The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-12-06
Nov. 0. 1917.

| NOV. " ASlt.
Dear Mr.. Rundahi:
| l am writing you q few lines to
apologize for the mere post card sen,
you in answer to your kind letter and
TO thank you Tor the papers you sen,
me.
We have been SO busy for the past
month we could hardly have any time
at all to write. We went thru a gas at
tack. and then one OF the bisgest OF
fensives since 1914 and believe me we
saw every kind OF action on the menu
After that we were sent to Paris and
changed our Fiat cars for Fords and
are now on an entirely different front
and will have about two weeks rest
and then hard work again.
We were in the big attack on the
"Chemin des Danes of Sept. 23rd.
24th and 26th. and II was our division
that took Fort Maimaison. and made
the whole attack SO successful. This
was wonderful fght on account of
the fact that the bosch knew OF the
attack and accepted it as challenge.
They were well beaten there and all
along the front.
atop the attack. For two days they
sent over poison gas and we were busy
hauling gas victims. go, quite sick
from IT, Ones eyes water and the
4 . q 90 rtx
when you just get little OF t-but a
good deal makes you blind and kills
In many cases.
Our artillery was very busy before
the a..ack and for fiye days the can
nonading went on continually. Then
one morning under the barrage ere
our men went over the top" For
about two hours things wore humming
wounded mon came pouring in. All
our cars were running continually. We
even used wagons and big trucks for
transporting them.
Our division took Fort SaiHa.son. =
point the bosch have held for years.
Then the whole line advanced and for
three days they had the enemy on the
run. they drove them back nearly to
I.aon We used the prisoners In niiing
up shell holes on the road. aud used
them as stretcher bearers IN re+cuing
the wounded and bringing In the dead
There were over 10 900 prisoners TAX
en- and they were ali herded In big
pens. They secmed mighty riad TO b.
prisoners ~ they said that they did
not get much to eat In the German
army. They werc very respectful OF
the French artillery Supposed to bo
crack troops under the Crown Prince:
they verr in reality mostly oil old
men and young boys.
was out on the battlefield Of Fort
Msiuiaison after the artillery lombard
mont and II was the most wonderful
and at tho same time. the mnet de-
pressing sight. have ever witnessed.
lust q mass OF shelf holcs. Many OF
the holes would be big enough to put
horsc and wagon into. Tho debris was
dreadful eight. dead horses. donkeyr.
wrecked wagons. guns. shells. wound
ed and dead. All along the ruined
trenches were dug-outs and cavees
some totally destroyed: others intact
the dead and wounded iyin. around
In tho wreckagc.
never want To witnee~ anything.
Ike II srnin. but suppose vii! zee
many similar sights before this war
ends. When our division came out OF
The trenches they received the highest
military Donors that body of men
can get
Six of our boys received the war
cros-. We then went to Paris and left
our cars; then out TO a new sector and
-ciieved an old section. have not yet
received my long iooked.for leave OF
,bsencc but Huppose I will get II In
the next two months.
Earl and ! correspond regularly but
neither OF us know where the other ia