The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-30
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The fDIlovstus interesting taEtsr has
been lrecstus6 ny Father James iiln-
lliDn nj ST. Frances de Sales church,
from his nephew, Sergeant G. P Dun
hninp nj the a T. r. forces IL Franee.
my Iisar Sister End Tlncie James:
! This lis Fathers day when every
man in the "a E IT Ifs given an up
lpur,tunity 10 write no his father sed'
kif he lnannpt write 10 his TahtaT then
ITO his next dearest FRIEND,
! Am grrlily glad for the opportunity
FfDr DunDT.tlIrities I'D write huve been
VERY few in the past Two mnniirs
I'M the card 4 wrnts a lew days aaso
q mentioned having gone through me
jTbatgle OF the ArgDnna. This might
ilbe called the Deciding nartle .nf The
wsrr ann was ny I'M the fiercest
E;f,r.nttns of any hattie since the be
ginning nf the wal Ut was waIcheu
with great anxiety by the Other hi-
Lies Tpr the French and British mac
stsparal times tniAd no IaiGe this parI
kuf the line fInd tailed. The ftviBiDn
vi ,tsa6 ND belong 10 at Gimp Lewis
,npa1,ad the drive with pur dfViSian
lfallpwtnp I'm. THE 316rh engineers
usad 40 belong 10 Ut Camp Lewis sui
.fasse prettv severe casualties. RIrer
In Fey fiavs we relieved them and
ki.his INST al the time that the Gnunlry
M sserm became mort ,diffinun. II
iSau IN T1rr IttyisiUn TO take hill 3u4
east tnf Rumange which the Germans
hnd fieaiarad tnprsgnable. We nat
Ia ffy itiaws' rsst aGfEaT this, then we
..rasp went in1p the FRONT lime ano
tnt1k ps1't in thu ERkins nf Dun LIE
i Mouse The crossing of the Msuse
uyrncricaIty ftscitied the w-Hr pscaiiss
Hi Diased the ta1itire country psrween
i1ha Mause Rnd the Rhine III me
mercy of the AmsricEns.
4 Tins was ONE Df the dfyisIDns
lt;hf,ss,n itD ag.crlny one III the larger
IaGar-rnan tf,tries. We ere nDw well
aa.st gf the tnfty III LuzsmnIrg and
ls,hn,ild be at ON destination IN q
Iyzs,s,E f1r sa The march is u long
ilftrar put EVERYONE lis fine and M Anu
lyn1lId MT miss 1T for E1Iyrhins' IN
,tffcaui0rls are that peace viii spesdiiy
.ahs, signed md that III. s rrropps Will
shortly be lsawtng fnr home. hao
Ijiursnuau rtp write you q long letter
1sIYt1rp fif my var,iuus t51spsT,tsnnEs, iDut
LII believe 4 viii postpone my stnry IN
itl n get bs1ik, i might, however,
r,a,,riru the FRONTS q have been on.
IN VIII begin ut the beginning.
After sI,snliins Il Few wesEs IN q
..T,-ytrLaue r.nrrIp at Anglers province tor
A1risr ND the Loire river. wafir 10
T,pY..-,.s, rrJvtnns Df Eaubs Marine
There we hufn u big base h0sptEai;
f,-r,rn there we went I'D the front I'D
a 2lspns dIlbrut May 25thl, The par'
l.rin,ilnr senuinn of the rrunt WE We're
ripr YVES ctius west NJ the city on Mill
at,ouse A month tRtHr we Left there
I'm, Chatham U'hiaf,rw THIS WIS ON
ff,,ft arsu-sauprtnn 10 real wGr. hao
sy-pscrad everything TO be thfraDis'
b,Jf I WIS nDt puirs prepared fnr me
F.altnry gIps experiences when %on
,s,.. fis.1d ArnaliiGsns laying grounn
w. were pslrT f1f the advance parry
lar,d were She FIRST IJ. S, engineers TO
iar,Tar IN. TOWN Of fismss. UEis
lnDv-r is on g line between tahaims
l4pf .Snissrr,s I'm tbs Vesilf R%hf
AP+er n Few weeks IN the REM we
.4,,4r yrssr1f por-lh of SsDtssons and foDk
mart in tbs taking Df 1rHtsiy; Ihis
pr,-c.d ms Germans 10 rssrrest no nhs
sispe and so finished 1psrarions 'nn
ms sensu- Fnr the TtIpa being. ON
ns,.f md uuosst Important trUnt w'as
nj ms Arc,D1pH which mentioned
ar -s,.s-. in nv lssrtar The r'sfnhr.Ei-btf
ming .f,,r,t the whale -Hffah flas been
fss sIiir.ft Of the AIusrinans. E@arg'
oope seemed 10 realize he had q Job
10 do End WIS willing 10 do IT What
1fbss FplEs hiSeE hope were Doing was
s..g1,fv wy.Erned and rs We read n'
4ih4iY t4frarfs ours were oDunisd anu
Will hardly notice tfl Em nome
AEAtn
i i t.-f,eat 10 Hs-Re y short 1881 ID
/, c,ns,rug,1l,s and Iflan I VIII laaus for
4s,t cua,t I nm Feeling very well
~ sstr bsrtar than ever. All ms
n,ss say am rsrrins Fat. 8nn1 lft-
4esy- scna chocolates arrived % "
~Ss,s.fless xn say wRs thankful.
Fslrygss write snan.
yiorrr s.f+s,scinna5a brDEhsf and nephew
1, CICINSKlI.
Mrv. 1a, Is5S.
Z p s T,his paper 4 fDrrnd IN b bog
y,,rsJ I'm the 1e1r,iSHry Recently orcn'
pied ny the Garnsssns T. r. ~