Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-06
ST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY. THOU CANs1
CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, pEDnuAnY a. ,o1s
AMERICANS IN LORRAINE LINE.
Germans Seem to }e Testing Out
Their Newest Foes.

With the American Army in
France, Feb. 3.--American troops
now are occupying sector On the
Lorraine front. The military censor
has permitted publication Of this an
nouncement.
The whole American sector is re-
sounding with the boom Of guns.
Airnen became exceedingly active
along the American front on Satur-
day. Enemy snipers wounded two
Americans slightly early this morn
ing.
A shift OF the wind to-day cleared
away the mist which has hindered
aerial operations and other activities
for several days. A number of bat
ties in the air were fought by patrol
one instance the French aviator de-
feated an attempt of German fliers to
cross behind the American trenches.
Artillery and Shippers Active.
The artillery and snipers also have.
become increasingly active. Ameri-
can 75's are harassing traffic behind
the enemy trenches. The Germans
are continuing the fire largely to the
American trenches.
Throughout Friday night machine
guns ratified ceaselessly from Ger
man positions.
The French commander Of sau-
sage balloon squadron, who was an
artillery officer at Verdun during the
heaviest fighting, and also participat-
ed in the Somme offensive, declared
to-day that the work OF certain Amer
lean batteries at the front is almost
perfect" He was particularly pleas
ed with the work done by American
guns in firing on q German position
in wood, which he observed from
balloon.
Where Americans Al.e Stationed,
The fact that American troops
were in the trenches in Lorraine was
revealed by the German war office
three months ago. AT that time, ac-
cording to an official German an
nouncement, the Americans were on
the front at the Rhine-Marne canal,
which intersects the battle line near
the German border, due east of
Nancy. This announcement was
made in the official report from Ber-
lin Of the first German raid on the
American positions, In which three
Americans were killed, five wounded
and twelve captured.
The eastern. end Of the battle line
in France and Belgium runs through
Fhench and German Lorraine. French
Lorraine, is which is the American
sector, is included in the depart
ments Of the Meuse, the capital of
which Is Verdun; Meurthe- et-Mo-
selle, whose capital lis Nancy, and
Vosges, with the capital at Epihal.
The length Of the front in French
Lorraine is about $50 miles,
This section Of the battle line ex-
tends into the 'Meuse from the
Marne near st. Menehould, and runs
eastward to the north of Verdun,
south to st. Mihiel and east to the
German border. There 1t turns to
the southeast, and almost parallels
the border to the vicinity OF Leintry.
Below Leintry 1t cuts across sec
ton OF French soil, past Badonviller
and Senones and to the east Of st.
Die, and again across the German
border at point west Of Colmar.
The remainder of the line to the
Swiss boundary Is in Germany.
Since the battle Of Verdun there
has been no fighting of great import
ance along this front. For the most
part 1t runs through high and broken
country. Since the-present battle
line was established early in the war
there has been comparatively little
activity on the front to the east of
the Verdun sector, the nature Of the
country making large operations i'm
practicable.