Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-09-21
Steady ThrustS Gain Addition
al Ground and Jaws of
Foch'S Pinchers Are Slowly
Growing in Length,
AUSTRALIANS ARE NOW
NEARING BELLINGLISE
German Dead Lying in Mass
es, Three Hundred Bodies
Being Counted on One Short
Stretch of Trenches.

tar @oENrHa JouRHAl SPECIAL LEASED wtss1
With the British Forces In France
Sept. 20 tby the Associated Press) -
Australian troops day continued
Their penctratiea cf the Hindenlurg
system ana nov are two thirds of
mile from Bellinglse Ivu miles
hoi thWest Of st. OqentIn. Steady
thrG5ts made by the victorious Brit
iHh divisions on the battle front north.
west OF st. Quentin gave them addit.
ional ground during the night No
hehNy attacks were made but the OBJ
; mate Germ n machine gunners
yielded number Of prisoners and the
Exhausted enemy FOR es sheltered / +,
the Hindenburg mair defense we're
given no rest.
On the right near the junction of
The allied armies English and Scot
tlsh troops completed the clearance OF
Holnonvillage and the Nest and re.
doubts adjoining, which had given
considerable tioube to the French.
The British troops swept the CEN.
ctery al Fresnoy free Of machine
guns. Gricourt, a village one mile east
of Fresnoy which had been strongly
defended by reason of the network
OF old British trenches was kent un-
der a destructive fire during the
night.
The Australians lying north OF Fres-
noy continue their exploration of tho
ilindenburg outpost system which
they stormed along the front Of their
FIRST and fourth divisions.
The recapture of Moeuvres last
night completely restores the British
line IN that section Of the canal m
Nortfs~ The Germans fought very hard
Tor the village. Moeuvres is a solid
mass of trenches and dugouts cover
ing 2 square mile. 1t is the junction
'of the main support Hindenburg line
and is the most difficult obstacle
which the British have encountered
Gnywhere in that defensive system.
The enemy regards it as the KEY ID
me position north Of Havrlncourt.
Few Prisoners Taken,
rev prisoners were taken. In adj
ditlon to the guns already reported
captured the British have taken two
Iour-inch howitzers abandoned by the
Germans Thursday and two field guns
lett behind Yesterday afternoon. The
occupation of a series Of redoubts
around the Malassise farm was ac-
complished in the face Of stiff resist
ance. This throws the British line
nearer the st. Quentin canal at Vend-
huille on the battle front between
Eiliers Guislain and the defenses of
~ quentin, only three fortified VIII
ages remain in German hands on this
side of the Hindenburg system. These
and Faayet.
The English county troops which
took Ronsoy, with more than s00
prisoners, completed the clearance of
Lemrlre, neighboring village, a mile
TO the north. The Germans wedged in
rnvines and fragments Of old bitches
ana quarries between Lempire and
Nlllers Guillain, still hold fairly strong
positions beyond the limits set forth
Tor the British advance but they hava
not attempted any elaborate counter.
attacks since the complete breakdown
OF their big assault Thursday night.
The British line covering Gauche
wood was completely restored after
q local attempt to regain the eastern
face of the wood.
German Losses Heavy.
FRESH prisoners taken during the
nlbht state that the German losses
since Thursday have been extremely
tA'"FAF t0pNtIdlly between tIOZeAu-
court and Moeuvres. The dead are ly-
ing in masses in some places. Three
hundred bodies were counted in one
small section OF trenches taken by the
English infantry.
The enemy's troubles are intensified
bv the necessity of moving nearly all
his troops across the canal on bridges.
He is restricting these movements TO
vertain bridges he is maintaining, but
which are kent under constantly ar
ttllery fire. The back areas east OF
the canal are being ranged to a dead
Iy accuracy, as for the first time COM
plete observation is secured over a
wide stretch Of country between the
canal and st. Quentin
The high roads and the railway
lines now can he shelled without de-
upon the airplanes for regis
tration.
The German batteries are unusually
1uiet today after maintaining a vigor-
ous bombardment through the earlier
part of the battle. According to pris-
)ners the guns were shifted back
when IL became clear to the high
command that the three ridges west
IF the Hindenburg main defense had
been lost The loss of sixty guns, the
of which had been pushed
Onward west of the canal with unus-