The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1918 Page: 2 of 10
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tia<1 all our •'lulpmanl i<a<li <1 In Wi
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wall*d for ordara to m va. Ilia bar-
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hatt vltr and (ban of laaa lnt*fiall)f,
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of na and lli*n auddanlf It awlli'liad to
tba aouili
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waa llflit and (Ma alrplan*a w*ra hue
aliif </ ar our baada. Tb* (round mitt
(raduall|r etaarnd and tba tiarinana
put a ball of alirapnal on our camp
and wa all look rovar, but tbraa man
wara bit. Wlijr ft I* a fallow alwaya
faaia ttfrr with a roof ovar bla haad,
a« n If lia knowa liullata and abrapnal
and plain of aball will pi tbruugb
board* and porrugatad Iron Jutt Ilka
p p9r.
Ordarad la Mava,
Our ordara to niova finally rama and
wa uianbad off to tba brtgada aaaain-
bljr point aavaral mllat away. Tlila at
mmnlitf (ioIhi waa In a lltlla buni'b of
traaa about Ilia alia of Allan park and
bablnd and aaparati<n from a larger
wood In front In (ba larger wood
tbara waa a baltarr of baatf artlllary
and alialla waia dropping In tbara twu
or tbraa to a nilnula, and It waa baavjr
atuff, loo.
Noniatlmaa tbaf ovtrtbot tba big
Wood and Thalia wara landing In lha
wpan an. ind lha llttla wood wbara my
brl(ada had Ita aaaatnhlir point, Aa
wa approai'had our lltlla mipaa wa
anuld makf all tlila out frmn aoina dla
tanna away and It watn't a pltaaanl
aanaatlnn In faal that #a wara mareb
lug alralght Into It,
All lit* liBtlnllnna arrived and In that
llttla ropaa lhara mutt hava baan at
taaat two tbouaanil man, What a
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ua aid on all > • < nl'l hill - luniit .|
among ut aini „ri. t walling iheia for
Ihrat liuura, •Mai'UOk In lia blown to
lilta any aammri, wn Rnally WQVad fur
ward, Jttal aa wa l*fi Uia iupmi, frmn
ballllid ua, tip ovar a rldga, «ama a
atrwam of galloping lioraaa
"If* (1i« ravalry,'' annianna Nhnulad,
hut aoiin I inaita out llmhaia and flald
(una,
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to HntfAt K'Vk Ia tba «.'/r!.:.'<x Wa j ^ ku v—fk %iA uaA*. tl * Brwt bor -
g//t lov/ tx^attooa wltfer/iwt a aiotpa
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- '/r.lif.'.f.t, trfit I bad t<aa« dp alo/a
6: l. bad irarapad about all </r aaran
•ollat bad bad • rtibar trying day
and waa dog tlr*4,
JrnH I'.ka a</toa of (ti* warm day* wa
gat tint laal </f Ma rati ^t b<«oa. In
going forward It wa* na/Mtaary
f/>f u* to roar<-b a*r*nty-flv* yarda In
fron' </f tbraa battarla* af fla|<l giina.
Tbara ara ata gun* to a battary Tliay
«lK<«t an atglitaan pound aball and
wblla wa wara tbara aa<b gun waa
•booting twice to tba mlnut*. You
<an Imaglna tba r*ckat whan I tall
you that tba dlacharge of on* gixt can
ba baard alxoit four ml lea. In addi-
tion tti* Koch* waa trying to knock
out ibl* battery and ba waa dropping
bla *tg Inch aballa a lltlla too cloaa for
tom fort.
Naarly In a Trap.
Than 1 made a lovaly mlttnka. I
waa to a*tabll*b an aid poat near bat*
tallon liaadcjuartara and Want Idltheljr
on whan I mat a cotnfiany cominandar
and a*kad hlin whara to go.
"Hack lhara about * quarter of a
mil*," ha replied. "Tlila I* tba front
cantar company. If you kaap on In
tba direction you ara going you ara
going up ovar that rldga and frlta will
ba waiting for you with a machine
gun,"
Ho my aergeant and orderly and
myaelf didn't waata any tlma In clear-
ing On the way back I found a gallon
can full of water, got Into a corrugated
Iron alieltar and bail a wa«h and a
ahave. It certainly fait good. I don't
bellava I bad waahi-d for thirty alt
hour*. It waa warm and blight. I
could look out of my *heller and ace
our aupport line* digging thernaalvea
In *avaral hundred yarda away. The
cannon lira ceased, the machine guna
aetllad down to *n occn*l'iual fitful
bur*l and It waa midday of a beautiful
aprlng day.
A cnupla of partridge flew over me.
What did they know or rare about all
thl* unite ami racket and mim gelling
tip In Una and killing each otlierT
Along about Ihra* o'clock thing* be-
gan to liven up again In the mean-
time headquarter* had bneti ettabllah-
ed In a atliiken road with banka about
fifteen feat high on either aid* (Inter
thl* cut waa half filled with dead).
Mr aid poat wa* In a dugout near by
and gradually thlnga got butter and
hotter.
Our man had dug th.<m>elve* In
and were popping away with their
rlflaa. The field hatterle* behind u*
war* pulling up a barrage, alrpliinea
wera circling overhead, both our* and
Ihn Herman*'. The tleriuan* put up *
coiiiilur barrage, lha inachlun guna
wera going Ilka mad. I wa* atnndlng
with tba colonel on a little rl e uf
ground ahov* lb* aunken rnad whan
tb* llermana broke through about a
mil. in the north of ti* They could
lia plainly *e n pouring ovar tha ridge
In rloae formation.
Tanha Oat Inte Action,
Then llm tauka cama up, and you
■hoiild have *e*n them run I Juat like
rahhltal The tank* retired; the
lloi'haa reformed and cama at It
ai'ulti 'I Ucy ti'll ma Hint at certain
placea our m«'Si wIIIiiIihmI fifteen *ni
ce«tlva at'.ai l>a ami that tl>" (icrmnn*
went |||>'.<n In Hu m Mini™ One Welah
uniii |i- d ma Hint lilt gun unted
for t In thraa mlnutea during one
wava. S
Machine gun bullet* wera nipping
trvunU iu«, tha (ball lira wa* gutting
4r*4 yard* to rx/Otlng Sat ad Xhtrti
aetMed <V/wn to a walk beoaea* I waa
v< «oi </f breatb I eouida't ron any
twrr*.
Tb* lr.-►* *?, a<T*a>o ajyl mrh and
bang >it th* abtdla k*[rf op and ttt*
rat-fa t-tat </f tb* roacbln* guna D***r
«**a*t|. Tti* rllbtg* lmio*dlatMy be-
hind u* wa* a a**tblag rnaaa </f brick
duet, amok*, flaro* and burttlog
ttK-lla. W* war* told <m our way
ba<lc tbat a atand waa to b« mad*
behind tbla rtllagc, ao wa <1rcle<l
around It and took up a poafttoo
• bout a balf milk b*btnd It at a cro*a-
roada.
Unfortunhtdy for u*. a alx Incb l<at-
tcry came Into action about fifty yarda
from a* *nd. aside froin Hut baramlng
effect of tb<- terrlftc no1* . batteries
are alwaya oripleaaant nelghbora, aa
they Invite *he|| fire. We afapped
her* until at<out 10 o'.-lock at night,
when w* were ordered to retire.
There waa no way of getting out
the wounded that wa had collected, ao
the *tretcber bearers carried them on
their *tretchera for all or seven rnlb-a.
In fact, w* all helped, and when we
arrived at our destination at 4 o'clock
In tb* morning of tba fifth day wa
were all In.
I could hardly mora, but after two
big howls of hot tea and aoma hard
lack I turned In on the floor and slept
like a log for four boura, when wa
moved to another place and opened a
dreaalng station.
Hun Plane Craahea.
On the way a Herman airplane cama
down and cre hed near the road, hut
neither the pilot nor observer were
hurt, Tti ay were a couple of rather
neat looking lad* about lit yeara old.
And ao It went for three day* more,
open a dreaalng station, retire (aome-
tltnea on the run), long marches, very
little to eat except what w« foraged
from abandoned camps and dumpa,
dog tired, Nleeplng when and where we
could, nild finally the dlvlilon wa* re-
lieved. We now *aw our flrat civilian*,
and laat night I alept In a bed. It
waan't much of a bed, and the mattresa
waa full of liumpa, but to get my
hoota off my aore and aching fWtt, to
atri'tch out, and know I wouldn't be
routed out In fifteen uiinuiea—w«l!,
you couldn't have bought that bed
from me for 1100.
I>ld you ever read Hubert W. Bern-
Ica'a deacrlptlon of the retreat from
Mona? Well, that'a the way I felt:
Tramp, tramp, th* artni road tht road
(rum Mon* lo Wlpcra.
I'v* 'amniered out Hilt IIIty with nit
bruised and bluadlng t*tl.
Tramp, (ramp, (ha dlrn rnad —
W* didn't 'ava nn piper*
All brllljj thai warn 'oiler waa th*
druma wt 'ad to haat
The ninth day, alttlng around tha
flrn In our meaa after the heat dinner
we had hud In duye, the commanding
ofllcer handed me some paper* and
•nld, "Mere la aomethlng that will li.-
teres! you, I'ettlt, I want to aay wa
ahull lie aorry to luaa you."
And thl* I* whnc It waa: "I,l*ut. !
lloswell T I'ettlt, ML It. C., I* relieved
from duty with the Urltlah army and
will proceed to the A. K. K., where he
will report for duty."
I leuve for 1'ttrla In the morning.
Thl* ha* linen a lung tale, hut the half
of It ha*n't been told. I hope I haven't
■tiling It out too much.
I have Ju*t been Informed that all
my kit hud to lie burned to prevent It
fulling Into the hnnda of tb* enemy.
I ahull probably want you to aenn ma
•nine thing* from home, but will aea
what I cau get here first. Your ann,
ItONWKI L.
Tbla tfcotosraph. taken on an aviation field somewhere In France, shows the first airplane used In France by
artaUir* of tb* American nary.
burned hand in bandages BAILLEUL, CENTER OF FIERCE FIGHTING
The prealdent'a flrat public appear-
ance alnce be burned his left hand oa
the red-bot exhaust pipe of the tank
"Ilrlttunla" waa at the funeral of Don
Santiago Aldunnte, nmbasaador from
Chile. The president la accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson.
Qood Word for the Mule.
"A mule," auya one army officer, In
singing Maud'* praises, "la most em-
phatically not the low-down, ornery
animal ibfcl "he la commonly supposed
to be. A* for bk strength, aure-footed-
ne*s and rtnylng pdwer are concerned,
there la no comparison between her
and a horse.
"I have never seen a mule rattled.
And let me tell you, their ear* are not
big for nothing. They hear he lea«t
little aound and are not backward In
lifting their voices and telling you
about It. They are lndliper.aable In
trench warfare."
Hoovar Not Popular With H*r.
Helen was fond of the Icing on cake.
A enke waa brought to the tnble with-
out the customary Icing and Helen
was much disappointed and wnnted to
know why th* loved Icing wa* missing.
Her mother told her that we were
helping Mr. Hoover by using lest su-
*ar. The little maid was silent for a
few momenta, then said, "I wish Ood
hadn't made Mr. Hoover."
0'dn't Want That One.
"Central, have you got iny cnltT"
(lux*, huzx.
He took down the receiver and list-
ened.
"Where have you been, you bruteT"
"Itlng off, pleane," responded the
gentleman gently. "Thank goodne**.
I have the wrong oumber."—Loulavllla
Courier-Journal.
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ltullleul, one of the Important strategic points on the Flanders front, was
taken by the Uernians after a bloody fight and thereafter was the center of
desperate struggle. Tlie principal street and the church are here shown.
COLLIER CYCLOPS, STRANGELY MISSING
photo' by £: :<•;. v
;W*Um Nvwapaper Union
1 hl« Ih the United Stntes collier Cyclop* which hus been missing for many
The vessel, one of the flnent of her class, was on the way north with
a cargo of manganese from Itrazll and carried 3)1 men,
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