Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-05-30
Fortified Town Falls Into Ger
man Hands, and Famous
Cathedral City Is Doomed
to Be Taken by Teutons.
DEEP WEDGES DRIVEN
INTO ALLIED LINES
Huns Have Made Gains OF
From IL to IS Miles; Amer
leans Cling Tenaciously to
Little Town of Cantigny.

tst MORNING JOURNAL spuciAt LIAsgp ~iavl
In their violent attacks on the thirty
mile battle front running from Sois-
sons eastward 10 the region north
west of Rheims, the German armies
are continuing to force back the
French and British on nearly every
sector.
The fortified town of Soissops, the
extreme left flank of the allied battle
line, has been occupied by the enemy.
although the French are still holding
to It's western environs. through which
emerge the railway lines leading to
Paris aud Compeigne
According to the German official
communication, 2s.o00 prisoners.
among them French and British
general, have been taken and nunier,-
GUS additional towns and vantage
points all along the front have been
captured
Seemingly rheims, like Soissons.
also is doomed to fall into the hands
of the enemy as the French war Of
flee reports that the troops covering
the famous cathedral town, which
almost daily for several years has
been the target for shells of hate
from the German guns, have been
withdrawn behind the Aisne canal
northwest of the town. -
On the sector directly southeast OF
Sossons the Germahs now are fight
ing relatively twelve miles from
where they started their drive Mon
1ay from, Na,xutfloA u,tstn
east, near Loupelgne and in the center
in the vicinity OF Savigny, wedges
have been driven in to a depth OF ap-
proXimately fifteen miles, @-
Germans Use Fresh Divisions.
The Germans continually are throw
ing fresh divisions into the battle, but
the British and frenoh troops are
Keeping up their tactics of diving
ground only when it is impossible
longer to hold positions Under the trc.
mendous pressure OF the enemy,
Heavy casualties are being suffered
by the army of the German crown
prince while the losses OF men 10 the
allied forces are described as relative-
~ light
Although unofficial reports have
mentioned the rushing up OF rein.
iofcements from the south, there has
as yet been no official statement that
General Foch is sending In his re-
serves
OF almost as great interest as the
Alsnc battle is the situation around
the llttle town of Cantigny, where
the Americans made n notable gain
in their first solo" attack against
the Germans Tuesday. Numerous
counter attacks have been launched
against the Americans holding Cam
tigny and the outlying positions, but
all of them have met with the same
result--failure and loss of many men
killed or wounded, Evidently the
Americans are prepared TO dispute
to the last degree their occupancy OF
the high ground they have won over
looking the plateau east of Cantigny.
Praise for American Boys. .
Unstinted praise has been showered
upon the Americans by military Of
fcers for the dash and daring they
showed when they left their trenches
and started out in quest of their
objeetives,
Still another defeat has been In
flicted on the enemy by the Amer
cans-this time far to the east, IN
the Toul sector. Here the Germans
let loose large quantities of gas near,
Bremenil and delivered an attack.
which the Americans shot into pieces
with machine guns. Later, on anoth-
er sector, under a heavy barrage fire
~ Germans managed to invade an
American trench. None of them re-
turned. In hand-to-hand fighting nine
of the Germans were killed outright
and one died later from his wounds.
The other four were made captives.
In flanders and picardy the Ger
mans are heavily bombarding French
and British positions on various sec
tors and raiding operations are being
carried out by both sides No big
battle has been begun
The British transport Leasowe Cas-
tie has been sunk by submarine In
the Mediterranean with the loss Of
10t persons drowned.