Seventy-first New York in the World WarJ. J. Little & Ives Company, 1922 - 522 pages |
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... hikes and drills including trench work and other training to be continued at Camp Wadsworth . Soon after arriving at Van Cortlandt stories appeared in the public prints regarding a proposed breaking up of certain National Guard units ...
... hikes and drills including trench work and other training to be continued at Camp Wadsworth . Soon after arriving at Van Cortlandt stories appeared in the public prints regarding a proposed breaking up of certain National Guard units ...
Page 68
... hike five miles each way . We were ordered to entrain the next day at Doullens . The men had not been paid in three months and were practically with- out money . They were paid the next morning . Wine was cheap and they enjoyed ...
... hike five miles each way . We were ordered to entrain the next day at Doullens . The men had not been paid in three months and were practically with- out money . They were paid the next morning . Wine was cheap and they enjoyed ...
Page 81
... hike for the round trip . Remembering the advice of General Pershing to use common sense with the men , and the day being quite warm , I paraded the battalion in overseas caps and without gas masks . It was the first time we had seen ...
... hike for the round trip . Remembering the advice of General Pershing to use common sense with the men , and the day being quite warm , I paraded the battalion in overseas caps and without gas masks . It was the first time we had seen ...
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... hike was only about five miles , and with the sights of a strange land before us , it passed very quickly . Our packs seemed like ton weights on our backs for we still carried many articles of comfort we thought necessary but later on ...
... hike was only about five miles , and with the sights of a strange land before us , it passed very quickly . Our packs seemed like ton weights on our backs for we still carried many articles of comfort we thought necessary but later on ...
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... hike was only a few miles . It was up here we met our first English soldier , " Tommy " to us ever after ; a queer sort of duck with his " ' Ow are you , Sammy ? " the Aus- tralian " Auzzi " with his " Hello , Digger , " also the New ...
... hike was only a few miles . It was up here we met our first English soldier , " Tommy " to us ever after ; a queer sort of duck with his " ' Ow are you , Sammy ? " the Aus- tralian " Auzzi " with his " Hello , Digger , " also the New ...
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Page 270 - ... individual, your part in the. world war has been an important one in the sum total of our achievements. Whether keeping lonely vigil in the trenches, or gallantly storming the enemy's stronghold; whether enduring monotonous drudgery at the rear, or sustaining .the fighting line at the front, each has bravely and efficiently played his part. By willing sacrifice of personal rights; by cheerful endurance of hardship and privation; by vigor, strength and indomitable will, made effective by thorough...
Page 274 - American Corps has now been withdrawn from the line, and my official association with you and your troops has been, for the time being, suspended, I desire to express to you the great pleasure that it has been to me and to the troops of the Australian Army Corps to have been so closely allied to you in the recent very important battle operations which have resulted in the breaking through of the main Hindenburg Line on the front of the Fourth British Army.
Page 276 - Bony, will rank with the highest achievements of the war. They will always be remembered by the British regiments that fought beside you. Since that date, through three weeks of almost continuous fighting, you advanced from one success to another, overcoming all resistance, beating off numerous counterattacks, and capturing several thousand prisoners and many guns. The names of Brancourt, Premont, Vaux-Andigny, St.
Page 378 - France, September 29, 1918. During the operations against the Hindenburg line, he was wounded early in the action but continued to advance with his company, and declined to go to the rear for medical treatment. Later in the engagement he was killed by a machinegun bullet. His gallantry and bravery and absolute disregard tor his personal safety was a splendid example to all ranks.
Page 272 - Corps has been carried out on this their first experience as a fighting Corps in the line of battle has filled me with admiration, and I attribute it largely to the zeal and unity of purpose which has throughout animated the whole Corps. The outstanding feature of their recent victories has been the surprising gallantry and self-sacrifice of the regimental officers and men. I congratulate them on their prowess and offer them one and all my warmest thanks for the leading part they have taken in the...