French Foreign Legion
Jan. 11, 1915. Dear Paul: Haven’t heard from you for a long while; will not mail this letter until to-morrow, in hopes of having your address. If I don’t hear, will send this, and forward other mail. Have been unable to write myself, owing to what I have been going...
French Foreign Legion
Jan. 7, 1915. Dear Agnes: I have had practically no sleep for the last eighty hours, but I can’t sleep now so will write you and try to keep my mind occupied. I received your letter and the gold piece a few days after Xmas, in the trenches. I forwarded the letter to...
French Foreign Legion
2ème Régiment Étranger, Bon C. 1ère Cie., Dec. 29, 1914. This is the third day back in the same trenches as we were in last. The line is a little more active. Last night our petit poste and a German patrol had a little scrap. They gave “Aux armes.” We stayed out for a...
French Foreign Legion
Dec. 26, 1914. Dear Paul: Received your letter yesterday, also saw your article in the Daily Mail, which we all thought well written. This is the sixth day that we have been here in C——, supposedly for a rest, but every day we have gone out at eleven o’clock and dug...
French Foreign Legion
Dec. 26, 1914. Dear Mamma: Just a few lines to let you know that I am well and thinking of you. This is the sixth day that we have been in a small village in the rear of the trenches. It was to be six days of rest, but each day, at 11 a.m., we have gone out with our...
