Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-30
Germans Offer Strong Resist
ance and Make Several
Counter-attaCks Which Are
Put Down.
NEARLY 1000 PRISONERS
BAGGED IN OPERATION
Fighting Is Heavy Over Mile
, Front and Progress Slow,
Is British Official State
ment.

rBY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL t1Issp wisEl
The three mile stretch of territory
from Arleux- En- Gohelle to Gavrelle
is still the scene of great battles for
supremacy between the British and
the Germans. And in them the Brit
ish continue to hold the advantage
Another trench system--a barrier to
the forward march of Field Marshal
Haig's forces toward Douai, has
been taken over mile front in most
sanguinary fighting. The new posi-
ton lies south of Oppy and runs al
most to the outskirts of Gavrelle.
The Britishers went into the fray
with their usual intrepidity. The
Germans resisted strongly but King
Georges men would not be denied and
soon drove out the defenders of the
position and entered it,, 81.
British Gain Important.
Counter attacks iauncaea by the
Germans were unavailing and at the
close of the day the British were in
full possession of their new gain and
in an appreciably better position than
previously for a continuation of the
offensive eastward toward Douai.
When dawn broke over the battle
field Sunday it found the Canadians
holding tenaciously to Arleux- En-
Gohelle, which they had captured Sat
urday in thrilling battle. Their
night had not been restful one, for!
the Germans threw a heavy counter
attack against them that required
hard work to put down with rifle and
machine gun fire-a task which, now
ever, the Canadians successfully ac-
complished and inflicted heavy casu"
alties upon the Germans.
Berlin Admits Loss.
Berlin has admitted the loss to thel
Canadians of Arleux- En- -Gohelle and
to other parts of Field Marshal Haigs
army of Oppy and positions near Cav
relle and Roeux, which are character
lied as advanced positions, TheI
German war office adds, however, that
except for Arleux all positions were
regained and that the British suffer-
ed extraordinary heavy losses.
Since the commencement of the
offensive Saturday, nearly 1000 Ger
mans have been captured.
Although unofficial advices are to |
the effect that Roeux is the scene of
q titanic struggle, the official reports
make no mention of the fact.
Big Guns Are Active. /
From the bend in the line north
east of Scissors we'll into the Cham
payne the air resounds with the roar
of the big guns of the French and
Germans. There is little infantry ac-
tivity throughout these regions, al
though northwest of Rheims the
French have gained considerable
ground in an isolated attack and
taken prisoners.
The expectation in Peking is that
China within two weeks will declare
war on Germany. Already a special
commission for international affairs
has advised the government that
China should take her place beside
the United States and the entente al
lies as an antagonist of Germany and
parliament is soon to decide finally
the question of Chinas participation.
The Submarine Claim.
Germany during the first two
months of her unrestricted submarine
warfare has sunk freight vessels ag-
gregating tonnage of 100000
more than 100000 tons of it being
notwithstanding to statement
made to the German reichstag by the
imperial secretary of the interior.
The political trend in Hungary is
declared in unofficial dispatches to
be toward characterization. The ex-
pansion of democratic electoral re-
forms and the facilitation of the ac-
QUESTION of land by all classes of the
populace are in contemplation by the
government.