Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-04
Map Found on Body of Prus.
sian Captain Who Led
Recent Trout Assault.
WOUNDED DESCRIBE FIGHT
Sammies in Hospital Give
Thrilling Stories of Hero
ism of Comrades.
DEAD CAPTAIN A FAvORlTE
Keen Distress Displayed by
Soldiers Over Loss of
Leader During Clash.

Leader During Clash.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE saturday. March =
A pi.n ~ attack, including map OF
the American positions, indicating
every dugout. which was removed
from the body OF the prussian cap.
tain who fled the recent assau ult
upon tho sector northwest OF Toul.
shows how completely the Germans
prepare their raids If. In fact. this
was but n simple raid, not having as
Its ultimate object the retention Of
a portion OF thn salient
The mRp goes into such detan ~
90 show every machine gun em-
placement, every trench and every
depression IN the ground within the
erican lines At the bottom there
is simply line drawn, labeled "our
front line" Along this line are fivo
shaded portions, each marked
nest"
Rchearsals Held.
-Four rehearsala were held for the
attack and the troops who made u
were especially picked from new
arrivals OF fresh troops In the sec
tor, They were told that the Am Or
leans we're In front OF them.
After the artillery had nearly lev
eled the American position tho GER
mans stsrtcd out from their nests,
each OF which contained forty tn
one lieutenant and three
pioneers, 10 precede the infantry
and five TO follow II. The two groups
upon the American extreme right
went MOUND this flank and tho
group upon the extreme left carried
out a similar movement there.
The two groups IN the sen'c' had
planned 10 attack directly. bot the
American defense changed all the
plans. when they were met by the
heavy machine gun fire from the
American lines they spw Il would he
impossible to gain footing there,
changed their direction and fol-
lowed the other groups around The
flank. The duty Of the pioneers
preceding the infantry was 70 clean
up any wire that had not been bro
ken by the artillery, while the plO.
veers who followed carried large
quantities OF explosives for the pur-
poso of cleaning up the dusoutS.
Have 90 Fight.
Official reports OF the interroga.
tion OF the prisoners taken by the
Americans show that al OF them did
not believe Germany would win the
war. one OF the men told tbs intel
llgcnce officers he presumed that
the Americans were like the Ger
mans, did not want 20 fiKht, but
had 10. The officers quickly changed
the Germans viewpoint. by Inform
INK him that all OF the troops In no
attacked positions were volunteers,
one prisoner. whose homo Ia In
German Lorraine Raid he thot the
fatherland would lose the war, but
no hoped not, Vie knew nothlug
about the Americans except that
they were IN the war. the German
not printing much upon
the subject, he said, and being slow
In reaching the front line because
OF mail congestion.
Germany Wants Peace.
This prisoner said he was con-
vinced that the recent strikes In
Germany were caused by 4 desire
for peace. adding that all Germany
wanted the war TO end He was GER
tain that an offensive was coming,
bus. did not believe Il would be
launched before April 1.
None OF the prisoners had seen
any German tanks. they said. All
Of them added they were glad To
have been taken prisoner. especially
by the Americans. because they be-
Iieved they would be well treated.
The prisoners accounts showed
that the sector opposite the Ameri-
can position IL commended by Gen
erRl Stalzmann
The correspondent talked with n
dozen Of the American wounded IN
thoir hospital cots Everyone of
them was anxious 10 tell OF some
deed OF heroism or other performed
by his fellows. but displayed Kpaa
modestv regarding his own EXPLOITS
One youth. whose home - nNsr Sa-
vaHnah. Ga. and who looked to be
not more than 3 years old. told this
story;
Shells Start Coming.
81 waH in the front line wnen u
Heemed ike every shell "a the world
started coming our way. Nhero
the Germans got thom IL more han
| know. never believed that 40
many existed ono burst near where
was.
a piece hit fellow on The 0tler
side - me who came iOm Texas.
A corporal picked him up 10 MS
arms and started with him Tor a
first-ald station In the midst ot 4
perfect shower OF dirt and Wud
which was being Kicked up. ] don
know whether he ever got there or
not
"Ry that time I got into n ma
chine gun emplacemept with an
other corporal whose home Is in
Missouri. leaving my rifle outside.
Things got so hot W. decided 10 try
60 get to steel shelter al the end OF
a trench
Corporal II hilicd.
The corporal went first. but n
few feet away n shell exploded al
most on him and killed him.
stepped out and saw that my rifle
had been blown to pieces This lrfi
me esetenseless. go started Ia an
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