The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-03
HA|G HITS HARD
At H|XDENBURG
ANOTHER DENT MADE IN FAMOUS
DEFENSIVE LINE BY A
STEADY ADVANCE.
AIR MEN KEEP BUSY
Many GerrNan Machines Have Been
Brought own and Various Daring
Exploits %2rformed-Four Scarlet
Scouts Of r'tono Drew Fire.


(From a Staff { S'espondent of the
Associat, %Press)
British Headquartt . in France, May
8. (Via London) Ant Efr of the con.
tiuuing British attacks as launched
against the Germans eA this morn.
ing. Hard fighting is in Jgress un
der warm spring sun. There has
been no rain for more than ten days
now, and the battlefeds at times are
enveloped in dust British reinforce.
ments moving along the roads toward
the front look like millers under heavy
layers Of chalk-white powder
On Wide Front.
Reports from the battle front are
yet meagre, but il appears that salts
factory progress is being made. The
attack was on wide front At Bule-
court, the British took another bite
into the Hindenburg line just north
OF its point of junction with the Dro,
COurt-Queant switch.
Good progress was also reportei
early in the direction of Cherisy aud
Fresnoy Fresnoy is just east of Ar.
leuX, which was captured last Friday
by the Canadians. These two villages
having been looped about with intrl.
cate trench Notifications, form one of
the strongest points on the Mericourt.
Oppy-Gavrelle line running slightly
southwest from Lens to the Scarpc
and being one Of the last of the older
fixed positions protecting the Drocourt.
Queant switch to the Hindenburg line.
The Germans have delivered strong
counter attacks at several places, pr!n-
cipally against Gayrelle and toward
Loos. At all the points attacked and
counterattacked, heavy fighting is
proceeding.
In the meantime, the British airmen.
taking full advantage of the long spell
of good weather. are continuing their
relentless offensive aoft both by day
and night
Airmen Worry Foes.
The British have accounted for for.
ty-fye enemy machines and have car.
ried out many enterprises behind the
German lines. The German soldiers
plainly dislike the continuous pres
ence of the British airplanes, for many
unposted letters captured during tho
infantry attacks dwell upon the uneasi.
ness the machines cause. One man
wrote:
The air activity is very great The
English will soon be taking the very
caps OFF our heads"
The daring of the British aviators in
flying so low in the enemy country IS
one OF the striking phases of the latter
, day air tactics. During a recent night
raid, with only the stars to guide them,
the Britons swooped down upon Their
dimly outlined targets and dropped
their bombs barely escaping them.
selves from the upward blast of the
resulting explosions.
During this raid, the Germans de-.
Tending their supply depots brought
into play a powerful searchlight.
whereupon a Britisher promptly flew
at It like q giant moth, let loose 4
lightweight bomb directly over Il, and
the lamp went out, TO burn no more.
htu OeNllS RlOIt.
Some ~ the best fighting the Brit.
ish have had recently has been with Il
flight of brilliant scarlet German ma.
chimes. At first, there were four OF
these in the flight and all were han.
died with consummate skin, indi-
eating that some of the best German
pilots had been gathered into this par.
ticular fighting unit At the first en-.
counter the British brought down one
of the "red devils" leaving the 70.
naming three to scout about the air
for several days Yesterday, the ser.
ond OF the red machines fell in flames,
leaving only two remaining.
The second scarlet machine met It's
fate while helping TO defend large
German formation which had been
attacked by four British triplanes. The
fight was not ended until six of the
enemy machines had been sent down,
while all four triphnes returned safe
ly. They reported that the pilot of the
crimson scout handled his bus" with
great skill deliberately entering the
combat during the general melee
which he could have easily avoided. II
was only by the most careful maneu
yering that British pilot finally sent
a burst OF machine gun bullets int
him.