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BEING THE NARRATIVE

OF

BATTERY A

OF THE

101st FIELD ARTILLERY

A HISTORICA Reprint

Web Edition

©2017 Historica Research and Records

FRONT MATTER [front]

PHOTOS - Heroes All [6]

PHOTOS - Dead on the Field of Honor [7]

PHOTOS - They Gave Their All for Their Country [8]

PREFACE [9]

BOXFORD, AND THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BATTERY [13]

EN AVANT [21]

THE TRAINING PERIOD AT CAMP COETQUIDAN [33]

CHEMIN DES DAMES [49]

ONE "REST PERIOD" [66]

THE TOUL SECTOR [83]

CHATEAU-THIERRY [112]

A REAL REST [141]

THE ST. MIHIEL DRIVE [149]

THE VERDUN FRONT [174]

FIGHTING THE ARMISTICE [193]

HOME [228]

APPENDIX [239]

                -HONOR ROLL [239]

                -MEMBERS OF BATTERY "A", 101 ST F. A. [241]

                -THE BATTERY As It Looked in November, 1917 [256]

                -THE BATTERY As It Looked in March, 1919 [258]

                -BATTLES IN WHICH BATTERY A PARTICIPATED [261]

                -SOME NOTEWORTHY FACTS IN THE BATTERY'S RECORD [262]

                -THE ECHELONS [263]

                -THE STATES REPRESENTED IN THE BATTERY [264]

                -THE GUNS—(FRENCH 75's) [264]

                -A SUMMARY OF THE BATTERY'S MOVEMENTS AND INTERESTING EVENTS [265]

                -MEN WOUNDED, INJURED OR GASSED IN ACTION [268]

                -BATTERY POSITIONS OCCUPIED ON THE FRONT [269]

                -BATTERY POSITIONS OCCUPIED ON THE FRONT [269]

INDEX

 

ENGRAVINGS

The French 75 [Frontispiece]

Pictures of men of Battery A who were killed in action [6]

Second Section Gun Pit on the Chemin des Dames [48]

Shell Torn Church at Chassemy [48]

Third Piece at Coetquidan [48]

The Brick Factory at Rangeval [88]

Monastery at Rangeval [88]

Picket Line at Brachay [88]

Photograph taken by Airplane of the Battle of Seicheprey [96]

First Piece at Boncourt [104]

Horse Line at Troussey [104]

Third Piece in Position near Paris-Metz Road [138]

Ruins of German Trench in the St. Mihiel Attack [152]

Our Homes during Rest Period at Gommeville [152]

Telephone Detail Quarters at First Verdun Position [176]

Kitchen in Death Valley [176]

View of Fort Douamont [184]

Second Verdun Position [184]

French "90" [192]

French Long Range Gun [192]

Camouflaged Gun at Belleau Woods [138]

 

MAPS

Itinerary [32]

Chemin des Dames [56]

Toul Sector [80]

Chateau-Thierry Sector [112]

Epieds-Trugny [120]

Ourcq, Sergy, Fere-en-Tardenois [128]

St. Mihiel Front [160]

The Verdun Front [168]

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