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Conger Reynolds correspondence, July 1918
1918-07-15 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2
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and after seeing what they did on the offensive at Chateau-Thiery I feel more or less sure that the Boche will never drive them back. If he should get through them it will be at cost of many times their number, and he will find more behind them to stop him. My confidence in our troops is so great that I believe even the newly arrived and little trained units will finally stop this thing if, as reserves, they have to go in. All the same the next few days will be feverish with watchful waiting such as we have had to go through three times before this year. And our interest will be all the more direct because American troops are more extensively involved. A good many of my personal friends are in it somewhere. I'm wishing them luck and envying them the chance they have to make their blows at the Huns direct. It appeared early in the morning as if the weather god ad for once deserted the kaiser. Heavy storm clouds gathered in the west and out of them came the first thunder I have heard since I came to France. But when they arrived they brought only a quiet shower of brief duration. Unless it was much heavier in the north, it will delay no advancing batteries. We had the editor of the Philadelphia North American with us at dinner tonight. For a newspaper man he seemed a rather harmless sort. And, what do you think? A newspaper man from Arkansas has been here. So the Arkansawyers must really know there is a war. I believe you told me, though, that they are very wide awake about it. Now I'll forget the war while I tell you
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and after seeing what they did on the offensive at Chateau-Thiery I feel more or less sure that the Boche will never drive them back. If he should get through them it will be at cost of many times their number, and he will find more behind them to stop him. My confidence in our troops is so great that I believe even the newly arrived and little trained units will finally stop this thing if, as reserves, they have to go in. All the same the next few days will be feverish with watchful waiting such as we have had to go through three times before this year. And our interest will be all the more direct because American troops are more extensively involved. A good many of my personal friends are in it somewhere. I'm wishing them luck and envying them the chance they have to make their blows at the Huns direct. It appeared early in the morning as if the weather god ad for once deserted the kaiser. Heavy storm clouds gathered in the west and out of them came the first thunder I have heard since I came to France. But when they arrived they brought only a quiet shower of brief duration. Unless it was much heavier in the north, it will delay no advancing batteries. We had the editor of the Philadelphia North American with us at dinner tonight. For a newspaper man he seemed a rather harmless sort. And, what do you think? A newspaper man from Arkansas has been here. So the Arkansawyers must really know there is a war. I believe you told me, though, that they are very wide awake about it. Now I'll forget the war while I tell you
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