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Show I Yankees Beat Off m Airmen's Attack Wwf H" France, Feb. 18. There baa been iibbV ... BH. considerable Increaie In aerial ae- K tirlty on the American section since K' v, last night. Enemy planes again flew M over the town where a few days ago H s n American field hospital was lo- v.,; cated and dropped bombs, but wlth- ST" cut damage. One hostile machine was H y driven to earth In a damaged condl- (Ion by an American aviator. - The activity of the American antl- H aircraft gunners, machine gunners H and battery operators kept the ene- V f my machines from flying low enough H to get a good aim. One attempted H i to come lower, but was hotly engag- H; ' d and driven off. Another was fl chased down aftor It had been hit H; by anti-aircraft fire. All day hostile H' Ttlanes were over the American po- f unions. - The artillery action also was live Hv ly nnd a number of casualties aro Hf. reported': Ono shell dropped on a H? cook tent and wounded six men. isB'' M, Three men in the tronches wore wounded by shrapnel, Including ft second lieutenant Several otheri were injured when a town was helled. Bright moonlight assisted tha work of American patrols last night but no Germans were seen. A portion por-tion of the sector was subjected to a slight grassing by the enemy, but tho men put on their masks and there were no casualties. General Pershing has completed a two days inspection of the American sector northwest of Toul. In a "tin hat," with a gas mask swung over his chest at the 'alert position, tho American commander In chief walked walk-ed through all the first line trenches, splashing through the mud and' slipping slip-ping on the ico. He dropped down Into the dugouts and visited batteries batter-ies busy hurling Iron rations at the, enemy. In all places the general asked Innumerable In-numerable quostlons, especially of tho men with regard to food, how they wero and how they liked conditions. con-ditions. All oxcopt one" cook agreed that they were perfectly satisfied with everything. |