Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-14
Six Villages Captured and
KaiSer's Men Are Pressed
Back Along Front Of Twelve
Miles,
VIMY RIDGE NOW IN
HANDS OF CANADIANS
Footing Is Gained in Trenches
Southeast of Lens, Is Re-
port From Headquarters in
France. j #H

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On a twelve-mile front northeast of
Arras and on a nine-mile front north
west of St Quentin the forces of Field
Marshal Haig have shattered the Ger
man defenses and forced the Ger
mans to retire.
North and east OF the Vimy ridge in
the Arras region the British seized
six villages from the Germans during
~ successful move forward from the
Searpe northward to near Loos Lon
don says footing has also been
gained in the German trenches north
east of Loos, a mining and railroad
center, ".-
Vimy, Petit Vimy, Givenchy- En- Co
helle and Angres. all north OF the
Vimy ridge, and the villages of Willie
Val and Baiieui, aast of ttts ridge Were
taken In the advance, All these VIII
lagos are on the slopes of the ridge.
British Make Big Gains,
South of the Arras-Cam brai road it
is announced the British forces have
gained ground east of Waneourt and
are astrde the Hindenburg line as far
as a point seven miles southeast of
Arras.
Prisoners taken since the beginning
of the battle of Arras last Monday
row total more than $4,000, says Lon
don. Field Marshal Haig also has
captured 166 guns and other war ma
terial.
Northwest of st. Quentin the British
advanced on line between Hargl-
court and Metz En- Couture, capturing
two woods the Sart farm and the viii
Iage of Gouzencourt. This advance
enlarged the salient in the German
lines between St Quentin and Cambrat
and outflanked the Harvincourt wood
on the south.
French Troops Also Win.
French troops are holly engaged
with the Germans south of st, Quen-
tin, between the Somme river and the
St Quentin railway. The latest otfl-
cal statement from Paris says the
battle continues in front of the post
tions captured by the French. The
Germans resisted desperately but the
French carried several of trenches be-
tween the river and the railway. Ar
tillery actions are reported between
the Somme and the Disc in Cham
pagne.
German thrusts, Berlin says, coun-
balanced British attacks on An
gres and Givenchy- En- -Gohelle, ana
near the Scarpe British attacks are
reported to have been repulsed with
losses, Berlin reports only minor en-
gagements north of St. Quentin and
saws that French attacks failed on
both banks of the Somme, south of st.
Quentin,
Fighting on East Front.
ON the eastern front there has been
some activity in Galicia near Sokal
and near the Bystrtza river. At the
latter place, Petrograd says, Austrian
soldiers who were advancing toward
Russian trenches with white flags
were shelled and dispersed by Austro-
Germans on the Austro- Italian
front and in Macedonia there nave
been only artillery exchanges and
minor raids.
Two British hospital ships, the Salta
and the Gloucester Castle, have been
sunk. The Salta struck a mine with
the loss of fifty-two lives and the
Gloucester Castle was torpedoed WIN
out any warning by submarine. All
the wounded on the Gloucester Castle
were saved:
The statement says:
.. "The area of active operations ex-
tended toward the north today. East
and north of Vimy ridge our troops
d pressed back the enemy on our whole
front from north of the River Scarpe
to south of Loos
1--WE have seized the villages OF
.Railleul, Willeval, Vimy, Petit Vimy,
81 Giyenchv-e -Gohelle and aAngres, ana
have gained footing in the enemy $
trenches northeast of Lens. In TINS
area we have captured prisoners ana
guns.
'.South of the Arras-Cambria road
we have captured Waneourt tower
on spur east of Wancourt village
and have advanced astride the HIN
denburg line as far as point seven
miles southeast of Arras
1--WE have also made further prog
ress on the high road east of LIE YER
guier and in Havrinoourt wood, north
west of st. Quentin.
Much useful work was done ny
our airplanes yesterday, although the
weather continued unfavorable. The
only hostile formation encountered
was severely handled by one OF our
patrols, which droven down four
enemy machines. One other hostile