The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-03-21
SPY DISCOVERED
IN YAMk LINES
Sentry Fires at Signals, But
SearChers Fail to Find
informant of Ger
mans.

With the American Army in France,
Sunday, March 17.-American intelli-
gence officers report evidence leading
to the conclusion that possibly a spy
may be at work within the American
lines northwest of Toul. Early this
morning an American sentry saw
flashes OF n signal light from a window
facing in the direction of the enemy
lines. He fired through the window
and dashed into the house, but failed
to find anyone.
Four hours earlier important tele-
phone wires within h American ines
were found to have been cut.
An American patrol last night entered
the enemy trenches at one end of the
sector and penetrated them for some
distance without difficulty. Much
valuable information was gathered. AS
they were about ready to return, they
established contact with the enemy,
who opened fire with a machine gun.
The Americans jumped to a safe posi-
ton and hurled %grenades at the enemy
gunners, s%ilencing the gun.
Like Hun Protectors.
, Returning to the American side of
No Man Land, the raiders brought
back with them a German rifle breech,
protected by a metallic cover over the
muzZle and a la clip cover, both of
which operated quickly and efficient
ly. Officers declared it was the best
thing Of the kind they had ever seen
for protecting rifles. The mechanism
was turned over to the intelligence de-
partment with a recommendation that
the attachment be furnished the Amer
lean troops.
Another patrol on the other end of
the sector reported that the enemy first
line was held strongly. While the
raiders were inspecting the German
positions, the enemy fired upon them
several times with rifles and machine
guns, which are unusual at that point.
+ Bombard Rear Positions.
DUR artillery ~bombarded effectively
billets, troops and new enemy works at
L~ahayville, st. Baussant, the village of
Montsec, Richie court, in the Quart De
Reserve, along the Pannes-Monsard
road. and a considerable body of troops
northwest of Buxieres. They also bat
tered to pieces another battery of a
which had been set up in a double line
of trenches.
The enemy has shelled various parts
Of positions rather heavily, many gas
shells being mixed with high explosive
ones. Some American soldiers who hap
pened to be near or who walke through
the shelled areas afterward said there
were limitations that the enemy was
trying to isolate one Of our positions
with shell fire. The visibility was eX-
ceptionally good today n the weather
was like summer. A great number of
wagon trains and small roups of Ger
mans were seen walking behind the en-
envy lines.
Several times during the day the air
was crowded with airplanes, and on one
occasion several machines were over
head at the same time. Airplanes from
the rear of our lines carrying American
observers maneuvered to get into a
fight with the enemy machines. but
they were unsuccessful. American anti
enemy machines and kept the others
high in the air.
AirpIanes Dc Good Work.
American observers succeeded in ac-
complishing much work which the re-
cent ground haze a prevented. They
obtained badly wanted photographs and
observed certain things back of the
German lines.
American troops in the Luneville see
tor have been subjected to fairly heavy
bombardments during the past "a hours.
but nave been giving the enemy as
! much as received. Patrols at two points
esta blished contact with the enemy last
night and early this morning. After
brief firing the Germans retired.
American soldiers are still holding the
| Mecklenburg trench, taken two days
! ago, and which it Is now permitted to
name. The anti-aircraft guns east OF
Luneville were extremely busy today in
driving off enemy a~irplanes.
NEW ENGLANDERs ACTIVE.
With the American Army In France
tSunday). March 1.-THE American
troops who have been in action along
the Chemin Des Danes are Il division
composed exclusively Of New England
units. The division contained units
from all the New England states. troops
from Massachusetts having been espe-
cially active.
The Identification of these troops up
to this time has been prohibited by the
censor. The restriction was removed
when il vas discovered that the Stars
and Stripes, 4 newspaper published by,
for. and Of the troops, of the American
expeditionary forces, had contained in
its latest edition a story disclosing
their identity.