Somewhere in France, Sept. 28, 1918

Dear Mrs. Albert:

After arriving in this new section I will write just a short letter and tell you that our move took ten nights on the road with the animals and wagon and we slept from two to three hours during the day, so you can imagine how we felt after the trip. I had my saddle horse but the night are so cold that I walked over half the way in order to keep warm and rain nearly every night. The distance we covered was about 150 miles; the animals in the trip numbered about 9,000, including artillery, ammunition, Infantry, Signal Corps, M. P. Engineers, Sanitary, Medical, Headquarters, Quartermasters, Ordnance and other trains all traveling by road. On our arrival in this section the whole division went into the line and the next night a push was started which is till going on in our favor, and prisoners are coming in continually. We have had no leave since coming across and for my part the way the war has been going on for the past three months I wish we could stick to it steady and finish it up for it will last long enough anyway as it is; we have all made up our minds that we will be here this winter and perhaps another, but no matter, we are here to stay till it’s finished for good.

How is Earl and is he going to school this fall? The weather here is cold for this time of the year. No, don’t send overcoat or any other packages for I will never get them. I have a sheep skin coat which is just the thing over here. All for now. Love to all. Harley McLaren