Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-28
Now Holding First Line Sector Of
"Road Of The Ladies"
Ridge.
HAVE BRUSH WITH FOE
Answer Enemy's Attack With Three
sheIIs TO one-French Gem
eral Pays High Tribute 70
American soldiery.

With the American Army In
France, Feb. 25.-The lombard.
rnent 10 still more intense on the
American sector northwest o.
TouI. Night and day enemy pro-
jeetlIes are failing In towns and
have been directed at 4 number
Of strategleai points. The dam
age done has been unImportant.
Our guns replied to the enemy
with three shells for one. A
Trench mortar proJeetIis fell on
one Of our trenches, killing one
and woundins four. Rain has pre-.
vented aerial activity and the
trenches and duoouts are flooded.
With the American Army in France.
Feb. 25.-U. s. troops are holding q
watch on the first line sector Of the
Road Of the Ladies" front.
With the American Army in France,
Feb. 23.-Samhies are on the watch
in the first line sector Of tho Road
of the Ladies" front.
There has been q clash IN No
Mans land between American and
German patrols. 1t is certain, there.
fore, that Fritz" knows about the
presence of Americans on this famous
front, so the folks back home, too,
may know.
The enemy lost one killed and one
prisoner. One American was slight,
ly wounded.
The American casualties since the
occupation of a segment of this i'm.
portant and continually active ridge
have been light
Solemn and inspiring scenes at.
tended the moving the Sammies into
the Chemin Des Danes sector. Chap.
lains spoke the benediction beside q
statue of Joan dare and a French
general, one Of the heroes of the
Marine, who now commands the
front, kissed the Stars and Stripes as
the Samlsies detrained in town
torn by shells before the Germans
were forced back, and then wantoniy
destroyed before the enemy left Il
Warns Against Recklessness.
The generals address to the troop,
was one to quicken the heart of ev
cry American. He expressed pride
at seeing such picked specimens Of
manhood, giants in stature, compared
with the sturdy Poilus, incorporated
in his sector.
He urged the Sammies not to ex
pose themselves recklessly to the con
tinuous enemy activity, which he
warned them they would meet. He
compared the Americans with thor
oughbred race horses, anxious te
show their mettle, and hard to hold
in. He cautioned them that they were
about to go hunting wild and dan
gerous beasts in the valley beyond"
The pitchy blackness OF the might
required the Americans to proceed
in single file through roughly con
nected shell holes serving as com
munication trenches" each mar
holding to the bayonet Of the mar
ahead of him
Reserves Take 70 ouarrles.
The reserve troops found safet,
and tranquility deep underground IL
the celebrated quarries, where tn.
Germans organized the defense Of thu
Aisne line after their retreat from
the Marine. and which are said tt
have been prepared before the wal
by their German owners to accom-
modate large bodies of troops fol
just such an emergency.
Entire companies and even battal
ions are bilieted here in the bowel.
Of The earth safe from the biggest
shells and provided with all home
comforts such as electric lights, fans
and hot water system.
The enemy's harassing tactics have
been persistent ever since he lost the
dominating positions last summer
The whole sector is continual,
seething with indirect fire over thu
ridge by the opposing batteries.