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Show OGDEN BOY II DiE'f AGAINST HUi ON ( BRITISH FRONT 1 M William H. Chance, of the British ;g army, somewhere in France, writes aj&J letter to relatives In Ogden, saying: $ "Dear Folks: Just a few linos to let) S you know that I recolved a letter from ! youi but have been rather too busy to & answer It personally. 5j "L am quite well, but- have been Si having a rather strenuous time lately, jj$ owing to the advane'e of last month, i I took part in it on two occasion, bo- j $: sides seeing a lot more of It. Our army took about 80,000 prisoners, and y; I believe that the French and Ameri- cans botween them took as many more. "The wily Hun was badly shak- b en. My brother was wound'ed in three places and is now in England rccov- ' crlng alright I was slightly wounded l by a pieceof a 5.9 which was blunt and" therefore did- not hurt me much, p I believe I am recommended for a mili- 33 tary medal. "The Kaiser's stock has taken a $ big slump, and we will ilck him sure next year, if he does not quit this year. U I have seen lots of his guns that we captured, but they are not nearly so good as ours, and his infantry is large- .by a lot of miserable specimens with iiu aiuinauii iui u ii&m. juv uruiiury i certainly did pound the fight out of S them. "There are some fine souvenirs to S be picked up on the battlefield, but j of course we can't be bothered car- rying much. "The American army is certainly getting very strong and the Huns are rapidly going down and will never be. is able to stand up against he Yanks g next year. There are about two Z months of fighting weather left be-'p fore winter, and if tilings go as well for the next two months as tho last $ two, the Huns will not have much do- $ sire for fighting next year. w "I may tell you that Jerry or Fritz $ are the names the Tommies call the' 1 Huns. Tho Boche, the English offi-! ? cers call him. Wc have a nickname for everybody and call the French tho g Froggies, and the Germans the Jerries : ij or Fritzies. Americans are called tho, Yanks and tho Australians the Dig- j 'jj gors, and they certainly dig old Jerry I 5 out at times. 5 Anyway, it will be a good thing s when the war is over. I think it will last a year yet. ' - "Parts of France are absolutely shot J to pieces. I have been all over the 1 Somme field 6f 1916 and thero sure ? must have been some fighting there, t It has been fought over three times and there isn't a whole house for miles J 'j (Signed) "William H. Chance" |