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Conger Reynolds correspondence, June 1918
1918-06-07 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 5
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looked anything but dangerous. We went on to a headquarters more advanced. Near it a battery of 75's was drawn up banging away. While we were there during several hours that battery and others nearby sent shells whistling over our heads with much frequency. Fortunately, the Boches, having little artillery, were not attempting counter battery work and no shells came to our locality. The correspondents stayed around the entrance to headquarters and watched runners being dispatched here and there with the orders and reports of the battle's progress, heard from stretcher bearers and messengers from the front the thrilling tale of the fight that had won us valuable ground. It sounded like Civil war stuff. They were fighting at close quarters with practically no trenches or shell holes. In the midst of everything up came a little Jew marching a Boche ahead of him. The Boche looked very tired and worried. When he was searched there came forth a picture of his children. The hard old American major asked, "Die kinder?" and when the man said "Ja" gave it back to him. I wondered whether a Prussian officer would show any feeling like that toward an American. Another attack was to begin at 5 o'clock but my crowd had to get back to write the great story they already had. Two hours or less of swift running over a high
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looked anything but dangerous. We went on to a headquarters more advanced. Near it a battery of 75's was drawn up banging away. While we were there during several hours that battery and others nearby sent shells whistling over our heads with much frequency. Fortunately, the Boches, having little artillery, were not attempting counter battery work and no shells came to our locality. The correspondents stayed around the entrance to headquarters and watched runners being dispatched here and there with the orders and reports of the battle's progress, heard from stretcher bearers and messengers from the front the thrilling tale of the fight that had won us valuable ground. It sounded like Civil war stuff. They were fighting at close quarters with practically no trenches or shell holes. In the midst of everything up came a little Jew marching a Boche ahead of him. The Boche looked very tired and worried. When he was searched there came forth a picture of his children. The hard old American major asked, "Die kinder?" and when the man said "Ja" gave it back to him. I wondered whether a Prussian officer would show any feeling like that toward an American. Another attack was to begin at 5 o'clock but my crowd had to get back to write the great story they already had. Two hours or less of swift running over a high
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