Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-25
j. S. BIG GUNS At
TOUL keep UP FIRE ]
ON HUN TRENCHES
Photographs Taken in Air.
planes Show Damage Done
by American Artillery.
GERMANS GAS ATTACK
CONTINUES THIRD DAY
Letter From Berlin Found on Pris4
oner-Distinguished Service Gross
es for Nine q. S. Soldiers.
By the Associated Press.

es for Nine q. S. Soldiers.
By the Associated Prem.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY m
FRANCE, March 25.-On the Toul front
there was considerable artillery activity
DUNG the night. American guns hesSfly
shelled the German front-line positipn.
Enemy batteries replied. using many
gas shells. Later photographs were
taken from airplanes Of the damage in
Gcted by the Americans.
The lieutenant who, a previously re-
corded, took q prisoner in q listening
post m the Toul sector, is from Charles
ton, g. C. He and all the men in the
patrol have been given ten days lsars
in recognition Of their services.
By tae As.sdated frea
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY N
FRANCE, Sunday March 14-Amer1nn
artillery on the Tout sector oontiu1ed
today to shell effectively enemy INST
lne and communication trenches, fho
town Of ST. Banssant ana billets ana
dumps north Of Boqueeeau. Many 81
the American shells have fallen . H.
German trenches. and the Arst fWe
lines in at least one place hsve b6sn
virtually abandoned
Ono American patroa freely inspegfsd
tnis point in the enemy ltns wtthnut
ualests&ien last night and tAie wes1-
ing. an ~smainsd there several hs9Rk
There have been mo contacts bstWSsa
the infantry during ths last twsae0.
foaf hours
Third Day Of Gas Attack. 49,
For the third successive day cerxAa
artillery today bomharded heavily with
gas ,shells . certain town within the
American lines. TodAy.s bomhardDost
was made in two periods. each . AAak
hour in length Many gas shells and
few high explosive shells tell on u
American positions.
ing cut on its engines At . great height
over the American lines northwest s0f
Toul and planed down. When clooe to
the ground it dropped . quantity Of
which explode in midair with blui9A-
red fash and give OF . cloud OF mus
tard gas Being heavier than the air,
the mustard gas quickly descended
and road.
After the machine disappeared xhs
German gas she'll bombardment began.
Another enemy airplane hovered over
gas shells was In progress
Tho weather was especially suitable
today for aerial work and the Germa2o
took advantage Of It On one portton
crossed between noon and six O'Clock d
the evening while four friendly ones were
over the American lines in the cane
period. One group OF seven enemy @
pedition. was discovered at midnight
and, driven OF by the rapid dre of
American anti-aircraft guns.
Letter From Berlin Found. -
An American patrol has brought In
quantities Of valuable papers from the
bodies OF Ave Germans killed in a shell
hole by American artillery fire a &eR
days ago. Among the papers taken
from an elderly soldier was a letter
from his daughter in Berlin saying:
I'VE are being told now that peacs
Everybody was highly elated when ths
news of the Russian peace was recety-
ed"
The entire American front, from gem
from the British front All are con-
fident that the Germans eventually will
be defeated severely, even il they
should strike hard at the outset Tho
German offensive is the sole topic. Of
discussion on the American sect6r.
Official communications are eaught-by
wireless operators and newspapers are
circulating rapidly along the 'front.'
Thrilling Experience for Patrol.
By the Associated Press. ,--.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Saturday. March 2a-Ths
experiences of a patrol of four Anerf-
cans, who, after crawling nearly .
mile, surprised German listening post
quite thrilling. The patrol was in.
command of a lieutenant. Tho lieu-
tenant jumped on the German, who
was so deeply engrossed in his duties .
of listening that he had not heard
the approach of the Americans. while.
the others of the patrol went into me
post.
into a trench filled with three feet-of
waterA second German attempted 10
shoot the lieutenant. but an American
corporal drove his bayonet through
him.
The patrol brought their prisonsrs
back over the route they had taken TO
the post. and when he came to describe
his capture the German said wonder
American was on top Of my throat
and next I was being hauled acrnes
no mans land"
Get News From Prisoner.
Tho intelligence oficers CLEANED from
the prisoner that his comrades In axHH
were inclined to regard the Americans
as they entered the VIZ
later. The food supplied to the German
soldiers was poor. he sstd, and tnetr