Show WHERE YANKS HE battle battie scarred vauquois plateau awe inspiring sight to american CREST GIVES GREAT VIEW lone doughboy from oklahoma looks longani Lon gand says it sure la Is worth coming all the way from tulsa with the american army in the argonne plateau scarred with four years of battle affords a wonderful view of the battleground over which general Ings first army fought in the first phase of ills his attack from its highest ridge the whole fighting field from the mouse to the western fringe of the argonne excepting one small patch blotted out by montfaucon Mont faucon on the right could be clearly seen by day and the burst of every doche coclie shell observed far off to the north a blue line of hills marked the boche positions dark columns of smoke announced the arrival of american shells two german balloons black specks against low han hanging ing clouds watched wat clied columns of our transports winding down the roads far down on the left german shells were bursting in white puffs along the road curving down from apremont dapremont around a hill to baulny bauldy and then straightening out between rows of straight title little trees to charpentry Char pentry where our tanks fought so valiantly over to the right there were occasional bursts of boche arrivals on montfaucon Mont faucon golden in the afternoon sun northwest of montfaucon Mont Blont faucon more german shells were breaking in the woods and along the roads south of clergen Cl erges just behind our advanced line alive with activity the flat plain at the foot of vau valli q quals bols was alive with activity automobiles lob mobiles ileSI snaked their way in anil and out of long columns of trucks men alen gallop eil ed to and fro on horseback lines of soldiers wont went struggling straggling along the broadi unmindful of enemy shells sharp flashes of light with their accompany ing crashes signaled the departure of american projectiles A tiny went rattling across the plain carrying munitions toward the front overhead there was a constant whirr it of f airplane motors and occasionally the whoops of antiaircraft ers ng as docile planes attempted attempt od sallies across our lines south of choppy 40 or more dough boys squatted along a little rond road shooting crops craps two german shells came in with a whine that bardl hardly y reached our ears cars on tho the doughboys dough boys scattered quickly into the underbrush then they came out ny twos and threes and tile the crap game was resumed balloon falls in flames A whole fleet of our planes passed over tile tho plateau swinging off to tho the right and passing over montfaucon Mont faucon three minutes later n german walloon balloon came down in a pillar of smoke and fire the airmen swung bock back on their way home fifty or more yankees stumbled through the barbed wire entangle ments on plateau itself searching for souvenirs in the concrete dugouts lug outs and tunnels the germans had bored deep into its side they picked up german skulls relics of battles since 1913 1915 looked them over cur curiously louly and threw them aside they poked about in the crater of the great mine exploded by the french three years figo ago find and went sliding down the hillside toward the rolling kitchens outside the ruins ruffis of village one lone one doughboy remained perched upon the biggest rock at the summit of the highest ridge his park pack at his side chin in hands gazing a out ut over the battlefield in the gathering darkness ive been here all afternoon just and lookin he said it sure Is worth coming all tile the from tulsa okla |