Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-10
ATTACKS SLACK NOW IN
 TANK SECTOR
Pershing's Daily Communique Tells Little of Interest Be- yond Spasmodic Bombard- ments in Restricted Area
lRr Revlew I.ensed Wirel

WASHINGTON. July 9.-General Pershing's ccmmunique for July fol- lows:
 headquarters American expeditions ary force. July s. 1918.
 sSection A.-There have been no fresh developments at the points oc- cupied by cur troops.
 iSection B-In Picardy there was some brisk artillery fighting July to 5 Our batteries shelled L. Alval Wood with gas early in the night and .be enemy retaliated by firing on our front lines from the Fontaine Wood to Grivesnes and on some of our posi- lions in the rear. The German artil- lerv was particularly active between 10 n. m. and midnight but it was noted that their fire slackened or ceased whenever our artillery started counter preparations Most of the German shells fell on the north of our sector The enemy's trench mortars frequent lv came into action just prior to the commencement of concentrated nre oy his artilelry. His machine guns deliv- cred heavy bursts of fire in the morn ing on the right of our sector. His airplanes were not usually active eX- cept in the dropping of bombs. small number of which fell on our positions before daybreak. At two points in the German rear areas, fire. smoke and explosions indicated the destruction Of German ammunition dumps.
 "In the Marne sector the activity or
 fhe German aerial fcrces was the most significant feature of July 4. About half of the machine gun fire was
 against our planes. The enemy's air forces were entirely abnormal in them activity some group flights being ob-
 served in which eight and ten planes
 participated.
 "In the Colmar sector July 3. activ- ity of the German artillery showed ,i some increase on portions of our front hut did not become notably heavy al lanv point. During the night the Ger man positions were lighted up to q greater extent than usual. mainly oy \ liberal use of red and white flares. Al along our front our own patrols recon noitered the hostile positions. but ir { spite of their number and activity en countered no enemy parties and drew no enemy fire.
 { 'In the Mulhouse sector July 3. Ger man airplanes showed an activity ( which is unusual in this region. Thel { circled constantly over their advance' positions and sometimes over ours z Our anti-aircraft batteries and a nun : Der of allied planes drove them bael ( on numerous occasions. The enemv' artillery fire was slight and widely dis tributed. A number of small balloons
 probably containing propaganda, wer'
 sent up.
 'In Lorraine. July to ,. nothing
 except the activities of our own pa
 trols called for especial mention. Gu
 patrolling parties did much valuabl
 reconnaissance work inspecting tn
 enemy's defense positions and re
 turned safely. although one of then
 came under the enemy's fire. Ou ! anti-aircraft guns brought down Gel man plane in the region of L. Chapelle. Both pilot and observe wer
 killed
 Tn a sectcr in the Vosseg regiol
 occupied by our troops, condition were normal July 3. During the nigh preceding German troops made tw z small attacks which were easily re pulsed. The German artillery scat
 tered it's fire over the sector"