French Lieutenant Foils German Prisoner Raid Paris, Jan. 30, "Aviation and artillery have shown a certain amount of activity," it was reported in a French military communique issued here last night, dealing with the situation on the Western Front, Knocking a German down wit 3 hefty swing of his fist, and shouting "Help, boys, the Boshes are here," a lieutenant of the French Alpine chasseurs yesterday foiled a carefully planned Nazi raid to take prisoner:
M. Charles Morice in Petit Parisien."
He states that a strong German patrol crept near a small advance post in the sector north of Bitche, by following marks cut into the frozen snow the previous day. About 200 yards from the post, the Germans sent on three men, who crept through the barbed wire protection and hurled themselves at the lieutenant, who was momentarily stunned, but, revived by the intense cold, he' used his fist on one of the Germans and called for help. The guard of the chasseurs then dealt with the second German, and surrounded the third, who was taken prisoner. -The other two Germans were dead.
The lieutenant and his men wer-decorated.—Reuter.
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