A Hungarian Officer Describes the Meuse-Argonne Fighting

Hungarian Troops on the Western Front

During the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the 1st  and 106th Austro-Hungarian divisions were involved in the fighting. They were deployed on the east bank of the Meuse when the battle opened. This is an excerpt from an unidentified Hungarian lieutenant's diary that was later translated by U.S. Army intelligence. His unit was heavily bombarded from the opening of the battle on 26 September 1918 but did not experience an infantry assault until 8 October when Pershing's First Army forced a crossing of the river and also pushed north along its east bank. Two American divisions and a French division assigned to First Army were involved in the attack that led to the capture of our lieutenant, who seems to have had a lot of responsibility for a junior officer. If you have difficulty reading the text, just click on the section, and you will get an enlarged text.

Source: "Candid Comment on the American Soldier of 1917-1918 and Kindred Comments by the Germans," Intelligence Section (Enemy Order of Battle Subsection), Chaumont, France, 1919, pgs. 16-17.