The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-19
"MOpp|NC UP"
OF BAP AUME
IS COMPLETED


BRITISH HEADQUARTERS rs
FRANCE. March ~ I'm the O,u ot
Albert where the famous "gIded lean
lug virgin Nill suspend, mracuuu,'E
from the lrily tower ut Il rather pduIy
and iantasrlcatly she'll torn church
there has long been brilliant Ngu
reading 'tp Hapaumc II has pointed
the way along narrow straight TO-
ward the quaint Ilcardv town. trans
formed b. 'bc German, into what thc'
term modcru field Gibraltar.
Between Nbcr, and Napsumc llc the
battlefield, OF the greatest marital
struggle Of an history They are
called the battles of the Nommc, but
more correctly might be termed the
battles OF the Eapaumc road II ha,
hccu long ten miles. hut At last
Rapaumc ha, been taken and the Rrt-
ISL KHAKI l0c extends W,ll beyond n
IN all direction,
Burn Towns al They Go
The icld gray Gcrmau line, arc fall
lug back now ON front appruN'malmg
forty mules They are dl,>lhmg u
clouds Of blue gray smoke. ior the
Germans have lighted fire, 70 screen
their retreat SO village is spared
from the torch
The new British front now extends
from well below Chaulucs ON the south,
almost 10 ARA, Ou the north and ,u,-
crs about ono third oi the entire Brit
I, 1. /. Il.
Nhcrc tho French Inc, begin
SUNDAY the British pushed into Pc
rome where they had 70 fight ylr-
tually every step Of the way There
have hccn many ire, IN 'cronnc SINCE
Friday The Gcrman, also burned the
suburb oi Halle before abandoning It,
Beg TO Have Part.
The 'akug o. that town meant A
grca, deal 'o the men in tine lrcuChc,
The Brush battalion due % be rc.
ljcycd ifpm term oi strenuous work
ACTUALLY requested that they bc sem,
forward that the, might havC-rSpaumc
cleared OF the enemy.
On the Bapaumc road amhcd tho
British tanks ON their startling way
to battle II !, TIN, road that plcrCc'
pollcrcs, and ON either side he the un
forgcttahlc villages OF lhcpyal, llcrs
Couroclc,tc, Con,almalSon, tricCourt
Mametl. MartinpuiCh and Beaumont
lIamcl, and the nptorlou, Butte dc
Narlcurourt
II wa, particularly fitting that tho
troop, which fought the hardest abou
| the butte last autumn should be amoul
The FIRST - reach Bapaumc. Of winch tn
butte had long been regarded as th'
. Key position
"Mopping UP" Completed
There vas no ilylng ot ilags or beat
lng ot drum, a, tho British patrols pen
crrdrcd the town ilr there was ilghtlnl
ahead and Bapaumc is filled with un
dcrgfouud strougholds
But It will not be long before th- al
vance guard, sent back over thc ,clc
phone wire, which ever keep pace wit
, the onward movement ~ the troop,
that the enemy rear guard had all bee
accounted tor
Later came a second message read
my ~ true soldier language
T The mopplug mp OF Bapaumc is com
plctc"
Cavalry Again in Play.
So rapid became the pursuit ~ th
Germans rcrtcatrng in the Ancrc an
Sommc sector, Monday tina, the Bri,
iSh cavalry came into play after res,
less months oi waiting and longing
has been a wonderful sight to sec Nh
cavalry SquadronS moving toward In
front tot several days past They hav
included some oi the crack English reg
lrpentS looking very grim and business
l'kc IN steel Shrapncl helmets an
equipped with gas masks
Poisoned Wells Found.
The fine, driving weather oi tho Ia,
three days has helped tho pursuit. whic
IN some places has reached solid grour
tha, has been little damaged hy shcI
fire
II was officially stated today ,ha
poisoned wells were found in the yillag
oi RarlcuN, southwest OF pcronnc. whc
was occupied hy the British in the wal,
ot the rslrcaling German garr,>on'
This serious accusation was made h
the British. doctors. Other wells i'm IN
line ul the German retreat have hcc
b filled up but this was the first indica
ton OF poison IN any oi the wells.
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