Show I AMERICANS ARE i iON ON THE fIRING LINE TAKE UP POSITION ON FRENCH BATTLE S FRONT AND WILL WiLt HELP STOP THE H HUN I r It Fighting Men From This Side of Ocean Face Enemy Line Being Beine dent They hey Will Bar Germans From Paris and Amens Paris American troops have taken up UI positions on the French battle battle- front Under the French high command corn como mand Olund in which h all ranks have supreme supreme- confidence the American forces face the enemy on the line barring harring the Germans Ger ler- J mans from Paris Pari and anil Amiens where where- they have hae been c certain ertain a number o or days lue Americans on entering the line found their position In a n rolling roiling tel ter rain Trie artillery waS waS' the first fit ot on the time line entering on a dark night nIght which was made matle red by the continuous contInuous contInuous' lashes Hashes of friendly and hostile guns Under Undera a fire lire wHich In Ia some cases y rather heavy the American gunner took tool up the positions of the French brench 1 batteries butteries and completed the work of ot digging in S When W the infantry moved in th the firing was just ds as intense In some places places' our troops after passing through villages were raked now anti anil then with shrapnel In several instances instances in in- stances they found the tire trenches abel shallow low while in other cases there them wert were no trenches at mill all By this time the po positions 1 ha have hae e been improved e und rind the shell holes connected The lire American lines s generally are ate about OO to yards apart and tb the tee high ground is about evenly divided What the time future holds hoMs for tIle the Amerl Ameri American T i ican can can forces is of course unknown but the Americans are art confident that ander nn nn- 1 der del the French direction although although al al- though the tasks ahead may be dIfficult 1 cult they will b give gi e a good account o of 1 themselves and strike time tIle boche a blow Mo i if jf opportunity offers S It should hould be understood that this sector ector is Ii Igno no not especially active to com comparison m- m parison with others to the north although although al al- nl- nl though it is more active than those the j Americans previously cd The file artillery firing Is heavy and intermittent Intermittent Intermit intermit- tent the e German shells whizzing over J the tho lines into towns in 10 certain rear r areas reas |