The Washington herald., 1918-03-16
Drop TweBty-fOur Planes.

Nineteen hostile machines" says
five others were driven down out OF
control Five Of ours are missing
Seven hundred bombs were dropped
on enemy billets, ammunition dumps
and railway sidings at Contrad and
Denain. Further reports Of the raid
on Freiburg say the bombs dropped
were seen to burst on. the railway
station and round the power station.
Just after bombs were released our
formation was attacked by a large
number Of machines, the fight lastinE
until the enemy was forced TO with
draw. Three OF our machines did
not return.
Our raiding parties entered the en-
emy's lines last night west Of Vii
lers-Guislain and brought back a few
prisoners" says today's ofilCial com
munication. Hostile raids were re
pulsed in the nighborhood Of Pass
cheandele and PoeIcappelle. Our and
I the enemy's artillery showed some
activity during the night sOuthwest
and west OF Cambria, south OF SArnen
there's and in the Msssiges and Aenin
road sectors"
With the American Army IN France
March la.-American troops in the
' Lunevllle sector have occupied and
are holding enemy trenches north
east OF Badonvillers, which they fore
ed the Germans to abandon through
recent raids and concentrated artil-
I lery fire. The trenches have been
! consolidated with ours.
J This, though a small forward move
( ment. marks the first permanent ad
vance by the American army IN
{ France. The consolidation of the
( trenches enables the Americans snd
I French to operate from higher ground
I than heretofore.
The Germans made only feeble at
temps TO retake the position. Eseh
time they were repuIscd
Twenty-Five more Americans, in
cluding Col Douglas Macarthur, have
been decorated with the French CroiH
de Guerre for gallantry in action.
! Macarthur Cdeleted by censor) the
troops in the LUnevilIe region He
! is the colonel who wet over ftre-scn
with the French neceaIg riaeu EtisF
took several German uriso 7ers. .sctsr
passing through a Carals~ harrcts
He also went over tH~ tol =, esFtrr-
days raid. =
Halls from Virginia
Capt. Thomas Handy, who also was
decorated, is from Virginia, and &C
companied Macarthur in the Franco
American raid.
Capt. Edward Steller. of Iowa. was
decorated for bravery and cooIness
with his troops during an engagement
/ with the enemy.
Lieut.. W. Alexander TerriH, OF Fort
Worth, Tex. another OF the honored
soldiers. was seriously wounded dur
ing a bombardment.
Lieut.. A Palette was decorated for
his action in organizing his men after
] an enemy attack and leading them m
a counter attack which elected the
Germans from a trench they had oc-
| cupied. The other men getting the
war cross were:
| Capt. Charles W. Atkins, OF Winter
set, Iowa, who installed a platoon Un-
der heavy fire a demolished terrain,
repuIsing an emmy counter attack
Lieut.. Bernard Van Hof, Of Grand
Rapids, Mich, who though badly
wounded in the leg, exhibited GOODNESS
and bravery during an attack.
Sergt. James West who helped
| organize a detachment which rout-
ed an enemy patrol, capturing some
prisoners.
Sergt Pearl Edwards. of Center
willie, Iowa who organized the men
after his superior oficer had been
lost. counter attacking the enemy
and entering their positions.
SerEt Warner Hall, who met an
enemy party while on patrol duty,
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