Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-10
SEES ALLIED Fu|ER
BRING DOWN A HUN
WHO TRA|LED HI N
OTTAWA BOYS MACHINE AT
Tackled BY BOCHE-BATTlE
ENSUES, WITH AMERICAN THE
VICTOR.

Rough weather does not dampen the
spirits of American boys in France
This is evidenced in a sparkling let
ter received by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Daley. 5l5 st George street. from
their son, Charley Daley. A. f. F..
formerly Free Trader.JOurnal EN-
ploye. who is now with the old fight.
ing Seventh Regiment He says the
boys take the weather as it comes for
the sake of Old Glory.
He describes in particularly inter-
esting vein a fight between a German
airplane that had followed his ma.
chine for mile and an allied fier.
with victory, Of course, being the al
lied birdman's. He says:
Aug. 2S, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Just a few lines to let you know |
am still alive and happy. We have
gone from our little village and are
now on the front near ---. We had
fine time In France until we came
here, where it is cold, rainy and
plenty OF swamps. But what do we
care? We mus take Il as it comes
for the sake of Old Glory.
received all my mail at once here,
among which were four letters from
you. Have you received any from
me? | have written only two. as we
can say but little of our maneuvers.
All | know of are maneuvers | have
a chic little Dodge car to run around
in and have been up as close as two
miles from the front line trenches.
We make this trip once a day to see
how much ammunition is needed and
to explore new roads.
Today four enemy planes flew over
/ our position. which is in a little for.
! est called the crown of Toul." We
have been quartered here for a few
/ day. The boche fired two of our oh.
servaton balloons after a hot battle
with the l22d Field Artillery which is
also with us. The plane that fired the
/ balloons was directly over my head
I while ! was taking Colonel Fisher tt
a small tawn near here where brigade
headquarters are established. He fol
lowed me for nearly a mile, when ar
allied plane sailed out from behint
the hills near by and in ten minutes
saw the boche falling in flames.
i Mother it is one of the pretties
sights in the world to see an air iigh
at night when 1t is pitch dark TIL,
planes fire on one another with phos
phorous bullets OF all colors and the.
look like butterflies with their insie
Mas in loud colors on each large wing
: When one falls afre it is great
At night here you are lucky to sleeI
with the noise the large guns are max
ing close to us, They start early i
the morning and finish at all hours @
the night.
Gas! Oh. Lord, how many times d
| hear this in one day? One must &c
his mask on in twelve seconds or
> means a month or so in some hospitt
behind the lines. Pretty short tim
a between you and death, eh, mother?
!. Today passed close to Verdun, an
/, while riding along road we notice
a a group Of soldiers burying their dea,
We stopped. Nine out of the twent
six We're from dear old Chicag
Mother, our boys cannot be beate
They dug in In the Amiens fight tv
weeks back and although cut to piec,
they ruined Germany's best Prussia
\ Guard regiment When one of OF
, boys steps out on the firing board !
goes in with heart ana soul, and yt
10 can't beat the American spirit,
- General pershing has said, He
NJ heaven or Hoboken by Xmas." and
NJ hope it's all three-hell for German
heaven for the allied men gone befo
- and Hoboken for our Yanks
DO Well. mother, will cease now. vi
ID all my love to you and dad and Mar
,e WAGNER CHARLES Il. DALEY
ty Headquarters Company, 1OSth Ann
II. milton Trains, A. f. =.
lr- p. S.-By the time you receive &
| will be in Metz or Luxemburg. Ay