The Washington times., 1918-07-08

Raiding activity in the Vosges on
Sunday was all General Pershing re-
ported today.
'In the Vosges we made q success
full raid, killing and wounding a num-
Der of the enemy and taking several
prisoners, the communique said. The
dey passed quietly at other points &C
cupied bE our troops.
around BelIeau, BONES, Bots
BONES, Plaisance, La Tartre, GiVry'
Epaux and other centers Of activity
in the German rear areas horsemen,
cyclists, pedestrians and all kinds OF
vehicles circulated continuously in
very considerable numbers. During
the night fires occurred in the region
Of Etrepilly and Chateau Belleau-
The FIRE in the latter region Is sup
posed to have resulted from the sue
cess of our artillery in finding one of
the enemy's ammunition dumps. Our
snipers continued to pick on the en-
envy in notable fashion.
CrawIed to House.
Concerning the capture Of German
prisoners of our patrol north Of Vaux
during the afternoon OF July 4 the
following particulars are now avail
able: Our patrol OF three men crawl
ed to a house in Bots des Rochet at
o'clock as stated in the cable Of
July 8. One man was posted as
sentry while a corporal and the other
man entered the house. They found
in the house one man belonging to q
German outpost, sent for observation,
and to prepare a position for ma
chine gun. A second German was
found hiding in the house. The cor
poral in command of our party sent
back one of his men to warn our
front line that he was bringing In
prisoners and asking for machine gun
protection. The prisoners were
brought in safely in spite Of German
snipers who fred continually.
''The Marne region occupied by our
troops was unusually quiet from
o'clock in the evening Of July to
o'clock in the evening Of July 3, all
activity decreasing except the contin-
uous circulation of troops and traffic,
which began on the preceding day.
The enemy artillery fire, which con-
sister OF harassing, destructive, and
registration fire. with slight use Of
shrapnel, was very light An enemy
patrol OF about ten men was seen on
the bank Of the Marine. Our automat-
les opened fire on them. but the re-
suit is unknown. The enemy machine
guns were intermittently active. and
our troops seem to have located an
other machine gun position. The
enemy's airplane and balloon activity
was slight The number OF flares has
decreased, but brilliant rockets and
flares Of different colors continue to
light up the region at night.
Little Enemy Activity.
'In Picardy there was little enemy
activity on July to July 3. noon to
noon. The artillery fire from the
enemy's batteries was concentrated
on our front lines at about midnight
the shells being OF medium caliber.
On our positions north OF Cantigny he
placed a barrage in reply to our FIRE
from that vicinity. Shells OF varying
caliber also fell in the vicinity OF
Bots de Gland during the night. The
usual machine gun fire was directed
on our lines and on Cantigny. One OF
our. patroling parties examined the
enemy wire and enemy trench at one
point
The German air forces were nor
mally active planes being over our
lines yesterday and over Captigpy
this morning. One plane low over our
lines in the region of Grivesnes. En-
envy observation balloons were also
up. The enemy, on discovering one OF
our patroling parties, threw up
rockets which brought a barrage
from our batteries, followed by a
barrage from the batteries Of
the enemy. During the artillery fight
ing, red and orange rockets were sent
up. The circulation in the enemy's
rear areas late in the day was dis
tinctly abnormal in the vicinity Of
Fontaine, and other points,
where unusual numbers of Iorries,
wagons, and motors were observed.
"In the Mulhouse sector, July 2, 3,
and 4, we're all uneyentful days. The
German artillery used an average
of shells on July 2 and 3, and
an exceptionally small number on
July l. On July there was a single
on our positions in the
of Balschwiller. The German
rife and machine gun fire was very
light The enemy's air forces showed