Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-15
HUN TRENCHES
AGAIN RAIDED
BY AMERICANS
Sanmies Account for Five
Huns and Capture Enemy
Dugouts Without Loss of
Life; Snipers Active.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Tuesday, March 12-tBy
the Associated Press -Four groups Of
German gas projectors in addition to
the group Of 200 projectors already re-
ported destroyed have been discovered
and likewise blown 10 pieces By the
American artillery. Probable German
plans for gas attacks On a compare
lively large scale against the Ameri-
can positions northwest 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-
tion taken against them was due to
the quick work Of the observers, the
intelligence. office and the artillerists
IN turn.
The artillery on this front has been
more active than ever in the last Is
hours and its shells also found lodge
rent in a number Of ammunition
dumps. which we're blown up.
Silence Hun Batteries.
DuTing a retaliator shelIing for an
enemy bcmbaTdment in which num-
Der of gas shells fell on our battery
positions tka Anglican guns silenced
certain German Batteries by pouring
in a fast and extremely accurate fire.
Our artilleTymen stayed in their dug
cuts until the gas shells began to fall,
when they put on their masks and
Tanhed the guns while thus protected.
Some mustard gas shells we're mixed
with tie others that fell and. later a
few OF our men walked through this
type Of gas without their MASKS On.
The American artillery also tore
great gaps in the enemy wire and lev
eled various portions of the first and
second line trenches, forcing the enc
nv virtually to aandon tnem-
Details. OF the recent raid which
sla 81 ss,es.f .ievef6g4d sisoN'- -es..1. -.
while numbers of Germans were kill
ed by shell fire when the box barrage
was in effect and others later by the
creeping barraee there were also
few OF the enemy shot during the
time our men we're in the trenches.
Many Americans among the raiding
party Of four officers and seventy
men did not see single German sol
der
All the men in the raid seemed par
ticularly impressed with the way the
American baTrage worked.
IL worked like a clock" said one
soldier, whose home is in Texas. 1T
made you feel you could go right On
10 Rerlin behind IL. The only trouble
about this show was we didn't see
enough of Fritz. He must have beat
it ike a rabbit. because I did not see
a single one all the way back to the
seccn1 line. although some of the
other fellows did"
The men went in $50 yards on
100 yard front. None of the Ameri-
cans was killed and none is missing.
It is certain that five Germans were
killed in the fighting
Artillery fire of quite a lively ma
ture also in continuing in the sector
east of Luneville. So far as is known
the Germans have not yet reoccupied
their first and second lines there.
Snipers Are Shot.
- Both the Luneville sector and that
of Toul have been much occupied with
snipers today, as well as last night.
In the former setcor one sniper was
detected IN tree after period IN
which he had done fairly effective
work.
One of the American sharp shooters
crawled cautiously to a vantage point
in No Mans Land and opened upon
him. The second shot hit the German
whose body dropped TO the enemy wire
where it hung for the rest of the day.
Northwest OF Toul rifle and gren-
AIDES dislodged a German from a
sniper's post il shell hole and also
silenced the enemy in machine gun
emDlaceRent on the front lines who
had been annoying our me with bursts
Of fire. The American machine guns,
by a cross fire again drove ont the
Germans from a number of listening
IOsts
American FIiers Active.
An American aerial observer in a
French airDlane crossed the German
lines this morning at a low altitude