[Victoria Delsoul]

THE 1st. U.S. DIVISION AT CANTIGNY, 27th. APRIL - 8th. July 1918--In face of the urgency created by the German offensive on the 21st March, 1918, General Pershing placed all his forces then available in Europe at the disposition of General Foch. Amongst these units, the 1st U.S. Division which, on the 5th April had been positioned in the region North of Paris, received on the 27th April, the responsibility for a sector to the West of Montdidier, in the 6th Corps of the French 1st Army. This was the first time, on an active battle front, that an American Division took up position.

[SAMWolf]

Evening Victoria, good WW I Painting.