Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-20
FOE GASSED
by YANKS IN
'1OUL SECTOR
gsrmans Given Dose Of
Own Medicine By U. S.
Men in Attacks.

With the American army III
rance Tuesday. March 19.- BY
- Associated Press-1-American
,-1ery on the Toul front has been
,ssvlly attacking the Germans with
.as shells during the past day or
il is now permitted TO announce.
s7our different attacks were
,snched and from the manner in
,bich the enemy was silenced it is
.fiient they mad the desired effect.
During one period when the gas
aells were flying over the enemy
4 ines. last night a German airplane
9th red tail light appeared over
he American lines and dropped q
.si rocket. for what purpose II is
rOt known However. shrapnel from
american anti-aircraft batteries
1 urst so near the German immed-
ztelv afterwdrd that he was forced
70 av for his own lines in hurry.
Last night the enemy observation
uWer and positions on Montsec
Tsre shelled heavily and heavy fire
vas directed against the enemy
Ines this morning
Stage Artillery Duel.
At noon today the enemy opened
lively fire on one OF the Amer
Gan positions with 81 miIlimeter
ju1s from the cemetery at Rich
IDurt. The American guns of the
same calibre came into action and
Liter they had fired so shells the
Germans ran from the position and
,0Ok their guns with them. The
american guns then shelled the vii
age Of La Hayville, where two
heavy explosions, apparently of
5Euuitions stores, were caused.
The German artillery directed
smOst Of its attention to dropping
a few gas shells into one or two
nwns within the American s7rs8gs-
and shelling a cross roads known
IS Deaths corner during the day
and night
Patrol Parties Busy.
Last night American patrols en-
8itred the German front lines at two
points, sut did not see a single en-
smy soldier although they hunted
] Dme time. Another patrol re-
/ NAMED in the enemy wire entangIe-
aents all night hoping to ambush
IN expected enemy party but it did
lot appear. A third patrol party
vas discovered by the Germans
EhO hurled hand grenades and
lorced the Americans TO withdraw
isull another established contact
nth an enemy patrol and a few
iaots were exchanged. The Amer
eans came through unscathed but
is not known what happened TO
a1e Germans.
Many airplanes were up until it
began TO rain at noon. One air
4 plane from the rear of the Amer
can line drove of two boche ma
'lines after a thrilling battle in
and out of the clouds. Another air
pane was engaged against a Ger
nan when a second German joined
the fight A second friendly air
nan came up to assist, but it was
90 late for the airplane the Amer
cans hoped would be victorious
,e! TO the ground within the enemy
Ines.
LuneTiue Sector Active.
On the sector east of LunevilIe
LIE artillery continues active and
L. lew American patrols have
sached the enemy lines. One party
socountered an enemy patrol and
slced the Germans to withdraw
Aler sharp skirmish.
certain Irish regiment was
sombarded heavily today with big
,asAs Reports from both the
-1AeFille and Toul sectors say that
-ofe German gas projectile bat
slies have been discovered ami
sunners.
German sirplane. both last
sat and this morning, few over
- american sector northwest of
- and dropped rubber balls, Is
Telss In diameter. filed with
= st-ihed mustard gas. This is the
- ume, so far as is known, that
aifplane has been thus en-
'Ae eject OF the gas was not ser
- out the American troops were
-ss-!iated -s.-!ated by what they termed the
--Fty warfare"
sample OF one of the rubber
'-'a'hers has been obtained.