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Show itl i FilES Increased Sniping in Evidence Evi-dence Along U. S. Lines; Marksmanship of Sammies in Listening Listen-ing Post Quickly Drives Germans to Cover, Leaving Dead Behind. BRITISH TAKE HIT IN MESOPOTAMIA Turks Flee Before General Gen-eral Advance Eighty Miles West of Bagdad; in Palestine Troops on Front of Thirteen Miles Score Victory. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, March 10. -(Evening, by Tee Associated Press.) The American artillery in the last twenty-four hours has bombarded vigorously vig-orously certain towns in the rear areas, roads and communicating trenches of the Germans opposite the Toul sector with excellent results. re-sults. They shelled a number of buildings in one town in which enemy troops were 'billeted. WITH THE AMERICAN AR3IT IN FRANCE. Saturday, March 9. Soma of the Americans In a listening post In front of their lines northwest of Toul early this morning discovered .an enemy patrol fixing their own wire, and promptly opened fire. The Germans retreated, leaving two of their number hanging on the barbs. Some hours after daylight a party of five Germans, two infantrymen and three Red Cross workers, started for their comrades com-rades entangled in the wires. The Americans saw the Red Cross brassards and did. not fire on the party, which removed re-moved the bodies. There has been increased sniping activity ac-tivity along the whole of Hie American front during the last twenty-four hours. One enemy post gave the Americans special spe-cial trouble durinp the night, placing well-aimed bullets on certain points of the line. After daylight the post still continued working from shell holes with periscopes. American snipers tried to silence si-lence the enemy from their line, but were unsuccessful. Snipers Organize. A sniping patrol was then organized by tho Americans and went out in broad da.y-light. da.y-light. The repult of this expedition has not been reported. Today was the warmest in many weeks. During last night and today the Germans dropped phosgene, shells on several of the American battery positions and mustard shells in the rear of the line. Three gas alarms were given on the front within a few hours. Owing to the quickness of the Americans In adjusting their gas mask3, the shells did no damage. On one of the American lines the enemy en-emy laid down a barrage, after having concentrated a rather heavy bombardment. bombard-ment. The American artillery put a coun-terbarrage coun-terbarrage as a precaution against a raid, but no raid developed. Drop Gas Shells. "Vhile this was going on the enemy dropped a score of gas shells on a town directly in the rear, but the noxious gas did no damage. On the other end of the line the American gunners laid down a barrage on the enemy line. All along the front the .American artillerists shelled the German front and second line and communication com-munication trenches. Better weather conditions brought In-orf-riPe.d ac.rUI activity. One or t"o aerial encountere? were reported, hut they had no definite results. The American ' antiaircraft anti-aircraft guns fired on rrtimernus enemv p.anes. but they were well out of range American army observers today flew over (Continued on Page Thre.) Hid SENTRIES ROUT II PATROLS (Continued from Page One.) the lines in planes of the French squadron. squad-ron. All these machines returned safely. |
