Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-15
PerShing's AviatorS Get Photo
graphs of Groups of Poison
Plants and Intensive Shell
ing Follows,
MANY EXPLOSIONS
BEHIND HUN TRENCHES
Uncle SANS Men Show Dash, !
Initiative and Ability to Best
German Soldiers Every
Opportunity,

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LehsEp WlREl
With the American Army in
France, Tuesday. March '12.-Four
guups of German gas projectors, IN
addition to the group of 200 projec-
tors already reported destroyed, have
been discovered and likewise blown
to pieces by the American artillery.
Probable German plans for gas at
tacks on comparatively large scale
against the American positions north
west of Toul have thus been upset.
The new groups of projectors were
discovered from aerial photographs
taken by American observers in
French airplanes. The effective ac-
ton taken against them was due to
the quick work of the observers, the
Intelligence of officers and the artil-
lerists in turn.
Artillery Effective.
The artillery on this front has
been more active than ever in the
past fifteen hours and its shells also
found lodgment in number of ann
munition dumps, which were blown
up. Many extensive explosions are
reported
The correspondent, standing on a
hill, witnessed one dump situated in
wood go up in a brilliant flash and
great puff of whitish smoke. tre-
mendous report following a few sec
onds later Explosions and fires also
were caused by our shells in villages
and a number in the woods behind
the enemy front
Hun Batteries Silenced.
During retaliatory Smelling for an
enemy bombardment in which
number of gas shells fell on our bat
terry positions, the American guns
silenced certain German batteries by
pouring in a fast and extremely ac-
curate fire. Our artillerymen stayed
in their dugouts until the gas shells
began to fall, when they put on their
masks and manned the guns while
thus protected. Some mustard gas
shells were mixed with the others that
fell and later a few of our men
walked through this type of gas with
out their masks on.
Many Germans Killed.
The American artillery also tore
great gaps in the enemy wire and
leveled various portions of the first
and second line trenches forcing the
enemy virtually to abandon them.
Details of the recent raid which
have just been developed show that
while numbers of Germans were
killed by shell fire when the box
barrage was in effect and others later
by the creeping barrage, there were
also few of the enemy shot here
and there during the time our men
were in the trenches. There were
many Americans among the raidng
party of four officers and seventy
men who did not see a single Ger
man soldier.
All the men in the rail seemed
particularly impressed with the way
the American barrage worked.
Worked Like Clock.
1T worked like clock said one
soldier, whose home is in Texas. ut
made you feel you could go right on
to Berlin behind 1t. The only trou-
bic about this show was we didn't
see enough of Fritz He must have
beat it like a rabbit, because I did
rot see a single one all the way back.
to the second line, although some of
the other fellows did"
The men went in $50 yards on
1oO-yard front. None of the Ameri-
cans was killed and none is missing.
1t is certain that five Germans were
killed in the fighting.
Artillery fire of quite lively
character also is continuing in the
sector east of Luneville. So far as
is known the Germans have not yet
reoccupied their first and second lines
there.
Both the Luneville sector and that
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