The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-19
American Artillery Batters DoUn AU
 Gas Projectors

With the American Army in France Friday, March 15.-(By the Associated ! Press )-American artillery last night again bombarded supposed gas projectors northwest of Tou1 Photographs taken later showed the complete destructive ness of their gunfire.
 ! There has been no activity except the
 usual patrol through No Mans Land. and these reported no brushes with the enemy The German artillery fire has been decerasng in intensity to certain I extent, indicating that the enemy finds l 1t too costly to keep up with the sis-
 tained American fire. A few German
 snipers are busy at night and were busy
 today. but they got no victims 1 With the American Army in France sunday, March 7.-(By the Associated Press. .)--American intelligence officers report evidence leading to the conclusion that possibly spy may be at work with ! in the American lines northwest of Toui l Early this lnoining an American sentry saw flashes of signal light from A window faoing in the direction of the
 enemy lines. He fired through the win dow and dashed into the house, bu, failed to find any one.
 Four hours earlier some important tel ephone wires within the American lines
 were found to have been cut. 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 valu- abl information was gathered As they
  were about ready to return they estab- lished contact with the enemy, who opened fire with q machine gun, The Americans jumped to a safe position and hurled grenades. silencing the gun.
 Returning to the American side of No Mans Land. the raiders brought back with them a German rifle breech. pro- tected by a metallic cover over the mug gle and snap clip cover. both of which operate quickly and efficiently. Officers declared 1t was the best thing of the Kind they had ever seen for protecting rifles. The mechanism was turned over to the intelligence department, with a recommendation that the attachment be furnished American troops Another patron on the end of the sector reported that the enemy first line was held strongly. While the raiders were in- spectng the German positions the ene- my fired upon them several times with rifles and machine guns, which are un- usual at that point.
 Our artillery bombarded effectively billets, troops and new enemy works at Lahayville. St. Baussant, the village of Montsec, Richecourt in the Quarter des de Reserve along the Pannes- Monsard road. and a considerable body of troops northwest of Buxieres. They also bat tered to pieces another battery of gas projectors which had been set up in a double line of trenches.
 The enefny has shel1ed various parts of our positions rather heavily. many gas shells being mixed with high ex- plosive ones. Some American soldiers who happened to be nearer who walked through the shelled wrecked areas afterward, say 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 machines were overhead at the same time. Air planes from the rear of our lines car rying American observers maneuvered to get into a fight with the enemy ma chimes, but they We're unsuccessful American anti aircraft guns drove off a number of~enemy machines and kept the other high in the air.
 American observers succeeded in ac- much work which the re- cent ground haze had prevented They obtained badly wanted photographs and observed certain things back of the German lines
 American troops in the Luneville sector have been subjected to fairly heavy bombardments during the past 24 hours. but have been giving the en- emy as much as received. Patrols at two points established contact with tho enemy last night and early this n,orn- ing. After brief firing, the Germans retired.
 American soldiers are still holding the Mecklenburg trench taken two days ago and which 1t Is now permitted to name. The anti-aircraft guns east of Luneville were extremely busy today In @ driving off enemy airplanes. Japanese Loaaes
 Washington. March 1s--Stat6 depart ,xf s