The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
Fe7TH REGIMENT .|Gl4EN LONG REST \ AFTER HARD FIGHT
 As.asA.s t@.SsA [fettssGeorge A.Glenn Gives Further Fyuurrtther Details of the
 seJnty-August Battle
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Ehs-Rev. pr. E. M. Glenn, pastor of {teSn6hnt Vernon Methodist church at North Birmingham, and Mrs. Glenn have deceived 1soine highly interesting descrip- lions of the recent life of the 167th in- 4aMfG .in France.
 The letters are from their son, Lieut.. George A. Glenn, Headquarters company, s67th infantry. Forty second division.
 Following the hard fighting of July and early August the division was given a period of rest. Lieutenant Glenn is one of the three sons of pr. and Mrs. Glenn, all of whom are in the service. His two most recent letters read as follows:
 Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry,
 August 5, 1918.
 rRev. E. NJ Glenn, Birmingham.
 Dear Papa and Folks-I believe my last letter was written from dug-out in another part of France Since then life has been fast and furious.
 sYou are familiar from newspapers with what has occurred subsequent to Hhe attempted boche offensive of July l5 Nous are aware that one main objective was Chalons. At the time his prepara- tory barrage fell down at 12i10 on the morning of July 15, our regiment lay in trenches right across one of the main roads into that city. At the time my last letter was written, the failure of his offensive was already apparent Two days after that letter, the situation in that sector was so safe that we were pulled out, made a three day hike to the rear, and then entrained for an 18-hour ride. Upon detraining we caught a train of heavy trucks, which in eight hours placed us directly in the rear of the line in the big salient which has been hold ing attention now for three weeks. On the afternoon of the same day of arrival our regiment relieved another outfit and went into position, going forward in at tack few hours later, gaining contact with the enemy and, after the hardest sort of fighting, much of it hand-to-h hand with the bayonet, pushed the enemy back three kilometers. Then followed 10 days of the same sort of thing, during the course of which we advanced about b kilometers and broke down two distinct lines of enemy resistence. On the night of our tenth day the enemy. having sui fered intensely for four days from our artillery fire, evacuated his positions, and you this morning probably know better than 1 where he is. Our troops followed him until, already weakened by a To- day stretch of the strongest test of phy- sical endurance, they were ready to drop from sheer exhaustion, when they were relieved by fresh outfit, who have gone ahead to regain contact Late last night we heard the distant bombardment of our artillery, and we presume contact has been gained, but we are without in- formation as yet as to the extent of the retreat. Apparently, it must be be- tween l5 and 25 kilometers.
 MOVEMENTS OF REGIMENT
 You will be able to follow, in the newspapers. the movement of our resi- ment by bearing in mind that it was Intimately connected with what took