Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-15
Second Army Leader Cited
28h as Al Shock DiUiSiOn
Fighting Spirit OF American Troops Exemplifcd by
r.. Operation OF PennsyIuanians, General
K. l.. BuILard Declares

to reach Apremont, but owing to the
intense artillery fire of the enemy
the advance was checked until rein
forcements arrived.
Resistance Was Stubborn
Division officers assert that the
Germans put up wonderful fight
against the division at Apremont and
that the resistance was stubborn un-
til October 8, when the Pennsyl-s
vanians were relieved.
The artillery brigade, under COM
mand of Brigadier General William
e. Price, participated in this cam
paign, and then proceeded to Bel.
gium. Its work is told in another
section of this supplement.
Although the infantry and ma
chine-gun units were reduced to
small numbers of men, the division,
on October 8, was relieved and sent
to the Thiaucourt sector.
Marshal Foch had planned for a
big offensive in that sector. and No
vember Id was the day chosen for
the launching of the drive. The
division to reach Lachaussee Lake
near Chambly made long detour
and passed through Verdun, st. Mi
hiel and Minil La Tour.
The movement gave the boys a
slight rest, but on October II they
were again in contact with the
enemy.
Campaign Was Peculiar
The Allied leaders planned a Pc
culiar campaign in this sector. In
a word, the enemy was to be
harassed, and the doughboys from
pennsylvania were selected for the
job. They were to make raids on
the enemy lines and make themselves
hated by the enemy. By doing SO
they would keep the enemy on the
alert and prevent the sending of any
Germans from this sector into the
Argonne. The plan worked to per-
fection, for the Pennsylvanians be-
haved in a frightful manner.
They made life miserable for the
enemy and kept at it until November
II.
The last day of the war found
them hard at work, and partial
casualty list, compiled on the morn
ing of November II, proves that they
were obeying orders to the letter.
The following list gives the names
of men who gave up their lives on the
last day of the war: Mike Panoski.
Company B, 1Osth Machine Gun Bat
talon; Oliver Freas, Ernest Francis
and Anton Peroutka, Company B,
lO9th Infantry; Leo G. Ray and Rob-
ert P. Mason, Company H, 1O9th In
fantry.
captain Charles H. Grove, Com
pany e, 1O9th Infantry, was wounded
IN raid and died the following day.
First Lieutenant Francis R. Austin
met similar fate. Patrick J. Nixon,
Charles M. Wood and Samuel Raisor.
wounded on November 8, died on the
morning of the 18th.
Casualty List for November II
Inc following men sustained
wounds on November IL:
A company, Tooth Infantry, Ser
geant Thomas McKeen, Robert
Brown, Dominick Pantone, Roy B.
Arms, Daniel Barry, Norman w.
limerick, Cyrus E. Gross, Andrew
S. kouns. B company, 1Osth Ma
chlne-Gun Battalion, Jesse Church
man, Nose Hedrick, J. L. Strickle.
b company, 109th Infantry, Corpor-
ais Herard Klaiber, Gale Ragsdale.
Stanley Gagacki, Bert V. Haskell
and Franklin P. Keast, Privates
Qulnten o. Caster, James NJ. John
son, William o. kopplin, Russell
Waters, Anton Billy. H company,
lO9th Infantry, Corporals George b.
woodward and William Dudley. F
company, 109th Infantry, Sergeant
George r. Cushing, Robert Holloran,
Clarence Miller, Albert O'Geary,
John Shershock, Nicola Giancana.s
A company, 1O9th Infantry, Ser.
geant Irving A. Daniels, Privates C. f
B. Harbridge, Fred Prazcau, LEROY
Adams, Julius f. Anderson. Ray
mond Braze. + company, 109th In-.s
fantry, First Sergeant Frank A. J
Miller and Corporal Daniel F. Fratz.
q company, William Corbin, Fred G..
Hauser, William S. Lackie, Jesse
Lamey. Headquarters company,
Sergeant Edward r. Wolf, Carroll
A. O'Connell, B company, 111th In
fantry, Percy Mckee, William Bar
barsh, George LaDuke, William
Matsavake, Lester A..Prentice. Leo
j. Reinhardt, John Scarborough.
Move to Colombcy Les Bellies
While operating in this sector the
division lost eighty-four in killed.
nlnety-siX were seriously wounded,
644 sustained slight wounds and 1s3 ]
were missing. The 111th Infantry
headed the casualty list with TWENTY
nine dead and the 112th recorded
twenty-eight killed. The 1O9th lost
eleven and the 10th lost ten.
After the armistice, the division
remained in the sector until January
8, when it was moved to Colombey
Les Bellies, which is south of Toui.
1t policed the area. drilled, salvaged
ammunition and other stores and
kept busy until sent to lie Mans on
March IA. On April 16 division head
OuartPrS moved to CT N,,.;,..