Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-13
YANKEE PATROL
OUTWITS HUNS
Missing Soldiers Dash Across
mo Mans Land as Enemy
Stands AbaSh.
THREE U. S. ARMIES FACE FOE
American Colonel Captures German
Lieutenant While on Raid With
French-Pershine's Men Win
in Lorraine.

With the American Army in France
March S.-An American patrol cOmpriS
ing one officer and eight men which
had been missing since last night in the
sector northwest of TOul, suddenly
emerged from a shell hole close to the
German lines during the day and made
a dash across No Mans Land without
a shot being fired at them.
IT was noon when the patrol carried
out its rush to the American line. The
mems comrades, looking on, expected
every second to see them wiped out
and their safe return was an agreeable
surprise. They explained that they had
lost their way in the dark.
The enemy artillery has not resumed
its activity. The American guns eff,
fectively shelled the enemy first lines
and also a town behind the German
lines, where buildings their troops We're
using were destroyed.
There was much aerial activity
throughout the day, the American anti
air battlers driving off a number Of
enemies.
Three U. S. Armies Face Foe
The American troops in a new sector
are training with French troops as at
the Chemin Des Danes position. This
makes the third American force now
facing the en- :.
During several days of the Amerl.
cans service here, the casualties have
been extraordinarily slight, as the Sec
tor is one of the qUietest. The lines
are far apart and the position is held
by strong points rather than by con-
tinuous trenches.
Officer Captures German.
An American staff colonel. while with
a French raiding party for the purpose
of securing information few days be-
fore his men took up their positions in
the new American sector on the LOr-
raine front, met a Prussian lieutenant
in an enemy trench and captured him.
The colonel, with an American captain,
brought the Prussian officer back to
the lines the Americans are now &C.
cupying.
The Prussian lieutenant's capture
was the first instance of an enemy
officer being taken prisoner by the
Americans and also the first occasion
upon which an American officer had
captured either an enemy officer or a
soldier in this sector.
The German raid in the new sector
occurred on Monday night, sharp
fight taking place in which the Ger
mans suffered a repulse, with losses. In
1t a unit which was among the most
recent arrivals displayed the customary
American fighting energy and appar'
emily gave the enemy much warmer
reception than he expected.
US. Wins Clash in Lorraine.
Paris, March San official state
ment issued by the French war ONCE
announcing the repulse of German raid
ing forces on trenches held by Amer
cans in a new sector of the Lorraine
says:
North of the Chemin Des Danes
and east of Courcy French troops con-
Quoted successful raids on the German
trenches and brought back about tWen'
ty prisoners.
"In Lorraine a German raid on
trenches held by American troops was
repulsed. Patrols of our allies oper'
ating in this region took some prison
erS.
''In the Vosges the enemy made sew
eral vain attempts to reach the French
lines"