The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-22
GtAMAN TROOPS.
HAVE LOST THEIR.
PEP AND GINGER.
FIuTZ mas No APPETITE
EOR THE ALLIES GENFIRE
AND WANTS TO QuiI


70 nave any aallH ID hlui lhebe udN .
rothing like what they were al Yprc
In laj' said 4 private OF the cana
dian expediiionary force recently re-
turned from the front IN France
One Of ihs mwho we captured sloni
with party that was making , rea
Hlndenbng advance TO lhe rear j.
double time said to me.
This war no good at all We fin
ished. Why not stop
Il iold him his whole machine had
E1l 10 be smashed right u. before
there would be any stop as far AZ we
we're concerned
After that we went into German
dugout that turned out TO be q com
i'ned trench mortar emplacement and
mnnlfon store. II was very deep and
hed hardly been damaged at all A
sioplng passage led up 10 The cmplsee
rlent and down below there were
niles Of mortar shells We found the
whole crew OF the mortar hiding be-
hind one oi these piles and they sur
rendered at once. They could easily
have blown as all TO kingdom come"
Other men wounded on the Arras
battlefield iel similar incidents, A
corporal of the Devons who was snip
cd on outpost duty when the Germans
we're being driven from s'llage near
Croiselles. said;
Il think their snipers are about the
best men they've got left, now, '-d
even they throw up their hands di-
rectly you get near them, and VIII
only fight Al rifle range, never with
q chance Of tasting the bayonel !
shw the cavalry atiaklng that village;
one OF the finest sights I've seen
They came over q rise of ground and
falloped clean through screen OF
vhizz- banga They were great. II
was fine 10 see them sweep through,
Our. hoye got up in time TO take over
the prisoners.
A Canadian bomber, who was hit
after several days OF very strenuous
fighting, said: "Just under the crest
oi Vim Ridge. Fritz had lot Of ma
chine guns that he'd never used be-
fore. He had kept their emplacement
very carefully hidden. They held US
up for a little bit. but II wasn't for
long. That was where our rifle
gienadiers came in They lobhee
bombs all over those Emma Gee en-
placements for bit and then Can
aalan battalion went right through
them and over; and that was the end
oi the Fritzes on the crest
after was hit and sent back !
fell In with party that was clearing
dug -out and stayed q bit with them
Gre queer thing | saw going back
was four German machine guns IN
che place. all nndamaged, and the
fcnr crews OF the guns all stone dead,
Killed by our shrap. When ! got to
dressing station at last ! found a
Fritz doctor in charge. with his whole
staff, working away on our wounded
Ike good 'uns,"
Another Canadian. told Of n double
anF-ou which must have been either
battalion or company headTart
ers. In the smaller division were -four
officers. with two orderles making
coffee for them: In the smaller dlyis-
Tor opening out of It, thiriy-iive Of
fcers and men Not one OF the whole
lot were wounded. and all. including
the -four officers, surrendered with
out q mmrmnr.
Making coffee. mind you," said the
Canadian My officer laughed
There's war on outside, gentle
men he said. hut those Boche oiilc-
ers they only aeowled, not q smile or
a word from the bunch
The adlutant of London regiment
vhone shoulder had heen broken said
"The men were splendid In this show
Pit they have heen from start TO
finish: couldn't be heiter But |
think they are more highly skilier
row than they ever were before
Apart from that The two things thai
atruch one most were the magniiic-
ert pnnnery and the fine staff work
had only heen ont fiyeweeks when
this show hegan. | was wounded last
luly And ! was immensely struck
by our progress In tactics, staff work
aud co-operailon between The differ
ept arms. II really is wonderful
ynafhine now. The aeenraey and pre-
clslon rf II all In amazing"
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