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Identifier: illinoisinworldw00stat (find matches)
Title: Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: States Publications Society
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Chicago, States Publications Society
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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MACHINE GUN POSITION BEYOND THK BOIS DK CHAUME bangs. So we up and ran back and dropped over the edge of a terrace whichformed the upper lip of the little valley. In this valley was the German hos-pital which gave the trench its name and there were several dugouts. Somemen of the 132nd, who had been there since the 9th and were separated fromthe rest of their regiment when it withdrew, were moving about and somewere sleeping in shell holes. The Germans had a big sausage up directlyahead of us and the observer, of course, could see most of the valley. Myrunner had just gone to one of the dugouts on my order when the shells begandropping in the valley, causing awful havoc among the wounded of 132nd Infantry men who had been abandoned and were rescued by Company M, 131st Infantry. Things gradually quieted down to normal.Some rations of bread and sugar were salvaged. Two of my men were sent 252 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR
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with a message, I setfour or five to work asstretcher bearers for thewounded survivors ofthe 132nd Infantry, andcigarettes were cadgedback and forth. Throughout the dayof the attack and forseveral days following,the whole forward areaoccupied by the 131stwas subjected to themost intense artillerybarrage. The woods andvalleys were continual-ly filled with gas. Heavymachine gun and directartillery fire played onthe troops from the ex-posed right flank, and,owing to the failure ofthe Twenty-ninth Divi-sion to advance its lines,the 131st found it neces-sary to bend its lineback on the right tomeet the left of theTwenty-ninth Division,which was still about amile and a half in the rear of the 131st right flank. As the troops were contin-ually exposed to a terrific hail of shells and to heavy gas, this operation was adifficult one but it was accomplished successfully. A new line of resistancewas established on the night of October 12, and on the following night alltroops were entrenched in t

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