War at Close Range Described by Marine Officer Field Report
A Marine officer recounts a brutal close range combat along a crest near St Etienne. He details shattered units, green-gray uniforms, and the stubborn assault of German forces as the battalion, reduced to about a hundred, holds the ridge against bayonets and artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marines
Maxim
Mauser
Gunner Nice
St.Etienne
von Dam
Connor
St- Etienne
St Etienne
Marines Hold Fast in Desperate Wo rld War Front Scene
Fragmented battle report shows Sixty-seventh and Forty-ninth Small units clinging to scarce cover as they slow a German push near Blanc Vont. Officers, including Captain Hunt and Lieutenant Kelly, guide remnants amid shelling and marching reliefs.
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Whitehead
Hunt
Francis
Kelly
Huot
Pivision
Souain
Blanc Vont
Ludendorff
Plane Mont
Rheims
Lejeune
Martha
Monkey Meat and War Hunger in a French Wood
In a Wood near Lucy-le-Bocage two Marine brigade lieutenants share a grim meal of dubious monkey meat boiled over a fire. The scene shows wounded, hungry troops from the Sixth battalion and Fifth regiment waiting for orders as supply failures and war strain mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy-le-Bocage
Marine Brigade
Qamop Tompkins
Orderlies
John
Elias
Bowie
Sonnn
el Capitan
Une
Bois de Belleg
Roche
Brayton
Robb
Tommy
Leutenant
Fife
Jim
Tompkins
Frontline Raid Drill Turns Into Improvised Mission
The passage follows a platoon under a colonel and Captain de Stegur planning a small raid near Paris. They rehearse movements through wheat fields at dusk, with two support companies, target coordinates, and a push time of 23 19, amid poor rations and tense orders.
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Ole Virginny
Jim
Tuesor Becaume
Oherrer
Eis
Nist
Tels de
Paris
Place de l'Opera
Asiatic
Tartar
Terry
de ‘Stegur
Tommy
Lerry
de Stegur
Administration Notice Estate of Ida A Whitney
Public notice names Linda R Knowles of Providence as administratrix of Ida A Whitney late of Bristol deceased and creditors are to file claims within legally required time starting July 22 1927. Court actions include final account for William Coggeshall estate and guardian accounts for Marion Isabel Munro with notices for fourteen days in Bristol Phoenix.
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Linda R. Knowles
Providence R. I
Ida A Whitney
Bristol
Albert P. Peck
Bewbert
Coggeshall
Albert FP Peck
Kristol
Jo O¢Luck
Frobate Court Room
Bristol Hant
John W Church
Giovanne Ruggiero
John Rugegiere
John Ruggiero
Michelina Ruggiero
Fovanni Ruggiero
Bristol Phenix
John W. Church
John R. Burgess
John Or Burgess
Worcester
Aneel Fc Oaninenwealth
Massachusetts
Moel
Court of Probate
Thie Court
Hebode
Ustened
Postel
Wall Mas
Mate Berist
Joren
Salvatore Pella Morte
Pica Ede Della Morte
Tristol
Bristol Phoenix
Ernst H. Lohrmann
Clifford A Kingsley
Wheltiam
Coggfshalt
Isabel W. Farrington
William Ho Coggeshall
Snowclerk
Hriatol Phoenix
Robate
Marion Isabel Munro
Robert F Munro
Rhode Island
Allentown meal ends with a punny dish joke
A visitor in Allentown visits a restaurant on the main drag and orders the native dish sadverkraut and spare ribs. The Pennsylvania Dutch waitress answers with a pun about all over, prompting a humorous exchange that ends with the line All over with.
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Allentown
Philadelphia
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Capyrip
Odette
Groutte-sur- Marne
Herda
Anatola
M. Boulanger
Chemin Des Dames
Mme. Boulanger
Anatole
Fortyninth Company
Mademoiselle
Armentieres
Vanglais
Chapter
Ida A. Whitney
Lrist
Protate
Phistod
Pasquale Della Morte
Rorate
Lristoll
Commedisme
Rhodes Island
R. I
Bradford Street
Town Hall
Edward E. Witherell
Noyes Avenue
M. Bailey
Johns-Manville
Wood Street
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E. L. Watson & CO
Weybosset
Providence
Charles M. Connery
Undertaker
Burton St
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Avenue
Archie H. Rounds
Tel. Con
Union Street
Freeborn
R. Cole
Dunbar Bros
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
William A. Doran
Bay View Ave
District Nursing Association
State Street
Martha Graham
Hope St
Tel
Joe Garlson
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