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In a few hours they drove the Germans out of positions strongly fortified and held for four years by the Germans.

He said that in calling upon the line all men and officers no matter of what rank, were addressed or spoken of simply as Mr.____ that in case any German was listening in he would get no information, likewise the different sections of the front had nicknames. He was in the "Barnum" exchange and the one next was "Bailey" etc., etc.

He showed us a German helmet an American one and put on his gas mask for us, showed us a section war map which was numbered along top and [[strikethrough]] bottom [[/strikethrough]] sides and made on so large a scale that if they said they were going to fire on 27 x 115, for instance, they could tell just what village or even 


I got up and came in to my room to read over my letter but Mrs. W. has opened fire again from the other room - Sh - all peaceful!

1387 Commonwealth Ave., Allston
February 26, 1919.

Dear Folks:

I don't hardly know just where to begin my narration, but as nearly as nearly as I can recollect nothing especially exciting has happened since I wrote to you until last Friday which was then not exciting, but rather interesting. Miss Leadbetter had a young fellow whom she knew, (I imagine one of her old pupils) who had been in service in France, come to speak to us. He was a likable chap. He reminded me of Cameron at college in the way he would say something and then suddenly laugh in a way that was 

Transcription Notes:
I think the word in the 2nd par. is "line" (as in telephone line), not "hire"