Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-28
LUDENDoRFF'S OWN STORY
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nag llot Suceeeueu IN SeltlilS any
Gie1r iiea u tHe enemy losses sihce
| july 10, put, cohsldering the massed
tactlcs OF the entente tiley must nave
neeh hlsh' ana IN no way Tess heaVS
! thah ours
ealing Americans inferior
| Inc armies OF the entente had also
! SUFFERED the battle had cost the enc
my as nuch as ~ had most us Inc
frehch mad sent INTO actioh remark
| ANY large humber OF Senegaiese ana
Moroceahs' ana hau enueaNored 10
spare tiielt own people.
mes SIX american DIVISIONS that had
taken part IN the battie had suffered
| pafuculafly severely without achieV-
ing any successes
one dlVlsion appears 10 nave peen
broken up IN order 10 oflhg mem up
10 estapllshInehr NotWl thstahdlhg the
galiahtfy or the individual American
soldier the inferior quality or the
american troops IS proved by the fact
| tial Two brave German DIVISIONS were
aole 10 Withstand the main attack
| Iilaue ny very superior american
FORCES Tor several days. ana these TWO
DIVISIONS tae 4th Ersatz ana the ZVlst,
l hau up III theh CONSIDERED no pet
yer tlall the average
me losses sustained by the Ehgish
ana ltaiian DIVISIONS We're also heaVy.
IN the meantime the group or
crown Frliice Rupprecht had pre-
pared Tor the defensive, by renewing
uiElsiohs tnat hau peeh IN posltlon Tor
q long period by others that had been
lntehaed Tor attack Ihelr Dattallons
were larry stfong. Many DIVISIONS mad
III
Ieth army ana the flght wing or the
'th had aiso become stronger. AT an
Garner gate the lSth army had fought
IN the AVre success one OF the diyi-
SONS mere, winch was holdlng VIDE
'front.' had peen driven PACK on the
river
Inc attehpt 70 make the nations or
me entente iEchheu 10 peace before
me ARRIVAL OF the American felnfoce-
,ueIits ny means OF herman victories
,la4 Idlleu. Inc energy OF the army
i,au NOT sulIlcea 10 zeal the enemy a
uecisise pioW oelore the americans
Meie oli me Spot III considerable Iorce.
~ was quite clear 10 me tnat our
seneial sltudtloh hao mus become
very SERIOUS
by me oesliihlhg Oh august we had
etopPea o9f dttack' ana had reverted
70 the defensive on the Whoie front.
When the DIVISIONS that had taken
part IA me iast attack mad been rested,
we si'ouia pe ap!e TO take FRESH decl-
SONS, a pause N me operations was
nolhltis eNtraordihary' IL nad oc-
cured aleei the cessation OF the great
ollenslVe Oh the ISL Oh Marcn. ana
NJ Tsaih aiter that OF the z.th Oh May.
ine iisaitihs since the loth Oh july
nv t.l peeh t ,r less costiy IMAM iiau those
,SS,otisisa.e now as u naa peeh lhen'
~, W iletaei 'ie enemy "ouiu let us nave
~ vas ne questloh'
IN oohsiueleu 'hat the enemy might
e t.n eol.silSs n.s attack on me
esie, .om ss.' 10 Wish ne was eAertlhg
an eaelslhersasing pressure. or that
-, ~ i,l's ~ sNeelu - 70 me area pc
~; 49, ei.e Aisle ana tne olse. Where'
~ eApeo'ation u an attack on our
part, ne had got together considerable
i iI aiso tnousnt ne might possl-
~ n.ane auvahees betweeh tne olse
aiiu .he sohlihe, perhaps also near
Alners ahu IN tlle pam OF the Lys,
anu, lihally, IN tne Sundgau tupper
aisacel =. put l Iurtner assumed that
ohese operations would only take the
ioilll Vi isolatea local attacks, Tor the