The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-27

whistling over my head. There is no use ducking when you hear them whistle as you never hear the one that gets you. I have my little dug out all to myself which is shell proof until one hits it. I have neighbors on each side of me so we can have a quiet little chat without Fritz seeing us.
 June 25th Advanced our lines about 500 yards, have to dig out and find that a pick and shovel is as good a friend as my rifle. A soldier should have a camouflag- ed mule to pack our equipment.
 June 26th. Everything is rather quiet on the German side this even, ing. Our artillery is sending over a few souvenirs to the Kaiser War is Hell'.
 June 27th. Advanced our lines a few hundred yards again this morn ing and again I made record time in getting my dugout deep enough before daylight. (Right flank takes Bellew Wood.)
 June 18th. Six of us out in No Mans Land on patrol. Germans also had a patrol out but we did not bother it.
 June 26th. I spotted a German pa trol out in No Mans Land. Captain ordered a patrol of us to get them and bring them in. They evidently smelled mouse as they took for their own lines so we had to come back without our bacon About 800 a. m. we were relieved by another company and are now back in reserve resting up and feeding up on sweet stuff, chocolates and jams, although in the first line we were issued one package of cigarettes and one pack age of chocolate every evening which is some treat.
 June 30th. We've had a quiet day. It don't sound natural and I could not sleep-no music of the "whizz bangs" Packing up this evening to be reliev- ed and hope to see the bright lights soon. Moved half a mile back of the lines and camped in Bellew Wood.
 July 1st. Rested up all day. Red Cross sent us cakes, cigarettes, candy and other sweet stuff and we had some feed This evening ten of us leave to put up some barb wire en- tanglements in front of the first line trenches
 July 2nd. Put up 800 yards of wire entanglement, finished at daylight, slept until this afternoon. Liberty motors above us tuning up their new machines. Four German machines came over the lines and they downed two of them and they appeared to be afraid to come back. Haven't seen a German plane since. Their sausages have also disappeared.
 July 3rd. Sitting outside dugout this morning when bang dropped a shell six feet in front of me but fail ed to explode. Had she gone off I would have died happy with a full stomach. Orders passed to pack up this evening and will leave here at midnight.
 July 4th. Everything rather quiet as we are camped about four miles from the lines and will leave here by trucks after dark. Had a terrible big breakfast and am going to sleep it off this a. m.
 July 5th. 100 a. m. Walked to the river Marne, where I was issued all new outfit, and then went down and went in swimming, changed under wear and had shave for the first time since going into the trenches.
 July 9th. Got word we had to go back and help the dough boys hold the " V Adu d lOhS ulhC lOllOW the Marne river, very pretty country. Camped in the woods above the Marne and slept most of the day.
 July 7th. Took position in the se- cond line trenches. It they get by the dough boys they will have to do some fighting to get us. Heavy artil- lery fighting all morning.
 July 9th. Everything has been quiet except to our right where there was heavy artillery firing. Went out after dark on potato digging party and got couple of sacks full.
 July 9th. Very quiet again today and have packed up; moving to our right somewhere this evening. Got to read some American papers today and although they were over a month