The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-29
IN TELL|GENCER
SCRIBE WRITES
Of LAST BAT TIE
INTERESTING LETTER RECEIVED
By FRIENDS PROM CORPORAL
CLAUDE C. BONAR.
Moved ACROSS the Meuse River Just
Tweuty-Four Hours Before the
Armistice Was Signed.

The following interesting letter. re-
ccIvcd from Corporal Claude c. Bnnar.
former wcli-kn0wn. resident or Mar-
shall county and for some time court
house reporter on The IntclIisenccr. will
lie Of keen interest To all of his fricrus,
OWING 10 the gripping interest that lC
holds. MI I3onar is III the EiEhtieth Ill
lisiun and no doubt Will soon be coming
, home. TIL" letters is as follows:
Argcntcnay. France" Doc. 70, 1913:
Ny Dear Friend: Your letter Of No
v"mbcr received yesterday and the
pleasure of reading It added materially
Ia my enjoyment of Christmas Day.
Yes. I'm pleased tn say. the signing
:uf tho armisticr found me still alive
q ard unhurt. almost TO my surprise
however. for We went through Scfnc
very thrilling experiences in the last ~
or IL days OF the war. SAID thrills be-
ing provided by Hun batteries, whose
gunncrS seemed To delight in seeing
h"w close they could drop IT'S ana 2.lUS
10 us without wiping us of the map
i;ut Providence and good luck must nave
been with us. and the old Wheeling out
fit came through in good shape
. We were in out last position at Mon
Zav, about seven miles from Dun-Sur-
Mouse. when tn" arm!S:icc brought the
lighting to close. And maybe you
think II wasn't II happy crowd that
staged the celebration upon that battle
'front.'. II look Il minute or so 20 get
The nos" started after tn" news was
given out, bat when we finally r"alIZHd
that the news wasn't too good L" be
trIc. there w:LS sure some racket. Wnrrl-
! ing didn't have thing on US in the
noise linr..
! We rca; lznd our dream OF crossing Tho
! Mouse. river at - 4. IN. the day nf No.
vcmhcr 10. and went into position at
| HlnnZay. cast of The river. ut dnybTcaK
! The Huns hadn't been out of the place
! long when We started in. Just as VIC
were almost in position 4 Hun battnry
npcnnd up on MS That Smelling was the
: srvcr"St We ever got. but luckily no
ono was hurt. Our guns were IN aIlion
, is Il hurry and Fritz Meier fired or us
again. Little did We think when those
| shells w"r" falling among US that tho
! lighting would be- over in another -
| hours Eut tho surprise next morning
vas Il pleasant onn.
AI,- hattiry haS h"cn bilntcd for three
weeks in ;hc LILLE French village Of
! Nr@rntrnny. on tho ArmnnCon river. II -
| rriIrS Snuthw"S: OF Paris. II is Il small
! rIarr. hlt VIZ rnn 70 almost any even
/ ing 10 the larger town of l"Z nr"S. Two
/ l,,'nS away. where rr"imrntal hrahTuAr-
. iers. the r"Gim"ntGl club. y. VI. {. ~ and
: n r?ovir thcn'cr arc 'lnraird. Some have
Il rnir'v @nnd at'crianCc.
! We havr no definite id"a when. We
VII ct :" 60 lack - tn" 'i"'r old
; United States. Personally. 7 doubt Il
wo spill f"r w" months "r ln"rr. hut
: at cnr"sr IL ono knows E"t. 5E: every
hndv = perfectly willing To ~ back
INV L1%.
! car cnr;i"c n !itt1H hcr,nS:ck fur III"
! nr.vsrnrrr ramr a~nin. and II will he
= h1r"% ,'ay far rlr when I can go
: -,lin = rrIi,1
III nf w. v-n.cl!r@ boys Sti'! WITH
,hr outfit nrr wnlI ard most ~ hose
w',n w.r" IN hospitals are back. sound
/ as,d wrll again.
, -N'ur h'si r'a!ar"% and hopes ~; So