Evening journal., 1918-01-08
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United Press stan Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Dec. Shy Mail)-
French troops are methodically taking
away the German spyelasses.
one By one, enemy observation points
or advantageous positions have been
carefully spotted by the French COM
mand and effectively eliminated. Though
French official communiques issued
have registered merely local actions.
these have had for the main objective
That Of snatching the binoculars from
the Teuton eyes.
A brief artillery preparation. a shrill
whistle in the frst line trenches and
the pOilus have bounded "Over the ton"
in actions Of signal Importance In Al
SAGE, North Of the Chemln des DANES
and North Of Nerdun at Hill 3i4 Nearly
400 prisoners and valuable war nate
rial Is the "by-product' Of these local,
strategical drives.
The first "spy-glass" seizure was that
Of the "Schonholz,' a powerfully forii-
fed German salient iutting into the
French lines in Aisace, serving the doi-
bic purpose Of German observation Of
the French organizations and prevent
ing the French seeing in the direction
Of Altkirch. on the afternoon of No
Vombcr !, after "a brief but violent ar
tillory preparation, three companies Of
French Chasseurs-Bluc Deyils-attack-
ed the SchOnh0lz completely Nipine. out
the salient In a fierce light lasting into
the night. The enemy desperately coun-
ter attacked but failed leaving in oil
i2O prisoners, including six officers. in
e.T u Ia
German losses. high because Of their
fierce effort TO retain a position which
they know TO be of extreme value, We're
estimated at least GOO men.
The following day French general
pinned military medals on the blue
tunics Of two adiutants and q corporal
for exceptional valor Though there
were no such medals in the district.
the general sent fast automobile TO
End them. wherever possible, and the
little presentation ceremony in an Al
sacian village was a happy aftermath
TO a victory that took from the Ger
mans priceless observatories which had
bothered the French for two years.
The French command next decided
that the Germans were seeing too much
North Of the Chemin des Danes Con
sequently following brief artillery
deluge, four companies of poilus passed
TO the attack against the enemy lines
forming a salient between the small
river Nlielle and the route 10 the Ger
man held village Of Juvincourl as far
as the village Of Ville-au-Bois. Here
the enemy held valuable observation
posts overlooking luyincourt aud
ground east Of the Mletle
Under low lying clouds and in a pea
soup fog. the former preventing AN
aerial work and the latter preventing
enemy observation Of tho advance. the
French infanlrymen. in less than an
hour, swept over positions ON a front
OF 1900 yards and penetrated 90
depth of over half mile They wiped
out the salient took an the obseryator-
les and captured 40 prisoners num-
Der almost equal TO half of the entire
attacking force Six German officers
and 80 under-oillcers fell into the net
Tie third ana most important French
action of November was in "a region
where constant hellish lighting has
been tho daily routine, Hill 3ii, on the
right bank of the Meuse, north of Yer
dun Here a drum-like artillery roar
has never ceased night and day for