Evening star., 1917-10-01
Protection Under Wagons.

august %. 1917-
Just as I finished writing the above
sentence I l,; had to go again: Returned
US off the earth. with bombs. They
dropped some sixty bombs, but only
killed one man-it was fierce. Most of
US were lying under wagons. etc.
which offered some protection, but not
very much. 1t was the raid which we
had been expecting for some time. AS
they did not succeed. we believe we are
in for it again tonight At 1880 / tried
to get a little sleep, but could not. At
2 am was called out on a long trip.
1t was very, very cold and dark. We
have no way to see our road except by
starlight-no lights permitted. l got
back at this morning, filled up the car
with essence. ate bite and tried to
get some sleep. Rested a little and here
II am And if l look anything like ]
feel, / must be a sad looking bird. l
am off this afternoon. as my partner has
the car out. l go on again tonight for
another aIl-night excursion.
There is nothing that has made me
realize the fierceness of this war more
than being in contact with. the
is unless you see for yourself-that is.
unless the public whole has
changed some since l left.
''At the Front. France.
August %, 1917.
"Dear T.: have been through vol
ume of experiences, too many to emu
merate here and not the kind which the
censor would pass by.
"As YOU know. the French put on a
grand offensive here on this front. and
il was a wonderful success. Less than
four minutes walk from here there are
some 1000 Boche prisoners. and more
are being brought in every day. 1 had
a call to the prison camp yesterday to
! bring eight wounded Germans to the
, hospital They were sad looking
bunch, While waiting for the usual
| red tape when getting wounded men
| Especially Boches) l had an excellent
| opportunity to look them over. I got
| some good pictures of them, but had to
I get permission from the captain first.
was treated to some sight. The Boches
| were like pigs--they had had nothing
to eat for three whole days. The gun
| fire of the French artillery cut off all
Communication with their food station
| The captain OF the camp was very
| pleasant and kind-he gave me Boche
! helmet for a souvenir. Pretty soon I'll
! have to hire a special machine to carry
: around my souvenirs. II person
wishes to keep his souvenirs safe he
| must keep them locked up in his dufsle-
| bagVmine is full.
| Here is a story to exchange for the
one you gave me (Which was very good)
Several hundred Boche prisoners were
| captured no. they gave themselves up
to the French. one of the prisoners who
spoke French Cor perhaps a Frenchman
| spoke btrIldHt Sdlu tTdt at the same
time and same place there would be an
other bunch of prisoners who would de-
sert their comrades and surrender if the
French would not fire at them Well. at
the same place and at the same time
next night. the French stopped firing
and sure enough. bunch of Germans
Surrendered. Now comes the joke; get
Iready to laugh. The bunch that sur
rendered the second night brought mail
with them for their comrades who had
surrendered the day before. How's that ?
This is supposed to be a true story--at
least 1t was told me by one of the offi-
GERS Of the regiment which made the
lcatch.
"The Boche have tried several counter
tatacks. but have been cut down like
dogs-they haven't a chance. The Of
fensfve was success-more than that
because the French got what they went
latter and more to-"