Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-19
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writes the following letter ,o hi1
father. A. r. Robertson OF Tulsa
langr.S France. Nov -, 1878
Dear lad At lart the censorship
regulations have been somewhat
modified aud can tell you some.
thing about the trip across and what
mas happened snce | have been
here
We lcf, New York about . o'clock
ON tho morning ot June 20 There
were II vessels In the convoy. Dur
ing tho trip across ". did not see "a
single submarine although there
were several false alarms We
landed In Liverpool July / and siaid
ihcre I'll July g. when We went by
train To Southampton, We spent the
night at SouthRm pton aud then pro
cerded 10 lie iiavre From Le Havrc
We travelled by train for Boo miles
10 Necey sur .Ource. n small town
about 90 niles from, Dion Leaving
isecey we hlked about six miles to a
little town called Essoriur. where
mis- company and NJ company were
bihcted
We were the first American troops
10 he quhrteted there and tho p~opl.
surely were horpitable ana treated
us just right We remained at Ia.
sorius about "A month In which time
We got n lot OF bayonct practice and
target shooting
Finally We got an order 10 march
with fun pack about 80 miles and
meot the rest OF the div sion. where
We would cnirain FOR the front
have never fallen out IN hike vet
hu, that waa one time that II We had
had five miles more to gu could
not have made t. At tho end OF the
hike I hal seven hlistcrs on each
foot ana my bark feit like II would
never straightcn again.
when We arrived at the railroad
We etaid th~re n day and then went
20 Toul From Tou We were taken
by motor trucks up 10 the front
getting of the trucks about eight
miles from tho advanced line. We
were In the woods all day and the
next nlyht marched up 10 the front
linr relieving tho 18th infantry. first
division. The l'ne We held was In
the st Mihicl salient about Is miles
from Pont-A Mou~on.
Although the sector occupied ny
us was supposed to be quiet " WIS
lively enough for us We we're there
from August 4 to August 10. and
during that time Wa had three gas
| attacks and about four trench raids
40 YOU sec We were kept busy,
After the eight days In the front
line we were marched back 20 the
woods about six miles from the ad
vanccd front Fritxy would put about
| fifty shells day around our position
Just To let us know he was Htill alive.
The command stayed In the woods
| III September II, when we received
| orders To move up to tho front and
he prepared to go over tho top the
next morning.
II started raining about z o'clock
In the afternoon and kept ZIP all
| night At \ o'clock We moved out
| through the woods. not daring to
have "a light each man marching
| right behind the other, holding to
| each others coat,talls 10 keep from
| getting lost | do not believe | will
ever forget that march We had not
gone more than quarter or the
way before everything had on was
| soaking wet You would he walk
| Ing along In the hlacknesa and all OF
| n sudden you would stumble into n
| shell hole waist deep In water. And
when we got to the trenches thorc
| was a foot OF water In them.
We finally got to the place where
we were 10 go over the top NJ 80
| IN the morning. all Of us 80 tired We
| dld not care what became of us.
| At o'clock In the morning ~
I September -. after - minutes rest
we went over the top. We had not
gone more than 90 ards from The
| point of departure before Frit,v pu'
a barrage down on us You have
seen raindrops falling on a pool of
l. a.
| the ground looked do not know
| how | ever got through the 800
| wards between there and the Ger
man front lines which were protect
cd nv all sorts OF hnrhed wire en-
tanslcments. but 20 minutes after
going over the ton l. company had
| reached its objective and was occu
pvinv the front lines of the Germans
| After that We went for sis miles
whore the regiment established IT,
| lines
The only resistance we met with
| during the next few days was from
| machine guns and sniperu. We re-
| mained In the front lines from sep
| tember Ia until September ", when
we vere moved back tn a rest cainr
| while we were holding the front
| IL did not seeur that there were -
| minutes out of 20 hours that the
Germans were not shelllng US | had
to 70 about four miles To the rear
after ammunition and II scanned
that every time | would start ou,
the Germans would drop shells all
| around me u ~ surely an un
nieasnnt feol'ng when YOU hear
great hig shell coming toward you
and sec |, dig a hole In the ground
/ about fiftv yards from YOU.
while the command was In IN"
| rest camp ~ Nancy received
orders to report NJ innrre- and at
| tend an officers training school
left the headquarters on october '
and have been hore ever since
since let The regiment has been
| In nil of the tremendous fighting ~
the Argonnc Just before the decla
ration OF the Rrmisticc. II IL now
In the army OF occupation.
| Ioncrc-. France. Dec li1sls
| Dear wife and mother W Nv drop
| YOU n few lines ~ lNt you know
nm still alive and expect 10 return
every soldier over here expects the
| ..,,e ,hing hut 1 do really believe