Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
ARTILLERY IS VERY ACTIVE
First Liquid Fire Attack Used
on Our Boys Is Repulsed
With Losses.
ENEMY BALLOON IS D0WNED
After Thrilling Battle Hun
Airplane Is Disabled and
Driven to Ground.

WITH HE AM EklNAN AKIN
IN FRANCE. Thursday. March s.---A
lone American sentry attacked an
enemy patrol of about forty men.
some OF whom had stoulthily entered
an American advanced trench lie
drove them off, killing the leader and
wounding othrrs
The fret reports OF the encounter
were fhnt another raid had taken
place and all along the tine details
were being awaited eagerly Hut In
vostigution showed that one Ameri-
can Uartel what there was OF an OF.
fensive. The name Of this man u
, mentioned In all reports or the affair,
and he has been congratulated heart
lily bv his officers and comrades for
his courage and level hcadedness.
The sentry saw the patrol advanc-
INK and looked on aA the Germans
hesan to drop cautiously into the
trench. lie knkN that an American
ontrol was outEhlouE the wire not
far away and counted. upon It's help
after he opened fire, There we're
four men In tho American patrol,
BY the time five Germans had en-
tered the trench the sentry thot no
should delay no longer, and shot the
under officer, who was leading the
Germans. and who had approached
within few yards Of him,
German Leader trlls.
Tho sentry opened fire rapidly
Without challenging The aermnn
leader fell at the first crack OF the
rifle. The others In the trench hur-
rlcdly sought protection, but they
were not quick enough, for the son
try's bullets caught some " them.
As the American began firing n
German some distance outside the
wire shouted come out. come out"
The Germans needed no second invl-
iation. In fact. those who we're still
In the wire already had started out
rhe small American patrol saw the
enemy trailing back across No-Man'H
Land undur fire from the pentry ana
from Americans at q point further
along the lire. The patrol Joined In
Germans on their way by hnrllnE a
large number OF hand grenndcs.
some OF which probably took effect.
Four rifles were found In the Amer
lean lines. n
Patrols. both Americana and Ger
mans are constantly seeking oppor7
tunity TO inspect the opposing lines
and the Germans on this occasion
certainly did not wish TO he dis
covered, They cut the American
wire with the greatest caution, max
ing no noise, but the sentry who
later drove them sff was watching
their performance ALL the time.
Liquid FSro Attack.
American troops In the sector
northwest OF Tout have been sub
jscted for tho first time to an at
tack with liquid fire, Enemy troops
carrying flame projectors we're JUST
opening the attack when an Amoria
can patrol. who happened 10 be
nearby. fired on them. The Germans
fled percipitatsiy pursued by the
Americans. They dropped four pro-
jectors. two were flaming. The
Americans went into action 80
quickly that the enemy had no
chance 10 light the other two. No
damage was done by the flames.
The projectors lay " No Mans Land
for three dayH. Early this mornlng
they were brought In by ali Amcrl-
can patrol. All had been punctured
by shots from the Amerioan
trenches.
Late this evening the projectors
were taken 20 headquarters, They
were strapped 10 tho backs Of the
men who brought them from No
Mans Land. and moving pictures
we're taken. They are OF q type long
familiar on the western front,
Enemy Snipcrs Buhy.
Enemy snipers have been busy
he last ~ hours al certain point
with more or less succeHseS. TRris
OF the Americag sector were bom-
barded without suffering great dam
age Many valuable points In thr
Gorman positions were bOmbarded
by artillery. A gap IN the wire,
through wlch the Germans APP
parently thought patrols were emerg-
Ing from. was covered with bursts
of machine gun fire all night long
and even today,
An enemy observation balloon In
the rear OF Montsec caught fire this
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