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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1918

Page

2

Blue Devils Scale Statue of Liberty During Liberty Loan Campaign

Five officers and 1100 men ascended the Statue of Liberty to view New York Harbor and ships taking the sinews of war to France, part of their Liberty Loan campaign observations.

Blue Devils Statue OF Liberty New York America Liberty Loan New York Harbor France

Heaviest Losses Yet by New England Units Reported

The casualty list shows New England troops bearing heavy losses in a recent offensive. The 1024 Infantry, including Rhode Island and Connecticut units, suffered many killed and wounded, with notable losses in Haverhill and New Haven men. Several sailors and local volunteers from Massachusetts and Connecticut are named among the wounded or killed. Private David Briggs, hero of Letcheprey, is highlighted for repeated battlefield valor.

2Th 101Et 102A New England Weapa 101St Infantry 104 Infantry Connecticut 104Th Infantry 1424 Infantry 1024 Infantry Rhode Island Providence Hartford Middletown New Haven Bristol Ansonia New England Massachusetts South Boston Medford Sarsfield Guards 102D Regiment Second Connecticut Infantry Blues David ©. Briggs Easthampton Conn Letcheprey Griggs H Company 1St Infantry Greater Boston Walter C. Hughes Pecker Street Haverhill 1024 Field Artillery War Department Horseshoer Archie J. Comeau 102D Field Artillery Boxford Arthur W. Burns East Fourth Street 103D Infantry Scotland William ©. Marshall Technical High School Henry L. Wilson Payton Street John B. Revie George Revie Patrick F. Healey Russell Street Charlestown Friends Hayes Square Somerville Lodge of Elks John Niemie C Company Thompsonville George B. Presidh L Company Iilst Infantry Dover Mass Henry Richette M Company 1034 Infantry M. Richette Claremont N. H

New England Soldiers Listed On Casualty Roster

A long casualty list from New England troops includes Corporal Elwood G. Berger and Corporal Homer A. Porter of New Haven Connecticut both in D Company 102d Infantry. Private Albert H. MacDonald Readville Massachusetts Private Joseph Dunbar Medford Massachusetts and many others from Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Rhode Island and Rhode Island Ambulance units. The roster notes company and unit details for each service member.

Christopher F. Cody Madison Street Hartford 104Th Ambulance Edward Ll. Dion Francis Avenue C Company 1024 Infantry Homer A. Porter D Company New Haven Elwood G. Berger Frank Mendille John D. Fitzpatrick Mendille John H. Darcy 102D Infantry Conn Albert H. MacDonald Readville 103D Infantry Joseph Dunbar Sheridan Avenue Medford 101St Infantry Arthur W. Burns East Fourth Street South Boston Joseph Tonalonis, Jr Tariffville, Conn Frank Mendillo Alfred J. Hanley Munson Street View Street Wiliam J. Klingebiel Russell Street 101St Charles W. Darrow Guilford 102D Field Artillery William H. Gordon Ansonia George B. Preston Denver Timothy Driscoll Bristol Bristol, Conn William J. Schaefer A. H. Griswold New Britain Walter C. Hughes Pecker Street Haverhill Henry Richette Claremont N. H Gerald P. Crean Main Street James R. Thornley Fall River George F. Houlihan Lilac Street James J. Coogan George Street Clayton 5S Squires Montowez Henry A. Bouchard Bridgewater George Bonfiglio Richmond Street Boston Albert Downing Everett Street East Henry Goldsmith Linden Street 104Th Infantry David C. Griggs Easthampton John Niemiec West Street Thompsonville LeRoy Bulley Davidson Thomas F. Lynch Rosette Street Thomas F. Sullivan Davenport Avenue Michael J. Ryan Chapel Street Howard Lamond Smith Wallingford Leo J. Tetu Augusta Henry Leon Wilson Payton Street Providence R. I Middletown Edward J. Sweeten Portsea Street John F. O’brien Winthrop Avenue Edward Jacques Washington Avenue William Farr Lausalle Street Arthur Roy Allen Street Stanley Andronek Beaver Street

German Drive Stalls as Allies Hold Lines and Oil Channel Blocked

Allied patrols pressure German positions near Amiens with Hill 82 taken north of Castel while Zeebrugge remains blocked by wrecks. German advances reach the Donetz coal region in Ukraine as General Foch’s authority extends to Italian front forces after Abbeville talks.

Merville Arras-Lens Hangard Villers-Bretonneux Amiens Teutons Castel Zeebrugge Ukraine Donetz Kharkov Russia Black Sea Foch France Inter-Allied War Council Abbeville

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