Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-27

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.'ourI ana yct another group nR
.ruds appeared nearer the muTk be.
Tore the sound pi the firH oues
cached our ears They were flying
too high % be di-ruthod 10y shrapnel
Presently they were Immediately
overhead
In~rr are btuHri"s ril around u,
"Ail ih" captain They might Try -
ifup bomb of tWp ON them but II
tHit iikoly
Brush Planes 20 the Rescue,
II is surprising h"~ big one feels
when standing boz M" middle Of an
open road with enemy planes over
head But We had uv time for such
reflections, Tor our interest vas cap
lurcJ by seeing one " the planes
HuddNUly wheel out ~ the formation
leaving irnil nt smoke In long
curve b"hind n We could not tell
"hother II was a MT or only engine
trouble II took direct course for
llunland ana only lust IN time, Brit
ish planes wore already mp and about
ana one of them was after II. We
heard the chat chat chat Of machine
fnuH In the air. BOT the boche had
hocn too cautAns for our hirmcn ana
hts lines Meanwhile the rest OF the
squadron. without having been able
In descend low enough Tor photo
graphic observation. had wheeled
nh0ut In me other direction ana were
already mere sperks IN the northern
sky The reason for their retreat was
soon obvious 1t was first announced
by great Increase of the droning
sound that filled the air ana then by
the sight Of wedge shaped squadron
~ British plaucs coming from the
aouth They chased the Boche far
over his own lines, rising above the
hurruEe ~ shrapncl which the Ger
man antiHircrafi guns put up In their
turn.
There had been lull In the firing
while We hnA been watching these
mancuvrra, Probably the Germnns
had hoped 10 observe the effect of the
morning practice ON the ridge and To
seek out new targets II must have
been an utterly Impossible task az that
height. or AZ amy height 10 would seem.
for / looked In vain FOR any sign of
tho batteries which were said To hc
pll around uv
We walked ON thru. the lcyclcd
wallis that had once hcrn Wytsrhnetc
aud we're u few hundred Yards along
the road 10 Mrssiurs when We heard
a sound most horrible To the ears OF
"A novice I'm war nut one that gives
reinsurance TO the experienced vol
dfcr II was "A combination Of A siren.
"A shriek and the tippiuR of calico,
and II hernu somewhere over beyond
the German trenches and seemed To-
hc endowed with an intelligence that
was bringing II straight iu our dircr-
unp Al the very height aud passion
OF its song IL ended with an explosion
about three. hundred Yards away. kick
ing up a fuuntaiuuuf earth ARain the
sound started giving an impression
hat the shell was iu a furious hurry
to follo,y IA leader. aud this time the
cNplogiou was little nearer Wo
stunned To look around us and see
\, hero yrfT 'uext one would fan
cyan never hear the ghcll that hits
vnn said the rnptnm Travels
faster than the sound
ualf a dozen others followed and
,,c hoard Them fan The complete In.
diffcrencea of the rnptlin would have
mad, A. iurnosgN,lp A.. htke ANY notice
nf IA. danger n We had been ~ In
clncd II seemed. too that being
shcll,d was IA rare enough incident In
NM nnrt az tho limo to Interest the
d,y,llrrs ln The dngouts. for althu the
place had seemed tu hr utterly de
sertcd whom the shciling began, We
m.,,. s..' In ali Jircrtlnns littic Khaki
ri,,ur,s noppinu out az tho ground like
r,hhtts from thel, holes II was a
'i,,Ii r,,r, az mo lin, am, ~ them ex-
,IatrnI ,o us ana nm, diversion was
,,cIro,ne W. visited onc uf the dug.
n,,ts thnt ma h,cu tho headquarters
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