Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-11
War History

| in the dugouts until p. m. then
moved up within two kilos of Fis-
mes. Here the first and third pla-
toons were sent into Fismes to help
second battalion which had been
caught in a trap, we fought like
hell to get out. The second platoon
stayed on hill overlooking Fismes.
Here we established company head
quarters, but only for short period
as Jerry found our position and
gave us more iron rations.
on August moved the second
platoon and company headquarters
into Fismes under more heavy shell
/ fire, at 2 p. m. Jerry" made an at
tack but failed. Our third platoon
! gun positions are in an old house
! and sure did pile up the enemy:
We were relieved at p. m. August
3 by 111th Regiment and moved
back in a valley near Cherry, better
known as Death Valley, our casual
ties totaled forty-seven men while
| in Fismes. On the thirteenth we
moved back of hill to Longville,
here we were caught in heavy shell
fire and bombs. Stayed here until
! August 19, then moved into new
positions, beyond st. GILES. Were in
these positions until August 23. Re-
| lieved then by the 109th NJ. G. Bn.,
J and moved back through st. Giles
| to center line of resistance. On
! the cath Jerry sent airpane observ-
| er over and located us Bombed
! that night. Held this position till
August 81, moved back to our for
mer positions, beyond st. GILES. On
! September 8 Jerry moved his artil-
| lery back. On the morning of the
| fourth we woke up and thought the
NroC a ha road which the
night before was under heavy shell
| fire. was crowded with artillery,
/ cavalry and infantry troops who
| had started after Jerry and drove
| him over the hills from Fismes to
'Fismette."
Relieved on 5th by 111th Regi-
ment and moved back to st. Giles
where the regiment assembled. On
the night of September I a bombing
/ plane came over and let loose the
! tail of his bombing plane and left
us have five bombs killing five and
wounding seven of our men, three
of whom died. Moved on the morn
| ing of the to "JauIgone" then
on the 10 we moved from Jaulgone
! to wood near "Epernay. Left Eper-
nay p. m. September IL in trucks
! for Maurupt-le- montoy" south of
! the Argonne Forest and near the
! Rhine Marne canal, here we receiv-
! ed thirty-five requirements. On
September 16 we received orders to
move north into the Argonne. This
was a very long and hard hike.
| Hiked until noon September II with
hald the men struggling along in
| the rear. We then stopped in the
! Forest De Belneue ten kilos from
| Ravigny. Left the woods that night
and hiked tyenty-siX kilos farther,
arriving at Brabant-la-Rei a. m.
/ September 1S.
Left that night p. m. hiked
| twenty more kilos into Forest-De-
! Argonne stayed here in tents till
September 25. Then received orders
! to move at midnight. At II o'clock
| our artillery let loose and sent over
! a million dollar barrage. We at
! tackled at Z a. nj. September 26 and
Jerry laid down his arms and ran
| for home. Hiked all day took up
new positions. At daybreak Sep
| tember q lot of srtpers took shots
at us and later we were shelled out
of our position. Moved on eve OF
! the 81 to new positions near Mont
| blainville and made an attack at
daybreak. First and second wave of
| infantry went over successfully, but
when the third wave which consist
| ed of machine gun units started
over, Jerry let loose with machine
guns from pill boxes which were
| scattered everywhere and on top OF
this we had artillery fire which
forced us to the rear for short
while.
At D. m. we started over again
! this time with success capturing Hill
24O September 20. lay on hill all
night in the rain and with nothing
| to eat since the 25th of September.
Was withdrawn from hill to let the
artillery work. Moved then to the
right into a valley. On the eve of
the 4th while eating mess Jerry
sent over more iron rations. two
! shells striking our mess line killing
| three men and wounding nineteen.
At daybreak October moved back
of 18th to help get the Famous
Lost Battalion out of their trap,
losing one man killed and two in
jured. Was then sent back to our
old positions in the valley. That
evening we moved toward Appre-
mont lay along the hill till day
! break October then went around
Appremont put down smoke
screen and captured Hill 244 and
the village Chatel Chahery, one pla-
toon occupied Chatel Chahery the
others on the hill. There are lots
of casualties here. as the enemy had
everything mined.
Held these positions till October
10. were then relieved by the s2nd