I never heard such a terrific roar of machine gun fire. It was awful and sounded like the cataract at Niagara Falls. To think of human bodies facing such blasts and such sheets of flying lead. It is a wonder that any of these men lived to enter that town.

Had it not been for the mist, most of them must have been knocked down.

Major Harry Parkin, 316th Infantry Regiment, 79th Lorraine Cross Division, Montfocon, Mursargon, September 27th, 1918. Hey folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast, episode 60, Murs

Argon, taking Montfacon.

Glad to be back here with you, folks. Let's start off with some admin notes.

Recently, my friend Chris helped me out with a podcast.

He said I could repay him by mentioning him on the show.

And well, here we are on the show.

So let me tell you about Chris. He and I work together, and I greatly respect

him for his professionalism and his dedication to education. He's well read, and he's an innovative

teacher who continually thinks outside of the box. Now, that's one side of Chris.

Chris is also sarcastic, and more than a wee bit on the cynical side of things.

Recently, I told him that I've been recently connecting with several authors and writers

in the World War I community on Facebook.

Without missing a beat, Chris replied with,

so you're connected with, what, all 38 of you out there?

Ha, ha, ha.

Really, it is kind of funny because we, World War I folks,

may be a smaller community than the World War II crowd, but nevertheless,

we are legion, my friends. And so that's my friend Chris. There you go, sir.

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