Meuse Argonne - The Devil Went Loose in the Woods

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On October 4th, 1918 the AEF 1st Army launched a new series of attacks on the Meuse battlefront, hoping to break the German lines. On the army’s right front, the 80th and 4th Divisions of 3rd Corps found themselves fighting in the Bois des Ogons and the Bois de Fays.

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0:00.0	We moved up about one kilo without being shelled much and dug ourselves in some 500 yards in front of the German front lines.
0:13.0	We were in a wood and had one infantry in front of us.
0:17.0	We barely got ourselves out when the devil went loose in the woods.
0:23.8	Lieutenant Menard Hamilton, Company C, 313th Machine Gun Battalion, 80th Division, AEF, Wadizzogonne, October 4th, 1918.
0:57.0	Thank you. October 4th, 1918. 18. The The The Hey, folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast episode 77.
1:36.0	The Devil went loose in the woods.
1:40.3	We're going to begin the episode with a mighty fine shout out to listener Ryan, who gave a very generous gift to the podcast that just floored me. Thank you once again so very much.
1:55.4	Shout out to Ryan's friend and fellow listener, Jeff, who was once also known as Rice Ball.
2:02.5	Sir, thank you for your service, and thank you for listening to the podcast.
2:07.0	I believe Jeff is the first fighter pilot that I'm aware of who listens to the show.
2:13.2	So from British policemen to Australian minors, M-I-N-E-R-S, that kind of minors, to a then-21-year-old young woman who wrote an awesome review a year back to American fighter pilots.
2:28.2	What an amazing group we have here. I am thankful for you all.
2:39.1	Shout out to Rob Laplander, who just joined the ranks of Patreon patrons. Thanks man. I really appreciate it. And you, my good man, can just never get enough of me.
2:47.7	You don't have to say anything. I know.
3:00.6	Shout out to Brian W. from Canada, Christopher, Robert V. and Chance as well, who also joined up on Patreon. Thank you, gentlemen.
3:04.9	Before we begin the episode, a quick note about the intro music you just heard and the outgoing
3:10.4	music you will hear at the end of this episode. It's a new year, and what a perfect time
3:16.4	to get new music for the show. That music comes courtesy of a different listener, Brian, who created these two pieces of music and generously shared them with the podcast.
3:30.0	Folks, Brian emailed them to me out of the blue, but I replied to the effect, how did you know this was exactly what I had been waiting for?
3:40.3	To me, both pieces capture the mood of the podcast and its subject.
3:47.0	Brian creates music under the name Ashlingach on the Bandcamp website.
3:53.3	Links to his music will be posted in the episode notes.
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