The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-13
Under Improved Weather Condi-
tions There Is Stiff Fighting
Along Virtually Two.thirds of
the English Front.
HAIG s MEN CONTINUE TO
WIN GROUND FROM ENEMY
Teutons Lose on a Mile Front
South of the Arras; New Posi-.
tions to Which They Are Fall
ing Back Are Not Finished.

~ AshnclAte1 fresH.
With the British Armies IN France
Via London. April ~. = y. M urom
an Associated rrcss Correspondent -.
Under improved weather conditions
thor was stiff fighting along virtually
tHu-thirds OF the British front today
In addition to the gain made In the
new attack between Harricourt and
Mctz-En- Couture. the British are
making progress further north An
Other mile uf tho Hiudenburg line
southeast OF Arras has been taken. as
shown hy last nights official COM
muni'atiou giving a total width OF
throc ana one hair miles to the turn
Ing r.oycmcut at the top uf this FAM
ous position
In falling back the Germans are
making IA the direction of an cmer-
EenCy auxiliary line TO the rear of the
Hindcuburg line called the Drocourt-
Queaut llnc Work ON this position is
far from complete and the Germans
seem To have had no tdon ~ using IL
except as "a last resort They ar"
nov fighting under orders TO delay the
British advance at every possible point
10 permit completion of the work Of
mnkiur the new position dcfondable.
ON retiring from the Sommc last
month tn" Germans apparently cN-
poctod 10 hold all the uiudcnhurg line
cunning southeast from Arras In front
OF tarhrai and through st Qucatin
and Laou,
The Important point al tho northern
cEd of tins line was Nimy ridge There
Is mo- doubt the Germans never expect
Ell 10 h" driven of that ridge by a
frurtll attack aS was done ly tho
Canadians ou Monday Anticipating a,
northern offensive. however. ana the
posslbl" uutflaulting of the Nimy posi-
tious tho procourt -Queant switch run
ninr north from the Hindynhurp line
wa planned
Icrmau- suffer HEAVY LOSSES.
Ia tho meantime the Germans driN-
on back from their old positions were
endcaNorlug 10 dlg thomsrNcs iD 10
various places, especially i'm 'front.' ~
Mourhy -Lc-prcuN. iu which process
thcv suffered heavy casualties from
nriiilcry and machine gun fire II rs
rather difficult tn explain thv exact
situation whore the attacks ccuter on
arbitrary German field positions ratE-
cr than on tuWu- ur villages Bot iu
modern warfare the taking uf hit %.
french OF q strong point which lF
mJrk"d uulr ON war maps MAY bee OF
far gycnt"r Importance and siguifi-
Coucc than the capture of q wr''
Known city
Toward th, southern end of the
Trtsh lime northwest ut 81 quentin
o. attack was made TODAY n.or an ca
trudrd front nud - -om" places the
British advanced more than mile
Various important places including
Guuf"uuruurt. were rapturod lu the
T"nutm" Nh" Canadians further north
Fought 'hoir way through the wood
located ON the eastern front of Nimv
ridgo The Canadians. boz, the way.
orc loud m their praise of the Scottish
uuops that foueht south ~ them u
tnI,iuE the ridge Tho kit'd men o.-
erNvhcro Kept pace with the troops ~
Tho dominion, giving Invaluable assist
auoo 100 winning the great victory y
WAS estimated TODAY that the rapturoi
gum number more than ldu