The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-01-09

artillery and tanks wo also eNpofienc-
c,i quite a biz of shell frc as old Fritz
WAS worried about souethur is seem.
cd Finally we passed all this traffic.
everything having stopped but long
inas ~ dourhboys going up whom we
could see iu the light " rockets ana
flares that the Germans were sending
up. Arrived ln the front trenches az
twenty minutes tp ono AZ lae O'Clock
our artillery commenced 30 lombard
the Germans bat not intensely IL Nss
stin raining hard aud in many places
The trenches were H foot deep in water
We spent the tirir from then untu five
tzcro hourl m trying o. keep Our 'ifles
dry and thinkiug about all Kinds OF
things Most az us threw awny uur
blankets and tent shelter half Keeping
only cur extra field ration iH uur
packs 40 about three orluck Wr got
orders go 'flX b1yonets' ~ the point
the Hines Hlie Approximately eco Fudt
apart After while someone pHfsrH
along and said five moro minutes boys
Suddenly ihe whole world soomel %
trcmble and tho horizon m oui rcHr
was one duli ffd SLOW uur hNmse
had sinrtcd and 10 wHF fhp riEnll to
go over our advance was timed io
100 Yards in fouf minutes.
II think have written you what
happened from here uu itl noon thc
ST. Mlhici salient WIS % thing 90 the
past After taking iheH fett elaborate
frcurn vystom together with mnum
crahio durOuts our worh Gov fhe vrNi
feN days was against marhlnn ann
nrste which acomcd fo bc everywhere
Au this took place in dcnse Wpnd
with wire barriers every Whore, DO
no remember The date bar about the
10th 1--WE went over thr top on fhr
morning of thp i1ihl war sent tn fna
hospital Almost iu of fhe tmo lHN
ANA nighi we hsd hcon under enrla
and machine KUN fire. Ar ihc hospital
someone relieved me of German
spiked helmet hundlcd francs n
money twu Gormau iueer pistols aH
wen as oihor mali memrntoe ol fnc
scrap wng Goo sick fo look oui fur
ihom From thH ncldl hospital
/ was evacuated 90 Hlse iinrut1i $500
+ "a. noar Bcaune tljonoi iho one
time home nf iho pukt nl burgundy
4 Hove recovered rapidly receiving
leyofv possible attention pOn helnr
discharged from th0 hoHpitnl = Hcni
various penndH of time tl0m "N0 in
I'hree dHNs ut nIlon roul Noin D. 500
lncnr VHrsl nnd Champs su MHfuf
af which p1ros passed through h
succcssion d replacement cemn rnn
yaicsccnt csmr. nud rc-nutitiue de
pot aud once murr started lnf ihr
front Thc anfh hnd mntoi iO lhr At
eonnp front Vefdur Stctol DHsut
u, with them iwo Saws hctoro ihc 49,.
lnistlco Wae slrnod and 'he uli atI
lfpon repnriluc 90 ihH Adiuiants nf
fce Tor duty instold of helns .ont
back to my old ui' Nur transferred
10 the divisional Intelligence Section.
whore ( atiil ann Nr rrofHnd lh'
Nieus. pronounced MfiN RIVER H
noon on November R',cio wrrr 5000
o. rrcat many unhurird iiuns alpnf
ihe road
"rho divisional tnielHgenrr Noeunn
'iH composed uf nftorn enlisted mnn anN
four officers. The work be- very mtof
cstng aud lite % very murh n Be-
hltegethrr of a different uatufr from
what we ala down u tro hfmN0n
secilpu aud b. port ~ tlr General
staff All of my work lH un thf inside.
We stand no formations Whatever unt
even rDyoine OF iDtrrd THE Hnn 0f
NNNf'"I "N.NNi N'N " NfNNIN"N.H ''I f''NI
always occupies thr most comfortable
nnd imposing building loo town iu
thiH instance it ia ID splendid chateau.
which. even after f0ur trfrH ui GoimHn
occupation aDil Shove mnrka of thr
mNu, that uhtiinod Within be- spacI-
uus grounds before thn war omr D.
waa ihe ancestral homo of somc count
wines iosi hla three oldrr sons ia iho wai
rlto underground dunsconu urWa5t
secret uahs1eps and even hidden
wrn sro son herN .ni Sop d HfalN nf 't-
Irtllcnt preservation. 500 nne H.dr ~
th, grounds ato nsnkcd bp mtfaivr
STONE walt un the other bi d siteam
'We nayo good nnfm billet plentG
~ warm clothing fud plenty uf food.
. { have half Tune oif sind nm fcclins
fne Took lnug nHlh thiH mtrrunun
aud visited snme unsH know in ihH
F 3tnth Infantry saw Jack b feW daN.
ago fie ia 'ooklnF Cine bar aukinus
Us SOC hnue Whp could hiame N.n
Albert lH down ueaf FOUL Nud ltrh
tells me ia doing fine iia naa nfNn
recommended fnr 2 clptunct
hafD luHt uld m Nt0 lain u,il
E ilun 81 tHr NeU fpra ll.faia uHN
the American Amy Wil uerurt tAe
+ German cts of 'osiens
rhe inttsolnn pages. constitute &
hflisfe. flH summary Df fNt fAnA
hnYe u0uf aud thc places hatN
heen. Hinra leaving camp IHtN o.
hts nut been possible tp FiNc cttrf
lfffne f0r fht rrft0H thni instfH t1
5000 NJ atr wlH foepInf fnr mehf
before at Afhl,A However Nat NpeI
uot mHat much difference feel anlc
DO wli lufcrfaf fnu Hnl tnnt fhr
msin puluf when : enl homie mll
inprpefs brtwrDn fncsf nfa lhe ion
Thousand lIuIe WfIlent .Dmt VI .NNm
l.lI sume ~ iHfm oUlffflsa. fatI q.
~ make up ihe otpfrlruera u 700 HfN
OF "a Holdin u fhr American EAueai
upnfff Forces