The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-03-18
SPY SUSPECTED
AT WORK WITHIN
AMERICAN Lines
important Telephone Wires in
Sector Northeast Of TouI
Found to Have Been Cut.

With the American Army in France,
Sunday, March t7.-(By the Associated
Press.)-Ameriosn intelligence officers
report evidence leading to the eoreip-
sion that possibly q spy may be AZ
work within the American limo, north-
west OF Toul. Early this morning an
American sentry saw flashes Of a sig.
nal light from a window facing In the
direction OF the enemy lines. He fired
through the window and dashed into
tho house, but failed TO find any one.
Four hours earlier some important
telephone wires within the American
lines were found to have been cut.
An American patrol last night en-
tered tha enemy trenchcs at one end
OF the sector and penetrated thom for
some distance without .difficulty. Much
valuable Information was gathered. A.
they were about ready 10 return they
established contact with the enemy.
who opened fire with q machine gun.
Tho Americans jumped to "a safe po.
sition and hurled grcnadcs. silencins
tho gun.
Returning 10 the American side or
No Mans Land. tho raiders brought
back with them German rife brecch
protected by metallic cover over the
musgle and IA snap clip cover. both OF
which operate quickly and efficiently.
Officers declared IL was the best thing
of the kind they had ever seen for pro-
toctng rifles. The mechanism was
turned over TO the intelligence depart
mont with u recommendation that the
attachment bo furnished American
troops
Bombsrdmsnt Effective.
our patrol on tho other end OF the
sector reported that tho enemy first
limo was held strongly. While tho
raiders were inspecting the German
positions the enemy frcd upon them
several times with rifles ana machine
guns, which are unusual at that point.
our artillery effectively bombarded
Bullets. troops and new enemy works
NJ I.ahnyvlle. -. Haussant. the village
OF Montscc. iNchecourt, in the Quarate
do Reserve along the Pannes- Monsard
road and considerable number OF
troopa northwest OF Buxleres. They
also battered to pieces another battery
~ EtH nlbIttApfH which nNu Uetn sci
up in double limo of trenches.
The enemy has Hhelled various parts
of our positions rather heavily. many
gas shells being mixed with high ex-
plosiVc ones. Some American soldiers
who happened TO be near or who
walked through the shelled areas aft
HrwHrd said there were indications the
rnomy was trying 20 isolate one OF our
positions with shell fire. The visibil-
aEnanffaH.iIts eranI nj
Ihe weather was like summer A great
lumher of wagon trains and small
sroups OF Germans were seen walking
behind tho enemy lines.
Several times during the day tho
,lr was crowded with sirplanes and
M one occasion several enemy planes
we're overhead at the same time. Air
,lRnes from the rear OF our lines. car
wing American observers maneuvered
% get In fight With the enemy ma
hines but they we're unsuccessful
american antIaiscraft guns drove on
number Of enemy machines and kept
he others high In the air,
Hold mseklsnburu Trench.
American observers had been sue.
essful Ia accomplishing much work
Which the recent ground haze had pre-
entcd They obtained badly wanted
and observed certain
hiugs hack of the German lines
American troops Ia the Lunevilie
ector have been subjected 10. fairly
eay7y homhortments during the past
wcnty. four hours. but have been Civ
* the enemy as much a. received.
airols az two points established con
act with the enemy last night and
irly this morning After brief firing
h. Germans retired.
American soldiers are still holding
ie MeckiAnhuTg trench taken two
avs ago. and which &, 70 now permit
81 To name. The autiaircraf guns
,~t of Luneville We're extremely busy
,day in driving on enemy nirplaQeS-