Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-04
Teutons Are Losing by InaC-
ton, Because Time Is Work.
ing Heavily Against Them,
Hence Desperate Drive,
WARFARE IN TRENCHES
IS BEING ABANDONED
Allies Will Give Enemy No Res
pitei Heavy RetnfOrcementS
Are Being Rushed to italian
Front From East,

tet moHNiNS JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED
Washington, Dec. 3.--An effort by
the Germans to bring on decisive
engagement on the western front is
suggested in the war department.
review of military operations for the
week ending December /, issued to-
night by Secretry Baker.
The outstanding feature of the
general military situation today"
says the review, lis to be found in the
eVer-inereasing mobility of action of
the forces engaged.
Static warfare is giving way to ac-
tivity of movement.
Germans Seek Decision.
TT seems that "a decision is being
sought by the enemy, who realizes
that he cannot endure for a much
longer period the strain of trench war
fare imposed by the allies in the
west.
This explains the effort of the
central powers in massing consider
able forces in order to invade Italy
a concentration of troops made pos
sible by the internal situation in Rus
sia. This offensive was undertaken
to crush the Italians and compel them
to sue for peace.
Five weeks of desperate fighting
has brought them no nearer their real
objective in this theater.
Italy Undcrestimatcd.
For time the military situation
along the Italian front was serious
But the enemy had underestimated
the resisting power of the Italians and
discounted the splendid morale which
! their forces would display when the
| full magnitude of the impending crisis
was Visualized.
The Italians, by a magnificent eff
fort, reorganized their broken forces.
backed by the allies, were able, single
handed, to check the Austro- German
| invasion.
THE closing of the Swiss frontier
for two weeks may indicate that ne
enemy is transporting large .orcos,
both men and guns, to the west.
Forces Leaving Russia
THE enemy is constantly detachlag
large contingents from the eastern
theater. All good troops which can
possibly be spared are being dispatch
ed to other zones of operations.
80, although the season is mo-
propitious for engaging in military
enterprises on a large scale, yet ow
ling to the imperative necessity foI
continuance of this mobility, further
offensves are to be anticipated.
"On the other hand, the allies will
give the enemy no respite and any of
fensive undertaken by the German:
will be promptly met by a counter
stroke of great severity.
Cambria situation.
THE battle of Cambrai continue
with sanguinary intensity. The enemy
after the first onrush of British, b,
bringing up fresh forces, has been abl
to bolster up his weakened defenses
which for a time imperiled the Sc
; curity of the entire Hindenburg line
However, when the Germans ha'
, recovered from the first blow AM
were able to stand their ground, n
further extensive gains of terrain b
the British were to be anticipated.
Hostile reaction has been extreme
" heavy and costly counter-attack
made by the enemy have enabled hir
to retake a certain area, as well as oc
cupy terrain southwest of the Cambria
= sector. The British have the situatio
} we'll in hand and announce the re
pulse of their attackers all along tn
front.
D ION the Italian front allied COOP
3 Grafton has now been firmly establish
4 ed, in measure relieving the Italians
e Reinforcements Required.
0 "In the Palestine theater the rapi
n advance of the British on Jerusalem
n after the fall of Jaffa has been ten
n porarily retarded. The resistance {
the Turkish forces had considerabl
Increased and the necessity of brint
ing up further reinforcements an
= material has caused delay in the o
. fensive operations"
@ Tells Story of U-boat Mutiny.
An Atlantic Port, Dec. "A stoi
r of mutiny on board a German submi