New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

&oNlGRD y IN ISFlA&SE.
reduced to the rank Of private As he
! did not like the commissioned
officers work. His letters follows:
Dear Sister:
'Reccived your letters, but didn't
have a. chance to answer them, as We
were in the lines on the Nerdun front
I where the mud was up to our necks.
! besides it being very cold. That was
; the worst place we were in during our
stay in France It was just plain he'll
\ ou know George Gaudette was killed
there just the day before the armi-
stice was signed. We were happy
| bunch, when the major said at 10:45
that hOstilities would cease at / / a. ma
That was on November II. After the
armistice was signed our division WAS
relieved and I was one of the lucl@r
ones to get a seven-day furlough. We
are in Aix-le- Bains and I am sending
you couple Of cards. one showing
the hotel 1 am in. The other is a
picture of a place rented by the Y NJ
c. A. 1t is a grand place, and will
send you some views Of the inside
taken, before the war. NJ. that t3n%S
it was the biggest gambling joint in
the world, next to Monte Carlo.
''Therc is a possible chance Of our
haing home by Christmas. but if we
hay" to stay d little longer I won't
mind rs everything will be quiet
Il ~ Harold Thompson about a
week ago a0d no said to rem ember
him TO YOU all + will close now and .
hope this letter finds YOU all in the ~
best Of health. CONRAD"
Dear Parents:
Now VIC can write letters that
won't be censored SO I Will tell YOU
some Of my experiences in France.
We left New Haven Tuesday. Septenl-
Der is. at I O'Clock and passed New
ington road at 9:09 and rode through
Hartford, Springfield, up through
Massachusetts and, Vermont and
through Carad% until We came to
Montreal and then went aboard the
Canadian Pacific ocean liner Miseana-
bee Of o'clock September 9. We
left the next morning. We passed I'M
der the Quebec bridge September 20,
and passed the city Of Quebec which
is situated on high plateau over
looking the st. Lawrence river The
Quebec bridge is the longest oaG-spaY1. .
bridge in the world. We Went through
the mouth Of The ST LaWrenCa and
Bay of Fundy and reached Halifax
SUNDAY. September 23. We stayed n
raded one day. We left Halifax on
September % with eight other ships
Vith a cruiser as n convoy. The sen
Was rough and most everybody was
sick to begin With but got used 10 1t .
after awhile. Two days out Of liver
pool we were met by niue American
ana British destroyers which took is
safely through the danger Hu#c. va
ciseEl baTked at LiVerp0oI went My
train TO SoUthamp ton. stayed there
six days ana thea crossed he English
channel. With the wind blowing and
the rain falling, making the sea Very
rough. Wc arrived at Havre October
II and rode on a train ror TWO nights
and day ana then walked 10 miles
to 'IandaVino in heavy marching or
der and were chartered in barns Of
different people, whore COWS. pigs,
horses, chickens and people live in 8.
the same building. .-. F..
I'VE drilled in Landavillo until
February ), when We went into the
trenches. and have been there evc,A~
since-that is, until the armisticc was
signed two weeks ago. We were in
the Chemin des DANES sector where
the famous Fort of MaImaison is. then
went to the Toul front. where I was
made corporal April ). We were next 70
to Chateau-Thierry whore
the marines stopped the Germans on
their drive to Paris. We relieved the
marines and drove the Germans back. -
That was the second battle of the
Marine. | was made sergeant on
August 5. We next made the big ST.
Mihicl drive and then to Verdun,
where VIC were whom tho armistice
VAS signed: SO YOU can sec we are
glad that the war is over. especially
he fellows who came over with the
livision, OF whom there are very few
eft. +
Il will close now and hope this let
or finds you in the best of health. T
wish you all a merry Christmas and
rope it won't be long after that be-