Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-11
lBy MORNING Ieurnal speclal Leased Wirel

patrol this morning met an an my
patrol in No Mans Land near Chem
in Des DANES and fired on the enc
my. A sharp skirmsh resulted tts
accurate firing of the Americans
causing one enemy casualty and an
doubtedly three others. The Aner-
! cans returned to their lines without
{ a man being scratched.
The troops on the Lorraine front
| at the same time suffered an ex-
/ tremely heavy concentrated lombard
J ment Northwest of Toul the enemy
| fired nearly a hundred gas shells into
one of the American battery positions
in a short space Of time, but not q
| single man so far has been sent to
hospital, because of the rapidjty
with which gas masks were adjusted.
American artillery blew up an en-
emy ammunition dump. The heavy
shells dropped there resulted In
flash followed by flames and great
| clouds of smoke. The American ar.
tillery also shelled heavily the enc.
niys first and second lines
| American snipers have BEEN cspc-
+ ctally active during the last twenty
four hours, one sharpshooter killing u
German who was walking on Il par
apet while other sharpshooters vera
successful in hitting other Germans
| who showed themselves Enemy au-
tomato rifles were especially activs
last night and this morning but with
little damage. There is normal artl-
lery activity today.
The Official Statement.
The review in part follows:
I'm spite of the fact that I20, 600
square miles of Russian territory have
been invaded during the past three
weeks and the enemy now is sweep.
Ing forward into the heart of Russie
and has reached a point within seven
ty miles of the capital, nevertheless,
the center of gravity of the war re-
mains ir the west
THE Germans have for the past
three and a half years done all in
their power to upset the center of
gravity and shift it eastward. This
explains the successive blows struck
in Russia and later in the the Italian
theater.
ANON ONNllloldHuhlB LnB ulNetSlOnb o.
the minor campaigns. in Mesopotam-
la. Palestine and the Balkan front.
the key positions of the war ara
France and Flanders.
Here the strategic situation re-
mains relatively constant
THE enemy is completing the re
distribution of available forces
There are some new units flowing
into the lines in the nature of re-
placements.
Major Offencive Expected.
Nothing in the situation should
lead us to estimate that the Germans
have abandoned their plans for a ma
jor offensive in the west
Considering tactical dispositions.
We note that the enemy has develop
ed two principal axes of activity the
one pivoting on Rheims. the other in
Alsace in front of LuneviIe.
THE allies while ass ming an
alert defensive, are resting content
with allowing the enemy to break the
strength of his assaults against their
impregnable line.
The morale of the French and
British forces has never been better
"Our own forces have been con-
stantly engaged, The scope of their
activities is being daily extended. The
number of our detachments in the line
is increasing. We now have troors in
the trenches at four separte points
I'VE now hold four and half nils
of the battle front in our principal
sector.
"Our patrols are continuously or
on scouting missions, Keeping in clos
contact with the enemy. .s
Germans Easily Rcpuiscd
"In our Toul sector the German, arr
carrying on extensive preparations,
continuing to bring up fresh units. an
accommodating material apparently
with view to undertaking more cX-
tensive operations
During the past sevep-dgy 2eriod,
the Germans conducted no lcs7N than
twenty hard-driven raids along ths
Frenbfs front. |The greater part o.
these were repulsed without difficult
ty.
Along the British front the British
continue to hold the initiative an'l
drove forward a series of successful
minor raids along the Ypres salient
as well as at many points southward
THE Germans made raids into the
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