The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-12-27
Letter from France.

The following letter was re.
ceived by Miss X. F. Stintsman
from her brother Corp. Frank
Stintsman, Dec. 9, 1918.
Chaumont, France.
Sunday, Nov. %, 1918
Dear Sister,
| just finished a letter to
Father so thought ! would write
you a few lines also. | am well
and getting along fine as usual
Still living up on the hill | was
on when the fighting ceased in a
dugout we made ourselves.
We expected to hike back
from the lines and it was to be a
ten or twelve day hike, but we
haven't started yet. l guess |
can stand it though after what
have been through in the last
two or three months.
! We are able to tell little
more in our letters now since
the censorship is not so strict.
We landed at Brest, France on
the 18th of July and after two
days boarded the train for our
training area. After about three
nights on this train which were
side door pullman or freight cars
we arrived at a little town called
Buncey. We were there only
one week when we moved by
truck to town called Occey.
There we received the balance of
our training before going to
the front.
On Sept. 18th we were up to
the front for the first time which
was quiet sector, there was
nothing very exciting there ex-
cept of an air fight every day or
so. We came back from there,
and moved back short distance
and on the Goth went into the
drive at Montfaucon, this is
where we had a pretty warm re-
ception, but never the less we
gained about twelve kilos on the
Hun before we were relieved.
We were on that front for six
days. We came back from there
had a little rest and went up to
another quiet sector on the st.
Mihiel front. There was very
little doing here, other than
Jerry sending over a few hun
dred gas shells each night.
From there we came back to
the Mouse Argonne front where
we started another drive and
We're still driving on the 18th,
when things quoted down a
little, in fact everything for a
few minutes was so quiet you
could hear a whisper. 1t was
hard to believe for a while that
all that rumble and roar should
cease so quickly.
! The Germans were Just as
glad as we were on that day for
about twenty of them came out
wanted to shake hands and ex-
change souvenirs.
This last drive was a funny
one. We went out to our po-
sitions on Friday afternoon and
in the middle of the night an
order came to us that we were to
follow upon the Germans whom
Ihad started back in the night. |
guess they thought they had
better go while the going was
good. We followed them until
it ended.
We have been very fortunate
for the last two or three days.
Our new Chaplain has succeed
ed in getting us some chocolate
candy, cakes, writing paper and
magazines. He certainly is a
live wire. was over to church
this morning to hear him.
| By the way ! forgot to tell you
that we were living in a mp
| that about three weeks ago was
occupied by Germans. / cut a
| map from the paper you sent
me, which shows a town that is
about a quarter of mile from
the Camp, named Romagne. Ii
has been all shot to pieces.
i There may have been some
excitement back in some of the
towns that are populated but
everything was very quiet
where | was, but | saw the
greatest sight. The artillery
uses signals which are rockets
and flare lights, that are sho'
from pistols and these are al
colors, md went up from al
points along the front. 1t was
greater than any 4th of July
ever saw.
We are drilling three hours
: each day, and that is good exer
cise for us. We also have twC
hikes of ten miles each witt
packs.
| have been down town fol
mess and stood retreat. 1t start
ed to rain little, and this is tn,
first rain we have had for three
or four weeks.
/ had letter from Leroy Nay
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