. 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. -v^viir^W r* h. r* INFANTRY ADVANCING NEAR ROMAGNE 6i8 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR. THE TOWN OF BANTHEVILLE UNDER FIRE As photographed from an airplane at an altitude of 3500 meters. Bantheville, the whole panorama of the battle was visible. The thin lines ofAmerican doughboys were going forward through the haze of gas and smoke,the serpentine barrier of smoke puffs ahead of them marking the edge of thebarrage; a few isolated
. 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. -v^viir^W r* h. r* INFANTRY ADVANCING NEAR ROMAGNE 6i8 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR. THE TOWN OF BANTHEVILLE UNDER FIRE As photographed from an airplane at an altitude of 3500 meters. Bantheville, the whole panorama of the battle was visible. The thin lines ofAmerican doughboys were going forward through the haze of gas and smoke,the serpentine barrier of smoke puffs ahead of them marking the edge of thebarrage; a few isolated tongues of flame were to be seen at the edge of thewoods where scattered machine gun nests were still defying the Americanbarrage in a last hopeless stand. In the distance was a bombarded road up a long hill over which theharrassed German retreat was in full progress. Men in field-gray were hur-rying up the slopes to the north of Remonville. Some succeeded in reachingthe covering forest. Others were caught in the onrushing tide of the toward the American line flowed a constant stream of the Kaisers troopswith their hands in the air. THE 124TH FIELD ARTILLERY 619
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