The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
AMERICANS AID IN
ADVANCE OF FRENCH
Lines Near Craonne Pushed
Forward 200 Yards, Says
1.-THE Sun" Correspondent.
EAGER FOR PATROL DUTY
sp.ctai Correspondence 20 T,r sr..

spe~fai cc~vsspo~ds~ce 70 TNp svS.
PARIS, March 6.-Ths following ex-
tracts are taken from letters received
from THE SUN correspondent with the
Foreign Legion:
The Americana v gone crazy on
patrol work. as Il breaks the monotony
- trench nFhrng on Wednesday,
Trinkard. when out with Morlac, came
across a dead German on whom were
two Dresden papers dated February 5
and : kins and Pheli2ot 1.-THE latter
row deadl. when on the night before.
got a pistol holster from "A dead officer.
phei,zot and Morlac tho other morn
ing before tho fog lifted entered some
old trenches not ftty yards from the
Germans. There had been hghtins In
these trenches before our present po-
s.t!ors were occupied German and
French hod'er Law about. some o. the
French being in sitting pos tons. show
!nc Il had been a trench held BY them.
The boys are getting tired OF the pres
en' form OF warfare and wander abou,
at night and In fogs looh'ng FOR adven-
tr'es. When I came UP from the hos
plttl ! found that Morlac had advanced
the sentinel u sts al least 200 yards.
THIS forced the limo TO the right OF Nor
laos squad 20 advance as well. This
little sign Of puts some life
into the game.
The German newspapers found state
mat the Germans intend blockRding
England nv submarines and there :
an article on Russian oarharity other
VS. they give 10 war news.
nouiixny 70 Ne Promotea.
March 3
Ny last letter mentioned Moriac
having advanced our poet, n Ia
commands sixty men-a half company
in =. y A.-w hitch confirms the saying
tha' "a sergeant n a Ilropcan uiN'ar,
power IKE France or Germany Is on
IA par IN command with a Lieutenant in
our army.
Bouligny 10 TO he promoted sergeant
tafter attending tho school Of ins.ruc-
ton FOR n 'ortnight-a mere f~ornality)
HIs wound II not really healed hut he
preferred 20 return 10 tho front. where
he performs all the duties Of a corporal
and a corporal has many in the French
army.
We have reason 10 believe that ,her.
are Aust-ans IN front OF US az well as
'Iutrhmen.' This Ia not unlikely The
'-Hornc plateau was rot taken IN 1870.
J "'u'rr'hhu, AS " was considered I'm
~IirHh"'le 'end II ~ some hill. ! can
''' N"H'' 30 as inc Austriirs are not
the host ~ lighters they may raye Nc,9
put IN this safe position. Safe. that l..
from being -to-o'd without sacrIn,rr
a tremendous number ~ Ives. but not
safe when tho 'soiSante.qulnze' as
~. meter gun IL taken into cons'd-
ration
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