Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-09
CONTINUE NIGHT AND DAY
Hammering Of Artillery on
Boche Positions Results
in Marked Success.
HUN BATTERY IS STRUCK
Explosion of Ammunition
Trembles Ground and Set
Protection on Fire.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Feb. s. STho American
'il'll'fS continued hammering DER.
man positions with marked succes,
iHst night and tpdny A destructive
i'te on enemy buildings and works
was maintained A German battcry
position whs struck by Aholl from
our large guns and caused heav,
explosion 90 ammunitlope s6'aet Of
lIanieyrhot high in the air the ground
uemb'ed and the camouflage pro.
lection was set of' fire.
Just before dawn two uormn.
patrols were observed hi front OF ous
position. A barrage fire called 20,
by the Infantry In the front trenche,
eliectlvely scattered and drove of the
WIN our machine guns We all day
hhrhsscd the enemy continually .boot
'hH streams OF bullets Into working
phrueh or wherever tho cneu,v
showed hlnsef The nrtliierv d,,ei
continued All dAS The enemy uHtroIs
nave evidently earned n lesson eor
lhbt night white bur patrola wOrked
Freely all over No Mans Land thev
woro unmolosied
sHAitPSfiOOrERs QUICKLY
END CAREER or SNIPERs
WITH THE AM MERlCAN ARMY IN
rnANtE. Feb. THE American ar.
.n'e,y " Keeping up a hnrrnssng fire
on thc German lines. ham harding bnt.
tories. trenches. cross roads dugou,s
lght railways and houses In which
enemy troops are billeted, a.
ihey nave succeeded In cleaning out
y majority on the snlpers, who caused
uohsIuerable annoyance from the tirnA
me sector was taken over by the
troops snipers poatn IN bullduMrs
nave been destroyed by knocking
down The shelters with shells. Snipcrs
hidheh IN bushes or In she'll holes hive
poen routed by American sharpshoot-
erh Night patrols have succeeded ins
locating aome or the positions and the
uermaHs In thom have bcen finished
Oft later
Rifle Discovered.
Last night small patrol entered
an advanced German trench IN search
of nest OF snipcrs. A lieutenant. a
corporal and two men left the Amcri- !.
can wire and returned five hours later. y.
rhey walked across. No-M Mans land
picking their way chrefully TO avoid
ilscovery Reaching tho enemy wire.
they crawled beneath II cautiously
and approached the most advanced
pnemy trench. The men looked dowh
into the trench, which apparently was
abandoned, but they were sure snipers
were there. They dropped downFngise-
lesaly and found n place where the
french bottom sbSwed fresh foot
prints On the parapet the corporal
discovered n rife, loaded and pointed
In the direction of the American
trenches. There was not German
around
The corporal brought back the rifle
% tho American lines II ia "a typical
.;Ntman weapon. made In Berlin. and
IN good condition.
Cnrccr Quickly Ended.
At another point enemy snipers
were discovered In a shell hole a
lew well placed shots from night ar
.illery ended their career
At another place "A hail Of machine
gun bullets wns effective.
One. two or possibly three snlpers
posts are still In front OF the American
positions, but they are not likely to be
here long. o.
Evidently the American tactics ang-
red the Germans, fOr they started "A
'igorOus shelling Of our batteries with
rs, the fring stopping only when the
american heavy gums silenred tbs
iermAn artillery
Early today observers RAW a body
II enemy infantry. estimated at two
,nttaltons, near forest a heavy
ire was directed on the spot. scatter
ng the Germans II Is felt certain
hat the enemy sustained numerous
asunlties Later American shells
tartcd IRE in a German town which
urned for an hour.