Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-06-20

loaded in big trucks and taken to a
little town called Minorvillc. That
Was the 9th, The town was shot
TO pieces. There wasn't but a few
French there, and on Saturday.. the
9TH, we were called out and sent to
different companies and on that
evening at three O'Clock | and nine
others started out walking. We did
not know where we were going but
we went right into the front lines at
Lima aud we hadn't any dinner or
supper and it was quite a distance
down the muddy trench to the dug
out where the squad was located.
All the way down the trench old
Jerry was Smelling the Metz road
and the trench running along by the
side of the road and | hadn't been
in the du9out very long until they
brought a man in. He was shrap-
relied through the arm. In short
time old Jerry Shcllcd the small
dugout so we had to beat it to an
other dugout about 50 feet deep and
shell proof. We were safe down in
the dug out. Sunday morning
had 10 help carry an officer to tho
first aid station-about . 1-2 miles.
On the eleventh of September we
got orders to get ready to 40 over
the top and that night at one o'clock
we all started out 10 join the dough-
boys. 1t was awfully dark and
rainy and in the trnch and lots of
places the mud and wafer was a
foot deep but we just went right on
through and got with the infantry
boys and sal there till daylight. Our
big guns were shooting all The time
and Old Fritz was too. Sure ii was
Il noise, We could hear the shells
whizzing over our heads coming
from both sides. That morning was
The 18th of September and we start
cd out after the Dutch over trenches
and barbcd wire cntanglcmcnts and
through the fields and woods. We
captured lots OF Fritzics and that
evening we took town called BOu-
llnvillc. But we didn't STAY there.
We kept right on going so that night
we went into another town called
AZamncS. That was about =
o'clock the next morning. We were
all worn Out and went on i'm the
town for-w didn't care for nothing
and went into an old house Of some
Kind not knowing what was in
there. We weren't allowed TO have
any light of any kind AT day light
that morning we found our where
The rest of the Company was and
went up in the fields with them. dug
in and held the line till the 10th.
Then we were relieved and went
back to BoulInvillc and stayed there
until Sunday night, the 22nd, when
we were sent back on The front i'm
The woods in front of Bernie and
then we moved from place TO place
alter night ard through The rain and
mud. On November Isl we started
another drive and took several
towns and lots of prisoners and on
November 9th The cart train pulled
INTO rally where we Siayd few
days while the company was on
ahead.
On the morning of November llih
1918. one sergeant and one other fell
low and startled out with two carts
loaded with chow. We pulled in
10 Lnucnvillc about S O'Clock and
fed the company and | STAYED there
Whlic The mess sergeant went back.
got the kitchen ana pulld it in that
evening The next day, the twelfth.
we went down tho McuSc River 10
Inc bridge, crossed ii and went TO
StcnaN and stayed there until the
%lth then started to Germany Walk
ing, November 25th stayed at VilIcrs
Dorval IN Belgium, then went to
st. NinccnncS on November 2Gth
and stayed till the 10th. Then we
went to Vance and stayed till De-
ccmber End, 1913. Then went
into Luxembourg, stayed there one
night, December 3rd, in Chrisinoch
one night and December 4th we
went to Halhcr and STAYED till the
9th. December 9TH at Ncdcrvciscr.
Germany, December Sih, went to
Kyllburg and stayed till December
18th. Then we left and walked to
Balsfcld, stayed there till the 10th.
From there to Pronsfcld and stayed
till December 30th. Then started
for another hike so they marched us
to Blcialf-that was about IS k. III.
We stayed there quite a while, and
on February 10Th and 18th we took
horses and mules to Brum, - kilo-
meters from Blcialf. We had some
time pulling and pushing them into
the dipping vat. The dip was about
rs feet deep and they jumped off a
platform 3 feet above the water and
would go clear under. On Fcbru-
AIRY 18th. 1919, % Of the company
went TO Tricr on u sight seeing trip.
We had real nice time, TriCr has