The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03

has been all in vain, for your magma
ton could not go SO far. Know. for
/, too, lima gined before | experienced.
We remained there until the night
of september 20. when we were as
signed to the support or resistance
! trenches fsecond line).
The night OF September % found
.,ns relieved tram, Lrepch dutS. and w
~. = - o. h 4s--
hostile bon,bardment about four miles
where we slept and lived until the
night OF September 25th, when We
started through a network of con-
Meeting trenches to march TO our point
| to go "over the top
Big Artillery Preparation.
| Our artillery concentration for thai
| drive WAS the biggest and most won
derful of any strictly American drive
| of the war: il was beyond description
and one roaring hell. 1t started a.
III r. NJ. and lifted at $50 A. NJ. Al
| the zero hour 70 a. NJ VIC went ovel
i the top.
| have written you the success oi
| that drive. We liberated the town
| In fact, our sector was right through
| Mou;fancon. or better known as The
| Little Gibraltar a town or hill which
a French officer connected with our
I DIVISION SI1lrO NtuNu never nG ANhCh
| However, that done. we passed on anc
TOOK the village Of Nauttlo's
Thus our fghung and advance KEEP
up for SIX days OF hardships that yot
| would think would be impossible fol
L. human being to endure.
| We were then relieved and marched
for four days, paralleling the front tt
he village of Thillimbois. on the 81
Mihiel sector. where We remained II
tegimental reserve for the 3l6th regl
| ment, who were holding down The
front line some miles in advance.
| forgot to mention that our drive
| " September rs was what Is known
| Is the Argopne Forest or front. Thil
| .inghois Is the town In which I wrote
and lied about being In the rest carnI
| for the winter and that we wouit
never see action again.
| We remained there for about two
| and a half weeks, and Men startee
edgipg forward towards the front
The night of October 80 found III
about six miles from the city Of Yer
dun we walked ali night and early
in the incoming of October 80, Stella:
birthday. entered our lines.
| From then until November II i
was awful, AS We met with fierce re
sistauce, and the nature OF the ground
l
made our advance a costly one. How
ever. after constant plugging. We go
the Boche on the run and never dit
| stop until the whole thing was over
and here we are located on the out
| skirts of the village OF Etrange. neal
! Damviiliers. the biggest TOWNSHIP
I around here.
! You will have to get quite an ex
tensiye map to locate these towns AM
my movements: however, ] wish yoi
would attempt to buy one as larg'
and descriptive as you can OF tn
/ whole of France, az / viii want
when get home.
I 1t looks now as II we were to b.
named as part Of the Occupation
army and that we will do guard dut
in Luxembourg. am not sure. bu
| all things point that way. We tax
that as a good omen. for all the officer
figure that after doing a bit up there
= say two or three weeks, then get start
ed for port and then "homewaE
bound" That viii be some day.
9 Well. l am going to quit now. Wan
| to wish every one Merry Christina
{ and at the same time Happy Ne
=, Year; also will take these means
, congratulatins Uncle Harry for h
, birthday, knowing that you will eithe
see hin, or get in touch with him
that day (a5thl. Just everybody kee
well, and the first thing you know tn
{ day will be here, as time passes fas
, Love and kisses to all. Anectionatef,
- Your Son and Brother,
y DAN