Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-04-30
TeutOniC Assaults Result in
Nothing But Heavy Losses
for the Attackers mitigating
Around YpreS,
BELGlANS INVOLVED
IN STRUGGLE NOW ON
Utmost Efforts Of the Huns
Have Been FruitIesS All
Along the Line, Says Field
Marshal HaigS Report,

tsT soHHIHa JouSsAI SPECIAL IsAsxo wtssl
Germany's armies are hurting thom-
selves against a granite wall on the
three sides of the ruined city OF
Hpres After fighting of the most
terrible nature, tho British and
French lines arc still intact and the
enemy has lost terribly in his repeat
cd assaults against the lines whore
the allies stand at bay
The objective of the fighting that
is now going on is the capture of
Ipres where, since 1914. the British
have held their positions. Two years
ago the allied lines were carried for
ward and the salient In front OF the
city was wiped out, but from these
positions the British retired a week
ago to The trenches where they stood
curing the terrific fighting In the
sping OF 1915. when they stopped the
Germans in their first drive for the
channel ports.
The present battle opened with a
bombardment of the British and
French lines from Meteren to Voor-
ne2eelc, a distance of twelve miles.
Then came reports of spread OF the
fighting around the curve in the line
in front of Ypres until the Belgian
armies, north of the city. were invol-
we'd Field Marshal Haigs official
report, anXiously awaited, brought
the news that the utmost efforts OF the
Germans had been frutless all along
the line. The field marshall state
ment sale that the Teutons had paid
a great price and had gained virtually
nothing
No Withdrawal Now
The battle still continues along the
front, but there is little indication
that an immediate withdrawal irons
Yprea is contemplated by the allies.
ut least not until they have exa cted'
from tho enemy great sacrifice OF
human lives.
The only point ut which the Ger
mans made any gains was on the
hilly section Of the front back of
KENNEL hill whore the French are.
STANDING AT some points the enemy
was able to occupy portions of tho
line, but from the greater part cf
these they were driven out By
the Frenh who re-establiShed their
defenscs
Frontal attacks on Ypres would
seem 10 lnulcdtf lilbl tlleIt 10 iilNlt
confidence in the German general
staff that the Ypres positions can be
outflanked from the south. The lines
as they stand today are very strong
and withstood the onset of the Ger
mans in 1914 when the Teuton army
was a much different machine than 1t
| is today The bloody repulse of the
| Germans in their great plunge for
ward will mean much in further oper-
ations in that sector of the battle line.
A Dclugc of Hun Shells.
When the struggle was going on
before. Ypres, the British positions
from La Bassee to Houtholst wood
and from Lens to Vimy were deluged
with shells but 50 far there has been
no infantry fighting reported from
| that part of the front. An attack on
this salient in the German lines II
! expected soon, however. for 1t stands
as "a constant menace to further ad-
vance by the enemy.
/ Along tho front in the Somme sec
j tor. part of which is being held by
Americans, there has been little fight
ing of note. Further south there have
been only patrol encounters.
/ Ultimatum to Russia.
Germany has presented virtual ul-
timatum to Russia, demanding that
/ able bodied German prisoners OF wal
he sent home at once, proposing Ia
return that only sick and incapacitat-
ed Russians held in German camps
/ shall be turned over in exchange. II
/ tho Russian government does not bow
TO the demand Germany has threaten
ed to take Patrograd. A committee
! of 1t5 Germans has been appointed to
go to the Russian capital to present
the demand.
+ A British shin carrying Y. NJ. G. A
/ ca m" workers has been torpedoed, but
/ all the passengers and all the crew
( except three men were landed safely