. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... s to ammunition dumps, air fields, circuits to connect with existing Frencdi lines, oper-ation and maintenance of telephone and telegraph stations. As the American front line moved forward, we began thecontinuation of the main Army axis from the water hole ortest box No. 5 to Epinonville, via Iviory in general northwest-erly direction of Oesnes and Landres St. George. At a jtointjust beyond the intersection of the lead and the main (hari)en-try-RomagiK^ road, the utilization of an existing
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... s to ammunition dumps, air fields, circuits to connect with existing Frencdi lines, oper-ation and maintenance of telephone and telegraph stations. As the American front line moved forward, we began thecontinuation of the main Army axis from the water hole ortest box No. 5 to Epinonville, via Iviory in general northwest-erly direction of Oesnes and Landres St. George. At a jtointjust beyond the intersection of the lead and the main (hari)en-try-RomagiK^ road, the utilization of an existing Boche ])oleline l)egan, and duiing the Iemainder of the time that this axiswas being extended Ave were constantly availiiiL;- omsel\-es ofthe use of ahandoned (iei-man plants. It is not the puipose of this narrative lo tell much in de-tail the movenn-nts of the various ninls of the First .\riii\ dur-ing those first two weeks of the .\i-goniH-Meuse oireiisixf; todo so would recpure volumes, ami oui- Icaders who participatedAvill desire to studv the whole s1oi-\- from the many histories. 1. Camp (in A(ii(;- line. 2. As evening shadows fall. 3. Ruined French tank. 4. Moving. .). Romagne. II. In a sliell hole. .MKrsE-APv(;()X.\E 113 which will be written. However, we do desii-e to keep in iiiiiulthe general movement of onr army durinu these last the Kith of October the Kriemhilde defense had l)eenreached all aloni:- the line from the Argonne to the Mense. Thatdefense was two and a half miles in depth: it took our ArmytAventy days to go that short distance. The hills around Ro-magne, Bantheville and Landres-St. George were the l)ackboneof the German resistance. They were fighting to save theirmain line of communications, the fonr track railioad through]\Iezieres over which the men, supplies and annnunitions for alarge part of the German Armies in France had to be the -SOth of October came Ave had worn thi-(»ugli the (ier-man Kriendiilde defenses in m
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