The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-03-06

tdcHeu uuIy az base Hospital NO.
p IN the outskirts Of the city. l ha
! a good time and was in town tire
and fou times a week. We LET
there in January and moved nea
> Chaumont for training. In Marc
, we went into the trenches near Ven
dun, whore I got my first taste O
IWar, AT that time | thought
awful though it was pIayhous
compared with what we got later
f About the middle Of May we move
down near Bar lie Due for rest, bu
found none. After a week we move.
by train up north of Paris A weeI
There and we took camioHs for Cha
i teau Thiorry to stop the drive t,
Paris. We travelled So hours withou
Amy eats, and arrived few kilo.
behind the lines,
The French were still falling back
so the famous Second division wen.
into line June 2, stopped the drive
land hurled them back. We lived Oh
reserve rations, consisting of hare
bread and monkey meat and what
I'VE could pick up, for the first week
Believe me, IL was 80 degrees hottie
than h-Il There was notbinp
hut q continuous roaring of guns
for 2G DAYS and in tbis lime 7 had
tmv shoes off once. So van can I'M
arine me irvine to kasn +cronbano
lines in working order Ju1v A we
|ware relieved and went i'm reserve
|about 10 kiios behind the lines. On
1.-The 10TH thinking we were Going ia
paris for q rest Gen. MaTnin of
1.-THE French amrv. again nut MS on
Icamions. and we found ourselves an
the scissors front. where we started
THE ball to rolling for the allied Of
Ifensive on the 18th and ION. This
time we had vely little TO eat for
As hours, but we drove Them had,
IN miles lust the same We were
relieved on the GOTH and went to
the rear near Paris AUGUST 81 we
moved again to Nancy hv train.
and went into another trench ser,
tor for rest, like Verdun. After 10
days we again went to the rear Sen
TENDER 1 we were nut in the First
American army and hiked 10 81
Mihiel. We biked at nighf and snent
the days in woods, II rained all tbe
time, and we lived in pup tents (if
you know what that isl. with one
blanket
On the mornino of Santen,bar -
we again pushed the Huns ont Of +ho
trenches, driving them II kilos nv
noon, gaining our objective "a hours
ahead of time. Being relieved IN tbe
18th, we stopped for a few DAYS near
Toul A week later we were near
Chalons, having moved again De-
tober l we again were mt under
the French army commanded bv Cen
Gunreail, and took camions for the
Champagne front.
At daybreak on October 3 we were
at it again, getting our objective
that day, and captured Rlanc Mont
ridge, which YOU have no doubt read
about. We were relieved on the
10th, and liked to the rear.
Then the finish came. SO we again
crawled in camions for the Argonne
November the first we started out
Tor the Mouse river. When the ar
mlstlce came we had them across
the river and 30 kilos from where
we started. So you see my division
has done its duty, and | am glad to
De member.
NY JOB IN the battles was carry
ing telephones, ETC., for communica-
ions: | went over the top six times,
and | think that is enough.
can say and tell the truth, and
prove, that we tour division) has
been more gloriously victorious and
gained all objectives with better
'esults than any other division in
ne American E. f., and never lost
v men. Early on the morning of
) s t,' ~ we pulled out for the
snlhg, crossed the Meuse near Mau- |
order " on fbe anu Ta+S crossed TS tne belgian
ainlv waro aloJ - sa lnv + peopie , cer-
vas notbing TOO ~ oo "e TO- 70. an" IL IlieIe
3 for ne and IN We s oI,,,o, ~ IN Cnem %
LAGOS 70 snond W. a. " NY iiau goou I
-. 4 'eHu '"o hisn.' .
nd looks lilo ITO 1870 10y country ly' 4
On the 21st we pulled into the
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