File:Brooklyn and Long Island in the war; (1918) (14594491439).jpg

Identifier: brooklynlongisla00newy (find matches)
Title: Brooklyn and Long Island in the war;
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York (Brooklyn daily eagle
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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night whowere fit for duly, and these includedthe staff oflicers, those of the supplyand transport service, and the intelli-gence officers. For the attack towhich (he rrovisional baitalion wasnow ordered, four oflicers were as-signed to two of its companies andthree (o its second company. Theranks weie further filled up hy press-ing into service teamsters, cooks, or-derlies—anybody who could handle .1gun and a bayonet, who was not ab-solutely required for other duly. The plan of battle for (his day was(o sweep on past (he Hindenburg lineilself and over (he canal tunnel. The106th men in the provisional bat-talion were (o move as moppers upbehind the two first waves. Battalion StartsBefore Dawn. The battalion started out long be-fore ilawn from its rest camp. Itreached the line about 4:30 oclockSunday morning anil waited there forzero hour. When zero came, in somewa^■ or oth-^r the provisional battaliongot out in front—was once r.-.cre first BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 17
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over the top. The 400, despite theirfew numbers and despite the recol-lection ot what they had passedthrough but a few hours before, didwhat the men of the 106th liad alwaysdone—they advanced in the face ofwhat seemed like a hell of flame. They had also to spur them on onthe certainty that, out ahead of them,were comrades who had been holding-dearly-bought positions since Friday—comrades whom they might save,whose victory they mig-ht make sure,if they could wipe out the Germanline ahead. It was in that spirit thatthey fought. About 50 per cent, ofthe 400 men in the battalion fell thatday, but those who were left kept al-ways g:oing ahead. „ Capt. Blaisdell. at the head-of theThird Co., or battalion, was one ofthe first to go down. His men puthim on a stretcher and started carry-ing him to the rear. They had goneInit a few feet when Capt. Blaisdellrealized what was happening. He or-dered his men to halt and insistedon going back to resume his place in(he attack. He fell again, th

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