The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-27
arc tho best customers the rural dis
trirIs of France have ever had.
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arc tho hest customers the rural dis
triclS of France have ever had.
Refused to Disturb Premises
C.urh,rr out ahead nr The marching
American columns like tho cast "( "A
flshcrran'S line was our artillery bril-
rodc. Headquarters Tonight the general
and his aides are in ono town thm"r-
row night he will lre in another hamlet
(which ono nobody knows except the
hiSn command Of taht French army We
are attached to- The uncertainty o1
everything fasc!natcs. Then there arc
the other headquarters division and Sn
on up and for the initial time. VIC hcard
he word cchrlon used repeatedly. mere
WAS the first cchclon and the second
,,hclnu and others We arc a part. OF
tn" first, cch"on. ;chclnns are moving
GROUPS Of soldiers: steps on ladder
Nor when We 81 tn bed each night IN
straw under blankets do We have inc
least notion where "" will be oil the
following night. 1t has hccon" pop
llar slang phrase in III" batteries. ana
VIII RI do We 90 from here"
I'm such fashion We advanced towarnS
III" from. Most Of the Officers hal
maps. and NC would get IN" direction
We wrrc travelling from there. When
skirting a large town or city. ono OF us
would 20 in and get tho current Paris
newspapers. which CAV" us tho progress
{ tho big battle "" were arproachlnr'--
with hcadin"& "Npw Tic Allies Ar"
Holding tho Enemy" or "t:nElsh Los"
Two Villages" nr american Soldiers
l:cal Back Gcrman raiders in T"ul Sec
tor" Til" last headline almost caused a
panic among TIE correspondents. for n!
If us had left the foul sector 50 rs ID
hr in no h;E show west Of Paris.
stick don't got discouraged. and |
am Surr'w" will have action hero before
Ions" said the rhicf press officer r.
pcalcdly when tho proportions Of the
Toul raid were learned. However. IN"
majrrily # lhc correspondents decided
to remain with The units going TO the
british and French. northwest of Paris.
A correspondent follows Tie army
for action. Those from the United
States are having pretty difficult
time Of il just now Tying 10 DE
where something might happen TO our
boys: our boys scattered through the
British and French armies all the way
from Dunkirk to fac Swiss border
One of the places our troops in the
field halted for overnight was a,
chateau. the mistress Of which was
an American lady who han married
Frrnchman Of title. We did moi see
hcr. She was very wealthy and had
her chateau titled with guests from
Paris who had fled from the GothaS:
But through her agent SIC permi'leu
the enlisted mon OF hcadQuariorS
company 10 sleep. on wonderful tlieG
floors in her stables. a row of brick
buildings Quilt for Il string Of race
hoIseS As il was Il cold night. one
OF inc enlisted men, Il college SraQu
ate. remarked how very fortunate Il
was for US that the Urscs had been
taken 10 tho south OF France for sale,
~.
In another Town The owner OF Il
large barn showed The b!lcilnc Oil
Ger and one nf our sc"gcartS Twelve
corkins bunk: provided Will bed
quilts which were uring occupied
nightly by German prisoners VINO
Tiled his fields.
You can have them fur twelve OF
yrur men" said thr proprietor.
Let I'm alunr. Er''wlr TIA" sergeant.
'''rh,y were soldiers Ink" Us. W. Amer
leans Amt hrd-ruhhcrS from other sul-
dirr>--cvrn Germans. II 1t WAS the
kais"r'$ or Hin'"nhcre' s---llIat wuLld is
different. z
For two days our b"%* marched
through iiurricS of SHOW. They did hot
seem In mimi il. Lir"#pS went a."nE
tn. road singing. .Nnd IN the night ot
til" hi htdny "" reached the edge of the
btS battle and lh'' Iist al our batteries
vert !mm"diatrly into action. No dug
outs. y" runp:tS. Sh"ptinS US the
emmy from the "p"n-juSl like back III
Tho days uf the civil war. On the sec
uni night NOR" uiuur batteries got 60
Ing. The march WAS uvrr. and at last
We were in the biz tight. Next the light
artillery was placed III the hattla line.
Infantry regiments took their positions
several days later. Her" ar" the srntI-
rl'ui:. at Jerry. who helped fire. the first
piece.
w" are tn" lucky guys. Th"m other
fellows got tn wait until thu! arH nr"d-
ID. r;''ncrnl I'nrh wanted MS right away.