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35th Division, CONFIDENTIA 2nd SECTION, G. S. Not to be taken into front lines. From SUMMARY 0 hour OF to INTELLIGENC '24 hour 19 August #51 1918. 208 I. ENEMY ORDER OF BATTLE No rchange. II. 4? ENEMY ACTIVITY (a) Infantry- Generally normal. Some activity against our patrols. Usual grenade fire, and active in P.A. LEH ATT in s/s GASCHNEY. (b) M. G. - Normal at 7:00 h L.G. at 452.6-130.6 very active on HILSENFIRST, several bursts also from 452.8-139.0 (?) s/s GASCHNEY, quist in s/s des LACS and BICHTSTEIN. (c) I. Slight increase, 22 shells on HILSENFIRST, BOIS EN BROSSE and STORCHENRUNZ, 8 on SONDERNACH, 28 small shells on our lines >between 451.2 133.9 and 451.1-134.3 from ILIEN KOPF at 735 to 9:25 h, 5 shells on HILL 664 and lo on KIOSQUE. Active from KLANGLE (s/s GASCHNEY, with 30 shells from 454.1-139.8 at 6:37 h, 20 at 18:50 h and tivo which fell at 451.3 137.4 at 19:43 h. Below normal in s/s des LACS and s/s BICHTSTEIN. (d) Artillery: - Generally normal with slight increase in GASCHNEY and des LACS s/s. Time : Shots Cal. : Origin : ON 15:20-15:45 : 20 : (?) : (?) : G-2 & 3 P.A.8 s/s D 10:10 : 20 :105 : (?) : 450.8-134.8 13:00 : 5 : 77 : PETIT BALLON : (?) s/s E 14:10 : 10 : 77 : LUUNSTER : (?) s/s E 14:45 : 10 : 77 : (?) : KIOSQUE 8:45-9:40 : 35 : 77 : (?) : (?) s/s GASCHNEY 10:00 : 15 : 77 : 455.7-139.7 : 450.4-141.1 10:15 : 20 : (?) : 455.7-139.7 : 450.6-139.7 TRAMI LINE 10:20 : 20 : (?) : 453.2-134.7 : (?) s/s GASCHEEY 16:50 : 10 : (?) : (?) : 450.2-139.7 ELLIGMAUR ? 7:55 : 5 : 77 : 457.5-149.2 : 454.7-146.2 9:45-10:45 : 20 : 77 : 457.9-149.8 : 455.1-146.4 10:45-10:56 : 20 : 77 : (?) : 452.9-146.1 10:40 : 40 : 77 : 459.9-149.8 : 454.8-146.7 11:00 to 11:12 : 20 : (?) : 457.9-148.8 : W of NOIRMONT (?) Ang. 18th : : : 13:25-16:30 : 30 :105 : BAIN des CHENES BAT : DIRECTION WESTEIHN 6:40-7:10 : 25 : (?) : 8?) : SOUTH OF IM BERG 9:35 to 10:35 : 22 150 : BAT . ON .SLOPE FRAUENACKER: Direction HAESSLEN 11:00 to 11:30 : 12 105 : BAT DIRECTION GEISBACH : DIRECTION ECK SCHIRBACH III. AERONAUTICS. (a) Planes: - Little activity. At 2:05 h a.n unidentified plane heard over STORCHENRUNZ. One other over s/s D. Nil ov er S S E. At 2:00 h a blane over s/s GASCHNEY dropped on red star. At 6:50 h a plane from east crossed sur line at STOSSWIHR, then west over SCHALLERENKOPF to s.v. This plane fired en by both our and enemy A.A. guns without effect. One at 1:25 h over des LACS s/s toward s. W. and noise of meter reported over s/s BICHTSTEIN at 1:30 h. One plane low over GERARDMER at 23:15 h whi.ch drepped two lights and was fired on by A.A. IV. MOVEMENTS. (a) Visibility - Good (by Trains (Std. Gaug e) reperted from /s D. 17 trains up valley (308 box cars 21 flat cars and 4 coaches) 14 trains down valley (874 box cars, 35 Tlat cars, 6 coaches) Report ed from s/a des LACS: two trains 5 truins SCHLEST ADF - COLMAR (76 trains BRISUCH-CO 3 1 train smoke only SCHLEST. ADT