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This narrative nertainsertainspertains to the happenincshappening'shappeningshappenincs-during

happen-ings

happening's-

during

happenings-

during

happen-ings

'

during co.nbatconbatcombat. of a small unit attacnedattached to a battalionbatta.lion. .There .area.re no broad interpretations of PrinciPrinci-PrincipePrinci-

pIes

Princi-

ples

Princi-

ples

Princi-

ples

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plespIespales of War involved . Rather in the preparation ofof-

this

O-

tisof-

this

O-

tisof-

this

O-

tisthis paper the author endeavored to point out situationssituationsa-.nd

situatio-ns

situations-

and

situatio-ns

situations-

and

situatio-nsa.ndand. conditions of battle exoeriencedexperienced personally andand-which

San-

dwich

and-

which

San-

dwich

and-

which

San-

dwichwhich may invite considerationconsiderstion, froinfromgroin the standpojstandupstandpointnt ofof-

basic

s-

ofas

of-

basic

s-

ofas

of-

basic

s-

ofasbasic principles of field service andan1 combatconbat: rinciplesprinciplesprinciples-of

principl-es

->rinciples-of

principl-es

rincioles-

of

principl-esof small units in open warfare .

The 37-mm37mm- platoonpla.toon. which the author conmandedcommandedconmande-dbelonged

comm-anded

commande-

dbelonged

comm-anded

commande-

dbelonged

comm-anded

[

belonged to the 26th Infantry . The regiment foufoulfouuhtfoughtfought-

as

fouuht-

a.s

foug-

ht

htht-

a.s

h-

asa.sas.. the right flank regiment of the 1stlstlast Division a.ttackattacka.ttack-during

atta-cked

attack-

during

atta-cked

.attack-during

atta-ckedduring the period October 1-131131-1212- * , 1918 , in the Meuse-MeuseMuseMeuse-Argonne

Meuse-

Argonne

Lieuse--

Ar

Lieu-se

A-rLes-

e-

ArgonneJargonedonneone ooffensivefenslveenslave .The regiment was habiDhabihabituallytua.llytuallytally. deployed in aa-

column

c-

olumn

.

colcoolcolumnn of battalions through the 12-day12dayl2-dayl2- period ofof-battle

o-

ffbeat

of-

battle

o-

ffbeat

of-

battle

o-

ffbeatbattle except in special sisituationstua.tionstuationsstations. . The battalionsbattalionsl-eapfrogged

batta-lions

battalionsl-

eapfroggedbatta-

lionsbattalionsl-

eapfroggedbatta-

lionsleapfrogged one another in gaining ground and takingtaking-objectives

taking-

objectives

taking-

objectivesobjectives .

ByEy way of orientation then the reader shouldshould-

considersh-

ouldshould-

considersh-

ouldshould-

considersh-

ouldconsider himself on a battlefield occupied , by a bat-batbat-talion

bat-

talion

batbat-

talion

¬-

taliontalon with ., the actionaot1Qn talcingtakingtalking place on a front of fromfrom-300300 , meters ' to . 1100 meters during the entire period ofof-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

ten

of-

the

of-

tenthe operation , with the right flank exposedeXPQsed, and withwith-stubborn

with-

stubborn

with-

stubbornstubborn resistance by the enemy .

The terrain of the battlefieldbattlef1eld'wbattlef1eldw' waswass heavilyheavily-

I

heavil-

y

heavily-

wooded

hea-vily

heavily-

wooded

hea-vily .

- .

wooded , had . deep ravines , high points fortortore observattonobservationobservation-

by

observati-on

..

AA-

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AI by the enenyenemy.nn. . and many strong points'defendedpointsdefendedp01nts.defndedp01ntsdefndedpointspoints ."' defended* by machinemachine-guns

mach-

inemachine-

guns

mach-

ineI

,,

,"

.,, guns , directdireot fire by. , 77-777787777-aa77aa--mm_ guns8 . and-weaponsandweaponsandw.aponeandwaponebandwagonand ,:':.- weapons. oof .. , highhigh-

i

high-

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hig-

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highe-

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1gbI

t

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.. ,._. . , , . _ . '., ., . ,.- . _." =-::" '' ''"'!=':' - ' : . . : -. . . " _ .. , .i-rr.- .

) \ : \ 'L--llLllLCtiLacticLCti-an Luci-an - -, .J ;\ananc'leancleanlemanacleangle[.'le fire . Presence of-I

o-

f

of-

for

of-

fer

of enemy 77177's77s771s' s were numerous\numerousnumerousJnumerousnumerousIJnumerousnumerous\(\ ' JIJI-JI I-I I-Jfor G-ifford J-\ JJ-for F-or\I for barrage fire . LareClareLare-experienced

LarLara, ; e calialicaliberberbeer enemyeneRene ny ; unsHuns were not\notnot-

During

mat-

uring

notnot-

experienced

int-

emperancenot\-

experiencedn-ot exp-erienced \\experienced .During the period of four days just precedingpreceding-

the

precedi-ng

preceding-

the

precedi-ngthe jump-offjumpoff- the battalion which was the assault bat-batbat-talion

bat-

talionbatbat-

talion

¬-

taliontalon in the attackatta.ck. had occupied a position whichwhich-incl

whi-

chwhich-

included

which-

includedinclincincludedudeJude .. the jui/ip-offjuiipoffUdlp-offUdlpjuirp-offjuirpuiGulpjuniorj / - line . DurDourDuringingKing thithinthiss timetinletinetingleti nleNile thethe-troops tre-etops the-troops tre-etops the-troops tre-etopstroops were constantly beingbein-beinbeginbeinsubjectedbeinbegin - subjected to enemyeneinyleniency artilartil-artilyartil-lery

artil-lery

artil-lery

¬-

leryleery and machineunmachinemachinemafJhine ,:;-unun-,' un fire . The position cOconsistedEistedExisted ofof-small

fa-

stball

of-

small

fa-

stball

of-

small

fa-

stballsmall groups in shell holes and fox hole0holes . DuringDuring-

the

Duri-ng

During-

the

Duri-ng

'

the four daysda.ys. the battalion sent frequentfl"equentflequent" patrols intointo-the

inst-

ate

into-

the

inst-

ate

into-

the

inst-

atethe enemy lines and was charged wiwithth mainmaintamantamaintainingta inininn ; concontactcontact-with

cont-act

contact-

with

cont-act

ts.cttscttactts.ct-

with

.

with the troops of our neighboringneihboringneinevi ,?;hboringboring division on thethe-

right

he-

ightthe-

right

he-

ightthe-

right

he-

ightright . The battalionba.tta1ionbatta1ion. suffered many casualtiesca.sualties. duringduring-th

durin-g

during-

thosedur-

ingduring-

thosedur-

ingththosese four daysda.ys. just precedingprecedin the attacka.ttack. .The morale , however , it mayma.y.. be said was highhi 'h.-

The

h.-

The

h-

The

hit-

her

'h .

The comparatively, easyea.sy. fightingfihting:; in the St . 2tLhie-ldrive

lahielflaillahiel-drive

'll' ' KielKiel-

drive

Khe-

divedrive in September had proven a.a . conditioning showsnows ow forfor-

I

fr-

I

for-

the

fo-

rte

for-

the

fo-

rtethe troops as well as blending them into team work inin-every

n-

everin-

every

n-

everin-

every

n-

everevery echelon from the squad up . This associationassociation-buil

associat-ion

association-

builtassociat-

ionassociation-

builtassociat-

ionbuilbuildbuiltt up those essentialessen1al* requirements that make high-morale

ign-

orable

highhigh-

morale

ign-

orable., ..JJ. .-

Jmorale

j-

amboree

/-

morale

m-

orale/

morale and fighting determination and efficiencyefficienoy .

Each battalionbatt&lionbattlion& was oommandetbycommandmentcommandedoornmandeiorgandie by a captainoaptain ofof- oo- f0,

..)l/-

a la//oo/ . t\tt-

a.\

"

a little more than one year'syears' service but all of whom-had

wh-om

whomwhom-

had

wh-omhad gone through the previous operations of the regi-regiRegisregi-ment

regi-

ment

regiRegisregi-ment

¬-mentmeant . About 25 per centoentont of the enlisted men had. alsoalso-gone

bass-

oon

also-

gone

bass-

oon

also-

gone

bass-

oonI

,

gone through the experienceexperienoe of battle . The remainingremaining-were

remain-ing

remaining.-W

remainin-g

remaining-

were

remain-ing

.WW. .

' .

werewets replacementsreplaoements whose experienceexperienoe was limited , to theirtheir-

all

therm-

ally

their-

association

their-

associationIj

allassociationoiationoxidation withwith these regular experiencedexperienoed troops andand-were

ans-

wered

and-

were

ans-

wered

and-

were

ans-

weredIItt . were in the 81St . MihielK1h1elUihielMichelQuiche drive only .,IiI-

ithe

L-

ithe

. -. -. . --. . . . .... . . ._-__. . .. .. -_.-. m. ._ - . . .. .-- - .---. ,-. .-. . . . .- .. .- . - . .. . -"=aIWir-aIWirawhirlaIWirjidaiquiri( *.. '- . . . . . :._ji' ..rr."' . .w:.,-aa-aIfwaif03."' *t ,""11" / ',i --IfIf-- . . . . . ; : ' :'' ._*mm'fMTiKiw9--Wr-CtVUmm'fMTiKiw9mmfMTiKiw9WrCtVUCTa- ---aar.;''--- r *._-- ': , - r _S" "., i-iii, =-"- i .. _ _-_' iiiir f -.'{"

The officer who relates his eyoerienceexperienceeyepiece hadhad-gone

ado-

rned

had-

gone

ado-

rned

had-

gone

ado-

rnedgone throuthouthroughh nilall ofoftheoften-thethe- operations-with

operati-ons

operations of the 1st DivisionDivision-

wi

Divisio-

nDivisionT-

HE

Divisi-

on

Division-

with

Divis-ionwiwithth the 26th Infantry, .

TETHE BATTLE-

We

Batt-le

BATTLEBATTLBATTLE-

We

Batt-leWe jumpedju.rnpedjurnpedburned. off at5r7,0at 5r7,05r705 ;: CO, o AltAlLAil: , October 4 . TheTh-

epractice

H-epatic

Th-

epractice

H-epaticpIpracticeacticeactive, of attachinattaching ._:_ '. one 37-min37min37-miilmiil37-mmmmmil- gunun to eachea.ch. ba.ttelionbattelionbattalionba.ttelion-was

battali-on

battalion-

was

battali-on

battalion-

was

battali-on

. ,was followed , and I foundciyselffoundriesfound :myselfciyselfchisel with one LunLuna,un and crewcrew-following

crew-

following

crew-

followingfollowing; the commander of the asseulta.ssFultassFultassault. battalion-Capt

battali-on

battalion-

Captainbatta-

lionbattalionbattalion-

Captainbatta-

lion( CaptCaputCaptain_in B . R . LebgeLeggeGlebeLeggedLe e. ) . We followedfolloVied immediatelyiirmedia.telyiirmediatelyirradiateim .aedia.telaedia.telaediatelradiate. .. ,. in-rear

li-

near

in

rear of battalion runners and1nd telephone !jiennenjeanneon . Our :gungun-

was

gui-

neas

mn-

was

my-

nas

unun-

was

run-

wayswas pulledpw.ledpwledpled. by hand ropesrope ? and we carried all the ammuarmu-armuammoarmarm-unition

amm-

unition

amm-

unition

mnu-mnumenumn-

uni

manu-

mit

¬-

ninitionnotiontionion we could managemana.ge. .It was dark . It had been raining . The airair-

W

ai-r

air-

was

airw-

ays

air-

we.s

air-

wes

ai-resWwastS. filled wiwithth fogfobfo and.. smoke from the enemy barra.gebarragebarra.ge-being

barr-age

barrage-

beingbarr-

age.

barragefrontbarragebeing laid down on us . The first obstacle in our front-was

front-

als

front-v

fron-t

front-

was

front-

als

frontfront-was

front-

alswas the R4RRw%v

de MayacheMaya , a deep .anda.nd narrow windinswindingswindinsSJ.tlJwindinesswindin-ravine

indig-

nation

windinrwindinwinding: SJ.tl/JSJ.tlJSJ.tlSJtlJSTOL6)6)../. ' .

- - --/ - - " " ",----1111- .- , - 'cocompanyupanyipanypanky was compIcompcompletelyetelyeely made ineffectiineffectiveineffectiveve by gettingettin-gettinggettin-ca.u'ht

ettincetin :;:-,'

caughtca.u'2'htca.u2htcau2htca.u'htca.uhtcauht. '._, ' in the ravine when eneiyenemyenenyKenney;., : .artillerya.rtillery fire dropped-there

drop-ped

droooeddron-oeddronoeddroppeddroooedrdroooed-there

, -.'(r

there . The section of our 75's75s' artillery whichwLichLich waswa-sattached

ab-

stracted

wa-

sattached

ab-

stracted

wa-

sattachedot'(,

attached '-otot'ot- caughtcau.shtcausht. too and they were out alalmostal:1ostal1ost:Lost; iaime-iaimeirrune-irruneJaimereruniaim-ediately

diam-

etrically

irrun-

ediately

irre-

mediably

ii-nm-

e-diatelyi-i n-me dia-tely na-me ira-tely - -diatelyirately . ThinThingst looked badba.d. and asa.s. I see it now itit-r i-t it-reouired tr-easured it-reouired tr-easuredrreouiredrequiredequirEsquire ed patpatiencei enc e , enerenerrenderentererenergyeneryemeryr y , calmca.lm. 1leadershipea derdeer shishim 9 .anda.nd soundsound-judgment sound-judgment sound-judgmentjudgment to get( , ,'etet' et tthingsthinsin in shape .

Our battalionbatta.lion. commander ( Captain LeggeLe-r-reLerreLeggedLe ,- ,' - e-reported r-eported )'- battalionb- attalion'reported the position of his battalioncobattalionbattalion -TO-cocoo reregimentimentirnentpimentoindent butbut-a.pparently

but-

apparently

but-

apparentlya.pparentlyapparently. the message did not 3'et3etget'?et there as indica.tedindicatedindica.ted-by

indicat-ed

indicated-

by

indicat-ed

indicated-

by

indicat-ed

.by the excha.nexchanexchangeexchangeexcha.neexchane. ,?'ee' of the followinfollowingfollowingfol1owinS:='r telegramste1egra:11ste1egra11stelegrans.. : :

IIn""FROMFROMFROM REGIMENTAL COCOIJiMCoiningCORIANDERC01,42-M9ITDERC01,42C0142M9ITDER,IJiMFiji-. NDERENDER TO 0C . 0O . 2(1212d( EBITBN-SUPPORT

J..( SUPPORT BNEN ) . 8:40840: AM - - IF BNEN . CODRCOxDRCOMDRCORDCoderCONDOR:: 1st BNEN IS DIS-DISDAISDIS-ORGANIZED

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ORGANIZED AND CANNOTOANNOT ADVANCE , ASSIST HI/1HI1HI-'A'AAHI -;' / TO FIRST-OBJECTIVE

FIRST-

OBJECTIVE

FIRSTFIRST-

OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE ANDARDRD LEAPFROG . BE SURESUHESHE TO PROTECT YOUR FLANKFL-ANK/(1)

FL-ANK (-1) 1 .(1)1(1)I( ) FP.MPMF.MFM. M . I/ ( SIGNED ) ERERICKSONERIKSSONERICXSON(1)ERICXSON1ERICXSON(1-)26th ICLSOICS{ """ (1)1(1)-

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( )

26th InfInfo .In response of the foregoing message thethe-

commanding

ch-

eckmating

the-

commanding

ch-

eckmatingcommanding officer of the 2dad BattalionEatta1ion went forward toto-

see

th-

ose

to-

see

th-

ose

to-

see

th-

osesee the let1st Battalion commander .The following message was the result ;:

"UU"U.3U.3U3"u.su.sus" . S . ARMY FIELD 'ISSSAGEISSSAGE1ESSAGEMASSAGEMASSAGE-C.O

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0.0000,000,.. . 26th InfInfo .Sent you sketch showing our position accordingaccording-

to

accordin-gto coordinatesooordinates . We are on ridge across ravine wherewher-eoriginal

herpe-

tological

wher-

eoriginal

herpe-

tological

wher-

eoriginal

herpe-

tological111-

1co

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It waswa.s. decided that the 2d Battalion ( support ) wouldwould-lea.pfrog

woul-

dleapfrog

woul-

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Captain Raymond WortlyWorthy , commandingcomma.ndidgcommandidg. the 2d2d-

Battalion

2d-

Battalion

2d-

BattalionBattalion , was wounded in the straffingstrafing received byby-his

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by-

his

bo-

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by-

his

bo-

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wound-

Captain

foun-

dation

.

OaptainCaptain R . M . YouellYou'll assumed command and came over toto-

reconnoiter

to-

reconnoiter

to-

reconnoiterreconnoiter . He decided , to advance by filtration andand-made

hand-

made

and-

made

hand-

made

and-

made

hand-

mademade good progress until finally delayed by machinemachine-gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

nemachine-

gun

machi-

negun fire . The artillery asked for earlier was cancelledcancelled.-Patrols

cancelled-

Patrols

cance-lled

.

Patrols failed to take the strong positions held byby-

the

b-yte

by-

the

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b-ytethe machinemaohine gunners and it was decideddeoided to withdraw ourour-leading

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our-

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cleani-ng

cleaningt-

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cleani-ng

.an1ngan1ng.an1ng-

them

.them out .

The commanderoommander of the 2d Battalion ( OaptainCaptainOaptain-

Youell

Capta-

incyCaptain-

Youell

Capta-

incyCaptain-

Youell

Capta-

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The g-ungungun- and crew which hadha.d.. originallyori3inally been 8.S8i8S8ia.ssiassiassa.ssinedassigned.assi'ned-to

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to

n-et

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n-etto the 2d Battalion was knocked out durindurianduringtheduringduringduring-'- the enemyenem-yfiring

en-emy

enem-

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emyenem-

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joined-

the

join-ed

joined-

the

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the 2d BattalionBa.ttalion. as it came up to pass throuthouthrough_ h thethe-1st

the-

1st

the-

1st1st BattalionBa.ttalion. .IItt was difficult to find suitable cover butbut-

we

bru-

tebut-

we

bru-

tebut-

we

bru-

tewe finally crawled out into a shell hole dradrab ginin '' thethe-tra.ils

the-

rapistthe-

trailsthe-

rmals

the-

trailsthe-

rmalstra.ilstrails. and s--unsungun;nm- by the cullingpulling ropes and _ took wiwithth usus-some

A-

ussie

us-

some

A-

ussie

us-

some

A-

ussiesome brush for cover . The approximateapuroximateapnroxirnate, location ofof-

our

fl-

our

of-

our

fl-

our

of-

our

fl-

ourour position and the enemy machine, gunsunsHuns are indicatedindicated-on

indicate-

don the mapma.p. .Our target was in the edgeed e of a woods aboutabout-

800800 yards to our ria-htriahtrightaria- front . Three menLnenLinen and myselfmyself-lay

mys-

elf

myself-

lay

mys-

elf

myself-

lay

mys-

elflay at the gun . I fired the first three rounds andand-was

pan-

das

and-

was

pan-

das

and-

was

pan-

daswas induced to give way to the pleadingplea.ding. of the gunnergunner-

who

gunn-

ergunner-

who

gunn-

ergunner-

who

gunn-

erwho got on the target in about six rounds and thenthen-pumped

ten-

uredthen-

pumped

ten-

uredthen-

pumped

ten-

uredpumped two boxes at them . About this time a German 777-7firing

7-

7firing

7-

7firingfiring direct started to search the highhi h ground fromfrom-

where

fro-wner

from-

where

fro-wner

from-

where

fro-wnerwhere we were firing and got in some terrible harassingharassing-

fireharass-

ingharassing-

fireharass-

ingharassing-

fireharass-

ingfire on the riflemen of the battalion who were in mostmos-tcases

mast-

icates

mos-

tcases

mast-

icates

mos-

tcases

mast-

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good-

number

good-

numbernumber of them exposed themselves watching the effecteffect-

of

effe-ct

effect-

of

effe-ct

effect-

of

effe-ctof our fire . One platoon commanderoommander lying close to ourour-position

cor-

poration

our-

position

cor-

poration

our-

position

cor-

porationposition kept complainingoomplaining while we were firing that inin-

a

Gi-

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a

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get-

them

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get-

them

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b-

right

be QQ-

right

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ight.be8r8r'right . Shortly after we got on our target we sawsaw-Germans s-ager saw-Germans s-ager saw-Germans s-agerGermans leave the edge of the woods and beat it toto-

their

to-

othier

to-

their

to-

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batt-alion

battalionc-

ommanderbatt-

alionbattalionc-

ommanderbatt-

alioncommander ., Captain YouellYbuellYou'llBull , sent patrols and scoutsscouts-forward

sco-uts

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3 . Such protectioprotection increased the allottedallotted-front

allot-ted

allotted-

frontallot-

tedallotted-

frontallot-

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responsib-ility

responsibility-placed

responsib-ility

responsibility-placed

responsib-ilityplaced a task on the battalion wnichwhichwinch no doudourdouctdou'ootdouootductdoubt' t con-conco-ntributel

co-

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conco-

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had

Pit-

head

It-

had

Pit-

headhad been on the jump-offjumpoff- line for four days under thethe-most

the-

rmos

the-

most

the-

rmos

the-

most

the-

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he-

edingthe-

leading

he-

edingthe-

leading

he-

edingleading battalion ?5 . FieldmessagesFixednessField -messages-messages by runner vv.ereverewereverge. used untiluntil-

almost

muti-

latorsuntil-

almost

muti-

latorsuntil-

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muti-

latorsalmost six hours after the battle started . TThe.1e1e. 'nee-'neenee.nes-.nesnebs'ne-esages

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USE OF THSTHEETHOS 337-mm37mm7-mm7mm- OUNGUNUNGU-NOnly

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engag-

ed

engaged

on the first day and iitt iiss felt that the task performedperformed-was

perform-

edwas well done and effective against the enemy . OnOn-gun

Ton-

guing

One s / / 1\ ..

.0 ()gun was destroyed and some of the crew killed . VfuenWhenFunVfue-nthe

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for-ebears

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members

for-ebears

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members

for-ebearsmembers of the 2dad. Battalion gun crew which had beenbeen-shot

eye-

shot

been-

shot

eye-

shot

been-

shot

eye-

shotshot up brought forward their ammunition in accordance-with

accorda-nce

accordanceaccordance-

wi

accordan-ce

accordance-

with

accorda-ncewiwithth a plan previously agreed upon should the gun bebe-put

be-

epbe-

put

be-

epbe-

put

be-

epput out or should they be sent for .The maneuver of the gun crew which fired waswas-

in

wash-

ing

was-

in

wash-

ing

was-

in

wash-

ingin accordance with the principles under which the crewcrew-

was

carw-

ash

crew-

was

carw-

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orew-

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areaw-

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. . . . . -_ . TQTHgHg 8SOONDSEOONDBEOONDSECONDBOND DAY >- OCTOBEROOTOBER 6-

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5-

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TheThe troops had a good night'snights' rest . Not muohmuchmouthmuoh-enemy

much-

enemy

musc-

lemen

much-

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lemen .enemy arartillery fire1re . RegimenRegimentaltaltail commanderoommander oamecamefoamed upup-t

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of

locatio-nof the enemy was determined . It wapwasswap decided that thethe-1st

the-

1st

the-

1st1st Batta.lionBattalion.. ( Captain Leg : 'ee' e ) would again be thethe-aS88.ult

the-

assault

he-

adsailthe-

assault

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A wire cutting detadeltadetailil waswa.s. senseensentt forward aboutabautablaut midniminimidni-htmidnihtminimidniht-to midnig-ht midnijht-to midnig-ht '-3'h3h;' tt-to t-oto cut passages throuthrowthouthroughh the wire in front of Hill 21Z2121 .At about 6:00600: AAMAY ( October 5)5) the 1st Ba.ttalionBattalionBa.ttalion-

pushed

Batta-lion

Battalion-

pushed

Batta-lion

Battalion-

pushed

Batta-lion

.pushed forward without any artillery preparation aandand-advanced

An-

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advanced

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dvancedadvanced rapidly to Hill GIZ212GI1 < ' about one kilometer inin-

advance

hi-

ndrance

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advance of the position of the nightni ht before . TheTh-

ebatta.lion

Th-

ebattalion

Te-

arstainTh-

ebattalion

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arstainbatta.lionbattalion. sent small groups forwardforwa.rd. .anda.nd then advancedadvanced-through

adva-nced

advanced-

through

adva-nced

advanced-

through

adva-nced

'through the fourpathsfootpathsfour -paths-paths cut in the wire . "

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situationdesc-

ribesdescribes thethe-

situationhe-

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P.OPOP.CPC. . CorCora . Woods Square 22-21-31-322221313222-21-31-32-5 2-2 2-1 3-1 32-5 - - -5 OcOctt 18 88.25825., 25 1 RunnerRunner-C.O

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I am on my objective and organizing . WeWWe havehav-

ekilled

av-ailed

hav-

ekilled

av-ailed

hav-

ekilled

av-ailedkilled a number of Germans and capturedoaptured some materielmateriel.-Losses

materiel-

Losses

mate-riel

.

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The 1st and %Fdd BattalBataBattalionsions: to which the reriB.inreriBinremainrewritingrenain-in

remaini-

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in3inqiq' two 37-rrnn37rrnn37-mnmn37-manmanurn- ! suns,unsHuns were pttacheGttB.chedGttBchedattachedpittance. remremainedineddined in tl'etletaletl'e-positions

titl-e-

position0t-l ep-osition0 -"' ee-positions p-ositionspositions occupied on the ni.LtniLtmiltnini ):litht.'. of vctovectorOctoberOctocer, er 5'o5 . No\'o'oo?\'N-oattack M-attock 'o-attack N-oattack M-attockattack wsswaswasps ordered but each battlionbatt2lionbattalion? sent out frequentfrequent-patrols frequen-tation frequent-patrols frequen-tation frequent-patrols frequen-tationpatrols and advadvancedncedned the front lines wherever anan-adV2.nta.ge an-advantage R-amadan an-advantage R-amadanadV2.nta.geadV2nta.geadV2ntageadvantage. . mifhtmightmihtmight:;?, be gained .

On the morningmorninmornimorningmorn g of the 7th , the 37-3737with37-mm37mm37-marmar- , withwith-the

withh-

eld

with-

the

withh-

eld

v/ith-

thevitht-

hethit-

her

/

the 3d? d Battalion responded to freauentfrequent callsca.lls. of thethe-battalion

te-

arstainthe-

battalion

te-

arstainthe-

battalion

te-

arstainbattalion concommanderconurandercouranteanderLander to fire on points supsupposedoseddosed to bebe-occupied

re-

occupied

be-

occupied

re-

occupied

be-

occupied

re-

occupiedoccupied by enemy nmachinechine q-unsqunsgunsHuns,- . No positive targetstargets-were

targ-ets

targets-

were

targ-ets

targets-

were

targ-etswere found .

,Whenever,7henever7henever the 37-mm37mm37-mnmn37-ranran- fired it waswasnotwasn't,. not longlon beforebefore-the

beforet-

ime

before-

the

beforet-

ime

before-

the

beforet-

imethe Germans would reply in the direction of our positionposition-

wi

positio-

nposition-

with

positi-on

nosition-

with

positi-onwiwithth their hig'hhighhi 'h anglean 'lele' firing weaoonwea.ponweaponweanonwanton., from hill 272 andan-dhill

ant-

hillan-

dhill

ant-

hillhill 263 . As a.a result our riflemen received this firefire-and

fire-

man

fire-

and

fire-

man

fire-

and

fire-

manand we gutteredsuffered some casualties . The men felt harassedharassed-and

harass-ed

harassed-

and

harass-ed

harassed-

and

harass-edand it was decided , to suspend firing the 37-mm37mm- untiluntil-a

unti-

la definite target could be picked , up .The other 37-mm37mm- gun covering the two companiescompanies-

of

compani-

esof the 1st Battalion in the BoieBoisBoise de MonflyMonayMondyManfullyMonday spotted aa-

German

G-

erman

a-

German

G-

erman

a-

German

G-

ermanGerman machine gun crew , the gun drawn by a horse andan-

dfire

and-

iron

an-

dfire

and-

iron

an-

dfire

and-

ironfire was opened up on them . They passed into the woodswood-sbefore

Wo-

odswood-

sbefore

Wo-

odswood-

sbefore

Wo-

odsbefore suitable adjustment could be made on themtbemtem . ThisThis-single

Hi-ssing

This-

single

Hi-ssing

This-

single

Hi-ssingsingle instanceinstanoe of firing also brought fire from thethe-German

ste-

ersman

the-

German

ste-

ersman

the-

German

ste-

ersmanGerman high angle guns , killing severalsevera.l. of our riflemenriflemen-and

riflem-en

riflemen-

and

riflem-en

riflemen-

and

riflem-enand three of--thofthof--thetheof ' "-' -"thethe" 3737-mm37mm--iDmidem orcrwcrewcraw. .

On the night of the 7th neither of the twotwo-

37mm

two-

37mm

two-

37-mm

tw-

o37m-

m37-mm37mm- gunguns. had more than five men to man them .'jj'

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On the 8th of October orordersor-4.ersor4.ersor4.ers4ers,,-. ers ccarnecarlecare: e fromfro-afroa-,from-division

froa-

division

from-

divisiondivision to attackatta.ck. at 8ZO8:308308:383: 0 AlAlLAluAlum: on the 9th . Our missionmission-was

missi-on

mission-

was

missi-onwas to take PILLHILL 263 , and assist the 32d Division inin-cleanin

in-

cliningin-

cleanin

in-

cliningin-

cleaning

in-

cliningcleanincleaning '- upuo Le PETIT BCISSO-ISSOISBIOS80I- Sand" and BOIBIOBOISS de la180 POPOD-ACNEPODACNE-:,POL'ACWEPOLACWEPLACE, :' AGNEAGE ,(13)13( ) F.OFO. . 49 , north of HILL 263 . (1313(13)-iBt 13i-Bt ( l )1stlet Div It is interesting to note the strenstrewnstrenpthstrengthstrength:;_ .thth. of the-three

th-

eatre

the-

three

th-

eatrethethe-

three

th-

eatrethree battalions on the nightni ht of October 8 as reportedreported-to

reporte-

dto the 2d Brigade by the 26th ReRegimentalReiimental2dmental CommanderCornmander :1stlet Bn . inclinc . all unitsunit ? ;: 8S officers 200 menraenravenmen-2d

raen-

2d

men-

2d2d Bn . IIn" n" n" 1C II" 419u419-3d

419 u"

3d EnIEMIBnEn . \IIii"\ IIn" 11IIn 7i7 i" 260II260n260E-RICKSO1'T

260 IIn"I-

IERICKSOl

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ERIOKSOFH

E-

RIOKSOFH

E-

RIKSSONERICKSOlERICKSO1'TERICKSO1TErick'ERICKSO1'THH . J . Erickson-

Col

Erikss-on

Erickson-

Col

Erikss-on

EricksonEriksson/(14)14( ) F.MFM. . v ColCool . 26 InfInfo . (14)14(14-)It

(14-

)It

(14)-26th

142-6th

( )

26th InfInfoIt was decided to attackatta.ck. wiwithth the 2d BattalionBattalion-

as

Battalio-nsas the assault followedfo11owe by the remnants of the 3d3d-

Ba.ttalion

3d-

Battalion

3d-

BattalionBa.ttalionBattalion. . The 1st Battalion had been engaged continucontinu-continuacontinu-ously

continu-

ously

continu-

ously

¬-

ouslylousily since October 4 and it became the Division-Reserve

Divi-sion

Division-

Reserve

Divi-sion

Division'/(15)15( 1515- 26th) F.MFM. . Reserve . (15)15(15)-On(15)-On(15)-26tn 152-6tn ( )26th InfInfo . On the 8th while preparation was being mad-

efor

Med-

ford

mad-

efor

Med-

ford

made

for the attack our regimental commander sent a fieldfield-message

fixe-

dnessfield-

message

fixe-

dnessfield-

message

fixe-

dnessmessage from the front line recommending the promotionpromotion-of

promoti-onof a battalionbatta.lion. commandercoamander . The message follows :

"U.SU.SUS".II" t1 . S . ARMY FIELD MESSAGE-o MESSAG-E MESSAGEo0.000. O . 26 Inf-P.O

Inf-

P.O

InfInfoInf-

P.OP.OPO. .

.rr. ( GotOctOat 8-188188-118118--- 11:001100: AM-C.G

M-

CG

AM 39.-

MtdM- tdT- d. MtdTd Orderly-

O.G

Orde-rly

Orderly

0.000C.GCGO.GOG. ., 1stlet Division A.E.FAE.FAEFABEA.E.F.-Strongly

AEF.-

Strongly

AEFS-

tronglyMa-

estro. . .

Strongly recommendreoommend that OaptCaptAptCaput . P.MPMR.MRM. . YouellYou'llYouell,-

26

Youell-

26

.,,

as261' InfInfo who has commandedQommandedgommanded his battalion in an exceptionexoeption-exoeptionexception-exoeption-

ally

exception-

ally

exception-

ally

exception-

ally

¬-

tj

tII-

It

I-

t

ally able mannermaDDer during the present battle be promotedjtt

ttt - -. . __.44., ..-_ ._ .. _-. . . - --- .- -- . . . ..- .. ----.. " . . --.. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- - . . . . . . . . . . .- . - .:'1'7--1'7171'71- 4'p : 2It2t 14i;14iIt ._ ___ _ _ __ _ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ ___ __ ___ '_ _ __ __ ___ ____ ._____ _ _ _ _ J

. '".. '. . < ,.- l-.- l. .llMJlm-11ll

lMJlM;- iw; '.} :;it ;' '.

"'" -.. .- .-- - - , . - . ..- - -' . '-- - " . " - "" " " " " " '' 'MM' .__ . _ ._ . . . .. . _. ._ . _ _ _ __. . ._ . .. . _. . ._ ._ . .--'- '- _ .- . 'WW' _ . _. ._ _ . . .__ _. .. . . . . : . ._ .__ . . . . . . . . . _ .

without delay to .: a,ajormajorj or . He has beenbeer. previouslypreviouslyr-ecommended

previ-ously

previouslyr-

ecommended

previ-ously

oreviouslyr-

ecommendedrecommended three (5)5(3)3( ) times . Would like to have hishis-promotion

dis-

proportion

his-

promotion

dis-

proportion

his-

promotion

dis-

proportionpromotion reach him on the fieldfiel:1fiel1:.. There is a., vacancyvacancy-in

vacan-cy

vacancy-

in

vacan-cy

vacancy-

in

vacan-cy/ in the regiment in the graderadegrade of MajorI ajormajor .(16)v(16)16( ) F.wFwF.i"lF.ilFilF.iFiFileFailvF.i"l(16)26th1626th. ";; 0-26th0. v//v/y Erickson.1IErickson1IEricksonEriksson . " (16)16(16)-The ( )26th Inf-without

U-

nfaith

Inf-

without

U-

nfaith

InfInfoThe regimenregimentaltaltail commander directed thathanthattonetone3-

7mm

one-

37iun

oneone-

37mm37-mm37mm37-iuniunun- : gunsun accompany the 2d Battalion in the attack andand-that

can-

tata

and-

that

can-

tata

and-

that

can-

tatathat the other be forwarded with the 3d BattalionBattalion.-These

BattalionT-

heseBattal-

ion.

TheThesese didispositionssposiposit tionsions were !madella.delladelade. wiwithwitttrtri:r difficuldifficultdifficultyty becausebecause-both

beca-use

because-

both

beca-use

because-

both

beca-useboth battalion Posts of Command moved out before .sunsun-crews

uns-

crews

:3un-crews

;unun-

crews

un-

screwscrews could fall in with them .The platoon commander went forward with thethe-

2d

the-

2d

the-

2d2d Battalion gun . '.VeVe'IVeIVe'fiefieI've,,.' followed the battalion telephonetelephone-

wire

teleph-one

telephone-

wire

teleph-one

telephone-

wire

teleph-onewire . The going was slow , with three men pulling thethe-gun

t-he

the-

gun

t-he

the-

gun

t-hegun and two carryingca.rrying. ammunitiona.mmunitionarmnuniamanuensis. t ion .

There was a path overgrown wiwithth brush and thethe-

telephone

th-ereupon

the-

telephone

th-ereupon

the-

telephone

th-ereupontelephone line followed a winding route often 50 yardsyards-off

yar-ds

yards-

off

yar-ds

yards-

off

yar-dsoff thefathheaththe fathfaithpath and then back on it . The leading elements/elementselement-

sIOf

eleme-

nts

elementelement-

of

eleme-nt

elements/-

of

elemen-ts

o-f //of the 2d2d . Battalion comincominrcomingcombinercoming' ' up asa.s. the suppsupsupportr-trt- were closJclodsclosJ-at

celos-

ia

closclodsclos-

at

clos-

et

close-

at

clos-

etIOfOfat our heels . The German artillery fire was extremelyextremely-heavy

extrem-ely

extremely-

heavy

extrem-ely

extremely-

heavy

extrem-elyheavy and we lost one ammunition carrier going up thethe-side

th-

esis

the-

side

th-

esis

the-

side

th-

esisside of Hill 263 which had been cleanedGleaned out by riflemenriflemen.-We

riflemen-

We

rifleme-n

.

We remained there for the enentiretire day becausebeea.usebeeausebeaus. 1ittwaswastwas-the

tas-te

waswas-

the

wa-

ste

was-

the

wa-

stethe only ground from which we could fire . We had aa-commanding

c-

ommanding

a-

commanding

c-

ommanding

a-

commanding

c-

ommandingcommanding position but could find no mission to perform-

From

perfo-rm

performperforFromrromrom this stage of the battle the platoonplatoono-

ommander

pla-toon

platoonc-

ommander

plat-onic

platoonc-

ommander

plat-onicoommandercommander foundfound.himselffoundhimselffoundlings. himself actingaotingaborting as scoutsooutsnoutsoot officer forfor-the

fo-

rte

for-

the

fo-

rte

for-

the

fo-

rtethe 3dad2d Battalion-

18

Battalion .

. . ' . -- . . _ 08-08--18-18--08'-

M

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j

. -. - .- .- . ..- . .- . ..- .. . --- .. '- .. . ,.. -_ .- - .,

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V

. - . " . . . .vv. . . . .,. . . ._ _ . .. . . . ._ " . . . . . _ . ' . - . - . - . _. . . . . , .. , . . .. . . . . -- --= . . . . . . . . . .. .. . ,, - - .- . . . - . . - . . " .- . . "'- " . '' .. " . . -". -. . on . .

On the 10th the front line battalions exploitedexploited-the

exploit-ed

exploited-

the

exploit-ed

exploited-

the

exploit-edthe successes of the attack of October'byOctoberbyOctober/byOctoberby'/ ushingpushingCushingpushing-forward

pus-hing

oughincoughingoughin-

forwardforwardforViard behind combatcOllbacollar: t patrolspatrols .On the morninmorning{morningl1ornin3=, of the 11llth11thliltth the CommandingCommanding-

Off

Command-

ing

Coan'nandincCoannandincCanadianCoan'nandin-

cOfficer

Co nmandinmaddingnmandi-

nOfficer

.'

OfficerOff icerdicer of the 1st1 st EattalionBa.ttalionBattalion. sentsenseen t the 37-mm37mm37-aimaim- platoonc-ommander

plat-onic

pla.toonplatoonpla.toon-

commander

platoonc-

ommander

plat-onic

.

commander forward to report conditionsconditiJns on the frontfront-

line

front-

line

front-

lineline .

The followinfollowingfollowingfollowin6;; message was the result :II""MajorMajorMajMa or Legge-LeggeLeggedLegge11:02Legge11;: - 1111:021102: 02 AlA:1iA1i:AL1-.I

AL-

1I

:,..I am at Pt . 85.3-85.385.3in. - in square 25 at edgeed e of woods HH-Company

C-

ompany

H-

Company

C-

ompany

H-

Company

C-

ompanyCompany of the 28th8th ieis here waiting for Major FrazierFrazier-

to

Frazi-er

Frazier-

to

Frazi-erto relieve them . Our H and I Companies (26th26th( ) areare-forming

ref-

orming

are-

forming

ref-

orming

are-

forming

ref-

ormingforming in the woods . FrazFranzFrazier1BFrazier'sFraziersFrazieri er ' s adjutant iiss herehere-waiting

her-

ewithhere-

waiting

her-

ewithhere-

waiting

her-

ewithwaiting for the Major to bring up the other two com-comcom-panies

com-

panies

comcom-

panies

¬-

paniespansies . Meni en are walking in fronfromfrontt of woods .anda.ndend are notnot-drawing

out-

drawing

not-

drawing

out-

drawing

not-

drawing

out-

drawingdrawing machine gun fire . I saw :4,9j49j:.Aajor.1a.jor1a.jor1ajorMajor., , or UhlsUhleHallsHale * at l19:30193019:30-and

1:30-

and

130a-

nd

(;) : 3030-

andand he was being relieved by a battalion of the 362d362d-

Inf

362d-

Inf

562d-

InfInfInfo . He was about ready to come over and cover FrazierFrazier.U-

MlB

FrazierU-

MlB

Fraz-ier

.

UIlsUlilsQuillsBulbils * says that the Germans are still in the trenchestrenches-at

trench-esat his right rear . MachineMa.chine. gun fire is coming fromfrom-that

fro-

thfrom-

that

fro-

thfrom-

that

fro-

ththat direction . Apparently there ieis no resistance inin-front

in-

fantin-

front

in-

fantin-

front

in-

fantfront of where I am . CaptainOaptain Ware of 2d BatEat . 2-8th28th2.8th28th28th-went

2.8th-

went

-28th-went

.

went forward with patrols about 800 meters and metmet-

maohine

me-

tabolite

met-

machine

det-

aching

met-

machine

det-

achingmaohinemachine gun fire from roads running diagonally throughthrough-square

thro-ugh

through-

squarethro-

ughthrough-

squarethro-

ughsquare 15/1515I15 ./. I will remain here in observation . SendSend-me

Send-

er

Send-

me

Send-

er

Send-

me

Send-

er

a

me two or three runners and I will keep you informedinformed-

what

inform-

edinformed-

what

inform-

edinformed-

what

inform-

edwhat is1s going on but I must have runners .Forster'-

Oapt

Forster-Oapt

Fores-ter

J'orJorJourForsterForester' stersteer . i'i-Oapt

i-

napt

'

OaptCaptAptCaput . Ware of 38th28th lent a report to his RegGreg . OommanderCommanderCommander-.Orosland

Commande-

rOrosland

Comm-andeer

.

Or08QroelendRolledd , Frazierrrazier ' s. adjutant says he has no telephone-St

telephon-

eS

telephone'

(11((17)17( . ., ) r'II/r'IIrIIIIr'IIatP.MPMFogsFogs- IFog- sFogs-

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gs

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Sn2d-

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11-The

1-

TheThe 37-rn1Cl37rn1Cl37-mtnmtntn? 7-jhn7jhnjohn- zunssunsZunisunsHuns die1did no firinf-ffibrinfiririnKirinin :.-' afterefterdefter October 9 .ThenWhenen orders reached the front line at about noon onon-the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

onte

on-

the

M-

ontethe llth11thlilt , the 37-mji37mji37-mmmmmi- olatoonlatoonplatoonolatoon'ot;;-'ot'otot-',ot oerniiEionpermirsionpermissionErnieoerniiE-oerniiEErnie - ion from thethe-bettalion

tee-

totalismthe-

battalionte-

arstainthe-

battalionte-

arstainbettalionbattalion comjiandercomna.nderscomnanderscommanderscommander; . ? to . et :ancln earlyea.rly. start for thethe-rear

the-

reat

the-

rear

the-

reat

the-

rear

the-

reatrear and wiwithth th