The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-03-29

in France, | vii! now try and give
you an outline of what has occurred
up to the present time.
Landed at Brest, France. about
June %. From there was shifted
around to several different camps un-
til | finally landed with the 324th
Regiment of Heavy Field Artillery
at Balm de Bretagne. France. have
| been with them ever since. We were
at this camp for about six weeks.
Balm is a small village of about 800
inhabitants and we we're stationed
there waiting until there was room
for Us at the artillery range at Camp
| Coetquidan. This latter camp is one
of Napoleon's old camps. There we
| did our practice firing with the big
guns and received our full equipment
| for the front.
We left Coetquidan September "a
at 4 a.. m. and travelled by rail three
days and landed at Revigny. which
was about 60 kilometers from the
front lines at that time. From there
we commenced hiking and have been
| hiking ever since until we reached
our destination. which is Grossmais-
| chied, Germany. In about three
| nights hiking we took our first posi-
| ton in the Argonne woods. Our bat
ties were as follows: Fought with
the 32d Division and 4th Army Corps
in the Argonne sector in operations
around Mont-faucon; with the 18th
French Division, 18th French Corps,
and 18th Division U. s. A. east of
the Mouse river and north of the
Verdun sector in the operations cul-
minating in the capture of Grande
Montague and Bots d'Etraye, sup
porting also the 18th Division u. S.
A.; with the 32d Division 3rd Army
Corps west of the Mouse and opera
tions thereafter up to the signing of
the armistice. at which time the regi-
ment was attacking from the Bots
d'Ecurey. 1t was in the Argonne
woods where | first saw actual war
fare, saw our infantry attack and
some aerial battles.
1t was on the Mouse canal where
vie first set up our guns. Shells
came over thick and fast. Alt was
there about September % that we
witnessed a remarkable sight. A big
drive took place then and we laid
down al 1-2 hour barrage. There
were guns to the left, to the right,
behind and everywhere; all began
firing at the same time. 1t made
some illumination in the sky, and we
could see shells bursting in the val
ley nearby. From there we moved
to the Verdun sector, which was
more active because of the machine
guns in the forest. Our battery did
some heavy firing and the guns
sounded as if they would crack. Two
observation balloons were shot down
over us. the pilots sliding to safety
by the parachute route. The same
afternoon a German bombing ma
chine was shot down nearby.
On October Is we we're were called
to haul ammunition Immediately.
When we reached the main road
where about rs Frenchmen were
building a pontoon bridge it was
found that the enemy had observa-
tion of them and were Smelling the
road on which we had to pass. The
shells were falling fast and close and
at last n dropped about 10 feet
from US and exploded, killing two
men and one of my horses. Dirt and
rocks stung me pretty badly. but was
too excited to notice it. The follow
ing evening | examined myself and
found that l had been cut in two
places, but not seriously. 1t was on
the same sector that | saw at one
aerial battle 244-as near as could be
counted--French and American bomb
ing machines. besides IL or Is of