Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26

your gun. This last time they pulled out SO precipitately that they had no time to destroy property. The town of course, is mostly in ruins. Once We had to repair the road ahead in order to pass the gun carriages. We, ourselves, had helped to make it i'm passable only a few hours before.
 Had few narrow escapes our selves, but the luck held well. Many souvenirs were easily to be had, but hard to carry. l took none myself. At night you could see the flaring of ammunition dumps somewhere over the lines. They did not have time to burn it all, however. You could see shell and equipment everywhere. They left rifles, clothes, guns and even many of their dead behind. The time is coming when they'll leave the Fran co-German border behind! I hope I'm there. There's something fascinating in this game. I'm afraid at the front !. -mortally afraid at times; 1 think everyone is. But there's a certain sort of exhilaration in it. nevertheless Private Gilbert, a Brown Universi- ty student. is with Battery A. 103rd Field Artillery. He is one of the youngest men in the battery, being only IS at enlistment last year. The doughboys he >peaks of are members of the 18th Division made up of New Englanders who stand today on theIr record second to none in the American army in France, and their | regimental colors already have been decorated by order of the French war l office
 Writing from Somewhere n France l to Gaston A. Maindon, Private James Owen Kelley. of the 3sth Infantry, l says: "I suppose you have seen by the papers stories of the great drives 1 the Americans have been making along with the French We'll, I have been over the top three times and came out of it alright. and, believe me we made those Germans run! They fear the American soldiers and call us devils.
 The other day we went over the tor and up hill. rushing through field of wheat and clover, where Hun gum ners did their best to kill us. It was l broad day light when we got orders to shove Fritz back toward his own
 borders. Our batteries stormed with shot and shell and over we went
 with a. mighty yell. When the Huns
 saw us coming they beat it-Juick, toe all excepting the machine gunners
 who were very plentiful. Some o1 IlleSe GOulu HOl run away because In6N
 were chained to their guns and had tc
 stay.
 It was great to see the boys gC through the German barage, not one
 faltered in his steady getting. eacl one keeping in touch with his mate Many of the Germans that we cap tured seemed glad to surrender anC
 shouted "Kamerad" and raised thei
 hands over their head They seemed surprised that we didn't shoot then dead. Now that we have got accus toned to going over the top we'll keel on and never stop. We'll try to mak,
 these Huns pay their debts to human
 ity, for they can't and won't stand ant
 face the United States soldiers wht
 go at them with bayonets. You cal say for me that the U. S. boys ar , some fighters, and the German soldier know it, too!
 Eueenie Aubin. 27, died at midnigh
 Tuesday at her home in Attawaugan Her death is attributed to Spanish in
 fuenza and complications. The de
 ceased is one of eight members of he
 family who were reported Wednesda,
 as i'll with the disease, some of then
 being in a critical condition
 Motor traffic to and from tn,
 Brooklyn fair Wednesday was vel
 regulated. Drivers were uncommon
 ly careful and speeder was rare in l deed