Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-13
lids Into Trenches Con.
'Einue to be Carried Out
! Successfully.
dERICAN ARTILLERY
INTENSELY ACTIVE
Ne ObIiterate Gas Protectors Set
p by Germans-American Sectors
bar TouI and in Lorraine Among
lost Active on Entire Front-Huns
Ising Mustard Shells - Portuguese
lSpuise Attack.

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be American troops are giving the
y Eermans little rest and raids into
A he enemy positions are being car
led out successfully. The artillery,
bpeeialIy in the Tout sector, also
40 been active.
4 South Of Riehecourt, on the
A ouI sector, General Pershins's
\ ien penetrated to the second Ger
4 Ian line in a raid Tuesday. Cas-
n aIties were inflicted on the enemy
Il y rifle and machine gun fire.
4 lon the tine between Armentieres
1 md LaBassee, which has not
hanged in eighteen months, the
Germans continue their powerful
saids. Their latest effort was made
4 lgainst Portuguese positions near
h -avaequerie- The Germans were
/ heeked by machine gun fire, which
aused heavy casualties and left
prisoners in the hands Of the
| Portuguese.
British troops repul.ed small
y bids, in the Ypres area, where the
Enemy artillery fire is intense.
J On the French front the bomb
fardment has been most Violent in
khs champsons, especially east Of
kFhsims.
lss serial fighting Freneh and
PNt)oes nsaehinss have accounted
|or tMsnty .ons enemy airpianes,
While French sunners have de-
btfcyed three others.
III - .lJ;k;.. - .x>>L:s. a.
man military targets British air
msn have bombed the city Of Cob
lenz, on the Rhine, in daylight. A
ION Of bombs was dropped, causing
.jewo fires anel a violent explosion.
The boIshevik government has
removed to Moscow where the all
Russian congress Of soviets will
meet Thursday to take action on
the German peace treaty.
4 One hundred persons were kill
I'D and seventy.nine injured as a
result Of the German raid on Paris
MONDAY night. OF the dead sixty
six were suffoeated in a panic in
the subway.
4 EBy the Associated Press.1
With the American Army in France
arch 12.-There was greater artiller
'tivity by the Americans on the Tot
rtor today than at any time sine
by took position there.
American shells have obliterated a
,ast five groups of gas protector:
hich ad been setup by the enemy fo
tack.
Fires back OF the German lines ais
]ere caused and number Of explo
sons were heard.
The American troops on the Tot
hctor again raided the Germa
scnches, penetrating to. the secon
me. A number of the enemy wer
tiied ana wounded, but none cap
pred.
Along the Chemin des Danes tn
rev Of a German raider, which fe
Clemecy Monday night, was mad
'Sisoner by American soldiers. Nh
ermans later were turned over t
lie French.
Active on LunevilIe Front.
The sector occupied by America
oops east of Luneville, designate
fmerly as being in Lorraine, has de
sloped suddenly into one of the mos
Stive on the front from the stand
pint OF artillery fighting.
II
tndreds Of shells daily against tn
Jenny positions, making it virtual
\ llpossible for the enemy to occup
en- This is especially true in tn
Of certain places north
LIST and northeast of Badonville
mere It Is new permissible to sa
he two raids mentioned as havin
A Zen carried out simultaneously too
ace. Certain information leads t
[Ie conclusion that the American raj
|sToul came at a time to cause tn
srnans to abandon plans for a raj
j their own.
4 Huns Use Mustard Shells.
Normal artillery fighting continue
tbs sector, shells falling on bot
les OF the line. At one place tn
Tmans used mustard shells. A sma
nber of Americans walked thr
gas later. g
last : night an American patre
|I0ught in an enemy sniper's camou
Isge suit. made of brownish gras
lere was the usual work by patrols /
n % mans land" during the night.
were excellent today fc
Isirg and many hostile and friendl
anes were in the air. In virtual
slery allied pane. there was an Amer
lan observer. Once or twice tn
kMericans, went close enough to tn
tsssiAns to try their machine gun
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