In order to reinforce us, you arrived from the trenches of the Argonne.
We at first, at Mareuil Sur Ourcq, in September, admired your fine appearance under arms, the precision of your review and the suppleness of your evolutions that presented to the eye the appearance of silk unrolling in wavy folds.

We advanced to the line.

Fate placed you on the banks of the Ailette in front of the Bois Mortier.

October 12 you occupied the enemy trenches at Acier and Brouze.

On the 13th we reached the railroad of Laon le Fere; the forest of Saint Gobain, the principal center of resistance of the Hindenburg line was ours.
November 5th the Serre was at last crossed and the pursuit became active.