The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-04
HUN DEAD PILE DEEP IN FRONT
 OF FOUL LINES
Americans Meet German Raid in No Mans Land and Beat Enemy, h. flicting Terrible Slaughter
 One Officer Killed
Associated Pressl


 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Mar. 1.-The Germans again attempted to the American trenches today under cover of heavy barage fire The attack made in force and complete failure.
 The rifle and machine gun fire of the Americans deadly in its precision and when the enemy had etreated its lines the ground before the American trenches srewn with German dead lying in heaps around holes where they had sought refuge from the American fire Three German prisoners captured who succeeded in getting into the first line trench American casualties heavy also, but nothing compared the loss suffered by the enemy One American captain who graduated from West Point in 1917, lost his life.
 DETAILS OF ENGAGEMENT
 During driving snowstorm, the Germans opposite the American lines north of Foul opened fire with every weapon at their command For half hour tremendous bonn bardment kept up by the Hun artillery Thinking that the Americans had had of gas few days ago, they would fear it, many gas shells dropped upon the American positions numbers of them falling into the trench es. The Americans wse however, and put their masks. Very few of them affected by the fumes.
 As soon as the German barrage fire lifted, the Am erican guns dropped curtain of fire between the raiders and their trenches. Two hundred and forty Huns off from their lines by this hre and short fierce hand to hand engagement followed.
 The American captain rallied his men and with rifles and machine glns he led his command through the Ameri entangements the enemy No Mans Land The unexpected hN. the Hun commanders. Caught by the curtain re the enemy retreated far possible with the enraged American soldiers pounding them every jump. During this charge the American captain lost his life Not disheartened his kept pressing the enemy and practically man of the 24O raiders lost his life
  German officers found dead entanged jn the wires, and many bodies of the enemy visible heaped in front of the American positions just before the wire enangems
 The Americans did escape unscathed. The arl- ery fire of the Huns took toll Many Americans were killed and wounded, including several officers.
 This is the second time within days that the Ger mans have attempted to raid the American lines in force. Each trial has been by the Americans and broken up In neither raid have there been any Americans captured by he Germans, and all of the other enemy obectves have failed.
 SWIFT RETRIBUTION
 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE Mar
 Swift retribution has fallen upon the German batteries which this week bombed the American trenches northwest of Tou with gas shells causing eight deaths and affecting eighty others.
 Yesterday the American heavy artillery concentrated its fire upon the Mnenwerfer batteries for half hour with telling effect. The positions absolutely oblteraed Many direct hits made by the high explosive shells Huge mbers thrown high up into the air by great explosions which probably caused by setting off Ger ammunition gas This resulted in the ground about the German batteries being literally churned bits If there any German troops the battery positions they could not have escaped being almost annhilated
 Photographs made by aerial observers show that the havoc wrought by the American guns almost ndescrib able It is known that it would be impossible for any troops to have escaped if they caught by the fire