Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
F0EATTACKS
IN FOG after
HEAVY FIRING
Two Yankees Dead; -Four
Wounded-Others Met
Death in Same Sector.
With The American Army In


Associated Press.) delay ed. -
An American position on certain
section of the French front was
rsided during a heavy fog shortly
after daylight this morning. The
attack was preceded by a violent
artillery barragc.
Two Americans were killed and
four wounded. One soldier Is miss.
Ing and Is believed TO have been
captured by the enemy.
Casualties have been occurring
almost daily for several days on
this sector. II is now permitted to
disclose that all the recent cas-.
ualties given out from Washington
occurred in this sector. The deaths
we're caused by shell fire, mostly
shrapnel.
One OF the men wounded was hit by
q snipers bullet He fell in trench
filed with water and almost drowned
before he was rescued by his captain.
Several of the wounded had been listed
as accidental woundings. These were
mostly wounds on the hands.
Enemy Losses Greater!
1t is certain that the enemy casual
ties from the American cannon and
machine gun fire has been as great, or
greater than ours.
The casualties given out in Washing
ton recently occurred over a certain
recent period. The dead were buried
within the sound and range Of the
guns One man was blown to pieces
by a shell in ragimental headquar-
lers town as he was following his
colonel into dugout.
Three Killed BY One Shell.
Three men were killed by one shell
which fell in trench and another
died of wounds in a hospital. Quite a
few of the men sent to hospitals were
wounded in the upper part Of the, body
or on the head from shrapnel. "A
For military reasons it has it4ln in
advisable to send earlier or otipr de-
tails. ,Sl@
Fog Grows Denser.
Last night was fairly quiet through
out the American sector. The usual
number of shells came over, doing nc
damage and there were the customary
sporadic outbursts of machine gun fire
from both sides at points where the
opposing lines are not at rest.
At daybreak tnis morning the heavy
fog which had been enveloping the
whole position and the country fol
miles around became still thicker
blotting out all except the nearest en-
envy. At o'clock three muffled re-
ports sounded through the fog. There
we're three whistles, followed quickl,
by three successive bursts. The pro
jectiles exploded on three sides of al
American listening post apd within 3;
feet of an enemy listening post.
Then hell broke loose" said one O
the men there. For Is minutes the en-
envy broke hundreds of high explos
ives around the post and the surround
ing ground, cutting off the men there.
Two Of them were killed in the frs
few minutes.
Shoots Two Germans.
Another man who was at the pos
'oN the correspondent later as he wa,
lying on a cot in a field hospital, tina
he saw four Germans approaching on
OF the fog as the barrage lifted. III
brought his automatic rife into pla.
and saw two of the Germans fall. HI
kept on firing until she'll splinters hi
MIN in the cad and arm.
The last ! remember before
reached the hospital" said anothe
wounded man. is Sc ing something
moving through the fog l determine
70 get some Germans and Lpt by riff
70 my shoulder but never pulled tn
Trigger. There was a deafening eX
piosion behind me. Frozen earth
stones and shell splinters came m
way"
inspection Of the scene of the rail-
showed that the grounl was ploughe'
up by the explosion of shells.
Italians Halted. Berlin Says.
Berlin, Jan. 81, via London. )-Th
iNllan attacks which were launche
yesterday against the Austro-Germa
positions southwest of Adiago on tn
Hofthern Italian front broke dow
under the German fire. the Germa
war Office announced today. In tn
.ecent fighting the Austro-German In
creased the number Of prisoners take
10 more than 500.
Rome, Jan 3l.-The Italians me-
position OF the Frenzela valley on tn
mountain front was improved yester
aey, The war Office announced toda,
Inc line was advanced slightly NORTH
sast OF Col Del Rosso.