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on the way. At that Amiens stunt, and it out of the imp ending- no military secrete,
forced night marches too, wouxc arouse suspicion in Hunland In
order to ensure secrecy, no doubt all outgo!ns: mail was held uo for several weeks before the scrap came off. By the way, was that' letter censored in any way.
time the whole corps was getting ready for the was highly essential that no news should, leak operations.' While in a way my letter invulged yet when one comes to think of it, mention of etc, would Hunl and.
I'd sure like to have you send along a box of apples- fruit even the canned, variety is as scarce as henls teeth nowadays, i'll canteens are rationed now, the issue to this unit being one tin a week* * i
Assez pour ce soir.
Yours lovingly,
bred
Prance,
October 27th, 1918,
Dear Mother and Dad.,-
.. . . .. 1 madeno less than four honest to goodness attempts to get
this letter off my chest yesterday,, but couldn't make the grade Usual reason- wasn't feeling quite like it. While, it's a shame to stay lno.oors on such a beautiful morning as this, this letter has to be written so here goes.
, . .. . Since T/ri^ing you last, we've been at our favorite game-
shifting The morning after I tore off that letter we were kicked °5 *ed at ? o»clock, had everything loaded and were on the move oy 7.30 _ Travelled some 20 miles by omnibus, most of it over country that was in Pritz's hands a few days previously. That night we stayed m a chateau, used by Pritz as a barracks. Didn't sleep very much as I was unfortunate enough to have an asthmatic guy in the bed next to me.. I really believe He could beat you snoring Dad, which is saying something.
Just before noon next day, my squad was sent ur> in an ambulance as an advance party to hold billets for the unit, which was to move up later in the day by foot. I have been getting quite a lot of these jobs lately, three old men on the squad you see.
. The building we took over for a billet had been used by Pritz
as a recreation center for. the troops quartered in the town. We established ourselves in a fine room, carpeted,with a long table, beautiful^ carved side board, stove and evena piano. Leaving our kits we took a stroil around the town. Pritz captured the place on the 19th of Octobe 1914, and was in undisputed possession of it till two days previous to our arrival, when he was forcedout by the 1st Division. Practically all
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