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were waiting for me to help in my work the next day the French Directe[[Director]] sent me where I wanted to go a ride in an auto brought me near my place the I walked saw the captian delivered my message [[strikethough]] with [[/strikethrough]] while the cannons were booming my head and the shot [[strikethrough]] w [[/strikethrough]] humming through the air it was not dangrious for us because the boshs[[Bosch]] were on the run which you know by this time it was a grate sight to see them moving there army so fast.

beyond a canal which we could see quite plain then I walked towards a grate city in the North of france and saw this wonderful church which has been much destroyed. In this desolate city there was nothing but ruens & wine such fine wine to[[too]] I went beyond the chirch and in a hastily arranged [[strikethrough]]cort[[/strikethrough]] coartyard many souldrs[[soldiers]] were gathering all the time the Colon[[Colonel]] invited me to lunch and for the First time I had to