Evening star., 1918-08-14
HUN ARTILLERY AGAIN ACTIVE
IN BOMBARDING FRENCH FRONT
Enemy Ai=men Transfer Their Attention
to British-Allies Show Tactical Skill in
CamouAaging Tanks With Infantry.

any machine gun nests which began
firing. The same tactics were en-
ployed August 3 and August II with
equal success.
tics is their use IN conjunction with
the cavalry to pursue the fleeing en-.
amy, this solving the difficult prob.
lem OF accompaniment by cannon"
q subject upon which the experts Of
tion. as seen in the Won Hutier meth.
cd. was to mount b certain number
Of trench mortars and light field
pieces on small wheels, 50 they could
be dragged by infantry or q single
suits.
The fast. small tanks, one species
of which, called the female" is
armed with machine guns. and the
other, called the male" 10 armed
tremely efncacious in pursuit Of hos
tile rear guards. It 10 said that moth
Ing SO terrorixes the German artil-
lerymsn as the sight Of a small tank
snorting straight toward them.
Invented by British and French.
1t has been frequently said that
everything new In this war has been
invented by the Germans and copied
invented and developed by the Brit
ish and French to the present degree
OF perfection, and 1t may safely be
said that they played an essential
part in. IL success Of al our recent
tempt to copy the allied tank tactics
have proven farcical. They tried to
use tanks on July is against Gen.
Gouraud's army IN the Champagne,
but they failed utterly. Not single
20 NIB oh haI hA TrAn hot
sition.
1t is not the frat time we have been
able to teach the Germans something
about the principles Of modern war
fare, nor win 1t be the last.
STAR omcsr's Statement.
A Fpsnch stan officer who has been
inspecting . large sector Of the new
noitered ground is strewn literally ev-
erywhere with stacks Of German cart
ridge boxes. trench mortars and mate
rials. The dugouts and posts Of COM
mand contain clothing. boots and half
disorder in which the enemy retreated.
Some officers were even soundly
sleeping in their dugouts . couple of
kilometers Zone and quarter miles)
behind the lines when our infantry
arrived. At Resons-sur-Metz I saw
an immense store Of grenades of all
sorts. also rockets. paper sandbass.
paper bandages, cartridge boxes and
machine gun bands.
German sergeant named Grouth,
who superintended a store. left on the
table a small sack Of wheat addressed to
his wife. At the same place the whole
regimental mail, just ready to be
sent, was captured. Some Germans.
submerged by the attack, remained
hidden In holes A non-commissioned
officer attached to the wireless sefv-
ice was found today at the bottom Of
q well and was drawn up with ropes.
Prisoners Numerous.
Groups Of prisoners are being
taken continually in the woods and
thickets. where they have been hid
ing. Col. Pattermann's post command
remained intact and he stayed there
to the last minute. A German pris-
oner revealed to US. his location. beg
ging us to fire many shells on it, as
he (the prisoner) had himself re-
ceived many kicks from the colonel.
Another post command was orna-
mented with a tall crystal vase, con-
tanning three red roses, There vas
also an unfinished letter, which said,
shells killed my horse. What luck
It was for US; we ate it. But now We
have no more meat"