The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-03-03
"lOu Are All the Time
Shooting" Says Captured
BOche Officer.
ARTILLERY DID NOBLY
Fired 5000 Shells in First
Hour After the Enemy
Had Begun Raid. =
ON JOB IN 40 SECONDS
Wounded Men Cheer When
General Comes TO Say Gas
Raid Is Avenged. q.
ON JOB IN 40 SECONDS
>D-,.ui Gab'e De.putH I, In. So.

'opy,ioAt Isis: NJ ,ig1!s ,.ssrtts
PAeIs, March .. After the fight early +.
yesterday norti OF Toul the principal
question seems 20 be. Who did the rai1.
ing. the Americans or the Ge-mans-
the General commanding on the Arneri-
can front came into the hospital ward
where the men vino were gassed ths
other night are How recovering from
the effects. lie had just come from t,Ie
trenches. where he had received full
reports on ;he e.!Uu.
II came down mere 20 to-! YOU ws
squared uD fo- that eas alta k," he said,
staEu,nr IN tn .e:!tr. o. the a sic. The
boys We're great the. 1diioped the tar
llt Of the Huns Nhereupon every
patient who was able to sat up in hA
bed and chceIed.
Without vatnslory i cal be said that
March | wa. a red letter day for Per-
shing's men, which is proved by the fact
that the total American losses are small
compared with the Germans Known Gas
ualt!es. willie Il IS practically cerkn IN
that they lost twice as many again A.
their knOT'n casualties. The dead actu-
ally counted IN tie american treuches
and on the oa,bed wire numbered
nineteen. among thea! heins the Captain
who commanded the ra.ders and q Lieu
tenant, and three prisoners. oil wounded,
two badly enough - DE sent 10 tho hos,
pitai.
sir Men Dag Out.
Wien it is remembered ,aar in order
to regain their Trenches the Germans
hnd to pass tn, ougn the \ne,ican bxf-
rage. which was going tu.i .ilt, and also
that the carried of some OF the.
wounded. il WI! y. se-n Wat Pe-shng's
Nen tuox a heaI" toll How irany Of
the Americans -M-er- tai:.a b.; the Ger
mans Is not yet certain. Some OF thos.
now li'ted Il. missing are l!tei; to turn
up or t" ..e dus out OF the caved 81
shelt..s, az H.rc s.I to-day. quite un-
hurt
The big fact /. t..a an ambitious Ger
man attempt nj u rad Oh a large seal.
net prompt ana effective American re-
s!Stante in which the Infantry and ar
t!!ler. share tie Rono,E. Tie Germans
ieft behind the ilrst Germai! prisoners
the Americans haVo taken in anything
Ike general fight If one may juds.
BY t.le attitude Of the one who WAS
slightly wounded the GegnaLs wer.
much depressed by the result OF the
raiI.
this man was questioned a few hours
after the raid. You We're too ready for
W.. .e said. Six men jumped on me.
So threw UP my hands and yelled
'kanevad.' ! never had a chance TO
throw grenade"
foul sector Now Inhealthy.
lie seemed 70 be an intelligent man ~
about IS and answered questions readily
enough. although he Was bit grogsy
from u clip on the head one Of the ak
Americans gave him. II tine Germans
&c; rs much information from the
Americans they have captured they will
do wel!-and this was supposedly their
raid
Tne prisoner said the Tout sector lad
, become unhealthy since tie Americans
entered the trenches there. "You are
, ali the time shooting hs said Then.
as he was led away. he added weariis
! In glad its over for me-" He wore
the German gray uniform, nlped with
red, and WAS from a reserve regiment.
! As We entered an automobile to go ~
headquarters an ambulance passed
! slowly. Seeing what It bore. every man
stood at salute. II was the body OF ths
| first American officer killed in action in
| this war, the Captain commanding the
! infantry who attacked and was shot by
German who had Just shouted. Come
! out, you American soldiers An instant
| later he was shot dead by an American
! Lieutenant.
: Not CON knocked Oat.
An artillery Captain. terribly wounded.
| bu. standing at his post. which was es-
! posed to the eneiny's shells, calmly d!-
| recting the fire Of his guns. is typicS of
our artiller. men, who fired steadily fov
hours without h!nchirG from! tine heavy
| enemy Smelling. one gun is marked with
| a groove tho whole length Of the barrel
where a German shell struck and others