The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-06-08

900.
uliiIDult CON ltIuu- o., iti-uu with
th, allied armlo. 1911, have spoiled
l~uudrndorn's pItu IS, Ils, sent units
ass itr It's tltudct. We nave them Iu
every sector boo which the English
were attacked. aud w. have auu, this
uu lu 1.u ct which On, enemy held
the chord
Iu e long article ,u which ho tells
! th, part tine French played 900 th"
battle. from the point uf view of 70
.uldicr who was constantly Jf the
French front. he -aNs'
The western front has been iu
! creased eighty five Kilometres ls 10
result uf his battle Tho French
I have taken over ninety five k.Iuuo.
tres more than they held before
March o. Aud We have done thi,
with effect. cueSs which did not. be-
fore the battle. outnumucr % Brit
jsh electives.
pctnin Was Ready.
His chronology OF the battle is most
interesting. though 1t should bo add
eel hot iu spite of the fate eft tho
Iitth British army. 10 is stated 10y
Hamilton Eye that 3d. the past three
weeks not q single British uait sur
rendered when they were surrounded.
Each he SAYS. went ON urhtIug
until they either cut then wyy out or
were completely knocked out" TAX
iuE up d'EutrayEucs' account Of the
battle. although not quite verbatim.
hc says
General pcttiu. &c mnu wis, luI
fI%r-sigh'od, knew OF the German
| preparations ana made nis plans to
meet them. The Gcrrlnu brought up
T their troops under cover OF darkness.
So carefully were their movements
hidden that the doctors dld not have
sick call Ia tho morning, but went
from house TO house la the villages
where they were pulrtcrcd until
they had seen an Their patients
Lacking a complete knowledge OF
where the German thrust would Doc
tIudc General pota.u. whore 10 was
possible. diminished the density Of
units iu line aud Withdrew them To-
constitute reserves lie placed these
reserves whore they could bc most
rapidly brought up 90 meet tho at
tack. Al hi. preparations wore based
uu % theory that ANY attack could bee
J broken II M" troops attacked held "a
minimum Of seventy hours tnfor-
|tuuatoly there was no unity OF yum-
mnud Take tho map and draw a
line passing through DarisiS, Ipiso. 90
tho south of \oyuu. ana SJiut-Iust-
Cu.'hrusscc This lir, constituted "a
wall between the French and British
armies ON either side ~ was each
tur himsclt. and God for ain
General rotaiu's Information led
him To anticipate AN attack either
against the British front or ,u the
region Of Champagne when tho
uuiut uf attack was revealed tho roe
serve units of tho cNtIcu, lett were
100 ID considerable distance from the
active front between hrrts and tho
pI-" An effort was made 90 correct
this r-cuerauhi,,I separation Dos ln
UNDERSTANDING between the two gem
cral starf- but q penetration OF
reserves would have boon better
The British Position.
Before tho German tpc the eng.
lish occupied Nh" trenches between tho
S,trp, and the disc with uiuc dl-
visions lu reserve they had eight
divisions IT .utJuuN and three uf cav
alr, Against his total Of twenty
divisions the Germans directed the
urmios OF Won Uuticr ana won der
Mdrwlt2 Tuo latter marched ON the
axis Stiut-Queutiu-Ht m- Rove Mont
didicr. lon order to separate The French
from the English armies n wa the
,Il plan of divide and conquer
Won lluticr sought to hold Off ana am
tioipatcd thanking movement hv the
French. ~ the French bad given
ground. no doubt hc would have at
tempted q blow at Paris. bog way OF
Compioguo
Hotwccu tbo S,lrpc and th, Oisnc.
uu 70 front ut ninety kilometres. go
Z .iu a. &c., ON March %. the enemy
began q short bat excessively violent
preparation OF artillery. in which
every was used After two
hours ot grs ANA counter battery
work against the British batteries.
and three hours ON the first lines,
toriy seven German divisions. or
ahuu, .pu.UHn men. marched forward
tu uttark the BRUSH lines "Iu five
minutes his immouec force dlsup-
poarrd in he for. hristltnE with
mItraIllcusc m"inonworlcIs % 7fS
The FIRST days objective MAS the
SummC and the trpZtt canal
General BuuE avn Iu the north
sustained the shock OF ten divisions
but General Buugh's- the Firm Brit
iah army rccoilcd ON the line
-Guzcuurourt Epchy. h. Ncrdicr canal
Crozat. That evening It appeared
that this army, deprived of reserves
uu lts right. was reduced Ia its own
q forces. The hour sounded already
for the French General pcttin
sent the smith and Tenth infantry
divisions and the First division of
d-ismouutcd cavalry 10 tho aid under
J General pcllo Tho I1bth division.
which was held iu reserve. was rush
ed toward rhouny. The greatest haste
was made
French to the Rescue.
'lu the aipht g.; the -ed--Hd ~
March th" infantry ut the Firth
Corps descended from a. Olmlous ho-
tween Gulscurd, C1Udor and ChIry
Oursoumu. IA spite of the absence 81
artillery which trottod con the lower
roads. without horse, co. males to
drag its mitrilllcusc along roads cu-
numbered hy the English lu retreat
and th" inhabitants IN flight this
division uursi'l 90 the rescue
Under the formidable pressure,