New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
GERMAN LOSSES
SET AT 100000
BRITISH, FRENCH AND AMERi.
CANS UNITE TO HOLD LINE
AT ROVE AND NOYON.
CRUCIAL BATTLE IS ON
ALL AVAILABLE MEN OF GERMAN
ARMY BEING THROWN INTO
MIGHTY OFFENSIVE.
Western NcN slapet Onion N.ws Service.

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London, March 27.-Thc battle con.
tinu"S on the whole front south of the
Somme river, Field Marshall lIaig re.
ported from til" war zon in France,
III" German have also launched e
attacks around Chaulncs.
II is officially reported that seventy
German divisions have taken art III
the fighting and that troops have
been moved from every part OF the
western battle front 10 reinforce the
armies whica have been forcing the
British to fall back. Observers at the
mont say thai German losses have
been |frightful, estimated AT $4,000 in
the six day Dive, and that the enemy
has lost from to to 20 per cent of his
men, by the most conservative esti-
ate
Paris, March -. The French troops
cooperating with tn, British south oi
~. Quentin have taken up Strong posi-
tons on the left bank of III. Disc,
above Noyou, where they are holding
Wv w llillF4 dNCoIulIS 10 lI' wall VI
flee announcement The text of the
statement reads. our troops are
holding solidly to their positions ON
the left bank Of the Disc before No
!on. The fighting continues with un-
diminished violence along tn" front
comprising Braye~ Sur.Sommc, rhaul
mes, ROye ana Noyon.'
After six days of terrific fight
inS, the German offensive in
France is beginning to show signs OF
losing it's momentum. The progress
Of the enemy has materially slackened
and the form of the dent made in the
allied line west of Cambria has begun
to resemble the familiar ~wedge-like
salient instead of the broad,
straight forward movement of an Of
fensive which carries all before il.
At its apex this wedge has gone be
yond Albert to the south of that place
and is to the westward of the old al
lied line as il stood a year ago when
Won lIindcnburg began his strategic
''i'hN' III Nhlo punt NV lllt
runs off TO the northeast at a gentle
angle, with the line TO the south run
ming back until it reaches the Disc
river.
In spite of the tremendous eXertiOns
and terrible losses, the German efforts
to widen the tip of this salient were
defeated on Tuesday, The British lines
have stood firm to the north and have
forced the Germant to turn southwark
to h point of least resistance.
Official statements issued at Lon
don confirm the report from Berlin
that American forces are engaged in
the struggle. They are reported as
Fighting shoulder to shoulder with
the French and British in the region
Roye, on the south side of the sal.
lent driven into the allied front.
British airmen continue to give
help % the infantry and artil.
and the latest statement reports
that they accounted for sixty-seyen
enemy machines, forty-fivc of which
were shot down. The British loss was
Entente aviators also have :
b mbed Cologne and railway stations
the battle line, as we'll as aer.
and billets. :
With the s~lackening Of the German .
,acc there are indications that the al. y;
les are ready TO strike back some. g.,
where along the front. Just where this =
blow will be launched will not be q
until il is struck, but it may b. :,
that its impact will be ter
life.