. 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. LOOKING WEST FROM CHIPILLY RIDGE ALONG THE SOMME THE 131ST INFANTRY 229 Germans whom he wounded or made prisoners. Sergeant G. D. Gourley, whohad taken command of his platoon after the wounding of his officer, rushed amachine gun without support and killed the four Germans in the crew. Laterhe used the captured gun against the enemy with good effect. Private HarryStokes captured three German officers and killed a fourth who
. 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. LOOKING WEST FROM CHIPILLY RIDGE ALONG THE SOMME THE 131ST INFANTRY 229 Germans whom he wounded or made prisoners. Sergeant G. D. Gourley, whohad taken command of his platoon after the wounding of his officer, rushed amachine gun without support and killed the four Germans in the crew. Laterhe used the captured gun against the enemy with good effect. Private HarryStokes captured three German officers and killed a fourth who resisted instances of individual courage illustrate the splendid spirit withwhich the 131st fought its way through the night toward the objective as-signed to it. At one time it was necessary to send the greater part of thethird battalion into the fighting line at a point where machine gun resistancewas especially stubborn, but by 6 a. m. of the loth the regiment was ableto report to the commanding general of the Fifty-eighth British Division. THE VIEW FROM REGIMENTAL P. northeast toward Malard Wood Valley along the right of the forming-up line of the first battalion. that the objective had been reached. In the operation, also, the 131st hadtaken three officers and six hundred and ninety-seven men, together withthirty-two cannon, one airplane, one hundred machine guns, numerous riflesand quantities of ammunition, equipment and material of all kinds. Throughout the night officers and men had worked with almost super-human energy to secure and forward small arms ammunition, entrenchingtools and water to those who were in the fighting line and to care for andremove the wounded. After they had gained the objective the troops were subjected to aterrific bombardment with shells, gas and aerial bombs, but, despite the factthat they were completely worn out by the heavy fighting and the long march 230 ILLINOr-S IN THE WORLD WAR
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