Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-10-25
Final Reckoning. Shows More
Than 5000 Germans Were
Captured in Attack Against
Crown Prince.
COUNTER CHARGES DO
NOT REC0UP LOSSES
With Specially Constructed Gas
Shells Germans Begin OIL
fensive Along Section of
Italian Front.
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General Petains troops, who made
a brilliant dash against the German
lines northeast of Scissors Tuesday
morning. at last accounts were hold.
ing all their gains and were meeting
with no resistance from the forces OF
the German crown prince, except by
means of bombardments. In addi.
ton to the great gains in terrain more
than 5000 prisoners and numerou,
guns were taken by the French.
Likewise the British and French
armies in Flanders are maintaining
all the positions won northeast OF
Ypres Monday. Here the German.
have delivered several counter-at.
tacks in the region south of the Hout.
hoist forest, but have been unable t,
recoup any Of their losses.
Extremely heavy bombardments
continued In the Verdun sector and
in the region of Hill No. 344 the army
of the German crown prince deliver
ed n violent attack against the French
The enemy succeeded in capturing q
French advanced position but later a
counter-attack forced him to relin-
quish it.
Big Battle Imminent.
In the Austro- Italian theater large
German forces have reinforced the
Austrian line and apparently big
battle is imminent over the 23-mile
front from Monte Rombon, southeast
ward through Fitch and Tolmino and
thence southwark to the Bainsizza
plateau which lies about ten miles
northeast of Gorilla.
The Berlin war office reports the
capture on the northern section OF
this front Of positions near Fitch and
Tolmino and also points in the north
ern part of the Bainsizza plateau. The
Germans began their offensive after
an intensive artillery fire, in which
specially constructed gas shells were
thrown at various places. According
to the Italian war office, bad weather
intervened during the attack and the
fighting died down to some extent
Italians Are Prepared.
The official communication adds
that the Italians are unafraid as a re-
suit of the preparations of the Ger
mans and Austrians and that the
enemy will find them s'steady and
prepared"
Where the Germans obtained large
numbers of reinforcements for the
Austrians in this region has not yet
become apparent, but 1t is not inn
probable that some OF them were sent
posthaste from the northern Russian
front, where between the Dvina river
and the Gulf of Riga there has been a
withdrawal by the Germans over a
wide front If these troops were not
removed for the campaign In the
Austro- Italian theater possibly they
have been sent to the western front
from which signals of distress from
army commanders necessarily have
been sent up as result of the terrible
poundings Field Marshal Haig and
General Petain have given Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, and the
German crown prince in Flanders and
along the Aisne and before verdun
Emperor william has returned tc
Berlin from visits to Constantinople
and Sofia and is now engaged in an
attempt to straighten out the muddled
political situation in Germany. 1t ID
stated that Chancellor Michaelis al.
ready has rendered his resignation to
the emperor.
British shipping losses last week az
the result of submarines or mines ag-
gregated twenty-five vessels, as
against eighteen the previous week.