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lieved by the 9Th Australian division and
moved back with Division headquarters
at Herbecourt. But it had scarcely
reached this area when it was marched
back and took over another front line
in the same sector on the night of
October As. Other days of hard fight
ing for the division were October. 8,
8, 10, and II. Many villages were
taken and As officers and 1889 men cap
tured. But it meant terrible blood
sacrifices for our men. Company G
of which Mr.. Hamann was mem Der
on October rs had only 33 men left out
of a total Of ESQ. Another company
in the same sector had only Is at the end
OF this terrible fighting. Mr.. Hamann
himself was among the wounded having
been hit in the arm Oct. II during the
fighting at Nolan and was sent to
the rear, later going to Cosham, England.
After his recovery he rejoined his COM
pany and returned with them to the
United States, landing at Charleston.
IS. G. They received their discharge
at Camp Dodge after they had been at
Camp Jackson for several weeks.
Wounded At Fremont.
Philip Lang also was among those
who had to be sent to a field hospital
having received shrapnel wound near
the left ear. He was taken to an Ameri-
can hospital at Rouen, France, but later
was sent to an English hospital at
Paignton, Devonshire, England. It was
in the beginning of the offensive of
of October 8 that he was put out of
commission The Americans were at
lacking Fremont that day, which was
strongly defended by the Germans
Albert Adam also belonged to this
same regiment and remained with the
fighting force until the signing of the
armistice. Although he did not actually
go over the top with the attacking force,
having been detailed as signal man at
staff headquarters, he was always near
the firing line as it was one of his duties
to see to it that the telephone
connections were kept in working order
Sail From St. Nazaire.
After the signing Of the armistice
on November IL, the 117th remained
in France for more than four months,
embarking March Is, 1919, at St.
Nazaire. The American transport "Po-
cahontas'', the former German liner
Princess Irene brought them back
to the United States. They landed
at Charleston, S. c., March 27.
Was At Irish Base.
Karl Schmidt, another New Ulm
boy who returned home during the week,
was. in a different branch of the service.
Having enlisted june IA, 1917, two
months after the declaration of war,
he was sent to the great Lakes Naval
training station. After the preliminary
training there he received orders to
go to the Naval Radio school at Cam
bridge, Mass, where he remained until
March 8, 1918. His next station was
at Hampton Roads, Va, where he work
ed at the Naval Air station for some
time, testing the different apparatus
for naval flying machines. In June,
1918, he asked for his inclusion in the
foreign draft, which was granted. He
soon left for Ellis island where he en-
barked on the former Standard Oil
tank steamer BROAD Arrow" which
left port with 800 enthusiastic sailors
for the Downs in England. Fear was
thing unknown to these boys for they
knew that the same steamer carried
a big quantity of INT and gasoline and
crude oil. Besides it had Id seaplanes
on board.
Evade Submarines
On account of the danger from sub
marines they had to put in at Havre,
France, where they laid up for a while