The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-25
SCHELDT CANAL
SCENE or HEAVY
ALLIED ATTACKS
Troops Fight in Marsh and
Bog and Foul Weather.
BY Philip Gibbs.

By Philip Gibbs
Copyright 1913. by the New York Times,
he Chicago Tribune and tho oklahoma
lily Times.
WAR CORRESPONDENTS HEAD.
QUARTERS, Oct 25-Our troops
FIGHTING in foul weather and over boggy
r.5und are along the line OF the SchcIdt
.l1al and farther north also hold the
west bank Of the canal for some dis.
lance between Tournaj aud Courirah
from the villages OF Pocrlsch on the
Scheldt our line bends back westward
slong another canal known as the Bos-
suyt-Courtrai canal which the enemy
ia; defended strongly with barbed wire
and IS holding in strength with ma
dime guns. We know he has reached
a stage where he undoubtedly will make
stand IN order 10 delay our pursuit
The enemy has his guns behind the
Noheldt and in tins way has for the
time being some advantage over us a,
the bringing up of our hcayle' IS very
difficult over the old battle fields now
m the il,hcst condition oi mud and
svamps
The Germans have also organized
tne trench mortar defense Of the Scheldt
and are irng heavy bdrrages along
me opposite banks to prevent our men
gaining the brldgehead'. In. spite OF
ihls our men in the most gallant and
stubborn way have closed IN upon tie
,,heldt river and canal except where
ON our second army front east OF Conr-
ira they have been checked by the
Eus7uyt canal
lourtraI is still under fire from high
velocity guns, but they are not domg
much damage. There is considerable
,hslling against our troops cast OF the
..y and 10 the villages near a.
Headquarters Taken.
On our Finn army front and south o.
1gurnai some o' our patrols crossed
the SchelI, az Ob'glcs above that cry
lni Achin. SOUTH a. it bat alter 'nei
reconnaissance came back 20 the west
side. The enemy Ma, been lighting
hand AZ the village Of iltg cnne>, north
OF Journal. and at ST. Maur.
Among the place, which have fallen
into our hands On this advance are the
German hcaduuarlrr, at the army used
by General SrNt Won Arum IN The bat
Ties OF the Somme whose report with
its frank criticism 90. German methods
aud nccc,,ll,., revealed for The iu'i
time the growing vrl.uD' of the enc
"a fighting machine
Much Wine KILLED"
The German general and his staff
seem To- have found Nar a THIRSTY bust.
ness Tor they ordered and received con.
,irnments ui wine ~ the amount o
1900 bottle, now lying empty arounl
those building, North OF \alentienne.
shcre the SClrnc runs into the Scheld
ve captured the town %, 81 Amdpd, an'
there has been hard fighting IN The Tor
est OF Nicugur nearby All this dis
irict was crowded with civilians who
have now been liberated. and the tlrSi
army. which does not include m n'
boundaries any big manufacturing
towns like Lille or RouhaiN, has res
'ugI 7OO0 people from German rule.
The wear is waning and the weather
' truly .du' u o., aspect around Cour-
Gao with d heavy dr.Ulc putting a wet
N,ukc, of mist over fhc fields and
NJ ulng ou' ,Hr view oi the villages
rarl towns ir ir.s country OF lowlands
k4ur men 'oggr1 through water pools
NANlrcd down futv roads with the mud
aakf bins t.rm tr their neck, while The
~'ny1irg surgc1 along broken tracks
, ~yung around she'll Craters and sklrtet
Aten bitches. and gun teams with al
'he,r horses plaHcrcl 10 the ears wit.
rud travelled through the log TO tak'
mn new gun positions beyond our new
captured towns
All this makes war difficult and SLOW
iul what /, most amazing is the spec
~'th which our armies arc iollowlnI
Ne German retreat like \ world On IN
move. with aerodrome, and hospitals
,slegraph and transport hsadQuarter
uaii, and labor companies, all The vas
n0nulatioi and mechanism which MAKE
30 great armles. scros, battle ncld
Ike cra,efs OF the moon 80 a coun'r
'rrty miles from their bases. II I,
wonderful achievement due To- the in
lustry and effort Of every single ma
rom corps commando 20 road mend
.r,. working IN lh- mud One rcvc
hears any order given 90 hurry uD q
wake haste
"Carry on there" i' me usual phra'
~ an officer with the rain drippn
down his neck as he stands by a Ger
man pill box with a watchiul eve %
H, labor party but the men do what
ever job /, theirs with quiet ,ndu'lr
which helps the army on and the ma
~ the shovel a, we'll a, the man Wit
'le Is doing his level best 20 get
move on and that is why We are moyln
and more cities arc slipping into ou
hands and the enemy is being hustle
faster than he wants 20 60 The weigh
a things Is bearing down on him wit
a RELENTLESS and dreadful pressure
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