The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-08
GEHMANS CENTER FIERCE AT.
TACK ON AMERICAN POSI-
TIoNS NEAR TouL.
U-B0AT PERIL CUT DOWN
BRAZIL WILL SOON SEND sHIPs
TO RELIEF OF ALLIES, DE-
cLAREs SIR ERIC GEDDEs.
Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, March 6.-"Our allies are
making every effort to increase their
production of ships" Sir Eric Geddes.
first lord of the admiralty, said. but
despite glowing reports in the Amer
ican press and as great as the effort
of that country doubtless is, there is
no doubt considerable time must
elapse before the desired output is OBJ
tanned"
Sir Eric, whose address was deliv-
cred in the House of Commons, said
the naval forces of the allies in Euro
pean waters would be augmented
shortly by a force of Brazilian war
ships
With the American Army in France.
March 5.-Shells have been falling
thick and fast within the American
lines and upon the enemy positions on
the Toul sector. Aside from big bar
rage which the enemy placed en- the
American positions at daylight Mon
day in this neighborhood, 1000 projec-
tiles have been dropped in the vicin-
ity of the terrain occupied by the
Americans, many of them upon towns.
The American casualties however.
have been extremely light. Sunday
night the Americans continued to shell
the enemy and put down two barrages
on his positions. The infantry activ-
ity was confined solely to patrol par
ties. The Americans searched No
Mn's Land in the snow for the bodies
of enemy killed in the raiding.
None was found, but the body of one
American was discovered in the Amer
lean wire in front of 4 listening post.
The man had on his gas mask. A bull
let had passed through his head. Only
two cartridges remained in his rifle,
which was found under his body and
there were other indications that he
died fighting. The heavy snow is con-
tinuing.
Later the Americans themselves in
the same region took the initiative in
to their own hands and, sallying forth
as a raiding unit, penetrated German
positions and brought back a number
of prisoners.
The Germans, after having heavily
bombarded the British lines west of
Lens, launched an attack, but the Brit
ish easily repulsed it, inflicting heavy
casualties on the Teutons and taking
number of prisoners.
London, March 5.-"A number of
successful raids were carried out by
us on different parts of the 'front.'
says the war office report. "Austral-
ian troops entered German trenches
near Warneton and after killing at
least fifty of the enemy and destroying
several dugouts brought back eleven
prisoners and a machine gun.
East of the Meu3e we carried out a
surprise attack at the Calonne trench
es and penetrated as far as the fourth
German line on front of 1000 meters
and to depth of 600 meters" the
Paris war office announced. I'VE cap
tured more than $50 prisoners"
British troops operating north of
Jerusalem in Palestine have made an
advance along front of twelve miles
to a maximum depth of 5000 yards
astride and west of the Jerusalem
road
Guiding 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, this 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 we'll
as other treasures of Venice in Teu-
ton moonlight air raid over that city
Feb. &c Fifty enemy airplanes took
part in the raid, dropping 800 bombs
1t was the most violent raid on any
Italian objective since the war began.
The entire casualties were one man
/ killed and twn vvomar wounded