heavy artillery which silenced two enemy batteries americans in heavy artillery exchange by bert ford staff correspondent of the interna tional news service with the american army in the toul sector april b the attack on the american outpost by a german patrol started the liveliest artillery exchange that has taken place in the sector northwest of toul in many weeks a sentry sighted several cronching figures in no man's land and hiÃŸ challenge drew a volley the amer icans replied with rifle volleys and machine-gun fire driving off the patrol heavy shelling by the germans which followed this clash brought a scathing artillery return from the american batteries heavy shelling sunday the enemy dropped more shells in this sector sunday than had been fired in the previoustwo months harassing the american front lines has been costly to the enemy every night raid has been defeated an is-year-old private in an amer ican ration detail who was ordered to surrender at one point emptied his automatic killing the sergeant in command of the germans loses three fingers he returned to his trench with three fingers missing due to the explosion of a german grenade ho was lifted to the shoulders of his matea and escorted to the dressing station the american are now calling their steel helmets carnegie der bies our men abroad to train but 30 days americans to be merged with irish french and english in reserve and lead offensive new contingents in camp here will be in battle line month after landing