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Show slderable alarm , according to prisoners who readily admit that the Americans have few equalH in this style of fighting. AMERICAN GUNS TEAR UP ENEMY LINES IN REAR WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Wednesday. May 22. (By the Associated Press.) The accuracy of the American artillery fire on the Picai-dy front is attested to by information that eight out of ten German batteries which have been active in bombing the American Amer-ican positions have been destroyed by the American artillerymen since their entry Into this sector. Aerial photographs show that direct hits were obtained in most instances. In addition to this the American guns have been busy in tearing up the enemy's rear lines and setting his ammunition dumps and billets on fire, while patrols from the American lines have been harassing the Germans nightly. The marked increase recently in the enemy aerial activity along this front has raised the question of whether ft may not be a prelude to new action by the enemy infantry. "Whether or not this be the case the American troops holding the line arc becoming restless nnd eager for a chance to get at the enemy. One hears frequently the conviction convic-tion expressed that if the numbers are anywhere near equal, the Germans will be given an unwelcome surprise. Already the American resourcefulness on patrot has caused the Germans eon- |