Show l 1 igi fROM AMERIGA 1 RIG THE HUN CLAD f CLAD HAKI-CLAD CLAD I-CLAD LADS ARE PLAYING j THEIR PART IN STRENGTH STRENGTH- ENING BATTLE FRONT My of Yankees Encouraging AIMy AI AN ANglies glies lies While Germans Who Had k Adopted ed Tactics of Sneering at Americans Change Their Tune 4 London Another London Another week has passe passes end nd the Ule Germans have hu not begun their expected new v offensive against the ail al allied allied al- al l lied d forces In Flanders and PI cardy And as fiS yet there Is nowhere any indication in- in that It is their early Intention it It Is not Improbable however that t He e e blow will be bc launched at any mo ino- went ment Aviators in be be- II nd ld the German lines still report a ae e of bringing up fresh fresk oops coops guns and stores for what is be- be eyed everywhere will be their greatest great est est attempt to win will a decisive Ictor victory Americans Encourage Allies I lD the allies are not idle very cry ry hour Is being utilized to lengthen strategic positions and very every hour lour finds them the better pre prepared red pre JI pared red to o withstand an nn enemy on- on taught In the work of streng strengthening the tha battle front the Americans are playing n no no secondary role The steady stream of the khaki clad lads from overseas to the tiie fighting line has hns served greatly to tor r reassure reassure the British and auel French contingents con tangents that have heretofore so valiantly vali vaU- antly held their own against tremendous tremendous ti dous ls odds Those of the the- Americans already In the trenches have hae given ghen and andare andare are are still gh giving a good account of themselves them them- selves elves harassing the thc Germans GermanS' with their artillery and them Inco in co combats bats in the open Germans Change Their Tune Even ren the thc Germans at home prevIously previously adopting the tactics of sneering n the s Americans now are becoming aware aware of their strength and virility X No less an tin authority than the semiOfficial semiofficial semiofficial semi- semi i Official North German Gazette Is Is' remarking on the maturing Amerian Amerman Ameri- Ameri an an reinforcements behind the allied alliedine line ine and wondering how the lIghtn trained Tig-trained ae trained Yankee will hold his his' own owna a the German lads who have had military training from their youth Nowhere along the battle front has there here been fighting of an any great mo- mo ment Several new raids have been Carried carried out successfully against German German German Ger Ger- man man positions by the Americans BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish and French forces and some simi simi- similar la lar ae attempts by the Germans promptly prompt prompt- ly ly put down Heavy artillery duels b have e been In progress on various sectors sectors sec sectors tors between Germans and the British Brit Brit- I ish l and French The shelling b by the Germans of Field Marshal Haigs Haig's posit positions t Ons east and northeast of Amiens has hasen been en particularly heavy gas projectiles being used in great numbers Success of American Airmen The Americans in the s sector have carried out another of their successful raids leaving their trenches without artillery support and overwhelming over over- w whelming an enem enemy trench Six Germans Ger- Ger mans mans were killed and one soldier was nt made de prisoner by the Americans who returned to their own line The rhe Brit Brit- British ish sh sh near Bucquoy In a similar adventure adventure ture captured fourteen Germans and two machine maculae guns and in two other raids took fifteen prisoners and a machine ma ma- chine gun In the river region tl tine e French als also brought blought In captives There here still Is Is' considerable aerial activity over and behind the battle linc ie and md numerous fights in the air all occur eur dan daily Italians Repulse Austrians In III the Italian theater the Austrians h have e essayed several rather strong at- at acks against the Italians In the moun- moun mount t re region lon of the north but everywhere every- every w where here ere have met with repulse Along Alongie tile the ie lower Piave river and in the Tonale region Sion there have haye been seen Intensive artillery ar- ar tJI tillery ery duels |