The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-11
U. s. SOLDIERS
PENETRATET0
SECOND LINE
OF GERMANS
Two Simultaneous Raids bv
Americans and French
After German Positions
Are Leveled.
HUNS FLEE TRENCHES

WASHINGTON, March 11-Gener-
al Pershing's casualty report today
shows four privates killed in action:
four severely wounded; twenty-one
slightly wounded: four died Of wounds
and six of disease.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sunday, March 1o.-By The
Associated Press.-American troops,
cooperating with the French have
carried out three raids opposite the
American sector in Lorraine Two of
the raids were executed simultaneous
ly last night
The Americans swept past the Ger
man first line and penetrated to the
enemy's second line. 500 yards back
The two simultaneous raids, one
northwest and one northeast of-(de-
leted), were made after intense ar
| tillery preparation lasting for four
hours in which the German positions
were leveled. At midnight two forces.
each one Of-(deleted,, with small
French forces on their flank. moved
upon the German objectfves behind a
creeping barrage, each on a front OF
500 yards. When the Americans
reached the enemy first line, the bar
rage was lifted SO as to box in the
German positions at north points.
Germans Flee Trenches.
The men dropped into the enemy
trenches expecting a hand to hand
fight but found the Germans had fled.
Continuing the advance they went for
ward to the second German line. All
the time American machine guns were
firing in on each flank Of the two par
ties to prevent the enemy from under
taking thanking operations. One
French thanking party found two
wounded Germans in a dug out and
took them prisoners. The Americans
found none.
The Americans remained for forty
five minutes in the enemy lines. They
found excellent concrete dug outs
which they blew up and also brought
back large quantities of material and
valua Bile papers. While they were in
the enemy lines, German artillery be
gan vigorous counter-barrage 1t
was quickly silenced by American
heavy and light artillery which hurled
large quantities of gas shells on the
batteries
An American trench motor battery,
the homes of most Of whose men are
-(deleted) participated in the artil-
lery preparation preceding the raid
helping to level the enemy's position.
Obiterate Foe Positions.
The artillery, both light and heavy,
was manned by soldiers most from
(deleted).
Soon after these two raids had been
carried out the Americans staged an
other attack at point further along
the line to the right. They went over
the top after artillery preparation Of
As minutes In which the enemys posi-
tions attacked were obliterated. At
this place the dug-outs were found to
have been constructed principally of
logs. Engineers accompanying the
raiding party. completed the artillery
work of destruction. The American
infantrymen who took part in this
raid were from-(deleted) and the en-
gfneers from-(deleted)
The raids were carried out skf1lfuI-
ly and but for the fact that the Ger
mans fled, more prisoners doubtless
would have been taken The Ameu-
can gas shells are believed to have
caused many casualties among the en-
emy. No Americans were accounted
for.