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Rh a narrow escape and was not discharged from the hospital until some time after the armistice, when he was assigned to work in Paris in connection with the peace parleys. Lieutenanl Klots' wound was slight, and he returned to duty within a few days.

On October 4th, while firing in support of the Lost Battalion, C Battery lost a man in a premature burst. A piece of the tube struck Private Edgar A. Blethen, Lieutenant Robinson was the first to reach him, but the man had been instantly killed.

With the relief of the Lost Battalion the infantry resumed its advance, and it became clear that the artillery would be better off in new positions. Regimental Headquarters had left La Harazèe on September 27th for Ferme aux Charmes. On October 9th it went forward two kilometers to the Dèpôt de Machines. The First Battalion moved considerably further into the Bois de la Naza, but remained here only a few hours. After taking position it found that the infantry had gone so far ahead it would not be profitable to fire. It continued, then, to a point a kilometer west of Chatel-Cheherry where it remained for one day, firing semi-steel shells on German works near Grand Prè.

The Second Battalion on October 8th left La Harazèe for the Stolzenfels dugout system in the rear of Binarville, 200 meters to the left of the Binarville-Château Vienne road. The battalion did not fire from these