Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-07-26
undated War Lead by the Associated
Press

, undated War Lead by the Associated
Press.)
| General Foch has taken a leaf out
of the book of German military STRAIT
egy and ordained the use by the allied
armies of the pincer system of offsn-
sive in the Soissons- Rheims SALIENT
Both jaws of the pincer are moving
smoothly with the pivot along the
Marne working in unison, and the pro-
cess of attempting to capture many OF
the nearly half million Germans In
the big pocket is we'll on the way to
what at present seems like possible
success saas
The Germans, however, evidently, do
not intend to permit themselves to he
ontrapped without fighting, Having
thrown thousands of reinforcements
into the already congested salient.
they have started counter-attack of
great violence all along the emi-cir-
cular front from the Ourcq river to
! the region Immediately southwest OF
F, Rheims and their men are said to
/ have orders to stem the allied tide of
advance at all costs
Allies Press Forward.
| Nevertheless, at last accounts the
| Americans, French. British and Ital-
| ian troops, themselves well reinforced
to meet the new turn in affairs. were
steadily pressing forward at nearly all
points on the battle line to Rheims
while east of the cathedral city a
! Polish contingent-the first of the
| Poles to enter the combat. is declared
TO have carried out successfully an
I tor nrtu Inc
more than 200 Germans were mada
prisoner. ~
The western jaw of the pincer COD
iinues to move eastward on both Sides
of the Ourcq river. and the Franc0-
American troops are virtually knofk-
ing at the gates of Fere-enT Tardenois.
the important railway junction and
storehouse for Germany's war sup
plies Further south to the Marna
new advances. in keeping with those
in the north. have been attained.
At the pivot of the pincer, north OF
the Marnc, midway between Chateau
Thierry and Rheims, the French have
extended their line northward in ule
forest of Fere, in the Ris forest shd
north of Dormans. while the eastern
jaw of the pincer. under the pressure
of the British, has noticeably moved
forward in a northwesterly direction
for about mile and half over
three front to Merry Prenecy
and Gueux, the last named village five
miles west of Rheims and al scant
mile and half from the Rheims
Fsme road At Merry -Premecy the
allied line now stands about tens and
half miles southeast OF Fismes.
which is the central station on the
railway running between scissors and
Rheime.
Cut Down Salicnts Width.
For week and a day the allied
troops have hammered against tho
Soissons Rheims salient until its width
across between the cities has been mar
rowed to about twenty-one miles from
an original width Of thirty-seven
miles, while the triangular salient has
been welded into a semi-circular cui
dc sac. over the entire pocket the
allied artillery continues to rain shells
from all sides and airmen are Keep
ing up their intensive bombing Of
troops formations and military for
nations and military works.
As yet, Notwithstanding the inroads
Of the allied troops, there has been
no sign of an impending general re-
treat on the part of the Germans. and
IL he elects to stand and fight 1t out.
and the allied gains continue with the
same success as heretofore, 1t SEEMS
that, with the daily narrowing OF the
neck of the pocket the enemy neces~
sarily will lose many of his men when
the time comes to make his way
northeastward
Some perturbation is being causedsin
England through a strike In several
.cities of munitions workers. The work
men threaten further extension OF
strike unless their demands are hmet.