The Allied reserves arrived in force. All branches 

 of the army were represented. The infantry was com- 

 posed of the 237th Plymouth Rocks, the 143rd Rhode 

 Island Reds and the 252nd Wyandottes. They did 

 valiant work in cleaning up the terrain.. Several of 

 them were overcome by gout, and had to withdraw at 

 noon for a short rest. 



The cavalry did valiant service scouting far ahead 

 of and beyond the infantry. They were much more 

 numerous than the infantry. They were drawn very 

 largely from the fifth army corps, composed of the 

 135th Cowbirds and the 348th Redwinged Blackbirds. 

 They made tremendous inroads on the enemy forces, 

 and were especially effective in breaking up his rest 

 billets. 



But the Allied air service bore the brunt of the at- 

 tack and downed millions of the enemy planes. It was 

 composed of many thousands of mighty, high horse- 

 powered machines from the Royal Tree Swallow Fliers, 

 assisted by several detachments from the Imperial Pur- 

 ple Martens, and 'the Loyal Legion of Barn Swallows. 

 Detached companies of the King Birds, the Cedar Wax- 

 wings, the Phoebe Home Guard, and the Royal Pewee 

 Foresters did splendid work. Thousands of flights 

 were made by these heroes of the air, and they plowed 

 relentlessly through the masses of the enemy, cutting 

 great swaths wherever they went. Some seemed to 

 stay in the air continuously. 



One squadron of hydroplanes from the Black and 

 White Terns joined in the fight at one time when the 

 Allies were hard pressed. 



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