Show miss fitch given chance to witness rt illery work lea rm i the reporter Is pleased to be able to republish another of those inter esting letters from miss maude fitch fite h of eureka eurela no american woman has had more thrilling experiences than miss fitch who Is abit to relate these experiences in the most fascinating manner her letter fil fallows loNs the thrill of it here I 1 am sitting near a soixante soi xante quinze and ten miles ahead of our last poste we now have three poste au all secours it its s imps sible to keep going with two on a car so I 1 was sent up to this advanced one this noon it was too glorious driving through the little villages of Milli cog and chevincourt Chevin court where I 1 have been watching the boche from 1 for weeks the towns are of course absolutely demolished not one house with all of ats walls t my car is on the hill they fought so hard for two days ago north of chev t incourt pincourt and I 1 am sitting with two lers on the bank at the side oNer overlooking looking a stretch of exquisite country countr just barely showing its scars as though its joy had already healed them being a mile from the sal boche we sit very close to our abri with our gas masks over our shoulders the other night I 1 had to drive with mine on and it wasn gasn t bad at all ex capt its snout kept hitting the steer ing wheel it has the vilest smell this gas like mustard with garlic in it and makes one frightfully nausea ted but does not affect the lungs I 1 felt no effects from it at all though I 1 drove through ver veo faint remains of it all day bailly was awfully ill from it we only wore our masks once when an american warned us of a fresh lot ahead at night we have to park three of our cars and go double so you i see it a not bad the roads are already being repaired fortunately for the I 1 blesses as there are a mass of shell holes through the old no man a land I 1 find myself mentally taking oft off my hat to miss lowther all the time how she got us this advanced poste I 1 can not see as we are ahead of the american section of men in tact fact we carry our wounded to them we shall have to placate them as they are boiling especially as we have to go back to their abri to sleep tonight august 16 15 1 I had a most eventful twelve hours since writing the for mer I 1 killed some boche boebe I 1 don t know how many but hope at least a hundred the battery on the hill just a few yards behind us of which I 1 had been talking in the afternoon came down to get me at 7 0 clock to shoot off a soixante soi xante quinze which I 1 did with great gusto after which a cavalry man lent me his horse and I 1 had a wonderful ride in the woods I 1 dined with bronchard leres in the field and a colonel I 1 used to know returning from the front recognized my car on the hill and tooted my horn until I 1 emerged from the woods he lie came back with me until I 1 had finished dinner the bronchard leres were most excited at having so dis a guest at dask dusk I 1 got orders to return to the village at the toot foot of the hill hit 1 as aa I 1 they expected gas I 1 slept in an a abri lir ti 1 I got back to our post at 4 30 in the morning walked through the woods where I 1 found a geman german he helmet to pippa ae as I 1 promised her at 8 0 clock I 1 curled u up on the side of the road and slept soundly until 10 just barely conscious of passing artillery tillery and men mens s voices as they trudged by to the trenches at 11 the captain of the artillery came down and invited me up tor for a barrage and at 11 30 with cotton in our ears we stood close up while our three soixante soi xante quinze and 2 cent cinquanta cin cinas behind us spit out 1000 shells I 1 pulling 9 a seventy five file occasionally occasion vy it was thrilling beyond anything else as none of 0 us had ever assisted at a barrage before and very likely never will again as tomorrow they will be away ahead of us A man on the ground at my feet received the directions through a telephone the directions were yelled immediately from one gunner to another always as the troops advanced plus loin I 1 I 1 it not ever forget that seen on oil the little hill in the woods behind chet chen incourt pincourt after it was over there being no work for me the captain and his lieutenants had me eat lunch with them the table was a dispatch box band and our chairs old shell cases they began to tear fear a shortage of shells be fore the finish I 1 told the captain of an abandoned pile of them I 1 knew bof of back in the woods at abnel which he could get in a halt half hour though it amused him he said he might have to send me tor for them unless they telo tele phoned him within five minutes which unfortunately they did say ing his supply was even then climbing the hill he hp laughed at my digap and find told old me that I 1 was tres amiable which did not console me I 1 hodges is going to paris parts so I 1 shall give her this to mall mail it saves so many days MAUD FITCH |