After a brief rest following the breakthrough of the Hindenburg line at Bellicourt, the Americans, including North Carolina troops, renewed their drive against the battle-weary Germans. Allied Commander Foch saw his opportunity and pushed the Allied armies to the limit in order to win a decisive victory before winter weather stopped the advance. One front would be the Meuse-Argonne, far to the south of the Hindenburg line, where the American First Army faced three lines of German trenches.