The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-03-07
SWIFT RETRIBUTIoN DELIVERED
BY U. s. GUNNERs AS REPLY
TO GAS ATTACK.
10 SAMMIES CAPTURED
JAP EXPEDITION WILL SEIZE
vLADIvosrok BASE AND AID
IN RUSSIAN DEFENSE.

March 4.-Another German raid on
the American line was made Friday
night in the Ckemin des Danes sector
After sharp fighting the enemy re-
tired.
A plan of attack, including map
of the American positions, indicating
every dugout. which was removed
from the body of Prussian captain,
who led the recent assault upon the
sector northwest of Toul, shows how
completely the Germans prepare their
raids-if. in fact, this was but a
simple raid. not having as its ultimate
object the retention OF a portion of the
salient.
Washirgton.-Five Americans, in
cluding Second Lieut.. Harold F. Eadie
of Tilton, N. H., were killed, five were
severely wounded and four slightly
wounded in the fight with the Ger
mans north OF Toul, March 1, the War
Department announced.
Rome.-Grave damage was done to
the Ducal palace, the Bridge of Signs,
the Church of ST. John and st. Paul
and the Church of ST. Simon, as well
as other treasures of Venice in Teu-
ton moonlight air raid over that city
Feb. 26. Fifty enemy airplanes took
part in the raid, dropping 300 bombs.
1t was the most violent raid on any
Italian objective since the war began.
The entire casualties were one man
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With the American Army in France,
March 2.-American troops repulsed
strong German attack Friday morn
ing in the salient north of Toul. There
were many American casualties. one
OF the killed being captain who was
graduated from West Point in 1917.
The raid was complete failure, three
German prisoners remaining in Amer
ican hands. The ground in front of
the American trenches was strewn
with German dead.
Swift retribution has fallen upon the
German batteries which bombarded
the American trenches northwest of
Toul with gas shells. American heavy
artillery concentrated its fire on the
German minenwerfer batteries for
half an hour Thursday and obliterated
the position.
Many direct hits with high explosive
shells were made by the American
gunners. Timbers were thrown high
in the air and explosions probably of
enemy ammunition and gas resulted.
The ground about the German bat
teries was churned upside down. and
II there were any German soldiers
there they certainly suffered death.
Late Thursday afternoon the Ger
mans attempted to retaliate for the
destruction of the Minenwerfer bat
teries. They bombarded the American
heavy artillery with their biggest guns
but their shooting had little effect.
American patrols were all over No
Mah's land Thursday night. but did
not encounter any Germans.
Americans north of Chemin-des-
Danes have taken part in repulsing
q German attack A German official
statement says that ten Americans
were taken prisoner in the latter Sec
tor.
Washington, March 2.-Indications
now point to an agreement between
the entente powers and America to
confide to Japan alone the task of
taking such measures as may be nee
essary to combat German aggression
and influence in Siberia and to pro-
tect the military stores at Vladivostok
Three columns of Germans are ad-
vancing into Russia. One is near
Luga. midway between Pskov and Pc
trograd: one is said to be at Polotsk,
midway between Pinsk and Vitensk,
and the other is at Sebezh, eighty
miles east of Dvinsk. An official re-
port says that the Germans had
reached the right bank of the Dnieper
river north of Kiev. 1t was an
nounced in a dispatch that Austrian
troops have begun to advance into
Ukraine.
Teutons near Butte Du Mesnil cap
tured a section of a French position,
but an immediate counter attack
evicted them.
British troops carried out success
full raids north of the Ypres-Staden
railroad and captured few prisoners.
German trench raiding operations
have been repulsed by the French in
several sectors of the line.