[Rarebooks] FS: AEF broadside, not in OCLC

[Bob Petrilla]

American Expeditionary Forces. HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, FRANCE, NOVEMBER 11th, 1918. General Orders No.
73.... The Corps Commander cites the Fifth Division for "Forcing, against
the enemy in position, a crossing of the River Meuse near Dun and near
Brieulles, building bridges and swimming the river in the face of machine
gun and artillery fire and in advancing some nine kilometers in the enemy's
territory to the vicinity of Brandeville. This action not only uncovered
the left flank of the XVII French Corps and enabled that Corps to advance,
but broke the line of resistance of the German Army....The 5th Division
alone forced the crossing and established the bridgehead....Thirty seven
cannon, four hundred and sixty one machine guns, and over nine hundred
prisoners were captured...."  H.E. Ely, Major General, U.S.A., Commanding.
(France): A.E.F., 1918. Original document. Broadside, printed on olive
stock. 11.5" x 8.5" Very Good.
[This broadside is not recorded by WorldCat.]  $75.00

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