Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
TEUTONS PROJECT
NEW KIND OF GAS
AGAINST U.S.. LINE
American Guns Score Heavily
:, When Night Party Is
: a. Found in Field
Bv\ Associated Press

gas was projected yesterday morning
against the ,Picardy front, where
American troops are fighting. The
gas is in glass, bottles. When these
burst a fluid is released from which
heavy, transpaTents fumes continue
to arise for fivet minutes.
No detonation was heard as the
bottles were huEled through the air
and apparently they were thrown
by a spring. Tine gas caused nau-
sea, sneezing AND coughing. but did
not harm any of, the Americans.
Guns Smother German Attack
The Germans to-day again at
tempted to occupy one of the for
mer American trenches in the Bois
Brule, west of AprGmont. in the Toul
sector, which was the scene of the
Fighting on April 10 and IL. Soon
after midnight the American patrols
discovered that the Germans had
crept into the position with a large
number of machine guns and tools
apparently intending to consolidate
the trenches with the German sys-
tenn.
The American artillery got into
action quickly, sweeping a high eX-
plosiVe barrage back and forth
across the newly occupied ground.
The guns rainod steel on the Ger
mans until nearly daylight and
when the patrols went out to inVes-
tigate they found not a single en-
emy. Some material, however, had
been left behind.
There appeared to be reason for
believing, at one time, after the
Germans were discovered, that an
other attack on the Americans was
about to be launched, probably to
cover the consolidation effort. Only
quick action by the ARTILLERY smoth-
cred it.
The Germans seem determined to
carry out their, designs against this
position, and it is not unlikely that
more sharp fighting will be seen
here, for it is valuable to the enemy,
although not very valuable to the
Americans because of the nature of
the terrain.
One of the American patrols in
the Luneville sector entered the
hamlet of Answervillers early this
morning and penetrated the Ger
man lines to a distance of 800 yards.
On the way back the patrol dis
covered an enemy observation post
in which were a corporal and six
men. The Americans promptly at
tackled, killing three of the enemy
and taking the other four prisoners,
one of them in a wounded condition.
The first the Germans knew that
the American patrol was near was
when a shower of hand grenades,
followed by bullets, hit the post.
The patrol ceased firing when the
enemy cried "Kamerad!"
Captor Is Captured
Friday night an enemy sergeant
major and eight men attempted to
raid one of our forward posts, con-
sisting of three men. The Germans
captured one of our men, but he
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into the enemy's line.
In attempting to recover their
prisoner the Germans strayed into
the American lines. They were at
tackled and the patrol leader was
wounded and captured. He belonged
to a reserve Saxon regiment.
One of the American patrols en-
countered a superior enemy force of
twenty-five men. Fighting as they
went, they made their way back to
the American lines without losses.
During the past three days the
American guns in the Luneville sec
tor have completely chased the Ger
mans from their front positions and
have wiped certain sectors of the
targets in the enemy rear area off
the map. This is the same artillery
that not long ago gave a similar per-
formance in another Lorraine sector.
On the present occasion, so far as
all investigation shows. the Ger
mans have entirely abandoned the
territory at least as far back as
point beyond their second line. The
only signs that they are there at
all are few machine-gun posts
hidden in out-of-the-way places in
the back areas which cut loose when
the opportunity offers. Just now
the German first and second lines
are in about the same condition as
n tphi oh lot
the Americans are working more
freely than ever before.
Fire Does Terrific Havoc
The sections affected by the work
of these American artillerymen are
the lines south, southwest and south
east of Halloville. (This town is
approximately thirteen miles almost
directly east of Luneville and about
six miles from the German border
at its nearest point, to the north
east.) The American raiders have
found that the shells had worked
terrible havoc at many places plainly
visible where the big projectiles
from the heavy guns had fallen.
Two German airplanes were
brought down yesterday. Four more
aerial battles were reported to-day
by American airmen flying in the
sector northwest of Toul All Of
the combats were indecisive, all
tnouSn one OF the American ma
chimes returned with bulletholes in
its wings and two others with holes
torn by fragments of shells from
anti-aircraft guns. How the Ger
mans Jared is not known.
The first report was from the pilot
OF pursuit airplane. who encoun-
tered the enemy over the lines at
height of nearly three miles. The
pair fought duel several minutes
the German finally turning quickly.
and, running into the direct line Of
the sun in his homeward way, get
ting clear.
Later one of the American photo
graphing machines was attacked bv
TWO enemy airplanes. The American
observer emptied one of his guns
INTO one of the enemy machines
Then the American pilot exercised
discretion and turned homeward
The Germans remained in pursuit
until the American anti-aircraft guns
picked them up. Then they turned
and went home The American air
plane circled once or twice and then
went back over the lines and calmly
resumed the Photographic OPERA
tons where they had been left off.
Escapes Amid 'TIying Onions,
Another report now available re-
lates somewhat similar incident
except that this time three of the
enemy attacked two of our machines
which were working with the artil-