spectacular result was achieved. From that time on to November 1, individual divisions and corps were
allowed to straighten out their lines and advance accordingly as the local situation would permit. During
this period, on October 10, General Pershing turned over the immediate command of the 1st Army to
Major-General (later Lieutenant-General) Hunter Liggett, who had commanded the 1st Corps in the
battle of St. Mihiel. The third and last phase opened on November 1, when the army drove through to a
decision.
The part which the 90th Division played on September 26 has been described in the account of
the raid on Preny. But the Division did not enter the Meuse-Argonne sector until during the second
phase of the battle, and it rendered its greatest service during the third and last phase.
Machine Gun Company, 359th Infantry, going up into the lines in the Argonne sector.
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