Meuse Argonne - Shot to Pieces

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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🗓️ 25 December 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The expected breakthrough after Montfaucon doesn’t happen. The 79th and 37th Divisions continue grinding their way north, facing ever-hardening German resistance.

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0:00.0	For those who do not know what a field strewn with dead resembles, here it is.
0:09.0	What had been men now looked like lots of discarded clothes scattered about.
0:14.5	Most of us had overcoats, and these were all then in view.
0:18.6	They did not seem to have men inside them. Packs, gas masks, and all sorts of
0:24.6	equipment was all around. Then too, the dead looked so small. They seemed to shrink up. The shelling
0:34.1	was intense, and they started using high explosives and gas.
0:39.2	The gas and fumes and croton oil made me deathly sick, and I vomited and was scared almost to death.
0:46.3	This matter of being brave is a lot of talk, and I am sure there were very few heroes that morning.
0:55.6	Master Engineer Leroy Hale, 304th engineers, 79th Division, Mersargan, September 29th, 1918.
1:06.6	...September 29th, 1918. Hey folks, welcome to the battles of the the First World War podcast, Episode 61.
1:30.3	Mursar gone, shot to pieces.
1:36.3	Quick shout out to listener Andrew, our newest patron on Patreon.
1:42.3	We all know, and I know I've said it before, we all know that social
1:46.8	media can be a hell site for lots of the usual reasons, but I really hold on to the fact
1:54.0	that social media can also be a wonderful place to connect with people who are just as passionate about something as you are.
2:03.6	Andrew is an example of just one of those connections. After chatting back and forth on
2:09.4	Instagram, Andrew very kindly and generously sent me a copy of his book, Good War, Great Men,
2:16.8	which is an homage to his grandfather who served in the
2:20.9	313th Machine Gun Battalion, 80th Blue Ridge Division. Links to Andrew's book will be in the episode
2:28.8	notes. Thank you now, Andrew, for your patronage of the BFWP. Thank you, sir.
2:38.0	We're otherwise light on admin notes this episode, so I'm going to mention Lost Battalion Tours,
2:46.0	and then we'll get right back onto the battlefield. If this is your very first BFWP episode, or you somehow haven't yet heard of it,
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