Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — Third Series of Pershing Troops Enter Trenches. [ARTICLE]

Third Series of Pershing Troops Enter Trenches.

With the American Army in France, Nov. 13.—The second American detachment to enter the trenches have returned to their billets. The relief was accomplished successfully and without the knowledge of the Germans. The third series of battalionsis now occupying the first line, having marched in on a brilliant starlight. Among the returning troops is the company which bore the brunt of the raid on the trenches by the German shock troops. The battalions in the trenches had a good taste of shell fire during the first hours, the Germans using their artillery more heavily than usual and continuing steadily and the American batteries replying energetically. There has been active patrolling in no man’s land by the Americans and the enemy, but no clash between patrols has so far been reported.