Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-06-29

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coming right over our heads. and as
tho shrnpnel puns continued TO pur.
sue Il we found II prudent, though we
had our steel helmets on, to place our.
selves conveniently TO n former Hun
dugout In case the spllnters came our
way.
German Filler Fiees.
The situation had now evidently be-
come too hot for the tnste Of the
Oermnn nler. especially MS three Brit
lsh planes were approaching, so he
turned about and plunged behind a
great cloud and made his way home
at lenst we did not catch sight Of him
any more
This was the only Boche plane that
came within reach or ventured over
the British line during the tJuple OF
hours we were on the battlefield, while
In the same time British planes were
sailing over the German positions In
the teeth Of dcnth every few minutes.
On this battlefield we visited the
only disabled tank that was to be
found, though the Germans seem to
have claimed several. The cnuse OF
It's dlsnblement was plain. II wns not
direct German gun-flre, but such a
rare complication OF deep craters n
ruptured trenches that It's travelling
binds could find no sufficient hold, 80
that II was forced to n standstill.
The track Of It's caterpillar feet
was visible for hundreds OF yards
back, and the obstacles II overcame
seemed hardly less formidable than
those that proved Its undolng. II
looked as II n twenty-foot-down Ger
man duRout, already penetrated by
British shell nre, had caved In under
Its weight.
Every tank has his day, and this
one evidently ended up In the thlckest
Of the fight. Judging by the frightfully
contorted condition Of the ground all
around II. Full justice has been done
by the cinema TO these g%rotesque Inn
plements OF modern warfare, but to
appreciate the position OF the crews
who work them II Is necessary to see
into their grlsly 'innnrds"-a dense
mass OF machinery, with the tlniest
spaces for the men TO control the en-
glnes, the steering gear and the guns.
The demolition Of the French VII
lnges through which the Germans are
hncking their way home Is appalling.
Rarely Is there a trace OF them left be-
yond henps OF brick and mortar. A
Spanish artist had come with us to
sketch the ruins.
At Souchez It was impossible, for
there was nothing left; ut Ypres shell
time was Mt hand and N guide could
not sanction his delaying anywhere
near the cathedral or the Cloth hall,
but on the Arrns field we came across
n windmill which had been knocked
Into n picturesque cooked hat at some
crossroads, so the %Spanlard took out
his sketchlng board TO transfer the
melancholy object to paper.
In about n minute tive long distance
Bochc shells sang over our hends and
fell less thnn two hundred yards away.
Immediately afterwnrd n gunner officer
appeared from the bowels of the cnrth
ana said that this was not Il healthy
spot, as It was n registered point for
the German guns and two shells had
struck there that morning, SO the
artist folded up his board and wa
moved on without any undue delay.
The city Of Arras itself. to which
we now directed our course, has moi
suffered TO anything like the same
extent ns Ypres. Here are stlll the
scmblance OF streets, some OF the
bulk Of them shot through aud
through. The cathedral, OF course
and the beautiful town hall, being
conspicuous and valued objects
though of no military importance, spe
clnlly attracted the Boche gunners
They seem TO have shelled them with
the same fiendlsh delight as the ia
nous buildings Of Ypres.
The great square, with Its plctur
esque colonnaded sixteenth century
houses OF the Spanish period, has SUI
fered less thnn one expected-not be
cause of any tenderness on the part
OF the enemy, but owing to Its sltua
ton giving 1t protection against hli
guns.