The Lost Battalion

Forget it. The line's cut. 402 00:29:43,524 --> 00:29:45,744 I sent three guys out, not one of them's come back. 403 00:29:46,361 --> 00:29:47,915 I heard some rifle and grenade fire. 404 00:29:48,155 --> 00:29:50,242 I think the Hineys might be working their way in behind us. 405 00:29:52,450 --> 00:29:53,292 You got that? 406 00:29:53,492 --> 00:29:54,205 Yeah. 407 00:29:54,327 --> 00:29:55,039 What's it like up there? 408 00:29:55,203 --> 00:29:55,915 Piece of cake. 409 00:29:56,287 --> 00:29:59,135 Got ourselves a chop suey band, a couple Flora Dora girls. 410 00:29:59,249 --> 00:30:00,174 You wouldn't know what to do with it. 411 00:30:00,209 --> 00:30:00,885 I'm a quick learner. 412 00:30:02,420 --> 00:30:03,298 You need help takin' this back? 413 00:30:03,546 --> 00:30:04,341 This is my post. 414 00:30:04,797 --> 00:30:05,722 I'll stay here. 415 00:30:11,221 --> 00:30:12,016 Take these, too. 416 00:30:13,598 --> 00:30:14,690 No good for one. 417 00:30:15,017 --> 00:30:15,728 Thanks. 418 00:30:16,058 --> 00:30:16,984 Yeah, you too. 419 00:30:24,318 --> 00:30:25,611 [MANDARIN] 420 00:30:25,987 --> 00:30:28,158 Are you certain that the French are withdrawing? 421 00:30:28,865 --> 00:30:31,796 Some of their units are already back in their trench lines. 422 00:30:34,371 --> 00:30:39,212 Without the French on our flank, we'll have to withdraw. 423 00:30:40,127 --> 00:30:41,467 I'll be in my quarters. 424 00:30:48,094 --> 00:30:50,598 Order all units to pull back to our own lines. 425 00:30:51,681 --> 00:30:52,856 Any contact with Whittlesey? 426 00:30:52,975 --> 00:30:54,067 Lines are cut. 427 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:55,817 Well, you keep trying. 428 00:30:56,269 --> 00:30:57,693 I want to know where that Battalion is. 429 00:30:57,938 --> 00:30:58,615 Yes, Sir. 430 00:31:11,327 --> 00:31:12,122 Major! 431 00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:14,592 Private Chino's line has been cut. 432 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:15,917 He's tryin' to repair it. 433 00:31:17,335 --> 00:31:18,508 Private Richards! 434 00:31:20,671 --> 00:31:21,679 How many birds are left? 435 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:22,723 Four, Sir. 436 00:31:23,174 --> 00:31:24,218 Get that message out. 437 00:31:26,052 --> 00:31:27,096 Not you, Cher Ami. 438 00:31:27,679 --> 00:31:28,937 You stay with me. 439 00:31:30,140 --> 00:31:33,403 But don't worry, Sir. This is a good little English carrier pigeon. 440 00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:34,692 He'll tell 'em where we are. 441 00:31:41,401 --> 00:31:44,581 GERMAN SOLDIERS: [SPEAKING IN GERMAN] 442 00:31:45,698 --> 00:31:47,620 [SPEAKING IN GERMAN] 443 00:32:57,317 --> 00:32:58,160 [BELL RINGS] 444 00:32:58,819 --> 00:33:01,204 Easy, fella. You're home now. 445 00:33:03,617 --> 00:33:04,542 General! 446 00:33:05,535 --> 00:33:08,714 Major Whittlesey has made it into the Charlevaux Mill area. 447 00:33:08,830 --> 00:33:09,589 Impossible. 448 00:33:09,623 --> 00:33:12,008 He wants to know where the rest of our division is and, 449 00:33:12,125 --> 00:33:13,514 uh, where the French are. 450 00:33:14,128 --> 00:33:16,133 He intends to hold, as ordered. 451 00:33:16,547 --> 00:33:19,726 It looks like our Whittlesey and his city boys are the only ones to 452 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:20,844 accomplish their mission today. 453 00:33:21,302 --> 00:33:22,643 And because of that, they're stuck 454 00:33:22,845 --> 00:33:24,815 in the middle of the whole god damn German army. 455 00:33:24,931 --> 00:33:26,604 Not bad for a New York lawyer. 456 00:33:28,267 --> 00:33:29,739 [EXPLOSIONS] 457 00:33:32,814 --> 00:33:36,279 One of our patrols heard the Krauts bringing up a van in the fortnight. 458 00:33:36,777 --> 00:33:38,830 Now they might be tryin' to come up behind us. 459 00:33:39,364 --> 00:33:40,325 We can't let that happen. 460 00:33:41,324 --> 00:33:43,246 Have you been able to make contact with either flank? 461 00:33:44,244 --> 00:33:45,038 No. 462 00:33:46,037 --> 00:33:47,165 Not yet. 463 00:33:47,956 --> 00:33:51,717 Now, we need to resupply. 464 00:33:52,335 --> 00:33:54,637 The men are out of food, water. 465 00:33:55,589 --> 00:33:57,808 They're goin' through the kits of the dead for ammo. 466 00:33:57,925 --> 00:33:59,136 Make sure the dead are covered. 467 00:34:00,470 --> 00:34:03,519 Send some more runners back in case that bird didn't get through. 468 00:34:03,682 --> 00:34:04,940 Three men, different routes. 469 00:34:15,861 --> 00:34:17,700 Chinn? Chinn? 470 00:34:31,963 --> 00:34:33,386 Sorry, Buddy. 471 00:34:43,057 --> 00:34:47,448 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 472 00:35:00,118 --> 00:35:01,162 Where the hell you guys been? 473 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:03,412 CAPT. HOLDERMAN: Where in the hell did you come from? 474 00:35:03,996 --> 00:35:06,084 Whittlesey's 308. You guys the reinforcements? 475 00:35:06,833 --> 00:35:08,921 No, we're K-Company, Three hundred and seventh. 476 00:35:09,086 --> 00:35:10,842 We've been tryin' to fight our way out of here all night. 477 00:35:10,921 --> 00:35:12,214 Krauts are c