Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-20
OUR BOYS AT THE FRONT.
Reports Indicate that American Boys
Meet Successes.

TO the group OF 200 projectors al
ready reported destroyed, have been
discovered and likewise blown to
pieces by the American artillery.
Probable German plans for gas at
tack on Il comparatively large scale
against the American positions north
west OF roul have thus been upset.
The new groups Of projectors were
discovered from aerial photographs
taken by American observers in
French airplancs. The effective ac-
ton taken against them was due to
the quick work Of the observers the
intelligence officers and the artiller-
lists in turn.
Ammunition Dumps Destroyed.
The American artillery on this
front has been more active than ever
in the past Is hours, and its shells
also found lOdgmcnt in Il number of
ammunition dumps when were
blown up. Many extensive explosions
are reported. rho correspondent,
standing Oh u hill, witnessed one
dump situated in wood go up in
brilliant fash and great puff Of
whtish smoke, a tremendous report
following a few seconds later. ok
plosions and fires also were caused
by our shells in villages and Il num-
Der in the woods behind the enemy
front.
During a retalatOry Smelling for an
hnn In ri Inn -,
number Of gas shells fell on our bat
terry positions, the American guns
silenced certain German batteries by
pouring In fast and extremely ac-
curate fire. Our artillerymen stayed
in their dugouts until the gas shells
began to fall, when they put on their
masks and manned tho guns while
thus protected. Some mustard gas
shells were mixed with the others
that fell and later a few Of our men
walked through this type Of gas
without their masks on.
The American artillery also tore
great gnps in the enemy wire and
lHy"l'cd rarious portions OF the first
and second line trenches, forcing the
encmH virtually to abandon them.
N"la.!s of the recent raid, which
aaFv Ula' been developed, show that
>yntlo ulmbers Of Germans were
till"u 'y shell fire when the box bar
rar,. va. in effect and others later by
'0. yr"rring barrage, there were also
d, '.n ~ the enemy shot here and
Il, In, hn
in tho trenches. There were many
Americans among the raiding party
OF four officers and seventy men who
did not see a single German soldier.
All the men in the raid seemed par
ticularly impressed with the way the
American barragc worked.
Fritz Ran Like Rabbit.
1T worked like a clock, said one
soldier, whose home is in Texas. "It
made yOG rn,' .ou "r"'d 90 right on
to BeINn 1elinH i; Tive atn w.u
bic atpu, mi. .'uN ~ns su &.a.l
see ennuan ot ltr4. ~ nun ua..
beat IL !rao e 8. bl, nr,aun 3.1
not see Il single one all the way uarn
% the second line, although some Of
he other fellows did"
The men wen' in $50 yards on
i00-yard front. 10 Americans were
killed and none missing. 1t Is cer-
ain that five Germans were killed in
he fighting.
Artillery fire Of quite a lively char
acter also is continuing in the sector
east Of Lunevii.c. So far as is
'tnown, the Germans havo not yet re-
occupied their first and second lines
here.
Both the Luncvile sector and that
Of Toul have been much occupied
with snipcrs to-day, as well as last
night. In the former sector one sni-
per was detected in tree after
period in which he had done fairly
effective work. One Of the American
sharpshoOtcrs crawlcd cautiously 90
Il vantage point In No Mans Land
and opened upon him. The second
shot hit the German, whose body
dropped to the enemy wire, where it
hung for the rest OF the day.
Americans i'm Air.
Northwest OF Toul rife fire and
grenade dislodgcd German from 4
sniper's post in a shell hole and also
sncnced the enemy in a machine eun
cmplacemeht on the front lines who
had been annoying our men with
70 nf frn 10