Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-04-02

sion which would not give way be-
fore the fury of the German attack.
For a moment the French we're
forced back, but took breath and
came at the enemy again with such
a rush that the Germans were driven
from the height leaving 200 prison.
ems, Including tweltty orrieers, in the
hands of the French
At no period of the war has the
fighting been SO fierce. The Ger
mans intended at any cost to reach
and destroy the railroad communi.
cation at Amiens connecting the
north and south. Today, the eleventh
day of the battle. they find before
them u solid wall of allied troops,
which daily is beconing firmer, as
artillery is advancing from all dlrec-
uons 10 support the infantry which
has withstood the entire shock up to
the present
Allied AyiatOrs Daring.
a word must be said for the allied
aviators, who from the beginning OF
the battle have worked necessarily.
taking the place Of cavalry for
"Reminiscences and often descending
to an altitude of hundred feet or
less to attack with machine guns the
advancing infantry. Their daring
seemed to have an almost paralyZins
effect on the German foot soldiers,
but often when the airmen returned
TO the airdromes to obtain more am
munition, their airplanes were found
to be riddled with bullets. r
1t appears that certain of the Ger
man forces possess many tanks but
so tar they have been utilized very
little. A captured order shows that
five of these were placed at the dis
POSITION of one division, while prison.
ers declare that Il large number OF
taTHs have been constructed since
last fall. These vehicles comprise
small tanks. ten tons In weight and
eight meters long, three meters wide
and three and one-half high, and
land cruisers fourteen meters long,
four wide and four high, with d
speed of from seven to fifteen kilofn-
eters. They are armed with cannon
and machine guns, as we'll as flame
projectors. They are provided with
doors and apertures which can be
hermetically closed, 50 as to allow
them to pass through gas clouds.
II is believed that the Germans in
tend 10 use these tanks to follow the
flfst waves of infantry and deal with
the resistance on the center.
Armored Motor Cars Used.
me allies, during their retreat,
made frequent use OF armored mo-
tor cars fitted with machine guns 10
marry their pursuers. One of these
which came in close contact with the
| enemy throughout u whole day. was
| ditched. The occupants left the ear
and endeavored to pull the machine
out of the mud under severe rifle
| fire, A machine gun was lifted out
| and used against the enemy until Ii
1ammed. Then the gunner seized a
| rifle and fired while mis- coynrades
continued to work until they eighted
the car which they succeeded In
starting when the Germans were
within fifty yards. All the party es-
| capped.
Behind the lines what strikes the
| imagination vividly is the immensely
of the movements of troops and the
order with which these are regulated.
Traffic directors stand day and night
at every crossroad, giving directions
SO that every vehicle and cannon can
reach its proper station with clock
| like regularity.
| The whole scheme is superintended
! BY special officers who have been
sitting in small cabins for days with.
out minutes rest, receiving direc-
tons from the various staffs and
transmitting them along the line
Any vehicle breaking down immme-
diately ditched; otherwise. the whole
scheme would come to naught and
the battle array be endangered.
report from General Pgrshins
to the war department states that
situation along the battle line is i'm
proved He did not give any informa- :
tion regarding the movement of his
troops
/ 1t is thought improbable that the
! German general staff will be content