The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-13

target" had attracted enemy planes
and that the French camp had had 10
send out teams of double.seaters twice
to fight off the bombers who were in.
tent on getting that light.
Cheated out of their prey at our vii
lagc they went over and blew several
sections out of Epernay and some of
our men who were there at the time
came back with great tales Of the hor
rors of this particular brand of war.
Needless to say, the nights following
were "lightless" nights in Flavigny.
Trucks Are Bombed.
The next night which was the 4th OF
October. our trucks went TO "A point
north OF Chalons. were loaded with am
munition ana came back to our camp.
Coming through Chalons on the re-
turn trip they were in another bomb.
ing raid. and our drivers barely escaped
with their lives and trucks. They also
learned en- route. that the first battal-
ion of our own l4lst Infantry was on
the way to the front and would get into
action the 9th, also that we would fol
low them in a day or so. They brought
the news. too. that a detail o II of our
men at Ory had been in night raid
but had managed TO get to the caves
in time to escape injury from the
bombs.
Each night the enemy homhers We're
active and we learned to distinguish
the difference in the sound of their
motors and those of the allied planes
The 5th Of October was pay day and
passed in comparative quiet, excepting
"A little excitement at the cafe when
some of the men attempted to absorb
more champagne than they were capa-
BILE of carrying. Received travelling or.
ders late in the evening, and-it rained.
BY the time we had gotten on the road
the next morning. we learned, by ru
mors. which none could verify, that we
were to go into action in the Cham /,
pagne sector. with the Fourth French |
Army, under command of General /
Gourad. and that we would relieve the /
2nd Division Marine-who had pushed |
the Huns out of the supposedly impreg- |
nable positions on the old Hindenburg |
line and were now gradually forcing /
them up the slope of Blanc Mont At |
n French camp, Melette we stopped |
that evening, and lay there until the !
of the 9th.
Liquid Fire Drill.
During our time at Melette we were
with French soldiers, and had opportu-
nifty to watch a platoon of them drilling
with the liquid fire apparatus.
Each man carried on his back tank
to which was connected a short length
of hose. In action, he controlled the
flow of the flame with the nozzle and
shot a stream of fire from 10 to 15 and
sometimes 90 feet ahead
Very effective in clearing trenches of
Huns, and all manner of "varmints"
for that matter.
French BARRIERS.
Near Melette was another French
aviation camp. and it was here that one
of the men, Fulghum, had his first and
possibly lasb experience with a French
barber white" as we called him,
decided when he saw the camp barber
shop that he needed a shave. He Ell.
tered made the necessary signs to in
dicate what he wanted. The barber
led him to the chair and went to work !
gave him a pretty fair shave, wiped |
his razor and lit a cigarette.
White waited for the usual hot towel
and talcum, and was getting restless i
when the barber took him by the arm.
led him to the door and pointed to a