Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-22
TERRIFIC FIRE
POURED ON HUN
BY YANKEE GUNS
American Artillery Launches
Heavy Attack on German
Positions in Wood
PUNISHMENT is SEVERE
U. S. Troopers Defeat Enemy
in Lively Patrol En-
gagement
PUNISHMENT is SEVERE
BY lfSsocintl q Prcss

With the American Army in
France, Tuesday, May 81. - The
American artillery northwest of Toul
launched sudden and terrific local
gas attack upon the German posi-
tionS and cantonments within the
Gerechamp Wood early to-day. Sc
we're punishment was inflicted upon
the enemy. How great is not yet
| known.
The deluge of American shells fell
in three waves and within a half
hour the woods in which it is known
| many Germans were sleeping had
been drenched with a large quantity
| of poisonous gas.
In lively patrol actions Monday
night and this morning east of Lune-
Vile, German parties were twice de-
feated by the Americans, who cap
| tured two prisoners.
An officer and twenty men while
/ exploring the area north of Ancer-
villers east of Luneville, sighted four
enemy patrols and established con-
tact with one of them. The enemy
party, numbering 16, took up posi-
ton in an unused trench from
! which they were driven by the rifle
Nh'0 iAAiii9 AlOiii NliO
cans. The Germans were then rush
ed by the Americans who took two
prisoners, one so badly wounded that
| he died later. There were no cas-
ualties on the American side.
-Four hours later an enemy patrol
! made a bold attempt to rush one of
our outposts but was driven off. One
German was killed and his body Was
brought back TO the American line
for identification purposes.
Northeast of Toul an American
patrol traversed the Apremont-
Varneville road and found a nign
tension cable used for charging the
enemy wire. They cut the cable and
brought back large section of it.
Another patrol came on a German
party southwest of Apremont and
sharp fighting resulted. The Ameri-
cans used their pistols, rifles and
hand grenades effectively and the
Germans were forced to retire
a corporal named Klick, from Il
New England state, carried out n
personal patrol" !ate yesterday af-
ternoon. He crawled to the enemy
wire to investigate what he thought
was a periscope and saw a German
step up to the firing trench. Bullets
were exchanged but the American
returned safely across No Mans
Land.
Hun Flyer Downed
Captain David Peterson, of Homes
dale. Pa, after a long chase, sent
down a German two-seater airplane
wabbling and diving to the ground in
the neighborhood of Chateau Salins
to-day. The American aviator pur-
sued the enemy. machine for forty
kilometers along the battle line and
aIn l. N
behind the German lines before he
succeeded in attacking him from be-
meath. The Germans dive to the
ground followed promptly,
Lieutenant William III. Taylor. of
New York, chased a German biplane
from the American lines to over
Pagny-sur- Moselle. north of Pont-a-
Mousson, to-day and defeated the
Boche in a desperate fight 5000 met
ers in the air.
Enemy Is Charged
A bullet from the enemy machine
barely missed Lieutenant Taylor and
punctured a wing of his airplane.
A second later the lieutenant saw
the fuselage of the enemy machine
where the observer was working a
machine gun and there was no more
fire from the German.
Lieutenant Taylor continued to
fire at the German pilot and after
$50 shots had been fired. most of
them at about 20 yards, the enemy
machine went spinning toward the
earth in nose dive.
In addition to Lieutenant Taylor
there were several others in the
bright sunny skies to-day. Two
American aviators chased two enemy
machines to Thaucourt and there
attacked them. One of the American
pilots fired from directly under the
tail of German machine which went
spinning toward the ground from
1000 meters to 500 where it was
seen to straighten out and escape.