Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . e shell Are or bombing, itseemed always that it was the lOGththat suffered. And so it went on with or or battalion of Ihe variousinfantry regiments and machine-gunbattalions in the line at Abeele, Oude- zeele and Bast Poperinghe. They gotto know what it was to hear the ter-rifying whistle of high explosive shellsanil the whistle of machine-gun bul-lets, to say nothing of the tumultcaused by the bursting of high-ex-plosive shells. Too, they came toknow what it was to see the mangledforms of their comrades and theycame to realize that it
Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . e shell Are or bombing, itseemed always that it was the lOGththat suffered. And so it went on with or or battalion of Ihe variousinfantry regiments and machine-gunbattalions in the line at Abeele, Oude- zeele and Bast Poperinghe. They gotto know what it was to hear the ter-rifying whistle of high explosive shellsanil the whistle of machine-gun bul-lets, to say nothing of the tumultcaused by the bursting of high-ex-plosive shells. Too, they came toknow what it was to see the mangledforms of their comrades and theycame to realize that it was a goodsoldier (and good soldierly ousiness)who sought shelter whenever therewas nothing else he could do. Early in August the 106th Inf. andUhe lOStlv Inf. were in the line, andI the 105th and 107th were in the rear1 ill the support trenches, when, oni August 7. Lt. Col. Liebmann, of the 105th, paid a visit1 to the regimental headquarters of the] 106th at Walker Farm. He had din-ner with them in their dugout—the. Private in 105th M. G. Bat., whowas in all of divisions fighting. dugout, that is, of the headquartersand field officers—and sat there awhileafter the others had left. An errantGerman shell landed squarely in theplace and Lt. Col. Liebmann waskilled. British StraightenOut Their Line. On the following day the Britishmade an advance to straighten outtheir line, and the units of the 27thDivision that were in the line advancedwith their British comrades. Manyof the New Yorkers were wounded. On August 9, Maj. Charles , commanding the Second the 106th was relieved fromduty with that command and wasplaced in command of the 105th Inf.,where .be succeeded T/t. Col. Lieb-mann. The latter had been actinghead of the regiment, owing to theabsence of Col. Andrews, who was act-ing as brigadier in command of the53d Inf. Brigade, vice Gen. Robert Michic. who died June 4. Only afew days later, the Second Batt. wasrelieved from the line,
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