The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . e on the artillery Meigs told them that his orders were to stick until driven to cover byenemy fire. But the shells soon began to fall so close to the line that workwas impossible. One shell sent a fragment through a wire which Riley wastying to the pole. The fragment had bounced off the pole on which he wasworking, but Pat stuck to his job until he had finished. BON EH E. -JD 117 Later in the day workwas resumed. Lieuten-ant Schmidts men wereworking from the foot ofthe hill. Captain Meigscrowd we
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . e on the artillery Meigs told them that his orders were to stick until driven to cover byenemy fire. But the shells soon began to fall so close to the line that workwas impossible. One shell sent a fragment through a wire which Riley wastying to the pole. The fragment had bounced off the pole on which he wasworking, but Pat stuck to his job until he had finished. BON EH E. -JD 117 Later in the day workwas resumed. Lieuten-ant Schmidts men wereworking from the foot ofthe hill. Captain Meigscrowd were nearer the the American bat-teries on the south slopeopened fire, the shells ontheir way to the Bochescarcely cleared the topsof the poles. The whineas they flew past was con-tinuous, and the breezecould be distinctly seemed a little tooclose for comfort, butForwood, Haislop andSpangler completed thejob, climbing the polesuntil they could justreach the wires and fastenthem with their armsstretched high above their heads,fog, another early start was made. Lieutenant Colonel Kelly The next day to take advantage of theBut the artillery commander had sta-tioned four of his captains along this section of the line with instructionsthat no Signal men should be allowed on the north slope of the hill. Cap-tain Meigs visited the commander in his dugout and put up such a strenuousplea that he was allowed to continue the work until the fog lifted. When the attack started, and the Germans were driven back, theCorps decided to move its advance P. C. to Chehery. The Chateau hadbeen occupied by the 80th Division which was moving to Fleville—codedFleabite by that old friend of the 406th, Major Kelly, who had been madeLieutenant Colonel and was the Signal Officer of the Division. LieutenantHasskarl arrived at Chehery in the afternoon to put up the switchboards andinstall the wiring. The 80th Division switchboard had been located in a wellreinforced corner of the basement.
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