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قراءة كتاب Battery E in France: 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division
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Battery E in France: 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division
BATTERY E
IN FRANCE
149th Field Artillery
Rainbow (42nd) Division
By
Frederic R. Kilner
CHICAGO
1919
Copyright, 1919
by
Frederic R. Kilner
As we shall the more devote ourselves, in peace and in war, to the cause of our Country’s honor because they gave up their lives for its sake, so do we dedicate this record to them, the memory and the loss of whom its pages recall:
| CAPTAIN FREDERICK W. WATERS Coblenz, Germany, January 13, 1919 |
| LIEUTENANT JOHN E. COWAN Jonchery-sur-Suippes, France, July 17, 1918 |
| CORPORAL STANLEY S. STEVENS Camp Coetquidan, France, November 21, 1917 |
| PRIVATE GUY O. FOSTER Fere-en-Tardenois, France, August 10, 1918 |
| PRIVATE GEORGE HAMA Bulson, France, November 9, 1918 |
| PRIVATE AARON F. PARKHURST Chery-Chartreuse, France, August 8, 1918 |
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Author’s Note | 7 | |
| Preface | 9 | |
| Chapter | ||
| I. | On Board the “President Lincoln” | 11 |
| II. | Training at Camp Coetquidan | 17 |
| III. | Trench Warfare in Lorraine | 27 |
| IV. | Under Gouraud in Champagne | 41 |
| V. | Clearing the Chateau Thierry Salient | 49 |
| VI. | In the St. Mihiel Offensive | 60 |
| VII. | Through the Argonne to Sedan | 69 |
| VIII. | Hiking into Germany | 76 |
| Roster | 89 |
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Since a battery comprises nearly two hundred men, and includes activities of diverse kinds at different places, it is obviously impossible for a brief narrative such as this, compiled by a single person, to furnish complete details on all of them. To suggest the life of the men in their various sorts of work, to trace as accurately as possible the accomplishments of the battery on the front in France, and to recount the outstanding incidents and events of its history, is as much as can be claimed for these chapters. Primarily intended for the members of the battery, these pages will, I hope, furnish an outline on which each one can reconstruct the days of his own experiences in France from the voluminous resources of his memory. To that end, dates and places are indicated fully, and pains have been taken to have these accurate and exact.
To Lloyd Holton, Stuart Lawrence, Waldo Magnusen, Harry E. Loomis, Jr., and Harland Beatty thanks are due for the photographs supplying the interesting illustrations, which tell better than many words how the men of the battery lived. The meagreness of the illustrations is due to the army order forbidding cameras being taken to the front. We regret that this order was in rare instances violated, but are glad to be able to publish the photographs which resulted from such violations.
This book itself is a lasting indication of the gratitude of the men of the battery to the relatives and friends included in the Battery E chapter of the 149th F. A. War Relief, from whom came the funds for the publication of this volume. The acknowledgement of this generosity is made with the recollection of many previous kindnesses, so numerous, indeed, that an adequate appreciation of the services and sacrifices of those at home is impossible to express.
PREFACE
Battery E of the First