The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
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Waldo Miles Writes Home of Aeroplane
Battle in France.

The following letter has been received
by Mr.. and Mrs. George p Miles from
their son, Waldo, who is in France. 1t
was written Nov. ~.
Il will try and write few lines and
let you know | am alive and the war Is
over. We got up toward the front, SO
as to haul a few loads of ammunition.
We did not get close enough to get into
the artillery positions with the mum.
lions, but were within two and one half
miles of there. | was near three BON.
bardments by German aeroplanes and
saw one aeroplane battle about POO yards
west of our convoy There were about
30 or 40 planes in the engagement. It
was exciting for few minutes, az the
machine guns of the machines were sput-
tering very fast The anti-aircraft guns
were active at spells there, when they
could work without interfering with the
American planes The planes were bat
Ting away as they went over the hill
and we did not hear whether they
brought down any German planes or not.
Often we saw other engagements in the
air by allied planes. The latter men
toned were allied planes, not all Amer
lean.
Il had lots of chances to collect Ger
man stuff, but it makes too much Of
load to lug, as we have very heavy
equipment. / will try and get some
handkerchiefs and such things for SOU
venirs of France for you if possible. The
boys are very cheerful and it is great
to hear the boys tell what they are GO
ing to do when they get back. am feel
ing fine. must say had as narrow an
army, and ] will tell you when / get
home, Our captain said this morning
he was in hopes to get the whole Of
Co. c back to the states without losing
man.
Il received your letter of Oct. IA to-
day. | have neglected writing as we
have been very busy. In the sector
where we are the Germans were running
so fast that the Americans could not
keep up with them. We passed over
a road at 3 p. m. one day and the Ger
mans were in that town the night be-
fore and the captain of the battery that
was in the drive rode about 10 miles
with me, as his battery had been re-
lieved. He said the line was about Is
miles west of there at the time. | saw
one dead German in the ditch beside
the road and they said the woods were
full of dead Germans.
"The towns here are well shot up, as
the Yanks were very accurate with their
Smelling and cleaned their prey up as
fast as they went. We are in hopes to
be heading for the good old U. S. A. as
soon as possible. We can't tell how
much longer we will be here.
81 got four boxes of cigars to-day and
plenty of tobacco. The Salvation Army
Is attached to this corps. They are do
ing great work for the boys. The sun
is shining bright and the day is per-
feet. Have a box of cigars and some
thing good to eat. OF course a little
candy on the side would be nice.
I'VE had a little touch of the Spanish
influenza when we reached France, but
that is a thing of the past here. They
were moving forward so fast here that
they walked away from it and il could
not catch them"
Elbridge Burnham, who has been Sc.
riously i'll with pneumonia, is reported
improving. A domestic nurse from
Plainfeld is caring for him.
Harold Crane was at home for over
Sunday from his work in South Lunen-
burg
Among those who are i'll with inhuen-
"a are Mrs. F. B. Miles, Lawrence Miles,
Fred Fay, Ralph White and Paul Tap
lin.
w. II. Marshall has been unable to at
tend to his duties in the barber shop re.
Gently on account Of illness with boils.