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The 129th Field Artillery moved into positions in the Foret de Hess on the night of September 23, 1918, from Froidos, in order Battery A, B, C, D, E and F. It was raining--a cold and soggy night, dark as Egypt except for from the front line and active enemy artillery. The roads were very slick, and it was on hard for the horses to keep/their font. There were also lines of trucks going to the front filled with doughboys and supplies. It was necessary for the artillery I to thread its way in and out of these truck trains, sometime: going all the way 1 into the field to get around stalled or trucks. It was a wild ride-- always at a trot and sometimes at a gallop. The cannoneers rode on the seats pro- vided for them--the one and only tima they ever did by authority while on the front. It was a busy night for battery commanders. The column had to be kept closed up because if a unit had dropred behind it could never have caught up. Bat- tery F had an accident with its instrument almost at the beginning of the march. It went into the ditch, turned over and broko a log of one of the men riding on it. Each battery had apcidants, horses falling down, carriages getting stuck and trucke getting crossways of the road and blocking the colunn. Then it was one breakneck ride to close up agein. Col. Klann was all along the 00 lumn keeping it closed up and encouraging the men and battery commanders to do their / utmost. The battalion commanders had gone on ahead to reconnoiter the battery positions.