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The battery was layed and work begun
shelter against shell fire.
on our trail fait, and digging a trench for
We were assigned the mission of
reducing barbed were and then follow up with
a creeping barrage
For two days there was constant
aireal activity and German observation
ballons made it necessary to stay closely
under cover. and every night for two nights
they used a "searching out fire all there the
woods were were in and dt times they came
within fifty yards of us. They must have
suspecioned something going on but couldn't
locate it. During the hight hours we
accumulated 3000 rounds of shells and like
number of fuses.
The woods all around us was fairly
busthing with guns. and all plans were made
foua possible successful counter attack.
On the might of seft V 5th all was
set for a fire hour Our time was
it at 4:20 A.M. sept. V6th. The night
before, our doughboys passed our position
and were on their way to go over at
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