Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . to be timed in harmony—was set for30 , Friday, September 27. tion for deathless stories was laidover and over again by all of theBrooklynites. They fought in gioupsand single-handed, in and out of sliellholes, to this or that tiny vantage The men of the 106th wentto sleep i point! past this or that death dealing as usual on Thursday night. Theywere awakened very eajrly the , and about half an hour be-fore the zero hour those who were toparticipate in the .Irst wave crawledon their stomachs to the jumping offtape. For half an hour there wa
Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; . to be timed in harmony—was set for30 , Friday, September 27. tion for deathless stories was laidover and over again by all of theBrooklynites. They fought in gioupsand single-handed, in and out of sliellholes, to this or that tiny vantage The men of the 106th wentto sleep i point! past this or that death dealing as usual on Thursday night. Theywere awakened very eajrly the , and about half an hour be-fore the zero hour those who were toparticipate in the .Irst wave crawledon their stomachs to the jumping offtape. For half an hour there wasnothing to do but wait for zero it struck, a beautiful barragewas laid down over the German posi-tions. The men in the 106ths firstwave straightened up and the advancebegan. Almost instantly, they ran intotrouble. The Germans knew that en-tire territory so that every rock, everyblade of grass was familiar to answered the British bairragewith a machine gun barrage that wentright to that protecting the advance of. Lieut, of Co. F, who was woundedin Hindenburg line battle. the 106th. And they also laid down ahigh explosive shell barrage. Thelatter, fortunately, was improper-ly laid. Some one among the Germanforces had made a mistake, and in-stead of bursting about our men asthey advanced, the high explosiveshells fell about 150 yards in theirrear. What came through of the Germancounter machine gun barrage, how-ever, was enough to dismay thestoutest heart It picked oft officersand men of the lOSth so that , in a minute or two, therecould be none left. For the officers,the Germans seemed to have a par-ticular corps of snipers and he boire acharmed life, indeed, among the lineofficers of the lOfith to come throughunscathed. Bo it remembered thatthe regiment was very short of officersoven before this engagement beganand the seriousness of this situationis apparent. Spirit of OfficersAnd Men Higfi. the utmostwere facing. The otHcers showeddisregard of wh
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