Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-08

| Lieut.. Albert r. Hull, son Of Mr.. an
Mrs. c. Fl. Hull, who Is in the anti
air craft artillery branch Of the feel
artillery, in training in France, ha
written Interestingly to Drs. r. +
| French and Edwin Cobb Of his exper
fences during the first few weeks h
was In France. He has been near tn
| front line and has been receiving In
struction in anti aircraft warfare. Hi
! letter is dated Nov. Z. 1t follows Il
1 part:
For ten days we have been in tn
near vicinity OF the front We hav'
seen and seen and seen until 1t is real
| " difficult TO write letter and tel
anything l have seen. We had iw'
days in Paris before We left school
then a good ride to the town aoou
twenty-five miles from here where w
s,aid for three or four days. Each da,
we visited some very interesting plaoS
or mo.orsd from in the morning un'
Ill dark We covered a lot Of srouat
and saw so much new stuff that my
mind was befuddled in trying TO WRIT
home OF It.
See Air Attack by Germans.
The night we arrived was bright
as day, and for three or four houi 5
we rode in dark train We were
loaded into car and taken TO the no.
tel. but before We could set out OF
were treated TO an air raid alarm in
the shane Of a regular siren b!owins
that made the shivers run UP you!
back Expecting TO see hoche aero
plane go fitting by just over the tops
Of the buildings, we stood IN the stree:
locking skyward. This siren call IS
just a warning that the boches are ar
irving. and when the bell rings then
you hunt an "ahr;' with which the
town is provided about every fifty feet.
They are good cellars and some are so
equipped that they are used for gas
attacks and are so marked on the walls
OF The house.
The bunch that went into the next
town were treated TO a great Fourth
OF July celebration as they bombed the
town good. There were several fires
and much aircraft artillery in action.
The weather here has been very
rainy and foggy and we have seen but
sent to observe. However. we have
observed CoLS-ut!dbIe ming 4icIh q
distance. and have watched many a
boche plane dodge sharpnel and high
explosives UP about one and one-halt
10 miles. They bring them down &C.
casionaally when they guess which way
the plane is going to turn, and our
burch scattered thru this army have
seen several come down. The first day
VIC were hera We saw ore come down
but could only see it, as it was great
distance away, and we were on hill
where re had view OF ten or if
teen miles. We learn d the next day
Il had been shot down and another
at the same place had waved the white
flag and come down untouched on
French soil. when four French boys
got after him.
Visits "No Mans Land"
The second day we took a trip up
TO see NO Mans Land We didn't go
to the front line trenches, but we did
go to a ridge. where we were within
machine gun range of where We could
see the German trenches on an oppo-
site ridge about 400 yards away. We
could see occasional shells burst out
there and also a town the Germans
held. which was fast being leveled.
This is a very inactive sector, and
for two years there has been practi-
cally no fighting thru here. There
were in 1914 and 1915 some good-sized
attacks. and on a ridge near here