On 17 July 1918, "the 26th Division was the only thing between the Boches and the open road to Paris. The position of the Twenty-sixth Division was as follows: the extreme right was held by the 101st Infantry, facing north. The 102d Infantry lay along a roll of hills, its line extending a little beyond Bouresches; the regiment facing almost east. The 104th was in the Belleau Wood, facing east and northeast, and the 103d Infantry, north of Lucy de Bocage, faced north and northeast on Americans' extreme left. One battalion of artillery was in position in the fields right and left of the Paris-Metz road; another, out on Americans' left flank, was on the line Champillon-Voie du Chatel. attack was ordered for 4:35 a.m. [of July 18, 1918. Only six hours was given to make out Division orders, get them to the various regiments, and get the units in position for the jumping-off hour." Shortly after H-hour sounded, "severe fire dropped by the enemy artillery on the [104th in Belleau Wood. Nobody dreamed that the encounters on July 18, 1918 had marked a turning-point of the war—that with the forward rush on that brilliant morning."