Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-05
AMERICANS IN FRANCE
Occupy Trenches Along Lorraine Front,
and Constantly Engaged.

Occupy Trenches Along Lorraine Front
and Constantly Engaged.
The whole American sector is re-
sounding with the booming OF guns
Airmen became exceedingly active
| along the American front on Satur-
| day. Enemy snipers wounded two
Americans slightly early sunday
morning.
A shift Of the wind Sunday clear
ed away the mist which has hindered
for several days 4 number OF bat.
ties in the air were fought by patrol
ling planes early sunday afternoon
In one instance the French aviators
TO cross behind the American trench.
es
The artillery and snipcrs also have
become increasingly active. American
,5s are harassing traffic behind the
enemy trenches. The Germans are
| confining their fire largely Ia tht
American trenches.
Throughout Friday night machin.
guns ratified ceaselessly from German
positions.
Censorship More Liberal
American troops now are occupy.
ing n sector OF the Lorraine front II,
France. This announcement is per-
mitted by the military censor.
The correspondents permanently
accredited to the American army have
been informed that they may proceed
to virtually any point within the zone
| Of fire. except the trenches, without
| escort and without special permission
Arrangements have been made where
by newspaper men may proceed tC
any brigade headquarters u few kilo-
meters behind the trenches after first
| reporting their presence within the
| zone to- the headquarters uf the di.
| vision of which the brigade is 4 part
Unless there Is some occurrence which
| makes il inadviSlble in the opinion oi
the brigade commander for CORE.
| SpondCnts TO move nearer the front
| they may walk from his headquarters
| to rcginental headquarters behind
| the lines.
SiE,r "ll roads immediately behind
| the front are within easy German gun
range and under German observation
not more than two correspondents
may move forward together. The!
must wear gas masks in alert posi-.
| tion and helmets. Newspaper mer
| must obtain special permission to vis-
| II the trenches and must be accom-
panied by an .scorting officer.
Answering Shell for Shell
A German barrage fire 1T sundowI
Saturday night opened the heaviest
bombardment OF many days along the
| American sector, the American ar.
tillery replying shell for shell as the
| firing of the heavy guns spread along
/ several kilomcters OF front.
Two Americans were killed and nine
wounded during the bombardment
and another suffered shell shock.
II was ascertained Sunday that the
American gunners wrecked several Vi
| the enemy dugouts and 50 badly
| damaged the first line positions thai
| at one point the Germans We're un.
| able to occupy them during tn, day
When the bombardment had reach.
| ed Its greatest intensity, the Germans
suddenly concentrated their fire a,
two points. throwing about 2aa- shslls
into town In which the headquar'
| ters of a certain regiment are Iocat'
ed and which heretofore had beer
immune TO enemy fire.
After bombardment. II wounded
American soldier was discovered in G
position where II was necessary to car.
ry him over q trench top to fielC
dressing station. A medical corps mar
displayed the Red Cross and the Ger
mans ceased firing until the man was
removed.
Early Sunday AN American wa,
/ wounded by Il sniper.
Location Of American Sector.
The fact that American troops were
I'm the trenches in Lorraine was re-
| vealed by the German war olficC
| three months ago. At that time
/ according TO a German announce
ment, the Americans were on tho
| front at the Rhine Marine canal
which intersects the battle line
near the German border, due east Oi
| Nancy. This announcement was made
in the official report from Berlin OF
the first German raid on the Ameri'
can positions, in which three Ameri'
| cans were killed, five wounded and
| IL captured.
| Inc eastern emu OF the Dattle line
| in France and Belgium runs through
French and German Lorraine French
Lorraine. in which Is the American
| sector, Is included in the departments
| of Meuse. the capital Of which is Yer.
dun: Meurthe- Et- Moselle, whose cap.
ital is Nancy, and Vosges, with the
| capital at Epinal. The length of the
| front in French Lorraine is about
$50 miles.
This sector Of the battle line ex.
tends into the Meuse from the Marnt
near St Menehould. and runs east.
ward to the north Of verdun. south to
st. Mihiel and east 10 the German
| border. There IL turns to the south.
east and almost parallels the border
to the vicinity Of lie Intry. Below II
Intry II cuts across section OF
French soil. past Badonviller and
Senones and to the east Of st. Die
| and again crosses the German border
at n point west of colmar. The re-
| maiQder Of the line to the Swiss
| boundary Is in Germany.
Since the battle Of Verdun there
has been no fighting OF great import
| ance along this front For the most
part II runs through high and broken
| country. Since the present battle line
| was established early in the war there
has been comparatively little acti-
witty on the front to the east Of the
Verdun sector. the nature Of the coun-
try making large operations imprac-
ticable.