Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-21

ing Eleven of us are boarding
at private house where they !
treat us lne aud hlye excellent
meals, and one OF the daughters
has stuffed English for two
years which makes it very pleas
ant for us. She tells us Of the
interesting places and shows us
how to get there. I will send
some souvenirs from here. If
all army life was like this |
would surely enlist again. | had
saved ABOUT 500 francs or about
Sl00 Ill our money, to bring home
with HE but this trip will near
about break ME. There are so
many places to so, have been
across the lake twice, three of
Ii, hired a boat all day for only
one dollar. Thank you : much
for the Christmas box.
Letter from Candidate F. E.
Good to his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. ". B. Good, of Maurer-
town, Va.
La Vallbonne, France,
Nov. 10, 1918.
Dear Father and Mother -
have just received two let
tiers from you and | was very
glad indeed 10 hear from you.
This is The first mail that | have
received for month, or since l
Came 10 this school.
/ am glad that YOU ali are well
and getting along O. K. This
leaves HE well and am looking
forward to the time when we
VIII be sailing toward home.
| h2ve heard that some of tile
divisions are getting ready TO
SAL tor home. am hoping that
our turn will come soon.
Since the war is over | will
proba ably go back to my old com.
pany.
l will tiuisil this letter this
evening, began it the other dav
and did not finish It. Thing.
have changed somewhat since |
started this letter. AS it is now
| will most likely not get back
to my old outfit,
l can tell you some tf my ex-
perlences at this time. | was in
the trenches III the British sec
tor at Albert. That WIS a tol-
cradle quiet place Our position
was partly in Aveluy Wood
You rIobably have seen accounts
of some Of the battles fought
i'll and around this wood. This
was the first battle that | was
eng aged i'll. Our company lost
four men.
Abont the 20 of August, we
cane down to the American sec
tor and took up a position as re-
serve troops, just South of St.
Mehlel and were III reserve. and
ready to go to the front on slort
notice f needed. We were no,
called into action at St. Mehiel
AS soon as that drive was flush
e we were moved North aud
took up position in woods close
to Nerdun, where we were mass.
ed with other troops in prepara-
ton Tor the drive along the
Aleuse and i'll the Argonne. The
drive started late III Septembtr
and we followed in immediate
support III the first of the drive
We were under heavy artillery
fire all this time and our CAPTAIN
was killed.
A lew days later we came out
Of the support and the same d,y
and night we marched 7 or s
niles and took up new position
III the front line aud went owe
he top at 5 o'clock tile mex,
morning Here is where luck
n rather God, | should say. was
"Ith HE and every man tlict
anu out alive. | was IN the
ront line and went straig LIT for |
1t German positions which were I
II patch of wo IDS.
Our artillery was putting over
terrific barrage and the Ger }
mans were sending back one TIA, |
vas almost as terrible We Wen. j
Trough tie German tarrage. d
nd drove ton lack abou. 81 Of q
mile. Here we were held IN
y machine guns that were in o
~ edge of a wood. We held
lis position for two days when +
'e were finally relieved, and 0
fought out of the lines, at this "
me | came here to school. This =