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VICTORY
EDITION
SECTION TWO
The Cordell Beacon
Vol. XXII
CORDELL, OKLAHOMA, JUNE 12, 1919
No. 46
VICTORY
EDITION
SECTION TWO
Story of Action
of 90th Division
Painone Ninetieth Division, Including Many Washita County Beys,
Had Remarkable War Experience and Played a Part in
Important Successful Engagements.
Berncastle, Germany. April 11,—
Billeted in romantic RMneland Til-
lage*, with ruined castles and halt-
forgotten battlefields of medieval
Europe on every side. Washita County
men in the S57 and 358 Infantry are
marking time until the commanding
general of the Ninetieth Division
gives the word to roll their packs for
the long journey home.
Washita county represented well
In this regiment of the Texas-Okla-
homa national army, which trained at
Camp Travis and now forms part of
the army of occupation. While the
Washita county men are anxious to
see their homes again, their present
life in the pleasant Moselle Valley,
one of the most favored tourist re-
tort* in Europe before the war, is a
welcome change from the nightmare
days of St. Mihiel, the Meuae, and the
Argonne, where their division won for
itself a permanent place In American
history.
The men are billeted In the homes
of the German population. They have
the best bedB and rooms that the
houses afford. With the exception of
a short drill period in the forenoon the
men have practically every day to
themselves, and are free to make
whatever use of their time they see
fit. Many have taken advantage of
the post schools situated in every
town in the Ninetieth Division area
where troops are billeted. Here all
sorts of subjects are taught, from
reading and writing for illiterate to
complicated mechanical problems for
men who desire to make better use of
Man's Land waB wide and full of old
trenches, wire entanglements and ob-
stacles of every sort. The rear areas
were heavily wooded and filled with all
sorts of camps, dugouts, old gun em-
placements and every kind of con-
struction which had accumulated dur-
ing three years of trench warfare.
The egiments went Into line it) or-
der from left to right, 357th Infantry
(Colonel Hartmann) 358th Infantry
(Colonel Leary), 360th Infantry (Col-
onel Price). General O'Neil, com-
manding the 179th Brigade, had hiH
headquarters at Martlncourt, arfd
General Johnson, commandiny the
180th Brigade, was at Gris Court. Di-
vision headquarters was established
at Willers-en-Haye.
The Eighty-Second Division was
on the right and the Eighty-Ninth
Division on the left.
On August 27 General Johnson be-
came -a Major General and was given
the Ninety-First Division. Brigadier
General U. C. McAIexander, who had
served with the Third Division on the
Marne. took command of the 180fh
Brigade. •
When the division went Into line
preparation had already begun for the
St. Mihiel offensive. Artillery of all
calibers was being moved into the
sector every night and it was obvious
to every one that an operation of some
sort was being planned. Early in
September orders were receive* from
the First Army Corps which outlined
the operation and gave the Ninetieth
Division its part in the attack. The
First American Army, which had just
mechanical talents when they return; been organized under the personal
to the United States. The men also j command of General Pershing, was
have the opportunity to attend the dl- j to cut off the St. Mihiel salient. The
vision high school at Treben. Oer- general plan was that the Fifth Corps
many, where more subjects are taught would attack on the best base of the
than would be included in the curricu- salient and drive east, and that the
lum of the average high school in an. First and Fourth Corps, on the east
American city. j base of the salient, would . attack
The Ninetieth Division was organ- | north. When the Fifth and Fourth
ized at Camp Travis, Tex., under the ""
command of Major General Henry T.
Allen. All of the first men in the di-
vision were from Texas and Okla-
homa. those from Oklahoma being In
Corps met they would close the neck
of the bottle and the salient and the
German troops left In it would be cut
off. The advance of the First and
Fourth Corps was to swing forward
the 179th Brigade and those from like a door, with the ninge of the door
Texas in the 180th Brigade From ,on the Moselle River. The divisions
that time these brigades have been j on the left of the advance, would
known as the Oklahoma and Texas J pu*h forward the farthest, and by
Brigades. The division insignia, j meeting the Fifth Corps, cut off the
adopted in France, symbolizes the j salient.
native States of the first members of The Eighty-Second Division, on the
the division. extreme right, was not to advance at
Like all other National Army divl-'*". and the Ninetieth Division, on Its
sions In the States the Ninetieth sent left, was given the mission of protect-
away great numbers of cen to fill up '"8 the right flank of the advance and
regular and National Guard divisions seeing that the hinge on which the
and to form special organizations of whole attack pivoted, was not broken
army, corps and 8. O. S. troops. In off. Tills was an extremely impor-
the early spring of 1918 the division tant. and delicate mission, as with the
was filled up with men from other .Eighty-Second Division standing fast
camps, a large number coming from jit was obvious that the Ninetieth Di-
Camp Dodge, Iowa. vision, when it advanced, would leave
The division began leaving Camp, Its whole right flank open to the
Travis early in June for Camp Mills,
near New York. By June 30 ail units
had sailed from Hohoken. A few or-
ganizations went direct to France, but
the majority of the divisions landed in
England The 358th Infantry paraded
before the Lord Mayor of Liverpool on
July 4 and was given a banquet by
the city.
Immediately upon arrival in France
the artillery brigade was sent to a
training area near Bordeaux. The
enemy.
The front of the division was nar
rowed for the attack by three kllO'
meters, which were taken over by the
Fifth Division. On the three nights
before the 12th patrols were busy all
along the front cleaning out the old
trenches and cutting wire, so that
everything would be ready for the
jump-off on the morning of the 12th
For the attack the division was lined
*"h the regiments side'by side
of the division was moved by In the MIIU' or<>er that they held the
train to the Aignaay-le-Duc training «*tor The infantry was supported
area northeast of Dijon. Headquar-
ters of the division. 179th Brigade and
357th Infantry, were at Algnay-le-Dnc.
Headquarters of the 180th Brigade and
the 359th Infantry were at Recey-sur-
Ouroe. The 358 Infantry was at Ml-
not and the 360th Infantry was at
Rouvres. The division stayed six
weeks in this area, training eight
hours a day for the time when it
should take tts place In line.
In the middle of August the divi-
sion was ordered to relieve the First
Division, which held the Salzerais
sector along the Moselle River near
Toul. The division was moved by
train on August 18 and 19 from its
training area to towns in the vicinity
of Toul. The relief of the First Dl
by the 163d Artillery Brigade (Seven
ty-Elghth Division). The plan for the
first day was that the division like
the corps, would advance farthest on
the left and pivot on the right.
A terrific artillery preparation
opened at 1 o'clock on the morning
of the 12th. At 5 o'clock the infantry
•went over the top under a rolling bar-
race. and by 2 o'clock In the afternoon
all objectives had been reached and
the enemy completely disorganized,
in spite of the immensely difficult
country through which the advance
had Ix-en made. The 357th Infantry,
on the left, had advanced a maximum
distance of four kilometers through
dense wood, wire and trench defen-
ttes of every description. All of the
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In Memory of Those who Perished: Facsimile of the official message of condolence and gratitude
by fJovernor K. L. Williams and Chairman J. M. Aydelotte of the State Council of Defense, to
next of kin of over lOOOOklahoma boys who died while
in service.
8GT. HARDIN* AWARDED D. S. C.
Lignieres, France, April 10th 1919.
Special to Cordell Beacon.
Sergeant William T. Hardin, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hardin, who re-
hide southwest of town, was presented
with a Distinguished Service Cross by
General Pershing at the time the Gen-
eral reviewed the 36th Division pre-
paratory to its departure for the
United States. Sgt. Hardin enlisted
in the Army in June 1917 and left for
overseas with the 36th Division, land-
ing in France July 1918, after which
time the Division took active part in
the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Cham-
paigne, France. Sgt. Hardin was
awarded the Medal for extraordinary
heroism in action. After he had been
severely wounded in the right shoul-
der by a machine gun bullet, he re-
fused to go to the rear for medical
attention until after the enemy's po-
sition ha3 bee* taken and his com-
panies lines established.
MB 1U SMI
OF illH'S UIIOIS
Lewis Zorbis Diary Account Tells In-
side Story of Hardships Boys of
90th Encountered.
Co. A of 142nd
-A Busy Bunch
Complete Story of A. Company, 142ND Infantry, Told by a Sergeant.
This Company Wae Made *p of Old National Guards
and Included Many from this County.
Oct. 13th—went to Verdun front in
French trucks (rain, mud, Hell).
Oct. 14th—left for Argonne front
(more rain and mud.)
Oct. 19th—moved to Blaircourt.
Oct. 20th—'"Mred to Silvery woods.
Oct. 21st—moved through Mt. Facon I wlth thickly wooded hill which
(the place where the Crown Prince! served as a redoubt for German ma
directed the battle of Verdun) Sop chine gun Implacements. Conse
Sergls, into woods, the Cunel, at'mently the open terrain which con
Mandolin Farm, relieving the 5th
By Sgt. Ell aha M. Barker.
A Company, one hundred forty sec-
ond infantry, was ordered to the west-
ern front on the morning of Oct. (,
1918, from the town of Somme-Snlppe
where they hsd been transported in
French army trucks two nights pre-
vious. We were to relieve a company
of marines of the Second Division who
were lying in support about one half
mile from the frint line. At this time
the Second Division was the only
American Division on the Champagne
Sector which was under French com-
mand. We were to participate in the
biggest drive of the war. The Allied
offensive waa well under way and in
accordance with the plans of General
Foch we were to attack the enemy
with the greatest vigor. For five days
General Lejeune's veteran Second Di-
vision, which fought at Chateau-
Thierry had rained incessant blows
upon the enemy. They with the
French had dislodged the Boche from
the Hlndenburg line nesr Soume-Py
and Mont-Blanc and had driven them
back to reserve positions. The swift
ness of -their sdvance hsd made com
munications complex and difficult. On
our particular front we were confront
Lewis Zorbis, in a letter to Harry B.
Frank, includes a diary account of
the actions of the 90th division from
his personal viewpoint, from August
21 to the signing of the armistice,
which is of general interest. In
speaking of the death of a friend in
battle. Zorbis said "It couldn't be
helped for nobody knew when their
turn was coming but it was almost
certain that you were bound to get
hit nouietime -asft especially towards
the last, when fighting got real good."
His diary notes follow:
American Expeditionary Forces.
Germany,
February 24, 1919.
Dear Harry :—
"August 21st 1918—left for front.
Aug. 22nd—arrived at Franchville,
entered support line trenches (rain)
Aug. 25th—Heavy shelling (rain)
Aug. 27th—shelling on both sides
(rain.)
Aug. 28th—moved to front line under
heawy shell fire (rain.)
Aug. 29th—quiet (rain.)
Aug. 30th—Boche shelled our position
from 3:15 till 4:45
September 1st—light (ire from Boche
artillery.'
Sept. 7th—Patrols active.
Sept. 11th—moved In position for |
jrlve (rain all night, mud Knee
deep. >
Sept. 12th—Bombardment started at
1 a. m. Barrage at 4:50 jumped over
at 5 a. m. (rain, no eats) Objective
reached at 8:10.
Sept. 13th—moved over to reinforce
1st battalion against Boche coun-
ter attack, (rain.)
Sept. 14th—took position for attack
at 2:30 p. m. support failed us.
jumped off at 4 p. m Boche barrage
on our left and rear and covering
our right with machine guns
4:20 our artillery opens up and
then shortens range, preventing us
from reaching our objective.
Sent 15th—No Liaison with any one
Division.
Oct. 23rd—advanced under artillery
barrage, captured Romange and
Ranthenville.
Oct. 24th—H. Co. moves to left off
Bantbenville jumped off at 11 a. m.
with out artillery barrage, met
strong resistance (stopped 200
yards short of objective, many men
lost.)
October 24th—Boche lays over Bar-
rage and counter attacks at 6 p. m.
we hold our position, Fritz gives us
a gas attack4 Oar casualties are
heavy, rain all night. Co. H. sends
2 platoons to the support of Co. A
at 8 p. m.
Oco. 25th—Fritz bombards our posi-
tion from 5 till 6 a. m. follows It
MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDS.
When the change from g the first
method of selection to the question-
nsire method, the new Regulations
provided and created what was called
Medical Advisory Boards. There was
not such a Board for each Local
Board. In some instances. Medical
Advisory Board had jurisdiction over
two or more Local Boards jurisdic-
tion.
Washita county had a Board for just
this county. AH doubtful physical
questions of registrants were referred
to this Board for a decision. These
Boards consisted of three or more
members. In this county, seven doc-
tors were appointed and served on
this Board. These members were
nominated by the Governor and ap
pointed by the President.
Dr. J. W. Kerley of Cordell was ap-
pointed Chairman of the Board for
Washita county. Dr. A. H. Bungardt.
who later went Into the service, was
named Secretary of the Board. The
other members of the Board were. Dr.
A. M. Sherburne. Cordell. Dr J E.
Farber. Cordell, Dr. L H. Lanier, den-
tist. Cordell. Dr A. E Darnell. Col-
ony. and Dr. William Tidball, Sen-
tinel. This Board convened each
time physical examination of men
took place. They passed on all cases
wherein the doctors examining for the
Local Board were doubtful, and also
esses appealed from the decision of
the Local Board. itegistrants were
given the right of appeal to the Med- 72 hours) Boche have almost com- Nov. 3rd—passed 180th Brigade lines
from battalion headquarters informal
to bold ourselves in readiness to
advance against the enemy at stz-
eighteen. At six o'clock the hills to
our rear assumed a colcanic attitude
the whls-bangs began to acreaa
over our heads. At first we were
startled and then awoke to the real-
ization that the barrage had opened
in a few minutes we would ex-
perience the thrill of our lives as It
was our Initial appearance against
the enemy. We now formed In com-
bat groups in readiness to advance
with fixed bayonets. The first pla-
toon on the right commanded by let
Lt. G. E. Miller and the fourth pla-
toon on the left commanded by 1st
Lt. Benjamin Klehn formed the first
wave of attack. The first platoon waa
supported by the second under the
command of 2nd Lt. M. G. Locaste.
The fourth by the third command by
2nd Lt. John F. Joyce. As Capt. Lit-
teer had been evacuated to the hos-
pital on account of his exhausted con-
dition the next ranking officer, 1st Lt
B. H. Chastaine who was later des-
tined to become our Captain, waa
commanding the Company. As I have
afore stated we were In support about
one half mile from the front line, the '
second battalion begin in the assault.
In an attack the supporting Compan-
ies. which they do not come under the
direct fire of the enemy, are sub-
ject to heavy artillery fire. But luck-
ily we avoided the counter barrace
of the enemy by swiftly moving for-
ward, although the cqpipaaies in oar
support suffered many casualties. Ia
the above formation we were enabled
to advance within about three hun-
dred yards of the position of the
enemy I have already described, un-
der the foliage of a narrow strip ot
foods. Being unobserved we escaped
with but few casualties, most of which
fronted it wss at this time controlled
by a sweeping mschine gun fire of
the enemy. We later learned that the
German high command had attached
much Importance to this apparently
impregnable position and had sta-
tioned a number of shock troops which
included a number of Prussian guards
here with orders to hold the hill at all
costs. Thus it will be seen that we
were to attack under conditions ex-
tremely difficult and particularly del-
icate. The march to the front grew
more difficult as we proceeded. Some j were inflicted by strsy machine gun
fifteen kilometers' from 8omme-1 and rifle bullets. We now found our-
Suippe as we moved northward ourjselvr* at the edge of the woods he-
march was retarded by the preval-jfore the open space that was being
ence of frequent shell holes' and as I swept by heavy maAine gun fire,
we were subject to shell fire we were j The assaulting Companies were heM
ordered to march in sn open forma- up at this juncture by stubborn re-
up with a gas attack, and a few! tlon which extended our units. We' sistance and badly needed onr assts-
minutes later with aero-planes at i were advancing in the first battalion ! tance. We debouched from the wood*
low elevation. Interment artillery under the command of Captain Kuhl- in a skirmish line and moved forward*
fire all day Frits ahelling our show man acting Major The boys werej under a heavy fire whfch was
details, shelling our position with | ,n excellent spirits and often the col-
trench mortar batteries, and snip-, uran would swing into a cadence to
ing with 1 pounders and short the tune ot "H*11. Hall, The Gang's
busts of machine gun fire, from 5 here." About five o'clock that
till 6:30 p. m. they gave us more j evening we were brought to a halt
gas. Artillery duel lasting 1 hour i M the battalion commander decided
searching machine, gun fire, rained | th4t we had advanced as far as prac-
all night, we improved our position
late in the evening, and early part
of the night.
Oct. 26th— Light shelling, sniping
continued, one platoon of 344th ma-
chine Gun Battalion, took position
with us.
Oct. 27 th—Heavy shell fire from
Boche trench mortars, received
cimating our ranks. As all organisa-
tion was soon lost in the confusion
and as we submerged with various
units of the regiment the fight mnst
now be discussed in general. The
Americans certainly presented a for-
! mldable appearance as they moved
forced to fall back (first cats in
, tore
: 7- *
first gift of chocolate from Amer
lean Red Cross, one bar for each
man.
Oct. 28th—Boche attempted trf aid
our out-post but failed, one Boche
killed.
Oct. 29th—relieved by 180th Brigade.
Oct. 30th—reorganized.
Oct. 31st—advanced to support of
>t| 180th Brigsde. dug in (rain.)
November. 1st—advanced 3 kilometers
and dug in (rain.)
-'ov. 2nd—forward 2 kilometers and
dug In 180th failed .to reach objec-
tive.
ticable In day light. We were to forward with fixed bayonets fully ex-
await here until darkness before go-| peering a hand to hand encounter with
ing up to our position. We now found [ the Boche. They were now envelop-
ourselves encamped in the famous' ing the hill and threatened to out-
Hlndenburg line near Mont - Blanc. I flank the enemy. Suddenly as though
On this historic spot the great armies, a signal had been given the rat-tat-tat
of France and Germany had strug-1 of the machine guns ceased. The
gled in a dead lock for supremacy j Boche had lost their nerve and the hill
I for four years. The terrain spoke elo- { was won. A few hand grenades sooa
' quently of the fierceness of the strag- j persuaded the Germans to come out
gle. Only five days previous had the of their dug-outs and sing their little
Americans and the French dislodged Swan song. The number ot prisoners
Ileal Advisory Board. If they were not i plete control of the sir. (rain.)
pleased with the examination given Sept. 16th—Over at 3 p. nt supported
by the Local Board physician. The i bv machine gun barrage, objective
I work of the Board in this county was) reached, except for shelling, fight-
quite heavy during each examination i ing stopped at dark, (no eats.)
date. ! Sept 17th—dug In under shell fire.
Those Boards greatly Improved the Boche sends nrnr gas. (rain).
method of examination, and fewer re- Sept. 18th- - Patrol goes out to blow up
jections at the CtHnps resulted The I Boche ammunition dump (failed
nation owes a debt of gratitude to driven hack by Boche.) of the division,
the medical profession. They per-j Sept. 19th —Patrols skirmish all Nov. 4th—at 2:30
over at 8 a. m. under artillery bar-
rage 5 kilometer drive due at ob-
jective 11:30 a. m. reached it at 2.
p. m. Boche planes attack at 4
p. m., we dug In. starting at 8 p. m.
we made a 12 kilometer drive with
out artillery (objective reached) no
eats, reached Meuse Farm at 1:30
formed great work In winning the war I night (very cold rain.l
The doctors In this county responded! Sept 2oth- Quiet.
nobly every time they were called j Sept. 21st- Heavy Artillery firing all
vision commenced on August 19 and other regiments, while their advance
— completed on August 24. General w" nnt " " ,hat of ,h* :,S7,1,
Allen taking command of the sector at
8 o'clock on the morning of August 24.
The aector wss about nine kilomet-
ers In width, from Remenauvllle to a
point about a kilometer west of the
Moselle River The sector had been
the scene of heavy fighting in 1916.
when the French, with very heavy
losses, had attethpted to take the
Bo is le Pretre, but since 1915 hsd been
what was known as a quiet sector.
The front line on the left ran acroas
broken open country Just behind Fey-
en-Hayo, and oh the right through
the woods of the Bols le Pretre No
wss not as deep as that of the 357th
Infantry, had accomplished their ml -
nions. During the night strong pa
trols were sent out all along the front
to exploit the snrcess of the day
On the 13th the 180th Brigade cap-
tured the Bols le Pretre. with Its maie
of barbed wire entanglements and in-
numerable machine gun emplace-
ments. The French are said to have
had over 120.000 rasualtiea in lHS in
attempting to take this piece of
ground. On (he same day the 17911)
Brigade cleaned out the Vencheres
(Continued on page eight.)
I upon, often times having to come a
j distance over rough and muddy roads
to assist in conducting the physical
| examination of registrants, snd the
| doctors of this county are to be com-
I mended for the manner In which they
I handled each Individual case.
J Every member of this Hoard' In this
| county during the entire time they
served never claimed any compensa-
tion for this work.
In most every Instance large crowds
were here when contingents were to
be entrained to see the boya off. It
sometimes became a very difficult
day. Boche artillery hit Ammuni-
tion dump, (some fire works.)
Sept. 22-23-24th.—Spent entrenching
irregular artillery fire from Boche. |
Sept 25th—358th 359th and 360th j
Inf. move forward after
barrage.
Sept. 26th to Oct. 9th—Spent digging
supported by French Artillery, rain
all the time. Ammunition dump
with 1800 grenades blown up by i
Boche shell.
Oet. 10th— relieved by 7th Division,
(rain t
Oct. 11th—hiked oat at 8 p. m. stop-
ped In woods in day time (rain.)
matter for the Board to entrain the Oct. 12th—reached Pa guy sor Mouse ^or. 8th—Boche shells our position.
men In any orde.r on account of the
, people crowding so much at the train.
received 39 replacements, deloused.
the Boche from this well fortified po- j included In this capture was near-
siticn. Nine dead poilus and three | three hundred. The German artil-
Huns added to the ghastly spectre | 'ery seeing thst the hill had been loet.
that the Hlndenburg line presented.! German 77"s and Austrian 88's were
A dreary, desolate landscape stretched *<*"> plowing great furrows in Ura
away in the gloaming of the growing [ earth. The hill being taken oar ofc-
dusk. Save tor a lone vulture or a Ject was to advance our lines aa tar
large rat urrying thither animal life i as possible before nightfall. Here it
was practically extinct. Intense;also may be mentioned that several
bombardment had withered away the members of our Company were aa-
outllne of the trenches. German min- i sisting In the capture of the little town
enwaefers frowned menacingly from | St-Etlenne about a mile to our front
their camouflaged redoubts. The and left. Here the Americans cap-
ground was litterally strewn with I tured large stores of supplies and a
hand grenades of all types, innumera- number of prisoners. They were as-
ble duds (Shells that failed to ex-: sisted in this by French tanks. Our
piode). rifles, machine guns, hel-, first goal having been reached we
| mets and other equipment. We thus, were now subject but to little 'llrect
received our first impression of mod-1 fire of the enemey as the machine
| ern war-fare Nine o'clock that night' guns were scarcely placed in the ter-
I our guide arrived and we started for | rain to our front. But the Germaaa
j the front line under the cover of were well prepared for ;tn emergency
were e a vance guar ^ darkness. The long hike that fol- J of this kind and had already begaa
lowed will always be remembered by shilling the territory over which we
a. m. the 4th pla- the men of the first battalion. Over [ were to pass. The barrage had now
I occupied Villa j an uncertain route made Impractlca-1 reached the intensity of drum-fire aad
ble by shell fire the guide frequently | It seemed impossible to advance. Bat
lost his besrings and we were com- the Americans pressed doggedly ou-
polled to retrace our foot steps.. ward and although the casualties were
Eight o'clock the following morning, very heavy they advanced almost a
found us marching wearily into posi-1 mile before darkness Intervened, fit
Hon after hiking continuousiy all I doing this they advanced so tar adeatf
night under heavy shell fire Men! of the units to their right flank that
were falling from sheer exhaustion an awkward salient was thua
and numbered among them was our I which threatened
Captain. Earl J. Llteer of Oklahoma from the rear The enemy
City. As' we approached our position now lifted and ths Germans count
the road was strewn with dead sol- The Americans, seeing that II
diers and the sight of a khaki uniform he utterly folly to attempt a
served only to stiffen onr resolution. | tance in this disadvantageous
| We dug In alongside the company ot tlon slowly snd
marines we were to relieve as they #bout , QUr(,r of , m„,
did not go to the rear until nightfall wh,„, th,x e.tabilahed a Hue. la
of the following day. Just before I |^tireillent the Boche used U
day break on the memorial morning I
of the eighth a runner dispatched! (Continued oa page ti
toon moved and occupied Villa
France (rain) at 12 a. m. the 1st
and 2nd platoons move to attack
a Chateau 2 kilometers from the
farm, and to the left of Wlaaipi,
Boche planes open up with machine
guns, Just before dark (rain, no
eats).
38 hour jsjov. 5th—Bombed by planes and
shelled by artillery (no eats.)
Nov. 6th—no action (steak and coffee")
Nov. 7th—no action, artillery moving
up, 3 meals, saw first friendly
planes in 3 weeks, several air bat-
{ ties, friendly planes headed
parts unknown with Boche In pur- |
| suit, H. Co. holding 2 kilometer
I front.
(Continued on page eight)
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