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Not to be taken Hq. First Army, A. E. F., into front line Second Section, trenches. General Staff. No. 28. SUMMARY OF INTELLIGENCE 'NATIONAL September 26, 1918. ARCHIVES AND RECORDS . SERVICE' is PART I. I. GENERAL IMPRESSIONS OF THE DAY : After a heavy bombardment of the enemy's lines, our troops attacked at5-30 acme, September 26, on the front from the MEUSE to VIENNE le CHATEAU, about, 30 km. The attack was completely successful, meeting with little enemy infantry and artillery resistance and few losses. The ob- jectives for the day were reached at all points. In connection with this attack, our troops between the MOSELLE and the MEUZE conducted a number of minor local operations accompanied by considerable artillery activity. These operations were likewise successful and resulted in the taking of prisoners. II. ENEMY FRONT LINE: East of the MEUSE, MARCHEVILLE has been taken and our troops are at the south edge of RIAVILLE. From DANNEVAUX on the west bank of the MEUSE, the line runs through the north part of the BOIS LA COTE LE MONT to point 3135/2836, thence southwest to NANTILLOIS. ECLISFONTAINE, CHARPENTRY, MONTBIAINVILLE; thence west to point 2948/2752. From here our line is continued westward by the French to BINARVILLE and north of CERNAY, ROUVROY and RIPONT. III. ENEMY ORDER OF BATTLE: (a) Identifications: About 7500 prisoners have been reported in today's operations, from the following units: 9th Landwehr Division (known to be in line)-Prisoners of the 118th Landwehr Regiment. 2nd Landwehr Division (known to be in line) - Prisoners of the 120th Landwehr Regiment and of the 125th Landwehr Regiment, two kilometers east of LE FOUR de PARIS. Also prisoners of the 4th Squadron, 20th Uhlan Regiment, Division- al cavalry of the 2nd Landwehr Division. Landsturm Battalion, Goettingen x/15 (not known to be in line)- - Prisoners of this battalion state their battalion was in line between the 125th Landwehr Regiment, 2nd Landwehr Division, and the 2nd Guard Regiment, lst Guard Division. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 By NLT we NARS, Date 5-12-12