. 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. ed overto the side of the roadand the batteries movedforward. Fear of acounterattack was grow-ing up ahead. To allay this feeling, Captain Bradford Moore and Battery E were sent forward toa position in the infantry lines between Epinonville and Eclisfontaine. Thisbattery remained with the infantry through varying fortunes for two weeks. On the afternoon of September 28 Batteries A, F and D advanced tothe valley north of Very
. 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. ed overto the side of the roadand the batteries movedforward. Fear of acounterattack was grow-ing up ahead. To allay this feeling, Captain Bradford Moore and Battery E were sent forward toa position in the infantry lines between Epinonville and Eclisfontaine. Thisbattery remained with the infantry through varying fortunes for two weeks. On the afternoon of September 28 Batteries A, F and D advanced tothe valley north of Very and went into action. The batteries turned out tothe south of the plank highway in a deep draw afterward christened DeathValley by the batteries stationed there. Evidences of fierce fighting wereall about. Across the valley on the steep hillside was a wrecked battery of88s that evidently had been caught by the American barrage. Ten deadGermans lay scattered about the guns. That afternoon Colonel Hackettwas wounded by a high explosive shell and compelled to leave the regiment. ON THE EPINONVILLE-ECLISFONTAINE ROADDugouts used by the Americans as first-aid IN DEATH VALLEY 6i4 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR Major Frank L. Rearden was nextin command. The regiment had just en-tered upon what proved to be oneof the most trying weeks of itsmihtary experience. On the nightof September 29 the batteriescame under severe shelling for thefirst time. Late that afternoon thesecond battalion moved to Epinon-ville. The men had scarcely dugthemselves in when a zone firebegan to sweep the town and theroads leading out of it in the vicin-ity of Major John D. Whites postof command. On the following morning,Lieutenant Harry H. Wertz, aliaison officer, appeared at the sec-ond battalion post of commandwith eight shell fragments in hisback. That evening LieutenantCarl M. Wiley was wounded in the head by a bit of a high explosive 6 p. m. the bombardment increased in the vicinity of Bat
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