During World War I, the U.S. Seventy-seventh Infantry Division attacked the Germans near Charlevaux, France. Only one unit penetrated enemy lines: Maj. Charles W. Whittlesay’s First Battalion of the 308th Infantry Regiment. The battalion was quickly surrounded by Germans - and then came under friendly fire from its own artillery. Whittlesay used his last carrier pigeon to send this three-sentence plea: "We are along the road parallel 276.4. Our artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heavens sake stop it." For more information, click on the link below.
http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=1004
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