Friends of France; . ing of some of the enemy heights in the Vosges ourinfantry advanced to the attack and succeeded intaking so many of the enemy trenches, it is probablythe Chasseurs Alpins who have led the way in theface of the hand-grenades and machine-gun fire andthe streams of burning oil that, in this country es-pecially, make the meaning of a mile so terrible. One of our Section who was compelled to return toAmerica the other day took with him as his singlekeepsake a crumpled photograph with a signature 49 FRIENDS OF FRANCE scrawled in one corner. It was of a sous-officier of a famous
Friends of France; . ing of some of the enemy heights in the Vosges ourinfantry advanced to the attack and succeeded intaking so many of the enemy trenches, it is probablythe Chasseurs Alpins who have led the way in theface of the hand-grenades and machine-gun fire andthe streams of burning oil that, in this country es-pecially, make the meaning of a mile so terrible. One of our Section who was compelled to return toAmerica the other day took with him as his singlekeepsake a crumpled photograph with a signature 49 FRIENDS OF FRANCE scrawled in one corner. It was of a sous-officier of a famous battalion of Chasseurs Alpins. His heavy pack was jauntily thrown over his shoulders; his ber- ret was rakishly tilted to one side; and on his breast gleamed the green and red ribbon of the Croix de Guerre, the crimson of the Legion dHonneur, and the yellow of the Medaille Militaire. You could find no better symbol of the laughing gallantry, the sturdy strength, and the indomitable courage of France. Preston Lockwood. CHASSEVKALPIN 35 IV LAST DAYS IN ALSACE By December 20, the approximate date of the begin-ning of the French attack upon the German positionson Hartmannsweilerkopf, the headquarters of Sec-tion 3 of the American Ambulance had been movedtemporarily to a place called Moosch. Here was lo-cated a large modern hospital to which the woundedwere brought from the dressing-stations in the moun-tains, two or three kilometres behind the lines of ad-vance trenches. From this hospital the blesses weremoved into the interior as fast as their conditionwould permit. It was the duty of the small AmericanFord ambulances to bring the wounded from thesemountain stations down to the hospital at , a typical Alsatian town, consisting of afew large buildings, the Mairie, the church, ahotel or two, and perhaps a weaving mill, aboutwhich are clustered the homes and stores and cafes orcombination of these latter, is situated in the valleyof the river Thur. This valley runs up,
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