The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-05

wi his own" in Lorraine "
~ The Daily Jolt soon viii be the daily casually list. We are rapidly
approaching The hour when this nation will realize that it is at war cannot
but recall Lord Northciffcs plant against The newspapers OF the United State,
it deyonhg Two lines to the British casualties for the wcek-70m and al the
sam int spreading across seven columns a big raid in which a thousand Ger
mans were taken prisoner as a big victory Last week the British casualties
dropped % a new low igure-6GS casualties for the week Think of il, a low
fecordi Tor tn last nine monHsl- we are Just taking owe a portion of the front
The American sector may be ten miles long, or it may he only three miles
long AZ no point onthe Lorraine front are the lines held in force like they are
IN Atois, Flanders. or the Champagne district Since Castenau stopped the
Germans in the battle OF Nancy in August, 1914 there has been no great activity
on MS front The terrain is choppy-cassed,as poor fighting ground.
The two crosses on the map designate the limits Of a possible German Of
fensve in this region 1t also Incorporates three fourths Of what is designated
barrier which no one has ever. forecast as offensive ground for Germany Be
tween Grey and Pont-a- Mousson the hly territory very much resembles the
out"orks at Verdun The Lorraine front really is an extension of the NCrdun
front
The cross Just below The Vshapcd St Mihiel salient marks the front held
by the Americans, identified BY the Associated Press correspondent in A dspach
IRON the front this morning
Secretary Baker virtually admitted the holding Of. the line in his testimony
before inc senate military committee last week, and again when he mentioned
the only point that such a road would have to be built for
r, The line IN this sector IS not on the soil of Lorraine IS established in 1870
miles, Of most of tn. front between the crosses
Sentiment had much o do with putting Americans where their job may be
the reclamation of Frances lost provinces.
The fact that a National Guardsman from Dakota was mentioned as
wounded in this sector is sound information that the Rainbow Division is in the
line II the Rainbow division is in action, the Tulsa ambulance unit. the First
Oklahoma organization to go over, has received, or is about to receive its bap-
hm of fire.
The Americans ar in the only sector in which the Huns can make a stroke
Metz the sally port IN the salient at St Mihiel and a field on the left flank OF
France which must be used if the famous nut.cackcr tactics which crushed
Russia are brought into action against France.
fndenburg may be expected to deliver an early blow against the line held
by Persting to try the methe o his new adversary. German strategy to strike
do more to hasten war preparations in the United State. than anything congress
can do.
HNsnk us to the right and left and om generals ire in accord with French high
command. Our new troops would not have to fight out n action there unaided
The American base may be changed without advance information We are
likely to awaken some day next summer TO find the forces OF the United States
on the offensive in some portion of the line far removed from Lorraine The
training of our main army in battle tactics is ia. from completed. We have a
million men to get over in the next six months who must get their trench edu-
cation N a secondary theater-W NJ. II.