Newsboys Memorial to Albert Edward Scott, Company H, 101st United States Infantry, A.E.F., Killed in Action at Epieds, France, July 23, 1918. Designed by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson (1871-1932), sculptor. Installed 1923 at Brookline, Massachusetts town hall (ww1mproject.org/items/show/765, July 6, 2018). Further information on Scott, who lied about his age and enlisted at the age of 15, can be found (July 6, 2018) at www.wickedlocal.com/x206836716/Age-didnt-stop-young-Brookline-newsboy-from-becoming-a-WWI-legend. © 2018 by John M. Shea

Newsboys Memorial to Albert Edward Scott

Company H, 101st United States Infantry A.E.F.

Killed in Action at Epieds France July 23 1918

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Tuesday, July 23, 1918

"The next morning (July 23) after a skillful battering of the German positions with gas and high explosive shells by the divisional artillery, the 101st Infantry assaulted the Bois de Trugny, and by noon had penetrated almost through to the other side of this piece of woods. But in the afternoon the Germans rallied; machine-gun nests firing from every angle of the woods forced the Americans to draw back to the western edge. That night the Corps Commander, General Liggett, reënforced General Edwards with the 56th Infantry Brigade of the 28th Division, Brigadier General Weigle in command."

Quotation Context

The 101st Infantry was part of the 26th (Yankee) Division, the New England National Guard. They moved from Belleau Wood on July 21, 1918, advancing four miles north of the Marne between Trugny and Epieds, through the well-defended Epieds forest.

Source

The History of The A.E.F. by Shipley Thomas, page 175, copyright © 1920, by George H. Doran Company, publisher: George H. Doran Company, publication date: 1920

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1918-07-23, 1918, July, Albert Edward Scott