Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-18
AMERICANS ENTER
HUN TRENCHES, GET
VALUABLE DA | A
Find New Rife Breach Protector
Bonbard German Positions and
Smash Gas Battery.
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An American patrol last night entered
the enemy trenches ~ ono eud q tho
ToIl SECTOR and penetrated thrm t'r
sornr distance without difficulty Much
valuable Information was gathered fherf
S. fhry wnre about roadv n return thry
established contact with thn encmr, who
opened fire with a machine gun The
Americans pumped ID safe position and
hurled rrnnadre ~ tho rnernv gunn"r7
silonclng the giin
Returning tn thc American 7idn 81 M
Nan- land tho rardrr brought back
vith thprn German riac hrrech. pro-
freted bv ! ulrt allir cover OVER the Fnnt1lr
and 4 snap cip covrr. both Of which
operate quickly and efficiently Officers
declared Il vas tho hest thing If hr KIND
thav had ever setn lnr protecting rifles
The mechanism was turned oyer io -"
Intelligence Department with recon
mrndatlnn hat the attachment y" furnish"
ed the american tro"fe
II r,rRor HpsyTs rrRE
Another patrol on The other md II the
srcfnr reported that The enemy flrSt llne
was held strongly While th7 ra'derS
yrrr inspecting the German positions
thn enemy tired upon them several tunes
with riHrs and machine guns
Thn American artillery homharded
effectively h,llnts troops and nrw rnrmv
works al I.ahavy1lle, st Baussant. tho
village of 81 Aioutsrc, along thr Panncs-
Nonsard road, and b considerable body
of tronps northwest nf IsuucrnE. hey
alsn gnfaThrd annther battery ot gas
protectors whlch had hcrn set lp ~ e
double liur of trenches
The enemy has ehcllcd various parts ~
thr American positions rather hcavlit,
many gas shells being mixed with nigh
explosive ones
several tunes during the dav tho AR
was crowded with airpi8nes and on ono
ocrazion several enemy machines were
overhead at the Sanc tune Nirpianes
from ihe roar of our lines. carrying AmerI-
ran observers, fnaucuverCd 70 get INTO q
right with The enemy machines but they
we're unsuccessful American anti-alr-
craft guns drouc of a number Of enemy
machines and kept he others high N the
AIR.
American observers obtained badly
wanted photographs and much valuable
information back Of the German lines
American troops in the luneTllc
sector have been subjected to iaIriv
heavy bombardments during the past
twenty-four hours, but have effectively
returned the FIRE. Patrols At two points
established contact With The enemy Last
night and early today. The Germans
retired.
STILL HoLp CAPTURED TRENCH.
American soldiers are still holding
The Alecklenburg trench, taken tVo day
ago and which II IS nov permitted -
name. The antl-alrcraft guns east oi
I.uncville were extremely busy today IN
driving of enemy mrplancs.
The American troops Who have been
in action along the Chemn-De-- DSIncs
are a division composed exclusively OF
New England units The division con
tains units from all New England States
troops from Massachusetts having been
especially active
The identification Of these troops ~
to this time has been prohibited hy thc
censor. The restriction was removed
when il was discovered that the Stars anC
Stripes, a newspaper published by ano
/ for the troops 0f the Americans
expcditionary forces, had contained in It's
latest edition a story disclosing hen
identity.
American intelligence officers report
evidence leading to the conclusion that
possihly n spy NAV be NJ work within tbs
American lines northwest Of Tou Early
TODAY an American sentry saw flashes Of Z
signal light from window facing IN the
direction of the enemy lines. He nrcd
through the window and dashed into fhs
house. but failed 10 find anyone. Foul
hours earlier come important telephone
wires within the American lines were found
to have been cut.