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Day it were or notheing a Bout that pairt of it, for we were like some one that never new what a name of a Day were. But now Im Back and Do no it were the 27th. of May, 1918 that the Germens were goeing in to take Pairs. now the first night of Battle on the Rheims west to Soissons. we Could see the Reflect from thir Big guns. But we Could not hear them all of that night we looked at it. the next Day about 3 o clock we got orders to pack up at 3.30 o clock we were on the way to some where we knew not where. But when night came, we knew that we were on the way to the Battle line. the end of the seckend Day we Could heare the shells Birsteing and I think that. night would put us in the line of Battle. But the
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Bige guns stoped some what at that time onley now and then you could heare a gun. But we keped on goeing all that night on tell a halt were made then it were - Breakeing Day. then we had mess. after mess we were not coled to line, we stayed there the Rest of that Day. this is the end of 6 Days, that we were on the Road we got in line for the Back trail. we had travled a Bout five hundred miles every one you could see were happy to think and no. that the Germens were stoped. and that the marines and the French did it that Battle line were about 50 miles of pairs northeast, marne River thats where the ~ Marines were, and there the Germens loss 1.600 Dead 2.500 Wounded out of 8,000 that took some of the sand out of ~ the Germens and I could see it well a