Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-02

German aerial service. But 1t was not
the case as whole.
American Barrage Successful.
afhe Americans held their long
, the rear Of that. This barrage moved
on and in a brief interval another bar
ta the first moving A1 line n Of IRE reached
that of the long-range guns they
shifted and the triple barrage was re-
peated. Ordinarily when creeping
they reappeared only to be subjected
to another sTotherins, IRE s,,,,,.. +a.,,c.
were used, but the intervals were
longer. the American guns covering
exactly twice the ground II measured
by the density Of IRE.
The allies mastery Of the air in this
sector is unquestioned.. In the air at
one time there were counted eighty
allied planes. It was one Of those rare
opportunities for observation work;
the visibility was good and squadron
after squadron assembled with the oD-
-servation planes went combat planes,
a few of which disappeared over the
German lines to take part in the &C
tual fighting.
Occasionally a German plane chal-
lenged their presence, but In every
case it was driven of. The ailleo
planes even prevented the German
with any degree Of efficiency. Not one
allied plane was brought down.
Helted at Graves.
An incident of the arrival Of the
prisoners at the rear was a halt OF
detachment at a spot where graves
were being dug Their stopping was
accidental, but the men were 1uIy
convinced that they had been brought
In the dressing stations today the
number of German wounded was 1ar
greater than the American. The long
range fire of the Germans today ala
not result in very many casuaities.
The German dead a is out al pr Siled
Helmets and other equipment mark
ed the path of the enemy retirement,
while some of the trenches ana aug
outs and other places which nad neen
used as cover were filled with bodies
dressed in field gray. Dead horses
and broken-down wagons completed
the picture of devastation on the line
Of retreat.
Another incident of the fighting oc-
Cured during a reconnolterlng TOUT
by a sergeant. He remembered shell
hole in which there had been Ger
man machine gun and made his way
to it. There he found two American
officers who had become separated
from their organization. The officers
asked the sergeant what he was gong
to do. The sergeant replied that ne
was going to take the machine gun
and drive out the Germans from a
nearby quarry. The gun was placed
in position and the Americans opened
fire on the quarry, after which forty
seven Germans came out Of the lime
stone cave and surrendered. They had
entered the place and the barrage
had held them there. They had been
without food for two days.
Hunting Down Isolated.
Another case is typical of the man
ner in which isolated groups are
hunted down. An American corporal
captured seventeen Germans. He
found them in one end of a trench.
A squad of his men was nearby but
not with him. The corporal, who
speaks German. as do many other
to the occupants Of the trench to sur
render. The Germans, thinking they
had been surrounded by a superior
force, did the bidding of the Ameri-
can. The corporal and his squad made
additional captures throughout this
zone.
Two artillery pieces were captured.
The Germans attempting to with
draw them when the American ma
chine guns were turned against them.
The horses dragging the guns were
shot and the drivers and gun servers
either were killed or captured.
1t was learned today from prisoners
that a majority of the German trench
E.ortars have not been used in the
present engagement to any extent.
their crews all being tagged out. The
infantrymen are being detailed to
machine gun sections. The prisoners
said that infantry, as it is commonly
known. was now virtually out of the
German army, the infantryme.l h.ivi:g
been detailed to machine gun organi-
cations.
Prisoners taken since the drive be-
gan aggregate about nine hundred,
representing regiments from four di-
visions.