Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-08
Germans Lose Ground in SoiS-
sonS-RheimS Sector North
of MontdidierI Also in the
Flanders Region,
BRITISH DELIVER HARD
BLOW AGAINST TEUTONS
Haig Pushes His Line Forward
Over Front of Nearly Five
Miles to a Depth of Nearly
Thousand Yards,
undated War Lead, by the Associated
Press.)

NNe'eu war Iehu, by the Associated
Press.)
The allied armies have obtained fur
ther successes over the Germans in
the lighting in the Soissons- Rheims
sector and to the north in the Montdi-
dier region and still further north in
FLANDERS between the Lawe and clar-
ence rivers.
East or the town of Braisne, on the
Vesle river, midway between Soissons
and Rheims, American and Frencb
troops, after the stiffest kind of fight
ing have crossed the river and held
an the positions The French north of
hhelms have penetrated more than
4OO yards in the railroad triangle be-
ginning at Rheims and running north
eastward toward Rethe and north
westward to Laon. All positions pre-
Viously gained in the entire Rheims
Solssons salient have been held not
wlNSandng counter -attadks Near
where the Vesle enters the Aisne east
OF Soissons the French have overcome
the resistance of the enemy and taken
the village of Cierf -Salsogne.
French Advance line.
IN the Montdidier sector the French
south and southwest of the town have
advanced their line on this importan
sector, which represents the junction
point of the armies of the Gern,A n
crown prince and of Crown Prince
Rupprecht of Bavaria.
II remained for the British to de-
liver the hardest blow against the
Germans Wednesday Following up q
previous advance in the Lys sector
northwest of La Bassee, they pushed
their line over a front of nearly five
miles to q depth of thousand yards
between the Lave and Clarence rivers
The details of this advance are not
yet in hand, but the maneuver doubt
less will go far way toward lessen
ing the point of the nasty salient that
mas stood as menace for months to
the British line north and south of it.
Next in Importance is the further
gaining of footings by the French and
Americans across the VesIe, where the
pressure against the Germans toward
the Aisne can he resumed when fur
ther troops ford the stream but the
gain of ground by the French in the
railway triangle of Rheims also must
be looked upon as a move of great
strategic value.
Guns DoIllnate Germans.
From their positions the French
now are able to dominate with their
guns the railway line over which the
Germans have been bringing stores
from the northeast through the town
of Rethel and that line running north
westward across the Aisne toward
Laon, whichr undoubtedly has been
used since the retreat began for the
removal Of troops, guns and supplies
out of the threatened zone.
David Lloyd George. the British
prime minister addressing the house
of commons, spoke optimistically OF
the status of the war from the allied
standpoint. He characterized the pres
ent offensive on the Aisne- Rheims as
the most brilliant In the annals OF the
war and praised the part taken in il
by the American troops.
More than $50 submarines had beer
destroyed since the war began, and
the submarine menace had failed, he
added.