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Conger Reynolds correspondence, June 1918
1918-06-03 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 8
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the life of the trenches. His outfit has been in the line for a long time. A few nights ago the Boches launched an attack with gas projectors. The boys from near my old home caught it pretty badly. I mustn't say what their losses were, but it's heartbreaking to think of. Powell took his company in to replace one bunch and the next night they were hit by the gas projectors. Fortunately they got warning in time to use their gas masks effectively and escaped with relatively less penalty. As Powell describes it, a gas projector attack is about the most hellish thing that men have to stand in this
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the life of the trenches. His outfit has been in the line for a long time. A few nights ago the Boches launched an attack with gas projectors. The boys from near my old home caught it pretty badly. I mustn't say what their losses were, but it's heartbreaking to think of. Powell took his company in to replace one bunch and the next night they were hit by the gas projectors. Fortunately they got warning in time to use their gas masks effectively and escaped with relatively less penalty. As Powell describes it, a gas projector attack is about the most hellish thing that men have to stand in this
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