Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-07-31
Prussian Guard and BavarianS,
Finest in German Army, Are
Out Maneuvered and Out
Fought During Day,
AMERICANS GIVE GROUND
AT TWO POINTS ON LINE
Minor Losses, However. More
Than 0verbaIanced in Ad-
vanceS Made at Other Points
in Fearful Fire,
Undated War Lead by the Associated
press,l


Press,)
American troops fighting north of
the Oureq river on the Soissons-
Rheims salient have enlarged their
brilliant victory of Monday at Sergy.
where they cut to pieces divisions OF
Germany's picked troops and took
and held the village against counter
attacks.
Notwithstanding continued heavy
opposition by guns, machine guns and
large numbers of the enemy. soldiers
from the middle western and eastern
states drove their line northward from
Sergy Tuesday for a distance of about
two miles and wera resting at night
on the slopes approaching the woods
beyond the town of Nesles. Where
they stood at the last accounts the
Americans formed the apex OF the
long line running across the salient
Foe Holds Strong Position.
While the bitter fighting was In
progress between the Americans and
Germans the French troops on both
sides of the fighting front also moved
forward for goodly gains northeast OF
Fere- En- -Tardenois and east Of Sergy.
In the Nesles forest the Germans
are holding strong positions from
which they are Smelling. but thus far
ineffectively. the menacing allied limo
before them.
Prussian guards and Bavarians we're
in the thick of the fighting through
out Tuesday, but again they we're out,
maneuvered and out-fought by the
Americans and again suffered heavy
casualties.
May Offer Battle.
The Germans apparently are on tha
eve of attempting to end their re-
treat from the soissons- Rheims salient
and turning and offering frontal bat
armies.
The day of rear guard actions seems
drawing to close Violent counter
offensive measures against their an
tagonists already are In progress by
the Germans over most of the battle
front.
Further gains have been made by
the allies. only after the bitterest
fighting Standing firmly, and giving
ground only under absolute necessity,
The allied troops everywhere have ex-
acted huge toll
Americans Yield Point.
Particularly heavy has been the
fighting in the center of the salient
and on the right and left anchor points
resting respectively southwest OF
Rheims and south of Scissors. II still
Is on the two anchor points that the
Germans are keeping a most watchful
eye, fearful that the allied troops may
yet press back the line and threaten
the armies of the German crown
prince with the pincer maneuver, for
the Germans are not, yet far enough
out of the pocket to have passed the
danger.
In the center of the pocket north
of the Ourcq river the Germans in
counter attack drove the Americana
out of Cferges, but this slight gain was
more than overcome later by the PEN
etration of the Americans northward
from Sergy Bougneux, lying on the
west side of the pocket northwest OF
Fere- En- -Tardenois. also was taken by
the Germans, but later the French
and Americans recaptured 1t and with
Grand Rosy in their possession they
still held vantage points for small
turning movement toward Fere,
which. If successful. would give them
goodly number of prisoners.
Southwest of Rheims the Germans
delivered violent attack against the
French from both sides of St. Eu-
PHRASE. Their effort to capture the
village, however, was futile. although
they pushed their line slightly forward
on the west side of il.
Southwest of Ypres the Australian
troops are keeping up their attacks
against the Germans and have cap
tured the town of Merris and with It
169 prisoners and number of trench
mortars and machine guns. The Ger
mans at last reports we're heavily boms
harding the new positions Of the Brit
ish.