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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1927
Page
4
An excerpt from Captain John W. Thomason Jr.’s memoir portrays Marines advancing under camouflage near Somme-Py during a dawn assault. The narrative follows grueling movement through shell holes toward a crossroads as artillery and machine gun fire erupt, with wounded stretcher bearers and a tense halt awaiting French guides.
In the October 1918 fighting near Blanc Mont the Forty-ninth Marine battalion secures the Essen trench held by French troops and resumes advance with the Sixth leading. Heavy shelling, gas, and trench combat punctuate a grueling day as American and French units press toward St Etienne a Arnes with mixed gains and stubborn enemy resistance.
The Fifth Marines mount at dawn amid artillery and gas as they advance toward St Etienne under heavy fire. Major Ham ilton orders waves behind the lead company while the battalion fights through a brutal night flank attack and brutal shelling, with casualties mounting.
June 23 1927 probate hearing in Bristol for LeBaron Bradford Colt estate Theodora Ledyard Barrows petitions to be appointed administratrix or suitable person The ninth of July 1997 at 10 A M set for consideration notice to be published fourteen days weekly in Bristol Phenix Clerk John W Church orders publication
In Bristol on June 17, 1927 executor William T ODonnell petitions the Probate Court to authorize payment for perpetual care of Edwin F Lindsey’s monument headstones and burial lot. The petition is set for July 18 1927 at 10 AM in the Probate Court Room Bristol and notices will be published weekly for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix.
In Bristol on June 28 1927 Linda Rowles of Providence Rhode Island sole legatee under the will of Moses W Whitney deceased asks to be appointed administratrix of Ida A Whitney deceased intestate. The probate court room Bristol holds the hearing at 10 AM with notice to be published weekly in the Bristol Phenix.
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