The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-03

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N the emptiness NJ the battlefield
M doubt hundreds Of men died the
day We watched the great fight In
the Champagne country Perhaps
thousands did. They have been dying
there every day since the first Of Oc.
tober 70 our right and left we could
hear the distant drum beat " the
guns. Now aud then Il shell passed
near MS. We shrauk from the sound.
shells do not scream The sound has
uu such supruuo suggestion II Is Il
ronr that Is pitched iu too high a key,
II IS brief. uugry. shrlll Sometimes
Shells burst near u~. The noise is
shuckiug la It's brryity It h n fright
ful clnmor that j, preceded hy uo
warning aud that abruptly ends. At all
times II heard the thin, vIrelikc
whistllng or the bullet,
"" Snt upon the shoulder Of u hill.
II was as though We were iu q roynl
hos before which IL had been PINNED
20 rnnci % superb tragedy Beneath
our feet stretched q good share II
thosc slN hl,ol filled kilometres THAT
lie between rcrthrS and Ccrnny At
this point the most desperate fighting
NJ the winter has focused. In the
eighty five days NJ battle the French
huv" not rclnNri Tor one moment ln
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"''"'nh l",''''"" me N'Iihhns nave
n"' l'''"'' "" Ih'h. mere mas not
"''" n' non "I ANY uaN perhaps OF
my "'-" 'u"' Tue ENu0 IFN' not
n''n """'"I,I'hg hu' the Da'ilr "i
'''''N WIZ u'"hl' ne remembered
ny m' "> 1t scene "I rurhl peace we
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n''E"' INV >'I''I "~ me Underground
'"' " I'r'"'"' ''"I'h VT N"tllkr Hug'
N',,'"" '"''' WINS nor u 'Ih''.
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',',". ne oE guns concentrate
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h'"Il'U' 'orN I'l loose all the flames ~
p''"'''"" "" IT, tt ~ h'' INA Ih'y XIII
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, IptnI hy t]alarborn ina Urgt hall.
~ II a trench wash ont" II. rov do.
, Tenders by a r,praptrutnl fro 4, {,
! ls lint when n months fighting H.
ended one finds the Herman line sill
roillng about the slope " "A range II
p hills. Just In front Is the line of
French trenches. 80 near that the men
Z can throw flowers aud hand grenndcs
Ia each other They have done both
, this winter. Assaults and counter a..
I saults have been continuous, but Meth.
j or side has gained nor lost. only mcu
have died.
y twenty thousand French soldier
ne on thls portion ut the
front
ihe slatemeht ~ mace ny the hIgh
2 WI ml'''"ry u~u'horlIy Oh thls part o'
Tue rtrnnhh me lhose VINO nave
y S'eh 'niS ileln te'l me Una inc bodie'
s" oy un'''kn' 10 pe oIly luih
p oleu u'alN q rags. u brighter llh''
I "S'e ihueu IRON .he 'Io'nihg OF NOSE
y N"o "'u III 'vloptI M 'nHt the orll
"a"' 'eun W '"e r'''.n ,rouSerS ar'
|, In',' ""'l p'p"ns' uhu Ihe DInes Oh
= '"e'I '"a'N II Wnl'lHh gray. II N
Sitc'ro@,oPe VI ueath' ms ilelu
""e'e t"e 'o'orS are gayeI ueh'I
nnS phSSeu more Recently Il eye
."Ae' III no repu's''' Aukg'a'loh. oU'
~ coiScIous Vi an Aclteihehi- IRE
nlou' u. tne irs",a' ''okllg upon
.n'Se VINO nave uieu III the oalt'e huI
: 'he e'eu,en, VI SHOCK y ahSeh' 4
n S,hsn sne''''o'n nah "oulu NOR
, ''Niuiy impress
!, we VIII 70 To one OF the looking
Polh's VI 'ht s'hii' shlu the OFFICE
VINO mao uS IN 'hhrge.
= rms story must necessarily he vagn'
e III ZONE RESPECTS Names-Whether o
generals or mus or towns or roads
n are under certain conditions barred
r from use by the censor. We started
rom one OF those anonymous town.
ID france n tore over fairly goo,
u roaus III our military car On eitheI
Hue men were ~ploughing' making
ready inc rlelds Tor the spring crop
- Al nrst the ploughmen were peasants
i AS we approached the front they he
. gan 10 wear the herman uniform ant
the rounu' nat cap when IN the Ger
man Soluier ialisue headgear. Sol
uiers were NJ work with big gasoline
a url'eh pioughs un one farm I'VE
d soiu,ers were al work win pltchforks
neipihg 'he women OF the tarm Loaf
; = wagon WIN tertillEer' The road
nau peen torn up Oy the military trai