Champagne - “Les Enfants Perdus:” 93rd Division Operations on the Champagne Front

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Mike Cunha

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🗓️ 19 July 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Assigned to the French 4th Army, the 369th, 371st, and 372nd Infantry Regiments of the A.E.F.’s 93rd Division (Provisional) fought well in the Champagne offensive of September 1918 that supported the American drive through the Meuse-Argonne. Once again, African Americans proved themselves able fighters, capable leaders, and patriots more than willing to serve their country.

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0:00.0	There are no American troops anywhere near us that I can find out, and we are
0:08.8	Les Enfants Perdue and glad of it.
0:12.8	Our great American general simply put the black orphan in a basket, set it on the doorstep
0:18.4	of the French, pulled the bell, and went away.
0:21.6	I said this to a French colonel with an English spoken here sign on him, and he said,
0:27.6	Welcome, Little Black Bebby.
0:31.6	Colonel William Hayward, 369th Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division, and welcome to the Battles of the First World War podcast.
1:04.6	Episode 65, Champagne, Les Enfants Perdue, 93rd Division Operations on the Champagne front.
1:17.2	As always, let's begin with the admin news.
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