Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-09-02
Results of Battles Indicate
That German Lines Are
Weak and That They Are
Unable to Halt AggreSSOrS,
PERONNE is WRESTED
FROM ENEMY BY HAlG
Last important Town on the
Somme River in Teuton
Hands, Captured by British
Fall of Lens Is Predicted,
(undntcd War Lead by the Associated
ppCSs.)

The Germans continue to give
gropnd before the allies. Daily the
trend of events accentuated the in
security of the German lines and their
inability to hold back the aggressors.
Where, two months ago great sa-
lients projected into the allied front,
these either have been flattened out
or are in the process of being hlotted
out and in some instances the allies
themselves have driven tn wedges.
With the Marine and Picardy sectors
now practically reclaimed, the wings
o fthe present allied offensive arc
moving in a manner that bodies i'll FOR
the Germans. In the north, the wing
on the I.ys salient, southwest of Gpres
gradually sbending under voluntary
retirements an dthe pressure of Field
Marshal Eaigs forces. Following the
fall Of KENNEL the allied line has
been moved further forward until it
now rests almost upon the ECtalres-
La Bassee road, less than seven miles
southwest of Armentieres BY the wip-
ing out Of this salient the menace
to the channel ports has been over
come
Franco Americans Advance.
On the southern wing, north of Soils
sons the French and American troops
are continuing their progress T'he viii
lagos of Leury ad Crecy Au Mont have
h1en captured aud crossing tiie shft-
cite. footing has been gained in the
nf - n q hu tan
through which passes the railroad line
running from Chauny to Laon. Large
numbers of prisoners have been
taken.
From Arras southwark to the virin-
ity of Noyon the British and Ere lch
troops have made remarkable gains.
Peronne, the last important town
in German hands on the Somme river,
has been captured, The British passed
on eastward and northward with
steady strides. Bouchavesnes and RAM
court and the high ground adjacent to
them also are British, and Field Mar
shal Haig's men have arrived at the
outskirts of the st. Pierre Vast wood.
Farther to the north other towns have
been taken, including Bullecourt,
which last week changed hands sew
eral times.
Bi!iSh Capture 1000.
The Canadians and Australians were
in the forefront of the ,naneuyers
throughout this region an ~ gallant
work. Considerably more tnau 2.n0O
prisoners have been taken by he Brit
ish and few guns also have | cen
captured.
To the south where the Fr,neh are
operating against the Germans aleng
the Canal du Nord there have been
violent artillery duels, Seven miles
south Of Peronne, at Epanancourt the
French have forced another crossing
oF the canal, and two miles northeast
of Nesle they have captured the vii
iage Of Rouy lie Petit.
Unofficial reports are to the effect
that the British have reached the out.
skirts of Lens, the famous coal min.
ing town north of Arras, and that
conflagrations are visible behind the
lines in the neighborhood of Lens
and as far as ArmentiereS These fires
are taken as an indication that 1t is
the intention of the Germans to re-
treat in this general region The Ger
man war office admits the relinquish
ment Of territory between Ypres and
La Bassee, declaring that the move-
ment was for the purpose of shorten
ing the German line and that 1t was
carried out without the knowledge of
the British.
Spain is to take oyer all German
ships now interned in Spanish ports
as a reprisal for the sinking OF Spanish
vessels by German submarines.
Reports from Petrograd are TO the
effect that Nikolai Lenine. the Bolshe-
vik premier has died from wounds
inflicted by an assassin.