Show I. I American Ame can Artillery Wipe Out Out- Town m in Fierce Duet Duel rBy By United nl ed Press S WITH THE HEt AMERICAN An ARMY ARMYON ARMYON Y YON ON THE TIlE TRENCH BATTLEFRONT llA BATTLE BATTLE- FRONT FRONT May 1 The I.-The The Germans Germans brought up uP additional artillery following th the arrival of American forces in the ih the line Une here Fierce Tierce duels are in tn progress ss One village has been entirely wiped out In the last forty eight hours tile the American guns have raked the roads loads and villages in the re rear r of the German lines Jines and nd have hae barraged barraged barraged bar- bar raged their front lines line The boche poured in high explosive ex ox- x- x plosive ve shells in retaliation the duels continuing through the night The Americans Americans ultimately ly neutralised neutralized neutral neutral- the German fire While the exact location of ot the American troops I before Amiens has not not been officially announced from Crom American sources the Trench French war office a week ago to Franco American positions bey I J IY r i I k tween tween Ha Hangard En g. g nl- nl and s 's i i f Hangard is on the north bank of the Luce river between nine nine and and ten miles mUes tta east ast t and south o of Amiens is on the southbank southbank south bank of the Avre A vre on a fiend bend where the river flows directly westward after atter converging with the Luce The town is three miles and a half west vest and slightly south of 01 Hangard Han Han- gard sard It Ills is about seven miles and anda a ha half southeast of Amiens The Luce flows westward and slightly southward It t is along the north bank banI of this stream that the allied line lino is supposed to be held The TheA A Avro flows in a general northwesterly northwesterly northwesterly northwest northwest- erly direction through Montdidier and Amiens About a a mile east cist of Hangard and back of 01 the German lines is the important town of Villers Villers- Aux Is about three miles south and west of and two miles south and east of or Hailles on the east bank of the theA A Avre vre The most important roads in this area are the highways from Mo- Mo l renil Ielli to Amiens and from Roye to Amiens t |