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COMING H03tJE ||i. Continued-From Page One •.»•It is expected that the boys will he sent to Camp Grant the latter part of this week or the ftr^t of next and may be Rooked for the end of U15. coiningweek;'’ -'S- \ v. .:.' '•Anton Jiwrobe Arrives Tuesday Antone Jacobe. a . member of the Red Arrow division, arrived here oh the train Tuesday moniing on his way to his home In. Baileys Harbor,; having received his' discharge at Camp Grant the day before;.':-; - j .:•. Private Jacohe was a member of Battery E, 119th Field Artillery of the 32d division. V ;v •He left this county on November 17, 1017, going to Camp Custer, from where he was sent to Camp Pike. After being in training here for severalmonths on May 11th he left for overseas service with a number. of others, who were unattached, being sent across for replacement purposes. He arrived at: Liverpool the first of June, from where he iwas sent to LaHavre, then to St. Agnes, then to Mont Rich-1 \ » « » 1 1 • 1 ..■* •• .* *4 • # 4*ard and ‘ from _ here 10 the training• s • / * i.v • ■ , 4 * |' * * •camp, where he was assigned to Battery E. with which organization he. remained until tho war ended, taking part in. all the engagements of thisunit. . -' ' •’ v'/;(His first battle was at ■ Chateau Thierry in the second. battle of the Marne tho latter part of, July. He next took part in the capture of Fie-mes, Chateau de Auble and Fismette. The nature of this battle Is best told by Col.. McCormick, who was in command of the 119th, in reciting thedeeds of the division, in the follow-* ^ ' #* (* » * ** * • * * 0Ing extract from bis communication: “Here the gallant' and courageous conduct of your gun crews, whfeh time and thne again .were totally wiped out and the guns destroyed by enemy shell fire, demonstrated that• • * # • • • • f * •** 1 * 1 *► * *?-•.*the rigid discipline and details of your early training had not been without avail, the test came and you met it without faltering.” »VH\The 119th participated In the battles on tho Solssons and Verdun fronts and then were sent to the Meuse-Ar-erohne offensive on September 16th. Here they took part In tho capture of Montfaucon and Nantlllois, of which Col. McCo/mick says: lt;: •“Hero tho batteries suffered one of the mopt trying ordeafs of their experience in tho war. Occupying what wfltB impoBslbld positions In the face of terrible destructive fire of the enej my with Its toll of death, you, without flinching, again demonstrated, as on the Marne, that indomitable dogged spirit of true artillery and stuck to your guns.”Then followed Uie breaking thru 01 tho Kreimhdldo Stelliing and the cdp-turing of Geanes, Cote Dame Marie and Bautheville. ’ : .j. • • * • -- f • •(November 1st found them in support of the 89th division north of Boisdc Banthovllle, where was launched•one of the best organized and most preponderous attacks delivered on the wostern front, which covered a front of 25 kilometers. The enemy defense was smashed for a depth of 11 kilometers, thus breaking the backbone of their resistance.• After five months fighting the divi-• 4skm on May 7th was reltqved and ordered back to the rest camp. The greater portion of the horses had been killed or died, handicapping tho movements of tho artillery and it was neces-* • • • • • • • a # • • a asary to recuporato and re-oquip. Out of a total of 1057 horses only 287 remained, of which 645 had been, killed.While on this front there were days at n time when ^ho division had to bo fed by the aeroplane men, who carried the food over and dropped it to tho ground, where it wan picked out of the mud. This was made necessary because of the bad condition of the roads. \
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Sturgeon Bay Door County News
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, US
Thu, May 22, 1919
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