The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-04
bombs in he Immediate Ssvitipitv.

bombs in fhc immsdiatc A5vieinitv. 1
thought that big shells were bad but
these bombs sure did beat anything I
ever experienced | thought the whole
chateau was going to fall down on top
of me. After that We moved down TO
thc basement nc night We stayed
here until we were relieved and as
there were quite few artillery bat.
tries near It's we were under she'll fire
quite a good deal Of the time. There
was n Belcian family Just hack Of the
chateau ard had them boil me some
potatoes ono morning.
YESTERDAY we were relieved bv the
French. We left the chateau about
40 and lust as we were leaving some
shells began 10 come over None of us
were hurt and we reached our desti-
nation all safe 1t was the same town
whore we had been in the chateau on
our wav np.& Our lieutenant marched
MS out into a field and told us that the
town wns sure to he bombed that night
md that we would be safer ont in the
Geld than in some old building He
rrav have had the right idea but I
had silent ont in the omen one night
and I thought that III take a chance
~ house if I could find one Our
kitchen was there and they were going
20 feed us. On the wav to it another
fellow and I heard voices in n very
rood looking house We knocked and
asked IL we could sleep there. They
seemed perfectly willing so We went in
and put orr packs down in corner
while we went 10 mess. When we came
back they invited us TO sit hv the
fire with them. We did and had a lo'
of fun irving to talk with them ",
showed them our pictures and som,
other things we had. When we go
ready TO 60 10 bed we went over int
( 'he corner and started to make oui
bunk on the floor. They showed us
( bed or rather a box spring and insisted
on our using il. Well. they did no
have to urge US very much and we hac
( n fine sleep. There were two familie
/ sleeping there They had mattresse
i on straw on one side of the ROOM W
/ stayed there all the next morning. Ha,
/ \ fine time. They were an awfullv ME
family and were very glad to see us
There were four girls and three bows
The youngest girl was nine years oil
and she was little dear. | have he
picture taken with her next older sis
ter who is eleven. | gave her one O
those | had taken with Madeline an
Alice. II give you their names an
address later and / wish that yo
would find some way to send Their
something and put my name insid,
They invited us to dinner and we ha
soup, stewed rabbit, steak and boile
potatoes. Not so very bad! Thes
people seem TO have plenty of clothing
potatoes, coffee and some flour. The
are to all appearances quite well pr,
pared for sometime, but / don't thin
that they have enough to last out tn
winter, but then there viii be supple
in before very long. We came her
this afternoon.
The fields around here aren t torn u
very badly by shell fire and there al
acres and acres of turnips, and quit
lot Of other vegetables. This part {
Belgium Is very fortunate for thong
the towns are more or less destroye
! the land is in shape TO be cultivate
so that the people will be able to NAL
a living.
There were some other things tn;
| was going to write about but son
, business came IN that broke my trai
! of thought and as it is now nearly mi
! night II stop for this time.
. l may possibly have some good new
for you later on. Love to all,
I, PAUL