. 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. neuviuy THE OPENING OF THE ARGONNE OFFENSIVE Showing the positions of the units of the Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade on September 26,1918. The advanced positions held by the trench mortars are evident. THE 108TH TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY 653. SOUILLY, FIRST AILMY HEADQUARTERS 654 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR 1 . ^\ Wm 1 SECOND LIEUTENANTTHOMAS M. HENDERSON part of the Meuse sector, where the Ameri-can advance was being b
. 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. neuviuy THE OPENING OF THE ARGONNE OFFENSIVE Showing the positions of the units of the Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade on September 26,1918. The advanced positions held by the trench mortars are evident. THE 108TH TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY 653. SOUILLY, FIRST AILMY HEADQUARTERS 654 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR 1 . ^\ Wm 1 SECOND LIEUTENANTTHOMAS M. HENDERSON part of the Meuse sector, where the Ameri-can advance was being bitterly was sent to the front in an unusuallydifficult position at Bald Hill, north ofRomagne, where emplacements for themortars had to be built in the open, inadvance of the infantry. Although the work was done at night,and with the utmost care, the men of thebattery constantly were exposed to shellfire and gas attacks. Captain Kraft, Lieu-tenant Powell and Lieutenant Hendersonwere wounded while directing the work oftheir men, but the guns finally were placedand trained on the Germans. On Novem-ber 7 the battery was relieved and sent toCamp du Courcelles for a well-earned camp was a collection of shacks,huddled on the south slope of a small bluff for protection against enemy was one of the most isolated spots the battery ever encountered, and theuncanny quiet of the place kept mo
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