The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24
WRITING DEAD
TORMENT UARD
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metres back-to the next line of
trenches. The French, In their turn,
held their own second line OF trenches
Neither side had gained OF lost The
deadlock was maintained.
In this six miles Of pcrditlun there
is Il hill known As No. 1919 on the staff
maps. On February 3 the French
held that hill. For three days the
Germans kept their big guns playing
On II, until the surface Of the hill was
Scared and pitted us though by an
elemental pestileuCe. Machine guns
rained their balls upon the leyelled
cscarpmcnts Of the trenches. Infantry
men put aside their hot rifles tu cool
while they used the gun " the friend
ly dead mar who ,houiderrd them In
their treuchsc. Then, at noon one
day, IL German mine exploded beneath
that hill with the thump " It's dis
charge the German wave rushed for
warl They took Hill 1919. They have
II still.
IN February IA the French began
their counter attack upon thHt POSI-
ton. Ihey have never ceased. As 1
sat Ia one OF the observation points
used by the general starr fresh era
tiers which marked the limestone land
IN every direction tulu that II had been
shelleu mat very morning 1 could
.D.. fI.. .ly.t.tLl l,,r.tI. .t-.Y fb. nm
and the vast clouds US the heavier pro
J]oCtiles found their targets. II Is about
lilll lH that one hears the drum
roll Of the big guns, AS the Germans
call " They beat the long roll for
the dying, ceuselessly, endlessly, day
and night Time after time the French
have assaulted the trenches ~ this
hill They have died upon Us slopes.
Since October ] forts one French
regiments have attacked and have
never returned 10 the attack. | do
not mean that only forty.One regiments
have been sent onward to the storm.
/ mean 1t Is known that forty one regi
mcnts have broken upon this line,
Some " them struck twice. Some
,t tI.p, ,pI, ,urn lu.. r.tIunuDt Iial
-, a.. r.., nam Id. I' a.. hl..i
~, n. ,na,hIn. .n,ny And ~. that
r.,ir,.,t .,th.r, ,u,, and ION IN
; ,,1s,I,, .,ra,,u. and ,L. L,na crr "A
/ A.. 49, 20, ,..,,' u,~ =. ,l,,inn ha.,.r
.n,IT.r r,yin,.r, ,,a. ..,t trr,rord An
u vain charge across the dying.
Time after time the Germans have
,,r.r,d n, Era,nh . ,r,,a thot tL.,
mt,I,t nnr, ,ha,r ,l"nd qhn Eronri
h,r, ,.En. v,.,h.r tha. ha,,
r.nrh.L th,t mint whon ,hoy vnI ~.
.,ut nn n,ar., ,n,n' ,L,, HuI srn7
..rh rnrnr nrf,rsJ "A, tno e.. -,
vLnrh., tho, r,,, rcf,,sod a. mat
t,r ~ ,IIt,m, nl,anIngn - 49, NO.
.,, IMAM his.
Th. Lnod In n..r.yt IN, Gsrms,
,r.rrn.s
TLuI r,s,y thut tho c,r,r,ry mrsI
upLnrg, . grasIsr mnou,rn NJ ANN,
rr,n th,ir rnyolttny urasnnce than Il,
n.Ir .n.,,ias a 't.nrr tho soar
nuy yto,,h s,,a,u. ,,ar m. nor 4,
ths G.rmor trnnrhes In .csrrIp, woves
M man wh, ms rnd.rgnn, hint av
,,,rIonrn con .,.r IA. or,it. m, am,
man sysln ~ mnn can undsryo tho.
]trIghtful .y,ry npt hnrrnr ~ IN.
.nnI tnr Ian, ,yIthnrt r.Iisf ua
,,ns. the d.od t.. . ror tho g,rmsu
hnr uno Eronch thsrar,r. ,h. snrr.r
inc ,r tho. Garmpns il no yrp.ter
S"m. ,Ioy rho Trsnrh hnna m. dan,
yu win The man ,hn INV. Invodo,
fair rhn,pnayur win M longer N
abla T., cpdnrn thoir foil assault
m. .ama thino h,nrannd onc. h.
fnr. nj N Nhinl Thara tho don,
La. I'm b.,n. M, th,,spnds a. an tn
hin nj pnrtha. and aach INV I'M
field vos sweut bv rra There TOE
tho Garmans nfta,,1 truce Thay ash
oil IN. French IN hnry their dead
ryer n the, would moi, sucror tha,
v,urdnl who rriod ant so ,Jhruu.
nft.r m. daily attach had h..n drive
nocp rha,o mo tha E,,or,h wn,l
tokn III, f,vnrs rom thsIr ansmia.
untl ,t lac, human endurance. ysy
wov If hac,mo lmn,ssIhla rnr siths
( IN msintaIn tbeir n,s,,I,r m
man ln tho front trenches fsInted an
ynmited and became All ana mad 4
b,st a romnromis. wns reached
N.,ther ado wopId send soldiers mi,
f., hury thrse noziry masses that nm
noon mon Neither dido would narml
,Iyuisr. ~ no ~rnivbhnrho,d T., rn,
form hat duty for fear I'm some I,
cnmnreharslhlo w,v thny mlyht yol
y Information and thorshy nm odvnptsg,
And On osch sIde hrnnrht r,vIlers rro,
n disturra ana cent th.m into IN
rhorpeI main and watched them nv.
Ir,rllrd puns untI he dead wer
, .t,,r ,oyo IN IA. dom ground 70,
INNS mo ,,ma thing mn, hannah ,
pnrthas ,pJ Cornoy ~ nna Gnov
nm ~ thnsn load mon ors nat h,ur
II tha,r broad nownr T., Win I. n,
, ,ncckad hofor. tho errIpg SIM ,
, Cnpmreu,. shIr.s r,,r thnm ,h.u
rnstDnprp win como Tho R,or
, p.nh th,t orro rovoc,l his mlI1
Enron, win r,mo ,gpir unmanit
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