The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-07
FIERCE COMMANDMENT IN SNOW
STORM THIS MORNING
FRENCH TROOPS BREAK LINE
Go Far Into Hun Territory and Bring
Back $50 Prisoners. Australians
Also Take Prisoners and
Two Machine Guns.
AN Fred S. Ferguson.l


With the American Armies in the
Field, March 5.-The American artil-
lery violently bombarded the German
trenches during a heavy snow storm
today. The artillerying began at one
o'clock this morning, and was intense
for one hour.
The inky black sky suddenly burst
into flames of dancing lines of fire.
The ground trembled. Windows were
shaken a mile in the rear. The Ger
mans reply was weak.
The bombardment lasted for a solid
hour, diminishing towards the last
The Germans used the heavy guns
in the rear of Mt. Sec, an elevation
opposite Divray, a short distance be-
hind the enemy lines.
Captured Gun For Washington.
The German machine gun captured
in The raid northwest of Toul Wednes-
day which has been brought in will be
sent to Washington as trophy after
it has been suitably inscribed.
Two of the lieutenants who are in
a hospital here, killed two Huns be-
fore being wounded. One Of them
was wounded in the ,shoulder>and bay
Boche with revolver. The other
was in a dugout when it was grenad-
ed by the Germans, and one of the
officers ordered him to come out. He
shot the German who gave the order.
Australians in New Success.
London, March 5.-Australian troops
conducted another successful raid in
the vicinity of Wareton last night,
taking several prisoners and two ma
chine guns, Field Marshal Haig re-
ported today.
In the same neighborhood the enc
my attacked British position but
were repulsed after violent fighting.
South of ST. Quentin British patrols
took several prisoners.
Americans Also Take Prisoners.
Paris, March American forces
irepulsed German surprise attack in
the Lorraine. region ard took some
prisoners the French war Office state
ment announced today.
Hun Lines Are Broken.
Paris, March 5.-"East of the Mouse
we carried out surprise attack at
the Calonne trenches and penetrated
as far as the fourth German line on
front of 1900 metres and to a depth
of 600 metres" the war Office an
nounced tonight. 1--WE captured more
than $50 prisoners"
A Taste of Cave Life.
With the American Army in France,
March 5. - Some of the Amer
lean troops in the Chemin des Danes
sector arc having an experience of cave
life behind the front trenches, their
billets being deep underground quar-
ries and natural recesses beneath the
surface. The correspondent on a
visit to this sector found them thus
quartered, occupying positions held by
the Germans less than Il year ago.
Most of the Americans, however,
are living in the trenches and accom-
panying dugouts. The front line
| trenches here have been cleaned,
strengthened and improved and are
well protected with barbed wire en-
| tanglements.
Tho underground billcts, some of
them old limestone quarrics and
lothers partly natural in formation and
! Improved through blasting operations
| by the Germans who occupied them
for nearly three years are yariously
named. One of them is called the
Pantheon" IT accommodates a
thousand men. The correspondent
found French and American soldiers
living there in perfect harmony.