The state herald., 1918-03-15
AMGRicANs LANDED ~ FRENCH
FOR RARE QUALITY OF
BRAVERY UNDER FIRE.
BRITISH OCCUPY HIT
eEcRETARY BAKER ARRIVES At
FRENCH SEAPORT ON AMER.
IcAN ARMoREp CRUISER.

Washington. March German
troops in their attack ON Lorraine on
the night Of March I twice gained .
footing In the American trenches, only
to be driven out in fierce fighting. An
official dispatch from France giving
the French view.of the encounter said
the Americans showed rare quality
Of courage. self-posssssion and calm
bravery which won them the admira.
tion Of the neighboring French troops
and the hearty congratulations Of the
French high command"
The American army has lost 95s
men in France and 5.76S men In the
United States in the last seven
months.
Ten or twelve sQuadrons Of bomb
ing aeroplanes participated in the Ger
man raid on Paris. according to OFF,
cial information. The casualties were
thirteen killed and fifty persons
wounded. One Of the raiding machines
was destroyed.
Newton D. Baker. the American SEQ
retary Of war. with q staff Of seven
persons. arrived at G. French seaport
on an American armored cruiser.
Picking reports that government
troops have suffered severe reverse
through the capture Of Chenstu.
German attacks failed in the Bois
Ls Petre Reillon and Letricourt SEQ
tors. according to the Paris official
statement issued by the war office.
British official communication say
the British have occupied Hit. eighty
miles west Of Bagdad. on the Eu-
pirates river In Mesopotamia, and in
Palestine have made general ad.
vance on both sides Of the Jerusalem.
Nablus road on a front Of thirteen
miles to an average depth Of from two
to three miles.
Rome, March 9.-Austrian troops
have been sent to France, the Prus-
sian minister Of war announced In the
Reichstag. according to advices re-
ceived from Berne. He refused to
give the number.
London.-Fo7 the first week Of
March. British casualties were S,sls,
the lowest Of any week for several
monthA.
London. - Eleven persons were
killed and forty-six others injured
Thursday night In an aeroplane raid On
London. according to the latest police
reports, says an official announcement
II u feared six more bodies are In the
ruins Of houses.
Seven or eight German planes made
the raid. One reached London and
dropped bombs in the northwest and
southwest districts of London, dsmol-
ishing several houses.
The Finnish government has asked
the German emperor to appoint Prince
Oscar. the fifth son Of the emperor.
king Of Finland. the Alton Tidninsen
Of Stockholm says 1t learns from dip
lomatic circles there.
A German attack with liquid fire ON
the American forces northwest Of Toul
wa tuS o.. @ihhVt boCtotJ Wob I0puibou
Thursday. according to dispatches re-
ceived In London. On the same front,
It was reported. American sentries
drove off an enemy patrol Of forty
men. -
with the American Army In France.
An American patrol Of five men out.
fought an enemy patrol OF ten men.
They met In No Mans land and the
Americans opened fire. Tho Germans
replied and for three minutes there
was . sharp skirmish. The enemy
treated. leaving two dead and two
wounded Bavarians. who were made
prisoners. The American patrol 70
turned to It's own line without havins
received . scratch.
Stockholm.-The American consul n
Helsingfors. Thornwell Haynes, has
advised the American legation here
that he will leave the Finnish capital
with about twenty American residents
Some 400 refugees Of different M,
tionalities. including many Americans,
are at Abo and Bjorneborg and Min
lister Morris has asked the Swedish
government to send an ice breaker 70
bring them across the Gulf Of Bothnia
TO Getie.
, Ur0ee Jap0n 10 Ruoh Troopa.