Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
Desperate Fighting in Prog
ress on All Fronts With
British Biting Deep Into the
Hindenburg Line.
GERMAN ATTACKS ARE
BL00DILY REPULSED
Russian Situation Remains
Complicated With Govern
ment for Moment ExerCis-
ing Some Control,
t.r .osp,ss Jou.r.L .eze,.l LEASED w,s.i

With the strong fortress OF lAon
as their objective, | rench troops con-
tinue their brillian. advance toward
Ailette river from the heights above
the Aisne, northeast of scissors.
The angle In the French line in
front of Laffaux has been straight
eped out by an advance along front
of nearly four miles on the road from
Scissors to Laon. Further east all
the high land between Cerny and
Craonne, distance of six miles. and
the hills dominating the valley OF the
Ailette, are IN the possession OF GEN
eral Nivelle's men.
Desperate Resistance.
The German resistance Is declared
10 have been most desperate, but the
French maintained their advances,
and in addition to inflicting heavy
losses on the Germans, took more
than 1900 prisoners Saturday. The
total prisoners taken during the op-
erations in the same territory on
Friday was 1000, making the total
for the two days offensive more
than $500.
In the operations about Laffaux
the French carried salient in the
Hindenburg line of which Laon,
twelve miles to the northeast, is the
strongest point in this territory. From
Cerny to the Ailette river is three
miles, and Laon Hes about six miles
directly north of the Ailette.
German Losses 100000.
The French offensive north of tbs
Aisne bagaY Anil 10, and after days
or despeia I. Ag!lylting .tnd an advance
fiua DlilaS against
strong German resistance, the French
reached the line Of the Chemin- -Des-
Danes. and captured more than 2S,-
600 prisoners. The German losses IN
the first week of the French offensive
on the Asne and Champagne fronts
were estimated at 2200OO killed.
wounded ana prisoners.
The advances Friday and SATURDAY
continue the work begun IN md'
April and give the French a grip on
the Siegfried position of the linden
burg line in the I4aon region.
Intense Fighting Continues.
Bullecourt continues D center OF
most intense battle with alternate ad-
vance and retirement on both sides
South of that point the British nave
bombed their way into German
trenches of the Hindenburg switch
toward Queant. This penetration is
regarded as of great tactical sgnifi-
canoe. Artillery fighting is intensive
along the Aisne frcnt.
The outcome of the contradictory
situation in Russia, where mobs have
denounced members of the provisional
government, remains puzzlng. Chief
developments in Petrograd Saturday
were the adoption by the council OF
workmen's and soldiers delegates OF
a vote of confidence in the government
and the forbidding of all meetings OF
armed demonstrations for two days
The troops in Petrograd we're ordered
to remain in their barracks.
Russian Ministry Firm.
Premier Lvoff and Foreign Secre-
tary Milukoff have declared that the
government will resign rather than
recall the note sent May day to the
entente governments assuring them
Russia would prosecute the war Wig
orously.
The German chancellor will make
within fortnight palmer declara-
tion of Germany's peace conditions
according to an announcement by DR.
Karl Helferich, the German vice chan
cellor.
Belief that the problem of dealing
with the menace of German subma'
rines had been solved, was announced
Saturday by w. L. Saunders, chairman
of the naval consulting board Of the
United States, who declared the plan
tested by that body had been for
warded to Washington.