Maine Infantry Held Off 600 Storm Troops at Xivray
At Xivray Marvoisin on June 16 1918 about 100 men of Company 1084 Infantry under Captain Roger Williams held off a siege by 600 German storm troops for four hours then endured two days of shell fire before relief. The action left 13 prisoners taken and one fierce stand amid ruined houses, with Lieutenant Davis Brown and Potter leading platoons and Corporal Moersch among the exhausted survivors.
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Camp Devens
Maine
Xivray
George F. Potter
Samuel G. Brown
Charles K. Davis
Frederick S. Fuller
Oliver Moersch
Harry Parker
Charles Cote
1084 Infantry
Xivray Marvoisin
Roger Williams
New York City
Charles E. Davis
Eastport
Signal Corps
Detroit
Mich
Landwehr
Passaga
E. Mangin
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Airplanes to Follow Parade Through Boston Route
Squadrons of aeroplanes will join the demonstration for the gallant 26th in Boston. Major William J. Frank of the Army Air Service arrived to select airdrome sites and a flying field for the event. Latest aircraft will fly over the parade route on April 25.
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Boston
William J. Frank
Army Air Service
France
Plans for Boston parade and 26th Division booklet revealed
Final plans for the April 25 parade and civic reception in Boston were being finalized by the state city reception committee and army officials. Field Order No 1 will detail the parade march, uniforms and instructions while a commemorative program on the 26th Division will chronicle its actions in France with photos, rosters and a four color cover. Tickets and barriers were coordinated to manage crowds and safeguard storefronts along the route.
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Army
Albert S. Williams
Northeastern Department
Edwards
Williams
Greenlaw
Loughridge
Boston
Down Town
Back Bay
Michael J. Crowley
Boston Police
Coolidge
Peters
Hale
F’rance
State reception committee consolidates entertainments at Camp Devens
The state and city committees for entertaining the 26th Division at Camp Devens merged after a joint conference. The consolidated committee has assumed central Camp Devens buildings to provide for the comfort and entertainment of officers, men, and their relatives.
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Herbert Parker
State House
Camp Devens
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Medicine Ad
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets to stop cough and headache in a cold. It features E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and a price of 30 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Smuts Trip to Hungary Triggers Entente Criticism
Paris April 10 The Smuts mission to Budapest draws sharp criticism in entente circles. Bela Kun states that Smuts met Hungarian officials in ways implying Soviet recognition while the council of four loosely defined his mission. Entente governments dispute Smuts diplomatic standing, though belief grows he acted chiefly on British initiative and without broad allied support.
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Christian Smuts
Hungary
General Smuts
Budapest
Council of Four
Bela Kun
Smuts
German note seeks removal of Russian POWs to Russia
A Berlin despatch reports the mistice commission has urged the Allies to move Russian prisoners of war from Germany to Russia. Berlin cites Russian discontent at detention while allied POWs are repatriated and warns Russians may escape, increasing Bolshevik danger in Germany.
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Mistice
Spa
Berlin
Russia
Germany
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