Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-11
Raiding Party Caught in
Trap and Battle Until
Overcome.
BUT ONE OF 10
GET BACK TO LINE
Five Believed to Have Been Killed,
Four Arc Missing and Soldier Who
Escaped 10 Wounded-Fight With
Hand Grenades and Automatic Pts.
tolls at Close Range-AmericansT Tako
Over Entire Control Of Sector.

In France, whore tho American
forces have recently engaged tho
enemy in minor encounters, the
violence Of artillery action is daily
Increasing. On both sides of tho
Mouse and in tho vos9es tho
French and Germans are engaged
in an artillery duel, while frequent
enemy raids on French positions
arc reported, the most recent in
the region Of BoureuiIIes having
failed.
Details Of tho encounter on Fri.
day night with superior German
forces in the region Of St Mihiel
show that every American fought
desperately to overcome tho larger
force Of the enemy.
Suddenly coming upon the Ger
mans in mo mans land" the little
party Of fourteen Americans quick
Iy changed formation and in tho
minute and a half that followed
the rife gave way to hand gre-
nades and automatics, 50 close
wsre, tho oombatants.
On Saturday an American artii-
Ieryman was killed by shell fire and
five others wounded. These casual
ties, tho light, indicate that the
American forces in the trenches
have assumed their full shars OF
the burden in the sector under
their control.
A. on other fronts tho big guns
arc bearing the brunt Of the work
in Italy. On the Asiaso plateau
and west Of Monte Grappa artl-
Iery duels are reported to be live
Iy. Advanced Italian posts re.
pulsed two enemy raids south OF
Damoe Chese.
While engaging in tho daily in
creasine military activity in Bel.
sium, France and Italy. tho central
powers are pushing their diplo-
matte advantages in the smaller
enemy countries with a view, il is
believed, to force the Russians to
accept a separate peace.
The new Ukrainian peoples re-
public, which, however, the Rus.
sian holsheviki leaders declare does
not exist, has made a peace asree-
ment with the central powers
which in the meantime holds the
threat Of military power Of Rou-
mania to force pact from that
country.
On Feb. 6 Field Marshal Won
Mackenson is reported in German
newspapers to have given tho
Roumanian government four days
in which to enter peace negotia-
tions with Germany. This time
limit has expired, tho Roumanian
cabinet has resigned, and Tho
Germans are reported to have re-
paired the oil wells in Roumania.
Tho now Ukrainian republic, ae-
eording to a Stockholm dispatch.
10 said to have granted to tho
central powers full facilities for
development Of important mineral
lands in return for large loan
and in addition TO her territory a
largo part Of eastern Galicia. On
this phase Of tho agreement the
bolsheviki is silent. London having
received nothing from tho Russian
capital to explain tho Ukrainian
situation.
With the American Army in Franc
Feb. 9.--[Delayedl-Five America
soldiers are believed to have bee
<illed, four are missing. and one wa
wounded when an American patrt
vas ambushed in no mans land" to
hight by a superior force Of German!
One soldier, wounded thru tn
hest Unable to talk. crawled back 7
he American lines. There was n
loubt that the Americans fought gal
antly, but were completely overpow
red. $50.
The spot where the encounter oc
,urred is isolated. and reports con