The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-10-17

Franco. Augu.t n. isls

France. August II. 1918.
.ss Esc:iysd a thsss S Letter, .,,1 from you yes
good tims. We can always console our
ins that We have some on ths road but
We get IT, Really there isn't anything
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leave" chcw' line to read their letters
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to take a soldier from hip 'cohw."
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experienced. st the front bul, Of course.
can not. II sertanly is some exciting
and isn't what you'd cab an easy life.
81 up 20 batteries to look over the guns
pairs. IL any were necsssAry. Ths,
Frits had a habit Of throwing six inch
shells along the road we had TO travel
and, Of ceurse. wasn't Geglecting the
Ing We went up he had the range on
the Battery ] went to and was dropping
them rather thick. one lahded so close
who weren't so fortunate as !. lost an
arm and received q wound In the back,
You can hear the shells coming all
right but can't always tell where the!
on another morning the boys In tn
Battery were eating breakfast when
got there SO 1 thought I'd eat again as
IL had been nearly two hours since
had eaten and you know my falling
about eating The 0ermans were shell
ing a hill about qva5f6S Of a mile
idea TO eat In one Of the dugouts. WI
finished our breakfast all right and had
just left the dugout to wash our mess
wasn't going to stop on the hill. We la
fiat. as We do when they are dropping
around. and when We got US to see
the mess sergeant that he. hadn't given
US any more to eat because the shei
had landed directly on top OF the dug.
just a she'll crater. But i think they
are getting about five in return for ev-
cry one they send over and We have
lot Of fun listening to our own guns
send their barrages 2 over anu
imagining how the Germans are
scattering on the other side. But the
real longing for Home sweet Home"
through and pull off fittle bombing
expedition. The bombs they drop sure
contains some explosive because they
make one awful report and tear up a
hole that you could put small house
into.
Have been In two light gas attacks
but that doesn't worry Us because we
have good masks.
Later.-Aug. 3rd. Have been travel
Ing again, left the front and are now
resting. We are in n French village OF
about 100 people where American SOL
diers have been only once before-in
January. We are almost heroes here
and the French people are certainl,
good to US. Our billet was a hay loft
but a school teacher has given another
and myself q room in his house with
real bed to sleep in. We have mad
friends with several fine families and
visit some of them every, afternoon OF
night. have learned consideraoi-
French by now and can carry on a
conversation very well, although SLOW
Have to start working tomorrow
clean the guns for our regimen,-take
them down and give them a general
overhauling.
This is one OF the longest letters 4
have written in France. I would like
to write more but hate to impose on the
censor.
As ever.
GEORGE.