Show BOCHE PLAN PLANES S FLY 1 INTO PIECES AS AS THEY SOAR I I Germans Disagree as to Place Where Next Offensive Offensive Offensive Offen Offen- I sive Will Begin egin I IBy Simms I By William Philip I United Press Staff Correspondent II WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN I FRANCE RANCE May 24 The Tho The Germans I themselves disagree as to the time and place of resumption of their offensive Some enemy prisoners say the next assault will be in the north with Calais Amiens and as the objective some say I Abbeville will remain the objectives while others othel's say ay that Rheims area will willbe willbe be the scene of the next drive Still others have heard rumors of combinations lions tlona of f the next drive Still others have hav heard rumors of combinations orall of or all of these those The one thing that most I Field I Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- of them agree on is t that at ahal Mackensen will be in charge of the next move Stories are told of German ruses to keep keap up the morale in the interior from where most of ot the recruits now are being trained Most of these recruits re emits are arc told tOll they are wanted only I Ifor I But the I for work ork behind the lines battlefield drafts no sooner reach the the d di divisions dl than they the are split up among visions n needing eding men to replace casual ties tip SUN IS SHINING The broiling sun early today hid its face fare over the battlefields Heavy clouds threatened rain but the wind I blowing a half gale drove them off by midday leaving th the lines smothered in sunshine but much cooler For the first time since May 1 13 the theair theair theair air was comparatively free tree of war war- planes During the week of May 14 21 inclusive inclusive in in- elusive the British alone sent crashIng crashing crashing crash crash- ing out of the sunlit skies skis nearly German airplanes while bombing machines machines machines ma ma- chines dropped about tons of high explosives behind the tha enemy lines tines Of the machines mentioned more than were actually seen to crash by hy others than the airmen who did the the Job l Five i c were brought down dowrY by Archies and about thirty dashed out of the of control SHATTER PLANES I J continue to hear stories about German planes breaking up in midair In one battle this week three were plainly seen to go to pieces when fired fifed into at close quarters This was en ena a British formation returning from a bombing raid was wa attacked by twenty enemy scouts One of these dived ona on ona a British two-seater two The British machine machine ma ma- machine chine gunner gunnet fired one drum into it when hen it careen careened d. d caught firE firt and dropped After falling about 2000 feet feel it broke into several pieces Another German SeOul scout when riven t two sh short rt bursts burst by a second British gunner at close range dived then its planes folded back The two planes and the fuselage fell feU to the ground in three thre widely separated places A third scout attacking another British bombing plane received two volleys volley and fell in pieces Allied airmen say these occurrences are becoming constantly more snore frequent fre ftc quent German pilots place the blame on faulty material hasty construction and bad workmanship I I |