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Ottawa officer recounts brutal Pleardy retreat and front line fighting
First Lieutenant Roswell T. Pettit of Ottawa details a nine day battle during the British Fifth Army retreat from St Quentin. He describes heavy German assaults, tank actions, bombardment, arduous movement, and his relief to join an ambulance unit before being reassigned to the A.F.I. Pettit notes scattered casualties, a shell hit, and his kit burned to prevent capture as he prepares to depart for Paris.
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Ioswell T. Pettit
de. J. W. Pettit
Ottawa Tuberentosis Colony
Chengo Tribune
Fifth Army
St. Ijuentin
Verdun
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