The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-03-13
AMERICANS BADLY
SMASH THE GERMANS
FIRST line TRENCHES
Uncle Sans Soldiers Take the Initia-
tive in the Lorraine Sector and
Make Three Very Savage
Raids
FIGHTING IN ALL THEATERS
British ROut Turks in Palestine-Aus-
trian Attempt to Advance Baked
by Italians-Raid on Naples

American initiative has asserted it.
self on the Lorraine front in France.
Three savage raids on the German
lines have been made by the Ameri-
cans, who succeeded in reaching the
second line of enemy trenches before
ordered to return. During their stay
in German-held territory they de-
stroyed carefully built defcnses and
picked up much war material.
The American artillery ably assist
ed the infantry in the operation. A
heavy barrage fire was laid down in
front Of the advancing Americans and
the Germans had fled before the wave
of infantry reached the hostile posi-
tions. After the Americans had been
in the German trenches for few min
utes the German barrage fire was
loosed on them, but the American
guns answered shot for shot and 81
fenced number of batteries. The
with good effect. Near Toul the
American heavy guns have been in
action.
Fighting Spreads
Three raids on the British lines
been attempted by the Germans in the
Armentieres sector, but the British in
spite of a heavy fire from the enemy's
heavy guns, repulsed the Teutons. The
fighting has Spread along the Flan-
ders front, the Ypres and the Pass
chendaele sectors figuring in the of
ficial reports. The activities of the
contending armies have spread far
ther south, encounters near St. Quen-
tin being mentioned for the first time
in recent weeks.
Information from German prisoners
was responsible for the dislocation of
German plans for heavy attacks on
the British southeast of Houtholst
wood. On February 20, 20 and March
8 attacks were forestalled by q ter
rifle British artillery fire and while
an enemy attack on March was sue
cessful to some degree, the British on
Saturday succeeded in reestablishing
their lines.
The British forces operating in Pal
estine have once more advanced north
and northwest of Jericho. They have
taken positions to depth of 5000
yards over a front Of twelve miles.
The Turks fought stubbornly at vari-
Gus points of vantage.
The resignation Of Leon Trotzky,
the Bolsheviki foreign minister, is ex-
planned by report that he acted af-
ICl a iudIlcl WIFI lNlkOldl lcIllIc, CnC
premier, who insisted that the Rus
sian people agree to the disastrous
peace of Brest- Ltovsk, while Trotzky
protested against submitting without
a struggle. The only fighting reported
in Russia is in the neighborhood of
Kiev, Rasdjelnai, and along the
Shmerinka- Odessa Railway, where the
Germans claim to have scattered
band sof Russians.
On Italian Front
There has been fighting on quite a
large scale on the Italian front. In the
mountain sector of the line, enemy
attempts to advance have been check
ed, while along the Piave river the
Austrians were defeated in an attempt
to launch pontoons for an attack on
the Italian lines.
The French have been in scattered
encounters with the Germans at va
riOus point salong their part of the
front, but nowhere has there been Sc
rous fighting.
The air squadrons have been busy
of late. The most spectacular of these
operations was made by the Teuton
airmen who raidcd Naples, Italy. 1t
may be that they started from their
base on the eastern shores Of the Adj
riatic and flew over the sea and across
Italy in their raid. British raiders
have dropped large quantities Of
bombs on military points in Belgium
while the Allied airmcn have been
active in Italy.