Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-23
From the Region of scissors
to the South of ArraS Field
Marshal Haig's Men Con-
tinu6 Onward Sweep,
HUNS NOT PERMITTED
TO PAUSE FOR BREATH
Allies Take Thousands Of
Prisoners Numerous Guns
and Machine Guns and Vast
Stores of War Supplies.

undated War Lead by the Asso-
/ ciated Press) The German battle
I me In France Is stlll crumbline nm.
uef the impetus Of the attacks of thu
British ana French.
From the region of Soissons around
the curve in the front to the yIcinitv
| or Lassigny the enemy has been ~
tied with further heavy defaats viii
I Iafther north, between tba Somn,e
river az Bray TO the south OF Atrar
tleld Marshal Haig's men have cnn.
uhued their victorious thrusts.
The allies have captured n largo
number of additional towns and van
tase points which in the further pros
ecutlon of the offensive are OF the Mt
most strategic value. Nowhere is the
enemy being permitted to pause for
breath. The armies of Haig. ManRin
ana HuinDert are pressing their ad-
vantage with strength that brooks
no denial of their efforts.
thousands Of prisoners, numerous
guns and machine guns and large
stores of war supplies have been add
cd to the stocks already in allied
hands. To the British alone I'm The
past two days of fighting have come
more than 5000 prisoners.
liaig Advances Two Miles.
In new offensive begun by Halg.
from the north Of the somme to AL
bert an advance of two miles east
ward already has been made over the
six mile front. In this fighting the
town of Albert on the Ancre, the key
stone of the German defense protect.
ing the Germans north OF the Somme,
mas been taken, Here the BRITISH
made l,400 German prisoners. The
Ancre river to the south of Albert
was crossed by the British In their
drive, thus forming a serious menace
to The enemy around Bray, where al
last reports the Americans were in
the battle line.
Desperate resistance has been offer
ed to the further eastward advance
of the British in the sector imme-
diately south Of Arras, where the im-
portant railroad town of Bapaume
seems to be the immediate objective.
Particularly heavy fighting occurred
at Achiet-be-Grand, but although the
town changed hands numerous times,
the vantage belonged to the British
at last accounts Further important
penetrations of the enemy line had
occurred and the British were operat-
ing well to the east OF the Bapaume-
Arras railway
Allies Drive I'm a Wedge.
Under the further progress of the,
French armies from the vicinity of
Lassigny to Soissons a mighty wedge
seemingly has been driven in between
the armies Of General Won Boehn and
the German crown prince. over the
entire front the Germans have been
further pushed back, at some distan-
ces from two to three miles, and In
the retrograde movement the enemy
was forced to abandon large numbers
of guns, Noyon is now all but en-
veloped. The Divette river has been
reached and both the Oise and the
Ailette rivers have been crossed and
the onward thrust of the French on
the eastern end Of the line from Sois-
sos northward seems likely to bring
about shortly the outflanking of the
important town of Laon.
Foch Has the Initiative.
Viewed in all It's aspects the allied
offensive seemingly shows that Cen
eral Foch now has the initiative en-
tirely in his own hands and that he
purposes to press his advantages for
the little more than two months oi
good fighting weather that remain
before the winter season sets in. In
deed, It Is not improbable that he may
elect to keep after his quarry even
when the cold descends. Foch now
has greatly strengthened army and
is obtaining from across the strength
in splendid mani power that will per-
nit him to work out his strategy in
bis own time.