The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-23
worry though, l won't bring any o.
them back with me-"
Other Local Bows In France.

Mrs. I. Leach, oUL Sarter Street,
received letter from her son, Mar
vim S. Leach, c Company, 3l5th
Field Signal Battalion, in which he
stated that they landed in England
and then came to France. ! am not
permitted to tell where or much OF
anything else, but don't worry about
me for am getting along fine
France is a pretty place, but have
a time trying to talk to them, so very
few OF the people here speak Eng
lish. We came across without any
accidents. A bunch of us got sea
sick, but | got over mine in couple
of days.
"We are drilling just like we did
in Camp Travis-and we know no
more about the war than you do.
Several other cards have been re-
ceived from the boys who have safe
" landed. Mr.. and Mrs. James Lut-
trell, S03 A Street northwest, have
received a letter from their son,
James, a member of f Company,
llLh Regiment u. s. Engineers and
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Bivens have also
received letters from their sons,
James and Clarence, saying that the
trip over was fine, and that they like
France, hut prefer the good old
United States"
Among the letters received recent
ly from Carter County boys now
overseas is one from Sergt. Leonard
p. Brown, Third Company, First
Motor Merchanics corps, to his wife.
He stated that he had taken part in
the celebration OF the national holi-
day of France, July A. and that his
company had received compliments
upon its part in it. In speaking OF
the air raids, he said it reminded
one of Fourth of July celebration
in the state. 1--WE have also been
hearing the big guns. In the last
drive, which statred Sunday, the
bombardment sounded like thun-
der storm approaching. | have had
trip in an airplane, been over Paris
and several small towns. The
ground and buildings and fields look
like a huge map and as though they
were printed on paper.
my work is practically the same
as | was doing at Central Park, so
am getting along fine"
Mrs. Gus Key also received let
ter from her husband, Corporal Key,
announcing his safe arrival overseas
and stating that the trip was a
splendid one.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. M. Thomas, who
live southwest of Ardmore, recently
received letter from their nephew,
Ira Yeakley, First Regiment Motor
Mechanics, Eleventh Company, Av-
iation Squadron. He says the coun-
try is very pretty and that he expects
to visit Paris within few days and
hopes to visit Berlin with plenty
of bombs before coming home. Pri-
vate Yeakley is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. M. Yeakley of Gainesville,
Texas.
Cantigny Battle Described.
Roy McAllister, who recently vol
in the United States navy,
and is now awaiting a call to duty,
has received the following letter
written to his brother-in-law. Col. c.
p. Hollingsworth, Sixth Field Artil-
lery, from Capt. r. B. Austin dur
ing Colonel Hollingsworth's alb
sence from the front: Dear
Colonel | received your letter
some time ago and | have been on
the lookout for mail for you, but
none has shown up here yet. = y
1t was pretty lively up here at first,
but has quieted down considerably
in the last few days. We thought
for a while, though, that the Boche
was going to include us in his lat
est drive, but he went off to our right
and all we knew about it was the
noise.
you have heard about our cap
ture of Cantigny. 1t was perfect at
tack. The French tank officers who
took part in it said that in their four
years of the war they had never seen
such a clean-cut piece of work. Our
work was fine. The rolling
barrage, a mile long. was beautiful,
and the infantry going over the top
and following the barrage was the
greatest sight | ever saw. They
went along up the long slope as
steady as a clock. At the crest they
looked like long picket fence, into
which gaps would occasionally ap-
pear, as shells fell among them. We
had a rough two days after the at
tack. as the Boches made II coun-
ter attacks, but couldn't bulge our
line a bit.
Most of the counter attacks, in
cluding tanks, were badly smashed
by our artillery. Cantigny certainly
was a mess after the attack-about
all that was left of it was the place
where it had been and few days
later you could smell it two miles
away when the wind was right.
"Our infantry lost a lot of men,
and the Boche losses must have
been very large. ! know of compa-
nies OF ours which have less than
ten men each left.
This town was left so hurriedly
by its civilian population that they