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Courtesy of Bonhams The Archive of a Lost Battalion Survivor and POW. Leak, 2nd Lt. James Vestal. Estimate $4,000-6,000 New York On October 2, 1917 the American 77th division, made up of 694 men, launched an attack on the German lines dug into the Argonne Forest in Northeastern France believing that they were supported on both sides by French and other US forces. The flanks however did not progress as planned and the 77th found themselves isolated in the forest surrounded by German troops, giving rise to the name ‘The Lost Battalion’. They may have stayed lost forever if not for the work of a carrier pigeon. An archive of the belongings of James Leak, a platoon commander in the 77th, including a handwritten letter describing his experience of the Argonne and his capture and transfer to a German prisoner of war camp, his brass shoulder insignia of crossed rifles and his officers record book, is on offer as part of the Conflicts Online Sale taking place between January 19-29. I

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