The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-20

Germans had .yonted = supcrgun
that could tire y Shell sevcnt, mites
and that ONE OF these giant weapons
u,tutiN was h~ombardinE IariS
flashed over the world
Masses OF men the like OF which
mover before had been used were
thrown upon That uoint where the
British and the French troops joined.
Unable 10 prepare against such a ter
r.tf, assault. the British were hurled
back by sheer weight ot numbers.
Ten twenty even thirty miles the
Germans advanced Hundreds Of
thousands OF German troops were
sacrificed w. IN" order of the kaiser
10 cain these miles.
Masses were used IN such close for
nation that the British guns were
able 10 NOV th.m down by the hen
Grcds and thousands.
Tho allied commanders forcsaW
that the German drive would wear
itself out by ITS very ticro"ncss ana
wisely adopted 4 policN that would
Involves the sacrifice Of as lew ltvps
ak possible and at the same time to
do the greatest O Of daning,
To- the Gcrmnns.
IN the vicinity of Chauny. several
companies or American engineers
N,tr, engaged In railroad tonsiru'-
N.'fNN ~ m NFNtNN'A HNNfA N''
Irtish with whom thcy were work
ir. had boon ,ut of IN their Soc
tor from the remainder Of the army.
IN. dropping their tools. thCN sciycu
riucs and fought Ike demons until
ali wcr" other Killed or captured
Tho whole world waited %anNiouslV
for the allies 10 stop this drive. u
seemed TO those waiting that tho
G,rmau horles wtrc actually about
20 hr'ak through and achieve their
objective. EvcrN rosorNc IN the al
u'd armics VAS being rushed To- tn
front.
\ Hrnrtrcnhing Crisis.
pnV and night tCnscncss oNorhunE
the general headquarters Of the high
command Disaster seemed "a hay,
placed hor and on the forces Of tn"
allies General pcrshinR VAS one Of
the little group that planned and hH
bored during those ouino days and
age long nights Strategic nlins 10
stem tho hordes of the Hun were
elaborated There WIS one element
I'M an these plans that the allied
commanders could not meet. Their"
we're NO large bodies Of reserves 10
,publc tho forces 81 freedom TO MAX"
~ effective counter attack
Tho continuous rumble of the
mighty dIumfir Of IN" gtcat guns
ON the front was plainly heard in
PARIS. n seemed as 10 Satan himself
was PLAYING q bass ohligato To tn"
tramp uf millions OF Hun feet on
their march To the citA OF despair.
As regularly ~ the pendulum Of
fatc. "a sharp crash would shake M,
city rs tn" dovilish gun OF the Ger
mans hurled death n destruction
pon the def,nsolcsS city. churches.
hospitals and homes were indiscrim.
a....N - -
n was enough TO shake the h,ariH
ot the strongest g hut the brave
cittgcrs of that great city had an I'M
shaken confidence IN the command.
trs Of their armies tlcN felt that
Oh, time had not vet come when they
should again see their fair city In
ToutonIo hands
General porshing sat in the coun
ellis at the staff Ito laborcd on the
great strategic plans. He fslt tho
to%nseucss and he saw the confidence
OF the people OF Paris lie knew that
America alon, of the allies had the
manpowor TO form the necessary rc-
sorvrs to meet the enemy and hurt
them back True. his men were late
~ arrived they had not PASSED
through the necessary training that
an the commanders deemed ncD,s-
sary before thoy could take thor
places BESIDE tho veterans OF many
battles.
fcI~hins LEAPS Into the Brcach.
but General pershing knew that
his men were Americans. lie know
that they could he trusted to hold
'httr part Of the line with the tradi-
uonarN bravery OF their race he
know that their morale would coun.
tor balance their lack OF raining NJ
nieht he %pondered ms question, IN
tho morning ne went 20 Hentinl
loch, the commanCei Of the gallahi
French army.
There ~ at this I'm" no oth'l
question than that 90 ushting ne
said. Infantry. artillery, dH"iloh
nll that We have are yours 70 dis-
pose OF AS you VIII have come ="
say TO YOU that the American peopie
would he proud to hc engaged nv h
greatest battle an history
francc gladly accepted th" oii'' "i
tho American troops and u place was
assigned 10 them ln the hattie lno
There was great rejoicing IN tho
American camps that day Hurried
urenarattona we're completed and
soon thousands We're under way.
Great army trucks filled every road
leaainr from the American encsmp-
..r r,u mas Of artillery M