The Republican journal., 1918-10-17
SECOND MAINE,

SECOND MAINE,
,a,-5 I7sutry Regiment, 10th
DIVISION
...N. vas one of the best
-.u-. ments in the United
, ght to war strength
.. ..fr any other white regi-
.,-rt.-,rl, viz: POOP enlisted
f.ars The representative
4r..au Railway Association
4 le three divisions of this
.. ...slea a Westfield in Just
,u. .R.. DIS record.
I'll. A Maine regiment was
nd. n from the list New
. u-nJ, and later by men
..n Ind became the l03d
.-. Incorporated into
. his regiment followed
.r. and this division was
Ia. .ur to arrive on French
own as the Yankee
-n is made up of four
three regiments of
-aainent of engineers.
4ciudeS a trench mortar
u. ... machine gun battal-
, rIIlery units and among
.r be found men from the
1r'aiery and others from
n ment, so that Maine is
.asa. .n this now famous Yam
., he four infantry regi-
s,. non are the l0lst, COM
T ~ .--sa1Isetts men; the l02nd,
Il by of Connecticut men,
t,W zen from Vermont and
.-s he l03d, composed most
5r. I New Hampshire boys;
.U Imposed of Massachus-
.rl l-, ed in France in October,
.5aas uoartered for training pur-
.5c usges, in the Neufchateau
..s re Of some three thousand
.Ja allied Liffold lie Grande.
gs lgated in what was known
..sf Advancement. 1t was a
G2 DAYS march from the front.
Hslae, were seen here, but on
g '.e rumble of the guns was
14 beard. The winter was cold,
s mpare in severity with our
u AT times there were
g> snow, and occasionally
70 n registered twenty de-
Fms ro The regiment received
.1- -u the l63rd French Regi-
YHHr'ered in the town, resting
By at-fed for the thirtieth time.
@ns, roceived in the use of the
-s" ie automatic rifle, gas,
-mr Practice was also had in
la 1--ations. The regiment
al -'i.i lie Grande until Febru-
lHrNays look upon this village
4a- france, and their rela-
t.4s Layers were SO pleasant
Sc villagers asked that the boys
Do. ia m. an unusual occur
steJr-gry and March, 1918, the
'os pTlgaded between two
'esmegs on the westerly end of
nn ie Danes, in the vicinity of
Iieua0. and the Athletic Canal.
'ia ame The sector was a quiet
lie lJ3rd IN taking up it's new po-
Do .4is sector passed through
On february 9th, and marched
sal niles up to point some three
mud the battle front. Here they
quarters n an immense cave, or
4airy forty feet underground,
O' holding with ease the entire
IT, The line between the Allies
leTmans was here marked by
st'e Canal, a space of perhaps
laTed aaj fifty yards separating
sImIes The work of the divis-
lA Sector consisted in strengthen
0dlbed wire entanglements and
lg irencnes farther back, to be
necessity equired. Much of this
was none under artillery fire
W Of II Company and Hunt of
',eiS Company were here killed
, HE Trouble was also expert
run gas. Each battalion, made
ou' companies, would hold the
%ou Tor sixteen days, four days
apaay The Augusta Company,
for a time because of
,''ef measles and mumps, had
vi Tins front line work. Under
.sss Of the French the boys re-
NJ, ,ueny raids, executed raids of
r| captured prisoners and lost
men.
~, we infantry were receiving this
..a Ii'e artillerymen were learn
, s The French IT'S guns. One
4, sayl an Allied raid was to be
nj. s'5 purpose of taking prisoners,
!, allowed their American schol-
y ~ que harrage. The French rs is
bo NJ llFlng about six shots min
"a, heating the gun. When the
An, gwen for the barrage, the
Ssa IN their zeal to give the
ni Tired some twenty-three
aSn uuIe, in spite of the agonized
A. non IS" of the excited French
ait.. result of this usage, some
d WI. numbering sixteen guns,
bs" Jl OF commission, and had to
y1,, sA lor repairs. A German Off
lor p W during this raid, asked as a
d. Oelore being sent to the rear,
h, new automatic rs that the
As,s oeen using against them in
|, IN n barrage.
Ny ,r lsth or goth Of March, word
! tbs,l Ved for the regiment to hike
itbsv supposed for a rest area.
..trn y mad all left the vicinity, the
Iva. drive on the Chemin de
l.aaiaua under way, and had this regi-
a. ued it would in all probability
'Ge ,u rnnlhllated as were the French
III va ndh horde which overran and
"werful defense systcm. Az