Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-03
French, American and British
Troops Send Foe Backward
Everywhere in Retreat After
Bitter Struggles,
ALLIES GUNS DOMINATE
GROUND HELD BY B0CHES
Grown Princes Troops Sure TO
Be SoreIy Tried as They At
tempt to Gain a Haven Along
the VeSIe River,
undated War Lead by the Associated
presS)

| undated War Lead by the Associated
Pres9.)
The crisis in the allied offensive on
the Soissons- Rheims salient apparent-
ly has been reached
French troops have entered the town
of scissors, the western anchor of
what remains of the famous salient,
and all along the thirty-six miles of
curving battle line from sossons, to
Thillois, which lies about three miles
west of Rheims, French, American
and British troops have pushed in the
entire enemy front and sent the Ger
mans backward everywhere in retreat.
over the battle front the allies. by
quick and forcible methods of on
slaught, have deeply indented the
German defense line for splendid
gains, which seemingly foreshadow
the necessity of the eventual retire.
ment of the forces of the German
crown prince. ,,g
Allies Guns Dominate Plains.
The plains behind the northwestern
portion OF the battle front are don1i-
mated by the allied guns. In the south
the French and Americans have nego-
tiated almost all of the hill and forest
country and are encroaehing per.
ceptlbly toward the Fismes railway.
while on the east the British and
French are almost astride the Rheims
Scissors railway and have their guns
now so placed that the enemy Is sure
to be sorely tried as he endeavors TO
press back and gain haven of refuge
along the Vesle river
Just how far the retreat Of the Ger-
mans will go can not at present be
forecast, but with the southern limo
swinging northward in conjunction
with that on the east toward the
Vesle. and with the French dominat-
ing the Aisne eastward from scissors.
it is not improba BILE that the Germans
may be compelled to take refuge
north of the Aisne.
Numerous towns and hamlets have
been captured by the allied troops
during the latest fighting, and at sorfa
points they have advanced from two
to three miles. South of Scissors tho
entire Crise river has been forded by
the allied troops; northeast of Fere-
-Tardenois the allied line has been
pushed well to the west of the region
of Grand Rozoy and the town of sap
onay has been taken. In the center
the Nesles wood is being swept clean
|of Germans by the French cavalry
and American and French troops are
pressing the Germans hard north OF
Sergy and the hamlet of Nesles.
Further eastward, almost to the
gates of Rheims, combined forces OF
British and French everywhere are
sorely harasslng the enemy. In this
la aIA Tn
the village of Fere- En- -Tardenois Is In
allied hands and the French are now
on the heels of the Germans two and
half miles north of the Dormaris-
Rheims high road over front OF
nearly four miles.
q tuation Is Bad for Huns.
Altogether, viewed from the war
maps, the situation for the allied
troops at present lis a most promising
one for complete success In ridding the
Soissons- Rheims salient of the enc
my.
Throughout later phases of the batl
ties the Germans have not shown their
stamina of previous days. and some
points the allied troops, particularly
the Americans were enabled to make
their way into German positions with
virtually no opposition being imposed.
All behind the battle lines the smoke
of burning towns is visible, which
seemingly would give weight to the
prevailing belief in the allied capitals
that the Germans at present are no.
where near the end of their retreat.
Aside from the Soissons- Rheims sa-
lient there has been little fighting In
any OF the war theaters The British
are continuing their raids on the Ger
mans in France and Flanders, and the
Germans at last accounts were heavily
bombarding the British south of ths
nd