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battalions at once—moved by Camion through Charly and Vaux (another one) Chateau-Thierry and Epieds Brigade and Battalion Headquarters being at Courpoil—where I got my first belt buckle. I went by side-car. We were darn close on the heels of Fritz, his dead still lying unburied and it was rather unpleasant.

        The night of the 27-28 I was used by Brigade Headquarters as aide, in fact continued under General Leniken until the Ourc affair was over. I went forward through Beauvardes to where the regiments were forming for attack then back to Beauvardes (a smelly hole—later cleaned up and used for Division Headquarters)then ahead to Chateau de La Foret. Stayed in this vicinity until the Ourc fight was over moving back several miles the night of the 29th to where the detachment was and where I met "Bev" the morning of the 30th. Back forward that morning to where we'd made a small shelter in a corner of Foret de Fere on the 28th (Chateau de la Foret is just south of Villiers sur Fere).

Marched to Chateau Moucheton the 4th of August, the troops being at the time in Foret de Fere. This is the beautiful chateau I described and is near Epieds. On the 12th the Battalion assembled at Epieds and marched to Domptin and to Villiers sur Marne on the 13th. On the 16th we marched to Chateau-Thierry (Gare), via rail from there to Domblain where we de­trained on the 18th and marched to Vrecourt (Southeast of Neupchateau). Here we had a bath house and two days to loaf and clean up then a bit of drill and machine gun maneuver.

        Well, we left Stenay the 20th, going to Auioth via Chavenay, Montmedy and Thionville. Here we had the receptional I wrote about and at last got out of the fought-over-zone.

        The 21st we entered Belgium at Limes—Route, Breux, Fagny, Limes, Soye, Bellefontaine, St. Marie, Fratin. The 165th band played us over the line. November 22 we marched to Lischert via Bazenol, Chantemelle, Fouches, Loffert and Thiaumont.

        The 23rd we entered Luxembourg at Oberpallen and arrived at present station. Route, Bonnert, Oberpallen, Beckerich, Huttange, Noerdange, Rippweiler, Usseldange, Buevange.

        On the 26th I took a day off and went to the capital. Prices are rather steep and the rate of exchange—Francs for Marks—high, so I bought nothing in the way of souvenirs except the Madame La Guerre notices which I thought rather interesting.

        On the 28th the movement to San Mihiel was begun, all marching being done at night. Schedule follows:

28th Bulgneville, 29th Viocourt, Sept. 4, Bois dela Faliere (bivouac), Sept. 5, Barizey la Cote, 7th Chaloy, 8th Bn. Hquts., to Bouc—Battalion to the woods south of Mandres and Tours (Foret de Reine) where headquarters

moved the 10th.

        On the 11th (at night) we went into position for the attack which began the next morning. My route during the 12th was Seichprey-St. Boissant, Mazarin, Essey, Pannes, LaMarche, Pannes. I also picked up the Boche I wrote about on my first arrival at Pannes. The next A.M. headquarters moved to LaMarche. I going forward to St. Benoit in time to find the fires lit by the departing Boche still burning, in fact, all along the line were villages on fire. On the 14th I established an advanced P.C.for the Battalion with Captain Graef at Ferme Sebastopol south of St. Benoit. Here I stayed until the 17th when the Battalion was relieved and fell back to Bois de la Belle Ozieres southeast of Nonsard, marching by way of Beney La Marche

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