Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-09
Fresnoy Is Taken and Lost
and Then Retaken by
Kaiser'S Troops, despite
Terrible Slaughter Suffered.
TEUTON ASSAULTS ARE
REPUlSED BY FRENCH
NiveHe's Armies Report Cap
ture of Between $4,000
and 10000 of Enemy Dur
ing Recent Operations,

After five days of extraordinarily
hard fighting between the Canadians
and the Germans, the little village of
Fresnoy, lying southeast of Lens, and
the adjacent wood, are again In Ger
man hands.
In the retaking of these positions,
where the Canadians had stood for
days holding the most advanced
salient in the British line projecting
toward Douai, the Germans evidently
paid terrible price. Preceded by
heavy artillery fire in which asphyxi-
ating gas shells also were used in large
numbers, the counter-attack was
launched in the early morning.
The machine gun and rifle fire of
the defenders met the Germans as
they threw themselves forward, but
they would not be denied and finally
penetrated the trenches northeast of
the village and even entered the out
skirts of the village itself. Their
tenure Of the position, however, was
short lived for the Canadians soon
afterward returned to the fray. drove
the Germans and again held full
sway.
Germans Carry Trenches.
Reforming later and reinforced by
two fresh divisions, the Germans
again made bid for victory along the
entire front before the village and
wood The right wing of the defend
ers held steadfastly and inflicted
heavy losses on the Germara. The
left wing, howsv e5 otrs, Tfistanding
i.s slGbyoiYs les4st1nSo, yeas compeiiot
to give ground and to evacuate the
village and wood, leaving them in the
hands of the Germans. Berlin re-
ports that 200 prisoners and six ma
chine guns fell into the hands of the
Germans.
There has been a continuation of
the violent fighting southwark in the
Bullecourt and Roeux sectors but no
notable change has been reported.
Tcuton Losses Heavy.
Although the latest French official
communication reports no infantry
action during Tuesday along the line
held by the French in France, the
Associated Press correspondent with
the French armies tells of desperate
German attack south of Berry-Au-
Bac, which was sanguinarily repulsed,
the Germans leaving behind numerous
dead on the battlefield and 120 pris-
oners The prisoners together with
others taken in small raids have
brought the captured by the French
in the latest offensive since April 16
to between $4,000 and 10000.
Fighting in Macedonia.
The artillery activity along the en-.
tire Macedonian front continues to
approach a general offensive. Small
engagements between entente forces
in Austrian and Turkish troops be-
tween Lake Ochrida and Lake Presba
and between entente and Teutonic al
lies troops along the Cerna are re-
ported
Notwithstanding the fact that in
Germany the agitation continues in
tense for the imperial chancellor to
come into the open and state what
Germany's peace terms are, an un-
official dispatch from Copenhagen
would indicate that the peace re-
quired by the German people is not in
sight DR.. Kari Helfferich, the Ger
man vice chancellor, is quoted as hav-
ing said in a speech in the reichstag
anent the peace: I'VE are not yet able
to obtain it. We must still fight for
it,"