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THE LAST DATS FIGHTING
Captain Alan R. Anderson of Statesville Tells About It 81st Division
Plays Conspicuous Part In The Battle Many Killed.
The following is an account of i bent. It's a great souvenir' and
the last battle participated in by , I shall bring it home.
the olst division, as related in a
letter, dated November 20, to his
mother, Mrs. T. E. Anderson, by
Capt. Alan It. Anderson, Co. A,
3alt Infantry, which letter we
are permitted to publish, know
ing that our readers will be glad
to hear from one of our boys
who bore a conspicuous part in
"On the 31st of October, I left
Sercoeur, a little town in the
Vorges, where I had been billet
ed after returning from a month
at the Vosges front. We took
the train at Chatel sur-Moselle
and rode all night to Sampigny.
a little town which Poincare has
some interest in. We were de
trained there, marched north
ward through shell ridden St.
Mihiel, where the Americans
made their drive. After three
days' hard marching we arrive i
at Faubourg Pave, on the out
skirts of the most historical bat
tit field of France Verdun. There
my footsore outfit stayed in old
French barracks for two days.
Theii we were shoved into re
serve positions behind the 2d and
3i battalions at an old powder
mill the deepest dugouts I have
ever seen. We were fairly well
housed there and expected to
stay for two weeks at least.
Suddenly at 4 a. m., November
9tb, Saturday we were jacked
out of our position, packed up
and moved to a support position
for two regiments, who were
going over the top at 8 o'clock.
By 8 we were on our way with
every gun along the line firing at
full capacity. It was a crisp
morning, and every man on bis
toes we were expecting the
heaviest sort of German artillery
against us. Not a shell reached
tne DacK area, nowever. and we
moved to our reserve position
unharmed. Saturday night we
spent in miserable woods near a
little town, Chatillon, with the
happy prospect of moving in
relief. We slept miserably cold
in the woods.
"Next morning, Sunday Nov.
10th, we left the woods with
orders to relieve the 322d that
afternoon. This regiment had
attacked in an oblique direction
without much preparation by
artillery. We moved uo that
day to the roar of German artil
lery and machine gun fire all
day. We ate dinner in our old
front lines, and at 3:30 p. m.,
left for a two kilometer walk to
relieve the front line battalion.
'The town we were approach
ing was moranviiie, about due
southeast of Verdun. The bat
talion deployed under heavy
shell fire west of town and we
moved to our position north of
the town just before dark, and
just then our experiences started.
We walked to the town A Co.
on the right in the front line and
B Co. on the left. We caught
nearly all the artillery fire on the
right, and it was fearful. I can
not describe the terrible shell
tire we walked through. I lost
eleven men that night two were
killed outright acd one died
later. I was knocked down once
by the great explosion near me
and I can hear now the frag
ments as they go humming over
head. That night was awful. I
won't try until I come back to
tell you of it. Two of my officers
had to go to the rear on account
of wounds. We were ordered
over the top at 6 a. m. AH
morning we moved forward
under heavy artillery and machine
gun fire. I have a mess .can to
show you when I come home with
a machine gun bullet through it.
I felt my pack raise up on my
back as the bullet tugged its way
through. Two prongs of ; the
fork were broken off, the knife
was cut in half and spoon badly
"We advanced perfectly one
and one half kilometers by 11
o'clock. We found then that
half of B Co. was held up and
only the right half was was with
us. I held up on the reverse
slope of the hill and stood fast
until I could get Borne word from
the rear. And always that fear
ful German barrage a few yards
to our rear and constantly creep
ing up on us.
"Honestly, I did not see much
hope for us. The Germans had
machine guns all through the
fields the heavy fog had saved
us so for but by 11 it was just
lifting I was lying behind my
lines to get liaison with Capt.
Angel, our new battalion com
mander. And just then as I was
waiting again to f.dvance, here
came the welcome news of peace,
I can never tell you the exper
iencethe feeling as I and all
my men rose from the battlefield
and looked around us. The Ger
mans came out and we met just
between the lines. And then I
thought how unspeakably foolish
at 10:30 killing each other and
at 11:15 talking quite peaceably
And it seemed horribly useless
to me as I went back over the
field and saw one of my men
lifeless with a machine gun bul
let through his forehead. I hau
sent at least 12 to the rear dur
ing the fighting. The great fog
saved us, saved us all. If it had
been a clear day we would have
been slaughtered.
"How did I feel? Hardly at
all. I don't think I thought one
time during the whole night or
day of any danger. All we were,
interested in was going over and
doing a good day's work. And
we did. The first battalion and
especially my company came
back like a million dollars. And
now we seem to be veterans; old
soldiers who have been under
fire. I don't see how we did it,
but during the five hours' morn
ing fight we had only one man
slightly hurt from those hundreds
of shells. It was due to two
things steady advance and .skill
ful handling of men by platoon
leaders. Here's another remark
able fact not a message that
was started in my company failed
to come through. Every man
performed his duties remarkably
well Our battalion made Vif
best advance in th whole arm
coros attack and made h slight
salient in the line The action
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