New Britain herald., 1918-03-09
LONE TANK SENTRY
 ROUTS FORTY HUNS
Calmly Picks OH Leaders and
 Drives Others Into Flight
LIQUID FIRE ATT ACK

Germans Attempt to Give Americans
 Bath of Flaming Chemical But Arc
 Repulscd-Incrcascd Activity in Air
 Fighting.
 With the American Army in
 France, March z, (By the ssociated Press. )-A lone American sentry this morning attacked an enemy patrol of 9 bout 40 men, some of whom had stealthily entered an advanced Amer ican trench. He drove them off. kill ing the leader and wounding others.
 The first reports of the encounter were that another raid had taken place, and all along the line details
 were being awaited eagerly, but in 1 vestigation showed that one Ameri- c, started what there was of an of fensive. The name of this man is
 mentioned in all reports of the affair, end he has been congratulated heart ily by his officers and comrades for lis courage and level-headedness.
 The sentry saw the patrol advanc- ing and looked on as the Germans began to drop cautiously into the trench. He knew that an American patrol was out along the wire not far away, and counted upon it's help
 after he opened fire. There were four men in the American patrol. Bv the time five Germans had en- tered the trench the sentry thought he should delay no longer especially as the under officer who was leading the Germans had approached within a few yards of him.
 The sentry opened fire rapidly | without challenging. The German leader fell at the first crack of the rifle. The other in the trench hur
 1ledly sought protection, but they were not quick enough, for the sen try's bullets caught some of them. Ordered to Retreat.
 ! As the Americans began firing @ German some distance outside the wire shouted: Come out, come out" The Germans needed no second in vitation In fact, those who were still l in the wire already had started out. 1 The small American patrol saw the l enemy trailing back across No Man s Land under fire from the sentry and 1 from Americans at a point further l along the line. The patrol joined in l the fray and helped to speed the Ger mans on their way by hurling large number of hand grenades, some of l which probably took effect. Four l rifles were found in the American l lines.
 Patrols-American and German , are constantly seeking opportunity to l inspect the opposing ines, and the l Germans on this occasion certainly did ! not wish to be discovered. They cut l the American wire with the greatest | caution, making no noise, but the sen 1 try who later drove them off was watching their performance all the 1 time.
 First Liquid Fire Attack. American troops in the sector north west of Foul have been subjected for
 the first time to an attack with liquid | fire. Enemy troops carrying flame pro- 1 jectors were just opening the attack
 when an American patrol, which hap { Dened to be near by, fired on them.
 The Germans fled, pursued by the
 Americans. They dropped four pro- 1 iectors two of which were flaming | The Americans went into action so i quickly the enemy had no chance to 1 light the other two. No damage was
 done by the flames. The projectors i lav in No Mans Land for three days.
 Early this morning they were brought 1 in by an American patrol. All had | been punctured by shots from our
 trenches Late this evening the pro-
 jectors were taken to headquarters. They were strapped to the backs of [ the men who brought them from No Mans Land and moving pictures were , taken. They are of @ type long fa-
 miliar on the western front
 1 Enemy Snipers Pepper Yankees. 1 Enemy snipers have been busy in 1 the past A hours at a certain point with more or less success. Various ! parts of the American sector were l bombarded without suffering or great l damage. Many points in the German i positions were bombarded with suc- ! cess by the American artillery. A gap l in the wire through which the Ger | mans apparently thought patrols were 1 emerging was covered with bursts of 1 machine-gun fire all night long and l even today.
 An enemy observation balloon in 1 the rear of Montsec caught fire this | morning and was hauled down. | There was great activity i'll the air 1 all day, following the bombing ex- | petitions of last night during which l the Germans threw down near towns ] behind the American lines bombs, l aerial torpedoes and heavy shells. 1 They set the fuses and dropped them from their planes, but the only result
 was to dig large holes in the ground. American anti-aircraft guns drove ! off several enemy machines of the many which crossed the lines today. 1 One enemy plane was driven down