Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-30
Germans Are Checked Before
More Than Corner Of Mall
ancourt Village Is Success
fully Occupied.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
INTENSELY ACTIVE
Teuton Positions Storned and
Counter-attaCkS Are Re-
pulsed; Turks Are Again
Heavily Beaten,

The Germans TO the northwest of
Nefdun in an infantry attack launch
ed with huge effcctiyes, have gained
additional ground against the French
north of Malancouu and have even
penetrated the northwest corner II
the village
The attempts of the Teutons to
carry then advance farther how
ever, We're stopped by the French fire.
as also were three coun;-i-attacks
against the positions IN the Avocourt
wood, south of Malancourt. Which
previously had been taken from them
hy French infantry attack. The
German official communication says
the advance of the Germans north of
Malancourt was over a front of more
than a mile.
Heavy French Gunfire.
During the German offensive on
Malancourt the French heavy guns
from the Argonne were directing
their fire on the Malancourt and Avo-
court woods.
\ heavy bombardment has been in
progress from Avocourt northeast
ward, distance of five miles There
has also been a continuation Of the
sporadic outEursts Of artillery fire to
the north ana east OF Vcrdun. In
the Vosges mountains the French bat
teries have been keep ne up their us
ual bombardmcnt of German organiz-
ations
Blow Up ssc,man Posts.
In mining operations IN the Aro-
gOnne the French have blown up Ger
man posts and between the Disc and
Aisne have deposed German conveys
with their guns The Germans claim
that in a handgrenade encounter they
recaptured from the British mine
crater at ST. Eloi The British de-
clare they have consolidated all the
ground gained on March q.
Russian Activity intense.
Although thaw has set In on the
Russian front and the rivers are
flooded and the lowlands have been
turned into morasses hard fighting
between the Germans and Russians
continues from the Dvlnsk region
southwark. Near. Lake NarocI the
Germans have been oriven out of q
wooded sector and their counter-at-
tacks repulsed by the Russian fire.
German trenches have been taken
by the Russians in the Oginski canal
region.
The Russians have been on the Of
fensive along the Stripa river region
and the Bessarbian front In the
latter region the Russian artillery IS
very active.
Italian Attacks Repulsel.
The repulse of vicious Italian at
tacks on the northern slope of San
Michele and near san Martino on the
Austro-Italan line is chronicled by
Vienna. Austrian airmen have bom
barded Italian railway lines in Venice.
The Greek government has protest
ed to the central powers against the
air raid made over Saloniki last Mon
day. in which twenty persons were
killed. SalonilIi says the Teutons
lost four of the seven machines which
delivered the attack, together with
their crews.
Turks Beaten Again.
The Turks turned to the offensive
against the Russians In the coastal
sectors of the Caucasus, but the Rus
slams beat them off with heavy cas-
ualties and forced them to retreat.
The Russian war minister, General
Polivanoff, who has held office for
the last nine months, has retired ac-
cordinE to an unofficial report from
Petrograd which adds that General