Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18
ALLIED RAIDS TAKE
PRISONERS; GUNS
BIockhouses and Defenses De-
stroyed on Left Bank
of Meuse.
ATTACKS OVER WIDE ZONE

By the Assccisted Press.
LONDON. March 1s.-"English troops
carried out a successful raid last night
south of Acheville and captured several
prisoners with little loss to them
selves" says today's official communi-
cation.
Casualties were inflicted on the en-
emy in patrol encounters northeast of
Zonnebeke.
Hostile artillery was active during
the night south of the Bapaume-Cam-
brai road and in the neighborhsod of
Lens. and there wNs considerable activ-
ity against our forward areas between
Warneton and Zonnebeke."
French Raiders Active.
PARIS, Sunday. March 17.-French
raiders were very active last night and
brought back more than 100 prisoners
in four raids. according to an official
statement from the war office today.
The largest raid was made at Cheppy
wood, northwest Of verdun. where the
German trenches were entered on a
long front and where the French cap
tured eighty prisoners. The other raids
were made at vauquois. in the Ar
dennes, near Malancourt. east of Chep-
py wood and north of st. Mihiel The
statement reads:
North of the Chemin-des-Dames the
artillery on both sides showed great
activity.
"On the left bank of the Meuse French
troops carried out at nightfan a laxge
raid in the region of the Cheppy wood
lection of the French artillery. which
dominated the German artillery, our
troops penetrated the opposing trenches
on a front Of 500 meters to dept of 800
meters. After destroying the shelters,
blockhouse and defenses Of the enemy,
the French detachments returned to
their own lines with eighty prisoners
belonging to three different regiments
and seven machine guns. Our losses
were slight.
ments were active and successful in
entering enemy positions. Near Vau-
quois they brought back ten prisoners
in a raid. Near Malancourt an incursion
carried out under heavy bombardment
enabled the French to bring back forty
Meuse German batteries during the
night bombarded violently all points be-
tween the Meuse and Bezonvaux. French
counter fire also increased. Immediately
north of St Mihiel our patrols made
prisoners. On March 16 one German
airplane was destroyed and four others
damaged severely by French aviators
Our bombarding sQuadrons droped 1000
Kilograms Of projectiles on military es-
adjustments behind the enemy front. "
German Raid Fails.
The ofdcial communication from the
war office today says:
Northwest Of Rheims the Germans
attempted in the region of Louvre a
raid which completely failed. In the
Champagne, after a violent lombard
ment in the region Of the Monts. the
Germans attacked our positions west
of Vaudesincourt After a spirited en-
gagement the French troops drove the
enemy out Of these advanced elements
where he had gained footing, infiict-
ing serious losses on the Germans.
There was quite pronounced activity
on the part Of both artiheries on the
left bank Of the Mouse. The day was
calm on the rest OF the front"
Penetrate Enemy Trenches. ;
PARIS. March -Followins.ss the texl
Of tonight.s oflcial communication Gar
abstract OF which was received hast
night:
: