous line from which, in February, 1916, the Crown Prince’s army had attacked Verdun, was soon reached and passed. By the end of October more than 20,000 prisoners, 150 guns, nearly 1,000 trench-mortars and several thousand machine-guns, had been captured, while unconquered Verdun was definitely lost to the Germans. Their retreat was now destined to continue uninterruptedly until the Armistice.
Renault Tanks and American Troops on the old French Lines at Regnéville.
The German Advance
and the ground reconquered (Sectioned zones) by the
French and American armies
[The left-hand side of the two-page map above]
