. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... lalei in the ri_;hl. Six onl of the inne divisions initially atlaekui.; had never111 en in a real hatth hel^nc. The exerunee (d the corps stallsv\as vcrv limited: the armv was simicwhal laekio.; in traininL;and experience. It was also laidviiii; in the appliances of war,Iappilv this did not appiv to unns, (>nr armv hail plenty of?jnns lor the nnlial homha rd nieni and alter that mere thaneonid he lianled lhi-(niL;li the eonntry. Willi a verv lew exeeptions all o\ oiii uiins eaiiie from the hreneh, I p
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... lalei in the ri_;hl. Six onl of the inne divisions initially atlaekui.; had never111 en in a real hatth hel^nc. The exerunee (d the corps stallsv\as vcrv limited: the armv was simicwhal laekio.; in traininL;and experience. It was also laidviiii; in the appliances of war,Iappilv this did not appiv to unns, (>nr armv hail plenty of?jnns lor the nnlial homha rd nieni and alter that mere thaneonid he lianled lhi-(niL;li the eonntry. Willi a verv lew exeeptions all o\ oiii uiins eaiiie from the hreneh, I p to the limet he war ended |irael ie;i I l,v no muis (d A nu-riean make had reaelied t he Ironl, We were, then, in iiiaiiv ways somewhat laikiii in experieiiee and eipii|imenl. n llie oilier hand we had iinmhers anda t reiiiendoiis olTeiisive sjiiril the will to vielmv whieh the(ierman military writers used In he so Imid (d wriliii was as (dia rael erisi ie (if I hi ion and eoidideiiee olllie command as it was the iTjIitiiii; spirit (d I he troops. This. m^-:^*^jdit ^^&Mr^4ri&^^. 1. Where kitchen was the night Itefore. 2. Ruins ]. Near Cheppy. 4. Ruins Chateau-Thierry. 5. Ruins Dun sur Meuse. 6. Avacduvi Ruins. MErSK-AJ{(i()XXK 107 ^Ieuse l)att]e had a time limit to it. Its object musthe yained hefore the main Oermaii ai-mies liad reti-eated fromthe hi salient in France. It was a (juestion of breakino everyGerman line on that fioiit quickly and ending the wai- in 1!) fighting another year, and it is fortunate we liad a (Gen-eral and an Army that were willing to push the fighting, paythe price and finish the wai. To Iloboken or hell beforeChristmas. On !^epteml)er 24th our Battalion l)egan the constructionof a ten wire lead from Bois Poucheres through Recieourt in anorthwesterly direction to the edge of the Forest de Hesse, andl)y working every available minute of daylight, hauling anddistributing material at night, had completed the lea
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