Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . Howe maintained his com-mand at the church and after the last man of hiscompany had left, followed the raiding party outso as to make sure that no (wounded or) unwoundedAmericans were left within the enemy lines. Hethen returned to our lines. The total elapsed timeof the raid, including artillery preparation, was fifty-three minutes. Forty per cent of the outpost com-pany of a well known Jaeger Battalion was taken [137] prisoner, and due to Captain Howes daring andmasterly leadership, the total American casualtieswere one wounded. (
Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . Howe maintained his com-mand at the church and after the last man of hiscompany had left, followed the raiding party outso as to make sure that no (wounded or) unwoundedAmericans were left within the enemy lines. Hethen returned to our lines. The total elapsed timeof the raid, including artillery preparation, was fifty-three minutes. Forty per cent of the outpost com-pany of a well known Jaeger Battalion was taken [137] prisoner, and due to Captain Howes daring andmasterly leadership, the total American casualtieswere one wounded. (Signed) Wolf, Chief-of-Staff,167th : For extraordinary heroism in action near Haumont,France, on September 22, Howe commanded an early morning raidon the town of Haumont and not only executed theraid successfully, but returned alone a second time,to be sure that none of his men had been left inflicted severe losses on the enemy and tookseventeen Service , Ordre Leopold I. [139]. LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT L. BULLARD Arrived in France, June 28, 1917, with rank oiBrigadier : Major General, August 5, 1917;Lieutenant General, October 16, : Commanded First Division, December 13, 1917;Commanded First Corps, January 20, 1918;Commanded Second Army, October, : Alabama, January 15, Service Medal. For exceptionally meritorious and distin-guished services as commander of the SecondArmy of the American Expeditionary the course of this war he commanded inturn the first American division to take itsplace in the front lines in France, the ThirdCorps, and the Second Army. He partici-pated in operations in reduction of the Marnesalient and in the Meuse-Argonne was in command of the Second Army whenthe German resistance west of the Meuse wasshattered. G. O. 136 (December 20, 1918). [143]
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