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BOYS IN FIGHT
Battle Germans in Chemin DeS
DANES Sector.
SPY AT WORK IN TOUL AREA
U. S. Soldiers See Signal Light in
House and Found Telephone Wires
Cut-Patroi Enters Foes Lines.

Cut-Patroi Enters Foes Lines.
With the American Army in France,
March 19.-American troops have
been in action along the Chemin des
Danes area.
They are members of a division
composed exclusively of New England
units.
The division contains troops from
all the New England states. Troops
from Massachusetts were especially
active
Identification of these troops up to
this time has been prohibited by the
censor. The restriction was remov-
ed when it was discovered the Stars
and Stripes, a newspaper published
by, for and Of the troops of the Amer
lean expeditionary forces, had con-
tanned in its latest edition an article
disclosing their identity.
American intelligence officers be-
Heve spy may be at work within the
American lines northwest of Toul.
Early on Sunday an American sentry
saw flashes of signal light from a
window and dashed into the house.
He failed to find any one.
Four hours earlier some important
telephone wires within the American
lines were found cut.
An American patrol Saturday night
entered the enemy trenches at one
end of the sector. They penetrated
some distance without difficulty. Much
valuable information was gathered.
AS they were about to return, they
established contact with the enemy,
who opened fire with a machine gun.
The Americans jumped to a safe po-
sition and hurled grenades at the enc
my gunners, silencing the gun.
Returning to the American side of
No Mans Land, the raiders brought
with them German rifle breach, pro-
tected by a metallic cover over the
muzzle and snap clip cover, both
OF which operate quickly and efficient
ly. Officers say it is the best thing
of the kind they ever have seen for
protecting rifles. The mechanism vas
turned over to the intelligence de-
partment, with a recommendation the
attachment be furnished the Ameri-
can troops.
A patrol on the other end of the
sector reported the enemy first line
was held strongly. While the raiders
were inspecting the; German positions
the enemy fired with rifles and ma
chine guns, which are unusual at that
point.
Our artillery bombarded effectively
billets, troops and new enemy works
at CahayviEe, st. Baussant, the vii
lage of Montsec, Richecourt, in the
Quart de Reserve, along the Parmes-
Monsard road, and considerable
body of troops northwest of Buxieres.
They also battered to pieces a bat
tery Of gas protectors which had been
set up in double line of trenches.
The enemy has shelled various
parts Of our positions rather heavily.
Many gas shells were mixed with high
explosive shells. American soldiers
who happened to be near, or who
walked through the shelled areas at
terward, said there were indications
the enemy was trying to isolate one
position with shellfire.
Several times the air was crowded
with airplanes. Once, several enemy
machines were overhead at the tame
time. Airplanes from the rear of our
lines carrying American observers,
Unanswered to get into a fight with
the enemy machines, but were unsuc-
cessful. American anti-aircraft Hove
off several enemy machines and kept
others high In the air.
American observers accomplished
much work which the recent ground
haze has prevented They obtained
badly wanted photographs.
American troops in the Luneville
sector have been subjected to fairly
heavy bambardments in the last TWEEN.
ty-four hours, but have been giving
the enemy as much as received.
American soldiers are still holding
the Mechlenburg trench, taken two
days ago, which 1t is now permitted
20 name.