<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Waya eFrance ngo-February 4, 1918, njengelungu leNkampani Ye-119 YeButho Lokuqala Elishintshayo, i-U.S. Marine Corps, wafika eBrest ngo-February 26. Khona-ke inkampani yakhe yaqala ukuqeqeshwa eChâtillon-sur-Cher, kuyilapho u-Overton eya esikoleni sokuqeqesha izikhulu eGondremont, eFrance, eduze naseBezange-la-Grande. Wathweswa iziqu phambili ekilasini lakhe ngoMeyi 31, 1918, futhi wathunyelwa ngoJuni 1 ukuba ayobhekwa ne-Forty Second Regiment of French Chasseurs eyayihlala ezintabeni zaseVosges. Waqalwa njengelungu elihlonishwayo lamaFrench Chasseurs futhi wahlala nebutho kusukela ngoJuni 1 13. Lapho amaMarine eqala ukuhlanganyela eChateau-Thierry ekuqaleni kukaJuni, wacela ukudluliselwa esuka enkampanini yakhe eyayisaqeqeshwa waya phambili, kwathi ngoJuni 16 wafika ekamu lamasosha asemanzini phakathi neMpi yaseBelleau Wood, eyayiqale ngoJuni 1 futhi yayizoqhubeka kuze kube nguJuni 26. Lapho, u-Overton wabelwa isikhundla sokuba yisithunywa e- 18th Company, 6th Regiment, U.S. Marines, ingxenye ye-4th Brigade kanye ne-2nd Division. Wakhonza eBelleau Wood kwaze kwaba ngoJulayi 9. NgoJulayi 2 wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-first lieutenant, kodwa wayengeke afunde ngalokho ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe. Kusukela ngoJulayi 1916 wayehlala eNanteuil-sur-Marne. NgoJulayi 16, i-regiment yakhe kanye ne-5th Regiment yathuthelwa eFrance eduze kwaseSoissons ukujoyina i-  <response>: Impi Yesibili YaseMarne. Ngalesosikhathi leli qembu laliyingxenye ye-Marshal Ferdinand Fochs allied offensive on the Soissons salient eyaqala ngoJulayi 18, 1918, isigaba sakhe ngaphansi kukaJenene waseFrance uCharles Mangin. 