Barrage Report - n.d.
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Guns #3. Barrage “A” (will be called for by Phone) Base Deflection Rt. 715 Site -10 Shell – Normal Charge Time – Def. Short Fuse. H+O to H+5 Def. 4575 6 Rds/gun/min. Lt.5 4625 4625 Rt.5 4575 H+S to H+10. Repeat above ranges and deflection 2 Rds/gun/min thruout barrage. Gun #3 Reprisal Barrage #1 [October] 16. Base deflection R. 295 Site – 10 shell-Non Chg. Short Fuse. Time To be Fired as rapidly as possible Defl. A{ 5Rds – double sweeping to Lt. 4025 B{ 5Rds – double sweeping to Rt. 4175 C{ 5 Rds – double sweeping to Lt. 4325 D{ 5 Rds – double sweeping to Rt. 4475 E.{ 5 Rds – double sweeping to Lt. 4625 Gun #3. Reprisal Barrage #2. [October] 17. Data same as one Rate – 2 rounds at each range To be fired as rapidly as possible. Ammunition Limit per gun is 10 Rds. divided as follows. 6 Rds. Gas 4 Rds. H.E. This barrage will be called for by Telephone. Hole made by fragment of shell that killed Capt Dunker.
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Gun #3 Eventual Barrage Case I. [October] 13 Base deflection Pt. 63 Site O. Shell Reduced Charge Time Def. Short Fuse H+0 to H+5 7 Rds. double sweeping 6 Rds/Gun/Min 2750-A. H+5 to H+10 2750-B. 2 Rds/Gun/Min Cadence #1 For repetition use Cadence #2 which is 2/rds/gun/min for 5 min – and then 1 Rd/gun/min for 5 min. In case of a continuous discharge of rockets Cadence #1 only will be used. Gun #3 Eventual Barrage – Case II – [October] 13 Base deflection Rt. 205 Sit O Shell – Normal Charge Time – Deflection Short Fuse. Cadence #1 3075 1 H+0 to H+5 Left 3 turns 3125 2 6 Rds/Gun/Min 3 3200 3 6 Rds/Gun/Min 2 3250 4 H+5 to H+10 3 3350 5 2 Rds/Gun/Min 3 3425 6 2 Rds/Gun/Min 2 3500 7 For repetition use 3 3575 8 Cadence #2 which is 2 Rds/Gun/Min for 5 min and then 1 Rd/Gun/Min 3 3650 9 2 3725 10 Rt. 3 turns In case of a continuous discharge of rockets Cadence #1 only will be used. Repeat above Ranges and deflections thruout Barrage. 3725 – 10a 3650 – 9a 3575 8a 650 7a 3425 6a 3350 5a 3250 4a 3200 3a 3125 2a 3075 1a
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P.C. Eliniger 29 [October] [ms illegible: 1 wd] 17 hrs. Btry. A. Barrage “Charey” – Tracing herewith coordinates – quadrilateral x= 363100 y=246690 x=363190 y=246410 x=362970 y=246400 x=362950 y=346680 Rate of Fire 6 Ruds per piece per min for [ms illegible: 1 wd] 2 Ruds per piece per min for [ms illegible: 1 wd] Barrage “Puvenelle”, approx. Coord 4459 to 4659 Rate of fire same as Barrage Charey Getsinger Adjt.
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362210 246460 Normal Barrage 361900 24700 [November] 10 19:20 hrs Rt edge Lt 65 230 3800 Lt edge Lt 185 240 +5=+1 4230 Rt edge Nor Range Red Range Lt edge 4125 Site +100 4275 4625 5025 4750 187 4900 4575 4475 4275
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Puvenelle Barrage [October] 28, 1918. 4 B.D. Rt. 335 3 B.D. Rt. 346 2 B.D. Rt. 357 1 B.D. Rt. 37 Site, - 15 Shell – N.C. White Fuse. 8 Rounds sweeping by 4 turns Lt to Rt increasing range 100 after each shot. Rt. to Lt sweeping 4 turns decreasing range 100 after each shot. Rate. 6 rds/gun/min for 5 min 2 rds/gun/min for 10 min Range 4250 Note – Range never to be less than 4250 Reduced charge Site +100 200 jumps
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P.C. Eliniger 30 [October] 1918 16 hrs. Btry. A. Change in Barrage Signals: Until further order the following barrage signals will be used: Call for barrage: Six Star Rocket, any color. Artillery firing short: One star red rocket. Getsinger, Adjt.
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Btry A: P.C. Eliniger 27 [October] 1918 16 15 hrs. Mission: To cover advance of Infantry & its withdrawal. (Infy is to raid Bois de Dou Martin.) Fire will be delivered on line: Rt. x=362,420 y=246,100 Lt. x=362280 y=246285 Rate of fire H to H+2 5 Ruds/pe-per min. H+2 to H+23 3 Ruds/pe-per min. H+23 – H+90 1 Ruds/pe-per min. This is only a covering barrage. Not a rolling one. H-hour later Getsinger Adjt. To be worked out without delay H is 18
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No rds=366 final shot – h+2:20 rate of fire – mount at h+3:20 All guns at h+8:00 Cease firing per[ms illegible: 1 wd] 7 at 19 – 7:35
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Headquarters, 164th F.A. Brigade AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 28th October, 1918. Map Chambley 5-6 a/20,000. OPERATIONS ORDER: NUMBER 19. 1. Upon call for “Barrage Puvenelle” by the Commanding General, Divisional Artillery in the sector on the right, the following fire will be delivered. (a) One battery of the 340th Field Artillery will deliver fire on the roads and crossroads in the vicinity of B4057; one battery of the 340th Field Artillery will delivery fire on the salient in roads and tracks at B-4659; one battery of the 340th Field Artillery will deliver fire on the salient in the roads and tracks near Mon Plaisir Farm, and one battalion of the 340th Field Artillery will deliver a combing fire on the area in the valley of the Rupt de Mad, north of Rembercourt; All shown on appended tracing. (b) One battery of the 342nd Field Artillery will deliver a concentrating fire on Buret Farm. (c) The rate of fire for 75’s will be 6 rounds per piece per minute for 5 minutes and two rounds per piece per minute for 10 minutes. The rate of fire for the 155’s will be 2 rounds per piece per minute for 5 minutes and 1 round per piece per minute for 5 minutes. “Barrage Puvenelle” will be repeated once, if in the judgment of the Commanding Officers concerned, the conditions seem to warrant it. After 20 minutes fire will be continued only upon request from the Commanding General, Divisional Artillery on the right or upon orders from these Headquarters. 2. One the call of “Barrage Charey” by these Headquarters to the Commanding General, Divisional Artillery on the right, one battalion of 75’s will deliver a combing fire on the salient of roads and machine gun positions in the general vicinity of B3163, and one battery of 155’s will deliver fire with one gun each on the road intersection at the following coordinates: B-4165, B4162, B4364, B4362, as shown on the appended tracing. 3. In delivering “Barrage” Puvenelle” the 90 mm guns of the 340th Field Artillery will take over the sector abandoned by the left battalion of the 340th. The right battalion of the 341st will take over the barrage of the right battalion of the 340th, and the 90 mm guns of the 341st will support the 90 mm guns of the 340th in the sector taken over by them. The left battalion of the 341st will take over the barrage of the right battalion of the 341st, and the right battalion of the 134th will take over the barrage of the left battalion on the 341st. The left battalion of the 134th will take over the barrage for the entire 134th sector. The necessary arrangements to accomplish this last will be made by the Operations Officers of the regiments concerned. The rate of fire for the 75’s will be the normal barrage rate; for the 90 mm, 1 round per piece per minute. WHEELER. A true copy S Hoodge Capt 340th FA Gpo off Area Included by 366,630 245,320 366,790 245,200 366,220 244,570 366,070 244,690
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| Title | Barrage Report - n.d. |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Unknown. Barrage Report. n.d. Dan Bartlett Collection. Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | <p>A barrage report providing the time and duration of a series of barrages. This paper was held by Capt. Charles Dunker before he was killed. The document contains a hole made by the piece of shell fragment that killed Capt. Dunker. This document was found by Dan Bartlett. Dan Bartlett was a junior at Washington University when he joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1917. He was later commissioned a lieutenant in Battery D, 340th Field Artillery, 164th Brigade, 89th Division of the U.S. Army.</p> |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Infantry Division, 89th; World War, 1914-1918--Artillery operations; Artillery |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
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