. 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. -i A. *>* ^^ . BERTAUCOURT FARMOne of the objectives in the lighting of November After the troopswhich had been engagedin the attack on the BoisdHarville had reachedtheir objective, theenemy threw a heavybarrage on the capturedterritory. The woodswere filled with mustardgas in such volumethat it was necessary tovacate the position thathad been gained, and thetroops returned to their old line in the Bois de Warville.
. 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. -i A. *>* ^^ . BERTAUCOURT FARMOne of the objectives in the lighting of November After the troopswhich had been engagedin the attack on the BoisdHarville had reachedtheir objective, theenemy threw a heavybarrage on the capturedterritory. The woodswere filled with mustardgas in such volumethat it was necessary tovacate the position thathad been gained, and thetroops returned to their old line in the Bois de Warville. At 6 p. m. enemy troops were observed to be forming up in three wavesin La Vachere Wood for a counterattack. Company A quickly dispersedthem with machine gun and automatic rifle fire. The enemy retaliated, how-ever, by placing a barrage on this company, causing one casualty. While the troops lay on their objective in the Bois dHarville, there oc-curred an incident which gave an insight into the methods of warfare adoptedby the Germans. A report by Sergeant C. C. Wesslund describes the cir-cumstances connected with the death of Lieutenant Milton Wilson of Com-pany I. Lieutenant Wilson, according to this report, noticed a group of Ger-mans advancing with
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