The Republican journal., 1919-01-23
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ION of the letter written by
Twin of Battery F, l35th
A. E. F.
at two o'clock that after
and with a young French
e, we started out for the
>f, passing through Atten
ID climb arrived at what
tl'iage of Mousson, on the
F he village was not much
SIS Of ruins and at the very
uns of the church from
'd be seen on clear days.
be seen for miles around
he Germans would take a
.r 'uck and then shell the
a-w there were a lot of
a- 10 there. But when
e6 coming over we just
-ogr and waited for them
Mth. | was at Mousson
tet 18th. when we got
back to our batteries, so
. locate mine, which had
r1s The front that week. /
"u!e-au-Nai and had a
without being distrub-
The next morning the
ammander's) detail left
ocste d position, and that
= battery moved up into
i lad lived the week be-
u an old French gun
e4s right back of the in
IFS good quarters, as our
r.y dry We had two
.srp. aud the Huns left US
sE times during the next
VIC got shelled was when
NoussoD with the captain,
usually in the afternoon
tand an hour or so of shell
LIZ night of Oct. 10th, just
finished our supper and [
.sT 60 the captains dugout
E data, a shell came over
rs aud exploded a few hun
our rear. 1t was a whole
a We had heard before, for
e-mans used II nm and $50
me was a 210 nm. During
hour shells landed every
80 the road over which our
food and ammunition was
minute, but the captain got
Old 1t up, and so it wasn't
over an hour they threw
/ us on the communicate
didn't think much of it
shifted and uegan putting
r position. Pretty soon we
The trees falling and the
I'd TO rain down on the roof
The next thing we knew
from the other dugouts
ato ours and said they had
fiat the dugout caved in |
Getting too close for com
Il+outs weren't made for
els. A 210 nm. shell |
10 the ground nearly ten
anty feet in diameter. l
twelve inch tree down. /
captain found out that no |
La0y injured, he ordered us
winch was only a couple |
but out of range, ana stay |
We left all of our equip
he position, so the next |
~ lock, before it was light !
vii in the firing, we stole
90 the horses to the guns, !
clothing and equipment |
ssuoyed or buried and went |
-au-Fal The dugout that |
1ere lsIept and as my bunk |
p pieces | lost most of my J
mess kit, which found, |
fHthlng landed on it. The
b did have our range down
hen they had been there |
as that was the part of |
i"nt of Metz that hasn't |
'1II observation post that |
also some roads of theirs |
hat they didn't like it very |
e didn't have any heavy |
.et Us up and they had all !
cd three men bunged up,
tack with US again.
y '-ie au-Val about eleven
Starved and dead tired, as
any sleep at all the night |
liked nearly ten miles to
] ate my dinner and turned |
the next morning. We
wa the next day and left for
18th, where we remained /
ne 10th, when we again
northwest to Avrainville,
where we had quarters
when we went up to the
nearly midnight when we
hFralnvllle. was on horse
ooAed as if We had robbed a
Fry lhing | owned was strap
IDLE, | was riding a cute
d east she looked real cute
opened to get in range of
and then she gave an imi-
sea lightning, for she surely
" e rode all that night, only
ieaktast at three o'clock A.
ao hour, and until noon the
.sn we made a camp in a
'r Apremount. After mess
and slept for a couple of
'aa supper at five O'Clock,
.9h's and rolled up in our
IT, next thing l knew they
Us to breakfast at five
pfoke camp a little after
and four hours later we
~, where part of the bat,
~ travelled by truck were.
l ~ only long enough to get
~, w.. ana water our horses,
oGI 80 P. M. We ira vel
j.; e'eVen O'Clock that night,
=" made camp near Deux-
moo, we witnessed a fight
no' = Wednesday night
ana took up a position on
= overlooking st. Maurice.
''' lively place and was