The battalion suffered considerable hardships. Food stood scarce and water was available just crawling, under fire, to a nearby stream. Ammunition flew low.
What is Major Whittlesey's battalion?
They existed conducted by Major Charles W. Whittlesey. On 2 October, the 77th established a seizure on the Argonne, under the belief that French detachments were keeping their left flank and two American teams including the 92nd Infantry Division were defending their right.
Within the 77th sector, some departments including Whittlesey's 1-308th Infantry were making considerable headway.
Unknown to Whittlesey's group, the units to their left and right had been stalled.
Without this understanding, the units that would evolve understood as the Lost Battalion moved exceeding the rest of the Allied line and encountered themselves besieged by German forces.
For the next six days, suffering heavy casualties, the men of the Lost Battalion and the American teams desperate to facilitate them would fight an extreme battle in the Argonne Forest.
The battalion mourned many hardships. Food was insufficient and water was unrestricted only by crawling, under fire, to a nearby stream.
Ammunition ran descending. Communications were also a difficulty, and at times they would be bombed by surfaces from their artillery.
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