The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-18
SPY BELIEVED TO Be ON
The AMERICAN FRONT

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of the sector and penetrated them
/ for some distance without difficulty.
| Much valuable information was. gath
| cred. AS they were about ready to
return, they esta blished contact with
! the enemy, who opened fire with a
i machine gun. The Americans Jump
ed to a safe position and hurled
| grenades at the enemy gunners,
silencing the gun.
! Returning to the American side Of
No Mans land, the raiders brought
back with them a German rife
| breech, protected by a metallic cover
| over the muzzle and a snap clip COW
\ er. both Of which operate quickly and
| efficiently. Officers declared il was
the best thing of the kind they had
ever seen for protecting rifles. The
mechanism was turned over to the
| intelligence department with a rec
ommendation that the attachment be
| furnished the American troops.
First Line Strongly 6eld.
Another patrol on the other end of
I the sector reported that the enemy
! first line was held strongly While
/ the raiders were inspecting the Ger
man positions, the enemy fired upon
| them several times with rifles and
machine guns, which are unusual at
| that point
Our artillery bombarded effective
~, billets, troops and new enemy
works at LaPayvilIe, St. Baussant,
the village of Montseo, Richecourt, in
the Quart de Reserve, along the
Pannes- Monsard road, and a consid-
cradle body Of troops northwest OF
Buxieres. They also battered TO
pieces another battery Of gas project
ors which had been set up in a double
line Of trenches.
The enemy has shelled various
parts Of our positions rather heavily,
many gas shells being mixed with
high explosive ones. Some American
soldiers who happened to be near or
who walked through the shelled areas
afterward said there were indications
that the enemy was trying to isolate
one Of our positions with shell fire.
The visibility was exceptionally good
today and the weather was like sum-
mer. A great number of wagon
trains and small groups Of Germans
were seen walking behind the enemy
lines.
Air Full of Planes.
Several times during the day the
air was crowded with afrplanes and
on one occasion several enemy ma
chimes were overhead at the same
time. AirpIanes from the rear Of our
lines carrying American observers
Unanswered to get into fight with
the enemy machines but they were
unsuccessful. American anti-air-
craft guns drove OF a number Of
enemy machines and kept the others
high in the air
American observers succeeded in
accomplishing much work which the
recent ground haze had prevented.
They obtained badly wanted photo
graphs and observed certain things
back Of the German lines.
American troops in the LuneviIle
sector have been subjected to fairly
heavy bombardments during the past
twenty flour hours, but have been
giving the enemy as much as receiv-
ed. Patrols at two points established
contact with the enemy last night
and early this morning. After brief
firing the Germans retired
American soldiers are still holding
the Mecklenburg trench, taken two
days ago. and which IL is now per-
mitted to name. The antf-aircraft
guns east Of Lunevflle were extreme
ly busy today in driving Off enemy
airplanes
The American troops who have
been I'm action along the Chemin-
des-Dames are a division composed
exclusively Of New England units
The division contains units from all
the New England states, troops from
Massachusetts, having been especial
ly active.