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my's second line trenches and recon noitered his position there.
 Certain Sectors Quiet
 On July the Altkirch sector was quiet. There was a decided increase over the two preceding days in the en- emy's artillery fire. His airplanes were increasingly active. One of them was attacked by an allied plane over No Mans land, and after much machine gun fire had been exchanged the. en- emy plane was seen to burst into flames. A man fell from it and a few seconds later the gasoline tank ex- ploded and the machine fell to the ground in the enemy's rear area. Our troops continued their patrol activity all along the sector.
 The Thann sector was very quiet on July to s. Several patrols attempting to raid our lines were driven back.
 On this date we drove back two planes over Muhlbach.
 German Side Of It
 The following are extracts from 8 German document recently captured It is the formal report of German intelligence officer at the headquarters of the seventh Germany army and is dated June r, 1918:
 intelligence officer of the supreme command at army headquarters No. : J. number thirty-five hundred twenty eight. Army headquarters, June IT, 1918.
 Second American infantry division
 Examination of prisoners from tho fifth, sixth ninth and twenty thirt regiments captured June to fl in tht Bouresches sector.
 Principal points of information. Purpose of the attacks.
 Prisoners Not Told The prisoners were not informed O the purpose of the attacks. The or ders for the attacks on Belleau woot were made known only a few hour' before the attacks took place.
 Arrival in line and relief.
 The marine brigade went into sec tor from June ? to June f, and ele ments of the other two regiments iron June to in the area Torcy- -Nau, | A K. M. W. of Chateau Thierry) on, battalion from each unit being in tn, front line. There they relieved Frencl troops of various divisions whose iden | fifty they did not know. They had n, information concerning their relief 1 Only the prisoners from the marin, i brigade considered that on account o heavy losses their relief was imminent Organization:
 Reports Conflicting
 Paragraph 1.-The third marin brigade belongs to the marine corp which was already in existence in tn | United States during peace time. Tn | first and second marine brigades ar said to be still at home.
 | Paragraph 2.-Regarding the dis | tribution of machine guns the prison CTS made contradictory statements | They claim that, in the third marin 1 brigade for instance, each regiment, il addition to the infantry battalion ha one machine gun battalion of fou platoons, each platoon having F ma chine guns. Furthermore each brigad is said to have one brigade machin gun battalion.
 According to a captured order i battle of the twenty-sixth America division Intelligence officer sever number thirty-two hundred twenty eight, June 8, 191S) that division ha only one machine gun company to battalion in each regiment. In cas the vague statements of the prisoner ! are correct the discrepancy can per haps be explained by the fact that tn marine corps was part of the Unite States peace army and was therefor equipped according to principles othe than in the case of the twenty sixt American division which has bee formed from national guard troop since the war began.
 History of the division: Element of the second American division wer put into the Moulanville (Verdun) sec tor from the middle of March to tl