Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-16
English Make Gains Short Dis
tance Northwest Of Roye}
French Take Two Farms in
Vicinity Of LasSigny
30,244 HUN PRISONERS
ARE CAPTURED IN WEEK
Russian Situation Looms
Large Moscow Being Evac-
uated By Soviet TroopSj
Leaders Flee to KronStadt,
(undated War Lead by the Associated
pPessO


PPess.)
The fighting on the Somme- Oise
battle front still continues of minor
character compared with that of the
early part of the week. when the Ger
mans reinforced their line and stop
ped the eastward sweep of the allied
forces.
Nevertheless the British and French
again have been able to gain ground
on two important sectors-the British
snort distance northwest of Rove
where they took the villages of
Damery and Parvillers, and the
the French on the southern wing of
the battle front. where they have cap
tured two farms in the process of
clearing the hilly and wooded district
around Lassigny of the enemy.
Germans Are Falling Back.
North of the Somme between Albert
and Arras the Germans are continu-
ing to fall back and the British are
Keeping in close contact with them
Thus far the Germans have definitely
given up the towns of Beaumont
Hamel, Serre. Bucquoy and Puisieux-
Au- Mont, and at several points have
crossed the Ancre river with the Brit
ish following closely on their trail.
NO official explanation has yet been
advanced on the retrograde movement
OF the Germans over this front, but it
is not at all unlikely that the opera g.
tlonS on the Somme front and the
harassing tactics the British recentlV
have employed made the enemy desir-
Gus of establishing himself on new
ground eastward with the Ancre liver
a sbatfief between MIN and his Toes.
At any rate. the Hebuterne salient
has virtually been obliterated by the
retirement of the Germans and SEEM
lngly they now will be compelled to
make readjustment of their line be.
tween the Somme and Arras
In the week of fighting on the Pi-
cardy front S0.244 prisoners have
fallen into the hands of the British
Fourth army and the French First
army, according to an official an
nouncement. OF this number the
British captured 21.S44. Unofficial
reports, probably compiled since the
official date was sent from the front
give the number of prisoners in the
allies hands since August as "a, 900
and say also that $40 captured guns
thus far have been counted.
Russia Is Center of Stage.
The situation in Russia again Is
looming large. Soviet leaders having
fled from Moscow. the Bolshevik cap
ital, to Kronstadt. the soviety troops
now are declared to have begun the
evacuation of Moscow American
troops have begun to disembark at
Vladivostok to aid the Czecho-Slovak
army in its campaign in Siberia, an
allied force Is chasing the enemy more
than 100 miles south of Archangel on
the railroad further allied troops
haN Ia L.. -, &
Archangel and are endeavoring to cut
off the retreat of the sovlets. while
British troops have arrived at Baku,
in the Caucasus on the Caspian sea,
to assist the Armenians in defending
this important seaport against the
Turks, to whom 1t was given by the
Brest-Litovsk treaty in the attempt
made by the Teutonic allies to dis
member Russia. Thus it will be seen
that allied forces now are operating
jointly on three important sections of
Russian territory--on the north with
a base in the White sea, in the east
with base in the Sea of Japan and
on the south in Trans -Caucasia.
Hun Leaders Talking IL Over.
Probably realizing the seriousness
of the situation as it now affects the
central powers, with defeats on the
western front and their military posi-.
tions in the other theaters none toe
secure-with the feeling In Russia
daily growing more intense against
the Bolshevik and Germanic rule, and
with the spectre of the more than 2
million Americans already in France
and more millions of them soon to be
in readiness for overseas duty inn
portant conferences are in progress at
German headquarters. The German
and Austrian emperors and their
suites and Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg and General Ludendorff are the
main conferees