The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-30
SUCCESS, UNEXP. HyHDLY GREAT
ATTENDS CANAL. HcS WITH
CASUALTIES sM-"So..
ENEMY IS IN FLIGHT
Men From North America Make Three
Attacks in "a Hours, Win Each One.
and Then Surrender to Sleep on the
Battlefield.

Canadian Headquarters in France.
June 29.-(Via London)-Success unex.
pectedly great and complete. at a cost
n casualties far less in some recent nm.
important engagements, has attended
the drive of the Canadians along the
valley of the Souches toward Lens dur.
ing the last week.
The gain of ground Is greater than
in any actions since the capture of vi.
my ridge, and the land restored to
France includes some Of her most pro.
ductive coal mines. Coulette. Leavitte
and almost all Of Avion are firmly held
and that part Of the plain east Of Vimv.
where a week ago, no one could show
himself above the top Of a trench with.
out drawing the fire Of snipers and
machine guns, may now be traversed I'm
the open.
Hand TO Hand Fighting.
Lying out in the water.soaked ground
along the SOuchez river this afternoon.
still under fire, are the troops who at.
tackled the enemy at 2:SO o'clock Thurs
day morning in the outskirts OF Avion.
The Germans put up a resistance so
strong that some Of the Canadian ad.
vanced parties were forced to retire.
AT 7 o'clock in the morning they at.
tackled again. and after hard hand.to.
hand fighting the result Of which was
seen In the number of German dead
remaining on the field. they pressed for
ward toward the western part Of the
village.
The same men took part in a third
attack within "a hours. This was
launched at Z o'clock last night. and
after they had once again reached the
goal set for them, they surrendered TO
sleep, the sleep Of utter exhaustion. in |
a downpour OF torrential rain.
Enemy Inundates Wide Region.
The situation Friday afternoon is re.
garded as most satisfactory. The en-.
emy by damming the souchez river. by
blowing up the highway and the railway |
bridges crossing the canal and by OBJ. |
structing the connecting channels |
through the marshes In the region |
southwest Of Lens. has placed a belt
OF inundated land between himself and |
the Canadian corps along front Of
more than a mile.
The inundations are a cover TO a |
weakness the enemy would not have be.
trayed even a few months ago. because |
they reveal his intention TO wage a |
purely defensive warfare along this part |
Of the line.
There are daily increasing signs that
the German man power is no longer |
what IL was. The number OF enemy |
troops in the field appears little less
than before the opening OF spring opera. |
tons, but the spirit OF the men is no |
longer that OF an assured victory.
A prisoner taken yesterday spoke OF /
the process Of disillusionment the Ger.
man people are now going through II |
the war does not end soon, he said. |
there viii be revolution In Germany. |
Are Not Underfed.
This changed spirit is not due TO un. /
derfeeding. Most OF the German pris.
oners are well nourished A big guards. I
man at least six feet tall when cornered |
fought like a wild beast until he was
badly wounded. and was so heavy that |
four bearers could make no headway |
carrying him over the wet and slip. |
perry chalk 10 a dressing station. The I
change in their idea as to how the war |
will end is all the more significant be.
cause II was not brought about by hun
ger or privation.