Show AMERICANS CLASH WITH HUNS three reported killed five wounded and twelve captured armed forces under the american flag hae had their birst clash with german soldiers in aft at tack which the germans made on first line trenches where the united states troops had been taken tor instruction and three americana ere killed fhe wounded and twelve captured or mis ing the war department made this known sunday on receipt of a dispatch from general showing that the german forces soon after learning the af pf the new enemy from overseas lad laun clied a desperate ef fort to overcome altro the attack came in thi form of a lieal barrage alre which isolated a salient of the american tren cli and apparently left a small force 0 americans at the mercy of their enemies eliat the american soldiers fought gamely Is shown by report of a pals oner being aiken by them how of his troops escaped bringing alil german bick with them Is not told in the brief dispatch of the american commander |