Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-08

recaptured. How did Fayelle DO ~
ue had no guns He SEM carns.s
lin first. because they couid Eet ''.si NC.
first Time was gained, ana ti1o "a'
overvthIng. Soon the 6erHanS'
Iinforced by fresh troops ana p,,nsy
~ artillery, struck again ana Pos1o.
Inv will read with SOD IN 'Is soirs ~,
how these men OF FHFele' ~
Iehd Britain contoundea totee'is'
stood out 10 the death "l'hout Kun Su"'
lin a struggle as hopeless as NV,
mopylae, to gain time, time 70 Cha"s
Itho plans formed by the cn'e'S W
|start troops and guns moVihB /" ~
establish tho rupturod Jason, -.
they died but they succeepou' w
sunday morning Fayelle, no" ~, ~,
handing the remnants OF lhe hris.
ish Fifth army as well ms Few HioI :
units which Foch ana I@a'n ma"
ruahcd to help him, was anle 10
tablish contact with the rlsnt, ol Wv,
british Third army Mhch stouu'
had been lost, the Germans were ~
ready AZ Noyon and around hapAulh" "
and Peronnc, but gr0uhd dIa no,
matter now. there were Two thHNh ret
tho allied generals In thlH nat'''
first to repair the breach mat heu
heen made between their armies
second, 90 bring up fresh guns anu
troops TO stop the German atteinp.
to brenk through again, Inc llIS'
breach had bsen repaired. the sec
ond task, longer, harder and more
bloody was yet 10 accomplish
IL was on Friday afternoon, the
second day, that the $. q. y. slgnhl
went up and down the front from
the sea 10 Switzerland the Ger
mans had broken through the Flttn
army: that meant. as every solder
knew. that Ludendorff would strip
his front and throw every diNisloh
he could bring up into the sap
Amiens, tho sea, Paris seemed win
in tho German grasp. More man
prodIgies Of hcroism from allied col
dIerg wero needed now; without
miracles Of transport greater than
the endless chain OF motor lorrles
from Bar lc- Buc 10 Nerdun. the bait
tie and France would be lost
So much Of the general situation
as II stood on that Monday afternoon
the fifth day OF the battle, when
the issue Of the wnr was trembling
In tho scales. the movement OF the
troops and guns from the quiet Sec
tors OF the front had begun | know,
but what saw a few hours after
leaving Paris, from my car window,
and for days thereafter, amazed me
more than anything have seen in
this war.
The s o. S passed along the front
on Friday afternoon Three days
later, looking out OF the window Of
a great trunk line railway that runs
bohind much of the front south OF
the Olse. | watched with awe and
thanksgiving, train after train Of
those ridiculous toy engines pulling
the funny little French fat cars and
box cars that Americans 80 laughed
at once. The trains were running
fast good thirty miles an hour,
and on headway of not more than
two minutes.
Upon each Of tho little flat care
and there were 35 or 40 to each
train--stood motor Lorry. Out Of
the back Of one lorry in every throo
poked the nose OF Howitzer or a
field gun. In each OF these beside
their gun. we're the helmeted Poiius
who within a few hours would he
serving II against the enemy The
other lorries were laden with cas-
sions, with extra supplies Of shells,
or with wagons, filled with supplies,
spare wheels strapped on their tops
to make repairs when shells should
smash them--wasons that could 60