The sun., 1918-08-19
US. S.FIRED0UBLE
THAT OF ENEMY
American Guns Drop Two
Shells to Germans One
North of Vesle.
BOCHES AVOID YANKEES
Captain Kills TeutOns: Hides
13 Hours i'm Crater: Spots
Lurking Posts.
BOCHES AVOID YANKEES
BY the Associated Press.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY on THE
VEsLE FRONT. Aug. 1s.-The Americans
started Sunday by putting over a large
number OF shells north of the Vesle,
the German heavy guns replying until
after daylight. During the day Frencl,
and Americans averaged two shells to
the enemy's one.
Saturday night American patrols made
excursions at various points. going as
far as the enemy's bArbed wire and
trenches on the hills, but they did not
encounter any German infantry.
Report by Captain.
few days ago an infantry Captain
while reconnoitring killed at least two
Germans and in order to escape hid In
a shell hole for thirteen hours while the
midsummer sun beat down upon him.
Here is the Captains official report OF
his experience
The patrol, consisting of myself and
two corporals. started at \ o'clock in
the morning to ascertain whether the
Germans had retired. We encountered
a German post in semi-circular hole,
There were eleven OF the enemy there.
ten of whom were asleep. and the other
was on sentry duty.
81 shot the sentry. We then with
drew, and in doing so ran into another
post similar to the first. also containing
about ten Germans. We shot two of
them and then ran hack toward our
line. The Germans began firing, wound
ing one corporal in tine leg. but both
corporals reached the American line.
Il was behind. having stopped to fire
on the Germans. | reached a point
about sixty yards from them when their
fire got too hot, so | dropped INTO a
small hollow. pretending to be wounded
stayed there for thirteen hours. After
dark ! crawled back to our own lines.
Germans Well Peppered.
During my return trip to our lines
discovered a third German post, which
was occupied apparently. only late at
night. All these posts were well sup
piled with light machine guns. rifles and
hand srenades and the Germans use
them well.
AT noon. while | was hidden in the
hollow, a Lieutenant took out party of
five to search for me. They did not find
me- but crept up to the second German
post and threw some bombs into 1t. in
fictirs several casualties. heard q
German scream with pain. The Germans
also threw bombs. wounding one OF the
Lieutenant's party.
Il request that our artillery clean out
these posts tomorrow"
The artillery carried out the work the
first thing the next morning.
Gass Attacks Fail.
The Americans who have dug In along
the Nesle continually are being harassed
by the German artillery and gas pro-
jectiles. The Germans made a vicious
gas attacks saturday afternoon. aimed at
those Americans who are situated on the
north side of the Nesle. They used ar
tillery first and then followed the fire
of their guns with gusts of mustard and
"sneeze" gas These attacks have not
met with any apparent success, and the
Germans evidently are aware OF the
fact This IL indicated by their having
sent over four airplanes. which by wire
less or other means endeavored to direct
the firing OF their noXious fumes so that
they would be more effective.
The Americans have protective meas
ures against gas attacks worked down
to such a system that they are not
them materially. on one oc-
casion the Americans wore gas masks
and continued working on bridge
which the engineers were building across
the Vesle, Notwithstanding the gas
turned against them by the enemy.
Ant!-alrcraft guns and shrapnel drove
off the enemy aviators who were trying
to point out locations for attack by
enemy guns. and finally the gas shells
ceased falling. The next morning the
bridge had virtuallytbeen completed.