Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-24
TeutonS Give Up Positions
Near St, Quentin Canal to
Considerable Depth, Says
Paris.
HEIGHTS OVERLOOKING
0lSE VALLEY TAKEN
Offensive by KaiSer'S Men
Northwest Of Rheims Is Re-
puISedi British Gains Con-
tinue,


Temporarily at least, the German
retirement in France appears to have
halted, as both the British and French
communications report counter-at-
tacks and stubborn resistance at vari-
Gus points. Notwithstanding this APP
parent change in German tactics. the
British report progress southeast of
Arras; and the French, Paris says,
have moved forward between one and
a quarter and two and a half miles
in the st. Quentin region.
Gain on the Disc.
The French troops also have made
gains on the height overlooking the
Disc valley, northeast of Tergnier, and
have repulsed German attacks before
Thiel. northeast of Rheims Paris as
serts that the Germans are inundating
the Disc region and that the city of
La Fere, thought to have been one of
the strongest points in the German
line, is under water.
Germans Resist Stubbornly.
South of the Disc the French COM
tinue to cross the Ailette river and
north of scissors, Paris says, consider
able progress has been made toward
Margival. stubborn resistance by the
Germans is said to have marked the
French successes northeast of the
canal between the Somme and the
Oise, in which much ground was
gained.
From Beaurains, about two miles
south of Arras, to Etreillers, five
miles west of st Quentin, London re-
ports encounters between British and
German forces. At Vrauxcourt and
at two points it,- the center Of the
line. German counter attacks are said
to have been repulsed and the British
positions maintained, Southeast of
Arras. near Ecoust and Croislllcs, the
British made further gains.
Berlin's Report,
The latest official statement from
Berlin says the French were rcpulsed
in the attacks along the Somme-Cro-
Zat canal, between the Somme and
the Disc, and that 230 prisoners were
taken by the Germans.
Except for French activity near
Monastir, in Serbia, and Russian ad-
vanCes in Persia, there have been no
important operations on the other
battle fronts North of Monastir, af-
ter a violent fight hill 124S remained
in the hands of the French. Paris
says the German and Bulgarian
troops made repeated unsuccessful at
tacks to gain possession of the hill.
Berlin reports a "harassing fire" by
the French near Monastir and says a
partial attack took place between
Lakes Ochrida and Presba. to the
westward.
Russians Near Mcsopotamia.
Southwest of Kermanshah, Persia,
the Russians have progressed to with
in forty-five miles Of the Mesopo-
tamian border, according to Petro-
grad. This would bring the Russians
to within 100 miles of the British
force that has been advancing up the
Diala river from Bagdad In a six
teen-hour battle near KERN, Petro-
grad also reports the Turks were
forced to retreat to KERN
The Russians attacked the Turks
along the river Shrwan, a tributary
of the Diala,
It is reported unofficially that Ger
many has notified Norway of the
extension Of the blockade zone to the
Arctic ocean to include the waters ac-
cessible to the ports of northern Rus.
STA.