payroll.
6 August Moved to Commers. Truck column strafed.
7 August Moved to St. Suzzane. Fired at tanks holding up a task force. Moved again to St.
Symophorien.
8 August Moved to Bernay during the morning. Fired on trapped enemy forces. Moved to
Chauffeur Notre Dame at night.
9 August Moved to north edge of Le Mans. No rounds fired.
10 August “A” Battery captures 2 German soldiers. Service Battery traveled 32 hours covering
280 miles for 300 rounds of ammunition.
11 August Moved to Courcemont in the morning. To Rene in afternoon.
12 August Moved to Alencon. Enemy planes overhead at night dropped flares and bombs much
too close for comfort.
13 August Moved to Colombiers.
14 August Moved to Cuissai. No rounds fired.
15 August Moved to Nonant Le Pin. Fired interdiction on enemy vehicles.
17 August Moved to another position near Nonant Le Pin. Fired 2961 rounds on vehicles and
troops attempting to escape from the Falaise Pocket.
18 August Ammunition train making 3 trips per day with 19 trucks. Cannoneers, making many,
many trips to guns with powder and projectiles.
19 August Fired on German convoy. Many Krauts went west to a hotter place.
22 August Moved to another position near Nonant Le Pin.
26 August Moved to assembly area near Fontainbleau. Travelled 170 miles in 12 hours.
27 August Moved to Chateaubleau.
28 August Moved to Pontoise. No rounds fired. What a welcome the French were giving! We
nearly drowned in wine.
29 August Moved to rendezvous near Charmel. Moved on to Venteloy.
30 August Moved to Cormicy. No shootin’ just chasin’.
1 Sept. Moved to Boult-Sur-Suippe. Still Chasin’!
5 Sept. Moved to Eton. Traveled 116 miles. Saw some famous World War I battle sites. Start
shooting again. Urged some Krauts out of town.
7 Sept. Moved to Anoux, NW of Briey. Made our presence known.
10 Sept. Moved to Mancieulles. Moved again to Lommerange.
11 Sept. Moved to Neufchef. Fired on Marspich. Col. Earnest A. Bixby becomes Division
Artillery Commander.
12 Sept. Moved to Marspich. Fired on Guenange and Barth Range.
14 Sept. Moved to Montois. “C” Battery at Veymerange, attached to the 344th F. A. Battalion.
15 Sept. Moved to Verneville. Hired on Forts Jeanne D’Arc. Lorraine and Driant.
27 Sept. “C” Battery moved to Malancourt. “A” and “B” Batteries at Ne Montois. Fired on
Maizieres, St. Remy, Bertrange, and Blettange.
10 Oct. American Red Cross Clubmobile visited us. It had been a long time since we had seen
American girls.
The firing batteries spent October at Malancourt. Headquarters and Service Batteries were at
Montois. In holding positions reinforcing fires of the 343rd F. A. Battalion. Formed and used a “D”
Battery of three 10.5 cm German guns.
25 Oct. “B” Battery moved to Rombas.
1 Nov. Moved to Avillers. Service and “C” Batteries moved to Haucourt La Regal. Intermission.
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