Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-03-28

on wa went to Comiaorcy n distance
y iNe HOS. While at Cunmercy we
.rl!.ll and got our first lesson in
tenoh digging. We left Commercy
September 10Th. and liked fifteen
kilos and spent the night in an old
army kitchen.
+, September 10th we started for Err
wy. II distance of fourteen kilos. mr.
irving there ut . p. m. We rested
until II p. M, then boarded n train
and rode twenty-four hours to Bruy-
eres. Just before we reached tho sta
ton ut Bruyeres. we were attacked
by mn airplane and two men killed
and three wounded.
We got oil our train Mt 10 u. m.
and hikcd four kilos, lodging mir
planes most all of the way, arriving
ut Prey Mt ~ p. M, September II.
we spent three days ut Prey, drill
ing, etc.
! September goth, at 6 p. m. we left
Frey Tor Brouvelieures, and spent
one day there. Sept. 2lst, we left
. hf0"Viiicures, hiked twenty-five miles
ard got lost and went quite n dis
tance out of our way in n very bard
ram, hut at last arrived at De Fosc.
/ September % ut 2 Il. III. We were MT
ING latter place seven days without
doing duty of any kind. September
S0th, ut $50 p. NJ, we started for
INC second limo trenches in tho Vos-
Ecs mountains and again got lost.
but arrived safely at ll30 D. m.
On the morning of October lst.
| 1918, Matelnnd and | were sent to
reglmental headquarters, which WINS
located at Moyomotyc, ns relay run
hers until October At, when we were
aent 6"ck to our company, which had
moved up to the front line trench
u" we were IN Tire Vosgcs doing
guard duty until October 18th, and
| might say that there was no cction
to speak of in this sector while wn
were there.
On October 18th we were relieved
ny Il company of Polish volunteers Of
the American Foreign Legion. Az
Yer we were released, we liked eirht
!;ilos to Claraiontainc and spent one
day ana two nights there.
! October Goth we liked to Vnpno-
court, distance of twenty kilos. mr..
irving there Mt 5:30 D. M. | stnvel
there and rillcd with the company un-
/ IN October 23rd, then | was sent to
81. Gcorgen, where was attached
TO the battalion hcadquartcrs' Intel
Iigcnce section.
Left Snint Gcorgen mt 6 u. m. No.
vcnbcr LIST, and hkcd 10 kilos to
Ihntel Sure, and there we bonrded u
! train. aud rode sixteen hours. pnss.
| my through Nancy and Toul. Land
cd Mt Sampigny Mt 3 p. M, and hik-
! ca IL kilos to camp near Simmc-
dicnc.
November 9Th we hikcd n short
distance to II French camp, and spent
Two night" and one day. At 400 u m.
November 7th we hiltcd nine kilos to
another French camp just back of
the Vcrdun sector, right near the
town OF MnnhucllGB, where we were
held three days in reserve.
November 9Th our Intelligence SOC
tloll Eot orders to report TO the Third
iatnlilion Headquarters to spend sew
eral days IN some special training.
nut during the night orders cnme fo,
us TO all nmovc up TO the front the
next morning.
PART TWO.
saturday, November 9th we were
called out of our hunks mt 6 n. M.
: rolled our packs, and walked two hi,
los TO Company's kitchen for on,.
breakfast. Then we started for tho
/ Vcrdun sector, arriving mt the re-
serve line trenches at $ n. M, where
we stood Tor twcnty-four hours in
mud and water above our ankles In
u irce%mE temperature, with very
litlle to eat and drink, and MI The
while the Huns wcre bombing us.
The night of November 9th il the
night ! spent in Tie tree, which Won
already know about. The 32lst, and
the 524th led thtc attack and drove
the Germans beck six k:los the first
day. (Nov. 0th.) The reserve trench
OK we were in were five miles from
Manhuclles, and 2S mlec from Metz.
| (sOuthwcst).
At 400 n; m. November 18th, we
stnrted FOR FIRST line, arriving Mt $50
! with orders to ego over the TONI
which we did. was in wbnt had orco
been the town Of Mnnhucllcs. but. MT
That lime, was nothing except ruins.
when we quit fighting. Tho Germans
hnd been occupying this town for
sometime but were driven out by tho
3Z1th Infantry We were under con-
slant shell fire and machine gun fire.
mixed with gas from $50 n, m. until
a. m, On the night of the 18th. INV
friend, Binndccs and my self pitched
tents together, and notwithstanding
me TACT that we had not slept for
lorty-eigh. hours, VIC sat up and we
watched TIE Huns send up sky rock
cts, etc, which was the most beauti
fuI sight that ever saw in my life.
November 18th helped the Chap
IAN bury quite number of my COM
RACES, also wrote MNma and Callie.
November 18th l rested.
; November 18th four of us with one
corporal, were sent QUITO do guard.
and | also wrote daddy, mama and
Gnllie. ! was kept out on this guard
duty until the 18th Of November, at
/ .30 n. m.
November 18th we marched to n
French camp called Samaden, n dis
lance of ten kios.
AT 5.3O Il. IN. November 18th we
left Camp Samaden and marched to
another French camp, Isaencourt, n
here is where we got acquainted with
the coolies, DIETER known in Amer
lea as lice(. We rested ut Camp
lssencourt five days.
at $3.50 n. m. November 23rd. we
lett Cant ISspnc0urt ond r,,rcL al