Podcasts History Battles of the First World War Podcast Meuse Argonne - The Lost Battalion, Pt 2: The First Day (featuring Robert J. Laplander)

Meuse Argonne - The Lost Battalion, Pt 2: The First Day (featuring Robert J. Laplander)

Published: June 21, 2021, 4 a.m.

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Having established a perimeter on a steep hillside in the Charlevaux Ravine, a force of some 700 men under US MAJ Charles Whittlesey digs in to await reinforcements and further orders.\\xa0

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Soon realizing they are surrounded, Whittlesey puts out an order: No falling back. The position is to be held at all costs. The Germans put that order to the test on October 3rd, 1918.\\xa0

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