The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-03
They Didn't Come Back Till
1t was Over, Over There

| be intending TO try to swipc u can OF
jam. However. he veered off to the
right and peered out from his cock pit
and grinned ut us. For some unknown
reason | had brought my own rifle,
and this, with those OF the sentries ON
duty, sent u nice burst of S0-3O's after
him. although we had little hope of
really doing him any damage.
At this point in the game we were
treated to one of the finest displays of
genuine nerve | have ever seen, That
French aviator realized that the ra.
tions had attracted the attention OF
the Germans, so he deliberately came
back to mix in the fray.
Without attempting to use his guns
he dived straight into the midst of the
enemy planes. got them after him again
and led them on wild goose chase
which ended suddenly when a flock OF
French planes came in to take n hand,
The Boche went back and reported
the location of the ration dump to the
artillery and we Were treated TO another
degree of scrap.iron and steel of Ger.
man manufacture. | don't know why
those rascals did not hit what they
We're shooting at. II happened num-
ber of times that they would be fir
ing at some stationary object on which
we knew they must have had the range,
and yet many times they would fail
to make direct hits. on this particular
occasion shells broke all around that
dump. but not where they would do
damage TO the rations or the men.
Boarding House Moved
In the course of an hour or so the
shelling ceased and an observer came
over to view the remains
However, a French antiaircraft gun
had gotten into position on our leit,
and the Hun became so Interested in
locating the frog" that he seemed TO
forget us. soon he went back to give
his gunners the new range. but Mr.
Frog was wise and as soon as the plane
turned back he began packing his out
fit preparatory to moving Before the
shells began coming he was well on his
way to another location, which he
soon reached and watched the shells
demolish his former site.
Presently the observer came again.
expecting 10 see II cOHlplelely teiiioi-
ished anti-aircraft outfit
Imagine his surprise when he got a
charge of shrapnel almost in the face.
He located the new position and went
back, and the frog" retired to the
woods where he was joined by two
other guns of the same caliber.
When the Hun came back again he
got such n warm reception that he
gave it up as a bad job and went back
to Germany and no more shells came
over for some time.
At | O'Clock we sent one Of our men
back to report to the lieutenant that
we were still waiting on the dump and
that we would probably be along with
the rations by midafternoon.
Deluge of Gas Shells
In the course of time Sergeant Finn
came along and gave us enough to last
fifteen men three days and we started
home"
A machine gun company was on the
road en- route to the front, and as they
reached the place in the road which
was so plainly visible to the Germans
the shells began coming in again.
Machine gunners took to bitches and
shell holes along the side of the road
and of course we joined them. After
several attempts to pass that point
each of which We're greeted with new
outburst of shells, they gave it up and
made a detour over a trail to the left
This looked like good judgment, and
although the trail was rough we man
aged to make fairly good time over lit
with our wheelbarrow of grub"
We slipped and slid into a deep ra-
vine, where another company of ma
chine gunners We're camped and made
our way on down the ravine nearly a
mile
We had hardly gained the road when
we heard gas shells going over and
later we learned that the Germans
filled that hollow full OF gas and al
though the men got their masks on in
good time, a number of the mules went
by the board.
1t was four O'Clock and growing
dark by the time we reached our
brick house but the cook managed to
prepare a good supper before it got
so dark that the light from the fire
might attract attention, and we sent