Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18

An American patrol last night en-
tered the enemy trenches at one end
of the sector and penetrated them for
some distance without difficulty.
Much valuable information was gath
cred. AS they were about ready to
return, they established contact with
the enemy, who opened fire with a
mat hine gun. The American jumped
to safe position and hurled grenades
at the enemy gunners, silencing the
gun. So
Returning to the American side of
No Mans Land, the raiders brought
back with them German rifle breech,
protected by metallic cover over the
muzzle and a snap clip cover, both of
which operate quickly and efficiently.
Officers declared it %as the best thing
of the kind they had ever seen for
!. ,.pnptecting rifles The mechanism was
@dAuS 20 the intelligence depart
fff71ent With q recommendation that
the attachment be furnished the
American troops.
Another patrol on the other end of
the sector reported that the enemy
first liAe was strongly protected. While
the raiders were inspecting the Ger
man positions, the enemy fired upon
them several times with rifles and
machine guns, which are unusual at
Mat point.
Our artillery bombarded effectively
billets troops and new enemy works
IT La Hayvlle,. St. Baussant, the vii
Iage of Montseo, Richecourt. in the
Quart de Reserve. along the Pannes-
Monsard road. and a considerable
body of troops northwest OF Buxieres.
rhey also battered to pieces another
battery of gas projectors which had
been set up in double line of
trenches
The enemy has shelled various
parts of our positions rather heavily,
many gas shells being mixed with
high explosive ones. Some American
soldiers who happened to be near or
who walked through the shelled areas
afterward said there were indications
that the enemy was trying to isolate
one of our positions with shell fire.
The visibility was exceptionally good
today and the weather was like sum-
mer. A great number of wagon trains
and small groups of Germans were
seen walking behind the enemy lines.
Several times during the day the
air was crowded with airplanes and
on one occasion several enemy ma
chimes were overhead at the same
time. Airplanes from the rear OF our
lines carrying American observers
Unanswered to get into a fight with
the enemy machines but they were
unsuccessful. American anti-aircraft
gums drove off number of enemy
machines and kept the others high in
the air.
American observers succeeded in
ACCOMPLISHING much work which the
: recent ground haze had prevented.
They obtained badly wanted photo
graphs and observed certain things
back Of the German lines.
American troops in the Lucville
sector have been subjected to fairly
heavy bombardments during the past
tyenty-four hours, but have been
giving the enemy as much as received.
patrols at two points established con-
tact with the enemy last night and
cary this morning. After brief firing
the Germans retired.
= American soldiers are still holding
the. he.jMecklenburg trench. taken two
DAYS ago. which it is now permitted
to name. The anti-aircrafts guns east
of Luneville were extremely busy to-
DAWN driving Oft enemy airplanes
Enemy Enter U. S. Trenches.
With the American Army in France.
Saturday, March 16.-(By the Associ-
ated Press )-After terrific artillery
preparation this morning. large num-
bers Of the enemy crossed No Mans 8
Land. on the extreme right of the
American sector northwest OF Toul.
Apparently the purpose OF tne raiu
was quickly accomplished and only a
comparatively small number entered
our lines. Permission has not been
given to mention the number OF
casualties.
This raid. like most of the others
carried out all the way from the sea
to switzerland, was designed to gather
information by means of taking pris-
oners
East of Luneville our patrols have
explored part Of the German trench
which our artillery forced the enemy
to abandon. Patrols proceeded later
ai,v until they established contact
with the Germans. Our reconnais-
gance and wire patrols found snipers'
!, /. posts, listening posts and nests from
which machine guns had been firing
so,, our lines The artillery attended to
All these posts. The German posi-
tions have BEEN 50 uncomfortable at
sevsrai r1laces that they now are try
ine Is regain foothold by connect
Ing, shell holes. Our troops have been
subject to an extraordinarily heavy
artiiisry flre Tor, the last q hours
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