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Norfolks. 10. Advance by 71st Infantry Brigade to high ground 2,000 yards east of Bohain--46th Division on right. 11. Reconnaissance in force by 71st Infantry Brigade brought to a standstill by machine-gun fire. 11-12. 18th Infantry Brigade relieved 71st Infantry Brigade by night. 12. 18th Infantry Brigade reconnaissance in force at 4.30 p.m. made a little ground. 14. 71st Infantry Brigade relieved 18th Infantry Brigade. 16-17. 16th and 18th Infantry Brigades moved to north for general attack on 18th, with 30th American Division on left and 46th Division on right. Brig.-Gen. Walker wounded. 18. _General attack_ through Vaux Andigny--16th Infantry Brigade on left, 18th Infantry Brigade on right, 71st Infantry Brigade in reserve--successful--1st Division passed through 6th Division, which came into Corps Reserve. 19-20. Resting. 20-21. Division relieved 30th American Division in St. Souplet area --18th Infantry Brigade on right next to 1st Division, 71st Infantry Brigade on left next to 25th Division--D.H.Q. Becquigny. 23. _General attack_ to gain high ground overlooking Sambre Canal--zero 1.30 a.m.--18th Infantry Brigade successful on right--71st Infantry Brigade on left, disorganized by gas shelling in assembly position and losing the barrage by reason of the high fences and the mist, gained most of their objectives by the afternoon. 23-24. 16th Infantry Brigade relieved 71st Infantry Brigade by night and pushed on, completing capture of final objective. Oct. 28. 71st Infantry Brigade relieved 18th Infantry Brigade. 30. Successful attack on a farm by 1st The Buffs. 30-31. Division relieved by 32nd Division, went to rest at Fresnoy le Grand. Nov. 6. Division moved to Bohain. 11. Hostilities ceased. 14. Division marched to area Catillon-Mazinghien-Vaux Andigny. 15. To area Prisches-Le Sart-Catillon. 16. To area Avesnes-Favril. 17. Halt. 18. To area Solre le Chateau-Dompierre. 19. Tail closed to Dimechaux-Sars Poteries. 20. _March to the Rhine commenced._ To area Barbencon-Thirimont. Tail at Solre le Chateau. 23. Tail closed to Barbencon-Beaumont. 24. To area Leneffe-Fraire-Walcourt-Boussu.
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