Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-30
Reports Indicate That the
Yankees Are Up Against the
Most Determined Stand Yet
Taken by KaiSer'S Army,
A STUBB0RNLY FOUGHT
CONFLICT is PROBABLE
Sky Dotted With Flashes of
Exploding Shells, While the
Roar Of Guns Can Be Heard
in the French Capital

lh' MORNING. JouEHAL SPECIAL LEASED wIes,
win the American Army in France.
Aug. 29 (by the Associated Press ---
Late this afternoon the Americans
held positions in the fighting line in
the scissors region extending in a
northerly direction from Chavigny.
All the skin of General Won Sehwer-
In, commanding the Seventh guard di-
vision, is being exercised to hold back
the Americans at their point in the
line north OF scissors and save the
Germans from the menace they would
be under if the allies occupied the
plateau extending further toward the
east.
Recovering before the day ended
from the shock of the early morning
attack, Won Schwerin brought into
play and other resources in desper-
ate effort to check the movement.
Equally determined efforts were made
by those organizations in front of the
French divisions on the right and left
of the Americans.
Reports from points on the line
where the attack is in progress indi-
cate that the Americans are confront
ed by what is believed by many to be
one of the most determined stands yet
taken by the Germans. who realize
that a break at any point would be
likely to he followed by disaster.
The opinion seems to be that every
yard of territory gained will be bitter
ly contested and that 1t is not inn
probable that villages ara other OBJ
Jettfes Sirf he suDJeeted 20 tne rate
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before their possession is undisputed.
The rapidity with which the gains
were made by the Americans and
French early in the day was not dupli-
Gated in the AFTERNOON when the bat
tie settled into strong artillery duel
In which the guns of both sides fired
often at direct targets and at unusu-
ally close anrges
The country which has been the
battlefield almost four years again Is
the scene Of conflict which has start
ed out with the promise of being most
stubbornly fought. Tonight the sky
is dotted with the flames of exploding
shells, while the roar of the barrage
and counter-barrage must be audible
almost to Paris. In the back areas
shells are falling behind the lines but
not so frequently as at many times
are using all their guns and energy
in attempting to tear down the deter
mined lines of their advancing enc
my
How many hundreds of thousands
of little guns the Germans have imme-
diately in front of the Americans is
not known. Every hillside ravine and
wood crackles with their fire when
ever approached. And it has been in
the face of their destructive fire that
the Americans and French have been
moving.
Comparatively little gas has been
employed by the enemy. There have
arrived at the dressing stations few
cases of men suffering from mustard
gas, but most of then encountered it
IN shell holes, hollows and depressions
where 1t was old but still effective.
AS the day passed the visibility i'm
proved and the aviators of both sides
became more active. Those of the al
lies rendered valuable assistance in
observation work.
The Germans today concentrated
much of their efforts on the destruc-
ton of tanks.
Just back of the lines there is a
mixture and husky young Americans.
Truck trains and long lines of artil-
lery crowd all the roads, but every
where is that precision of organization
which prevents jam for more than
brief intervals, this part of the ma
chine co-ordinating well with that
fighting few miles beyond.
German prisoners were scarce at
the American lines today. Less than a
dozen were brought into division
headquarters although few others
passed through the dressing stations.
The wounded are being given exactly
the same treatment accorded the
American wounded and are even being
treated in turn on arrival.