The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-31
GERMAN AIR
PLANES START
RAID ON YANKS
Single Out Area Behind Ameri.
can Lines for Preten-
tiOus Movement --.
AMBULANCES ARE STRUCK
Wounded Carried to Cellars and
Caves Beyond Danger
of Guns
AMBULANCES ARE STRUCK
SHE'LL AMERICANS.

of Guns
SHE'LL AMERICANS.
With the American Army in
France, Thurs, May 30.-German
artillery in the course Of the
night severely bombarded the new
positions Of the Americans at
cantiony, west Of Montdidter.
They fired az many az 1900 high
explosive shells in brief space
Of time. Several attempts made
by the Germans to come over
were repuised with heavy losses
by the Americans.
THE 82nd German reserve divis.
ion, from which the Americans
took prisoners in the fighting at
Cantiony, is commanded by Gen.
eraI Won Lorne and stauge. This
officer served on both the Rus
sian and western fronts and came
to cantiony between May II and
IS. ..
With the American Army in France,
Thursday, May 30.-German airmen
made a projections raid on the area
behind the American lines in Picardv
last night. American and French
wounded soldiers in hospitals back
! o. the front were carried to cellars
and caves by American nurses and
members Of the American Red Cross.
Three American ambulances were
caught in the raid Sergeant Ethan
Wells of San Francisco. woh was
driving the first ambulance said:
"Ouur three ambulances were hur-
rying to the hospital with patients
when a bomb wrecked q building dir.
ectly in front of us, in a narrow
street. Our machine was perforated
by flying missiles. We were all hurl
ed out hut escaped with few
scratches. : fIFFsa'A s's-s
Il Private Robert A. Bowman. of Gal.
weston, who was In the same car said:
Y "There was terrific explo1'on:
The next thing ] knew was lying
on the ground. l looked around and
heard patients groaning pulled my
self together and found the patients
tuninjured except for the shock. Our
ambulence was shot to- pieces p.
. The second car apparently received
the. fdlff force OF the explosion and
was wrecked completely.
" Private Roscoe Wiley of Madison
vile, Texas was driving the third
car. Sergeant j. w. Nolder of Al
toona, Pa, and three patients were
with him. "There was wreckage all
around u.s." said Sergeant Nolder, in
jured civilians in the shattered houses
nearby were begging for help. We all
pitched in as soon as we had recov'
cred from the shock and assisted IN
the work of rescue. we had to d,e
many persons from the debris: by
the light OF small pocket lamps. Mean
while enemv aircraft were buzzing
overhead. The barrage was deafen'
ing. Bombs continued to fall. 1t was
worse. .thaH,apything in the trenches
would I'D rather ta'iih' have % been IN " no " man
Oh1y1 few persons were injured
by flying glass. Several private
houses. wereYwreckad and a mum nef
of civilians including several baples
were killed and injured.
The raid was planned on much
1arper scale than recent ones over
This territory. The Germans same IN
wave formation and then scattered
widely. one souadrc:l dropped bombs
few hundred feet from an Amer''
can field hospital and at the same
time one of the long range guns sne.l'
ad a village a few hundred yards
away.
The first alarm was sounnen At
eleven o'clock The dropping OF oom"s =.
and the firing Of many anti.alrcra1t
Guns began almost Immediately Ia
tor there was brief pause a1ter
which the raiders returned to remain
almost until dawn. .,.o,
A new American aviation nosplta'
had been opened only Yesterday IN =
certain village, bomb fell IN lroht
of 1t last night and shattered windows
hut none of the patients was lnJureu
French Nurse Killed.
A French nurse, her mother and
two little sisters were killed IN a
house q snort ul6tAuCe AoA'
tel, Another nurse was standlne on
the upper floor Of hospital minister.
inc to patients when piece OF pomo
strnch her. piercing her lung. -.
Five American nurses were IN 1ne
same hospital. They we're Miss Ma
talie Scott. of New Orleans; MISS
Helen spalding. Of BROOKLYN; MISS
Mary McCadlish, Of Atlanta; MISS
blanche Gilbert. of Cleveland and MISS
Constance Cook, of San Francisco.
While the raid was IN progress
thew went about cheering the patients
Although many serious cases OF sicS
and wounded were aggravated ne
cause they had to be moved: Ihe
nnrses had to carry them to the 10"
or floors and the cellar.
ut was an exciting time, sald Mlss
coo+t "but there was no panic. Some
~ onr bows actually slept through !,
au although their heds were showered
with broken glass
5S.H Much Activity.
There Was much aerial activity on
+hc front North west of Toul today