Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . re barrier. The enemysurged all about it. He attacked onboth sides, in front and in the rear«nd also in the air. and yet in spiteof this fury the men held on des-perately for eight hours, refusing tosurrender, refusing to cease fighting. They were relieved by the Austra-lians, as was all of the division, onOctober 1. The men of the 27th hadclung on. had fought on. until the placewhere the Huns had Eai-l ! had been made to luok liksa sieve. The lOoth and the 106th Sunday had advanced to their ob-jectives in the face of the most de-termine
Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . re barrier. The enemysurged all about it. He attacked onboth sides, in front and in the rear«nd also in the air. and yet in spiteof this fury the men held on des-perately for eight hours, refusing tosurrender, refusing to cease fighting. They were relieved by the Austra-lians, as was all of the division, onOctober 1. The men of the 27th hadclung on. had fought on. until the placewhere the Huns had Eai-l ! had been made to luok liksa sieve. The lOoth and the 106th Sunday had advanced to their ob-jectives in the face of the most de-termined resistance: the 107th andthe 108th on the 30th had completelybroken down the resistance of the fa-mous! Hindenburg line and had pa-*sedon far beyond the St. Quentin Canal, hiIn the tunnel that housed it. the Hunshad kept hundreds of reserves to wipe ^°er any enemy who should, by a should have been in a company. Theysaw even the engineers with thinnedranks. Casualties among the officers ofthe 106th Inf.—a fairly comprehen-. sicnal battalion men had. similariv: [ commanderAfcr b Lrj^T itliio?rontinued operation of telephone lines! >f C. Lt. Alfred J. Hock of I
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