30-31, long enough before the attack to allow it to become familiar with the terrain. This policy proved
to be doubly wise in view of the heavy artillery reaction the night before the attack, which reaction
would have caught both brigades at the worst possible moment, when relieving and relieved troops are
both in the forward zone. As it turned out, the relief was made without a casualty.
On October 30 the Division P. C. moved to Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, being housed in dugouts
constructed by the Engineers and made more comfortable by the Headquarters Troop under the direction
of Captain Donald Henderson.
The stage was now set for the third and last phase of the battle of the Meuse-Argonne.
Former German headquarters building in Cunel,
used as dressing station be 3d Battalion, 359th Infantry.
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