. 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. This 450 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR ceived the regiment arrived in the rear of the American front, having made thejourney by way of Paris and Chateau-Thierry. Eight more days were devotedto divisional maneuvers, in which the perfecting of liaison was the aim. Then,on the night of September 5-6, the regiment moved in auto trucks to the vicin-ity of Verdun. A few days later billets and dugouts in the Bois de Bethain-ville were
. 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. This 450 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR ceived the regiment arrived in the rear of the American front, having made thejourney by way of Paris and Chateau-Thierry. Eight more days were devotedto divisional maneuvers, in which the perfecting of liaison was the aim. Then,on the night of September 5-6, the regiment moved in auto trucks to the vicin-ity of Verdun. A few days later billets and dugouts in the Bois de Bethain-ville were occupied. They were held until the night of September 21-22, whenthe regiment marched to Moulin Brule and the Bois de Ville, just outside Ver-dun, to await the launching of the expected offensive down the Meuse valley. Major James Lindsay-Oliver and the first battalion reported to the gen-eral commanding the Sixty-sixth Infantry Brigade on September 24, and wereassigned to the task of helping the io8th Engineers place footbridges across. THE JOYS OF A REAL BATH Men of the 130th Infantry in the Meuse-Rhine canal. Forges Creek, which ran through the middle of No Mans Land in front ofDead Mans Hill, one of the most famous points in the Verdun sector. Companies A, C and D assisted in this dangerous job early on the morn-ing of September 26, while the attacking infantry on Dead Mans Hill was pre-paring to advance. Company B, the fourth unit of the battalion, supported the122nd Machine Gun Battalion, which was covering the advance from positionsnorth of the town of Cumieres. Company B lost two killed and four wounded,but the other companies accomplished their task without loss. Meanwhile theother battalions had been assembled in a ravine just south of the Fort deBourrus, one of the many forts about Verdun, to act as a part of the divisionalreserve. After the attack had been launched the units were sent to the vicinityof Dead Mans Hill and Chattancourt. Chattancourt was being heavily
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