The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-19

day some infantry men just In front Of
us got into an officers dugout and reaped
q big bunch of souvenirs, among them
some Luger automatics | bought per
| fectly new one for 80 francs, about So
| hope to be able to bring one home with
me- 1t has l0-inch barrel and a holster
! that can be attached to the pistol butt,
making a neat little rifle out of it, The
clips hold eight shells. They have sort
| of attachment that holds 35 shells that
| ! hope to get before long.
The boche had been in that territory
nearly four years and they certainly had
things fixed up swell Their officers dug
outs were regular homes, electric lights,
etc. In two dugouts the infantry took
| so prisoners, food was cooking on the
stoves and all sorts Of equipment left
behind. Lieut. Wallace, in charge of our
company train, started out before mid
night with hot coffee, canned beans and
bread for us but didn't find us till $50
in the morning. Met Harold DAWSON
from Woodsville that morning. Big
patches of prisoners were going to the
rear all that morning. There was prac-
tically no resistance and we had to hus-
tie to catch up. The other companies
had to carry their guns, etc, and We're
behind lis. The attacking battalion that
was supposed to follow got on the wrong
road and our company got to the first
| objective ahead of everyone else. The
boche were away out on the plain ahead,
burning stores and villages all over the
plain. We slept in some mice German
dugouts that night, where we got fieas.
The French didn't get to the plain till
the next morning and our boys had a
great time going over the next town
where the boche had left their barracks
in a. hurry when our bombardment start
ed. We got underwear, gloves, sweaters,
tobacco, accordions, razors, etc. ! found
couple good officers brides, some fine
razors, a God Mitt Uns" buckle, some
extra clips for my Luger and half doz-
en- fresh eggs just sent from Germany
by mail, box of cigars, pair of wooden
gloves and'a dandy blanket from med
zeal wagc. that got packed but couldn't
get its hoses hitched in time.
1t was surely fine bombardment, TAX
ing all the heart out of the boehe. Most
of the prisoners were Austrians who
wouldn't fight the Americans if they
could surrender. A lot of young Ger
mans also gave themselves uI. The next
day we were relieved, took over a new
sector, and I'm now making my home
with Lieut.. Woods in railway station
which has been reinforced by the boehe
making a machine gun nest of it. The
walls are about four feet thick reinforced
with railway iron ripped from the rail
road. The road hasn't been used for
four years, so you can imagine the state
it is in. ] suppose we will be relieved
before long, go to the rear for a good
long rest and get our long delayed leaves.
Have had beautiful case of hives for
the last four days from eating too much
bacon, guess They kept me awake
half the night but seem to be little less
itchy to-day Tell Mrs. Perry she is not
to worry about our getting enough food
to eat We have had fine rations, every
thing from bread buildings to beefsteak,
potatoes, doughnuts, fapjacks, excellent
bread, butter quite often, good coffee,
mutton once in while, in fact we feed
very well indeed, much better than the
other allies. This afternoon our air
planes are out in droves, making life
miserable for the boche They must be
gin to realize that their goose is about
cooked Expect some mail tonight.
Henry