Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-03-26

hard for a couple Of hours. We hiked
that night until III o'clock, when we
Iscraped aslittle OF the wet dirt of the
| top made our beds and Topped for the
night The next morning we were
awakened at four o'clock with another
I five minute order to move. Again we
started without any breakfast. Instead
of hiking on the road as before we
started thru fields and had not gone
very far when we received orders to
fix bayonets. About 9 o'clock that
morning we started thru some timber
when the German IT'S started to come
across. They also shot over some gas
and when the Captain yelled "Gas" you
should have seen the scramble that we
new fellows made to get our gas masks
on Our rifles flew one way and our
i helmets another. The Germans put
over a barrage in this timber on us
which lasted seven hours and we lost
i quite few men. 1t was there was
J helping wounded man back to the first
aid station that a shell burst close by
and a small piece passed thru by blouse.
!, About 8 O'Clock on that evening we had
our 3 meals in one, for that day. The
next morning between 6 and z o'clock
under heavy machine-g1n fire and ar
ftillery fire we went up to relieve
part Of the 10th Infantry. But orders
changed when we got there and we re-
turned back to the foot of the hill
where we remained the rest of the day
with IT'S trimming the branches off
the trees just over our heads That
night we went back about mile and
had our one and only meal for that
day. The next night we went up to
the front lines and relieved the 10th.
1t was very quiet at the front that
night, and the next morning at 3 o'clock
we were relieved by another division
and were sent back about five miles
for few days rest. thot then we
were back far enough so no one could
bother us, but we were bombed that
night for the first time. Our kitchen
was the only thing that was hit in our
company but in the 10th Infantry
about 80 men were killed in one COM
pany that night. While we were back
here the enemy had retreated some
and in couple Of days we received or
ders to move forward again. We
started out just after supper and
Travelled until daylight the next morn
ing. That afternoon we marched out
again and at IL that night it began to
pour down with rain so we stopped
along side of the road in some timber
that night. picked my bed under a
large tree and with my. blanket and
shelter half one-half of each under me
and the other half over me. I was soon
ready for sleep. In couple Of hours
woke soaking wet from the rain and
lying in about 2 inches of water, but
the sun came out warm and soon dried
us off. That morning we started out
again and about 6 o'clock that night we
reached our place in the reserve lines
where we stayed until the middle Of
August when the 1O3rd ammunition
train Of this artillery brigade arrived
at the front and the artillery men were
sent back with them and later on we
were sent to the division headquarters
where I stayed until the End of Septem-
Der and was assigned to Battery D,
100 F. A. On the night Of the 7th we
were bombarded from about 10 until
II o'clock and the battery next to us
lost about 80 horses and 20 men. The
next day we were relieved from the
front and thought we were going back