Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDEN
of the Associated Press.

ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN
FRANCE, April 20.-Pushing steadily
here, storming with great dash there,
defeating terrific German counterat-
tacks and taking thousands of prison
ers the French carried their victori-
GUS forward move farther along the
entire front from scissors to Aube-
rive. Hundreds of thousands OF men
face each other In this latest battle,
wherein skillful attack is met by des-
perate defense.
Take Ambulance Company.
As the Associated Press correspond
ent today observed a section OF the
battle from the ridge upon which
runs Chemin- des DANES road, branch
ing eastward from the great Maui
beuge road. about four miles northr
ward OF Vailly and parallel with the
Aisne river. patches OF a hundred
prisoners marched toward the rear
across the fields and along the roads
to augment the ten thousand already
officially counted since the engage
ment began Monday. The fact that
an entire German ambulance section,
together with Its doctor. was taken In
one haul of prisoners demonstrates
the rapidity of the action Of the
French troops. as these sections al
ways operate behind the first fight
ing line. one French company got
so far forward that it cut off and
captured an entire German battery
which had limbered up with all the
horse teams harnessed to the guns In
readiness to retire. More than one
hundred cannon, some of them as
heavy as any taken heretofore, have
been captured and many have been
destroyed or buried.
Today for the first time since the
French moved from their lines to at
tack, the sun shone and the brilliance
of the weather was reflected on the
faces OF the troops, who were filled
with delight over the change from
/ trench warfare The men sang In
their bivouacs and marched with
confident swing when ordered for
ward. The French artillery fire con-
stituted one continuous roll all along
the front and the Germans replied
! heavily, but their guns were forced
gradually back.
Possession of Chemin des-Dames
ridge gives the occupants excellent
positions for observation and the Ger
mans fought desperately to retain II.
| They could not. however, stay the
French progress at several points and
their fierce counterattack between
Allies and Hurtebise was crushed,
| despite the fact that they threw great
masses of men against the advancing
! French.
| Wcll-Oilcd Machine.
'rhe method and care shown by tho
French plans strikes the Observer
| Everything goes like clockwork
Every nan and gun is in the proper
place at the right mCmcnt. Even in
the rear of the lires the same SYSTEM
attic thoronees has been developed.
Should a supply column meet an OBJ
s:luction on the read toward the 'front.'
a smart officer Immediately appears
on he scere and in a few moments all
t. in order. This means much when
it Is understood that the road must
be made swiftly across fields where
no roads existed before and In terri
tory torn during he previous fighting.
! How heavy artillery Is brought for
ward under such conditions is q puz-
zle but all the difficulties are over
come and they reach their positions
at the effective moment. The broken
! character Of the country adds to the
! difficulty Of the French task of ap-
preaching ana capturing the German
! positions which oftentimes are IN
natural caverns or quarries easily de I.
/ fepsible and IN addition to the heavy
/ artillery are armed with perfect hor-
nets nests Of machine guns as was
| the case In Nilla-au Bois, where l0S
of these weapons We're captured In a