The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . actory progress and thehigh line was pushed ahead, while Woodward, Miller and Tritle weresent forward to make surveys. Now that the advance had started, the divi-sions needed more wire and the trucks of the 406th were dispatched to theArmy and loaded for the divisions in line. Their progress was hampered bythe crowded roads. And the bridge at Boureuilles had been destroyed by theGermans. To make the congestion worse, two mines had been exploded nearBoureuilles, effectively blocking the roads. The trucks were jammed
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . actory progress and thehigh line was pushed ahead, while Woodward, Miller and Tritle weresent forward to make surveys. Now that the advance had started, the divi-sions needed more wire and the trucks of the 406th were dispatched to theArmy and loaded for the divisions in line. Their progress was hampered bythe crowded roads. And the bridge at Boureuilles had been destroyed by theGermans. To make the congestion worse, two mines had been exploded nearBoureuilles, effectively blocking the roads. The trucks were jammed withoutturning a wheel for sixteen hours and many Americans were killed and woundedby the well directed shell fire. Although shells were landing all around, thesix drivers of the 406th escaped injury, the only casualty being a buttonwhich was shot from Kreiders coat. It could not be determined whether the attack would follow north alongthe Argonne Forest or northeast through Baulny, but Corps Headquartersdecided to establish an advance P. C. at Cotes de Forimont. Lieutenant. The High Line Price was recalled from his work on the high line, and collecting his P. Cgang under Cowan, he hurried to Forimont which had just been vacated by the35th Division, and installed the switchboards. The Chief of Staff distinguishedthe exchange by assigning to it the code of Bonehead. The new open wireline had been completed to Neuvilly, at which point circuits were connected LLQLND — Main Highways~ Railroads The High Line Scale 0 5 10 Kilometers
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