Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
SERGT. BREIBY WRITES
LETTER FROM FRONT
Continued from Page l.

wondered what became of me for the
past several weeks, but you must I'M
derstand that it was absolutely impos-
Sible even to send trench card home.
Just before starting for the stunt
(niclname for an attack / sent home
a card, which you probably have re-
ceived. Since then we have been at
the Huns morning, noon and night.
We are now back for rest for cOu-
pIe Of weeks and expect to get back
all Of the. pep and ginger to get an
other crack at the BOches soon again.
BY George, talk about thrills in NOV
les. Multiply them by hundred and
you almost get the same effect. And
when one is actually taking part In 1t
You cant realize what Is taking place
at the time. Sir Douglas Haig gave
our division dandy pat on the back,
as did the major general of the Aus
traiian division. 1 would love to write
a full account of the happenings, but
feed so listiess that I caa hardly push
the pen along, so will tell more later"
In the next letter, dated November
3, Conrad writes that previous to the
big push, which started some time in
September and, as previously record
ed, resulted in the smashing Of the
Hindenburg line, they went over the
top on an average of once week.
During the BIG PUSH they went over
the top FIVE TIMES A DAY.
"Have not had bath In over six
weeks, and, believe me, l don't feel
any too comfortable. However, will
be able to get good one this after
noon. I don't know what kind OF a
job will be able to grab when l get
rack, but maybe the splendid, tech
saicai, naAthenatical trainilgs this life
iss-nO Twill come in handy. Perhaps
TN get some gentle work like moving
furniture or hOisting safes.
"Can you picture bunch Of hard
ened trench hounds hitting good
sized town with a modest amount Of
dough in their pockets, just having
been paid? That is just the picture
we made when we landed in a certain
town near here a few days ago. You
would think we had never seen civil
tans the way we gazed and looked at
them parading up and down on real
paved streets with sidewalks. Natu-
rally we mobbed the eating place
't0ute suite but had to wait 80 min
utes before it opened. We hit real
bon place. Started off with soup,
fish, steak, potatoes, peas, caulifiower,
Aone ~ pnf oil
for 10 francs, or So, as you would say.
Believe me, that's going some for over
here. We had to pay the same
amount for eggs and chips in some
places If you were foolish enough.
Eggs are usually franc apiece, or %
cents Of Uncle Sans money"
Note by Editor.-AccOrding to the
announcement issued by General
March which appeared in last Sun
days papers, the Twenty-seventh Di-
vision, of which not only Conrad
Breiby, but Harry Elkan, Walter
EYack and the two Hacker boys are
members, was still resting on Novem-
Der IL, when the armistice terms were
signed. All of these Palisade boys
were probably at Beauquesne or Cor
bic, near Amiens, at the time, as they
were united with the British armies in
their drives on Cambria and st. Quen-
tin. Another section of the Twenty
seventh division was resting at st.
Dizier, which is several miles behind
Metz. The report that the Twenty
seventh Division would soon embark
for home and be back by Christmas
proved erroneous, much to the disap-
pointment of sall Palisadians and New
Workers.