Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-03-15
AMERICANS F|GHTO ON
E|CHT-M|LE FRONT
U. S. Troops RepuIse Another
German Raid.
LOST PATROLS RETURN. SAFE
pershing's Men Use Own Observation
Balloon for the First Time
Foes Fail to Shoot
1t Down.
LOST PATROLS RETURN. SAFE

Headquarters American troops IN
France, March 7.-American troops, in
still another place on the French front,
have been raided by Germans. who
were repulsed with losses.
Americans Hold Eight-Mile Line.
Washington, March 7.-American
troops are now holding something over
eight miles of trenches on the battle
front in France, it was learned here.
although in an airline their frontage is
only about four and a half miles. This
frontage is liable to extension at any
time to the regular trench allotment
for an army corps.
Enemy Airpianes Attacked.
Headquarters American Troops in
France, March 7.-Groups of enemy
planes came over the American
trenches for Photographic work, but
were kept high in the air by the Amer
lean anti-aircraft guns. Planes from
force. For the first time in the war
an American observation balloon, fully
manned and protected by Americans,
went up.
Drive OF Hun Planes.
The balloon was hauled out from Its
hidden nest and slight delay was ex-
perienced in getting it off the ground
because the telephone wires from the
basket, in which were an American
captain and lieutenant. were fOuled.
1Nhic raYna6i06 tho
balloon was sent up, remaining in the
air several hours.
1t rose higher than either the French
or the German in an attempt to reach
an altitude specially favorable for OBJ
servation. While it was at the high
est point the watchers saw two air.
planes, with the black cross of the en-
envy on their wings, headed in their di-
rectiOn. The balloon was hauled down
so that it might be grounded quickly
if necessary. American gunners were
on duty in many places nearby, for the
balloon was protected heavily.
They stood by their guns, but the en-
envy planes, sailing across the sky with
shrapneu puffs streaming out behind
them like the tail of comet, suddenly
changed their course and headed for
home. The appearance of squadron
of planes from behind the American
lines bearing the insignia of the French
on their wings probably was the cause.
Lost U. S. Patrol Saved.
With the American Army in France
March S.-An American patrol cOmpris-
ing one officer and eight men which
had been missing since last night in
the sector northwest of TOul, suddenly
emerged from a shell hole close to the
German lines during the day and made
a dash across No Mans Land without
Il shot being fired at them.
1t was noon when the patrol carried
out its rush to the American line. The
mems comrades, looking on, expected
every second to see them wiped out,
and their safe return was an agreeable
surprise. They explained that they had
lost their way in the dark.
The enemy artillery has not resumed
its activity. The American guns eff
fectively shelled the enemy first lines
and also a town behind the German
lines, where buildings their troops were
using were destroyed.
There was much aerial activity
throughout the day, the American anti
air battlers driving off a number of
enemies.
The American troops in new sector
are training with French troops as at
the Chemin deS Danes position. This
makes the third American force now
facing the enemy.
Officer Captures German.
An American staff colonel. while with
a French raiding party for the purpose
of securing information a few days be-
fore his men took up their positions in
the new American sector on the Lor-
raine front, met a Prussian lieutenant
in an enemy trench and captured him.
The colonel, with an American captain,
brought the PruSSian officer back to
the lines the Americans are now oc-
cupying.
U. S. Wins Clash in Lorraine.
Paris, March San official state
ment issued by the French war office.
announcing the repulse of German
raiding forces on trenches held by
Americans in new sector of the Lor-
raine, says:
"In Lorraine a German raid on
trenches held by American troops was
repulsed. Patrols of our allies oper-
ating in this region took some prison
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