Arizona republican., 1917-11-06

with the Germans, whose intentions oannos yet be diyined. Their shell fire, although heavy, appears to come from Cniy a few scattered batteries, the in terVals between being held by machine guns.
 The German raid on the American trench Was carried out against mem befs of the second contingent entering the trenches for training. These men had only been in a few days Before dawn Saturday the Germans began smelling vigorously the barbed wire front of the trenches. dropping many high explosives of large calibre A heavy artillyery fire was then directed so as to cover all the adjacent territory including the passage leading up to the trenches, thereby forming a most ef- fectlve barrage in the rear as well as in front
 The young lieutenant in charge of the detachment of Americans started back to the communicating trenches to his immediate superior for orders. The barrage knocked him down, but he picked himself up and started off again. He was knocked down a second time, but determined to reach his ob- JectiVe, got up again. A third time he WdS hHocheu uoWn and badly she'll shocked, and was put out of action. Soon after that Germans to the num- Der, according to the report of 21O. rushed through the breaches and Wire entangiements on each side of the sal tent, their general objective barrage in tn forefield having lifted for moment. | The Germans went into the trenches at several points. They were met with stout resistance. Pistols, grenades. knives and bayonets were freely used. For many minutes there was con- 1 siderable confusion in the trenches, the Germans stalking the Americans. and | the Americans stalking the Germans. In one section of the trench an Amer | lcan private engaged two Germans l with the bayOnet That was the last 1 seen Of him until after the raid, when a dead American was found on. the 1 spot: Another was killed by a blow on the head with a rifle butt from above.
 Some of the Americans apparently at l the beginning of the attack did not
 realize just what was going on One of l the wounded, private, said: l T was standing in a communicating | trench waiting for orders. I heard a
 noise back of me and looked around in tune to see German fire in my di-
 rection. I felt bullet hit my arm"
 The Germans left the trench as soon as possible, taking their dead and 1 wounded with them
 1 An inspection showed, however. that | they had abandoned three rifles a
 number of knives and helmets. 1 The raid was evidently carefully 1 planned and the American officers | admit that it was we'll executed. As n | raid, however, there was nothing un- | usual about it. It was such as is hap- pening all along the line There is req | son for believing that the Germans
 were greatly surprised when they
 found Americans in the trenches in
 stead of the French The French gen. l eral in command of the division of 1 which the American detachment
 formed part expressed extreme sat
 isfaction at the action of the Amer ] jeans for they fought bravely against a
 numerically superior enemy .~the hand
 ful of men fighting until they were 1 s1nothered.
 The bodies of the American dead
 were brought back to divisional head
 quarters and buried with honors to-
 day. The wounded are at the base | hospitals
 The whole American eXpeditionarv
 forces are thrilled by the fight put mn
 by their comrades and all are anxiolls
 to get chance to deal blow