Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
j. s. GUNS SMASH
FOE ON LUNEV|LLE
AND TOUL SECTORS
Americans Drive Off Hun Patrol
With Hot Rifle Fire;
Wound Many.
YANKEE SHIPPERS BUSY
ny Associated Press to Every Evening

ny Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Wrru THE AMrR1cAE ARMY IN FRAECE,
March Is
Active artillery fighting continues on
the American sections northwest uf Ioul
and east Of Luney'lle A considerable
number Of gas shells have been falling
internationally on the Toul front
An enemy patrol was discovered this
morning IN thn Amer can wire nntagletuent
northwest of Toul. The Germans were
driven oH with rife fire and number nf
them wcre hit One body was left hanging
N the wire.
American snipers have been busy on
both sectors East of Tunev'le siy enemy
sn'pers were silpnced by the Americans
On The Foul front during last night and
TODAY considerable talking and even
singing. was heard within the enemy lines
Several times the Germans stuck the'r
heads over the parapets tn sne what the
Americans were doing
After several If their number wero hit.
the Germans stopped looking
cArcH FsrArEn HUN
At ono race Inst night an American
sentry saw figure sinking through tho
darkness The man haltnd when chaleng-
cd and was found to be German prisoner
who had escaped and was trying 70 grt
back to hz own i'nns The German was
turned ovor ~ the French authorities
Tho place where thu German was cap
tured was not far from where an American
nnt-pounder was busy firing on q iargn
nest of nnrmy snpcrs Tho Germans
Withdrew
Tho American artillery N tho Toul
sector again battered tho German lines
and observation posts and caused an ev-
rlne'on probably Of an ammunition dump
Hundreds NJ hg shells wrrn snni INTO three
new German trenches where weapons r"-
semhl'ng gas projectors had heon erected
The visibility was poor today but fnany
| alrplanea were NJ
Il il believed certain that the Germans
have permanently abandoned trenches -
| the northeast of Radonvillers. near l4ane-
vile. The enemy Is now hurting quantities
of large shells some nf Twelve inches at
the American positions thern
Final action on the German peace
| treaty apparently has not yet been taken
| try tho Al Russian Congress ~ Soviefs
| at Moscow While dispatches dated
| THURSDAY from Petrograd reported the
congress had decided pverwhelfninglv 10
rsflfy tho treaty. advices from Moscow
| FRIDAY say there has heen a split in the
| Council of Peoples ComnHssaries and
| indicate that Russia has not yet been
| committed 10 the German terms
aFvobUTIoNtsTs AROUSED
Rolshevik approval of the treaty seem
/ lngly las aroused the members nt the
| government belonging 70 the party of the
| Socia RevoIutIonlsts ~ the Left who re-
| fuse to ratlfv Il, The Social RovoiutlonistR
arc saId to have resolved 10 rts,gn from { he
| council should the congress approve the
/ trpatY This probably means that dcci-
/ awe action has not yet been taken hy the
| Congress aa a whole
An Asaociatpd Press dispatch from
/ Moscow dated THURSDAY says the iiol-
/ shevlki At a party caucus voted TO approve
/ the course Of the Lenine government IA
/ agreeing tn The German terms, winch.
/ nevertheless. thev condemned. he
/ BoIshcvlkI said Il was necessary 70 organ
lze for the defence Of the nation against
| the invaders
/ Several ministers IN the I.enne govern
ment are members of the social lievolu-
/ tlonIat party OF the Lett They were
+ admitted late laat December when the
i Bolsheviki we're threatened with loss of
/ power unless the Revolutonlsts Were re-
rognl4ed The social keyolutIonists ol
Right have been opposed continuously ~
the BolshevlkI, who broke up the coustl-
tuent assembly when the party ot the
/ Right elected the chairman