. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. here the Americanswere operating, more than 350 planes were in theair at one time, 200 of them being bombing ma-chines which dropped high explosive charges inthe enemys ammunition dumps, transports and bat-teries, 100 were combat planes, which warded offinterference with the bombers, and 50 were pursuitmachines that hunted down hostile aircraft. Grandpre Taken by Fording River. Grandpre stands out as a town which was cap-tured by American resourcefulness as well as sheerbravery. The Germans occupying it had destroyedall the bridges
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. here the Americanswere operating, more than 350 planes were in theair at one time, 200 of them being bombing ma-chines which dropped high explosive charges inthe enemys ammunition dumps, transports and bat-teries, 100 were combat planes, which warded offinterference with the bombers, and 50 were pursuitmachines that hunted down hostile aircraft. Grandpre Taken by Fording River. Grandpre stands out as a town which was cap-tured by American resourcefulness as well as sheerbravery. The Germans occupying it had destroyedall the bridges over the Aire river and had mountedcannon and machine guns to prevent the buildingof any. The Americans waded the stream. At fourplaces above and below^ Grandpre the men plungedinto the water, waist deep and sometimes higher,clambered up the muddy banks and charged themachine gunners. The taking of Grandpre broughtthe whole Argonne forest into Allied hands, it be-ing necessary only to mop up the Germans leftin the woods. A smaller forest, known as the Bour-.
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