The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . as to become even moreactive as the result of American successes and advances. Very early that morning, Lieutenant Foust with two sections under Ser-geants Adams and Gretzler had proceeded to Montreuil. Adams strung thelines necessary to connect the exchanges of the 26th Division in this localityto Dicksons exchange. The town was under fire. The exploding shellsespecially in the central part and along the main road into the town, gaveAdams and his detail plenty to think about. During this time Sergeant Danleyat Cha
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . as to become even moreactive as the result of American successes and advances. Very early that morning, Lieutenant Foust with two sections under Ser-geants Adams and Gretzler had proceeded to Montreuil. Adams strung thelines necessary to connect the exchanges of the 26th Division in this localityto Dicksons exchange. The town was under fire. The exploding shellsespecially in the central part and along the main road into the town, gaveAdams and his detail plenty to think about. During this time Sergeant Danleyat Champigny with his small detachment was having his hands more than fulltrying to maintain service over aerial lines that were continually being was necessary for him to reconstruct lines through a bridgehead at Saacy whilethe Germans were sending over tons of shells in an attempt to destroy the bridge. Company D continued to Montreuil. News of the progress being madeby the first American offensive was most encouraging. Anticipating an THE FIRST AMERICAN OFFENSIVE 167. Ruins of Lucy advance of the Corps, two additional circuits were run to Lucy. Since theroads leading into this town were under observation and shell fire, Miller andJensen took their sections out about sundown and by nine oclock finished thejob. They terminated the lines in an orchard at the edge of the town for useshould the old circuit fail. The old line had been run on the ground. Whenwagon trains began to park in the woods near the road, grinding the wire intothe mud, the new circuits which had been tied to trees were put into service. The shelling continued on the nineteenth. Little rest was secured thatnight for there was a continual parade back and forth to the shelter bomb which landed in a field adjoining the camp set fire to a haystack. Theblaze illuminated the region so brightly that Buehler organized a bucket bri-gade to eliminate the target for Boche shells. Speaking of that unpleasant
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