OCCUPATION OF TOUL-BOUCQ SECTOR (LORRAINE), APRIL 3- JUNE 28, 1918 26TH DIVISION Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Reel 1, the 101st Inf. and 101st Supply Train enter Euville and Menil-la-Tour; ration trains are made up. 101st Inf. troops occupy muddy trenches. 101st Engrs. rest at Seicheprey. 101st Inf. troops eat at field kitchen. 101st F.A. troops receive firing instructions. Troops receive mail and tobacco. Reel 2, 2nd Engrs. conceal dugouts near Boucq. Gen. Edwards examines maps. Ger. shells burst near Rambucourt. 102nd Inf. troops occupy Seicheprey. 101st F.A. units fire French 75's and clean 155's. 103rd F.A. units leave the lines at Rangeval. The 30th Coast Artil. unloads shells at Cornieville. Wounded arrive at an aid station. Traction is applied to a fractured leg. Shows a destroyed ambulance. Reel 3, 101st Supply Train trucks are inspected and repaired. 101st F.A. horses are washed with a mange cure. Shows Gens. D.E. Aultman and Edwards. Gen. Traub reviews the 102nd Inf. Edwards confers with Fr. officers. 104th Inf. troops guard prisoners at Bois Brule. Reel 4, captured equipment is, examined. 103rd F.A. troops break in horses. Supplies are loaded at Menil-la-Tour. Gardens are tended at 51st Brigade hq. Troops wrestle and box. Fr. Boy Scouts are drilled by a Fr. officer. Shows a destroyed bridge and rubbled Flirey.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films