The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Marechal des Logis Auguste J. Petit, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 5th Company, 5th Regiment, Mounted Chasseurs, Army of France, east of Daucourt, France, 27 September 1918. Having been ordered to attack Bonvrot Farm, Marechal des Logis Petit led his platoon forward with fixed bayonets and cut off the enemy, capturing the position, which had been occupied by the enemy since dawn. His platoon, numbering but 20, took 85 prisoners and four machine-guns.