Lost Battalion - Argonne

Lost Battalion - Argonne. This is a steep valley to the west of Apremont where between Oct 2-7th 1918 soldiers of the US 77th Div were cut off from their comrades. Caught in a narrow valley they were totally surrounded but finally managed to fight their way out. The Argonne Massif is a narrow 12km wide band of hills rising steeply to the west of the Meuse valley. For four years of bitter fighting the front line ran east-west across these hills until the American offensive here in the autumn of 1918 which was a major test for the American army for many of whose troops this was their first real experience of battle

12km 77th Apremont Argonne Battlefields Bitter Comrades Experience Finally Managed Massif Maur Meuse Sheil Steep Steeply Totally

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