Meuse Argonne - “A Reckless Exposure of the Infantry”

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Mike Cunha

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🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Under French command, the US 114th Infantry Regiment attacked into the Meuse Heights on October 12, 1918. The experience of Company B, 114th Infantry, was unfortunately typical of the American experience of fighting in World War I. Then-CPT William Reddan later recorded those experiences in his searing memoir “Other Men’s Lives: The Experiences of a Doughboy, 1917-1919.”

Villages of note:

Samogneux

Haumont-prés-Samogneux

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0:00.0	An attempt of the enemy to break through, well prepared by a united artillery action,
0:10.0	and carried on with a reckless exposure of the infantry, was broken down with severe losses to the enemy. From a German group order
0:22.7	referencing defensive actions
0:24.8	against the U.S. 114th Infantry Regiment,
0:28.9	29th Division AEF,
0:31.2	dated October 12th, 1918.
0:34.1	The 1918. The
0:57.0	The Hey, folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast episode 82, a reckless exposure of the infantry.
1:39.2	We have to start with a correction this time. At the end of the last episode, I said that 2nd
1:45.2	Lieutenant Joe Lawrence, his 113th regiment, and the 29th Division were all relieved
1:51.9	from the front line on the 18th of October, 1918. Yeah, so I got two out of three correct there.
2:02.5	Lieutenant Lawrence and the 113th were indeed relieved on the 18th,
2:07.1	but the rest of the 29th Division stayed in the line until it was fully relieved
2:13.2	between the 28th and the 30th of October by the returning 79th division.
2:20.1	Oops, my apologies for that mistake.
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2:50.1	Patrons currently have access to an episode on the
2:52.4	battle for Femme and Femmet in the summer of 1918, as well as four episodes on the Battle of
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