Show BA BATTLE TILE LINES CELEBRATE END Bonfires and Fi Fireworks Mark Coming of Peace o A Along long Allied Front By Damon Run Runyon yon Staff I er With the American n Armies In W France Nov 12 l Delayed d The s at gat lt guns of or war still stand in their lr ol old positions among the trees tree's behind tho the hills their smooth j flanks blotched with colorful efforts now no somewhat faded of oC the camouflage artists Tho They suggest a 1 lot of or tired painted old women with rith nothing to do 10 There Thero is still much s sound of oC war without the Affect however ho el alon along tho front It IS ii furnished hI iI by American anil German soldiers burning up lip powder In celebrations Tho Germans started last nl night ht the tho Americans being mere onlookers ol Finally Final ly hy tho Yankees in iii tho the Verdun region reg decided tho ito enem enemy was stealing their own Fourth of or Jul July stuff So th thoy cut loose themselves cs It went on nil ill day dav an and most of or the tho nl night ht Rockets and flar flares kept the lie sl sky aflame while tho the noise was provided pro plO vided b by exploding lle and other am ammunition mu n I ti o ii American officers viewer VieWed tho celebration celebration cele cole bration tolerant tolerantly Most of oC tho the ammunition ammunition ammu ammu- Tuition being used d the was waN once ProPerty property prop ProP- crt erty of oC tho Iho Germans an ana anyway a Everywhere Every Every- where giant ci were burning For weeks and months the soldiers had been denied Ir fires tires until they fair fairly longed for them When hen tho opportunity it ity r came caine they built them extra hot Fires tonight run alon along the tho sk skyline lIne for tor fuH fully fulls' twenty t miles mile giving the of- of feet of oC a n. great forest fire At l some points on the he front the Germans have havo fallen back so far that quite a distance separates them from tho ho Americans At other points the opposing forces arc nrc clo close o together tog r. r Near cal Verdun the dividing lino line Is marked b by a string trin of oC campfires with soldiers of or the Ito two armies only a Cow fow ow yards apart The Americans and Germans arc are yelling yelling yell yell- ing in their lines The military police pollee have a lone lonely 1 job Just now One of tho German officers was as mighty I about hi his men fraternizing rater frater or rather attempting to fraternize rater Crater nize nizo with Americans American Some German Gorman soldiers had approached approached ap ap- ap- ap the tho American lines with hands raised to barter for or American tobacco about which the they seem fairly ralrh craz crazy The Tue doughboys wore talking with them thorn when a German officer appeared At his sharp command the Germans humbly hurried d awa away Then tho the officer orn announced formally to an American officer using very er good g En English lIsh There Thero is your our line IIno and hero Is our line Wo We 0 will keep our respective lines lIe Ho knows what he lie can do with his line grumbled one ono American sol soldier ler I ha had almost traded that Heinle HeInie out of a good Luegers pistol for tor a sack of or Eull That ers Luegers would have havo been worth show nS' nS back k In Porter Me Ie r 0 |