Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-21


Hs / looked upon II could not blame
them for being proud and willing 10
die for IL
From England We went 10
France, Here you do not bee the
beautiful things which you see In
England because France IN the
| country upon whose land most OF
| this war has been fought France is
no langer known az sunny France,
but as the French War Factory
| The women OF France were doing the
work OF men everywhere, M. ihe men
can 20 10 the .frout
Some time has passed 8nce tho
| big allied offensive that Extended
| from the North sca 10 Alsnce was
| launched am going 10 try and
give you description Of IT, ! VIII
start with the day before we went
into the trenches
I'VE stayed all day In the long
woods just behind the trenches. We
arrived at this place just before
daybreaR, made my bunk and
lay down. Not many moments had
pissed before 7 was asleep did
not remain long In this position
however, because ! was aroused by
the tumbllng earth and the worst
noise have ever experienced.
will admit that I was somewhat
frightened but upon learning the
nature of the noise ! once again
do2ed II was only our guns giving
tho Germans their usual breakfast
OF steel and lead. We stayed In the
woods all day and along toward
night we moved our carts up pretty
close 10 the lines and unlOnded our
equipment. From here We pro-
cecdcd to the trenches from which
We we're 10 put up machine gun
barragc for the first wave In no
over the top under, and from where
We ourselves were 10 go over We
arrived at the trenches and set up
our guns After about an hour Of
hard work this was accomplished
and we tried to find place to get
all the rest that we possible could
before the barrage started because
we didn't have any idea ms 10
whether we would get any between
that time and when we would be
relieved or not.
Along about 1910 I was aroused
by much more intense noise than
that OF the morning ! soon learned
what II was because upon lookina
To my rear observed that the hills
were solid mass OF leaping tongues
OF fire. This barrRge continued
until $40 In tho morning when the
real barraEe started. when l say
real barrage J mean that tho guns
of every caliber. including machine
guns. opening up. The first wave
went over under this barrage and
we followed about an hour later.
on that night we set off about 20
tons OF explosive (which the French
had stored there when they were
compelled to give II up two years
ago The French believed this place
was so strong that they said II
would he impossible for Nv 10 take
IL under two days. We took II In
about two hours and the French
were dumfoundcd. During tiH first
day we advanced about 10 OF l2
kiloa and captured 1900 prisoners
THE second day we came In con-
tact with very strong machine gun
nest We we're unable to advance
without the assistance Of the tanks.
At this timo our tanks were In The
rear 80 we had to walt until they
came up. They arrived In the after
noon and soon had the machine gun
nest cleared out and we advanced to
difficulty During this fight we had
comparatively few men killed but
had quite a fe~ wounded
"The third day OF our fight we
were ordered to 20 up to our front
line. eq)n our wav up we passed
down a rond on the side OF hill
along which We were located, with
several good dugouts on this road.
saw, one OF the many instances
which one American had come In
contact with five or six Germans and
had succeeded in getting them all
before thev rot him, One OF the
Germans had apparently tried to
make his getaway because the Amer
lean had stuck him In the back with
his bayonet M he was attempting To
climb tho hill There were three
other Germans iwho met the samc
fate while he shot the other two.
while ! was wandering over the
hills looking over the guns which
the Germans were forced to lenve I
chanced TO see some OF the results OF
American Workmanship, The Der
mans we're attempting to move two
of their guns and. had succeeded In
getting them well under way be-
cause they were under the road and
were Just IN the act Of moving out
when one OF tho shells from our |
long range III blew horses and men |
all 10 pieces. The horses Of the last |
cart were piled up, and the only
thing we could sec 81 the driver was !,
his arm and shoulder protruding |
from underneath this mass, TG |
horses OF the first gun had also bech |
killed. while the driver was blown |
about 20 yards to tho slde OF the |
road.
~ could toll you Of many other !
sights but will notCJo So because |
war itself IL had enough as II Is. We |
have received the report that Austria
has quit. II this is true we will |
whip Germany In "a short time, The |
allies are advancing miles tupon
miles and taking thousands Of pris-
oners shells and guns, hope this
bloodshed win soon cease, i
Always remaining your loving son,
PVT. JAMES r.. GREEN. |
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