Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-14
AMERICANS BAR
TOGERMAN HOPES
Yankees in Picardy Give Foe
Double Dose of Everything
He Tries.
.FLIERs BUSY NEAR T0UL

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May ia big enemy ammuni'
ton dump at Cantigny was fired by the
| American artillery this morning. At the
| same time two fires were started In Mont
didier, followed by numerous explosions.
| The weather. continues misty and rainy.
| There was no infantry action today and
only intermittent machine gun and rife
fire The position Of the Germans is be-
coming more and more intolerable. while
the Americans are intrenching their posi-
tons more firmly. Any hopes the enemy
might have had Of breaking through in
this sector are diminishing.
| The Americans take nothing for grant
| ed but return the enemy fire two to ono,
| which is believed to set a new pace in this
| sector. What appears to trouble the Ger
! mans most is that the Americans never
| turn back when the enemy uses gas They
| give him double dose of the same, with
| every thing else the enemy tries.
American Planes Busy.
| Improved weather conditions led to in
creased air activity in the Toul sector to-
day Many American plares were working
over the enemy lines and observation bal
looms were up for the first time in many
days.
The American artillery last night and
| this morning directed a heavy and harass-
ing fire on German rear areas. where it Is
known troops are billeted and it IL sus-
pected that others are moving.
Encounter Near Luneville.
Details Of the fighting in the Luneville
sector on Sunday tell Of an encounter be-
tween American and German forces in
no mans land Three American snipers,
dressed in camouflage suits. set out to dis
cover a nest of sharpshooters who had
been operating with much success and
had killed one American officer and one
private.
They penetrated the enemy position and
suddenly encountered number Of Ger
mans. with an officer, standing q few feet
away. The Americans quickly opened fire.
killing the officer and three men before
they were obliged to withdraw.
During their return one man became
lost, and three scout officers and four
men returned in search of him. They
again penetrated the enemy positions,
the Germans. without casualties to the
American side. The missing man came
in while the second party was looking
for him.
When the searchers returned they
found that one Of their men was MISS
ing. He was last seen setting up
machine gun in shell hole. Two ON
GERS went back to look for him and en-
fight that ensued one enemy was killed
and his body was brought back to the
American trenches.
Get French War Cross.
Maj. Ralph Royce Of Hancock. Mich;
First Lieut.. Herbert r. Garside of New
York and Lieut. Paul Meyers Of Mil
al n,{k
war cross by a French general today.
Maj. Royce, who Is q graduate Of
West Point. was decorated for being
the arst American Army aviator to ac-
the enemy lines. Lieut.. Carside and
Lieut.. Meyers were honored for sue
cessfully completing an infantry 1iaison
mission over Apremont April IL at an
altitude of 300 meters, where they were
under constant and heavy machine gun
fire from the ground.
in the citation for the successful d.
rection Of the air squadron commands
at the front.
Clock Kept Fritz Guessing.
How an American alarm clock kept
the whole German line guessing and
caused the Germans useless expendi-
and rife ammunition all one night was
related today.
The Americans had been trying for
some time to draw the fire Of certain
enemy units.
Leave Fritz to me-" said a happy
faced young American, who, putting an
alarm clock under his arm disappeared
into no mans land under cover Of dark
ness and fastened the clock to q wire.
Soon the alarm rang, whereupon the
GeSmans opened fire. The wire had been
so arranged that the clock continued to
ring internationally, and each time drew
violent fire from the enemy. Mean
while. the Americans rested in their
trenches and enjoyed a hearty laugh.
American Turns Tables.
An American oflicer turned the tables
nicely on the enemy recently. Tho Ger
mans had retired during a lombard
ment to concrete dugouts behind their
trenches. leaving the first three lines to
one man. who went around setting of
flares. 50 as to create the impression
that the whole front was alive with
Germans.
An American patrol leader went over
and discovered tho ruse. He killed the
one German invaded tho trenches and
gathered dozens Of street signs which
the Germans had posted. returning to his
own lines with the signs tucked under
his arm.
Puppy Born in Trenches.
A puppy dog born in an American
front-line trench was the subject OF 4