The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-25
BATTLE RESULT
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The Daily Mail says -ha. il Field
Marshal aaig's report tnat the Ger
man brc re through vest Of ST. Quen-
- $50 -:ic terra broke through" in
the g=1ci ally accepted military sense.
it is serious. but shat t;l;ie alone can
show the correct interpretation.
GERb1ANS SUFFER SEVERELY.
LOhDoN, March 2.-The Daily
Mails correspondent \: tho front, tell
ing O! the battle now In progress,
says:
Along considerable part OF tho
front tEero was series OF redoubtS
about mile apart. each redoue1 be-
ing held b. hundred men, somewhat
on the principle 81 the bl"cGhoTses n
South Africa, with formidable belts
OF barbed wire around thcEr and
strong armament Of machine guns and
trench mortars and provisicned for
two days.
All VI them did valuable work III
delaying the German waves Of adj
vance. They were surrounded and
subjected 10 i terrible Ire, but all held
on during the first day OF tie attack
until late in the afternoon.
"a,he Germans suffered most from
the machine gun fire. Their !aode OF
attack in crossing No Mans Land con-
sisted of first wave Of two conf
panIes, marching almost shoulder 10
shoulder, with light machine guns. n
hundred yards behind came two more
companies. closely followed by a NUM-
Der Of machine guns. Next. alter An
interval Of two or thrce hundred yaras
came the light trench motars and the
battalion staff. Again there was
snace Of 200 yards and then across
prepared exits from tho German
trenches tho field artillery drove ont
In open columns, forming into bne
Of battle Rs soon as possible.
THEORIES ADVANCED
PARIS, March GA prominent
American chemist, whose name is
withheld for military reasons, IL
statement 20 the Associated Press TO-
day concerning the long range gun
that Is being used TO lombard Parls'
advanced tho theory that the nSTfeI
of tho gun q surrounded By mag
motto field which Keeps tEe Sheu
virtually free frc:r the sides OF the
gun when 1t is being fred, thereby
eliminating friction, which IS tho
greatest cause Of lost motion, ana
thereby grtatly increasing the muzsle
velocity OF the gun. The chemist
pointed out that apparently the same
propul sivc power was being used ~
in other h.Er velocity guns, but In
much CrcaSer quantity. &c added that
the shell OF the rev &1ln travels 10
great height, and largely through at
:nusphero much thinner "han tha1
.rave-sed by tho ordinary Shell and
therefore with lees AZ resistance.
The opinion was given That the oheI4
probably Sc made Of highly tempered
tungsten steel, and that the deter.of-
alton Ct The barrel cf the gun IS not
likely 20 DC rs rapid as n tho oru--
nary high velocity gan because Oh tEe
elimination Of The tric-.AE. IL was
stated that hcavy charges OF e"p!o-
sives would tend TO decrease. tue &c
cur:l1y OF the gun.
S. Germans Ercrsnt Down.
LONDON, March C+.-Hr official
report or The 5c"i"l operations says
that t.fry-four enemy airplanes nave
bc&o brought loC2.
The tc%t CT the statement reads;
"rhe eucluy's low flying airplanes
yye-. most persistent ii their attacks
on ar in:an:-y IN the forward areas
-rany OF these machines wCfe attacK-
cd and brought down by orr pi4ots.
r total If 20 hostile machines were
brought down and twenty-five others
we're driven down OFT OF eonfEo!.
IT,. enemy balloons also were ne
st~cTcd. Zinc OF DIR machines are
m:GslnG.
-, another most 3uccesstul raid on
factories IL Marcl:c!u. Marty one
and i:a,f tons OF bombs we're drop-
fvi, ar. bursts Were igcn oa SOFA
factory, ito railway and DOCKS =.
"3ercra! fires were started, orc OF
witch vas Of great si:a w!:h flames
reaching to a height Of 200 feet ana
smoke to five Thousand feet. The coz
migration .~as VIZ bic for n distance
OF 81 mile.