. 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. IN THE BOIS DE BANTHEVILLE A portion of the Kriemhilde Stellung, taken by men of the Eighty-ninth Division. behind the first wave of the infantry, following the line of the American bar-rage as far as Remonville. The day was chill and damp and the artificial fog of powder smoke andmustard gas scurried through the hollows before a high cold wind. DeadGerman machine gunners, victims of the barrage, seemed to cover the hill-top


. 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. IN THE BOIS DE BANTHEVILLE A portion of the Kriemhilde Stellung, taken by men of the Eighty-ninth Division. behind the first wave of the infantry, following the line of the American bar-rage as far as Remonville. The day was chill and damp and the artificial fog of powder smoke andmustard gas scurried through the hollows before a high cold wind. DeadGerman machine gunners, victims of the barrage, seemed to cover the hill-top, and the infantry swept forward against little or no resistance. From the edge of the woods on the crest of the hill north of the Bois de. -v^viir^W r* h. r* INFANTRY ADVANCING NEAR ROMAGNE 6i8 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR


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