The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki; Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919

by Joel Roscoe Moore

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1920 Original Publisher: The Polar bear publishing co. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Ill River Push For Kotlas First Battalion Hurries Up The River -- We Take Chamova -- The Lay Of The River Land -- Battling For Seltso -- Retire To Yakovlevskoe -- That Most Wonderful Smoke -- Incidents Of The March -- Sudden Shift To Shenkursk Area -- The Battalion Splits -- Again At Seltso -- Bolos Attack -- Edvyinson A Hero. That Dismal, gloomy day -- September 6, 1918 -- the first battalion, under Lt.-Col. James Corbley, spent on board transport, watching the third battalion disembark and getting on board the freight cars that were to carry them down to the Railroad Front. Each man on board was aching to set foot on dry land once more and would gladly have marched to any front in order to avoid the dull monotony aboard ship, with nothing of interest to view but the gleaming spires of the cathedrals or the cold, gray northern sky, but there is an end to all such trials, and late that evening we received word that our battalion was to embark on several river barges to proceed up the Dvina River. The following day all hands turned to bright and early and from early dawn until late that afternoon every man that was able to stand, and some that were not, were busily engaged in making up packs, issuing ammunition and loading up the barges. By six o'clock that evening they had marched on board the barges -- some of the men in the first stages of "flu" had to be assisted on board with their packs. These barges, as we afterward learned, were a good example of the Russian idea of sanitation and cleanliness. They had been prev...

Genres: History

298 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1920

Reviews

[Joe Collins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely a book to read. Besides covering the US Army's forces in Russia it also covers the roles of YMCA & YWCA, the Red Cross, the Russians (friend, foe, and civilian), and a bit on the other allied forces.