The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-12
two ARTILLERY
ARMIES NOW ARE
POUNDING TEUTON
Line, PEATE SAYS
Trench Veteran, in Fargo
Today, Depicts New
Fighting Conditions
CAN'T QUIT TILL
GERMANS BEATEN
''Don't Break Faith With
Those Who Have Died."
Canadians Message

Two distinct lines of artillery are
now facing the German armies in
Flanders, and that fact explains the
constant hammering the British are
melting out to the Germans. according
to Lieut.. Peate, a veteran of the
trenches, visiting Fargo today.
A letter from his brother, received
within the last few days, the younger
lad now seeing service 'over there"
intimated the completion by the Brit
ish Of a new system Of artillery fire
that has swept the Germans back
yard by yard, until today the Brit
ish guns command the all important
Roulers- Messines railroad, and COM
mand also the city OF Roulers.
Another British drive this morn
ing?" said Lieut.. Peate in The Forum
office. That settles 1t with me. Haig
has achieved the impossible-the
thing we didn't dare hope for when
we were in the trenches. He has sue
ceeded in organizing two great artil-
lery armies back Of the infantry, and
and from now on, it's constant heA
for the Germans oat there IN front.
you talked OF q dodble artiliers
system when you were in serviceF
Lieut.. Peate was asked. ga
sYes. but we didn't think 1t could
come true. Can't you see what 1t
means? Day in and day out. the Ger
mans must face the fire. No more
infantry lunges, and desperate fight
ing, waiting for the artillery to come
up. The artillery Is always ready for
action now.
Under the new Haig plan. two
distinct artillery armies are working
together. Each army has its five lines
of guns, the 3, the Al, the 8, the
and the 9-inch cannon. These are ar
ranged in rows. in the order given.
tsWhiIe the front artillery Is hit
ting the German lines. the second
artillery Is moving into position.
Then comes the infantry rush. The
second artillery then takes up the
burden. while the first line of aFtil-
lery moves up into new positions.
Thus, you see. they have q con-
stant fire-and the Germans must
face it all the time.
THE establishment Of the two In
dividual artillery units certainly Is
a wonderful achievement. 1t means
constant firing from now on. There's
no rest for the poor devils on the
other side" E.-..
Lieut.. Peate. or Private Peate, as
he is better known, saw enough ac-
tive service to get f1rst hand sLoTy
of affairs abroad. He comes to Far
po 10 speak at the Orpheum theater
This evening, and the lecture Is with
ont charge, beginning at o'clock:
"How does it feel to be waiting Tor
the charge with the great mass or
shells fiying over your heads?' Lieut..
Peate was asked.
sTt's great" declared Peate. II the
shells are going the other way. But
it's hell when they're coming your
way" -
German morale is at low ebb, Ger
man prisoners give up without a
struggle after they pass through an
artillery fire alive. and British spirlts
are high and English troops conn-
dent, says Peate-
asWe're going TO stay there an hour
longer than the Germans.
'sThats what we have to go 70 40
In this thing. Talk about peace2 Not
until the Germans are driven back.
Not until they're whipped, ] tell you.
Not till the armies march to Berlin
-and that isn't theatrical either
"out there, they know what war
Is Yhev don't want TO fight. But
they'll fight, and the nation thar
quits now, before the Germans are