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Conger Reynolds correspondence, July 1918

1918-07-29 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2

This is Sunday afternoon.  I am spending it on watch in the office while everybody else is out. Lieutenant Parks is in Paris for awhile -- maybe permanently.  In consequence I have to spend more time actually in the office.  Last night I stuck until 11:45 waiting for the communique. When it came it repaid my waiting.  It said, "Between the Ourcq and the Marne the enemy's resistance has broken down.  Our troops and those of our allies are in pursuit." The Hun is in full retreat!  I hope he keeps on going until he gets back home, but I fear he is going to stop and fight again on the Soisson-Rheims road. 
The rain of yesterday about which I wrote so rhythmically is over but today is cloudy and rather chilly for July 28.  It is like the days you were having in Minnesota in June.  So far, we haven't had more than two or three days that one could call hot, and they were nothing like the hot days we have at home.  We're already beginning to prepare for winter.  The daylight that used to last until nearly ten o'clock goes out much earlier now; we know that fall and winter are coming.  Loot Mangan who is fat and rosy says he is going to begin stealing a stick of wood every chance he gets to lay in a supply on which to keep warm this winter.  If he feels that way about it I reckon I'd better get busy too.

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This is Sunday afternoon. I am spending it on watch in the office while everybody else is out. Lieutenant Parks is in Paris for awhile -- maybe permanently. In consequence I have to spend more time actually in the office. Last night I stuck until 11:45 waiting for the communique. When it came it repaid my waiting. It said, "Between the Ourcq and the Marne the enemy's resistance has broken down. Our troops and those of our allies are in pursuit." The Hun is in full retreat! I hope he keeps on going until he gets back home, but I fear he is going to stop and fight again on the Soisson-Rheims road. The rain of yesterday about which I wrote so rhythmically is over but today is cloudy and rather chilly for July 28. It is like the days you were having in Minnesota in June. So far, we haven't had more than two or three days that one could call hot, and they were nothing like the hot days we have at home. We're already beginning to prepare for winter. The daylight that used to last until nearly ten o'clock goes out much earlier now; we know that fall and winter are coming. Loot Mangan who is fat and rosy says he is going to begin stealing a stick of wood every chance he gets to lay in a supply on which to keep warm this winter. If he feels that way about it I reckon I'd better get busy too.