Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18
Alert Sentry HaIts Foes Com
munication by Means
of Lights.
IMPORTANT TELEPHONE
WIRES FOUND SEVERED
Raiders Capture German Idea for
Protecting and Aiding Rifles Eff.
fcie9ey-U. S. May Adopt.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Sunday, March 17-AmeriA
can intelligence officers report evidences
leading to the conclusion that possibly
spy may be at work within the Amer
lean lines northwest of Toul. Early
this morning an American sentry saw
flashes of a signal light from a win
enemy lines He fired through the
window and dashed into the house. but
failed to >fnd any one.
Four hours earlier some important
telephone wires within the American
lines were found to have been cut.
An American patrol last night enter
ed the enemy trenches at one end of
the sector and pepetrated them for
some distance without difficulty. Much
valuable information was gathered. AS
they were about ready to return they
established contact with the enemy,
who opened fire with a machine gun
The Americans jumped to safe posi-
tion and hurled grenades at the enemy
gunners, silencing the gun.
German idea 1mpresses.
Returning to the American side Of no
mans land. the raiders brought back
with them German rife breech. pro-
tected by a metallic cover over, the
muzzle and snap clip cover. both of
=, oh re- lick QfflclanflV-
officers declared it was the best thing
of the kind they had1ever seen for pro-
tecting rifles. The mechanism was turn-
ed over to the intelligence department
with a recommendation that the at
tachment be furnished American troops.
Another patrol, on the other end OF
the sector, reported that the enemy
frst-line was held strongly. While the.
positions the enemy fired upon them
several times with rifles and machine
guns which are unusual at that point.
Our artillery bombarded effectively
billets, troops and new enemy works az
Lahayville, st. Baussant. the village OF
Montsec, Richecourt, in the Quartz de
Reserve along the Pannes -Monsard
road, and a considerable body of troops
northwest of Buxieres- They also bat
tered to pieces another battery of gas
projectors which had been set up in q
double line of trenches.
BOMBED Win GaS SnellS.
The enemy has shelled. various parts
of our positions rather heavily. many
gas shells being mixed with high ex-
who happened to be near or who
walked through the shelled areas after,
ward said there were indications that
the enemy was trying to isolate oneaof
our positions with shell hre. T9e visi-
bifity was exceptionally good today and
the weather was like-summer. A great
number of wagon trains and small
groups of Germans were seen walking
behind the enemy lines.
= Several times during the day the air
was crowded with airplanes and on ono
occasion several enemy machines were
overhead at the same time. Arpianes
from the rear of our lines carrying
American observers maneuvered to get
into a fight with the enemy machines,
but they were unsuccessful. American
anti-aircraft guns drove of number
of enemy machines and kept the others
high in the air. -
Waning Haze Aids Observers.
American observers succeeded in ac-
complishing much work which the re-
cent ground haze had prevented They
obtained badly wanted photographs and
observed certain things, back of the
German lines.
American troops in the Luneville
sector have been subjected to fairly
heavy bombardments during the last
twenty four hours. but have been giv-.
ing the enemy much as received.
Patrols at two points established con-
tact with the enemy last night and
early this morning. After brief firing
the Germans retired. =
American soldiers are still holding
the Mecklenburg trench taken two
days ago and which it is now permits
ted to name. The anti-aircraft guns
east of Luneville were extremely busy
today in driving off enemy airplanes.
Location of New Englanders..
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE Sunday. March 1.-THE
American troops who have been in
action along the Chemin-des-Dame
are a division composed exclusively
of New England units. The division
contains units from all the New Eng
land states troops from Massachusetts,
having been especially active. s
The Identification of these troops up
TO this time has been prohibited by
the censor The restriction was re-
moved when il was discovered that
the stars and Stripes. newspaper. I
published BY for and of the troops of
the American expeditionary forces. had Z
contained in it's latest edition story
disclosing their identity.
Gas Projectors Destroyed.