Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-04-20
Official Reports Tell Little Of
Actual HoStiIitieSj They Say
That the General Condition
Is Unchanged,
FRENCH PREPARING
FOR ANOTHER ATTACK
Weather on Front Is Miserable
Being Cold With Rain and
SIeet' Opposing Armies Are
Struggling in Big Flat.
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iHN 1ss'He JourNAL srEciAL LEASED w,sei
over the battle fields of France and
Flanders, where terrific struggles
have been wagcd almost without in-
termission since March 21, there has
come what appears TO he a lull.
official renorts tell little of actual
conditions. They say the situation Il
unchanged, which may indicate that
both sides are exhausted by their ex~
ertions in the engagements that have
been fought or that they are busy
bringing IN artillery and fresh trssps
to renew the struggle
correspondents at the front tell Of
miserable weather--cold, rain aud
sleet--to add to the already known
bad condition of the lowlands which
are virtually quagmires through which
the men and materials can be Moves
only with difficulty.
Fighting i'm a Fiat
The opposing armies have seen
fighting in n flat, marshy country
since April and this ground diff
cult enough under normal conditions
has been made still more nearly i'm
passable by rains and the tempest OF
high explosive shells that has blastes
roo DIS and fields.
1t appears. however, that the Ger
mans have not repeated their thrust
along the line running north of be-
thune, where they met with q san
culinary Tepulse Wednesday ans
THURSDAY They employed about T5,-
600 men along a line variously re-
portcd to, be from six to ten miles IN
length but gained little or no ground.
The In Bassee canal front still is
in British hands and bridges flung
across it by the Teutons have been
swept away by the artillery fire. ;
Look for Another Blow.
The blow aimed by the French Mt
the very apex of the German lines in
picardv. in front of Amiens, appar-
emily has not been followed up. II rs
difficult to believe that the allied
counters offensive, when It comes, viii
be launched in this sector.
Advices from France would seem -
indicate that the blow will be struck
at another part of the battle line.
The southern end of the battle front
in France has shared in the quiet that
has enveloped other sectors OF the
line. Only raiding operations and ar
tillery duels are reported there.
An interesting dispatch tells of ths
moving of Italian troops to France.
This would point to one of two de.
velopments. Either the Italian front
Is in no particular danger at the pres
ent moment or else General Fech is
calling every available man to swell
the army that he will hurl at the foe
when the moment for battle arrives,
1t is probable. however. that
the force of Italians en- route to the
French front is comparatively small.
Hun Roats Arc Active.
The German torpedo boat flstllls
has been active along the coast sec
tor of the battle line and have shelles
Belgian positions there. This may
foreshadow a German ATTEMPT to
drive westward through Nieuport.
The long range bombardinent Of
Paris ceased for two days and 1t vas
hoped that the French had found the
exact location OF the heavy German
gun and put IL out of action. This
hope, however. failed when the Dom
bardment of Paris was resumed Fri
dav evening.
The Turks are continuing their ad-
vance in Caucasio and are approach.
ing Kars, the leading city of one OF the
districts given to Turkey under the
Brest Litovsk treaty. They are al
ready in control of Batum. where they
captured 300 men, of whom $50
were officers
In Italy, Macedonia, Palestine and
Mesopotamia there has been no recent
fighting reported.