The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
ALLIES MADE SMALL ADVANCES
ON BOTH MAIN BATTLEFRONTS;,
GERMANS CONTINUE ON DEFENSIVE
GLAD HE is 4ovER THERE"
Russell Allen Has Been Near Front Line
Trenches.

Russell Allen Has Been Near Front Line
Trenches.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. M. Allen and daughter
Florence, have received lately two letters
from their son and brother, Russell b.
Allen, as follows:
France, April 3, 1918.
My Dear Dad and Mother: received
the package tonight, with the cigars,
cake, raisins, cookies and wool sweat
er, socks and helmet, everything in good
condition You folks do not realize how
welcome or how happy letter with a
package once in a while makes us fell
, lows. "over here You could not have
enjoyed more. The cigars, cake, raisins
and cookies are sure a great treat and
| thank you very much.
! | will write and thank the Barre Red
Cross for the other things They will
come in mighty handy some day, al
though am fairly well fixed for clothing
just now.
The war is raging over here along the
front at full blast, and in the last few
days we have worked pretty hard. We
have been under bombardment a good
deal lately by cannon and airplanes. The
first two or three days it makes you feel
a little uneasy when the big shells come
sailing over, but have got used to it now
and can sleep all night unless we have
an air raid During the air raids the
shrapnel which the anti-aircraft guns
shoot up is much more dangerous than
the bombs. The shrapnel bursts in the
air and comes down like rain, so we beat
it for the dugouts
Do not think that am in or near the
front line trenches, because j could go
up in an airplane and fy for half an hour
or more before | could see the German |
trenches. The other day we were quite |
near the trenches in an auto truck and !
had a chance to see the barbed wire |
entaglements, also the old trenches |
which were used back in 1914
A friend of mine has small camera,
which we used to advantage and took |
several pictures. If they come out good,
will bring them home and you can
see war as 1t is over here.
April This is a fine spring day here !
in France and we are going to have a
half day off. so will say goodbye for
this time as have washing to do.
Russell.
U. S. Naval Air Station, Dunkereque,
France, April II, 1918.
Ny Dear Sister: | was very pleased |.
to have received your letter and happy
to say it found me in good health, ex-
cept for little cold, which does not
amount to much
Tonight ] am writing you in the Y.
NJ. c, A. tent, which has just been put up
near one station. This will be a fine
place for us fellows to spend our even.
ngs pleasantly. The Y. VI. c. A. man
seems to be fine fellow and last Sun {
lay night Y NJ. c. A. man by the name
II Mr.. Urbaine gave us very interesting
ak on the war and his experience at
he front for three years. ,
We have a piano, also a victrola, here !
n the tent. Both are going at full blast
light now, also about 80 fellows all try
ng to see who can talk the loudest, so :.
| make few mistakes in this letter I
-ou will know what is the trouble !
The greatest battle of the worlds his :
ory is raging over here and no one :,
nows just how things will come out in !,
his drive. In the last two or three
,eeks, there has been a continued roar of q 9
he big guns at the front, and tonight :
hey sound very PLAIN.
We have air raids, have had one sea
aid and quite often the Germans shoot y
yer l6-inch shells to entertain us.
Ike it all, though, and am very glad that y
was able to come over here If all the y
oys that come over could have as good
place as this | would be glad and / a
uess no one would kick much. We have y
lenty to eat, although you tell mother =
nat it would be one of the happiest days ID
my life to sit down to one of her good O
ID dinners. N
You asked me if I ever heard from '
cal and the next day after / received N
our letter / received one from him. N
ave not answered as vet, but will soon. y
e is lucky in way to be stationed "
lere in the states. h
1t, of course, is very interesting ex- HI
,rience to be over here in a strange q
untry, but after about six months al
How begins to think there is no place A
<e the good old L. S. A. 1t is nature g
ways to want something you cannot r.
t. More truth than poetry. ds
Now Sis guess this is about the lin 81
for tonight. | hope this will find Al
u all well and happy at home. Do not NJ
orry about me because when the Ger NJ
ans get too close we are going to fly +.
vay across the channel and maybe we h
1n't stop until we reach the states. A.
Tell Bart, Hutch, Goodfellow, Emery FL
d all the folks that | am well and NJ
ink of them all back home NJ
/ am putting new address at the Nj
d of the letter. Please give it to any, NJ
e who may write to me: NJ VI. 2d be
!, Aviation Z. 5. n, L. S. Naval Air NJ,
alton, Dunkerque, France. ION the off
Up, Dunkerque Is spelled IN English as Fa
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