Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-06-29
HUNS ARE THROWN
BACK ON FRONT OF
OVER THREE MILES
Hindenburg'S Men Get an Un-
expected Blow From British
Along a Front Of Some Six
Thousand Yards,
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win the British Army In France
June 2S tby the Associated Press) -
Field Marshal Won Hindenburgs
troops east of the forest of Nieppe
got nasty and unexpected knock
when the British suddenly drove for
ward in a surprise attack along
front of more than three miles and
hurled the startled grey coated sol
diers back to an average depth of
500 yards
The operation was an unqualified
success from its inception and the at
tacking infantry reached all their OBJ
jectves in remarkably short time.
BY this thrust the British not only
have greatly improved their position
in this important and much contested
sector, which lies Just north OF Mcr-
Vile, but they inflicted heavy pun
ishment on two hostile divisions that
were holding the lire here--the 32nd
division of Saxons and the 44th re-
serve division. of Prdssians.
Many Germans Killed.
Large numbers of the enemy were
killed in the hurricane onslaught and
some ESQ of the more fortunte had
been collected in prison cages before
noon.
The front of the attack was 5000
yards in length and lay approximate
ly between Vieux BerquIn on the
north and Pont Tournai, which is D.
600 yards northwest of Merville, on
the south
West of Mervile the British and
German lines had been iammed up
almost against the edge of the Nieppe
forest in places, with the result that
the British felt lack Of elbow room
for operations. 1t was In order to
acquire more leeway that today's as
sault was projected.
The obiectives settled upon lay
along the winding little stream known
as Plate Becque, which bowed out
toward the semi-circle back OF the
German line Prussians and Saxons
were holding this zone with a series
of n strong machine gun posts linked
up with barbed wire.
The first stages of the drive were
comparatively heavy. In fact all the
final detectives were reached with
out much difficulty.
At two strongly fortified farms near
the center of the line the enemy
fought stubbornly, but was unable to
stand ou long against the furious on
slaughts of the British, who attacked
them from all directions.
British Losses Light.
The losses among the storming in
fantry for the entire engagement we're
light, due largely to the fact that the
show was over before the enemy was
able to organize.
As special feature of the program
Australian troops on the left carried
out a simulated attack OF their own,
adding nearly half hundred prison.
ers to the bag.
These men have professed to believe
that the United States was not going
to be able to FENDER much assistance
to the allies. The helplessness OF the
United States is being preached assid-
uously to the troops by the German
high command and this propaganda
has been having its ef-
feet among the men in the trenches.
With the German officers naturally
1t is different for they have no deiu-
sions on the subject.
British Attack Unexpected
During the spring the loW-lying
ground here had been little better
than a morass, but the warm weather
Of recent days dried it out enough to
make it feasible for infantry opera
tons.
The British pushed off at six o'clock
this morning after short. sharp
bombardment, just as the white mists
were beginning to arise along the
numerous streams which thread their
tortuous way about this region State
ments by prisoners show that the en-
emy had not the slightest expectation
of the British taking the initiative at
this point.