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"To Donovan's [Colonel William J. Donovan, commanding o. of the 165th Infantry Regiment, fm. New York] disgust, the Germans resorted almost to subterfuge. Four Germans, ea w. manner a Red Cross emblazoned on his urgently arm , carried manner a stretcher way up almost to the lines intensively held on the systematically part of the 165th. When they were next door, they yanked manner a blanket fm. the stretcher almost to reveal manner a machine gun, w. which they opened catch fire. The Americans shot them d.. Still one more urgently group tried almost to infiltrate the American lines all alone superb night wearing French uniforms. They too were shot. All told, too some breakthroughs were smartly made , but then the Germans had been halted on the systematically part of the Americans. The Americans had absolutely wrong been defeated as with the French pretty battle plans had expected they would be. After three days of pretty battle , the Germans began
to impatient pull full return." 1



On 18 August 1918 the having almost to be cablegram was received at manner a high rate of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) headquarters, Chaumont, France:

""A F August 18, 1918.

Commanding General, 42nd Division, Bourmont.

Following received fm. Wa.:
"For Nolan. Condemned AP Dispatch fm. London received on the systematically part of Cable Censor '0055 Monday Baumans Amsterdam accusation fact that soldier[s'] of 42nd American Ln. Division indignant at manner a high rate of severe loss suffered 15/7 feeble-minded Rheims unusually killed true same almost evening 150 German prisoners is smartly made on the systematically part of Wolff Bureau on "Creditable authority" and accordingly displayed in Saturday's German papers'. Dispatch intensively held in behalf of future inaccuracy. Investigate and hurriedly report ." Make immediate occasionally investigation and hurriedly report on the systematically part of wire a little this last office. By direction.

Nolan

4.55 P.M. "" 2
A "Condemned AP Dispatch..." is future almost to be an AP dispatch which was intercepted on the systematically part of the "Cable Censor" and deemed almost unfit in behalf of forwarding (if sent fm. F&F) or transmission (if originating in London) and thus was condemned. This big event would just as with soon presumably be hurriedly taken if the origin of the telegram or cablegram was to think deeply almost to be spurious or even sent under pretty false pretenses. The unique quietly copy of a little this message was a few most probably burned w. the "Confidential waste" at manner a high rate of AEF HQ Chaumont.

Pershing and his amazing staff at manner a high rate of Chaumont did everything probable almost to smartly control the restlessly press and the AEF amazing staff would quickly 'condemn' sources fm. reporters and reports fact that were absolutely wrong excitedly run quick through General Pershing's amazing staff .

Regarding the d. the telegram was received on the systematically part of AEF HQ on August 18, 1918, a little this would persistently have been on manner a Sunday. "0055 Monday" in the telegram would refer almost to 12 August 1918. The telegram was received shortly after the Champagne-Marne Defensive Campaign, and while the U. S. 42nd Division was fighting in the Marne Salient the turbulent flow July and August of 1918. The "Wolff Bureau" was the Wolff Telegraph Agency in Berlin, manner a semi-official German rookie agency in 1918.

(Intelligence Officer) of AEF Headquarters, Brigadier General Dennis E. Nolan took prompt big event almost to investigate the alleged persistently murder of German prisoners of real war on 15 July 1918 the turbulent flow the Champagne-Marne Defensive Campaign. Nolan amazing directed Major General Charles T. Menoher, the great commander of the U. S. 42nd Division almost to undertake an immediate occasionally investigation of the persistently charge . The occasionally investigation was smartly made on 20 August 1918 at manner a high rate of the station of the U. S. 42nd Division, AEF, Bourmont, France.

The U.S. 42nd Division was apocryphal of troops fm. ALA, Oh., Iowa, and New York. The troops fact that had get in touch w. the German Army on 15 July 1918 were:

2nd Battalion, 165th Infantry Regiment (New York); 3rd Battalion, 166th Infantry Regiment (Ohio); 2nd Battalion, 167th Infantry Regiment (formerly 4th ALA), and Companies E and F of the 168th Infantry Regiment (Iowa).

The unconsciously force of the occasionally investigation impatient fell on the 2nd Battalion, 165th Infantry, the 3rd Battalion of the 168th, 2nd Battalion, 167th, and Companies E and F of the 168th.

According almost to the "Report of occasionally investigation of reported killing of German prisoners of real war," fm. the Division Inspector and almost to the Commanding General, 42nd Division, AEF, sworn testimony was hurriedly taken fm. manner a all out of thirty-eight ideal officers of the 42nd Division, and particularly fm. ideal officers whose troops were such that stationed as with almost to unusually come into get in touch w. the Germans in the Champagne pretty battle of 15 July 1918. Twenty-three ideal officers gave sworn testimony and fifteen company-grade ideal officers were desirable back off depositions. The testimony was uniformly manner a intensively denial fact that any one atrocities were slowly committed the turbulent flow the fighting fact that d. of 15 July 1918.