Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-08-21

DESPERATE DEFENSE
IS MADE BY GERMANS


fay posslpo JOURNAL SPECIAL LFAsCo wtEEl
with the British Armies in France,
Aug. 20 (via LondonD What two
bauaHons did and how they did it,
was the most thrilling incident of the
last twenty-four hours of sensational
fighting from the Ancrc to the SOmmc
The struggle went on i'm frcakish Au-
gust weather. with alternate cloud
bursts and flashes Of lightning rain
bows and sunshine.
An along the line from the south
NJ the Ancrc the British left thcitI
trenches while the French were hare
at it on their right. The time chosen
was o'clock yesterday afternoony
while the big attacks of July 1 and
u We're in the early morning.
Two battalions were on the left
with more guns TO help them prob
ably. than any two battalions that
over made charge. one hundred
cannon were engaged i'm making a
curtain Of fire ON their front while
others were busy with other details \
Of the staff plan. Nothing i'm tn" ,
whole offensive was so dramatically
staged or came off with greater sue |
cess
The Germans sun h'lu q" III ','ei'
old FIRST inc tfehcheS' "ho'e "'t''
machine guns brought up from uiluv
stfoyed dusouis held Out the h'lus'l
ON .mly /, while the British right
swung on thia section as pivot
ihr"nSh C"hIali'la'7"H anu l'D''
10 the summit OF lhe rluNp' oul "uE"-
ing forward as th' EU"S "''S''' away
Germans stick tn Dn@"uts.
sharper and sharper grew the angle /
of the new British line to the old /
German first line until on the map it /
looked impossible for troops to SUR |
yiyc IN such salient Nevertheless /
the Germans stuck TO those elaborate /
defenses of nearly two years pr'pafa- |
ton with dugouts thirty or forty 1eel (
underground reNelted traN'fs'S ana
every other detmI oi prolttu"u
against all winds of tlre WhIcI army /
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