The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

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Beat Of Enemy Attack.
PARIS, March 1.-"Southeast OF
Butte Dumesnel (where American ar.
| tillery is aiding the French) we beat
off an enemy attack except in an ad.
yanced element" the French official
communique announced today.
| East of Chavignon, the enemy made
an extremely heavy attack with two
columns. They were completely
| checked
! The heaviest cannonading prevailed
at various points over wode front.
Successful Raid.
| LONDON, March 1.-Stafford and
Cheshire troops successfully raided
enemy positions north Of the Ypres-
| Staden railway last night. taking a
| few prisoners, Field Marshal Haig re-
ported today.
There was mutual cannonading
through the night around Yacquerie
and east of Ypres.
Major March Returns.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, March l.
Major General March, chief of staff
of the United States army, believes
the censorship exerted over cores
pondents with the army in France is
too strict. He made known his be-
lief in a talk here today when he
disemba from an American liner.
General March has been with the
troops in France for nine months.
He is returning to make report to
the war department and to take up
actively his duties as chief of staff.
THE boys in France cannot under
stand the suppression of news said
General March. Il know Of no gentle
method of conducting this war and
we can't expect our armies to go
through it without someone getting
hurt. The public must know the
truth, no matter how painful"
Asked about General Pershing's ar
tillery, General March said he could
tell nothing but it is some artil-
1ery"
General March was accompanied
by Major General Sturgis. command
ant of the cantonment at Little
Rock, and Major General French,
commandant at Macon, Ga.
General March declared the morale
of the men in France to be all that
could be desired, "better than when
they were on the Mexican border
General March declared he would
advocate an immediate change in the
methods of censorship.
Hand to Hand Fighting.
PARIS, March 1-Sharp fighting at
several points on the French front in
Guiding a violent hand to hand en-
counter east Of Chavignon was report
ed by the war office today.
After a violent bombardment, the
enemy in the region east of Chavig-
non attacked at eight o'clock last
night" said the communique. I'm
hand to hand fighting the enemy was
repulsed with heavy losses. leaving
some prisoners"
(This is the fighting referred to by
the German official statements In stat
ing that ten Americans were made
prisoners)
TN the region Of Craonne between
Miette and the Aisne, and in the
Rheims sector, the artillerying was
violent during the night.
1.-THE Rheims civil hospital was
Systematically bombarded and set
afire.
"In the Champagne sector the en-
envy violently bombarded our first
lines, notably in the region Of Monte
Suippe, toward the Butte Mesnil.
Southeast OF the Butte Mesnil this
morning a heavy attack was launched
against new positions, but was beat
en- back except in an advanced ele-
ment. simultaneously east of Monte
Suippe a strong raid was defeated.
I'm the Argonne region we raided
the enemy's trenches and took some
prisoners.
In the Woevre district artillerying
was very active during tile night, es-
pecially in the sectors Of Regneville
and Remerauville."