Training with the British Army in Picardy, May 1918 77th Division

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Reel 1, 111th Inf. units debark at Calais, Fr. 112th Inf. troops draw Enfield rifles. Brit. troops show bayonet and trench tactics to 307th and 308th Inf. troops. 304th and 308th Machine Gun Bn. troops train with Vickers machine guns. Shows work at a field kitchen. 302nd Field Signal Bn. troops string lines; 302nd Engrs. dig a trench. Telephone lines are repaired. Reel 2, 302nd Field Signal Bn. troops set up field telephones and string wire. Shows Gens. G.B. Duncan and R.H. Noble. 77th Div. Hq. troops eat at Eperlecques. Horses, field kitchens, and wagons are inspected. Freight cars are prepared for troops. The 307th entrains at Andruicq. Reel 3 shows bombed buildings at 77th Div. hq.; Gen. Harts, Maj. Robt. Bacon, and Brit. Col. Wagstaff and the American mission bldgs. at Montreuil; 302nd Engrs. at Lewcaervelt; hq. of the 305th, 306th, 307th, and 308th Inf.; Gens. Duncan, Noble, and Wittenmeyer and Brit. Col. H.L. Wyatt at Zouf; Gen. E.M. Johnson at Nordausques; a baseball game; 302nd Supply Co. troops at Nordausques; and 308th Inf. and 307th Machine Gun Bn. troops at a Bayengham wheat mill.

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