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Closing Days of the Great European War Narrative
A veteran recounts the November 1918 Meuse advance with the Ninth Marines. He details unit moves, cautious assaults, medical detachments under shellfire, aid stations in farmhouses, risky evacuations, and heavy casualties amid German shelling as Allied forces push toward Beaumont sur Meuse and Mouzon.
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Chemery
Bayonville
Marine Brigade
Battaion
Néwart
Champy-Bois
Heinie
Regdants
Beaumont
la Tuilleries
23Rd Infantry
M D.corps
Alneo
Red Cross
Beaumont-sur-Meuse
Meuse
Mouzon
Meuse River
Rhine